The female devils I saved came to my door

Curiously, Lovna poked her head at the door of the study and was shocked by what was in the room.

It was a huge picture book half a person tall and nearly a foot thick.

The volume is larger than all the religious books in the church combined.

The cover was made of polished and varnished hardwood, almost like a small door.

Moreover, on the cover of this picture book, there is a portrait of a beautiful red-haired girl in a red dress painted with oil paint.

She looked exactly like Lovna herself, looking at the real Lovna with a smile.

Next to the girl's portrait, the title of the picture book is written: "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna".

"Lovna, I know you like those fairy tale picture books. But for the sake of Hilna's future, I have to sell most of them. I'm sorry."

Ciel patted her head: "I know you particularly like stories with witches as the protagonists, and I know you want to become a magician, but I really can't help you. So I made this book specially for you. Picture book. This story is the most complete and longest, and the protagonist is also based on you. She is a smart witch. I hope you like it."

"Oh, thank you, Teacher Charles..."

Lovna slowly walked to the giant picture book, carefully rubbed her hands on her clothes, and slowly opened the cover of the thick pop-up book.

As the paper was turned, the folded parts of the first page of the picture book pulled each other. A gray hut made of cardboard appeared in the center of the picture book, and right next to the hut, a little girl's drawing board with palm height also stood up.

The text on the side of the hut tells the beginning of this story: "In a small country in the Blacksend region, there was a red-haired girl, her name was Lovna.

"She has long fiery red hair and sparkling gem-like eyes. She always likes to run carefree and has inexhaustible energy..."

At this time, Charles reminded: "This story is quite long. It tells the story of Miss Lovna after becoming a magician, embarking on a journey, and how to use her magic to help people in need... Because this time I am doing There are many mechanisms and three-dimensional parts, so the book is a bit big. You can put it here with me and read it slowly when you have time."

He has been working on this thing for three or four months. He worked overtime a few days ago and finally finished it during the winter celebration.

Lovna did not speak, she just lowered her head, stretched out her hand, and slowly fumbled with the book "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna", fascinated by the drawing board of "Little Lovna" in the book.

"Wow, Lovna, this book is great!"

Hilna was also shocked by Teacher Charles' generosity.

She walked behind Lovna with great envy, wanting to turn over to the next page and see the story that followed.

This was also the norm for their sisters in the past - whenever Teacher Charles made a new fairy tale picture book, the two of them would read it together.

But this time, Lovna's reaction was different from the past.

"Hey! Don't touch!" Lovna suddenly stood up like an electric shock and opened Hilna's hand: "This is what Teacher Charles did for me!"

"Uh……"

Frightened by her sister's extremely rare impulse, Hilna was at a loss.

Even Ciel frowned.

"Oh, Sirna, I'm sorry, I was just thinking wildly...I, I hit you, I'm sorry..." Suddenly reacting, Lovna knew that her behavior was inappropriate, and immediately stood up and apologized: "...I just lost my temper. I'm very sorry...Hierna, let's watch it together when we have time."

"Well...it's okay, I was reckless." Hilna didn't take it seriously: "After all, it was a gift made by Teacher Charles for you, I should pay attention to it."

The two sisters were still harmonious. Charles felt that Lovna was just losing her temper temporarily. Their relationship was still harmonious and both of them were reasonable, so he didn't take it seriously.

"Okay, the gifts have been given out." He patted the door: "It's time to eat."

So, sisters Lovna and Silna were immersed in the joy of getting Teacher Charles' new gift, and happily enjoyed a hot meal.

Afterwards, Lovna took Hilna to read the book "The Magical Adventures of the Witch Lovna".

Because the story was very long, like a long road movie, they didn't finish it until the evening.

This day, which was of great significance to the two girls, just passed.

19. The girl who attracts all the attention and the girl who is unknown

As always, the winter celebrations in the palace are about to begin again this year.

Although the palace in Ipoli was heavily damaged by fire after the "demon attack" seven or eight years ago, it has been repaired after so many years.

Moreover, Ciel also played a lot of role in it.

He used magic to produce cheap wood, strengthened the outer walls of the palace, expanded the hall on the first floor, and remodeled the layout of the first floor.

Now, the banquet hall and main hall of the palace can accommodate more people for dining, banquets and dancing.

Winter celebrations don’t have to take place outdoors in the cold wind.

It is also a blessing in disguise.

Guests arrived one after another in the afternoon and entered the banquet hall of the palace.By evening, the spacious hall was already crowded with guests.

There were priests and village chiefs from various places, various lords and nobles and their head wives.Of course, most of the guests were the astonishingly numerous descendants of the old King of Iboli.

These guests filled almost all the open space, and the waiters could not even hold their glasses through the crowd.

They rubbed their hands together excitedly, talking about this year's harvest, plans for the coming year, land sales, and land rent increases, while looking forward to what delicacies would be served at the banquet tonight.

The old king is probably over 110 years old this year. Although he has the support of various life-extending potions, he is already very old.

After the celebration banquet began, he sat on the throne in the main hall with the support of several wives, twisted his bloated and old body, waved with difficulty, and said some happy New Year words.

The guests also fell silent, cheering and applauding after the old king finished speaking.

Then, the hired flute player and violinist began to sing songs, and with the accompaniment of cheerful Ipoli traditional dance music, the banquet officially started.

A huge pie decorated with dried fruits was pushed up on a cart and placed in the center of the banquet hall.

The king's eldest sons took out long knives and cut the pie into pieces. They divided the pie into pieces amidst the cheers of everyone, placed them on silver-rimmed dinner plates, and served them to the surrounding distinguished guests in order according to their status. .

This kind of pie is filled with a lot of honey and fruits, and the filling is made of fresh beef and mutton. It is a banquet dish in the Greater Hessend region.

Ipoli was not wealthy. It was called a country. In fact, it was only one or two counties in size.The land here is not fertile, and meat and honey are scarce. Only during important banquets would such large pies be baked with such luxury.

Of course, only distinguished guests can get it first.

As the most helpful and reputable magician in the Ipoli area, Ciel of course got the first slice of the pie.

He took the plate handed to him by the princes, thanked him briefly, and took only a token bite.

He didn't like this kind of crowded and noisy banquet. The reason why he attended this winter celebration was because of Sirna - he planned to reveal Sirna's identity as a magician today in front of the lords and nobles, and for This girl promotes and builds momentum.

He can transfer part of the good reputation he has accumulated to this girl today.

In the future, he will take this child around Ipoli and let her use her magical talents to help the residents here, thereby accumulating more grassroots experience and popularity.

This way, if she does become a future queen, these valuable experiences will help her.

Even if she can't succeed and just become a well-known and respected female magician, that's not bad.

So, putting his fork on the pie on the plate, Charles handed it to Lovna beside him, looked around for a while, and asked by the way: "Where is your sister?"

"She is at father's side." Taking the pie, Lovna pointed casually: "It's right there."

Lovna also attended today's banquet with Ciel.

She didn't have her own formal clothes, so she wore the blue-and-gold-patterned dress that Hilna had worn before, and she also asked Teacher Charles to help her style her hair.

Now she looks quite dignified and generous, she really looks like a princess.

"Okay, you wait here for now, I'll go and sort out Sirna's matter and then come back to you."

"Ah."

She nodded, holding the silver plate with the pie in her hand and saying nothing.

At this time, Sirna was standing next to her father, Prince Nolen, expressionlessly saying some simple greetings to her father.

The reason why she acted so coldly was actually because her mother was right next to her.

This embarrassed woman is already looking a bit older. She is wearing a relatively simple black dress and is standing aside. She wants to say a few words to her daughter and talk about home affairs, but all she gets is a neither salty nor bland "I'm fine." , the answer is "Don't worry about it".

As time passed, and as Sirna grew up and became sensible, her fear of her mother gradually subsided, but was replaced by alienation and disgust.

Although the mother also thought about repairing the relationship between mother and daughter, Sirna had already accepted Ciel's education.Over the years, she was basically brought up by Charles, rarely resting in the palace, and her relationship with her mother had become somewhat weak.

At this time, looking back at her mother's still stubborn attitude towards raising her into a "standard lady", she already had her own ideas.

Until now, Hilna believed that this extremely controlling mother was the murderer who almost caused her mental breakdown in childhood.

Although she didn't say it clearly, her cold attitude said it all.

If it hadn't been for the efforts of Prince Nolen, the father, to bring her together, her daughter would have really cut off contact with her mother.

At this time, she frowned slightly, dealing with her mother's greetings, using some words to deal with her father's reminders, and her mind was filled with Teacher Charles's instructions.

So, it wasn't until Ciel squeezed through the crowd and appeared beside her to remind her that the girl smiled with relief.

"I'm sorry, mother, father, Teacher Charles is here to see me. Please allow me to leave."

After saying that, without waiting for her mother to speak, she turned to face Ciel.

Prince Nolen could only shake his head helplessly and told his disappointed wife not to make any noise.

And just when the last pie was taken away from the dining car and the old king was about to say a few more words, Charles took Hilna's hand and came to the center of the banquet hall, asking the king to speak.

After getting the answer, he snapped his fingers.

The snap of fingers was clearly audible in the noisy hall. Everyone stopped talking and stood up automatically, leaving an open circle around Ciel.

Even the amused musician stopped playing and looked seriously at the crowd.

They knew it was Mr. Charles who had something to say.

After bowing twice to the guests around him and coughing a few times, Charles spoke:

"Everyone, as a displaced foreigner, I have been in Ipoli for six or seven years under the guidance of the Supreme Eternal Father. Over the years, thanks to your care, I have lived a very stable and fulfilling life."

"What Mr. Charles said is that we are indebted to you for your help. Who here has not asked Mr. Charles for help?" the priest said.

The priest's words immediately aroused a burst of agreement. After all, Charles was well-known in Ipoli.

"Yes, I did try my best."

With a polite smile, Charles nodded to the priest: "...However, after I came to Ipoli, I also had some small regrets, that is, the magic I learned during my wanderings did not have the opportunity to teach others. .Although I consider myself a relatively amateur magician, I sometimes regret it and wish I could find a child with magical talent and teach him my skills.

"Fortunately, the Most High Heavenly Father heard my prayer and gave me an unexpected response."

As he said that, Charles nodded to her, took her hand and raised it high: "Hilna, this good child who has been helping me take care of the groceries all these years, I didn't discover by chance until recently, she is my The gift you’ve been waiting for! She is the child favored by Heavenly Father! She has the highest magical talent I have ever seen!”

Amid everyone's expected exclamations, Sirna slowly stepped forward according to the plan given by Charles in advance, took a deep breath, then closed her eyes and recited a spell.

Her low murmur echoed through the halls of the palace like a midnight breeze.

People were immersed in the momentum and majesty that suddenly appeared on the girl. Then, in everyone's surprised eyes, Sirna waved thousands of golden threads, which were intertwined, entangled, and condensed in the air...

In an instant, they gathered together to form the coat of arms of the Ipoli family and the sacred emblem of the Eternal Church.

Two huge flashing emblems hung high in the sky in the banquet hall, emitting dazzling light.

Different from the heraldry that can be displayed on silk, cloth, and scrolls, these glittering textures brought together by magic elements are extremely brilliant and exquisite.The texture that makes up the emblem is like a river of twinkling stars, which is dazzling to see.

Especially the clergy of the Ipoli Church, they were all shocked by this gorgeous holy emblem.

Even the priest himself recalled the miracles he had seen while studying in seminary.They began to clasp their hands involuntarily and chant prayers praising the Heavenly Father.

It seems that the effect of Sirna's move is very good.

This was Ciel's idea: Let Sirna use magic to manipulate light elements and draw fancy family crests and religious holy emblems. The more exquisite and complex the better, which will have a greater impact on the audience.

After all, ordinary people have no idea of ​​the level of magical talent.But everyone knows the crest of the ruler's family and has an almost instinctive worship of religious runes. It is most convenient to use these things to show off.

And what Sirna is best at is the subtle control of elemental power.She can manipulate various elemental particles to operate in the most precise and stable manner.Therefore, when used for light shows and fireworks displays, the effect is absolutely outstanding.

Seeing the continuous exclamations at the scene, Charles felt that the atmosphere was almost heightened.

He took the opportunity to shout with a loud voice: "Have you seen, everyone in Ipoli, this child Hilna is a gift from Heavenly Father to the Kingdom of Ipoli! Her piety, her purity, and her intelligence make her only in the Within a few days, I mastered such profound magic, which made me very happy...

"I will be honored to be his mentor in the future and teach her all the magic I have...

“When people in Ipoli were in need, I would go with her and help in any way I could…

"This is my promise to you...

"Come and drink to the future master of magic - Sirna!"

Although this kind of advocacy is a bit awkward, it is very effective.

Everyone present looked at Sirna with a bit of admiration.

They all raised their glasses in unison, praised the name of "Hilna von Ippoli", and spoke in praise of her.