Evetrona's old stories

Maoqi was drinking, looking at the ground, as if he didn't hear what Eve just said, so Eve reached out and pushed him.

"Why did she tell you everything?" Mao Qi drank the wine in the glass, and then said: "There is nothing to say. I have two brothers, and I am the youngest. My father said that as long as anyone has the ability, he will leave all the family property to him. My elder brother ran away in a fit of anger. I ran away in the second year, that's it."

"What happened next?" Seeing that he was not moved when he said this, Eve asked.

"Later, my elder brother went to Tianyizhou and became the principal of a magic reserve academy. My second elder brother made the family business bigger and bigger, and he is still in his hometown in the eastern city. I first ran missions with Harvey, and then I was responsible for accepting the rescue signals of the ruins. When I was about 28 years old, my second brother wrote a letter saying that my father had passed away, so my elder brother and I rushed back to the eastern city. This was the first time our three brothers met after more than ten years."

"Then... did your father leave you any inheritance?" Eve was very curious about this.

"I stayed, my eldest brother and I each had a large sum of money, and the property belonged to the second brother. In addition, there was a little aunt who insisted on taking care of my father's daily life after my mother passed away. She also got a sum of money and a building. House."

"Do you regret running away?" Eve asked.

"Of course I don't regret it. If I don't come out, I won't meet Nanfen." He said.

"How did you two know each other?"

"She's my student." Mochi's eyes squinted, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Eve froze, staring at the man beside her with wide eyes, she was too surprised to speak.

"You also know that we are eight years apart. She used to join the rescue team as a magician. Later, I thought she was not good enough, so I politely persuaded her to leave, but she slapped her. I confessed to her impulsively, which scared her away."

"Why can't I understand?" Eve was a little confused by what he said, so he asked, "What does it mean to confess on impulse?"

"I let her go partly because of her poor level. This is true. On the other hand, it was also out of selfishness. In fact, she also understood this, so she slapped me. From her point of view, I really It's a jerk, to use work to take advantage of a little girl who just graduated."

"Are you afraid that something will happen to her?" Eve said, "But wouldn't Nanfen be too young at that time, and you liked her then?"

"In the beginning, it was pure love..." Mao Qi frowned, as if he didn't even believe this sentence, "It's just that she fell in love with me first, and that's also true." Afterwards, he added this sentence.

Eve didn't speak, just stared at him with a playful smile on her face.

"When Nanfen and I got married, she was almost as old as you are now," Maoqi said.

"Do you mean age or..."

"Does it need to be said? Think about how old Ruger is this year?"

Eve's eyes rolled around, and she silently came up with the answer in her heart.

"Did people of your generation get married and have children so early?" Eve asked him.

"Not only our generation, but even the current Klikin, most areas except the capital and the eastern city are so early. Traditionally, being able to have children is equal to adulthood."

According to this statement, am I not yet an adult?Eve thought to herself, and then she shivered again. The issue of "birth" was still too early for her.

In fact, Eve has already prepared in her heart, but it's not because she wants to spend the rest of her life as a woman, but because she realizes that she is doomed to be bleak and helpless emotionally in this life.

"Go out and have a look?" Mao Qi interrupted her thoughts, "It's almost dawn, let's go to see the sunrise."

The gate opened, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, blowing the hair on Eve's forehead, making her awake again. The sky before dawn was dark blue, and there was only a glimmer of light at the horizon at the end of the mountains, like a faded indigo curtain at the bottom. There was no morning star here, and the purple moon disappeared. The algae floating on the clear lake were swaying but still motionless. The two sat on a white ruined wall, quietly looking at the white belly of the sky in the distance. There were gusts of wind in the distance.

Sometimes, Eve has the feeling that a certain moment in her life will be very deeply imprinted in her mind. Even if this moment is neither a turning point of fate nor an unusual significance, such a picture still left a deep impression on her, and she will occasionally recall it from time to time in her future life.She didn't know why and what it represented, but she guessed that such a situation might just indicate that she suddenly realized her own existence at this moment, a real existence.

The sun rises from the east-south direction of the mountains, perhaps because of the poor atmosphere, it was not dazzling at first.The red round rose slowly, and gradually, the clouds and the top of the mountain were covered with a layer of gold, and the sun shone on Eve's face and body, giving her a slight warmth. She curled her neck and looked at the gentle red round, feeling extremely relieved. After a while, her upper and lower eyelids began to fight, and finally she couldn't hold it anymore, and fell asleep leaning on Mao Qi.

Mochi looked at the sleeping girl next to him, and gently helped her tuck up the coat on her body. He watched the gradually rising sun and hummed the tune of his hometown.

The sun is undoubtedly unfair. It leaves the first ray of sunlight to the highest mountain, and also reluctantly leaves from the top of the mountain at sunset. It favors the mountain, overlooks the earth, and turns a blind eye to the abyss—and some people are born The mountain is the darling of the world.

In the morning, Erlogin went around in the tower and studied it, and then surveyed and drew pictures on the top of the mountain. He was busy all morning.

After that, they descended the mountain at noon, and as the lantern left the top of the mountain, the tall spire disappeared out of thin air.According to the slope of the Musk Rabbit Mountain, going down the mountain is much faster than going up, but there are dangers. Lin Xin stumbled while going down the mountain. Fortunately, Mao Qi, who was walking in front, helped him up in time. Eve Once again, I feel that Maoqi is really reliable.

It only took three or four hours to go down the mountain, and it was not even evening when we arrived at the camp at the foot of the mountain. Di Geng went out hunting with his hounds at this time, and he probably would be back soon, Ye Fei and Shirley were surrounded by an iron cage Look, there is a brown-haired rabbit inside. Eve also leaned over, and Shirley was feeding it with a vegetable stalk, but the rabbit was not very interested. It bit Ye Fei an hour ago fingers, could it be that he wants to eat meat more?

The fun of camping lies mainly in manual work and picnics. If the participation is not high, it will be easy to get boring.A few days later, when most of the people had finished playing, everyone decided to set off to return. Before the return trip, the owner of the manor, Belikin Dib, hosted another banquet and slaughtered a pierhorn raised in the depression. The beast is somewhat like a rhinoceros, but it has short square horns, and its four hooves are full of gelatin. With enough spices and side dishes stewed, the taste is really delicious.This kind of large animal is rarely raised in Klikin. On the one hand, it is because of the long breeding time and low slaughter rate. On the other hand, it is difficult to domesticate and slaughter.After this big meal, the guests and the host had a good time. It can be said that the trip to the Musk Rabbit Mountain made the guests very satisfied.

"Where are the people?" After lunch, Domenke took a nap in the guest room, and when he woke up, he found that none of his companions were gone. It's time to return.

"Did you sleep well, sir." Belikin was sitting in the hall on the first floor smoking a cigarette. When he saw Domenke come out, he greeted him with a smile. The back door and the front door were both wide open at this time, and the smell of cigarettes in the room was not heavy.

"I slept well, but when I woke up, I found that everyone was gone. I still don't know what happened." Domenke said.

"They went to the racecourse." Belikin greeted a servant and said, "It seems that they can't go back to the capital today, do you want to go to the racecourse? They won't be able to come back for a while. "

"That's great, thank you." Domenke was finally relieved to hear him say that.

The racecourse is not far from here. When Domenke arrived at the racecourse, several acquaintances were gathering outside the fence of the racecourse.He walked to Mao Qi, but saw that he was looking at a direction in the racecourse with a silly smile on his face.

He followed Mochi's gaze, but saw the black-haired girl riding a reptile in circles.

Eve was riding a long-nosed dwarf dragon at this time.The long-nosed dwarf dragon looks like a crocodile, but its body and tail are longer, just like a fat snake. This kind of reptile is often domesticated and used by local people as a mount in some hot islands, and it runs extremely fast. Incomparable, but compared to horses, it lacks the flexibility in handling.The saddle of the long-nosed dwarf dragon is placed at the front of the hind legs and fixed at the upper part of its waist. Because the limbs of this animal are shorter, the position of the pedals is different from that of riding a horse. People sit on the saddle Sometimes you need to bend your legs, which looks more like a kneeling position.Because the person sits on the back, the rein is relatively long. In order to enhance the controllability, the rein is pulled through the iron ring fixed on the forelimb belt for directional pulling.Due to the low chassis, the long-nosed dwarf dragon is relatively stable when running. When running, the movements of the limbs are similar to the gait of a horse when walking slowly, but the body will dangle like a snake. Only the waist remains motionless, and the saddle Bits are chosen with this in mind.In addition, the long-nosed dwarf is similar to a horse when galloping, and its two hind legs push forward at the same time. At this time, the feeling of sitting on the saddle is the most stable, but it should be noted that when the long-nosed dwarf is galloping It's best not to pull the reins too tight, or the guy will stand up and run on his hind legs, which will easily throw people off without losing speed.

Eve now has a problem: she can't stop the reptile.The long-nosed dragon does not respond quickly to the rider's leg movements and pulling the rein like a horse. The horse can even feel and respond to the vibration of the rein when the person moves the little finger, but it takes a little arm strength to make the long-nosed dragon turn a corner.

Eve didn't know if there was any command signal that could be used. The way she could think of to stop the long-nosed dwarf dragon was to pull the rein on one side of it and make it turn its head. If it was a horse, it would be easy to stop quickly in this way, but this giant beast refused to end like this. Instead, it kept circling around the horse farm at a very fast speed, and its limbs were like paddling water on the ground, raising a lot of dust.

One man and one beast stood in a stalemate for a few minutes. Eve was so dizzy that she finally couldn't stand it anymore. She simply pulled the rein on one side with both hands, and finally stopped it with brute force.

"Di Gen, you bastard, you wait!" Eve got off the saddle, ran to the railing in a hesitant manner, and threw up on the railing with a wow, completely ignoring her image.

"Is it my fault? Is it my fault? This is what you want to ride!" Di Geng laughed while hugging two water bottles. He handed one of them to Eve, whose face was full of snot and tears, and poured the other on the long-nosed dragon. As the clear water poured over its head, the long-nosed dragon blinked the nictitating membrane on its golden-green eyeballs, and still lay motionless on the ground, which looked a little cute.

If you had to pick a friend to tease, which one would you pick?It must be the one who is easy to take the bait, is not easy to get angry, and doesn't think about revenge afterwards. No matter what it is, Eve has become the best candidate, and the more important point is - teasing girls, especially beautiful girls, whether it's watching her panic or showing her ugly face, for most men, this is something they like to hear and see. On the knowing side, even if you know it will make the other party angry, you still have to do it.

Eve has a shortcoming that is not considered a shortcoming: that is, she is too patient with people—sometimes, this kind of empathetic attitude matches her appearance, and it is easy for others to misunderstand and feel that she is the one who is being taken care of, so she makes less wise moves.

In the eyes of strangers, she is a cold and proud cat, but in the eyes of those close to her, she is like an unrestrained bird, which moves from time to time and is unpredictable.

Because of this, Domenke, who had watched Eve's actions twice, would be confused at this time. It is such a girl who always gives him a low-key and docile feeling when he looks at it from a close distance, but when he looks at it from a distance , and feel that she is wild and eye-catching, why is this?what happened?

"She really has characteristics." Domenke couldn't help sighing.

Mao Qi noticed his puzzled expression, and said to him: "This child's character seems to be a bit contradictory at first glance. On the surface, he is a good boy who follows the rules, but secretly he always wants to scare others. When we taught her swordsmanship, we said that armed swords are heavy for her. We advised her to use short swords or rapiers. As a result, she chose a two-handed sword. She insisted on learning, even if she couldn't swing it. The key is that she is really serious." See, smart too, do you know why?"

Domenke asked in surprise: "Could it be that she did this on purpose?"

"I think so." Mao Qi looked at the girl who was eating pears in the distance at this time, "She is breaking people's inherent impression of her. An overly outstanding appearance is not entirely a good thing for a person, then It is like a fog that completely covers a person, and even she herself will be confused, so that the first evaluation of her is that she is very beautiful, and then they will seriously consider whether this person has any other characteristics."

"So, her current behavior is like a disguise, so that people can take the attention away from her face?" Speaking of this, Domenke understood a little bit.

"She's using a humorous or even ugly way to keep herself from being too isolated." Mao Qi looked at him and said slowly, "It's a kind of weakness, a weakness in attitude, showing others shortcomings that are not shortcomings."

Domenke nodded thoughtfully, knowing that Mao Qi meant something, he didn't speak any more.

Song and Wine (Part [-])

The trip to the Musk Rabbit Mountain was over, Ye Fei and Shirley went home first, and not long after, Eve also went to Rozimi.

Sunshine, song, and wine, fields, rivers, and chess players, cats, men, and dogs.

As soon as she came to Rozimi Town, Eve knew that this was her dream home.

When everything you see is integrated, and when people get along without disputes and lawsuits, you will find that it is not so unbearable to meet strangers, and you don’t need to be careful when talking to acquaintances. Even if someone doesn’t understand you, they will still tolerate you—everything is trivial, and a glass of wine can solve any problem. Who calls this Rozimi Town?

It was still raining on the way here, but when we arrived in Luozhen, the sun was shining brightly.The hot and cold air is still engaged in a fierce tug-of-war in late autumn, and after the rain, the warm air has temporarily gained the upper hand, so the temperature at this time is still pleasant.

This time, Eve came with Nanfen, not only because of the invitation of Ye Fei and Shirley, but also because Nanfen's grandmother wanted to see Eve.In fact, Eve was not active in this matter. After all, they are not related by blood, so they may not be liked by everyone.But Nanfen trusted her brothers and sisters very much. She assured Eve, "Even if they don't like you, the worst case is to stay away from you, and nothing will happen to make you unhappy."

But even if Nanfen didn't say anything, Eve would still do it, even if she was wearing a weird skirt again.In order to meet the old man, Eve was wearing a floor-length skirt with a white base and yellow edges, and in order to support such a gorgeous dress, high-heeled boots and a waistband were also essential.This dress is not a common dress of Krigin, but the traditional dress of the nobles of the west coast countries. It has layers of skirts and looks very gorgeous. It is usually worn by unmarried noble women and only worn on important occasions (such as coming of age or weddings).The skirt of this dress has three concealed buttons, which can lift and fold the floor-sweeping skirt at a fixed angle one by one, and wrap it around the waist and leg bends, making this fluffy floor-swimming skirt a leg-wrapped mermaid skirt. This design is designed to avoid soiling the skirt on certain occasions.

Ye Fei’s family is different from Dakren’s Boyun Manor. There is no vast private land here, and there are no real estate scattered everywhere. There is only a three-story villa building located in the town and a yard surrounded by half-person-high dark green shrub walls.

Eve got out of the carriage, and Nanfen stuffed a crooked cane in her hand, saying that she was afraid she would fall.Ye Fei and Shirley were standing at the door waiting for them, and waiting with the two sisters was an old housekeeper and a few foreigners in very formal attire. The two sisters praised Eve's attire, and then led her towards the villa. The foreigners followed behind them. Since Eve was walking the slowest at this time, the others walked slowly around her.

The air that has rained is not stained with a trace of dust. The stone brick road has just been cleaned, and the rose relief on the brick surface is clearly visible. There are a few dewy petals scattered on the porch, which seem to have just fallen after cleaning.

As soon as Eve walked to the door, the two tall mahogany doors opened towards the inside. She saw two people standing on the left and right sides of the door at this time, and she was a little curious about how they grasped the timing of opening the door so well.

The hall was covered with a red carpet, and no one spoke, even the two sisters walking beside them stopped whispering.The atmosphere felt a bit weird. This battle was not like meeting an ordinary old lady, but more like meeting a queen.

It was only then that Eve realized that the identity of the person who wanted to see her might be a bit unusual.

The hall of Ye Fei’s house is different from the typical hall of Klicking. There is no second-floor back-shaped corridor, but the dome is still two stories high. The walls on both sides are made of polished and waxed mahogany, inlaid with ornate willow rose windows. After entering the door, there is a huge fixed screen covering the internal area. On the screen is an impressionist-style painting that occupies the entire size of the wooden screen. It shows six people riding horses in the forest. There were four men and two women. The metallic sunlight shone on these people, rendering a magnificent aura. The handling of light and shadow was quite Turner-style, very dreamy.

Nanfen unbuttoned the hidden buttons on her legs and waist, so that the back of the skirt was completely spread out, and it was dragged on the floor, occupying a large area. Even Eve, a fake woman, couldn't deny that the dress was extremely beautiful, and the two girls beside her also showed envious expressions.

"You don't need to speak first, you can answer truthfully whatever she asks you." The old butler whispered.

"Remember to give your full name, Eve Lord Ent Harvey..." Seeing that she was a little dazed, Nanfen emphasized, "Lord Ent, your father's name, don't forget it."

"She's very kind, don't be afraid." Shirley comforted her.

"She will definitely like you, go ahead." Ye Fei said.

Everyone said one sentence to another, which made Eve, who was not very nervous at first, start to panic.

Nanfen took Eve's cane, patted her on the shoulder, stroked the hair on her forehead, and pushed her out of the screen. Eve felt a little apprehensive. When she looked up, she saw the The woman in the middle of the hall.

At this moment, Eve's astonishment was shown on her face, she did not expect this person to look so young.

Nanfen's grandmother is Wenzina Polemoni, a royal family of the Kingdom of Romingo, and the sister of the current king. Because she lives in Yewenli Castle, people call her "Yavenli" more often. The eldest princess".

Wen Zina has snow-like silver hair, but she looks very young, even younger than Nanfen. Her face seems to be only 24 or [-] years old, with a good face and a charming figure. She is sitting on a carved chair covered with golden animal skins, wearing an elegant lavender silk dress, with one leg folded on top of the other.Her upper body was leaning against the back of the chair, holding a golden scepter in both hands across her legs. Her posture was fairly relaxed, but it still made Eve feel a sense of oppression brought about by her supreme presence.

Dozens of soldiers stood on both sides of the hall, all wearing black armor, which made people feel awe when they saw it.

Compared with before, Eve has indeed grown a lot in the past few years, but this is the first time she has seen this kind of battle, so the cowardice in her bones finally reappeared: when Wenzina's somewhat fierce The glance over her made her legs go weak.

The woman in the seat saw her and gave Eve some scrutiny. After that, she smiled at Eve, waved her hand, and signaled her to sit down on the chair beside her.

There were two steps in front of Eve, she stepped up the steps, and after sitting down, Wenzina waved away the group of men.

"Son, I heard Nanfen and Maoqi talk about you, they have always been full of praise for you, your name is Eve, isn't it?"

"Yes, Eve Lord Ent Harveyn." Eve nodded hastily.

After hearing her finish speaking, Wenzina was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took one of her hands, put it on her palm, and said in a very gentle tone: "Don't be nervous, I just want to talk to you. Lord Ent... Sigh." She repeated, and then sighed, "Your father and I are old friends, and your mother...is also an old friend who can't be more familiar, so you don't have to be restrained at all. You can call me auntie, Aunt Wenzina."

Eve was still a little nervous, and didn't hear the subtle emotional changes when she spoke.

"Eve, where is your mother? Where is your mother?" Wenzina asked her while holding her hand.

"You mean Nanfen..."

"No, it's your biological mother, Evetrona." She moved closer to Eve, and said in a voice that seemed to be whispering: "I know a lot about your mother, I knew her earlier than your father Lord, you look a lot like your mother and are as smart as her, where is your mother?"

"She may... already..." Eve recalled the news that Ji Xian had revealed, thinking about how to tell the other party.

"Okay, I see... I'm sorry." Wenzina patted Eve's shoulder, her eyes were a little dim, and she asked again: "Is your father back?"

"No." Eve shook her head.

"Still in the Boundless Mountains?" Wenzina frowned.

"Ji Xian went to look for him, but couldn't find him in the end."

"Where is that bird now?"

"It says it's going south."

"Go to the south..." Wenzina thought for a while, nodded, then suddenly changed the subject, and asked her in a gentle tone, "Do you want to live with me? Go to Everly Castle."

Eve didn't agree, nor did she refuse immediately, but subconsciously looked in the direction of the screen.

"It's okay." Wenzina smiled, and the smile looked much more relaxed than before, "If you like the manor of the Maoqi family, then continue to live there. If you want to go out for a walk, you might as well go to Luoming Go and play, Luo Mingge is no smaller than Krigin." She said mysteriously in a whispering voice: "This is my place, don't forget to tell me when you come, I guarantee you can have a good time." Said Finished, and winked at her, not like someone who has become a great-grandmother—in fact, she even had a great-grandson last year.

Eve nodded, and her mood finally eased down. After that, Wenzina held her hand all the time, and stopped asking about Evetrona and Harveyn. Instead, she chatted with her and asked her What do you usually do, what are you good at, and when you heard that she couldn't use magic, she gave her another test, which was basically the same set that Olukin had done.

It can be seen that Wenzina is very concerned about this point. After all, she is a well-known magician herself, but the level of Iftrona was still above her.

"How can this be done?" Wenzina sighed. She called her subordinate and told him to get something. After the man came back, she gave Eve a thick book about 32 carats in size.

"Take it and play with it." Wenzina said to her.Her mood was a little changeable, and Eve couldn't make up her mind whether to accept this weird gift.This book is more than ten centimeters thick, with a black leather cover. Considering the size of Eve's palm, it is still a bit easy to get rid of it with one hand.

Seeing that Eve wanted to return the item, she said, "You're welcome, it was originally given to me by your mother, and it was just a miss for me, but now her daughter is in front of me, so I want to give it to you." Giving it to you is the best use of everything." She stood up, and Eve wanted to stand up with her, but she pushed her shoulders down, and Wenzina walked slowly behind Eve, holding her skirt, Leaning down, leaning her chest against her back very affectionately, she held Eve's hand and opened the book. The black pages were covered with strangely shaped white characters, each character only had a few strokes, and some resembled It is a line drawn casually, and some are multiple curves separated from one point. These handwritings are of different thickness and shades. It is hard to imagine what kind of pen is used to write such characters.

Their faces were so close that Eve could smell a faint fragrance from her hair.

"This is an auto-casting book that allows people to temporarily gain the ability to control magic when using it, but first, you need to learn to read the words on it." She pointed to a piece of text with a slow and patient voice, "Follow I read - Lee-haz, Fos..."

"Lee-haz, Fos..."

"Vooz-Dyas..."

"Vooz...Dyas..."

"Can you remember? Read it together." Wen Zina's tone was like a mother teaching children to read.

"Lee-haz, Fos, Vooz-Dyas." Eve repeated it accurately. In fact, the above long list of pronunciations is nothing more than three characters on the first line of the page.

A star-like flash of light flashed before Eve's eyes, as if it was an illusion, but Eve knew that it was not an illusion, but a real magic created by her.

She tried to read it again, and the white flash illuminated the hall again. At this moment, she recalled this feeling obsessively, and her heart was very excited.