I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

"what do you?"

Alicia was a little surprised at how calm she was at the moment. The good thing about getting older is that there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Fire Demon, you can call me Calcifer." Calcifer said.

"You said you are a devil?" Alicia looked at the flames in front of her with a strange expression.

As if he felt that he was being slighted, Calcifer was a little unconvinced and let himself burn even more intensely, causing the firewood to crackle as it burned.

"I'm bound here by a contract! I can't leave here even half a step."

"It looks like we two are very similar, both victims of magic," Alicia said.

The crackling in the furnace became slightly brisker, and Calcifer continued.

"The spell on you is very ancient and very powerful."

Hearing this, Alicia woke up from a dream, "Did you see it!?"

Her voice subconsciously increased and she asked eagerly, "Can you break this curse?"

The flame burned silently for a while, and those eyes were looking at Alicia carefully.

"It's not easy to understand. It's very complicated. I need to study it."

"How long will it take?" Alicia asked.

"It takes a while." It looked at Alicia, a moment of cunning flashed in its eyes, "How about we make a deal?

If you agree to break the contract that binds me, I will break your spell. "

Alicia fell silent. Making a deal with the devil was not a wise choice. All the stories she had heard since childhood told her so.

"Why are you still hesitating?" Calcifer said, "Do you want to stay like this forever?"

"People always have to go through this stage, don't they?" Alicia said.

"But they have fully enjoyed their youth, but you have not." Calcifer said, "This magic has shortened your life span by at least sixty years."

Alicia nodded solemnly, "I'm not surprised by this."

She looked at Calcifer, and suddenly she asked the question that mattered to her most, "Who did you sign this contract with?"

"Char," Calcifer said. "Char, the wizard."

It was indeed him, Alicia thought to herself. For some reason, her somewhat uneasy heart calmed down, perhaps because she no longer had to face the unknown.

She looked around again.

Then this is his castle.

"Not only am I trapped here, unable to move, but I also have to bear the magic of the entire castle." Calcifer's voice became a little huffy, "I have to take great pains to hide his existence, maintain the castle, and make it I have to do things like move and even heat the bath water.”

"That sounds pathetic," Alicia said.

"It's very pitiful!" Calcifer emphasized, "I was exploited."

"You are a devil. In all the stories, devils exploit people, but there has never been a case of people exploiting devils." Alicia teased.

Although she still didn't believe it, it didn't stop her from finding it funny.

"He is a very cunning wizard," Calcifer said.

Alicia was silent for a moment, and she thought carefully, "If you can really break my curse, I may be able to agree to your request."

"Deal!" Calcifer said excitedly, his face elongating as the flames grew stronger. "You break my contract, and I can lift your curse immediately!"

"You have to tell me how to break the contract," Alicia said.

Calcifer blinked at her, then shifted his gaze, "Just like you cannot reveal the curse on you, our contract also has a confidentiality agreement, and I cannot violate the contract."

"Are you kidding me?" Alicia said.

"If you look carefully and listen carefully, you can find out the answer." Calcifer snapped. "Believe me, this will be good for you and me."

It said it sincerely, and Alicia reluctantly believed it.

"It seems like I'm going to stay in this castle, but will that person let me stay?"

"We can think about it slowly." Calcifer said, "Char is very casual and helpful. Not long ago, he saved a poor guy who was about to freeze to death in the snowfield."

"Speaking of which, I don't know yet, is he in the castle now?" Alicia asked.

"He's not here, and I don't know when he will come back."

"Very good." Alicia nodded, "Then think about it quickly. It's best to think of it before he comes back."

She leaned comfortably on the chair and waited for him to think. The flame in front of her was burning. It was silent while thinking, except for the crackling sound of the fire burning the firewood.

This kind of white noise made her a little drowsy. She didn't know if it was magic, especially at the end, when Calcifer began to sing a song in an unknown language. It was so peaceful that she fell into a deep sleep almost defenseless. past.

I don’t know how long it took, but with a click, the door slowly opened...

Xia Ya walked in from the door. He took off his coat a little tiredly and put it on one side. Then, he sat on the red sofa on the other side and exhaled a breath.

He quietly stared at the little old lady sleeping on his chair without saying anything.

"I told her everything you asked me to say," Calcifer said. "Can she really break our contract?"

"Never question the choice of fate." Xia Ya whispered softly.

He looked at Calcifer curiously, "How did she get in?"

Calcifer couldn't tell at a glance that this old lady was Alicia, because his perception wasn't that strong yet.

"I don't know. As soon as she shouted stop outside, the castle was no longer under my control at that moment. It took a while to recover. Then she also broke through my defense inexplicably. Is it because of fate?"

Xia thought for a moment and shook his head, "Fate will not appear this way."

"you mean"

"The template used for this destiny is different from novels and movies. In the novel, the heroine has magic, but she doesn't know it.

And in the movie.”

Xia Ya was silent for a moment. He recalled for a moment and said, "There should be some, but due to the length, it was not mentioned specifically."

Calcifer opened his eyes and looked at Alicia curiously, "If that's the case, then her magic is."

"Yan Ling." Xia Ya whispered.

"Born with this ability, her talent is not low." Calcifer said.

Xia thought for a while and said: "She is from the royal family. Maybe her ancestor was a very powerful magician. Otherwise, she would not have created such a huge empire. This makes her blood flow with mystery.

It is for this reason that she was chosen to carry this destiny.”

He raised his head and stared quietly at Alicia's side face. As she fell into a deep sleep, the curse on her body took on another aspect.

As the flickering firelight reflected on one side, her skin became smooth and rosy again, and her long black hair was scattered casually. Even though her sleeping posture was not very elegant at the moment, it was still difficult to conceal her beauty.

At the banquet before, the gorgeous mask like a crown covered most of her face. Although it did give her a sense of mystery, it also covered up most of her brilliance.

"This should be a kind of magic that manifests the heart." Calcifer said, "She has an age in her heart that is beyond her age."

Xia Ya nodded, "But not only that, it also has a second layer."

"It's tricky," Calcifer said.

Xia Ya smiled, "It's just tricky now."

He stood up from the sofa, picked up the coat on one side, gently put it on Alicia's body, and whispered.

"Good night, sweet dreams."

Then, he turned around and walked towards the stairs.