before he was crowned king

The lectures are getting better and better, and the pages of the books are turning in waves, which sounds like the buzzing of bees in the garden.

Professor Udyr is a well-known "Antique School" in the college, and he pays special attention to students' classroom performance.In his class, all the people are very busy, or taking notes seriously for grades, or doodling for pretense. Looking around, only Erics sat there empty-handed like an insignificant As an outsider, he lowered his head and rubbed his fingertips to relieve the embarrassment in his heart.

Lonely individuals tend to imitate the speech and behavior of others, and consistent behavior can make them feel more secure.For a long time, Eriks tried to make himself appear to fit in.However, this is actually a difficult task for him.

He has something to hide, this is his secret, and there is a part of his life memory that is vague.People around him said that during the years of his disappearance, he was drawn into a terrible place called the endless abyss by demons, and that he survived because of the mercy and blessing of the God of Light.

But in fact, Alex has no impression of what kind of demon or what kind of endless abyss.He only remembered that when he opened his eyes, he was lying on a meadow with small white flowers.

After that, following his memory, he walked all the way back to his home like an adventure, and met his mother, his childhood sweetheart, and a brother he had never met.

To be honest, returning to the so-called home after a few years made him a little uneasy. Fortunately, everyone still likes him, praises him, and loves him.Outsiders say that he is a child chosen by the gods, and his family praises him as a genius who is unique in thousands.He was happy at first, but then he started to feel guilty.Because in people's memory, he was too perfect and shining, and he gradually found that his real self seemed not worthy of such a high evaluation.

At that time, he was like a shrinking tortoise, resisting getting along with those close to him, fearing that one day he would suddenly fail to meet their expectations.

It was also at that time that he became acquainted with his elder brother Sean Cabed because of taking over various official duties.

At first, Erics didn't know how to face his somewhat withdrawn and cold brother. He didn't hate him, but felt more guilt and sympathy that he couldn't express. Later they had more contacts, and he gradually Like the feeling of getting along with each other.

Just like a real brother, when he encounters a problem, the other party will give him detailed and clear answers.When he made a mistake, the other party would point it out to him.When in embarrassment, the other party will help him to get out of the siege with appropriate benefits.

Gradually, the originally tedious and complicated affairs became no longer a headache, and he was somewhat handy, but at this moment his elder brother suddenly fell into a coma.

The doctor said that the cause was exhaustion.Erics thinks this is reasonable, so many big and small things in the manor are on one person, and no matter who it is, it will be exhausted over time.

Fortunately, this problem can be solved.As long as I take charge of my own responsibility as soon as possible, and take over the work of the manor, my brother's health will recover by then, so everything can get back on track.Erics had planned this in his heart. He looked at the weak and pale man on the hospital bed through the window, and remembered what he had said to him.

"It's not fair to me to keep playing your role."

Yes, he finally figured out what the other party really wanted, and he also knew what kind of decision could lead to a happy ending for everyone, but what about his brother...his brother is dead.

Perhaps because he had just accepted his father's departure not so long ago, there was not much sadness left in Erikris on the day of the funeral.

His heart was full of impotent anger and self-condemnation. Apart from hammering the wall fiercely, he didn't know who to vent this suppressed emotion to.

Death is the real passing away, an eternal regret.He couldn't tell anyone what was going on inside of it, but waited for time for his intense emotions to cool down and melt into a cold emptiness.

Erics was in a daze with the back of his hand resting on his chin. In the small classroom, there were people sitting in front of him.People are not gold. The most indispensable thing in this world is people. There are many of them, but none of them are the same.

So he thought that he had met a very good person before, and he probably wouldn't be able to see him again in the future.

"Alex."

Professor Udyr's roll call made the black-haired youth return to reality unexpectedly.

"professor?"

"I have discussed this issue carefully in your class, and it is just up to you to explain it to everyone." Professor Udyr waved the teaching stick in his hand, and there was a bit of threat in his words, "I believe You must have listened carefully."

Erics opened his mouth, he was just thinking about it and didn't pay attention to what Professor Udyr said.

It's nothing shameful not to be able to answer, the main reason is that those words he said just before class are about to be exposed.

"I think it should be..." Alex lowered his head, he was stunned for a moment, there was a note on the table, and he subconsciously read the content on it.

"Very good, very good, very good." Professor Udyr nodded frequently, expressing his praise for this answer.

Alex sat down. He looked at the note in his hand, and then at the blond young man who was taking notes seriously. An unfamiliar warm current made the corners of his mouth rise, as if thinking of something, he raised his eyebrows The note was folded to cut out a square blank side, and then he turned his head and borrowed a pen from the strange classmate on the right.

After a while, something "jumped" to Sean's notebook.

Sean lowered his eyes. It was a piece of origami with a strange shape, probably an octagon that was not neatly organized, with some lines on the paper and two pairs of ink dots.

If you look at it abstractly, it seems that there are two tortoises, and the big one has a small tortoise lying on its back.

Sean frowned, he glanced to the side from the corner of his eye, and saw the young man staring at him with an indescribably silly smile on his handsome face.

"It's really childish." Sean withdrew his gaze and looked at the two ugly tortoises again. He felt that the two pairs of sesame-sized eyes were indescribably strange, so he pushed them to the edge of the notebook with his little finger and continued working. matters at hand.

Erics raised his hand to cover his face intentionally, for fear that Professor Udyr would find his flamboyant expression.

He learned this origami when he was very young. Although he doesn't remember who taught him, he still remembers the folding steps.

But he is not good at handwork, and it is indeed a bit ugly.

He originally thought that Sean would throw the two tortoises away or send them back, but he reluctantly stayed.

Erics peeked at the two origami tortoises, recalling the scene where they stared at the man silently, his bad and depressed mood suddenly dissipated, and his heart was filled with indescribable joy.

Noon, the capital, Frederick Castle.

Lin Lin stood in the corridor, lightly knocking on the magenta wooden door with white gloves.

"Miss Lillian, may I come in?"

"Come in." There was a very light response from the other side of the wooden door.

"How was your rest last night?" Lin Lin pushed open the door, the light in the room was very dim, a slender and fragile girl's body stretched her arms, lying flat on the big bed covered with floral silk.

"The moonlight was very good last night. I looked at the moon and had a dream." The girl's lips parted slightly, "Lin Lin, I remembered something from my very young age, about three or four years old. when."

"Miss Lilian, you are indeed dreaming. Young elves can only live in the trees, and after five years of their most fragile life, they can leave the accompanying plants and choose their gender to create a free-moving body." Lin Lin told the girl Getting up from the bed, he helped the girl take off the white lace nightgown, and held up the gorgeous dress the girl wore for the afternoon attendance in his hands.

"Lin Lin, why didn't you choose your gender?" Lilian tilted her head, her long brown hair was scattered around her neck like a waterfall.

"Because I don't need it." Lin Lin was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "I will follow Mr. Oscar as a waiter all my life. Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"I'm thinking about why I chose to become a woman." Lilian slowly raised her arms to pass through the patterned cuffs. "People generally choose to become men with stronger bodies."

"That's true. We were born in the jungle and have a long life. We don't need sexes to reproduce, we just need to be nourished with blood..." Lin Lin knelt on the ground on one knee, and put on leather shoes for Lilian, "What do you think? Is there a reason?"

"Well, because I want to marry that person." Lilian lowered her head and said softly, "He saved me."

"During your companion period? You still remember?" Lin Lin was a little surprised, knowing that at that time most elves didn't even have their own independent consciousness.

"Not very clear." Lilian raised her hand and gestured with a gentle voice, "He is about this tall, with black hair, and what I remember most is that he kept saying Alex, Alex..."

"Are you referring to——Master Alex of the Cabed family?" Lin Lin looked up at Lilian, who would have thought that the other party would shake his head.

"No, no..." Lilian's throat suppressed the churning emotions, "I made a mistake, that was not his name, he was called Erics, he is not Erics..."

"It's not Master Alex?" Lin Lin couldn't understand, "Then what do you mean?"

"Yes..." Lilian's lips moved, the name stuck in her throat like a thorn, and she couldn't say it or swallow it.

"Miss Lilian," Lin Lin looked at Lilian's expression and said worriedly, "Is your spirit okay? You can do this afternoon's verdict, the Duke alone..."

"I'm fine." Lilian took a deep breath and calmed down her throbbing heart, her voice was soft but firm, "I am a victim of this dispute and an accomplice of that murder. No matter what, I am still His wife, even if it is an atonement, I must go there and expose all the ugliness to the public."