dedicated to violets

Willie realizes he is dreaming.

A very, very long dream.

In his dream, he stood in the boundless wheat field, the golden wheat swaying in the wind, and a red-roofed hut stood in the distance.Viri spread out his hand, and it shrank a lot, looking only fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Viri—" The clear voice was carried by the wind, and Weili put down his hands and looked forward.

Ignas stood in front of the red-roofed hut, waving his hands and calling his name.His moonlight silver hair was loosely tied, and a few strands of hair slipped playfully out of the ribbons, hanging by his ears, shaking gently.

"Come here!" He waved to Willy, his purple eyes wide with a smile.

Willie stood still and didn't move.He hesitated and couldn't believe his eyes.

"Are you really Ignace?" Willi asked hesitantly.

Across the golden wheat field, Ignas stared at his face with lingering eyes: "Of course I am Ignas, and I have missed you a lot these past few decades, Viri."

"I'm in a dream, right?" Willie looked at him anxiously, nervously rubbing the ears of wheat in his hands.

Ignace said meaningfully: "I have been in a dream, with you."

Viri finally smiled: "I'll come to you right away." He reached out and pushed aside the layers of wheat ears, and walked towards Ignas along the narrow field ridge.However, after walking about ten steps, he found that the red-roofed hut was getting farther and farther away from him. Willie quickened his pace and even ran wildly, but he still couldn't reach the other end of the wheat field.

"Ignace!" he yelled in panic.

The boy with silver hair and purple eyes and the red-roofed hut are blurred and distorted, and even the wheat field becomes unreal.Viri leaped forward, but missed nothing, catching nothing except the dirt that stuck to him.

Viri panicked and called his name helplessly: "Ignace, where are you?"

"You're about to wake up," Ignas' voice was ethereal, as if he was in the sky, talking to him through the clouds, "I've been in your dream."

Viri supported himself on the soft ground and struggled to get up.

The wheat field, the red-roofed house, and the crimson sky all receded quickly, revealing a lonely blank space, and a little golden light shone above his head.

Viri felt lost, and the dirt on the clothes disappeared completely.He spread out his palm again, and the palm in front of him seemed to be an adult.

The golden light grew rapidly, and Viri suddenly felt that the light was a little dazzling. He quickly covered his eyes with his arms, and when his feet were empty, he fell suddenly, and a sense of weightlessness swept over him.

Willie threw back the covers, panting in shock.

The fear brought about by the rapid fall still lingers in his heart, the sun is shining outside the house, there are birds singing, the windows are half open, and the fragrance of flowers fills the whole room.

Willie stared blankly at this familiar room—the guest room where he lived in Fast.

There is a pot of pansies on the bedside table, and the small and exquisite flowers are clustered together, which looks very pleasing.Willie looked away and cast his gaze out the window.Most of the flowers in the garden are in bloom, and the two gardeners are busy trimming the flower branches.

The piano case was placed by the window, and it was not covered, with a little silver showing through the gaps.

Viri blinked, and suddenly heard footsteps.

The door of the guest room was not closed, it was just slightly covered. A few seconds later, the door was pushed open, and Sean whistled and appeared in the room.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Willie half-sitting on the bed, looking sideways at the blooming flowers outside the window, without saying a word.

"Are you awake?" Sean was taken aback, but soon became happy again, "I thought you would continue to sleep."

Willie was finally willing to look at him: "Yes."

Sean: "What's wrong with you? Looking so upset?"

"Am I having a dream?" Willie said softly.

"what?"

"I bid farewell to you, rode back to the town of Fryer, and found his tombstone." Willie looked at Sean, his face was full of bewilderment, "Could it be, these are all dreams? In fact, I have been in Fars Te, didn't leave."

Sean finally came to his senses. He shook his head to prevent Willy from continuing to think wildly: "It's not a dream, it's all real. You did leave Fast and return to Fryer Town."

"Then why am I here?"

He remembered very clearly that he fell asleep in the perilous Fryer Forest with the skeleton of Ignas in his arms.He thought he was going to die, but with Ignas in his dream, he was willing.

But why did he return to Fast when he woke up?

"I don't know, you suddenly appeared in this room in the middle of the night before yesterday. When the maid came to clean the room the next morning, I was taken aback by you. I thought there was a thief in the headquarters, but it turned out to be you." Sean Explaining, "You still have burn marks on your clothes, what happened to you at Fryer?"

Viri was silent for a while, then said, "Illusion magic circle."

"Illusion?"

"Enveloped the entire town of Fryer, and the forest of Fryer," said Willie, his tone was flat, as if he was describing an insignificant incident. "As soon as I entered, I fell under the illusion. I escaped from the control of the illusion, and when I woke up, I found myself standing in the forest, almost killed by the wind leopard."

"I remember that there should be no wind leopards in Fryer Forest." Sean was suspicious, but thinking of the information they got from the refugees, he suppressed his curiosity and went straight to the topic, "There are only wind leopards, but no undead? "

"Maybe there is, but I didn't see it. I killed the wind leopard and wanted to escape from the forest, but I was pulled into the illusion again," Viri said, recalling his own experience. "I woke up from the illusion again. found 'his' grave by mistake..."

Of course Sean knew who this "he" was.

——The person that Viri puts on the top of his heart.

He pricked up his ears and listened attentively. Just when he thought that the next exciting battle was going to happen, he heard Willy say, "Then I fell asleep."

"Sleep, sleep?" Sean was taken aback.

Viri nodded with great certainty: "Fall asleep."

Wei Li's face is calm, and his blue eyes are like a pool of spring water, clean and clear, neither sadness nor joy can be seen.

Xiao En suddenly understood the extremely strong emotion hidden in this short sentence.

Sean didn't take it seriously the first time he knew the existence of the person in Viri's heart.

After all, young people's love and hatred are strong and short-lived, not to mention that Viri was only 15 years old at that time, maybe he would forget it in a few years, even if that person was under the curse and saved Viri with his own life.

But nothing can stand against time.Under the scouring of time, all emotions will fade away, ten years if five years are not enough, and 20 years if ten years are not enough, and one day, Viri will let go.

Yet 30 years later, Viri is still alone.

Hearing the understatement of "falling asleep", Sean suddenly realized that Veri has never changed. He looks calm, but he has always been burdened with shackles.

"You—" He looked at Viri hesitantly, his lips moved, wanting to say something.

"Don't worry, I won't seek death." Willy interrupted what Xiao En wanted to say without hesitation, and said calmly, "I know, he is not dead." He will not return to Fast inexplicably, only someone sent him back.

The man thought nothing else, it must be Ignace.

……

Counting from the day of Willy's farewell to his waking up, there were only three short days.In other words, he was sent back to Fast on the night he arrived at Fryer Forest.

He still remembers his dream.

In the dream, in the flower, is Ignace.

Willie lifted the quilt and said casually, "Carry it on, I want to change."

Sean raised his hands, turned around quickly, and stood at attention facing the door: "I turned around!" With a bitter face, he couldn't help complaining, "Actually, we both have seen everything we should have seen. Before you were injured, I was the one who fucked you." Yao, I personally changed the pajamas you are wearing now, it is too late for you to be reserved."

"It was a special case before," Willie snorted coldly, took out a set of clothes from the closet, and put them on slowly. "Not now, you should forget everything you've seen before."

Sean protested: "Then you have to forget what you've seen!"

"Okay," Willie said, "where are my old clothes?"

"Washed, dried and put it under the closet, you can look for it." Sean kept his hands up and answered honestly.

Viri found the clothes he had worn before, spread them out and laid them flat.

"Turn around." Willie looked at his shirt and frowned suspiciously. "Why are there burnt marks?"

Sean turned around slowly, ran to Willy with small steps, poked his head curiously, and observed the exquisitely tailored shirt together.The color of the shirt is the most common white, slightly yellowish, as if facing the sun.The collar was spotless, but the cuffs were scorched in several places, with two or three burnt chips.

Viri picked up his sleeve and smelled it. There was only a scent of herbs, which was the scent of the most commonly used clothes cleaning agent.

The disappointment on his expression was visible to the naked eye.

Sean glanced at him: "What do you want to smell?"

"Nothing?" Viri avoided answering. He swiftly folded the shirt again and put it back in the closet. He started another topic, "Is there any movement of the undead in the misty forest?"

"Speaking of this, during the few days you were away, Mason and I went through all the records since the establishment of Fast City, and found a person who was very—" Sean was at a loss for words, and he spread his hands helplessly, "Forgive me for not Know how to describe him, are you interested in going to a place with me?"

Willie closed the closet door: "Tell me who that person is first."

"One of the founders of the Mercenary Guild."

It was almost time for lunch, and Sean told Willy that the place he was about to go to was a bit far away, and it would take a long time to go back and forth.

Passing through the colorful flower garden, the two walked along the lake to the restaurant.

The sun was hanging high in the sky, Viri squinted his eyes, blocked them with his hands, and quickly glanced at the scorchingly dazzling "ball of light".

"Have you heard of the forbidden spell 'Sun God'?" Sean said suddenly.

The two had already sat down at the table, and the table was replaced with seasonal flowers, the petals of which were still dewdrops.The faint fragrance floated on the tips of their noses, and through the beautiful flowers, Viri raised his head and looked into Xiao En's eyes.

He was silent for a moment and said, "What is that?"

"The forbidden curse of the fire system is also classified as a forbidden curse of the light system. Anyway, there is no magic saint in the empire, so no one can use it," Xiao En said. "It is essentially a forbidden curse of the Holy See."

Viri: "I think from the name 'Sun God', we can know that it is a spell of the Holy See."

"No, you're wrong, the group of fanatics in the Holy See would not use the god's title to name spells," Sean shook his head, "I mentioned the forbidden spell 'Sun God' to tell you that I am the one who created this spell. The founder of the mercenary guild I want to talk about."

The mercenary guild was born out of the mage guild, and the mercenary guild was established 500 years ago.

At that time, mercenaries were still called adventurers, and Fast was just a small town where adventurers exchanged supplies, which was not a good thing.

However, the Mage Guild is in full swing, able to fight against the Holy See, and even faintly surpass the Tulip Royal Family.At that time, the Holy See was in danger of being defeated. Not long after the establishment of the Mercenary Guild, the Holy See quickly withdrew its power and withdrew from the center of the empire.

"There are three core founders of the Mercenary Guild. They were originally high-level members of the Mage Guild. Because they were dissatisfied with the Mage Guild, they left angrily and chose to come to Fast to establish a brand new force—the Mercenary Guild."

"That fire mage, I remember her name is Andrea, is she a descendant of the core founder?" Viri said suddenly.

Sean nodded: "Yes, among the three core founders, two are husband and wife, and Andrea is their direct descendant. This is the oldest force in the guild, famously stubborn and conservative."

He showed a mocking smile, and jokingly said: "What a guild position, it's like a hereditary aristocrat. You see, my current position as president seems to be very secure. In fact, those old guards are staring at it. Look at Andrea It seems that she is taken seriously now, but in fact, those old-fashioned people look down on her and want to get rid of me and Andrea."

Viri thought for a while and said, "As far as I know, several presidents of the Mercenary Guild were named Valentine. Since Miss Andrea is a direct descendant, she should be taken seriously."

"You're not mistaken, those presidents were indeed promoted by Valentine's line." The servants brought silver plates, and after opening the lid, the aroma of the food dilutes the fragrance of the flowers and fills the whole place. Restaurant, "Andrea is different. Although her mother is Valentine's eldest daughter, her father is a lowly bard with no strength and only a handsome face. Everything about Andrea now, They are all in exchange for their own talent and strength.”

Viri thought back to the tall girl with long fiery red hair that brightened the dim tavern, and purple flames dancing endlessly in her hands.

"I didn't expect that in the mercenary guild that respects strength, the senior management is also divided by blood."

"They are all human beings. No matter what, they all end up with the same goal in the end. Everyone wants to get the best for the people around them. Don't forget, the guild has been established for 500 years." Sean took a sip of water and continued, "I Being able to become the president is because Valentine wrestled with the other factions, and just missed it. Just after the war, everyone has no strength, and I, the strongest, are of course expected by everyone."

Mason brought a cup of coffee and gently placed it in front of Sean.After seeing the familiar blond hair, Sean changed his words instantly: "Of course, it's more because of someone stronger than me, right next to me."

Willie: "...you continue."

"The three core founders, except for Valentine and his wife, are the ones I want to tell you," Sean said seriously, "He is the elder of the Mage Guild with very high mana, and the 'Sun God' is the forbidden spell he created. "

Willie was taken aback: "I've never heard of it."

"Of course you haven't heard of it. These are all secrets. Mason and I searched for a long time before I found them out of the library," Sean waved his hand.

Viri: "I see you, these should not be the most important."

"He's a Necromancer, and the Valentines call him—" Sean held his breath, and slowly spit out a title, "The Messenger of the Nibelungen."

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