The ice dragon "kept in the temple" has been quite distressed lately.

As the day drew nearer to be dragged out to meet people, Ed Singal was nervous like a bewildered monkey, scratching his ears and cheeks, fidgeting, and scurrying around all the time, either babbling in his ear, crouching on the ground and sighing, or even scratching his scales unconsciously while riding on his neck......

Isse felt like it was going to get annoyed by this guy.

But Ed never said he wanted to escape, even if he encouraged him a few times, consciously or unconsciously—and he had to admit that at least the stubbornness was commendable.

It took Ed to Naria once, hoping that the girl and Norway would give him some encouragement, but was completely ruined by Tess's mouthy remark - "There's nothing to be nervous about, and if nothing goes wrong, it doesn't look like you at all...... Isn't it easier to think so?"

Ed's face, which had just perked up a little, immediately collapsed.

Fortunately, the Mouthy Jayne is almost repaired, and Naria, who is about to hit the road again, has no intention of making a special trip back to participate in the May Festival.

"It's always a little awkward. "I can't think I'll laugh out loud down there," she said...... That must be a bad sight, so forget it. ”

Tess was excited to see the excitement, but the elves were in a hurry to get back to Grivar, and she didn't want to leave Norvier for a moment.

This made Ed breathe a sigh of relief. He was already very sure that he would be greatly disgraced at the May Festival...... For example, falling from the neck of an ice dragon. He definitely didn't want more of his friends to see that.

"If you lose face, you will lose me!" Iss, yelling at him angrily, "You dare to try it?!"

- of no use at all.

Ed was not afraid of it for a long time. It would be useless to turn into a dragon and hold him under its claws, even if it opened its mouth wide above the top of his head so that he could see every sharp tooth in its mouth and the unlicked beef scraps between its teeth - not to mention that it was still roasted meat scraps.

Anyway, there are people to raise. Isis thinks it's better to grill meat.

Alan didn't know where he had gone, and Sean Fletcher seemed too busy to calm the young Sage's nervousness. Truth be told, every time he appears, it only makes Ed more nervous.

Thinking about it, Isis felt that there was probably only one person who could help so far.

There are two days left until the May Festival. Early in the morning, it flew straight to Criesburg with Ed, who had been blinded by a sleepless night.

In a trance, Ed didn't come to his senses until he saw the square tower not far away. The first reaction was to jump straight down.

The ice dragon grabbed him and let him hang upside down, not changing the direction of his head.

“...... Is...... "Ed's voice was choppy in the wind. Sadness, "Don't be like this......"

"Do you really want to fall to your death than see Vala?—— I can tell her that. Isis said coldly.

Ed finally shut his mouth, and after a while began to struggle again.

"At least don't let me go back so ugly!" he cried out in grief.

The ice dragon curled him up with his tail and threw it on his back.

Ed grunted. Climb up to its neck and sit firmly. I couldn't help but start scratching its scales again.

The ice dragon grinded his teeth and held back.

It landed directly in front of the gate of the main castle, so that everyone could cheer and run to say, "Master Ed is back!"

Young Master Ed, who was always so popular, had no choice but to squeeze out a smile, slowly climbed down from the ice dragon's neck, and took two steps back and moved into the gate. Isis followed closely behind without a sound - he wouldn't give him any chance to escape.

To his surprise, Wala didn't show up for the first time. She usually rushed to the door as soon as possible to greet her son, who was rarely coming home, but it wasn't until they entered the hall that River Singal ran down the stairs.

"Where's Mother?" Ed had already realized something was wrong.

River, who was about to give his son a strong hug, lowered his arms in frustration: "In the room...... Her illness never recovered. I didn't let her out of bed. ”

“...... Why!" Ed jumped, "Why don't you tell me! at least a priest!"

Vala often suffers from minor illnesses. She is also usually reluctant to bother the priest, but this time she seems to have been sick for more than a month......

"She doesn't want you to worry. And you know, she always likes to say, 'I don't have much devotion to the gods, and I shouldn't ask for more gifts,' and I told her I paid a lot of money......" Before River could finish his sentence, Ed had already rushed past him and ran away.

Eth and River glanced at each other, both twisting their faces a little awkwardly and following.

The speed of rushing through the door was too fast for Ed to regain his momentum, stumbling on his right foot, stumbling forward a few steps before he could barely hold his body, and did not fall face down on the ground without being ugly.

“...... You don't seem to have changed at all, should I be happy about this, or should I be worried about it? His mother's helpless voice rang in his ears.

Half-lying on the bed, Vala had already cleaned herself up and seemed to be in good spirits, Ed breathed a sigh of relief, pounced on him and silently recited the mantra to remove the disease, and then crouched on the side of the bed like a puppy, looked at his mother with a blank eye, and asked worriedly, "Are you feeling better?"

"It has never been better. Vala smiled and kissed him lightly on the forehead, "Although I didn't have anything bad about it. ”

"But my father says you've never been well......" Ed muttered.

"That's probably because I'm worried that someone who says he's going to be a pastor and never comes back—he might become a great saint, but he's still my son. I'm just afraid he'll forget about this. Vala said calmly.

Ed felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck his head, making him dizzy and speechless for a while.

"You...... Do you already know?" it took him a moment before he stumbled, his eyes drifting to the side.

"Your father can lie when he wants to—but it's useless in front of me. Vala said.

Ed scratched his head—he knew! He even expected his father to tell his mother. But that didn't make everything he had to deal with any easier.

"I know you're not going to be happy...... I also knew that I had made my own decision without consulting anyone, even though there seemed to be little choice at the time...... "He racked his brains to say something more appropriate, and he had rehearsed it in his head countless times, but he was still growing incoherent. The calm and calm explanation in the original plan turned into a grievance outpouring at some point: "My father almost cried at that time...... It seems that no one is really happy about this, not even Filly. I know I'm not the kind of Sage one would expect, not at all as good as Felicid...... I don't have a lot of knowledge, I don't have a lot of power, and I honestly haven't been very religious until now, and I don't know why the goddess chose a guy like me. Did she get something wrong...... But she said that the world needed a Sage, and my friends believed in me...... Felicity believed in me, and she paid with her life for it. How could I say no? I agreed. I succeeded, I could use the Staff of Eternity, and Sean Fletcher bent his knee to me...... But Isis quarreled with me over this, he said...... Never mind. In a word. I thought he would never come back, nothing worse than this...... Well, he came back, and he said he would help me, but I knew he wasn't happy, and no one was really happy about it - except for Eric, who was such a nice guy. But I've worked hard......"

"Ed, Ed. Vala sighed as she interrupted his headless ramblings. Holding his face, "Do you remember why you told me why you wanted to be a pastor?"

“...... I want to know more about the gods and the world......" Ed struggled to remember. "I want to be a little more useful, to help my friends, or more people......"

"Has that purpose changed now?"

“...... No. ”

"So what has changed?"

“...... Many things?" replied Ed dumbfounded.

"Oh...... Perhaps," Vala could only smile bitterly, "I can't tell you how glad I'm glad you've become the Sage of the Water God...... That means you're going to face more trials, more difficulties, more dangers – no, I don't want you to go through that at all, but I also know that the gods' choices are unchangeable...... I guess the only thing you can do is to remember your original desires and not think about whether you've lived up to other people's expectations – no one can please everyone, you just have to be yourself, Ed Singel, my son, a friend of the ice dragon......"

“...... He is also my son. River, who had been outside the door, stuck his head in dissatisfied.

Vala glared at him, and the nominal owner of Christesburg obediently retracted his head again.

Vala looked down again and tenderly looked into Ed's eyes, "Anyway, like I once told you, I'll always be here...... And you can always come back. ”

Ed silently stretched out his arms and hugged her tightly.

Outside the door, Ise and River looked at each other again, then looked away.

"You're a lucky guy. Isis said.

“...... I am your friend's father. Although he understood that he was right, River was still a little unconvinced, "How about being polite?"

Iss glared at him coldly: "I'm a dragon. ”

He only cares about what he wants to care about, race, blood, identity, status...... It's not all in his eyes.

River kept his mouth shut.

"Anyway. It took a while for River to sigh, "Thank you for bringing him back." ”

“...... He'll always come back, I'm just impatient to wait. Ishard said - he's not good at dealing with the "thanks" thing.

River smiled: "I know my son, he is not a confident guy, although most of the time he can bite the bullet and solve the problem, but once the matter is related to the relationship, especially if it may hurt someone's heart, he is very likely to turn around and run away...... It's always good that someone can push him from behind him. ”

Iss gave him a thoughtful look and was silent.

(To be continued......)