Panting as he pushed open the door to the castle's dormitory, the first thing Al did was glance at the time of the clock on the wall.

"Forty-fifty! It's broken, it's going to be late!" said Al, hurriedly taking off his training suit.

Unlike a few days ago, Snow was also in the bedroom today, he didn't know where to get a fish tank, and he was staring at the little goldfish swimming in it in a daze.

"Snow, why didn't you learn theoretical knowledge from that powerful royal sister today?" Al opened his closet and hesitated which one to wear.

"Sister Freya, you mean?" Snow was still staring at the fish tank, "She seems to be quite busy today, so she asked me to study in the dormitory." ”

"What can she do? Except for class, she is going to flirt with those good-looking freshmen. ”

"Oh. Snow replied absent-mindedly.

Al picked for a long time, and finally chose the suit given to him by Professor Russell, imagining the upcoming meeting moment, Al felt a deer in his heart for a while.

"Snow, do I look good in this?" said Al, comparing his clothes with himself.

"Good looking. Snow echoed casually.

"Our little Snow doesn't seem to be a little happy today, there are so many new faces in the school, don't you want to take a look?"

"Oh, I'm not very interested. ”

Al poked his head out suspiciously, and found Snow staring at a red-tailed goldfish in the fish tank, his pupils turned white, and the goldfish was hovering in place with its fins swinging slightly, Snow was using the ability "Psychics" on the goldfish.

"What's wrong? Want to eat fish?" Al asked, "Come with me secretly tonight, a grilled fish restaurant has just opened in the business district, and it is said to taste good. ”

Snow rubbed his eyes, the whiteness of his pupils flashed away, and he returned to his previous state, and the goldfish that had been "fixed" swam away as if it had been suddenly untied.

"This fish tank is in Sister Michael's room," Snow threw a few grains of fish food into the fish tank, "I was just asking Xiao Yu about Sister Michael's recent condition. ”

Al remembered the girl he had talked to that night, and although he hadn't seen her in real form, she must have been a very gentle girl, Al thought.

"And then?"

Xiao Yu said that someone had talked to Sister Micah at midnight a few days ago, but I don't know what the conversation was, and Xiao Yu only vaguely felt that Sister Micah was happier than usual. ”

"Oh, I guess it's an acquaintance. Al pretended not to know.

"I don't know, that's why I'm worried, I'm afraid that Sister Micah will meet the bad guys who coax her. Little Snow looked preoccupied.

"Okay, what bad guys can there be in the school," Al rubbed Snow's head, "I think you're a bad guy, you little devil can snoop on other people's privacy." ”

Hearing Al say this, Snow's expression immediately became embarrassed, and his little face turned red.

"yes, it doesn't seem like a good thing to do..."Snow looked at Al pitifully, "Brother El, you're... Going on a date?"

With a "boom", Snow took a solid blow to Al.

"Oops, it hurts!" Snow clutched his head and looked innocent.

"Don't talk nonsense in children's families, what dating is not dating is what you should know at your age?"

"But you're obviously dressed like..."Seeing Al's ready fingers, Snow quickly changed his words, "Okay, Brother El, I won't say it!"

Al hurriedly put on his suit, and after looking in the mirror to make sure there were no flaws, Al glanced at the time again.

"It's over, it's over! I've got to get out of here! Snow, if Professor Russell comes to me, tell me I'm going to the A section. ”

With that, Al ran away.

As soon as Al walked away, Snow immediately sighed and looked at the two goldfish in the fish tank that were biting their tails, and said earnestly like an old man who saw through the red dust: "Are all animals like this? Once you have a favorite object, it is easy to become a contradiction, saying that you don't want a body but you are very honest, you don't understand, you don't understand." ”

Al rushed left and right along the way, running in the direction of the teaching area of Department A under the strange eyes of the freshmen, his heart beating violently, partly due to strenuous exercise, and partly due to some unknown emotion.

After running up to the top of the school building in one breath and trying to calm his breath, Al walked to the classroom at the end of the hallway with a nervous mood.

Gently pushing open the door of the classroom, most of the seats in the neat and comfortable classroom were empty, only three or four young people in student uniforms were studying in the classroom, and Al's voice was very soft so it didn't attract the attention of a few students.

Al's gaze lingered on several people one by one, but he didn't notice the person waiting for him, and looked at the clock again to see that it had reached the agreed time.

"Strange, I didn't find the wrong classroom. ”

Al hesitated to retreat to the door, and just as he was about to look elsewhere, a female classmate in the classroom stopped him.

"Is it Al-san?" the female classmate walked up to Al with a book in her hand.

"You are?"

"My name is An An, a freshman in Department A, please give me a lot of advice," the female classmate had a sweet smile on her face, "You're here to find Eve, right?"

"yes, you know where she is?" said Al, a little nervous.

An An smiled, and could see that this short-haired girl with a pure appearance had received a good etiquette education.

"There were a lot of people in the classroom just now, so Eve went to the rooftop, you can go there and find her. ”

"Well," Al was a little embarrassed, "did she ask you to tell me?"

"How can I say it," An An thought for a moment, "it should be counted." ”

Seeing that this young boy behaved crampedly and uneasily, the corners of An An's mouth rose slightly.

"Thank you, An'an!" Al said, "Then I won't bother you, you can come to the Ability Department to find me at any time if you need help in the future, I'll go first." ”

An An nodded lightly and watched Al leave.

"Anomalous, the hope for the future of the Empire. An An's gaze at Al's back was complex and deep.

Since most of the students studying in the A department building have an aristocratic background, the A department teaching area is the most advanced area of the school, and it can even be described as luxury.

Not only are the classrooms and corridors covered with Persian carpets, but even the rooftop of the school building has been designed as an open-air study room, where you can study while drinking coffee, and even watch the afterglow of the blue sea and the sunset over Arthur's Seat while studying.

When Al arrived on the top floor of the school building, he was amazed to discover a new world, and the independent ceiling made of the sun visor provided good protection for the solid wood square table below, and it was a pleasure to study here.

The empty rooftop study room is bathed in the spring sun, with a sense of seclusion and tranquility.

Al stood at the entrance to the passage, looking for the long-lost figure.

The sea breeze blows the girl's dark gray hair, and she stands on the edge of the rooftop looking out at the western sky below the sea of clouds, and her lilac skirt sways slightly, making the girl look like a violet blooming in the wind.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Eve. Al lowered his head, his palms sweating a little.

Eve turned around, a subtle loneliness in her eyes, but then replaced by an elegant smile.

"It's five minutes later than agreed, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Al. ”

"I'm sorry, because I didn't get a good night's rest, so—" Realizing that he had slipped out, Al immediately wanted to divert the subject.

"I didn't think you still had a childlike heart, Mr. Rabbit. ”

"How do you know?" said Al, a little shocked.

"Didn't you tell Sister Freya about our meeting today?" Eve's tone was calm, but somewhat questioning.

Thinking back to the small talk when making candy last night, Al had a big head, he didn't expect Freya, who was the president of the student council of Department A, to be a "big mouth", and he couldn't tell her anything in the future, Al secretly made up his mind.

"Aren't you hot?" Eve gestured to Al's suit.

"Huh?" Al was thinking about how to justify his covert operation, but he didn't expect Eve to suddenly ask such a question, and it seemed that Freya also explained to the outside world in strict accordance with the reasons she had made up earlier.

"No... Not hot. ”

"Take off your coat, no one is looking at you here. ”

Eve sat down at the square table, her hands on her cheeks and tilted her head to look into the distance, ignoring Al beside her.

Straightening up his blazer, Al quietly sat down across from Eve.

"By the way, there's something I've always wanted to ask you. ”

"Just ask. ”

Al pulled a card out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

"What did you mean by this golden card you gave me last time?"

Eve only glanced at the card for a moment before withdrawing her gaze.

"Oh, it's nothing, you might need it if you get into trouble in Xinlan City in the future," Eve's body exuded a faint fragrance, "Don't think about the rest." ”

"Oh well, thank you. "Al was a little disappointed.

After a brief silence, Eve's finger pointed in the direction of the sun's sinking west, where a few strands of clouds hung in the sky, blazing red.

"Do you know what's under the firmament there?"

Faced with Eve's somewhat puzzling question, Al didn't know which angle to answer, he thought about it, the child who used to watch the sky alone on the roof of Nack's small town has slowly grown up.

"There must have been a lonely kid lying on a dilapidated roof dreaming of one day being a hero who would save the world. Al reminisced about the past.

"That's half right. Eve's eyes met El's gaze for the first time.

"Half?"

"Under the blood-stained battle flag, there are thousands of lonely children looking in the direction of the empire, not lying on the rooftops but running to the loud war songs, these people do not hesitate to practice their dreams, the dream of becoming great heroes. ”