A solemn cold wind blew.

Then, as if it were some kind of prelude to the past.

"It's snowing. Cletti stretched out her slender palm and held the white that slowly fell from the air.

The snow, which was late this year, finally fell.

"While the snow isn't heavy, it's time for me to leave. Thor glanced up into the dark canopy and exhaled a white breath.

"You...... Don't leave. Chletty's voice was a little low.

"But if I don't leave, I may not be able to find the caravan in the end, and then the snow will close the border......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Chletty lying on his shoulder with great affection, pulling his sleeve with one hand and the hem of his shirt with the other. No more eccentric, no longer smiling, only as weak as snowflakes.

"Okay, I'll stay with you for a while, but you have to promise me to go back and add a few clothes first. Thor sighed slightly.

Chryti shook her head slightly.

"Obedient, I promise not to leave, just here waiting for you to come back. Thor whispered reassuringly.

"I don't want to walk alone through the icy trails and go back to sad loneliness. Chletty buried her face in Thor's shoulder and made a small sound.

Another cold wind came, and the snow swirled around the two of them, and Chlettie could be felt faintly shivering.

"Fool, why do you still run around in such clothes when you know it's winter?"

"I wore it especially for you, and I want to engrave my most beautiful appearance in your heart. ”

After a brief moment of silence, Thor put his arms around her neck and legs, picked her up slightly, and sat on his lap.

"Hold on tight or you'll fall. ”

Chryti hurriedly wrapped her arms around Thor's neck.

Thor unfastened his coat with his free hand, then put it over their heads, and buttoned it around the collar of his coat from the outside, leaving only two under the hem open.

It was as if there was suddenly a small tent on the tree, and from a distance it looked like a headless and fat monster.

After tugging at the hem of her clothes to cover her cold calves, Thor grabbed her by the side of her leg with one hand and grabbed her waist to hold her in place.

"Every word I say to you is true. Chletty's tone is a statement, not a question.

Thor was silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Do you really believe it?" she asked stubbornly, even after receiving the answer

"At first, I was half-believed, and although I knew I had nothing to covet about it, you know, people like me have always been sensitive and suspicious, and I don't like to get involved in unnecessary trouble. ”

"Later, when I thought about it, on the night of my first meeting, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I could still imagine you rushing across the garden with your skirt and running to the trees to wait for me. ”

"Although I don't believe in fate, I must admit that I am lucky, there are not many girls in this world who can rush for people like me, let alone an excellent and beautiful girl like you. ”

"I ...... How can you not believe it?"

"I'm sorry I haven't listened to your voice and felt your pain this year......"

Chretty had been listening quietly, and when she heard Thor say sorry, she interrupted with red eyes:

"It's okay, we still have a future, in fact, we are very lucky. Just like Reddy and Serena in "Old Night Shimmer", even if their love is only two years, it is far better than other people's lives,"

"But I'm not worth it, I'm nowhere near as good as you think. I'm not even a good person, living outside of morality and restraint, with blood on my hands and a cruel heart. Thor was a little stunned.

"You are not allowed to say that, I know you, from a long time ago. I just regret it, I should have been your first woman, why can't I be braver. ”

"It may not be enough to understand a person for a lifetime, even if I look like this today, but we will eventually fall into the torrent of time, unrecognizable. ”

"So what's the matter, at least I'm in your arms at the moment, listening to your heartbeat, warm and quiet. In this way, even if I walk in hell in the future, my heart will have a place to go, and that is enough. ”

Chletty spoke softly, slowly closing her eyes, as if falling asleep.

After a while.

"In two years, when you're stronger, this tree may not be able to bear your weight. ”

"There's no chance of waiting for that day. Thor stared into the distance.

"Have you finally decided to go, will you take me with you?" Chletty tugged at the hem of Thor's shirt, her expectant voice mixed with anxiety, her bright eyes shining in the darkness, revealing her anticipation and yearning for freedom.

The impression of Cletti has always been like this, always seems to be insecure about her surroundings, and too attached to certain literal answers. But does that make sense? The most untrustworthy thing in the world is language.

Thor looked down at her.

"Would you rather chew grass roots all the way and huddle with pigs in the winter to keep warm?"

The real adventure is certainly not so depressing, but it is also not a beautiful scenery, so the mentality of enduring hardship is the most basic, and what Thor is best at is to prepare for the worst with the greatest hopes.

"I do! I said I could die for freedom. Chryti didn't hesitate to give an answer.

Seeing the determination in her eyes, Thor nodded.

"I had planned to have an adventurous party, with the name of a warrior myself, and a thief's place among them, and maybe one of Lorton and Waller, well, my friends, but now it's obviously changed. ”

Thor roughly analyzed the current living conditions of each of them, and made some guesses about the mood of each of them.

"So, maybe in the end, I'm the only one to leave. And you will put your life in my hands, and when danger comes, whether I retreat or flee, or die in battle or abandon it, or even betray, that outcome will be borne by you alone. ”

"I don't care, no matter where we go, whatever we go through, even where we die, I just have to follow you, when are we leaving?" asked Cletti with a look of anticipation.

"The journey is not so simple, aside from the material things such as food and clothing, the real dilemma still has to return to the level of strength, which also determines how far we can go safely. ”

"At the moment I'm only at the first order, and you don't have one, which means that our crisis tolerance is very fragile. Even some temporary means of defending against enemies such as magic scrolls are not reliable after all, so I am prepared to wait until I am promoted to the second order before leaving. ”

"However, some simple preparations can be started first, such as some things you want to take with you, or things that you can use on the road, as well as friends to say goodbye to, and interest relationships to settle. ”

"And remember, everything is low-key and unobtrusive, and if something is too deep, you don't want it. I expect to embark on the journey, at least in the spring and summer of next year. ”

Listening to Thor's instructions, Cletti nodded solemnly.

Seeing that she was seriously caught up in the plan, Thor finally added.

"Also, all these preparations, you'd better assume that you're on your own and don't take care of me. Saul said.

"Why? Didn't you say the two of them going together?" Chletty anxiously wrapped her arms around Thor's neck, as if she was afraid that she would run away if she didn't pay attention.

"In order to advance to the second order as soon as possible, I must go into the wilderness to hunt demon souls without interruption. ”

"As I told you before, the wilderness seems to be a little precarious lately. And you should have heard of the first to second order, there is a possibility of failure to advance, so many people close their eyes and never wake up, it is actually no different from dying. ”

"I asked a lot about the promotion but didn't get an answer, so I couldn't say anything for sure, because I didn't even know what I was going to face. ”

"In short, you have to prepare for everything on the premise that I am not there. And once you're ready and on your scheduled departure date, don't look back, don't make last-minute changes to avoid more uncertainties. ”

"No, you...... You won't!" Chletty muttered with red eyes, but she couldn't give any useful advice on something as far beyond her ability to fight.

Thor rubbed her smooth blonde hair.

"I'll be careful myself, but promise me that even if I don't make it in time, you'll still be brave enough to go your own way. It's your own life, irreplaceable, no one can help you, remember?"

Clayty nodded, then hugged Thor tightly for a long time.

After a while, the feeling of heaviness was dispelled, and Thor unbuttoned his coat on top of his head and poked his head out to take a breath of fresh air.

"That's it, I won't be able to leave without leaving, and I'm going to hurry up and visit the market. Thor stretched.

"It's okay, if you can't leave, stay here. Chletty still held on tightly.

"Forget it, it's much harder to go from warm to cold than to go from cold to cold. Thor shook his head.

"Really, my room is decked out with silence spells that we can't hear from the outside, no matter what we say or do inside. I can also steal food into the room quietly and you can ...... No, we can spend the whole winter together. The more she spoke, the more excited she became, and she was overjoyed by the idea that had popped into her.

"Are you so?" Thor looked at her amusedly.

Cletti hammered Thor on the shoulder, and after a moment she confessed.

"Yes, I'm just that, and the more bonds exist between us, the more important I am to you. ”

"From now on, I'm going to intervene in your management, and I'm going to linger with you in bed, so that we have a physical relationship. Then all your money will be handed over to me for safekeeping, so that we will have a relationship of interest. If a vicious woman approaches you on the journey, I will drive them away to claim sovereignty, and ......"

“...... Why do I sound like you don't want to care about me, but you want to go to heaven?" twitched the corners of Thor's eyes.

Putting on his coat, Thor hugged Chletty tightly, leaning forward, and the two of them landed smoothly under the tree.

Chlettie's heart tightened, and the parting had finally arrived.

"I'm going back to my loneliness and cold wind again. Chletty faced Thor with her hands open, just as she had been in front of Erin's house.

Thor stepped forward and hugged her hard, then climbed over the wall.

"Remember, even if I climb over this wall and never come back, go your own way. Saul said.

Clenched her fists, Clenching her fists, she nodded and smiled desperately, until the wall fell silent and her eyes blurred with tears.