It was a woman dressed in simple men's clothes.

She stepped forward with her companions to control the water pipe, and used her body to block it from the flowers, who had already drunk enough water.

Some cold water hit her, but she didn't even frown, but after stabilizing the hose, she repaired it with improvised magic.

Her clothes were soaked, and she seemed to see that there was no one around, so she took off her headscarf, and her silver hair fell like a waterfall in the moonlight, and the remaining droplets of water slowly dripped from it, while Anglelov seemed to be able to hear the heavenly sounds of the droplets falling.

"Woo, I'm sorry, Sophia, I was too careless. The other woman was slightly weeping, and the woman called Sophia only gently touched her companion's head.

"It's okay, let's clean up this place, and if the Marquis is to blame later, say that I accidentally kicked the connecting pipe. ”

With that, the two began to clean up the mess on the ground.

And at that moment, Anleylov didn't know what he was thinking, he stepped forward and said to the two.

"I'm here to help, too, and I happened to be passing through here. ”

"Your willingness to help is greatly appreciated, but sir... Ahh

"Quick, grab there like you did just now. Sophia commanded her companion and repaired the hose again.

"Phew, when you go back, you must tell the boss that this water pipe should really be replaced. After repairing the water pipes, Sophia remembered Anlelov standing next to her and apologized. "I'm sorry, sir, I forgot to remind you. ”

"Don't worry, I'm too reckless, are you okay?"

"It's all right, sir, but you're soaking wet, and if you go back now, you'll definitely attract discussion, so why don't you follow me to the back and bake the fire, and I'll help you dry your clothes." ”

"It's up to you. After thinking about what Sophia had said, he followed her to the grocery room.

It was a small hut that was not cluttered, and the contents were neatly arranged, and a nice open space was freed up for a fireplace.

"This is what the eldest lady came up with, so that the people hired by the family will not be too cold when they come to tidy up things in winter. Sophia moved the chair to the fireplace and found a suitable dress for Ellelov to replace it.

I didn't expect the marquis's daughter to have such a side.

He changed out of his soaked clothes and sat by the fireplace to keep warm.

"Are you from the Marquis' family?" he asked.

"No, we're just hired to take care of the garden, and there are several mansions to run around every day. ”

Sophia's voice is very beautiful, and her attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, and she does not put herself in a more humble position because of what he wears, but talks to him like a friend, of course, he has no friends, these are the tones he imagined friends to have.

"It must be a very happy thing to be with flowers and plants every day. ”

He remembered the many garden designs he had seen in the book, and the identification of all kinds of flowers and plants, and he also had some yearning for this, and when he saw the Marquis's garden, he admired the person in front of him who could cultivate such flowers and prune a beautiful garden.

Perhaps only by being protected by the World Tree can we achieve this point.

"A lot of people think that our work is tiring and dirty, but my husband thinks very differently. Sophia stopped her movements, a smile on her face.

"Yes, I also feel very happy to live like this. She seemed to appreciate his words, and her tone was much more cheerful: "What about you, sir, are you satisfied with your present life?"

"I'm just waiting to die in a boring life and a sense of duty. My life... Nothing but gray. ”

Sophia didn't say anything more, and when Anlelov thought that the topic was coming to an end, she handed him the clothes that had been dried and leveled, and asked.

"Would you like to plant flowers with me?"

"Planting flowers?"

"Since life is all gray, why don't you decorate it with flowers? ”

Sophia was not like the aristocratic ladies who were bound by etiquette, nor like other citizens or laborers who were submissive, and she had a sparkle that Anlelov had never seen before.

"Good. ”

For some reason, he just wanted to promise her.

Even if he had to sneak out from home from now on, and occasionally get covered in mud, he felt that his world was full of color when he watched Sophia holding a kettle in the sun, smiling and watering the flowers.

To his surprise, Sophia, like his family, follows and believes in the World Tree.

Perhaps their encounter was not an accident, but the arrangement of the World Tree, the Lord of Everything—he often thought so, until he once told Sophia what he thought.

Hearing him say this, Sophia's expression did not fluctuate at all, she was stunned, and then nodded lightly in response.

For the sake of Sophia, he politely refused the engagement to the marquis's daughter, for which he did not hesitate to be blamed by his family.

Fortunately, the marquis's daughter was also reluctant to this marriage, and with the efforts of the two, although they failed to promote the marriage, the relationship between the two families did not become estranged because of this.

Anlelov thought that this was going to be the end of the matter, until one day his parents suddenly and solemnly called him to the study, and put in front of him the evidence that he was with Sophia.

"You are not allowed to meet again in the future, there are countless women in the city who are as eager for the throne as she is, so don't be fooled by her again. ”

Listening to his parents' belittlement of Sophia, he disobeyed his family for the first time and ran to hide in the territory of the World Tree alone.

I thought that as long as I lived a few days, when his parents' hearts softened, he could go back.

But at this moment, war and calamity broke out in the outside world.

When he heard the news, three days had passed.

The family had no time to take care of his affairs anymore, so they put all their thoughts on state affairs.

Their country is just a small and unknown country, and there is no right to speak on the world stage, and there is no room for resistance.

Fortunately, with the protection of the World Tree, they can be kept away from disasters.

He also devoted himself to state affairs, and he and Sophia did not see each other for a long time.

It wasn't until he heard that a woman from the Horticultural Society had walked out of the World Tree Territory and came to the envoys of various countries.

She carried a jade bottle, which contained an endless stream of turquoise water.

Believing in the World Tree, he knows that in order for rivers to appear under the World Tree, he needs someone who is willing to dedicate himself to the World Tree.

He also knew that the person who chose to do so was none other than Sophia.