Chapter 4: Dreams

Today is the Red Moon Festival, the round moon seems to be pressed from the sky to the ground, the ground sprinkled with moonlight is like a layer of silver frost, but if you look up at the moon, you will find that the moon is faintly showing a hint of dark red. For Northland, the Red Moon Festival only represents the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, so there is no need to care.

Bran, who is usually energetic, felt a deep sleepiness today, so after coping with dinner, he returned to his room early to rest under the helpless gaze of his parents.

When the moon hung in the window, the sleeping Bran seemed to be disturbed by the moonlight, and slowly opened his eyes and stared at the moon in the window. Huahua, the black cat curled up at the head of the bed, squatted on Bran's head at some point and looked up with him. It wasn't until the moon set in the west, and Bran's face disappeared into darkness, that a man and a cat fell asleep again, as if nothing had happened.

Early in the morning, Bran got up early in the morning, and while cleaning up, he said to Huahua, who was hunched over and stretched on the bed: "Last night I dreamed that we were watching the moon together......." In an interaction with the black cat Flowey, Bran starts a new day.

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Standing at the window, Bran was a little sluggish, and for nearly a month, Bran would dream every day that he and the black cat Huahua were watching the moon together. Thinking of this, Bran reached out and flicked the ears of the black cat squatting on the windowsill, and said to himself: "It is said that the black cat is psychic, you have to try to be psychic, stupid cat." ”

"Let's go, stupid cat. Bran greeted and turned to walk out, thinking that perhaps he could find an answer from the scholar. The black cat squatting on the windowsill jumped directly onto his shoulder, which made Bran stumble and complain casually: "Remember, you are already a young man, and I am still in my infancy." Well, although I'm actually a gentleman at heart, you can't always ride on the uncle's head. At this time, the black cat's body length was close to 70 centimeters, and it showed its flexibility almost like a scoundrel, hanging on Bran's body like a dead snake, and its limbs went down Bran's shoulders respectively. It wasn't so much on Bran's shoulders as it was about holding Bran under him. This is really hard work for Bran.

The scholar of the castle is an old man named Sean, who has been serving the castle for many years, and he is also Bran's initiation teacher. After more than a year of studying, Sean began to like this student. Although he is a man of few words, he has a very high talent for learning. After only half a year, the child was able to read and write independently, and after that, every day the child would read a lot, then record and organize and ask questions. Sometimes in the face of Bran's strange questions, Sean often feels overwhelmed. On more than one occasion, he praised Bran in front of the Duchess and suggested that the Duke train Bran to become a scholar and enter the city of wisdom, the holy land of scholars.

Sean lives in the library on the second floor of the castle. The lounge area is not large, more than ten square meters, and it is only a bed and a table. Most of the time, Sean would sit at a large square table at the door of the library to write and take notes. According to Sean, he was documenting everything he could in the Northlands.

Sean put down his pen, turned his head to look at Bran, who was quietly waiting to the side, and asked softly, "What's the matter?" ”

Bran recounted his recent dreams and haunts, and Sean couldn't help but laugh: "Maybe you're going to awaken into a wizard." ”

"Wizard!?" Bran repeated in surprise.

"Yes, wizard. Sean said with some emotion: "A group of lucky people with magical abilities are the power given by the gods. Don't worry, the awakening of power comes with a variety of different omens and dreams. Some people dream of a drop of water, a snowflake, or a mountain, and each awakening ability is unique, but most of them repeat a certain dream for a period of time before awakening. ”

"Awakening only happens to underage children," Sean paused and continued, "Some abilities are very useful, and some may not know the specific role for the rest of their lives. ”

"What does it mean to be awakened?" Bran asked.

"Your body will tell you, just as you can feel your hands, your feet, at least that's what the books say. With that, Sean stood up and motioned for Bran to follow. In the end, Sean took out a heavy book on the innermost bookshelf in the library and slapped it into Bran's arms: "You can take a look at this magic book first." ”