Chapter 25: A Date with a Camellia (4)
Sunlight streams down from the leaves and falls on the stones on the roadside, carving a mottled mark on them.
Louisa and Beatis walked along the forest path and became lighter when they saw the small cabin leaning against the waterfall on the uphill road not far away.
Like this, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, immerse your body and mind in the natural mountains, forests, grass and trees, only feel...
There are so many mosquitoes.
Although a beautiful girl will not be bitten, the buzzing and out-of-tune ballad will still make people irritated.
"It's going to kill you, and that's killing you all."
The witch took her wand.
"Don't, don't! Singing is ugly and not illegal! You see, we're almost there! ”
Beatis hurriedly persuaded her.
"Maybe it's the eyeliner sent by the witch."
"It's just a normal mosquito..."
Today, Louisa seems to be talking a lot, she seems to be very interested in the witch in the herb shop, and has been discussing about the witch.
"A witch who lives in such a place is certainly not a good person."
"You'll be standing behind me for a while, and if she wants to bully you, I'll just kill her."
"Are you ready, Anjie?"
"Ready."
Surprisingly, Angelina cooperated with her unusually, and even Bhatis was really worried.
"I'm not going to hold back!"
…
"Welcome light..."
When he pushed open the wooden door of the herb shop, the shopkeeper inside turned around and saw the three aggressive customers, his mouth couldn't help but open into an "O" shape, and then he immediately bowed.
"Yes, yes, sorry! This month's rent will be paid immediately! Please don't hit me! ”
Contrary to what she imagined, the shopkeeper was a young girl, dressed in a black robe and wearing a wide wizard's hat that had been complained about many years ago, but now crooked.
She could only feel a faint amount of magic on her body, and she seemed to be just a half-magician who could do a few tricks.
"We're just here to ask about something."
"What, it's not rent-collecting, I almost scared half to death."
The girl puts her hat back on.
"So, what's the matter? Is it to buy medicine, or is it divination? ”
"I want to ask you if there is a girl named Shenhua who has come here to buy medicine recently."
"There are a lot of customers buying medicine, and I can't ask them one by one..."
Before the girl could finish speaking, Louisa raised her arm, and when she heard a "swish", a portrait of Shenhua appeared in her hand, and the scroll hung neatly and neatly in front of her.
"Have you seen it?"
"See, see! What's going on, you're a guest, you've been fierce since you entered the door. ”
Bettes watched from the sidelines, and also felt that Louisa in front of her was really different from the past, at least she would never treat a person she met for the first time with such an attitude before.
Seeing that Louisa didn't speak, the shopkeeper coughed a few times, trying to save some face.
"It's true that this lady has come to our store to buy medicinal herbs, but if you want to know what she bought, you need to pay the same price."
"Money isn't an issue, you just say it."
"I can see that you have a lot of money, but unfortunately, we have a rule, we only charge monthly coins when we sell herbs, if you want to inquire about this kind of thing, you need to pay something else - such as this customer named Shenhua, what she buys is extremely important to her, so if you want to inquire into her privacy, you also need to pay the same important things, by the way, we don't need anything, we just need your emotions, obsessions, wishes, This is the best nourishment for nourishing herbs. ”
Louisa remained silent.
It's not that she doesn't want to, but when she hears this question, her first reaction is not to sacrifice anything, but that she can't even think of what is her obsession.
"Don't you want to? It's okay, after all, it's not easy to give up your emotions for someone else's wish. If you don't want to, you can ask for a return today. ”
"I do, let me come."
It wasn't Louisa who said this, but Beatis, who had been silently observing since she entered the house.
This time, her words were conveyed directly without going through her brain.
It's just that I don't want to see Louisa so entangled, friends are important, but the shopkeeper is right, it's not easy to give up your emotions.
And the reason why she wants to replace her is also because she doesn't know what is most important to her.
If she can know her heart's desire this time, it is not a good thing, even if she knows its preciousness through loss, then her emotions can be slowly regained again.
"I'm ready to come to my senses."
"Xiaobai, you... Forget it, I'm willing. ”
"But..."
"No, if someone hears that a freshman fulfills a wish for a senior sister, I'm really going to be laughed at to death. And isn't there such a saying in the wizarding world? Magicians who don't want anything are the best, so in order to take my research to the next level, please give me this opportunity, right? ”
Although what the other party said was all crooked, it was always difficult to refute.
"Anyway, no!"
After holding back for a long time to finally say such a sentence, Louisa had already followed the shopkeeper to exchange.
…
"Shenhua, Louisa has already told us that you actually advanced your salary for the next few years and went to the witch to buy herbs to increase your height, what do you think??"
The deep flower that was picked up in the camp of the guard army,As expected, she was taught a hard lesson by Cha Chazi.。
"Woo, people want to be like you! Why can everyone be so elegant, but I'm a little one, I'm an adult! ”
"What's that! We like the person of Shenhua, not the outside! ”
The uncles who greeted them outside the camp and who were still holding camellia cards before said in unison.
(Fukahana: Don't stress this anymore!!) I know!! )
"Woo, everyone!"
"Okay, cute girls still have to smile more! When we come to the next performance, I would like to thank everyone who supports the camellias! ”
"Hmmm! ——”
…
"So we only had one day left on our wonderful holiday."
In the evening, Louisa and Beatis come to the beach to listen to the waves and admire the stars.
"It's true, but it's an amazing experience! I didn't expect Miss Hega to commit suicide..."
Before the manager was about to be executed, Hega, who had awakened, dragged his unhealed body to the guard camp and explained that he had committed suicide.
The manager was thus released.
"If you commit suicide, something that can be solved with a rope and a dagger, will someone really give themselves chronic poison to beg for death?"
"That's right! Miss Nahega, why..."
"That's the matter between the two of them, don't talk about them, Xiaobai, you have to pay attention, the amount of fruit wine you drink should not exceed the norms of the Bauhinia Regulations, and it is very scary for the law-abiding teacher to initiate Weilai."
"Good! This is the last bite! ”
…
Bettes was worried about what would happen to Louisa after the exchange was completed, but now it seemed that she was completely no different from her normal life.
As gentle as ever, as good as ever.
The eyes are also full of aura and pride as always.
Wait a minute...
When I first met Louisa, she was indeed shining brightly, but at that time she was more humble, and she was not at all full of aura and a little proud and arrogant now.
When did Louisa start her conversion? She couldn't remember anymore.
But to be like this, two people chatting together, blowing the sea breeze, and like many good friends, it's enough.
With this in mind, she drank the last sip of fruit wine in her glass and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Whew, the stars are so beautiful!"
…
Louisa leaned back in her beach chair and remembered what had happened not long ago.
The shopkeeper placed the list of needs of Fukaka next to the ceremony table as a sincere gesture in exchange.
But when the ceremony was done, the owner was disappointed.
"What, why don't you have an obsession? What about your wishes? But looking at the appearance of the guest, I think what is necessary, alas, I miscalculated, then set a precedent, the guest paid the rent for me this month. ”
That's true.
As she said, she has had so much in her life.
She should have been able to do everything she wanted, but for some reason, those things called glory inadvertently turned into her shackles.
It's just that...
That seemed like some time ago.
After she had a new roommate.
This girl, who was born in a common family, was supposed to enjoy a comfortable life, but because of the ignorance of others, she suffered from controversy.
But this one who came out of the frost and snow has a fiery heart, even if she is hurt to be a little sensitive and timid, she can still think about others and even come to her regardless of her own danger.
Well... And even after being forcibly assigned a lot of homework by her, she would raise her arms and shout "I can!" with full vitality! ”
Such a pure and beautiful child doesn't need to say anything, just get close to her, and the layer of camouflage on her body will naturally fall off.
Without that heaviness, even the soul became free, and the whole world was gradually painted with various colors from infinite gray.
It felt good, and she wanted to keep it like this.
She lifted the cup in her hand and watched the starlight fall into the cup and turn into aging, mixed with the cold moonlight, and the glass reflected the lights of thousands of homes, so that people couldn't help but be greedy for a few more glasses.
"Indeed, it's beautiful."