“…… Your friends? ”

Judging from what Willy said, this seems like a good beginning, but it may not lead to a happy ending. Although Willy always had a smile on her face, Maca couldn't say anything about the girl in the story.

He is not such a reckless person, and he still has the least emotional intelligence to ask himself.

"Well," Willy nodded earnestly, "if...... I can smile...... Maybe ......"

Under Willy's staccato narration, Maca learns about the first brief friendship of her life.

……

"Willy, this way, this way! There are butterflies! ”

"Oh."

In the backyard of Fort Blois, there was a flower garden that was like spring all year round.

This enchanted garden is always at the right temperature, and it is full of all kinds of brilliant flowers, which were once transformed by Madame de Blois herself.

Willy's mother is a witch who loves all kinds of plants, and drinking tea with the refreshing scent of flowers every day at noon is her favorite leisure activity.

After her death, Monsieur Blois recast the spells in her place, causing them to continue to bloom in their colourful bloom.

Recently, this flowerbed, which has been a little deserted, has suddenly become lively.

Eva and Willy often ran around among the flowers, chasing each other and playing with each other, and when they were tired, they lay on their backs under the flowers to rest.

Although Willie is still expressionless, the cute baby doesn't seem to mind, she is still laughing and accompaniing, and the relationship with Willy seems to be getting better and better.

Of course, in addition to the flower beds that are frequented by the most frequent visitors, there are plenty of places for children to play in the huge Château de Blois.

Over the course of the next month, the little girls, who were very different in appearance and in heart, left happy footprints in various parts of the castle.

However, the opportunity for this seemingly perfect friendship to collapse seems to have come too soon. The young Willie didn't even have time to come to her senses, and everything came to an end.

It happened on the shore of the lake in the mountains behind Fort Blois.

It was a slightly gloomy afternoon, and Eva and Willy went to the small pier by the lake together. Originally, they were having a good time, and they were competing to see who could throw rocks farther away from the lake.

But suddenly, without warning, Willy slipped and fell into the lake with a thud.

Eva, who was at a loss, suddenly panicked, and she lay on the edge of the dock with trembling hands, shouting vigorously. But after a few shouts, she seemed to remember something at last, got up and ran to the castle.

In the end, it was not the servants called by Eva who rescued little Willy, but herself.

Perhaps it was the instinct to survive when it was a matter of life and death, and she, like Marka, was saved by the magic of her sudden outburst.

However, during the half day that little Willy was unconscious, Eva was severely reprimanded by her parents in front of Willy's father.

But even so, Willy's father, Monsieur Blois, remained grim-faced and silent.

The precious daughter that made him feel guilty and blamed himself was almost gone—the crisis that almost lost the meaning of life made Mr. Blois's heart tremble.

Early the next morning, Eva's parents offered to leave, and Mr. Blois nodded silently. As they walked coldly down the square in front of Fort Blois, Willy, who had just woken up the previous night, sneaked out.

"I'm sorry."

Facing Eva, who was standing in front of her parents and silent alone, Willie apologized.

She didn't know why she apologized - even if she knew the situation from the maid, she was still confused. But she vaguely felt that in this case, all she could do was apologize.

Eva pursed her lips tightly, her gaze falling to the floor of the square.

In Willy's vision, Eva's dark face was almost mixed with the equally gloomy sky behind her. A coldness that Willysan could not yet comprehend, spread silently in the air around him.

“…… I'm sorry. "We're ...... Or friends...... Is it? ”

"Friends?"

As if the word had broken the tight string in Eva's heart, she jerked her head up, her eyes filled with tears.

"You say we're 'friends'?"

"yes?" Willywood Tunnel.

"Have you ever smiled at me in the past month?" Eva's crisp voice became a little indistinct, but she spoke in a higher and higher pitch, "It's all me laughing!" It's just me! Did you really take me as a friend? No matter what you do, you're on this face, I don't know what you're thinking! ”

"Eva!" Her father exclaimed, "You are not allowed to say that! Have you forgotten what you have taken in etiquette classes? ”

Xiao Aiwa, who was originally more precocious and sensible than her peers, bit her lip and broke free from the palm of her father's shoulder at this moment. She glared at Willy angrily and aggrievedly, conveying a silent accusation.

In fact, this so-called "friendship" has been a stage play full of falsehoods from the beginning.

Mr. Blois, who was worried that his daughter was too lonely, asked his old friend to let the two children make friends; And Aiwa's father, who was worried about his old friend, agreed very happily.

Eva took the initiative to show favor to Willy, which was just his father's instructions. Little Eva, who has always been obedient, soon got along with little Willy according to her father's wishes.

But who knows, in this slightly clumsy stage play, there is a kind-natured little starring role.

After only two days of "play", Eva also fell in love with the delicate and cute little Willy. Although she never understood Willy, who was not very talkative, she never gave up trying to understand.

But this kind of repeated attempt is actually a kind of depression.

No matter how sensible Eva is, after all, she is just a little girl who has not reached school age. While constantly smiling and trying to open Willy's "mask", her cheerful enthusiasm gradually cooled down in the failures again and again.

No matter what she did, Willy didn't have any expression, and her eyes were so cold that she felt cold.

Therefore, when she was scolded by her father this time, and there were infinite grievances in her heart, she finally chose to give up.

“…… Yes, I'm sorry. ”

was suddenly questioned by Eva in a sharp voice, and Willy, who was caught off guard, was stunned all of a sudden. But she didn't know what to do, and the vocabulary in her heart was even more fragmented.

She is usually not good at words, but when she is panicked, she seems to have forgotten how to speak. There was only one "I'm sorry", repeated over and over again in her mouth, like a broken tape recorder.

"Enough!" Eva interrupted Willy with a scream, "What's 'sorry'...... Look at your face! Is this an apologizing face? ”

Hearing this, Willie gently touched her face, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

When she came back to her senses, she found that Eva had followed her parents far away, and under the gray sky, only a few hazy backs remained, stuck in her memory.

……

“…… Later, I didn't want friends. ”

In the stone room, Maca listened quietly to Willy's narration, and only nodded slightly at the end.

"Misunderstanding...... Is it? ”

"Hmm." "Later, I made a promise...... Two Wishes ......"

"Make a wish?" Maca wondered.

"Yes, make a wish......," Willy said with a smile, "I want a father, help me find another mother...... I still want my father...... Send me to Hogwarts. ”

"The one I saw in your house—" Maca snapped.

Willy nodded.

"Then, I met Maca." She twinkled her eyes as she looked at Maca and said, "You're the same as Eva...... Same...... You've been talking to me and you've been with me...... Always. ”

"Uh......" Maka smiled, "I just thought you were special among your classmates at Hogwarts. ”

"You're my friend......" Willy held out two fingers and shook them in front of Maca, "the second." ”

"Really?"

"Well," Willy nodded, "so I'm ...... I've always wanted to ...... Be sure to laugh for you. ”

"And then you managed to make this potion?" Maca was a little surprised, "How did you know that the Mystery Crystal Flower could resist the effects of the curse?" ”

"Flower seed...... "Willy, gesturing to her chest, "make the curse quieter." ”

Since she hadn't really analyzed Willy's bloodline curse, Maca didn't know what the reason was. In this case, Willy's own feelings seem to be the only answer.

Although the study of magic cannot be determined by "feelings", Maca has this answer in mind first.

"You're really ......" He suddenly felt that it was not easy for him to be alive.

The two chatted a few more words, and Maca suddenly remembered something very important.

"That'...... What about your seals? He asked worriedly, "Can the curse be sealed back again?" Nothing will happen, right? ”

Willy shook her head and pointed to the corner.

"Ask my father."

At Willy's suggestion, Maca asked for the remaining potions and went to pour them on Mr. Blois herself. After a moment's wait, Maca cleared the remaining spell from him.

"Willy!"

As soon as he awoke, Blois sprang to his feet, looking for Willy's location in a state of panic.

"My daughter—"

"Father."

As soon as Blois saw his daughter, who seemed to be safe and sound, he suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground again. But he quickly came to his senses and ran to the bedside in a hurry.

"My daughter—why did you force the seal open? It's-"

"Mr. Blois?"

Maca cried out in some disbelief, but Blois was completely panicked as if she hadn't heard Maca's words.

"Genealogy...... No! Whether or not you can reseal it, I won't let you get hurt in any way! I swear! ”