Chapter 8: Like a Mother's Sister

By the time Xiu pulled his skinny foal back to the stable, it was completely dark. Kaslana Castle was not dark at night, and the maids and knights lit candles to keep it lit.

The maids had already prepared bath water for repair.

Xiu tested the temperature of the water, jumped into the bucket, and let the warm water soak his chin.

The small body looked even thinner in the big bucket, and the maids didn't mean to help Xiu take a bath, but just quietly stood aside and waited for Xiu to finish washing himself.

This is a tradition of the Kaslana family. In addition to household chores, what you can do on your own must be done by yourself.

Xiu wiped his body with a white cloth and quietly soaked it in the water.

Today, Xiu can already trot on a horse alone, but if he gallops, Xiu will still be unstable. But as long as you can do what your father said, you should be fine. I don't know if the horse will be able to recover a little better today, but tomorrow I will have to travel far, I heard that the place is very far away, and it will take several days just to get to that place. Perhaps, try to slow down Mr. David?

What is the training like for the Order? Will it be more tiring than walking around the castle ten times?

Xiu thought about it for a long time, knowing that he suddenly felt a little cold, only to realize that he didn't know when it was already cold.

He stood up, the water was flowing down from him, and a gentle wind blew, Xiu couldn't help but sneeze, feeling that his body was a little weak in addition to being sore.

He cheered up, quickly dried his body, changed his clothes, ran to the restaurant, ate a few pieces of bread casually, and then returned to the bed covered with a thick quilt. But he still felt a little cold.

He seems to have caught a cold......

Xiu was suddenly worried about whether this would affect tomorrow's trip, and if it was postponed because of himself, his father would definitely know about it.

It's terrible......

It's obviously not easy for my father to change his opinion of himself, if he can't leave tomorrow......

Xiu couldn't think about it.

Anyway, I have to leave tomorrow. It's just a cold...... I don't have a fever yet......

What if I have a fever?

Xiu suddenly felt a little desperate.

At this time, the door of the repaired room was pushed open.

Karen walked in softly with a candle, "Xiu? What's wrong? ”

Xiu clutched the quilt tightly, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

He sensed that Karene seemed to be beside his bedside. He still seemed to feel Karen's breath on his face......

Xiu suddenly felt someone blow in his ears, and he shrank into the quilt with a spirit.

"Do you still want to pretend to sleep?" Karene smiled slightly.

"Sister...... Xiu defended, "If my sister falls asleep, she will wake up if she is suddenly blown by someone!" ”

Karene thought for a moment and nodded, "Ahhhh Karen gently put her hand on Xiu's forehead, "It's really cold......"

"No, no! It's just that...... It's just that the water in the bath just now is too hot, and now the quilt is too thick...... It's a little hot...... Yes, it's a little hot! Xiu Gan smiled dryly, then sneezed.

Karene didn't say much, she gently stroked Xiu's forehead and his soft white hair, and brought a bowl of hot soup from the tray behind her, "This is hot apple soup." Drink a little, it will be more comfortable. ”

Xiu wanted to say something, but Karen had already lightly nodded his forehead, "You have to go out tomorrow and drink some fruit soup, it's good." ”

Xiu looked at the care in Kalian's eyes and nodded silently.

He got up and drank the apple soup little by little. The soup is boiled very thickly, with a thick apple flavor with a hint of warm sweetness. The warm apple soup really made him feel a burst of relief in his body. And Karen sat on the edge of the bed, her hands propped on her legs, her face gently resting on her palms, and she looked at Xiu with a quiet smile, her azure eyes with a touch of softness.

When he drank a bowl of apple soup, Xiu felt warm from his stomach to his whole body.

"If there's anything uncomfortable next time, don't hide it from me. I'm your sister. Karen patted Xiu on the head and gathered up to leave, but when she turned around, she felt her sleeve being pulled.

Karian looked back at Xiu in confusion.

"Sister, can you accompany me tonight......" Xiu looked up at Karen.

The white moonlight quietly poured in from the window, and under the silver moonlight, Xiu's purple eyes looked more and more crystalline.

Karen looked into Xiu's eyes, and somehow suddenly thought of a puppy that she had fed in the training camp. The first time she saw the puppy, the little one was pitifully hiding under the bushes at the edge of the camp. When Karen approached it, she would cautiously come out and lick her fingers and ask her for something to eat.

The current Xiu really looks like that poor puppy. Karen couldn't help but laugh.

"Your quilt is too thick and hot." Karlian took off her shoes and took off the nun's headscarf. When the long silver-white hair was released in the moonlight, the soft strands of hair reflected a brilliant silver light, and as the hair fluttered, the moonlight flowed back and forth in each strand, and a faint curtain of light swirled in front of Kalian. She lay gently beside Xiu, her snow-white arms on her pillow, and her aqua blue eyes were right on the crystal purple eyes. Repair covered the quilt, and Karene lay on the quilt. Xiu Neng could see Ka Lian's clear eyes looking at him with concern. This tenderness was something he had never felt before.

"It's hard to be sick, but you have to endure it. Keep your body warm and stick to it until tomorrow and you'll be fine. ”

Xiu nodded, wanting to say something but stopped talking.

"What do you want to say? Go ahead. ”

Karen's long hair spread like a waterfall on her body, beside the bed. The light of the silver moon was faintly emanating on her body, and Karen at this time was like the goddess of moonlight.

"Sister, have you seen your mother?"

The faint moonlight gently and slowly imprinted on Xiu's face, and Xiu could feel the gentleness of this light.

"When I was very young, I lived with my parents." Karen pillowed on her arm and said softly, "Mom is a very gentle person. You also know Dad's temper, very short-tempered. But as soon as Mom speaks, Dad can be quiet no matter what. Karen slowly painted the picture of her memory.

"Your mother looks alike, with white hair and purple eyes. Perhaps, this is also the reason why Dad has no way to face you. Yours and Mom are too similar. Karene gently stroked Xiu's cheek, "Father loves mom very much. This matter is even in the Ninth Congress...... No, it's ten training camps and ten knight brigades now. There, there were a lot of Valkyries and knights discussing. Karen chuckled softly.

"Can you tell us more about Mom?" Xiu's eyes were full of hope.

"Mother......" Karene pondered for a while, "I don't have a deep image of my mother, it's all faded a lot. Training in the Order was very closed. Can't even go back to Christmas. So I only remember memories from when I was very young. In my memory, my mother was very gentle. And mom is a very powerful Valkyrie. She and her father often went out on missions, and they were able to do it well. Even now the textbooks of the Order have their deeds. Although it was just very simple to write a little.

"Although my mother is a Valkyrie, my mother's bread is also delicious. She can even make brown bread very soft, as soft as white bread. And the white bread made by my mother, the smell of wheat can fill the whole castle.

"Whenever my mother was making bread, the knights couldn't keep their posts properly, and they were all attracted to the smell of wheat from time to time. Once, I even took away a captain's small side knife, but he didn't react. Speaking of this, Karen's eyes showed this deep nostalgia and a touch of sadness, "Mom makes a lot of bread every time, and everyone in the family can get a big piece. They all like the bread made by their mother, and they eat it little by little every time for fear of finishing it. Sometimes, Grandpa Arthur came back and would even rush to eat with his father. ”

"Mom would also work with the maids to take care of the flowers and plants, water them and so on. Mom doesn't actually grow flowers, and I often see the maids secretly helping my mother take care of the flowers that my mother has taken care of, but I don't want to see my mother look depressed when she finds out that the flowers she planted have withered. The maids also love Mom's.

"When I was younger, my father would always take my mother on horseback riding with me. At that time, my father's horse was not yet this red horse. It's the same black as your horse. The horse was tall and big. With three people, he can still run fast and far. But I don't remember the name of the horse, just that it had the same pattern on its chest as Kaslana's family crest.

"Although my mother is very gentle, when my mother is angry, it is also very scary. But the only one who can make Mom angry is Dad. Whenever Mom took out her weapon, there was silence throughout the family, silently confessing where Dad was hiding. Karen and Xiu laughed at the same time, "Mom's weapon is a big tomahawk!" ”

"It turns out that my father still has such a past." Xiu smiled rarely, "I thought my father had always been so serious. ”

"I've heard Grandpa Arthur say that before he met his mother, his father was unsmiling and had a very short temper. Maybe only his mother can submit him. Or maybe my father only wants to listen to my mother. Karene poked Xiu's nose.

"My mother also used to poke me like this while I was sleeping. She woke me up every time. Then she would tell me the story slowly, put me to sleep, and then she would wake me up again. I couldn't fall asleep until my father pulled her away. Seemingly lying down for too long, Karen stretched.

Kalian in the moonlight was too dazzling, and the body that was about to develop but was beginning to take shape made Xiu dare not look at it anymore, and he put his eyes under the quilt.

"Want to sleep?" Karene asked.

Xiu nodded.

"Do you need me to leave?"

"Sister...... "Xiu bites the quilt, "Sister can be like a mother...... Tell me a story?"

Karen looked at Xiu gently and nodded gently.

"How did Mom tell you stories?" Xiu asked.

Karene moved her position slightly, reaching out and taking Xiu's head into her arms.

"That's right."

Time seemed to stop at this moment.

Karen's body smells of warm sunlight. It was obviously night, but Xiu could feel himself shining in the warm sun.

Kalian's hand gently combed Xiu's hair, and whispered the story her mother had told her before.

There are many stories about her mother, and Karen slowly tells a lot of stories with Xiu. Karen herself didn't expect to be able to recall such distant memories in such a clear way.

Karene had thought she would never remember these fairy tales again, but tonight, she told them with great clarity.

How long has it been since I've thought about these stories, how long has it been since I've thought about what happened when I was a kid?

It seems like it's been a while......

I used to toss and turn in the knight training camp and couldn't sleep, thinking about my mother countless times.

Mom...... Karlian misses you so much......

Xiu felt the touch of the hairpin stop, and the voice of the story stopped. When he looked up suspiciously, he saw Kalian's delicate sleeping face.

Is my sister asleep?

Xiu was a little overwhelmed.

But then he just lay quietly in Kalian's arms, and fell asleep peacefully in the warm sun.