Good times are always short-lived.

In a blink of an eye, dusk is approaching, and if you don't send the elf queen back to the palace, I'm afraid that the palace will be in chaos.

Before leaving the forest, I let go of the empress's hand, took a respectful stagger step, stood at the back of her side, and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, please go first." ”

The Elven Empress stood in place, looking at me quietly, and after a while, she said, "Why don't you hold my hand, are you afraid?" ”

"Your Majesty is too worried," I smiled, "I'm not afraid that others will know about my intimacy with Your Majesty, but I don't want to shatter the illusion that the people of Moonlight City have a longing for for someone for the time being." ”

"For the time being?"

"Yes, for the time being," I said, "until a qualified candidate for the Empress appears." ”

Along the way, I kept a step away from the Elven Empress, and I didn't stop until I had sent her into the garden in front of the palace.

The Elven Empress turned around: "Why don't you go in and sit for a while?" ”

Shaking my head, I said, "No, this is not my home. ”

"This is my home......" the Elven Empress said again.

"This is your home for the time being," I said, "but in many years, it will be someone else's home." ”

"What about my home?" The Elven Empress asked, "What about my eternal home?" ”

"Here," I pointed to myself.

The empress was slightly stunned, then smiled, smiling like a flower.

Home, backyard.

Old man Taylor rarely did not drink, he sat on the chaise longue like an ordinary old man, quietly looking at the fading sky.

At this time, the sky was muddy, like a puddle of muddy, like the old man's muddy old eyes at this time.

When the old eyes are cloudy, it is the time when the old man falls into contemplation.

Taylor, who was in deep profundity, didn't like to be disturbed, so I climbed onto Squeak's back, folded my hands behind my head, and looked up at the cloudy sky.

I like to look up at the starry sky, it's beautiful, but it's the first time I've quietly looked up at the muddy dusk like this.

The turbid sky is like my mood at the moment, messy, but reluctant to clear it.

The expression of the fairy queen, the seriousness of the old man Taylor, the worry of Akahavi, and the shame of the elven queen, the scenes are twisted together like a mess, not upset, but confused.

When the dusk passed and the night began to fall, Taylor finally awoke from his contemplation, and he opened his mouth, and a slightly hoarse voice came from his mouth: "Wine." ”

Although the first thing the old man said was not to call my name, I was still relieved, if I don't call my name, I won't call it, as long as I can ask for wine, it means that the old man is in good spirits.

Walking back to the tree house, I took a bottle of wine down, and when I passed the hall, Cagalli grabbed her, she looked at Taylor a little worriedly, and asked me, "Is Grandpa Taylor okay?" ”

"It's okay" I lifted the bottle and shook it: "If you can ask for wine, it means that the old man is healthy." ”

"That's good" Cagalli breathed a sigh of relief, and so did the others, except for the three little Loli, who were playing happily in the corner, and Loki, who was squatting and looking at Lily.

After a few sips of wine, the old man's look and voice returned to normal.

"What were you thinking?" I was bored, clasped my hands on my knees, and asked as I shook it.

"Thinking about the past" The old man did not shy away from saying: "Think of those comrades who once fought side by side, and then think about those tragic battles." ”

"In other words, you are reminiscing about the years like water~"

"In the prime of life? Well, hehehe, like water. ”

"Tell me the story of you and the evil dragon," I said, looking at the night sky, "You must have fought against that powerful monster." ”

Taylor rolled my eyes: "You bastard, when did you become so willing to listen to stories?" ”

"I've always liked to listen to stories, but many of the stories are too fake, and it doesn't sound easy to get distracted, just take the evil dragon skull as an example, the news of the evil dragon's skull has only been out for a few days, and a troubadour wrote a story of 'Hero Fighting the Evil Dragon', and I was confused when I saw it."

The old man laughed.

"Actually, I can understand them, after all, troubadours are also people, and they have to eat, sleep, marry and have children, and to do this, they have to have money, only with the money provided by the state, at most they can only have no worries about food and clothing, but it is impossible to make a fortune, in order to make their wives live a better life, they have to get some side jobs, this story is one of them, especially the story of legendary heroes, which is more sought after by people, usually except for a calamity, it is good to exterminate bandits and the like, but this evil dragon is not cabbage and greens, How can you meet it anytime, anywhere? ”

"Evil dragons are not as rare as you think," the old man exhaled lightly and said slowly, "Not only did it appear in the legendary heroic period, but even me, Cuika, Beatrice, and several companions also exterminated it once. ”

Hearing this, I instantly remembered what the evil dragon soul had said when it was about to leave the skull, could it be ...... Did the evil dragon really descend on this continent more than once, and all of them used the same size of body?

"Do you remember where you slay the dragon?" I asked hurriedly.

"Remember," Taylor glanced at me, "what are you going to do?" ”

"I'd like to check it out."

"See what?"

"The remains of the evil dragon."

The old man hesitated for a moment, but then agreed to my request.

At noon the next day, we set off lightly.

The old man was holding his featureless-looking magic staff, and I was dressed in a Mithril robe, a pure gold gauntlet, and two knives, one long and one short.

In addition to us, the Fairy Empress also came for the first time, wearing the crown of kings and holding the Moonlight Scepter, floating in the air, and boarding the airship with us.

After entering the room that belonged only to me, the fairy queen looked around and said, "Xiao Yi's life is even more luxurious than mine!" ”

"Where, where," I said busily, "it's all thanks to my father-in-law and his old man." ”

"You don't need to be so polite here," said the fairy queen, "just call me Grandma, or as usual, Grandma the Empress." ”

“...... Okay," I said stiffly, "...... Milk. ”

"This bastard still cares about what you did in the first place," Taylor said with a smile as he turned to the Elf Queen.

The Fairy Empress snorted, "It's just a woman, but I'm marrying Remy to you!" ”

"Just a woman?" Taylor shook his head and said, "Cuika, if Beatrice were still alive, if I heard you say that, she would definitely fight you." ”

The Fairy Empress snorted weakly.

"Cuika, women and men in love are the same, they are both stupid, and they are very protective, so the bastard boy will hold a grudge against you until now, don't you plan to correct it at all?"

"If I had changed, would you have thought Beatrice would have survived that long!" The Fairy Empress glared at Taylor and said hatefully, "If my heart is not ruthless and cold, Beatrice will hate you and me for the rest of my life!" ”

(End of chapter)