Yu Siqi didn't know the priest's intention to deliberately call him over, and he didn't understand why Gong Chen, a 'warm-hearted person' who usually likes to mix, suddenly chose not to follow.

Anyway, right now, he and Father An are walking side by side through the ruins of the computer room, and the atmosphere is a little delicate.

When they came to the depths of the ruins, Father An stopped his steps, looked at Yu Siqi and said, "There should be no sound coming out here, if we can control the volume as much as possible." ”

Without any response, Father Ann immediately put the painting under his armpit between the two of them, and then said to Siqi: "You seem to be a little too calm, although I personally have no objection to my students finally understanding the truth that 'silence is golden'. But please don't make me regret that I didn't let Gong Chen come with me, okay? ”

"I'm not calm, and I don't want to be 'silent'. I... I just don't know what to say. ”

Yu Siqi said frankly.

"Anything that is willing to be said can become a breakthrough for us to communicate normally with each other, don't close your heart easily, and don't let a momentary frustration paralyze your emotions."

Father An put his hand on Yu Siqi's shoulder and said earnestly.

"But you haven't experienced failure."

Yu Siqi does not deny his current situation, and it has nothing to do with the black shadow escaping the shackles of time he has set. I don't want to admit it, but it's more because he thinks the priest is too 'harsh' on him. Therefore, he had no choice but to respond to the priest with the most direct rebuttal.

"Is that so? But a few dozen minutes ago, I was besieged by you and others because of the failure of the 'ventriloquist' incident. I can't pretend nothing happened. ”

Father Ann's expression was easy-going, clearly not like someone who was angry. Perhaps because the atmosphere has changed slightly, the blockage in Yu Siqi's heart has become much lighter.

It's just that he is a little stubborn and doesn't want to 'admit defeat'. He felt that instead of continuing to endure the priest's various 'arrangements', it was better to vent his complaints and grievances in one breath now.

"But apart from this one thing, you're almost always 'right.'"

Yu Siqi deliberately bit the last two words very hard.

"I've had times when I've made mistakes, and I've had times when I can't do anything about it. Like now, I'm also confused. I know you have some minor emotions towards me, and I allow you to vent those emotions to me at this time. But I have a small request, don't be too loud, okay? It's embarrassing to let others hear. ”

Father An's completely lifeless posture made it difficult for Yu Siqi to make a big fuss at him, perhaps because he was too soft-hearted.

"I just wish I could make a difference, that's all."

Yu Siqi finally said what he wanted to say. He waited quietly for the other party's reply, and he was also expecting the other party's 'ridicule', and he knew that such a reason sounded silly. However, this was the only thing he could still care about.

"It seems that I do ignore your feelings, just as older people tend to ignore the thoughts of young people. I didn't think I would have made such a stupid, childish, and superficial mistake, but the funny thing is, I seem to have done it anyway. ”

Father An, who lowered his head slightly, no longer looked at Yu Siqi, and his hand was silently lowered from his shoulder, his tone slightly depressed, "Are you willing to accept my apology, my good student?" ”

Yu Siqi nodded, he knew that Father An was sincerely apologizing to himself, and he could feel it.

"Shake hands so that we can smoothly clear up the gap between us?"

It is rare for Father An to make such a formal request to Yu Siqi, which makes Yu Siqi very touched. The two looked at each other and shook each other's hands. Feeling the heat coming from his palm, Yu Siqi's tears suddenly flowed out of his eyes with some discouragement.

"Silly boy, what's there to cry about."

Father Ann carefully wiped the tears from his eyes and told him something else.

"I guess, you've always been concerned about why I brought you here alone, right?"

Yu Siqi's voice was a little tight, and he said, "Yes."

"Originally, I wanted to just let you watch from the sidelines. Now, maybe it's time for you to officially become my assistant. ”

After saying that, Father Ann took out his ancient book, which he had read for the third time today, and flipped through it according to the specified number of pages.

"Are you going to ask me to help?"

Yu Siqi didn't quite believe his ears.

"Of course, why not? Unless you're not ready yourself. ”

Father Ann's eyes moved back and forth across the page, occasionally uttering a few obscure characters from his mouth.

"Of course I'm ready, I mean, what can I do? Is there anything I can do with it? ”

Yu Siqi asked eagerly.

"Don't worry, you have to eat one bite at a time. First of all, you need to know what we're going to do next, don't you? ”

Father An stabilized Yu Siqi, who was a little excited, and pointed to the painting at their feet and said, "I plan to take advantage of this time to try to unravel the secret of the painting." ”

"But there's no need to go out of your way to choose a place like this, right? I mean, I don't think anyone else cares if you do these things. ”

Yu Siqi looked around, looked at the dirty and messy ruins, and said.

"Whether they care or not depends on what they see next. Personally, I don't want them to see that, it just adds to their annoyance. ”

Father Ann held out his fingers, and as a cumbersome incantation popped out of his mouth, his fingertips began to condense some not-so-obvious yellow light. Then, Yu Siqi saw Father An use this glowing finger to slowly and leisurely swipe across the canvas.

When the priest's finger moved to the bridge, the paint on the canvas seemed to come to life, turning into a dark monster and biting at the fragile fingers.

The pale yellow golden light burst out with a dazzling white light the moment it was bitten by the monster, forcing the monster back into the canvas. Seeing the priest put away his fingers unharmed, looking at the unchanged painting, Yu Siqi knew that he was not hallucinating, and he also knew that this was the reason why the priest was chanting the incantation - probably to protect his fingers!

"What was that, another dark shadow?"

Yu Siqi asked curiously.

"Actually, they have a special scientific name called 'evil thoughts'. You've seen quite a few of them, right? ”

Father Ann smiled meaningfully, and shoved the ancient book back into his own arms.

"I've seen it before, in that huge fortress."

It was difficult for Yu Siqi to pretend that he had forgotten what had happened, so he chose to confess.

"Well, that's good. I'm relieved to see that you haven't forgotten this. Well, I'm going to do a bit of a 'big touch' on the painting itself, because this kind of big chant can't be distracted, so I probably won't be able to take care of anything else when casting the spell. When the time comes, I hope you can use your magical 'time magic' to protect us. ”

When he saw Father An roll up his sleeves, Yu Siqi had already realized that Father Ann was this time.