On the afternoon of February 9, the day before Philip's birthday, a young woman in a pink dragonfly hat got off a train outside Florgun, in the bright sun.

With the development and construction of the southeastern part of the empire, the speed of trains has increased a lot thanks to the key investment in infrastructure, especially the railway network.

At the very least, the long journey that would take five days from the hundreds of kilometers from Lok Ma Town to Gaokan City will not be repeated.

When the woman saw the tall figure holding flowers on the platform, her big eyes, which were so beautiful that they seemed to be able to speak, couldn't help but narrow into a slit, and could no longer remain reserved, and jumped into the arms that had been prepared for a long time.

Smelling the scent of the girl's hair, Philip's heart was filled with a deep sense of affection.

Sometimes the waiter and the waited, the same eagerness and emotion.

However, after being pricked a few times by the brim of the strange-looking dragonfly hat, Philip had to give up continuing to make love, and complained: "The popular taste this year is really strange, dragonflies are not only available in summer, why did they start in winter." ”

Sophia was amused by her boyfriend's complaints, and even Miranda, who was silently eating dog food on the side, laughed embarrassedly, and she also wore a green dragonfly hat on her head, which matched her increasingly plump figure, which was very joyful.

Sophia slapped his arm twice, and only after the uncle of the guard insistedly reminded him that this was a public occasion and that he should pay attention to his manners.

"I don't know why it suddenly became popular, but it seems to have started in Mellos City, and in just two months, it has spread to the entire southeastern province, and it is said that it is now becoming popular in the imperial capital.

Today's celebrities and noblewomen will be looked down upon if they don't have a decent dragonfly hat when they go out. ”

"Mellos City is beautiful, how are my mothers, how are they? The intercom always said it was fine, but I always felt unsure, as if they were hiding something from me. Philip interjected.

At the mention of Mellos City, Sophia smiled from ear to ear, witnessing a city rise from scratch, the sense of joy and accomplishment is indescribably beautiful, not to mention that the city was built by her personally.

"Matthew's body is very good, his face is radiant, he seems to be a teenager younger, and his whole mental state is completely different from when he was in Gokan City. ”

Philip nodded, he saw it when he went back to visit his relatives last year, not only Matthew, but even Catherine had changed dramatically from his impression, hugging back and forth, and her aura was powerful.

At first glance, he looked stunned and didn't dare to admit it, until the familiar brain kill arrived, and he was sure that the noble lady in front of him was really his mother.

It seems that there is a real magic to power and status, which can make people change from the inside out.

But he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked with a grimace, "What about Catherine?

Sophia hurriedly explained: "There is no accident, she is very good now." ”

He looked at Philip strangely, as if there was something unspeakable.

In the end, under Philip's persecutive eyes, she still said: "Catherine, she is pregnant again, it's been five months, congratulations, you're going to be a brother again." ”

Philip struggled to control the trembling muscles on his face, and as his adult day approached, he couldn't tell what it was like to hear that his mother was pregnant again, whether he was happy or ...... , in short, strange.

No wonder Catherine was vague in the intercom, it turned out to be embarrassing.

It seems that his senses are still very sharp, although the result makes him feel a little sudden, but it is a good thing anyway.

Strange to say, the last time he came home, he saw a young and beautiful wife that Catherine had chosen for Matthew, from a small aristocratic background, a good tutor, proficient in music and cooking, and her personality did not seem to be that kind of ostentatious.

But looking at the delicate face that was not a few years older than himself, he was embarrassed and didn't know what to call it, he really had no experience in this area.

This made Matthew, who was standing on the side, also blushed in embarrassment, and in the end, it was the familiar brain killer of the old lady who finally solved the embarrassing situation.

I thought it would be the young second lady who would add to the Snape family, but Catherine came out on top, which was really surprising.

"Matthew is so good to Catherine......"

Listening to the sigh in Sophia's mouth, the corners of Philip's mouth unconsciously curved, he was going to be a brother again.

Mellos is indeed a new city.

After an unforgettable night of reunion, the following day was Philip's twenty-first birthday.

Last year, when he was twenty years old, he held the ceremony in the newly built Yulin Castle, which was attended by most of the nobles and temple leaders of most of the southeastern provinces.

Melissa and Leonardo, although they did not arrive, sent envoys and gave them heavy gifts.

Although Uncle Francis advised him to go back to the Lion Castle to celebrate, after all, he grew up there.

But in order not to see things and think about people, Philip finally refused.

After joining the Temple, he had automatically removed the "Ao" in his middle name according to the rules, and only retained the most basic Snape family name, and it would be a little less justified to continue holding it there, even if no one would say anything to his pride in the city of Gokan.

Originally, he didn't plan to make a big deal, but first, his grandfather Brad's death was still in his throat, so he was really not in the mood.

The other is because of Sophia.

Sophia, who was less than a year older than Philip, had held a coming-of-age ceremony the year before, and unlike the grand ball she had imagined in the imperial palace when she was a child, she could only hold it in a foreign country.

Even though Archbishop James of the Southern Temple personally presided over this solemn ceremony, and even her mother Caroline came here from thousands of miles away, it has to be said that without her father's blessing at the coming-of-age ceremony, it is a lifelong regret.

Philip clearly remembers how sad Sophia cried in Caroline's arms that day, like a helpless little girl.

Therefore, he even wants to hold a coming-of-age ceremony in the Holy City, which can be regarded as an alternative kind of companionship and support.

The empathetic Sophia didn't say anything on the surface, but secretly discussed everything with Catherine and others, and it wasn't until the eve of his birthday that everything was revealed, and Philip, who was moved, was forcibly brought back to Mellos City.

As a result of the rebellion that shook the mainland more than two years ago, the normal social order and teaching curriculum were disrupted, and the studies of their current class were delayed by several months.

Now that graduation is imminent, and it happens to coincide with his twenty-first birthday, Philip intends to use his birthday as a gimmick to hold a banquet in this southern holy city, which can be regarded as a summary of his three years of study and life, and also provides a social platform for him and Sophia.

The Birthday Dinner was held on the twenty-second floor of the Southern Temple's Holy Tower, the official ballroom.

Although it is open to the public, whether it is a birthday party or a wedding ceremony, it will be arranged by professionals.

But not everyone is eligible to rent here as long as they have the money.

As a young man who has just come of age, and he is also an outsider, he can hold a banquet here, I have to say that this style is very high, and it also shows that he has completely integrated into the big family of the Southern Temple, and has gained a considerable degree of recognition.

Like all high-rise buildings, the interior of the ballroom is actually quite large, roughly half the size of a Lam stadium.

The decoration is not luxurious, but it is simple and elegant, and even the ordinary calligraphy and painting on the wall can be traced back to a great artist from thousands of years ago, not to mention the attendants of the seminary-graduating virgins.

With no elders, Philip stood at the gate to welcome every guest, and Sophia, Aph, and Anna helped in the most luxurious and decent dresses.

Until a special person who had just arrived took their place.

Bruce, Philip's cousin and the true heir to the Snape family in Gokan City, caught up with the ceremony at the last minute.

After more than two years of not seeing, Bruce looks much more mature than before, both in appearance and temperament, more and more like old Brad, so that at the first sight, Philip almost screamed.

Bruce came up and gave his cousin a warm hug, feeling his height and majestic physique, and patted him on the shoulder happily, his eyes red.

"It's great that you're here. Philip sighed.

Last year, there was generally little snow in the southern region, which was a rare warm winter.

The steppe wolf cole seized the opportunity to launch a winter offensive that lasted for four months, and both Uncle Francis and his cousin Brad regrettably missed his coming-of-age ceremony.

Fortunately, Aunt Stephanie and sister-in-law Donna, who were supposed to participate, participated as representatives of the Lion Castle, which could be regarded as not sending a wrong signal to the outside world.

Anyway, not seeing Bruce at his own bar migmy left Philip with a big regret.

"Yes, last year was too hard, and this year's steppe wolves are a little weak.

Unfortunately, the snow was so heavy that it seemed to make up for last year's one, and I almost missed the train.

By the way, why didn't little Emma and Bella come? I heard that they were crying and clamoring to come and play with you. ”

Philip explained with a smile: "Both of them have been planning for months, but unfortunately they somehow got a pox last month, just a little better, and now they can't see anyone."

Little Bella was crying so the intercom that it took me a lot of effort to calm the crybaby.

They're all big girls, but they still like to be coquettish like when they were children. ”

Bruce nodded, patted his cousin's arm for comfort, and secretly said that he had come to the right place, otherwise there would be no one in the family at the birthday party, which would be somewhat unusual.