In the afternoon sun, a gentle warm breeze blew in through the window, carrying a few scattered papers and blowing the ends of Tilly's hair.

Probably because of the annoying hair touching her eyes, or maybe for some other reason, she suddenly felt a sour feeling in her eyes. But even so, she didn't dare to close her eyes, for fear that the scene would disappear again.

And the other party doesn't seem to intend to give her a chance to be stunned.

Dropping her duffel bag, the visitor strode forward, walked around the mahogany table, and embraced her directly into his arms with open arms.

A solid, real touch came through her clothes, which made Tilly realize that what she was seeing was ...... Maybe it's not a hallucination.

"Ash ...... Ember?"

"It's me. Ash pressed against her cheek and said, "Long time no see." ”

As soon as the other person's voice spoke, Tilly's vision blurred instantly.

It's as if something that has been suppressed for too long has finally been given a chance to pour out.

Although she knew that this was not very dignified, she unexpectedly did not want to stop in front of the ashes, and she did not need to hide too much, whether it was happy or sad.

What's more, she's not sad now.

Not at all.

Ash gently stroked her hair, quietly providing space for her to pour. The two of them just kept standing, letting the sunlight envelop each other.

It took a long time for Tilly to settle down.

She wiped away the sticky tears from her face and glared at the ashes, "What happened after the Battle of the Divine Will? Why did you only come back now? What has my brother been dragging all these years?"

The latter smiled and rubbed her slightly flushed face, "Don't worry, I'll tell you everything I know." To be honest, I was also surprised to see Roland again in the dream world. ”

Ash then recounted his awakening experience in detail.

In Roland's words, even though he had gained control of the cradle, it was still a laborious task to search for a witch's consciousness in the civilization memory, not to mention that her body no longer existed, and in order to restore it as accurately as possible, Ash remained in the consciousness realm for a long time.

In this process, she gradually returned to her original self from scattered fragments. However, considering that consciousness is also growing in the process of adaptation, Ash is not sure how much difference there is between her now and her past.

As for the body, it was cultivated entirely by impression, and although Roland wanted to do a few experiments before connecting, she didn't want to wait any longer. Luckily, the union went well, and when she reopened her eyes, she was standing on a bottomless island.

"So that's why the scar on your face is gone?" asked Tiri.

"Uh......" Ash was a little embarrassed when it was his turn, "I used to think it would be a reminder to be on my toes and add deterrence in battle, so I stayed there." But now...... There's no need to keep fighting, I miss you...... Probably ......"

Looking at the other party's slurring appearance, Tilly couldn't help but laugh, "I don't deny it. But that's not going to be a factor in my preferences. You also wore this dress in the dream world?"

"Uh-huh. Not only clothes, but also money and luggage, Roland said that it is much easier to reproduce these things than to recreate consciousness. ”

The two looked at each other for a moment before Ash continued, "I don't know if I lost anything in that unconscious wandering. I don't even know if I am the ashes in your mind now, but one thing I can be sure of is that my desire to see you has not diminished from the beginning."

Tilly stretched out her hand to interrupt her, "I can be sure for you, you're ashes, nothing from the past. ”

Ash was silent for a moment, then looked relieved.

"By the way, Anna and Nightingale, they obviously returned to camp after the war. And what's going on with my brother now? Won't he be able to come out of consciousness in the future?" Tilly lifted herself from her arms and changed the subject.

"Roland is not in consciousness now, but in the world itself. It was true that he could not leave the cradle center, but Anna and Nightingale could return at any time. It's just that ......" said this, Ash cleared his throat, "the question is not whether you can do it, but whether you want to." In short, Roland's life is better than you think, so don't worry about him. ”

"Yes...... Is that so?" said Tilly.

"That's right, forget that guy, he's not worth your worries at all. Ash shrugged, then as if he had suddenly remembered something, he turned and took out a stack of papers from his duffel bag, "And Roland has some things for me to pass on to you." ”

Tilly's face froze, "It can't be some new duty or entrustment, right?"

"You don't have to deal with it yourself. "These are all things he has concocted, and their main purpose is to reopen the channel between the dream world and the real world." ”

If you want to enter the dream world before, you can't do without Roland's "pillar of light", and because of his loss of contact, the witches of divine punishment can't be relaxed as in the past, if you don't know that he is just saying goodbye temporarily, I'm afraid that there will be a big problem in the light of Tachira.

Now that there was a solution, Tilly couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for the ancient witches.

Judging from the strange legends and lines on the paperwork, this is a new magic device.

"I'll let Agatha come over. Tilly suddenly raised her brow after making the call, "By the way, there were still a few ancient witches who had their consciousness interrupted with their brother, right? ”

In fact, his next step is to design a new carrier for the Witch of Divine Punishment, which can not only be used as a soul vessel, but also automatically adapt to consciousness and restore its normal perception ability. Ash nodded, "But this step can't be done by the Cradle alone, and Neverwinter will have to be involved until he masters the technique." ”

"I'm sure Céline and they're going to give it their all. Tilly pursed her lips and smiled.

"And waiting until that's done is the final step. Ash continued, "This time Roland seems to want to be more thorough, in addition to giving witches access to the dream world, he also wants people from that world to come here. The guy is already calling it the New Gate Project in the program. ”

Tilly opened her mouth in surprise.

She instantly understood the purpose of Roland's actions, there was no doubt that once a technologically superior group and a magical superior group communicated, it would inevitably bring about earth-shaking changes.

It can quickly advance civilization, but it can also cause a lot of predictable troubles, and the thought of being the one who will face those troubles makes Tilly feel that one is the one who has two big heads.

"I knew I shouldn't have taken the crown. She pursed her lips and said angrily.

"But I think that even if you try again, you will still agree to his request. Ash stepped back, then knelt down on one knee, clenching his fist to his chest like a knight, "You've done more than you thought you would, my majesty. You are already a worthy king. ”

Tilly stared at her for a moment, then slowly stretched out her right hand and said, "Then would you like to go down with me?"

"Of course. Ash's reply was sonorous and powerful, "It's my pleasure." ”

That's right, the things heaping on her desk were not less than they were an hour ago, but more.

But she didn't have the same resistance as before.

Because this time, the scenery around me is completely different.