The weather was clear and the sky overhead was cloudless, and after having breakfast with the Duke's family at Pearl Castle, Alan left the castle accompanied by Margaret and a team of guards.

Walking out of the golden gate of the castle, stretching out in the sun, feeling the magic in his mind and the countless spell knowledge deep in his soul, Alan couldn't help but smile.

"Are you in a good mood?" Margaret, who had been assigned as a "tour guide" by Duke Gross, did not look impatient in the slightest, and certainly not shy or anything, her beautiful and deep ice blue eyes were now looking at Alan with a little curiosity.

She is a down-and-out girl, beautiful, well-behaved, and although the contact time is still short, Allen has already labeled her as a high rate.

So he is not afraid that what he says will cause misunderstandings.

"How can I be in a bad mood when all the dream lovers of all the single men in Samuel are my guides?" he said with a smile.

After extracting the gift last night, Alan couldn't help but fall asleep, and then woke up this morning to find that the depleted magic power in his mind had been filled up at some point, and the two magic light particles that shone like diamonds and stars looked very beautiful, coupled with the countless spell knowledge gained in his mind, Allen's mood was very happy now.

So he added: "I guess if I go out like this, I will be killed by everyone with their eyes." ”

"Looks like you're really happy. With big bright eyes, Margaret smiled, unconcerned about his teasing.

Although the two can actually be called strangers, because of the disconnected marriage between the two families, they are not as wary and ignorant of each other as they are real strangers.

Strange, but it seems familiar, familiar, but really strange.

Alan feels that this kind of emotion can be called a long-term friendship, but he feels that it seems right to change to another way - the feeling when netizens meet...

"Where are we going now?" he asked.

Margaret kept a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Father said let me take you to visit Samuel, the minimum requirement is that if you get lost, you can find it." ”

Hearing this, Alan looked back at the huge and conspicuous castle, touched his chin and said, "Then I think that I have now met the minimum requirements that Uncle Gross said." ”

said so, but he didn't really think so, when he first arrived, Alan didn't want to do anything maverick, so he calmly accepted the Samuel family's itinerary for him - to visit Samuel City.

The two chatted casually with relaxed expressions, and followed the road ahead of them, descending the long, steep bluestone staircase, and then Margaret began to explain to Alan.

"Pearl Castle was built in the 83rd year of the ephemeris and is still very young compared to the city, one of the gifts that my grandfather gave to my grandmother, and their story is very touching.... It's pretty, and it's even more beautiful at night. ”

"This is the Church of St. Gel, dedicated to the goddess of the dawn, Deliel, built together with the city of Samuel, which was renovated once when my grandfather was alive, and the interior decoration is very exquisite, and it is said that the architect designed it with reference to the elven architecture. ”

"This statue is carved by Saint Gel, the ancestor of our family of Samuel, who led the southern stars in resisting countless demonic attacks during the years of chaos and finally established the city beneath our feet on this high ground. ”

"Every Wednesday is a prayer day, and most of the people in the city come to the church square to participate in the prayers, and some people usually participate, but that must be with the priests, that is, at seven o'clock in the morning, beyond this time it is impossible to get the recognition of the gods, I think it may be that the high priest does not want too many people to disturb him, so he has set a unified time. With that, Margaret winked playfully at Alan.

Unlike Jude's explanation when Alan entered the city, Margaret did not target Allen in her words and deeds, so Alan listened silently, and occasionally asked questions that he didn't understand.

From the Temple Square under the castle, to Samuel's Avenue of the Roses, from the Avenue of Roses to the special buildings in other towns, and from other towns back to Temple Square, Allen's three days of arriving at Samuel were basically spent in Margaret's explanation.

There were no other surprises, and the reckless Jude Knight seemed to have disappeared and was not seen again, but according to the information that Alan had eavesdropped, the young boy seemed to be making a lot of noise.

"It's so silly cute...," he sighed.

"What?" A pleasant voice rang in his ears, and Alan looked sideways to find Margaret looking at him suspiciously.

"No, I think of someone. ”

"A friend, or a lover?" asked Margaret, curious.

In three days, they have become more familiar, so compared to the previous restraint, the atmosphere seems to be much more relaxed.

Alan replied, "It's barely an acquaintance...."

At this time, the two were sitting on the benches on the side of the temple square, staring at the lively and noisy scene in the square, and talking from time to time.

"Tomorrow will be the day of God's descending. ”

Alan muttered.

"On the day of the descent, my father would give a speech here. Margaret followed his words and said, "There will be a banquet in the castle." ”

"Banquet?"

Remembering the welcome party a few days ago, Alan couldn't help but ask, "Can I not participate?" I don't think it has anything to do with me. ”

"It's related. Margaret stretched her slender legs under her pale yellow dress, her long blond-brown hair curling in the breeze on the tip of Alan's nose.

"Father should announce something at the banquet. Her moist eyes seemed to contain a little shyness, but she still insisted on staring at Alan.

However, Alan was silent when he heard this.

"You seem upset?"

Alan shook his head, and after a long silence, he looked at the elegant girl and replied, "You don't care about my original divorce?" I don't understand what you think, because if it were me, I would definitely be..."

"You're angry, aren't you?" Margaret interrupted, "I was really angry at the time, and even wanted to question you, but I finally figured it out, you may indeed have that kind of unspeakable secret, I heard that people who fail to awaken will be stimulated by some kind, so I don't feel angry." ”

"So you let those words out?" Alan was stunned, and he couldn't help but say, "I initially thought you were fighting back by saying that, but now I think you may have misunderstood you." ”

"No, you're not mistaken, I'm fighting back against you. Margaret smiled, her smile in the sun was elegant and bright: "That's why they call you an inferiority complex now, and I want to laugh every time I hear it." ”

"Okay. Alan unconsciously touched his nose, and then hesitated for a while, and said: "I don't want to deceive you, but I do resist that marriage contract very much, of course, this is not for you personally, but for this custom, I don't know what the situation is on your side, but I was not prepared at all, caught off guard, no one told me to make a marriage contract or something, the first day was still quietly training, the next day just woke up, before I could get dressed, someone suddenly told me,—— Your fiancée's name is Margaret. ”

Under Margaret's quiet gaze, Alan looked at her delicate face with a complicated expression: "Shock, doubt, inexplicable, followed by anger, helplessness and resistance.... I think you can understand how I felt, right?"

Margaret nodded, but couldn't help but say, "But the stars are like this? ”

"Don't you resist, this kind of life that can't be arranged according to your own ideas?" Alan looked at him in surprise.

"I don't feel like it's going to be resistant. Shaking her head, looking at the crowded scenery of the square ahead, Margaret's words seemed a little erratic: "My mother has told me since I was a child that my marriage is a very important matter, so important that nothing in my life can compare with it, so I can't let me decide for myself, because it will seem reckless, they say that I am young, and my eyes are destined to be no more accurate than theirs....", she turned her head to look at Alan: " I think they're right, and as I've done in the past, everything they've done is ultimately about making me better. ”

"Definitely. After a long pause, Alan nodded, "Every parent wants their children to get better and better, and relatively speaking, my father is the same, but—" He paused a little, looking at Margaret's bright eyes, "But it's like chewing up food and feeding it to you mouth-to-mouth, for me, when it comes to this kind of thing, the first feeling is disgust, not gratitude." ”

"Why is it disgusting?" said Margaret, who was a little puzzled by his words, "Isn't it always the case when birds nurse their young?"

"I'm not a bird. Alan couldn't help but roll his eyes and open his mouth to say something, but eventually closed his mouth.

How can you say that the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other? Or is it that you are poisoned by feudal stubborn thoughts, and there is no cure for honest children?

Everyone has their own ideas, and Alan can't impose his ideas on others, let alone change the education that an "ancient person" has received since he was a child for more than ten years.

Alan feels bad about arranged marriages and being manipulated, but that's because he has memories of the information explosion generation

And Margaret thinks this kind of thing is normal, because she grew up in this environment, and it is impossible for her to understand some of Allen's advanced ideas, but she thinks that Allen's idea is very strange...

Without trying to refute her with his own thoughts, Alan smiled self-deprecatingly and looked up at the sky above him with a complicated expression.

This is not the first time he has confided in others, but the results he has received are basically the same.

No one thinks that Allen is right, but that he is inexplicable.

In everyone's mind, Eren is a maverick, a quirky one, and a puzzler, and the Chrissy family is called the Golden Family, and Allen is called an outlier in this Golden Family - a golden outlier.

"People who don't understand still think it's a good word, heh...."

After a long silence, the loneliness of a world gradually sank into his heart, and Allen, who looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and then lowered his head and was about to say something, but found that Margaret was looking at him in a daze.

"What's wrong?" he asked

Margaret looked at Alan thoughtfully: "I used to hear about you when I was in Samuel, and I always felt that you were a very special person. ”

"Really? And now?" Alan raised an eyebrow.

"You are truly special. Margaret said, "I didn't tell you before that my father gave me a choice when he chose a future husband for me, that is, you were not the only one who chose it. ”

"Oh?"

"She asked me to choose one of the five and take me to visit each of them in the family domain..."

"And you chose me in the end?" Alan looked sideways at the girl and asked strangely, "Why?"

"I thought you were very special," Margaret recalled, holding her chin in her slender and white hands, her eyes were dazed, "and the other boys were trying their best to attract my attention, but you didn't, and I remember that you seemed to be thinking about something, and you looked like you were ignoring it at the dinner table, but you were slapped on the back of the head by your father, and you slammed your face on the plate with bread crumbs..."

"Really?" Allen's face was slightly embarrassed, "Why don't I remember such a thing..."

Margaret did not answer him, but continued: "But this is not the main thing, you know, it is not the complex interior that attracts a little girl, the little girl only sees the surface...."

"So?" Alan was a little confused.

"At first, I thought the other boys were too inferior, and one of them could smell the fox smell even five meters away," Margaret said with a look of disgust, then looked at Alan and winked playfully: "So in the end I chose you." ”

Allen: "......"