The sudden voice behind him did not frighten Xiao Yan, but Xingzang was exposed, which made the young trialist a little embarrassed. He turned his head wryly, only to find Trystina holding a glass in one hand and an empty whiskey bottle in the other, under the dim wall lamp behind him.

"You've been drinking?"

"I didn't drink much."

Tristina shook the bottle and said, "I'm looking at the moon from the balcony, how about you?" My little boyfriend, what are you going to do when you go downstairs? ”

Looking at the female designer with a flushed face, Xiao Yan replied calmly: "I'm a little thirsty and want to go to the kitchen to drink some water." ”

"Have a drink together?"

In response to Tristina's invitation, Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Oh no, I need to drink water, not wine." Listen, it's late, and you've drunk a lot, so going downstairs can easily make you fall. So, while I'm here, come downstairs with me and get back to your room early to rest. ”

“weishenme？”

"What?"

"Weishenme, I want to listen to your arrangement? What can you give me? ”

Xiao Yan frowned, he was not good at dealing with a drunk woman, especially once this woman started talking nonsense, it made him feel even more unmanageable. After thinking about it, he walked directly to Tristina's side, snatched the bottle from the woman's hand, and said, "Alright, alright, I can give you a good night's sleep, can't I?" Be obedient and follow me. ”

The female designer turned her head and burped in the other direction, and the faint smell of smoke and the aroma of wine continued to diffuse in this passage. Then, the woman turned her head to look at Xiao Yan, shaking her empty fingers slightly in front of the young man's eyes. Say, "No." No. You can't give me that, my sleep must be guarded. ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Haode, Haode, I'll protect your sleep tonight." ”

"Just tonight?"

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't answer, Tristina suddenly smiled and said, "Of course." I'm old and I understand that, very well. ”

As she spoke, the female designer leaned in the direction of Xiao Yan, and while Xiao Yan reached out to support her, Tristina whispered, "Carry me, I need this." Carry me downstairs. ”

Xiao Yan did not refuse this request, and turned around and carried Tristina on her back, the woman's body is very light, and it may also be because Xiao Yan's current physical fitness has greatly improved. In short, carrying Tristina on his back didn't make it too much of a stretch for him.

"My father. I have a father, right? When I was little, he carried me downstairs like this, often, often. ”

Tristina's head rested on Xiao Yan's shoulder, and she said a little indistinctly, "I waited for someone to carry me, and I waited for a long, long time. I stood here, unable to move forward, unable to see anything in the darkness. Do you know? I'm standing here, waiting, waiting for someone to pull me out, instead of staying here. ”

Xiao Yan didn't speak, he could feel it, there seemed to be some coldness on his neck, maybe it was tears, maybe it was just his illusion.

"I almost met that guy today, yes, almost."

Tristina arched her head, her forehead resting on Xiao Yan's shoulder, as if she didn't want to see the light or let anyone see her face. This made her body constantly move, and the constant friction of European women's breasts against Xiao Yan's back, coupled with the constant spread of the smell of alcohol around her, gave the whole space a different smell.

"I want you, Parin, whether you're called that or not, whether you're a rich man or not, I don't care. I want you, tonight, Palin. ”

Xiao Yan's body stiffened slightly at Tristina's sudden words, and then, he smelled the smell of alcohol around him, and whispered, "But I care." ”

After a pause, Xiao Yan continued: "I have to face you frankly, instead of wearing a mask in front of you and using a false me to do those things with you, I will feel as if it is no longer me, but another stranger doing those things with you." What I want, not like this. ”

After thinking about it, Xiao Yan said again: "It's not that I have a cleanliness fetish, or something else, it's just that I don't like to hide from each other." Tristina, if you want to get out of this castle, you have to move your feet on your own, and there is no point in waiting for someone else's help. If you are accustomed to being helped rather than making decisions on your own, it will not be long before you lose yourself, and at that point you will experience even more terrible loneliness and loneliness, which can even keep you awake from sleeping, not just nightmares. ”

No one answered, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Tristina?" ”

Still no one answered.

smiled bitterly, the audience of the long speech was actually asleep, which made Xiao Yan feel helpless to sing for the blind man. He quickly walked down the stairs, and on the ground in front of the stairs, the black cat quietly paced. Looking at Xiao Yan, the black cat gently "aimed", and this voice seemed a little ethereal in the quiet night.

"Wait until I put her back, and you're here watching Hannibal."

Xiao Yan commanded in a low voice, and then carried Tristina into the large dark room. One can imagine what it would feel like to be alone in such a room and wake up empty around you. Xiao Yan put Tristina down on the big bed and casually put the quilt over the female designer's body. In the darkness of the night, Xiao Yan stared at the lonely woman for a moment, Tristina seemed to be sleeping deeply, breathing long, her long eyelashes shining in the light of the corridor light outside the bedroom.

"If I have you, of course I'm responsible for you."

Xiao Yan whispered, "But, even if I don't have you, I have to be responsible for what I have said. ”

After speaking, Xiao Yan turned to leave, and under his feet, with every step, an inconspicuous aura would quietly burst out, and these halos quickly diffused into this bedroom. When Xiao Yan walked to the door of the bedroom, the whole room had become warm, the cold was dispelled, and as the door creaked shut, the room was completely insulated from the outside cold.

Outside the door, Hannibal was circling the black cat, and when he saw Xiao Yan come out, two small animals ran over in unison, and then, the black cat jumped on the handrail of the stairs and ran upstairs. Hannibal couldn't be as agile as the black cat, and it snorted and followed Xiao Yan's feet, and walked into the darkness together.

Xiao Yan inspected this ancient castle for 4 hours, and saw a total of 27 magic circles or incomplete magic circles, which is enough to prove that the magic circles on the carpet are not accidental. The circles seen elsewhere belong to the Anders circle system, and there is no other circle system involved, which is somewhat different from the true awakened.

In the academy's library, Xiao Yan had seen descriptions of modern magic arrays. Combined with the experience of Shijie in the trial, he could probably think that most of the modern magic arrays are the remnants of the ancient magic arrays, relatively speaking, the records are incomplete, and they are also very complicated. The Andes system and the embellishment system may be mixed with each other, so that modern awakened people often learn the same mixed circle system. Therefore, from the current point of view, the awakened people from the nineteenth century onwards were basically unable to grasp the knowledge of a single system of magic circles.

However, Xiao Yan's discovery in this castle obviously overturned the common sense in the academy, and these Anderth circles in the castle proved that at least 60 years ago, there were still people who were very proficient in using the single circle system.

This discovery was no small feat, and one of Tristina's ancestors was unknown to the other Awoken. In other words, the Shijie Tree knew about the existence of this mage, but for some unknown reason, did not notify the other awakened ones. Whatever the reason, it shows that there may be something important in this castle.

Xiao Yan frowned, reached out and touched a magic circle hidden under a portrait painting, and the magic circle still had a slight energy pulsation, which proved that the raw materials of the drawn magic circle were the same as those on the carpet downstairs, and they were all gems in the Shijie Tree system. And judging from Xiao Yan's feeling of the large-scale release and experience of the magic circles, these magic circles had erupted decades ago.

Tristina's grandfather, who died before he was 40, his father, who died before 40, and the proof that a circle had erupted decades earlier, all cast a thick fog over the castle that looked ancient and at the same time simple.

"What do you think, Hannibal?"

Xiao Yan asked in a low voice, and the puppy did not respond, but looked at the magic circles in the same silence. Although Hannibal, as a descendant of the master of the Whisper of the Sky, is not as clear about the magic circle in the Shijie Tree system as Xiao Yan, as a level 9 existence, it can sometimes see more things than Xiao Yan.

At the same time, the black cat that had disappeared before suddenly jumped down from the higher railing, turned around at Xiao Yan's feet, and after making a slight cat meow, turned around and ran downstairs.

"What's up there?"

Xiao Yan looked at the direction the black cat left and asked in a low voice, "Hannibal, we just came down from above, did you find anything?" ”

The puppy didn't answer, and after observing the circles again, it turned around and ran after the black cat, and the sound of going downstairs quickly became small, and finally, Xiao Yan's side fell back into darkness and silence.

It seemed that Hannibal had also noticed something, Xiao Yan frowned, and looked up at the top of his head again. He was now on the 4th floor, and there was a wooden storage room above him, and other than that, there was nothing special to see.

The young trialist stood still, looking at the dark passageway, an environment that did not intimidate him, but it made him a little irritable. The castle is just like it is now, and when daylight comes, everything looks so clear and normal. But once the night came, everything fell into darkness and became elusive. (To be continued......)