When the snow falls, the city in the distance becomes covered in snow, and the lights of some of the city's iconic buildings can be faintly seen, and people must be holding a celebratory banquet.

There's nothing more joyful than the arrival of the Winter Veil Festival.

As the last festival of the year in Winterfell, it's not just a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, but also to revelry, joy, and a bountiful harvest. Everyone needs a festival to celebrate the carnival to soothe their emotions, especially the current environment.

Ten years ago, a strong spatial anomaly occurred near the city of Odin, and as a result, the cycle of magical tides was disrupted, and even the seasonal climate changed. Winterfell has announced a notice of seasonal climate change, and the average person has little sense of it, saying that the winters are getting longer and colder, so they have to spend more money on heating and endure rising prices.

Teres was still somewhat affected. The most intuitive thing is that he is a little cold.

Sitting in the laboratory on the top of the hill to observe and record data, although the environment is nice and quiet, after the fuel runs out, the silence here is a bit unbearable. Fortunately, Teris has exercised a lot in the past few months, and can also find some fun in boredom.

Teres stretched out his finger and put it in front of his eyes, and a faint bright light shone in front of Terres's eyes, and the light flashed, and a few snowflakes appeared on his hands outside the house. The snowflakes are crystal clear, with sharp edges and corners, there is no doubt that this is magic, and if you don't observe carefully, you will mistake it for ice magic, but in fact, this is a space magic that is forbidden and restricted by major forces, but in the early days, Teris did not have this talent.

Magic is an extremely magical power, and it is difficult for anyone to submit magic to him, and people can only obey the laws of magic. Therefore, only a small percentage of people can study and use magic, and these are not completely passed down by blood, which means that it is possible for two powerful magicians to give birth to a child who is not suitable for practicing magic, as is the case with Terrez. This is also the reason why many magical families have difficulty in inheriting their inheritance.

But that problem doesn't exist for Teres now, and it all goes back to that Crimson Night.

The disappeared parents, the hometown that was destroyed in an instant, and the 'maelstrom' that is still being observed. Of course, there are also those relatives who have never known each other, so many questions came to her mind at once, and Teres only felt a mess in her heart.

"What a mess!" Teris sighed.

"What's wrong?" someone picked up at this moment, his tone rising briskly, a red coat and a plaid scarf, black leather shoes leaving deep footprints in the snow, and hair on his forehead swaying with his steps.

This is Tris's sister, Kia.

"It's the problem of the 'Great Vortex', because of the recent abnormal changes in the magic tides, the data of the 'Great Vortex' has also jumped, this can't be compared with the previous data, and the analysis has not analyzed any problems, is there a way?" Teris had nothing to hide in front of his sister, so he immediately said it and asked for a solution.

"The magic tides are abnormal, and the data anomaly of the maelstrom is reasonable, huh. Right?" Kia tilted her head.

"Not a bit of constructive advice".

"Can you expect a magician who specializes in magic to write you a research report on space?

"Can you not mention this, Kia?" said Teres, looking helpless.

Speaking of this senior sister's stalk, I have to talk about the talented Kia, back then, the 16-year-old Kia was admitted to the School of Magic of McGill University in Winterfell with excellent magic results, studying under Andina, who is both powerful and famous, which attracted a lot of people's attention for a while, everyone wanted to meet this genius girl, after all, there are still very few young magic geniuses, but soon, the news was suppressed, and the active mind sensed the momentum, and the matter was also small and small.

In McGill University, the School of Magic and the School of Theology have extremely high requirements for the ability to control magic, and other colleges also have great requirements for the perception and use of magic, and Terre's perception is very keen, but it is slightly insufficient in the use and interference physics, and thanks to Andina's mentor, Teres can enter the university's School of Astronomy for research.

According to the gossip circulating at the school, Tris's tutors, Ilian and Professor Andina, are lovers. But in normal times, he didn't find that these two people had too much interaction, one was a glamorous strong woman, and the other was an unknown astronomical research scholar, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like there was any intersection.

Looking at Teres's headache expression, Kia thought that her expected goal had been achieved, and her mind began to drift in a more practical direction.

"Have you figured out where to go for dinner?

Listening to his sister Kia's hints, Teris skillfully opened the magic network and booked tonight's dinner, because it was a meal, the order was still very large, and after a long time, it was still unsuccessful.

"It's cold today, and I remember that a new hot pot restaurant has opened in the school," Kia reminded.

Flipping through the pages, Teris finally found this store, although it is a new store, but fortunately, this time the order was successfully placed, and the two immediately set off to go down the mountain. The snow is falling, and the mountain road is more secluded than before, because it is the research site of the Astronomy Academy, there are almost no pedestrians on the road, and occasionally a few students go up the mountain to enjoy the snow scenery in groups.

The closer to the center of the school, the more vivid and bright it becomes, and the loneliness that Teres precipitated on the mountain is cleaned here, and people cannot be separated from society after all, and the most basic atmosphere is also a necessary environment for people to survive.

The two arrived at the restaurant after a while, under the guidance of the service staff, they picked a window position and sat down, the decoration of the store was simple and elegant, the chandelier on the roof seemed to be thoughtful, the lighting was mild, and the atmosphere of the restaurant was very harmonious. It's just that the number of people dining is not very large, probably because of the Winter Veil Festival, everyone gathers at home, thanks to its blessing, otherwise it would be difficult to find such a good location.

Order the accessories and ingredients, and the hot pot will be put on the table quickly.

Looking at the thick soup boiling in the pot, the slices of meat and vegetables added to it, and the boiling water rising in a cloud of steam, both of them fell silent in unison. Time and node and the current situation are very beautiful, it is indeed a day worth celebrating, but it always feels like something is missing, a long time ago, when the weather was cold, the family also liked to have such a happy gathering, they talked and laughed, it was another year, and it was a year old, but now...

It was Kia who opened the topic first: "Is the maelstrom stable lately?"

"Excluding the anomalies in the past few days, the data is generally stable. Teres ate the hot pot without raising his head.

The time when the maelstrom was created is known to the wizarding academic community, but the specific cause is probably only known to the brothers and sisters who eat hot pot now. Not only are they always paying attention to the data and situation of the Maelstrom, as the most stable spatial anomaly known on the continent, the Maelstrom has many valuable things, many people use it as a research topic, and there are also those who want to eat the cake of space magic. Not to mention the deeper level of space defense, the windfall profits brought from space equipment alone are enough to drive many people crazy.

At present, the only known space technology that can stably realize space technology is the vanished Ellen Empire, and many of the existing space equipment was transferred to the civilian sector back then. This is also more and more precious to these space equipment. It's not that no one wants to put more effort into this aspect, but the pain left by the Elren Empire to the mainland has not stopped, and the public opinion and financial pressure faced by local government agencies are not small. That's not all, 10 years ago, the nascent maelstrom stepped on it again, and for a while, there really weren't many people who dared to act rashly in this regard.

Fortunately, in addition to affecting the movement of the magic tides, the stability of this maelstrom is good, and the cities and dioceses have also appropriately lowered the level of monitoring.

In the face of sudden changes, the people in power are still unclear, and the people can only use their rich imagination, and for a time rumors are everywhere, and the people are panicked, although the government has made a lot of positive explanations on this, but it is also unable to withstand the fermentation of the situation, and most people will have this kind of thought: "Is this really a warning from the Lord? Where is our future?"

So churches are becoming more and more places for people to go.

The bell rang and rang faintly from afar, which was the precursor to the preparation of Mass in the church of Saint-Gilles of the school, and it was almost 8 o'clock in the evening, when the religious students would gather in the church of the school to hold the ceremony.

"Are you going to join in the fun, brother, feel the glory of the Lord. "The delicious food still can't stop Kia's mouth.

"Is the glory you are talking about the bread that cannot be swallowed, the same wine as the water? If this is the glory of the Lord, then it is better to bring me another hot pot" Teris disagreed, Teres has never been religious, naturally he does not take these things to heart, he can't say it so bluntly to outsiders, and there is no need to hide anything in front of his sister.

"It's always good to go and see, and every year at this time, my mother accompanies us like this, go and see, right?" Kia was a little depressed when she said this.

After a moment's hesitation, Teres agreed, a reason he could hardly refuse.

"I haven't seen you so enthusiastic at this time in previous years, why are you so interested now?"

"It's not interesting, it's also great to have a good time, is it interesting to go back so early now, guarding the instrument?"

Teres nodded, "Well, that makes sense. It's really hard to go back and record the data in this atmosphere today", Teris sped up the process of eating, "Then when we finish eating, then invite the young and beautiful Miss Kia to the church."

"Of course you can," Kia's tone was palpable with joy.

After settling the bill, the snow is still falling, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and in this cold environment, people prefer to stay in their homes, but there are always people who are willing to pursue the temperature of their hearts, and they are walking towards the church step by step.

In the distance, there was a chanting of the Chsalms, and the bells rang in the direction of the church of St. Gilles, which belonged to the school, and although the observation of the maelstrom was difficult to put down, and although there were still many things that were vague back then, Teris had to slow down, and despite the limited time, there were people who needed company.