The long-haired princess is locked up in a high tower, and she has no freedom.

One day, a golden fairy passes by the tower and meets the long-haired princess.

The golden fairy smiled and asked her:

"Do you want to be free?"

"What I want is not freedom, but something simpler. But I can't say anything like that, because I don't know what I want. ”

"So, do you have anything to say to me?"

"If one day you meet a black-haired Grim Reaper, tell him to come to this tower for me. ”

"At that point, I may be able to know what I really want ... ”

"yes—it must be very, very romantic!"

The golden fairy said with a smile.

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The three of them were still in the room on the second floor, Elian still holding the chair, and Victoria was still staring at Ellian, the chair in Ellian's hand to be exact. And Ai Yue still looked at the two in front of her with a confused expression.

Seeing that Victoria didn't mean to speak, Elian put down the chair in his hand and continued:

"This room must have been abandoned for at least a decade, but there are indications that it was still inhabited at least five years ago. Ai Lian picked up a dusty wooden comb on the table and said softly, "This wooden comb designed by Master Egger is the most popular style five years ago. There is no ghost in the world who can comb his hair~"

"And this frame, there should be a photo in it, at least a year ago, it still had a photo in it. Eren put down the wooden comb, picked up the photo frame and said: "The color of the dust on the back of this picture frame is a little different from the color of the dust on the front, if you look closely, you can see that the dust on the front of the photo frame is not thick, this is not the thickness of the dust that has been accumulated for five years." ”

Rubbing off a layer of dust with his fingers, Elian smiled and said, "Hmm—a year's worth at most!"

After listening to Ai Lian's reasoning, Ai Yue's eyes were full of little stars, and she looked at Ai Lian with admiration and said, "It's amazing! It's so powerful, Ai Lian—how did you guess it?"

"Uh... I call it reasoning, I didn't guess!"

Awkwardly explained, but looking at Ai Yue's confused eyes, Ai Lian didn't expect her to understand what "reasoning" was.

Putting down the picture frame in his hand, Elian turned his head to look at Victoria, as if waiting for something.

He knew that it was not Ellen's reasoning that Victoria would say all this, but the truth buried in the dust.

Victoria stared at the picture frame on the table in a daze, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

Seeing that Victoria was about to cry, Elian hurriedly stepped forward and handed her a handkerchief.

"If you really don't want to say it, it's fine. Eren whispered to Victoria, "But, no matter what, Ai Yue and I will be by your side." ”

Seeing Ai Lian's gentle appearance, Ai Yue did not make a fuss as before this time, but gently put her head on Ai Lian's shoulder, and then held Victoria's small palm tightly.

Although Victoria's small palm was a little cold, the temperature from above told Ai Yue that this was a girl, carrying something unimaginable.

Her immature shoulders may not be able to support it, and the only one who can help her at this time is Elian.

Victoria stubbornly turned her head, desperately trying not to let the tears fall from her eyes.

Ai Yue held Victoria's little hand tightly, as if the little girl in front of her who was like a puppet would disappear in the next second.

Victoria was a little unwilling to wipe her face with Allen's handkerchief, and under the handkerchief, a small voice came.

It was the cold, bitter voice that Elian was familiar with, and that was unique to Victoria.

But this time, there was a trace of warmth in the voice that Ai Lian heard.

Maybe it's a delusion.

Victoria spoke slowly, as if she were telling a story that had nothing to do with her.

"Sixteen years ago, my mother and I lived here.

My father, Blois's father, was in a state of ruin after the death of his first wife.

Until he met my mother.

My mother was an entertainer, a dancer of a wandering dance troupe to be exact.

Maybe it's because of love, maybe it's because of something else. My father and mother fell in love and gave birth to me.

I've lived here since I was born. I lived here until I was kicked out of this small building a year ago.

Alone. ”

Victoria's expression darkened visibly as she said this.

Ai Lian wanted to step forward and say something, but Ai Yue stopped him.

After thinking about it for a while, Elian still stood where he was, not doing anything.

It's not that he doesn't want to do something for Victoria. Rather, it is because Victoria alone is enough.

Victoria's expression quickly returned to its original state, still unchanged for ten thousand years.

She went on to say:

"My mother disappeared suddenly five years ago, and I haven't seen her since.

Then, like a different person, my father began to study all kinds of strange things in the town, and began to believe that there was an elixir of immortality in that tower, and began to believe that there was an infinite amount of gold here.

And then it happened, as you can see, that the traveler who came at the beginning of the spring died at the inn at the end of the spring. There are also fewer and fewer Torvi around the town. The town of Torvi has also become the town of the Grim Reaper.

Perhaps, it's all fate. ”

Victoria's voice faded away, but Victoria's words kept echoing in Ellen's head.

For the first time, Eren felt so close to the buried truth.

It's like it's within reach.

But his own hand did not listen to the call at this time, and Elian did not choose to reach out and touch the truth, but chosen...

He clenched Victoria's hand with a hint of warmth.

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The golden elf returned to the tower.

Rapunzel asked:

"Did you meet that black-haired Grim Reaper?"

The fairy chuckled softly and whispered in Rapunzel's ear:

"Death says he's traveling. ”

"So, how can we meet him?" asked Rapunzel, distressed.

The golden goblin flew around Rapunzel's long hair and smiled happily.

She said:

"It's coming, black-haired Grim Reaper. ”

Many years later, a dark-haired teenager arrives in front of the tower and encounters Rapunzel and the golden goblin.

He said:

"I'm sorry, you've been waiting for me. But I'm only here now ... ”