Teenagers and girls strolling in the shade of greenery are enjoying the early summer sunshine at the moment.

No matter how much time passes, the appearance of summer remains the same.

Every season, it reminds Elian of the summer when he was thirteen years old, the days when he used to be ignorant.

It was the first time that Eren had left his parents and traveled around the continent.

The first time I met her, I was in an ordinary tavern in a small town.

If you were to ask Allen what it was like to fall in love at first sight, thirteen-year-old Allen would answer you like this:

"The first time I saw her, it was like my ass was being electrified. ”

Such a feeling is the love at first sight of thirteen-year-old Elian.

It can also be said to be a premonition of love.

Thinking of this, Ai Lian couldn't help but smirk, and Ai Yue, who was on the side, pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Ahh What are you thinking? Let me hear about it!"

For Ai Lian's careful thinking, Ai Yue has always been full of curiosity. Of course, if it was a general topic, Alan would naturally answer her know-it-all, but for these men's little secrets, Alan finally chose to keep it a secret.

The person in my memory doesn't know if it's good now.

Ai Lian didn't know, but for him, now Ai Lian has something more to protect.

Looking at Ai Yue, who was sulking beside her, Ai Lian suddenly laughed.

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Memories are memories after all, and the road in front of us still has to be walked.

Eren took out a map to the Charald Mountains from the package that Naya had given them earlier, and carefully judged the direction of progress.

The map was only a finger's length away, but Ai Lian and Ai Yue had been walking for more than a week.

Fortunately, there will be passing merchants or various people who are also traveling on the road from time to time, so the supplies of the two of them are quite sufficient.

However, following this route, there are still two days to go at most, and you can reach the entrance of the Charald Snow Mountain.

After telling Ai Yue the good news, Ai Lian took out some fruit from her bag and handed it to Ai Yue.

It was a gift from a circus that was also on a tour two days ago, that Allen had met.

Although it is only the most common fruit, it can be said to be the most precious gift in the countryside near the Charald Snow Mountain.

Rubbing the red fruit in his hand, Elian looked around while "clicking" into it.

It was early summer noon.

It was supposed to be the most sleepy time, but Elian now seemed particularly energetic.

The reason is also very simple, just as Elian took out the fruit, the whole sky suddenly changed from an endless blue to a red copper with a little haze.

The overcast sky made it impossible to believe that it was still sunny midday just ten minutes ago.

The sun, which once resembled a white disk, now seemed to be about to burn out, covering half of the sky and shimmering like rust.

The Hill grassland in front of Ai Lian suddenly became a little more hazy, which made people a little creepy.

But what is terrifying is that after Eren took ten steps back, everything was back to the way it was before. The sound of birdsong from time to time made Eren feel like everything that had happened before was like a hallucination.

Ten steps, only ten steps away, completely divided the Hill Grassland into two worlds.

Ten short steps, less than 5 meters away, is the gray sea between the hell full of death and the heaven full of hope, and only the birds that sing the praises of death will set foot on this land.

Ai Lian nodded lightly to Ai Yue, and randomly got the same action.

As if they had made an agreement, the two men shook each other's hands and walked together into the land of death.

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February 13th

Thursday

rain

Today's town is still peaceful, and my life is still like this.

The couple who quarreled next door seemed to start a little or two seconds late today, and I finally tasted the milk I had missed for a long time.

Although I still saw Miss Nancy today, she seemed to be much more haggard than yesterday.

But the people in the town are still the same, nothing has changed.

If I had to say anything different, the sun was unexpectedly clear for ten minutes at noon today.

This is perhaps the best gift for a town that remains the same.

Of course, if those thugs stopped disturbing me in the middle of the night, it might have been the perfect day.

Anyway, tomorrow is February 14th, and if that day comes, go buy a bouquet of Miss Nancy's favorite white roses, and she'll be very happy.

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When the two stepped across the gray sea together, in front of Eren was a town full of vicissitudes.

From the outside, this is probably the most run-down town Eren has ever seen.

Judging by the houses in the town, the style is definitely not a modern architectural style. At least Eren had never seen anything like it in the Western Continent.

And to Ai Lian's surprise, there was not even a guard at the gate of the town, could it be that this place was so stable?

Eren shook his head and didn't say anything more.

According to Naya, there should not be any small town between Eternal Night Town and Charal's Snow Mountain.

But the town in front of you is real.

Illusion or something, Eren doesn't believe it. Besides, what kind of person would go to great lengths to put such an illusion in front of Ellian?

Of course, for Ai Yue, the sudden appearance of the town can be said to be a timely straw-like existence.

For a lady, not taking a bath for a week is almost going crazy for Ai Yue.

Being able to take a good bath and have a beautiful lunch before entering the Charald Snow Mountain is an absolute treat for Ai Yue.

Looking at Ai Yue's excited expression, Ai Lian smiled and nodded.

Although the town in front of him was very strange, there was no place in this world that Elian couldn't go.

Following the elated Ai Yue, Ai Lian strolled into this gloomy town.

However, what Eren didn't know was that the moment he stepped into this town, the sky that should have been hazy suddenly began to rain lightly.

The people in the town didn't know that at that moment, the sky, which had been raining lightly, suddenly cleared.

Although it was only a gloomy sky, it did clear up.