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In the capital of knowledge, snowfall often indicates that the new year is coming, so when it snows at the end of each year, the city is always full of joy. But for some, snowfall often means heavier work, like Catherine.

On the lawn outside the pavilion, the blades of grass have long since withered in the cold wind. Catherine had just taken Pannis, who had been messing around outside, and was now dressed in a long gray coarse cloth dress, with long black hair wrapped in the same coarse cloth, her cheeks and nose were red from the cold, and she was holding a long broom in her hand, and was carefully clearing the snow in the yard. At the very least, to sweep the gravel path leading to the mansion so that the family will not be bothered by the snow when they go home, this is Catherine's truest purpose, and it is also her only purpose to work hard against the snow in the cold weather.

"Hey, you guy, can you not show up in front of me. Catherine, sweeping the floor with her head down, suddenly looked up and roared loudly.

The unfortunate person who was so angry with Catherine could obviously only be Pannis.

Catherine's location is next to the three most obvious oak trees in the yard, and the seedlings that have just broken through the soil next to the three oak trees are already thirty or forty centimeters high, this oak seed is a seed blessed by the elven druids of the forest, and the juvenile period is very short, often a few months can spend what should be up to three years of juvenile age, reaching a height of one meter. After that, the oak tree will return to its normal growth state, and there will be nothing special about it. Whenever there was an additional family member in the Western-style house, Catherine would plant an oak tree with her own hands to represent the inseparable family affection.

Pannis tied a rope to the branch of the tallest oak tree, and hung down upside down with his calves climbing the rope, his head just level with Catherine's head, while watching Catherine's hard work, while throwing fruit into his mouth upside down without hindrance, when he was happy to eat, he would also take the initiative to manipulate the rope to turn around in place once or twice or swing left and right, looking leisurely and happy.

"You're going to make trouble with Vivien. Catherine rubbed her forehead and said, "Why did you come and mess with me?" ”

"Vivien just came back to get something and went out again. Pannis's expression remained unchanged and said, "It seems that there is a shortage of experimental materials, so I have to go to the nearby neighborhood to buy some." ”

"Then you go back to the house and play by yourself. Catherine said like a child, "Don't be outside anymore." ”

"Don't. Pannis shook his head vigorously: "It's boring to be alone in a house. ”

"If you're bored, come and sweep the floor for me. Catherine said, "Why do you want to hang on a tree, and how you like to climb trees, you just hung on a tree just now outside, and you have to hang on it when you get you back." ”

"Don't sweep the floor, it's tiring. Pannis said solemnly.

"Whew. Catherine pressed her chest and took a few deep breaths, holding back the anger in her heart: "If you're tired, you can go back to the house." ”

"No, it's boring. Pannis tossed a thumb-sized red fruit high in the air, showing a difficult maneuver, his legs turning his body into a horizontal angle, and his open mouth just caught the fruit: "Eun, delicious." ”

"I see. Catherine's expression was soothed, she nodded, and slowly drew her long sword: "Sure enough, I should have killed you directly just now." ”

"Wait, calm down. Pannis immediately rolled over and jumped off the rope: "I remembered, I wanted to tell you something. ”

"Say it quickly. Catherine squinted at Pannis, holding her sword, "What are you going to tell me?"

"There was once a mage, well, who was an illusionist. Pannis's face was full of remembrance: "That mage is lazy, very, very lazy, and he rarely leaves his abode unless he has to. ”

"Getting to the point. Catherine urged, "Hurry up, I'm going to keep clearing the snow." ”

"Okay, okay, to the point. "One winter, he didn't go out for nearly a month. It snowed heavily that year, and when he was about to go out, he found that the gate of his mage tower had been buried with snow, and he couldn't get out at all. ”

"Well, I know this kind of thing, too. Catherine was interested: "When I was studying at the Farlar Knight Academy, I didn't look at it as the northernmost part of Farrar, but it was very close to the special area of the permafrost ice field, so it was covered with snow for half of the year. When I was there, I often heard about the snow burying the houses, so every family had to prepare a shovel and dig a passage through it when they encountered such a situation, which was very interesting. ”

"Yes, that's what you imagined. Pannis nodded, "But that mage is lazy, he definitely doesn't want to dig up snow, he wants to use magic to blast out a way, and he is afraid that he will have to work hard to rebuild it when the house collapses." Therefore, he had to cheer up and spend a day developing a nested magic circle, the function of the magic circle is very simple, the first is to gather the fire element to increase the temperature, in order to melt the snow, and the second is to disperse the water element to reduce the humidity, so as to quickly vaporize and empty the melted snow, preventing the melted snow from being frozen into ice, and then he will not be able to get out. ”

"Would he rather spend a day studying a magic circle than dig a passage to get out?" Catherine asked with a smile, "How lazy is he, is there such a person?" ”

"Of course not, mage, only once in a while there are one or two normal people. Pannis shrugged: "It just so happens that someone has shown me that magic circle, I have secretly used it, it is indeed quite good, if you are proficient in operation, there will not be that kind of stupid situation that uses more time and energy than snow clearing." ”

"You've actually used it. Catherine squinted at Pannis, "Use it to be lazy." ”

"Really, how do you speak. Pannis pouted, "Although, in a sense, you're not wrong." ”

While blowing himself up, Pannis crouched down, took out a cloth and wiped it vigorously on the ground that Catherine had swept, wiping the ground as clean as possible. Catherine watched Pannis's movements curiously, for her who didn't know any magic, it was still fascinating to see the process of a magic circle from nothing to work.

"This method actually only works for mages who can carve circles out of thin air, using the same method I told Vivien. Pannis stretched out his finger and slowly sketched on the ground: "Although I am not a mage, at least I am also a magic swordsman, and I am considered the first half of a mage, and some simple spells can still be used." However, I don't know much about magic circles, and the one I drew now is completely memorized. In fact, as long as the circle remembers clearly, and the ability to control one's body has reached a very high level, in mastering some spell-casting ability, well, it means that the body has built a perfect magic channel, then it can be easily done, okay, the first circle is drawn. ”

Pannisy bent over, fingers on the snow, and moved forward along the path that Catherine was about to sweep, the magic threads condensed along Pannis's fingers into the ground. After walking all the way to the entrance of the foreign pavilion, Pannis squatted down again, and his fingers moved quickly on the ground: "Here you need to carve a matching magic circle, and connect it with a magic channel in the middle, so that when the magic circle is activated, the effect of the magic circle will spread to the path through which the entire passage passes, which is very simple." ”

"Well, it's weird if you need to portray both sides. Catherine scratched her head and asked puzzledly, "How did the person who invented it go out of the gate sealed by snow to draw your matching magic circle outside?"

"Didn't I say that? Pannis withdrew his fingers and spread his hands: "In the end, he blew off the house and went out, so he's just a fool, okay, now, as long as you enter the magic power at one end of the circle, you can activate the circle." ”

With a wave of his hand, the circle began to glow with a soft light. Within a few minutes, Catherine noticed that small potholes began to appear in the ground of the originally dense and smooth snow, which was a sign that the snow was melting. But amazingly, the melting snow did not cause the snow to flow sideways, and the ground exposed after melting looked very dry, as if there had been no snow before.

"Strange. Catherine squatted down and touched the ground: "The temperature is not too high, why can the snowmelt be vaporized directly?"

"It's not vaporized, it's just that the water element is directly dispersed, so it looks as if it has been vaporized. "This method can only be used where there is very little water element, and once there is too much water element, the circle will collapse. Don't look at the snow cover here, but in fact, it is the ice element alienated from the water element, which is not within the scope of influence, only the melted snow water returns to the water element and is quickly dispersed. ”

"It's really easy to do. Catherine smiled with satisfaction on her face and said to Pannis, "However, there is one thing I want to confirm first. ”

"What's the matter?" asked Pannis, curiously.

"You came to me just to help me clear the snow with this magic circle. Catherine asked with a smile.

"Yes, I suddenly remembered, and I came out to look for you. Pannis replied, "Is there any problem?"

"If I'm not mistaken, then you deliberately climbed up the tree and dangled back and forth around me for half an hour. Catherine's smile became more and more weird, and the veins in her forehead jumped: "During this time, you have been watching me work hard to clear the snow, and you are snickering and eating on the side, isn't that so?"

"Huh, haha, haha, that one. Pannis looked left and right in a panic, and was forced back by Catherine step by step: "I remember, Vivien is looking for me, I think she must have something important, I should go over immediately, hahahaha." ”

"It's a pity. Catherine pressed Pannis's back to the door of the hallway, "Vivien has already gone out to buy something, or did you tell me personally, hehehehehe, are you ready for the final judgment?"

"Hello everyone, here we go again. Just when the cold sweat on Pannis's forehead continued to break out, a crisp voice came from outside the gate of the mansion, and the girl's voice was as crisp and pleasant as the song of a warbler in the valley on a summer afternoon, and the voice was full of youthful vitality.

"There's a guest, I'll open the door. Taking advantage of Catherine's distraction, Pannis flashed past Catherine as fast as he could, heading towards the metal fence gate. Catherine stamped her feet angrily behind her back, but she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Haha, the two little sisters are here, come on, let my brother hug me. As soon as the door opened, Pannis threw himself with open arms.