It was already completely dark outside, and the night breeze with the characteristic coolness of autumn slapped against Alicia's fiery cheeks, making her feel very pleasant. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info cold wind blowing from the lake with the aroma of grass and trees, after entering the city through the barrier of heavy cement buildings, the smell gradually fades, but still smells a little fragrance. Alicia took a deep breath and inhaled the cold air into her lungs, a refreshing sensation that made her dissipate some of her drunkenness. Before she knew it, Alicia had stopped hiccuping, and she looked around for the short, pink-haired figure, and then spotted her target in the nearby stable.

Melufa was sitting on the side of her mount, Frost Moon, with her head bowed in her knees, and the handsome white horse was quietly accompanying her as if she knew her master's state of mind.

Alicia slowly walked over to Meleva and sat down side by side with her. Leaning on the pillar and looking up, the full moon hanging in the sky is like a silver plate covered with a thin veil, sprinkling gentle silver moonlight on this beautiful city. In contrast to the noise of the day, Tirting has a reassuring sense of tranquility at night, the faint sound of talking and clinking glasses through the cracks in the closed doors and windows of the tavern is like ethereal music from another world, and Alicia feels the alcohol that fills her body to bring her to a half-drunk, half-awake fugue state.

"Uh...... Woo!"

Meluvia's sobs brought Alicia, who was almost asleep, back to reality, and the emotion of grievance turned into tears and broke the embankment in Meluvia's eyes.

Alicia sensed her girlish thoughts somewhat from Meleva's reaction and attitude just now, so she asked:

"Merufa, you...... Do you like Kylloa?"

"Whoa!!" replaced the answer with a louder cry, and Meleja was inexplicably sad, but the reaction also proved that Alicia's guess was correct.

There was silence between the two, to be precise, only Alicia was silent, and Melova kept crying heartbreakingly. As Alicia pondered how to comfort her fellow of the same age, a tearful Meluvia looked up, her large glasses covered in tears.

“...... Alicia, am I useless?" said Meleva suddenly.

"How come? If you can read a magic book, it proves that you are much smarter than me!"

"But I'm always reckless, I can't do anything well, I've been following Master for two years, but I'm still at the level of apprentice magician level 2, my classmates in the Academy of Magic have all obtained the qualification of magician when they graduated, but only my grades have not been able to improve. The Sage must have been disappointed in me because he had taken me in, but I haven't made any significant progress. ”

“......”

"The day I was accepted as a disciple by the Sage-sage, I was really happy. It was in the cold winter and snowy season, and I watched my classmates happily get their graduation certificates and graduate happily, but I was not even qualified to take the graduation exam. I was so sad that I ran out alone in the garden and sat on a bench crying. The outside temperature must be cold, but the amazing thing is that my body is always warm, but my heart is full of cold. ”

Listening to Meleva herself talk about the past, Alicia kept silent and listened silently.

"The snowflakes that fell from the sky seemed to be attracted to me, and they all attached to me, but I didn't feel the slightest chill. It wasn't until the snow covered me that I heard footsteps in the snow in the garden. ”

I didn't look up because I was down, but the footsteps kept coming to me. I felt a hand pat away the snow stuck to my hair, and then I heard a voice say, 'Your hair is a beautiful color, it's a pity to cover it.' ’。 ”

I looked up in surprise to see a man in a blue robe smiling softly at me. I froze and just sat there and looked at him stupidly. Then the man looked up at the sky, then at me, and said something I couldn't understand at the time. ”

"What did he say?" asked Alicia duly in time.

"He said, 'It's the first time I've seen someone like the Snow Elf like this.' ’”

"What does that mean?" Alicia asked, frowning.

"Now I understand that the 'Snow Fairy' that the Sage said at that time was referring to the water-based Mana, and the sage with the eyes of a torch could see my innate attribute at a glance. ”

Alicia nodded as if she didn't understand, she wasn't very familiar with magic at the moment, so she didn't understand this kind of conceptual stuff very well. So, Melufa continued:

"But I didn't know anything at the time, I looked at the man quietly, watched him scratch his head in distress, and then said to me as if he had made up his mind, 'My original principle is not to accept disciples, but ...... I happen to be short of an assistant, do you want to come?' he said the contradictory words and held out his hand to me. Maybe from that day on, I've been in love with this man since the time I held that hand. ”

"Do you like it......" Alicia muttered.

"Later, I also found out that he was really the great 'Sage of the Spirit', he was my benefactor and mentor, but he was so far away from me. He is like a giant tower towering into the sky, and I am just a small flower at the bottom of the tower. I have been working tirelessly but it is always difficult to see results, but the sage is perfect in everything he does, so I can only gradually restrain this favorite feeling, and dare not hope for it anymore. ”

"Melufa......" Alicia didn't know what to say, but called the girl's name.

"However, the events of that night gave me hope, and I thought that the Sage-sama was aware of my feelings, so he ...... However, everything was my delusion, and it was only because we were all drunk that day that we slept together. The Sage is a very upright man, so he must have done nothing rude to me. However, I am a fool to have the anticipation because of that incident, and the sage is unattainable, and I am not worthy of it. ”

It turns out that Meleva knows everything very well, and Alicia suddenly discovers that this underage girl is not as clumsy as she seems on the surface, she has complex emotions that should be expected at this age, and can find her own problems through self-reflection. In this regard, Alicia did not do as well as Merusa.

"Melufa, I think you're thinking too much!" said Alicia as she stood up suddenly, with a sullen face.

"Huh?" Mei Lufa looked up at the blonde girl with some panic.

"If you like someone, tell him! If you don't say it, he will never know, and if you tell him, it is possible, but if you don't tell him, you will always fail!" Alicia said excitedly, thinking that she was right. This daring girl has not actually experienced the taste of true love, so she can't empathize with Mei Lufa's entanglement, but she firmly believes that it is better to do it and fail than to regret it if she doesn't do it, which is the philosophy of life and Alicia's way of life.

"You mean...... Tell him?" asked Meleva, incredulously, having ruled out this option in her life through her own reflections.

"Yes," continued Alicia, "a sage is a man, not a god. Let him know that if you like him, he will perceive this intention, and it will be possible to respond to this feeling, right? Regardless of whether the result of this response is good or bad, I think it is better than you now holding back the bitterness in your heart alone and silently enduring. ”

"But...... I'm so stupid. The root cause of Melufa's inferiority complex is her own strength, but these problems are irrelevant to Alicia, so she continues to persuade her bitterly:

"It has nothing to do with whether you are stupid or not, it doesn't matter if he is a sage or not, you can be together with the person you like, you don't need a reason, now you like Kylloya, so the most critical question is whether Kylloa can also like you, everything else doesn't matter, does it?"

"You say...... Not important?" Meleva wavered a little, the gap between herself and Kyllloa, which she had always valued the most, was beaten to nothingness by Alicia's simple unimportant.

"To like is to like, you shouldn't add some inconsequential things to such pure feelings, it's just your restraint on yourself. ”

"You mean, it's because I'm too timid?"

"That's right!"

"Even if you say so......"

Seeing that Meluva was still hesitant, Alicia was about to go crazy, so she pointed in the direction of the tavern and said:

"If you don't tell him, I'll do it, and I'll go in and ask Kyllloa what he thinks now. ”

As she spoke, Alicia was about to walk towards the hotel, but Meleva hurriedly grabbed her clothes and stopped her, and the two of them were in a stalemate for a while.

Meleva cleared her mind in the silence, and she began to think seriously about what Alicia said, wondering why the blonde girl's words seemed to subvert her previous perception all of a sudden. The previous Meluva was like stuck in a labyrinth, unable to find an exit, she made too many excuses for herself because of her lack of courage, and it was Alicia who reminded her what was the most important thing.

"Please give me a moment, I'll tell him when I'm in order to get my mood in order, and let him know!" said Meleva, after a long thought.

Seeing that Melua had made up her mind, Alicia happily gave her a thumbs up, and the 'Frost Moon' on the side also made a "puff" sound at this time, as if she was cheering for her master.

As the night grew darker and the air grew colder, Mei Lufa took a deep breath, and there was a lot less confusion in her eyes.

(Tomorrow will be the first round of the Arena official tournament, what kind of person will be the No. 2 lottery player who will face Daron?, so stay tuned!)