"Here, good girl, one more time. ”

Deep in the Kislev Academy of Magic, the Ice Queen Catalina holds young Dennis and teaches her magic. The cold snowflakes seemed to be created out of thin air, covered with Dennis's fingertips, compared to the days when she first came to the magic academy, her magic ability has increased a lot, she learns quickly, it can be said that she is the fastest learner in the entire magic academy, and she is a rare genius in the kingdom of Kislev in a hundred years. Therefore, it is also taken special care of by the Snow Queen.

Under a simple spell, more and more snowflakes in Dennis's hands gradually formed a small snowball. She should have smiled, but she didn't.

Every little girl who is learning magic for the first time is happy. But Dennis didn't. There was no expression on her delicate little face, like ...... A piece of cryolite is the same.

From her, Caterina seemed to see what she was like when she was young. Gifted wizards have eccentric and withdrawn personalities, and Caterina recalls how she was when she was younger.

She is always a loner and has the most powerful magic, others dare not bully her, and at the same time, she is too lazy to deal with others.

Dennis in front of her felt this way, she was very good, the snowball was floating in her palm, and her whole palm was covered in ice and snow, and she looked very beautiful.

"Now, imagine what you like and turn the snowball into what you like. ”

Caterina said with a smile.

I saw that Dennis's eyes were closed, her delicate fingers were slightly flexed and extended, and the snowball in her hand began to change its shape, like a pair of invisible hands shaping it. Eventually, it turned into a galloping pony. Tiny horse legs run in the air, and countless dusty snowflakes are sprinkled in the air, vividly.

A smile tugged at the corner of Katarina's mouth, she hadn't seen such a good witch apprentice in years, in many years.

"Tell me, honey, why do you like ponies?"

The Queen asked. She stared at Dennis, a gentle gaze with a hint of scarlet horror.

"Because my father loved horses ......"

Dennis replied. Her eyes remained on the galloping pony, looking at its unrestrained appearance, imagining the grassland under her feet and the blue sky above her head. Even if the current overhead is the icy vault of the Hermitage.

"Oh yes, he's a knight. Unqualified knights. ”

Caterina added. Her smile vanished, and with it, ghostly voices.

"But it's okay, I'll train you to be a qualified wizard. You will become the youngest Frost Witch ever to be at the Kislev Academy of Magic. In the future, you will also have power and status, with the same status as Rose and Linda. You'll be a teacher at the Kislev Academy of Magic, and when you're an adult, maybe you'll have a husband. The duke or minister of the kingdom. ”

Caterina said, sitting up from the ice chair. Her gaze no longer looked directly at Dennis, but looked down at her in a haughty manner.

The cold words stung Dennis, and she felt the momentum of the queen, the sense of oppression, as if someone had used magic to destroy what you cherished most in your heart, and then stuffed it into something you didn't know and didn't understand, it was cold, hard, and irresistible......

......

"Look, the little princess is back. ”

At the end of the day, Dennis went back to his dormitory. The furniture made of ebony wood has a faint fragrance, and it is said that this high-quality wood originated in the Arabi region and is a high-end import. Furniture made of ebony wood was even more valuable, and it was only found in the royal palace, the town hall, the magic academy and the homes of a few nobles in Kislev. Dennis was assigned to the best dormitory.

However, the people here are not so welcoming to her. The witch apprentices in the same dormitory as her, most of them are older than her, and they all come from powerful families, only Dennis's family background is very ordinary, so ordinary that there is almost no sense of existence, his mother died early, and his father is just a small castle lord in the border area, even if he says the name of the castle, few people know him. In the middle of a group of second-generation officials, Dennis seems so small.

When she returned, her roommates immediately taunted her.

But there was always someone who was upset for her. The older witch apprentice stepped forward and dispersed the crowd.

"Alright, go back to sleep. ”

She said aloud. The junior apprentices immediately walked away in amusement and returned to their beds.

As the eldest of the witches, Daisy doesn't allow the senior apprentices in the dorm to bully Dennis. She walked up to Dennis, helped her pack up her magic items, and then lay down on a bed with her and talked.

The Witch Apprentice's bed was large enough to accommodate three adult witches sleeping together. When Dennis first came to the dormitory, he thought it was for the dormitory manager, but when he saw that everyone's bed was so big, he realized that it was a standard bed. This was several times larger than the bed she slept in when she was at Blackhammer Castle. In that small castle room in the North, she slept on a small bed just big enough for her to turn over.

In winter, there is a fire in the room, but even with several layers of feather quilts, it still feels cold. Here, the room temperature is constant and very comfortable. Except for the loss of freedom, looking at people's faces, everything is good here. Freedom, however, is paramount.

"The Queen is looking for you alone again today?"

Daisy asked softly as she lay down next to Dennis. Dennis liked her hair, it was a delicate golden color, unlike those witch mentors, who were smeared with magic powder very weirdly and unnaturally. Daisy's long hair is very beautiful, it is natural beauty. Moreover, the smell on her body is also very charming, it is a faint fragrance, as if it comes from the sea. She had been to the seashore, and from Blackhammer Fort, she had traveled all the way west, and in less than a day's journey, she could reach the coastline. In the past, my father used to take him to the beach once a year, in the summer, but now, he can't go anymore.

"Yes. ”

Dennis replied. She soon became sleepy, and she was still too tired from training during the day. She has twice as much training as her peers. The body is always exhausted.

"Did she say anything special to you?"

Daisy asked with concern. Her big eyes looked at Dennis, full of love.

"What do you mean by that? There doesn't seem to be a ...... The Queen, as before, was interested in my ability to learn. ”

Dennis replied with a pout. She grabbed the quilt and covered it from the neck down. With only a cute little head sticking out, Daisy often says that she looks like a kitten.

"Oh......"

"By the way, Her Royal Highness did say something special to me today. She told me to study hard and to arrange a husband, a place, a place in the kingdom in the future. But I wasn't interested in her words. Alas. ”

Dennis whispered. I'm afraid that others will hear it.

"My dear sister, you should be careful with her in this matter, I have heard that our Majesty has some secrets that cannot be spoken. ”

Daisy said with an ugly face. She stared at Dennis, but not with the condescending majesty, but with a warmth, a genuine concern.

"What's the secret?"

Dennis asked.

"Do you know why our queen has lived so long and is still so young?"

Daisy lowered her voice, a whisper that even a cat couldn't hear.

"Wouldn't those who have studied advanced magic live longer?"

Dennis replied.

"No, you are too naïve, prolong your life by a maximum of a few decades to a hundred years. However, our Royal Highness the Snow Queen is far beyond this age. I heard that she used some terrible spell to turn herself into a bloodthirsty monster......"

"Bloodthirsty monsters?"

"Yes, I heard that the Ice Queen needs fresh blood to live on......"

"You mean she's ......"

Dennis was about to say it when Daisy interrupted, she winked at her, signaling that it was good to know something, not to say it, and not to show anything. The Academy of Magic has countless pairs of eyes staring at them every day. They are ostensibly the elite of the kingdom, and they are enviable witches. However, the older apprentices knew that they were nothing more than prisoners of the Queen, and that this splendid palace was their prison......