Xinghe felt that it was all his fault, although no one blamed him, but if it wasn't for him being too willful, maybe their whole family wouldn't have ended up like this.

It all started a few months ago, September 49, 804, Xinghe will probably never forget this day for the rest of his life, and after today, he will be ten years old.

That morning, he plucked up the courage to tell his father what he thought, that he wanted to attend the Tiangong Academy and study magic.

The official age of admission to Tiangong Academy is twelve years old, but in fact, this school is not so easy to enter, as the only non-demon spirit school in the empire that teaches magic, the admission procedures of Tiangong Academy are very cumbersome, the school itself will search for suitable students across the country, and students who have not been found by the academy can also take the initiative to find a school to participate in the test, when they pass the test, students will begin to undergo various investigations and tests in Valhalla and the Education Bureau, magic has always been the privilege of demons in the empire, and students of other races who want to go to Tiangong Academy to study magic must be evaluated by these two institutions, only if they think that the student is bornAfter there is no problem with the psychological condition and personality, the student can really enter the Tiangong Academy to study magic, and this evaluation process is very time-consuming, so students who want to study in the Tiangong Academy often need to prepare one to two years in advance.

Hedong has never allowed Xinghe to contact magic, and Xinghe has always thought that this is because he is too young, after all, the empire has hard rules in this regard, and children under the age of ten are not allowed to touch magic.

But it wasn't until today that Xinghe realized that he was wrong, Hedong stopped him in this matter not because he was too young, but because Hedong really didn't want his son to have anything to do with magic, no matter how Xinghe begged, Hedong didn't agree, according to Hedong, this is actually for his good, when he grows up, he will understand how precious it is to be an ordinary person and live an ordinary life, Xinghe can't accept this statement, so he slammed the door and ran on the street alone.

Even if he is only ten years old, Xinghe still knows that his family is different from other families, since Xinghe can remember, Ye Duyu has appeared in his family, but Xinghe knows that Ye Duyu is Lanyue's mother, but not his, because he is a demon spirit, and Ye Duyu is a human being, so Xinghe never calls Ye Duyu "Mom", but always calls her "Aunt Ye", although He Dong was very angry because of his approach, but Xinghe was very stubborn and refused to change his words, so that in the end He Dong had to let him do it.

Xinghe did this not because Twilight Yu treated him badly, on the contrary, Ye Duyu has always treated Xinghe as his own child, and Xinghe also respects her very much, but Xinghe has his own ideas about this matter, he wants to find his real mother, although He Dong told him that his biological mother died of illness very early, but Xinghe felt that there was another hidden meaning in this matter, because He Dong's expression was a little unnatural every time he talked about it, although the abnormality in He Dong's expression was very inconspicuous, but Xinghe still keenly noticed it.

Ye Duyu did not express dissatisfaction with Xinghe's approach, she just told Xinghe very gently that if one day, if he wants, he can call her "Mom".

The cold wind of winter was raging in the streets of the capital, and Xinghe glanced back at his home, and He Dong stood by the window on the second floor and looked at him, unable to see his expression clearly.

Xinghe kicked away a small pebble and began to stroll aimlessly along the streets, tomorrow is the triennial glimmer day, here is the seventh district of the 14th ring of the capital, which belongs to the poorest of the 14 rings of the capital, but the festive atmosphere is still very strong here, the closely connected red brick houses and wooden shacks are hung with simple holiday decorations, and the residents in the house are busy with family dinners. The two-story bungalow of Xinghe's family is definitely luxurious in the entire Fourteenth Ring Road, it is said that it was prepared by Aunt Ye's brother-in-law who doesn't have much contact with his family, and he seems to be coming to the house tonight, and Aunt Ye should have prepared a sumptuous dinner at home, but Xinghe is not ready to go home, he wants to be alone and quiet.

There will be a Shimmer Day celebration tonight in Victory Square in the first district of the second ring road, and Xinghe suddenly wants to go and see it. Three years ago, the Xinghe family was busy settling into their new home and did not attend, but in fact, few people from the entire 14th Ring Road attended the festival in person, and the residents here preferred to watch the live broadcast of the celebration on the giant crystal screen set up by the district government.

Xinghe glanced at the three-meter-high crystal curtain in front of the district government office, several staff members were adjusting it, and two rows of heavily armed official police officers stood in front of the crystal curtain to prevent the onlookers from getting too close, and they looked coldly at the residents of the seventeenth ring road and the seventh district, with a look of disgust on their faces, as if these residents were carrying some kind of plague.

Xinghe is no longer surprised by this, these police officers are all official police officers, which means that they are all demon spirits, and demon spirits have such expressions on their faces when they look at other races.

Another weirdness in the Xinghe family is here, Hedong, Xinghe and Lanyue often have to take a green potion to keep themselves human, Xinghe actually doesn't understand why his family wants to give up the identity of the demon spirit and disguise himself as a human to hide in the human settlement in the 14th Ring District, probably because of Aunt Ye, Xinghe thinks so, even at Xinghe's age, he knows what the combination of demon spirit and human means in the empire.

A little snowflake suddenly fell in the sky, Xinghe was slightly stunned, looked up at the gradually finely refined snowflakes, and suddenly accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar shadow. He didn't say anything, just turned the corner and hid against the wall.

After a while, Lan Yue, who was wearing a white cotton jacket, appeared on the corner of the street, she was startled when she saw Xinghe standing on the corner of the street looking at her, lowered her head, her eyes jumped around, she didn't dare to look at Xinghe's eyes, her little face was flushed, and she didn't say a word for a long time.

Xinghe shrugged helplessly, and reached out to rub Lan Yue's hair into a bird's nest, "Let's go, follow the fart." He said angrily.

For as long as Xinghe can remember, Lan Yue has followed him like a fart, pestering him all day long. Xinghe doesn't understand why Hedong and Twilight Yu gave birth to Lanyue, it's not that Xinghe hates Lanyue, but because of Lanyue's identity, in the empire, the mixed-race offspring born between different races is called "Inhuman", most of these children born across races have some physical defects at birth, Lanyue can be said to be very normal in "Inhuman", at least until now, it has not reflected any physiological problems. But what is really cruel to "Inhumans" is not the congenital physical defects, but the strange gaze and differential treatment from the surrounding world, especially the "Inhumans" with demonic blood, who are regarded as disgrace and mongrels by the demons and will also be alienated by the other half of their own bloodline.

Lan Yue got Xinghe's permission, and immediately put a happy smile on her face, jumping up and down, looking at her, Xinghe's face also showed a smile, "Does the family know that you ran out with me?"

"Well, Mom agreed. Lan Yue nodded.

Xinghe really felt a little big, and Aunt Ye was so relieved that she let Lan Yue run out with her.

"My brother will take good care of me, that's what Mom said. Lan Yue shook her little head and looked at Xinghe with a smile, which made him a little embarrassed.

Xinghe touched the back of his head and tilted his head to pretend to admire the snowflakes, "Huh, yes, haha." ”

"But why doesn't my brother call my mother 'Mommy'?" Lan Yue looked at Xinghe with wide eyes.

"......" Xinghe fell silent all of a sudden, "Don't talk about this, let's go, I'll take you to see the celebration, let's say okay first, I won't carry you when I'm tired." He put his hand on Lan Yue's back, and met Lan Yue's curious eyes with a smile on his face.

"Oh. Lan Yue nodded a little stiffly, and didn't ask any more questions very obediently, and it didn't take long for her to seem to forget about this matter and walk in front of Xinghe in a hurry.

Xinghe looked at her lively, and her mood was also soothed, Lan Yue was still a carefree child, in Xinghe's eyes, she was like a snowflake, pure white and flawless. However, like Xinghe and Hedong, Lanyue relies on that kind of green medicine to maintain the appearance of a human being, even if Xinghe is only ten years old, he also understands that this is not a long-term solution, they can't keep it hidden, one day, Lanyue's identity as an "alien" will be exposed, at that time, in the face of the strange eyes of this world, can she still show such a happy smile, at that time, will she have the ability to protect her smile?

"Brother, hurry up, I can't keep up!" I don't know when Lan Yue had jumped far away and waved at Xinghe.

"Oh, here we are. Xinghe shook his head vigorously, and threw those troublesome things out of his mind, which he couldn't come up with as a child, at least not yet.