The door opened silently, and the dim oil lamp in the hallway reflected Catherine's uneasy face, but the face she had imagined did not appear, and the door was empty, nothing.

"What's going on?" Catherine looked out in surprise, and the dimly lit corridor was empty, except for a lone oil lamp hanging on the wall, emitting a dim glow that reflected Catherine's bewildered heart.

"Is it my delusion? I must be thinking too much. She sighed softly, turned around and closed the door to lie down on the bed, only to see a pair of big shining eyes in the dark room.

"Who's there!" Catherine was startled, subconsciously took a step back, reached for the door of the room, and when her hand grasped the doorknob, her body suddenly lost consciousness and became immobile.

"What's going on?" Catherine watched in horror as her eyes approached her from the darkness, but she was as uncontrollable as a stone statue, her heart beating wildly in fear, but her voice could not make a sound at all.

"Is this a dream? it must be a nightmare, I'm going to wake up, wake up soon!" she couldn't help but cry out in her heart, but the situation showed no signs of changing, and those eyes came to her, suddenly jumped up and hugged her body.

"Wowhaha, I caught you, don't think I'll run away from the palm of my hand!"

Hearing this voice, Catherine's hanging heart was relaxed, and suddenly she felt that her body had regained consciousness, she slammed open the door, and by the light in the corridor, she looked down at the little Lori who hugged her waist and buried her face in her chest, and her heart was angry and funny.

"Nasty, aren't you scared?" asked Lilith as she looked up at her, pouting in disappointment.

"You troublemaker, is it scary to run around without sleep at night?" asked Catherine as she squatted down and pinched Lilith's cheek, laughing and crying.

"I never sleep at night, you know. Lilith looked at her with innocent eyes flashing wide.

Hearing her words, Catherine suddenly remembered that owls don't sleep at night, and couldn't help laughing, she took Lilith in her arms and asked with a smile: "Then you came to me at night and wanted me to play with you?"

"I'm not going to play with a stupid girl!" Little Lori raised her face proudly and said, "I told Little Snow Owl that I would go to the field together to catch little mice!"

"Then what are you doing here?" Catherine looked at her with a smile, as if she was teasing her little sister, full of pity.

"It's the bad wolf who asked me to come to you! he's waiting for you at the shooting range, let me take you there!" Lilith glanced back at the window, and said anxiously, "Let's go, the little snow owl called me, we need to hurry!"

Catherine agreed softly, although she didn't know what Rogge called her to do late at night, but she still wanted to meet him at this moment, and she immediately asked Lilith to turn herself into a little worm on her back, and little Lori herself turned into a little owl and flew out of the window.

In the sky outside the window, a white owl twice the size of Lilith hovered in the air, and when she saw Lilith flying out, she came forward, one black and one white, and the two owls flew in the air, and soon came to the shooting range of the fortress.

Catherine, who was lying on Lilith's back, vaguely saw the figure on the ground, and he lay quietly on the ground, beckoning to the two owls flying in there.

Lilith swooped down and shook her body, and Catherine was caught off guard by her low altitude, and suddenly a flash of red light returned to her human form, and she fell headlong to the ground.

Two powerful hands caught her steadily, Catherine looked back at Rogge who was hugging her, only to see him look up into the air and shout: "Your airdrop skills are too bad, Lilith, I will give you a discount for the reward I promised!"

"I'm not rare!" the little owl shouted disdainfully, "I'm going to catch the little mouse with the little snow owl, and I won't play with you anymore!"

"Looks like this little guy has found a partner!" Rogge smiled as he looked at Lilith's flying figure, looking down at Catherine in his arms, the girl looked at him blankly, and heard him ask, "Although there is no one in your current position, maybe you can change your position?"

Catherine was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, and her little face suddenly turned red like a ripe tomato, and she got up in a panic and sat down on the grass beside Rogge.

Rogge lay down on his back, quietly looked up at the night sky and said, "Maybe you should lie down too, lying down and watching the stars in such a quiet night is not a pleasure that can be obtained at any time." ”

The girl looked up at the starry night sky, and slowly lay down beside Rogge, the refreshing night breeze blowing across their faces, and the fragrance of grass lingering around, making people feel refreshed, and their whole hearts calmed.

However, Catherine still had something on her mind, and she hesitated for a long time, but finally mustered up the courage to ask, "...... your wounds?"

"It's all right," Rogge said in a calm tone, still looking up at the night sky, "You know, injuries or anything are trivial matters to me, not to mention Miss Tully's medical skills are unmatched. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm ......" Catherine didn't finish her sentence, but Rogge had already interrupted her, and he asked with a smile, "Why do you keep saying 'I'm sorry' to me lately?

"Poof!" Hearing this, Catherine couldn't help but be amused, she couldn't help but laugh when she saw Rogge turn around, look at herself with gentle eyes and ask, "Speaking of which, if I hadn't stopped you during the day today, did you really plan to plunge the sword into Sophia's chest?"

"I ......" Catherine couldn't help but suppress her smile, hesitated for a moment, shook her head lightly, and said, "That wasn't my intention, I was just impulsive, and now I feel very scared when I think about it." ”

"I guess so, it's normal for young people to be a little impulsive," Rogge smiled forgivingly, stretched out a hand sideways and pulled her hand in front of him, asking, "But if one day you are impulsive and aim your sword at me, and I can't stop you, will you stab you?"

"Of course not!" said Catherine, almost exclaiming, clenching her hands into fists with excitement and a resolute expression.

"How can you be sure?" Rogge looked at her with interest, under his eyes that pierced through the night, Catherine's expression was not hidden in the slightest, she looked at him emotionally, her pink cherry lips slightly opened, as if she wanted to say something.

But in the end, she still didn't say that sentence, she just shook her head lightly, and said firmly: "There is no reason, I just know, I will never do that, I will never ...... it"

Rogge stared into her eyes quietly, Catherine's gaze with him contained a thousand complex emotions, he knew about it, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded and said, "That's good, at least I don't have to worry about dying at the hands of my own students, it's a shame to let the old man know about that kind of thing!"

Catherine couldn't help but smile when she heard his words, Rogge looked at her cute smiling face, pinched her flushed cheeks and smiled: "But your performance today is really good, not only the shooting in front, but also the back fall at the end, I think Sophia will probably avoid you in the future." ”

Hearing Rogge's compliment, Catherine's little face turned even redder, she lowered her head shyly, feeling that her whole face was hot, but fortunately, the cool night breeze brushed her sideburns understandingly, helping her cool down in time.

"So, you have won a great victory today, and as the victor, how about being generous with our little princess until we send her back to her sister?" asked Rogge, who said with a slight smile and a gentle scratch on her little nose.

"Well, I promise, I won't fight Sophia in the future. Catherine nodded obediently.

"What a good boy, I knew my students were much better behaved than old Augustine's students!" Rogge smiled and leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek, then sat up and looked up at the bright starry sky and said, "But that's fine, I don't plan to let the old man kiss me as a reward!"

Catherine couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard his last words, she sat up from the ground, looked back at Rogge who was sitting side by side with her, hesitated for a moment and slowly leaned her shoulders on him, put her head on his shoulders and whispered, "Thank you, it's good to meet you." ”

A knowing smile appeared on the corner of Rog's mouth, and he silently reached out to wrap his hand around Catherine's shoulder, muttering in his heart: "I think so too, I hope we can always think like this." ”

At this moment, two owls, one big and one small, landed on the grass in front of them from the sky, and the little black owl Lilith jumped and flew to Rog's lap, pouting with a serious face and saying, "Are you kissing a stupid girl?"

Rogge and Catherine glanced at each other, shook their heads in unison, and the little furball said with a look of righteous indignation: "Don't lie, the old man told me, he asked me to come and see you, you are not allowed to kiss the stupid girl, you can only kiss me!"

"Is it possible that if we whisper in the middle of the night, the old man will eavesdropping?" Rogge smiled helplessly and glanced at Catherine, and the girl lowered her head shyly, not knowing what to do.

Rog grabbed the little furball with his hand, beckoned the white owl on the grass to him, kissed them on the cheek, and then brought them to Catherine, and after Catherine kissed them, Rogge laughed, "Are you satisfied, little villain?"

"That's pretty much it!" the little furball nodded solemnly, turned around and flew into the night sky with the white owl.

"Come on, it's past midnight, and we should go back. Rogge smiled and turned back to Catherine, and as soon as the girl came into contact with his gaze, she immediately shyly avoided her gaze, nodded and stood up with his support, and left the shooting range side by side to return to the fortress.

The two parted ways at the door of Catherine's room and exchanged goodnights, and Rogge watched as Catherine closed the door and turned to walk towards his room.

When the sound of the door closing came, a worried face poked out from Murphy's room on the other side of the hallway.