Charlotte, who took the initiative to pull Lynn away because she couldn't stand the shyness, was almost out of breath for a long time.

She covered her face, and a shameful voice flowed from between her fingers: "How can you say this, such a thing"

Lynn spread her hands innocently: "Compared to those 'hypocritical' words, this kind of 'irrelevant' sincerity is indeed better, isn't it?" ”

"This, this, this"

"Well, if you don't like it, I apologize to you for this nasty joke."

Charlotte tugged at the corner of her clothes: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that. Actually"

The girl hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a weak mosquito and fly voice: "I don't like it." ”

"That's good." Lynn squinted and smiled.

“.”

Charlotte pouted and didn't speak.

In her eyes, Lynn was like a leaping frog, always bouncing on different lotus leaves, and she, as a bystander, couldn't see where his next place would be.

"Nasty."

"Huh?" Lynn turned to look at her, "What? ”

"I said." Charlotte puffed out her face and said, "You haven't told me why you chose such a question for others to answer, obviously, obviously there are many things that are not related, but"

"No, no, no."

Lynn shook her finger: "If you only talk about these guests, there are indeed many things that have nothing to do with them, but if you want to find an answer to these things that will make you happy, this is the only one." ”

"Huh?" Charlotte was stunned, "Let me. Happy? ”

"Of course." Lynn said, "Isn't that what we're here for?" ”

"Eh?!!"

Charlotte whispered louder.

She really didn't think of that.

Wrong.

said that she didn't expect it, but in fact, it would be more accurate to describe that she rarely cares about what kind of purpose she is doing, and she must say that she wants to achieve it.

Now that Lynn mentioned it like this, she subconsciously began to think about the purpose of her coming here, what it was, and whether she wanted to be happier as he said.

The thought lasted only a brief moment before she came up with an answer.

It's true that I'm here to have fun, but not from the wedding.

"Stupid." She shouted a non-offensive word.

"Huh?!" Lynn blinked, "I've been criticized a lot for idiots and stuff, but stupid. Well, forgive me for not agreeing very well. ”

"It's stupid!" Charlotte pursed her lips, but didn't speak again, instead staring straight at Lynn.

“.”

Lynn thinks that her ability to control her emotions is not bad, even if she speaks in front of thousands of people, she can be as stable as a mountain, but now, she actually feels a little uncomfortable under the girl's gaze.

"What's wrong?" He asked, a little puzzled.

Charlotte finally retracted her gaze and snorted, "I don't even understand what my purpose is, that's why I said, you're stupid." ”

"What you think you are, but I don't think I'm aiming for what you want - the other isn't at least not quite."

“.”

Lynn froze.

In fact, he didn't know that Charlotte just wanted to stay with him, but now he didn't have the heart to pursue emotions and anything like that, so he tried to avoid getting closer to what he thought in his words.

But now, the girl not only wisely discovered his hidden thoughts, but also rejected its correctness, which surprised him a little.

Lynn wanted to find out what the girl's words meant, but unfortunately Charlotte turned her head to the side in advance, preventing her from seeing her mind through her eyes.

While turning her head, Charlotte said fiercely: "You said that you came out to make me happy, right, now I'm not happy, I don't want to stay here anymore, you can take me somewhere else." ”

“.”

This was the first time since Lynn became acquainted with Charlotte that she felt that she could not see this simple princess clearly.

After thinking about it, he didn't refuse.

"Okay, where do you want to go?"

"Hmm," Charlotte thought of the location where the hero married the Valkyrie, "I want to go to the beach." ”

“.”

Lynn was silent.

The reason for the silence is that there is no sea in the Rhine.

The Kingdom of the Rhine is located inland, with towering mountains to the south, and countless fierce demonic beasts hidden in them; The north is a near-eternal tundra, not only inaccessible to people, but also the number of monsters and monsters is not much; There are people in the east, but it is also a famous barbarian area, and the source environment is not good.

As for the west, it is home to a large number of "principalities", and only after passing through these principalities and then going deeper to the west, through the vast territory under the central jurisdiction of the Starlight Empire, can you reach the ocean.

Lynn said honestly: "Your Highness, this request may be a bit difficult, with my current strength, I can't fabricate a sea out of thin air." ”

"That's right," Charlotte smiled secretly, and then said as if reluctantly, "In that case, you can take me to Falling Star Lake." ”

"Falling Star Lake."

Located on the outskirts of Catalena, the Falling Star Lake is the third largest lake in the Kingdom of the Rhine.

It is said that the formation of this lake is due to the fact that when the goddess Starlight was fighting a demon god one day, the falling star accidentally missed and fell to the ground, thus forming the lake, and the huge stone tablet at the entrance of the Rhine Academy came from the falling star.

Compared with the proposal to see the sea, it is more reasonable to see the Falling Star Lake.

It's just that although the Falling Star Lake is said to be on the outskirts of Catalena City, the distance to this suburb is actually not close, and it takes about two hours to get there on an ordinary horse

That's not a good place to go.

After a moment's hesitation, Lynn asked, "Your Highness, when are you going to go back?" ”

Charlotte shook her head: "If you don't tell you, you just say that you won't take me with you!" ”

“.” Lynn sighed and shook her head helplessly, "Then let's go." ”

Charlotte, who received an affirmative response, would normally smile contentedly, but today, no.

She simply nodded.

"Let's go!"

They left the garden and got into the carriage again.

The atmosphere of the carriage was still quiet at first, but this time no one forced it.

Charlotte closed her eyes as soon as she got into the car, and Lynn closed her eyes after she couldn't figure out what the other was thinking, and they listened to the clatter of the axles of the carriage together, and they were not bored by surprise.

The carriage walked for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a rusty iron plate.

Charlotte stepped out of the carriage and carefully looked at the "Falling Star Lake" written on it in Rhine script; Lynn stood behind her, watching her lotus leaves flutter in the wind.

After reading the text, Charlotte squinted at the sky: "What a big sun." ”

June in the Rhine is not particularly hot, but it is just past two o'clock, and the temperature rise has not subsided for the time being.

"Let's find a place to sit down first."

Charlotte made the offer, and Lynn had no reason to refuse, so she agreed to it.

They walked forward side by side and found a bumpy stone path.

The stone path is an upward stretch, and there are a lot of wild weeds around it.

"It doesn't feel like there are many people here." Charlotte muttered, "Obviously the last time I came, there were quite a lot of people"

Lynn tilted her head: "When was the last time you came?" ”

"Well, many years ago, when I was about six years old."

"That's no wonder." "In recent years, this has become a murder spot, and many people like to hide their sins in the lake after a murder. ”

"The Falling Star Lake is too deep, and for some unknown reasons, everything thrown into it will sink to the bottom of the lake, and the remoteness of the geography makes it difficult for the guards who maintain order to get here in the first place."

"Over time, no one wants to come here."

"Huh?" Charlotte froze.

She never imagined that the stars used by the goddess to suppress the demon god would become a place where sins are buried today.

Lynn looked at her and asked, "Are we still in there?" ”

“.” Charlotte twisted the hem of her clothes in a tangled way, and finally said, "It's coming."

"Well, I see."

They continued to walk forward.

The structure of the lake is not like an ordinary lake, it is a depression in a flat area. The collision squeezed the earth, causing them to bulge high into the surrounding area, like a basin, and from a high point, they could overlook the entire lake in its entirety.

When Charlotte and Lynn reached the top of the cliff, they saw a dilapidated gazebo.

Charlotte stepped forward first, wiped the dusty spot with the handkerchief she had brought with her, then stroked the hem of her skirt and sat down facing the lake, letting the sparkling reflection of her world.

Lynn sat down beside her, looked her in the eye, hesitated, and seemed to want to say something.

In the end, however, he was unable to speak, for the girl spoke first.

"I used to think the world was dangerous."

She whispered something that seemed out of tune, and Lynn asked at the right time as she was confused.

"Why?"

"Because most of the time, my understanding of the world comes from stories." Charlotte whispered, "I thought the goddess would really be watching humans above everyone's heads, in the blue sky; I thought that a little further from the Rhine, there were really a lot of tyrants, very chaotic; I thought that as soon as I walked out of the palace, the dragon with its wings open to cover the blue sky would capture me and eat me."

"But as I grew up, I had some doubts about the authenticity of these things, and I always wanted to go out and see if the outside world was really what I thought it was, but you know, I'm very timid, and my runaway behavior always ends in failure."

"This time I came to Falling Star Lake, it was the first time I left the palace, and I heard the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis, the flow of traffic, and the brightest sunset."

"At that time, I knew that the world may not be what I imagined, but the imagination did not match the reality, but it did not disappoint me, it was beautiful."

"And."

Lynn listened quietly to the girl's story, listening to her talk from imagination to reality, from the heroes in the book to the generals in reality, and then from the palace anecdotes to the gossip that was true.

He thought that the girl was trying to talk to him about something, because every time he tried to answer or interject, the girl would stop and turn her head to look him in the eye, so that he had to stop talking.

However, if you are talking, after you have finished talking about something, the topic will always come back to yourself.

But Charlotte didn't.

She's really just describing what has flashed through her mind and what she thinks.

Lynn wanted to think about the purpose of the girl's behavior, but Charlotte's non-stop voice made him unable to distract him rudely.

Listening like this, a slight tiredness suddenly rose in his mind.

That's when Charlotte finally stopped.

She turned to look at Lynn and blinked, "Are you a little tired?" ”

"No"

"You're a little tired."

“.”

Charlotte smiled, then patted her thighs covered by the hem of her skirt and smiled mischievously: "Come on, I read the book that boys seem to like being treated like this." ”

"This man and man cannot be generalized"

"Don't you mean you're a boy?"

“.”

Lynn scratched her head and tried to refuse, but she couldn't seem to find any reason.

"I'm sorry then."

Feeling the weight on her thighs, Charlotte looked into the distance, trying not to interfere with her gradually overheated brain.

Then she spoke again, but this time, she was no longer simply speaking, and her voice had a strange tone in it, as if she were singing.

"When the bagpipes call, the valleys are lined up,

When summer is over, roses are hard to bear.

You, you are far away,

And I, I'm buried here for a long time.

When the prairie is in summer,

When the snow is completely white.

Let the sky be clear,

Let the haze be everywhere.

Oh my dear child,

I love you so much, waiting for you to wander"

Lynn could tell that it seemed to be a popular ballad, about a father's farewell to his children in the army.

However, under the interpretation of the girl's soft voice, the sadness in it has been diluted several times, leaving only a little sorrow that only belongs to the girls of Sichun.

Charlotte's talent in vocal music is very good, and she sings very well, and Lynn listens to the singing and the beating of her heart, and slowly closes her eyes.

When Lynn opened her eyes, she saw the face of a girl looking into the distance in the quiet sunset, thousands of leaves flying in the treetops, forming layers of green waves.

Lynn straightened up suddenly, "I'm sorry, me."

Charlotte didn't turn her head, but asked softly, "Are you still sleeping comfortably?" ”

"Hmm"

Lynn hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"In that case."

Charlotte laughed, her eyes crooked to reflect the beauty of the setting sun.

"Now, do you want to guess again, what is my purpose?"

(End of chapter)