Dirty brown capes, antiquated grey booties, and patched linen coats form a messy down-and-out teenager.

After receiving the exclamation of the old ancestor "like, very similar", Annan hugged Lily and sat in front of the fountain in the front yard of the manor, waiting for Ou Lin to return home.

When he was about to fall asleep in the blanket, the faint sound of horses' hooves came from the darkness outside the manor.

Annan put Lily down and let her go back with the blanket.

When Orin and the guards entered the manor, the first thing they saw was a figure standing by the fountain.

What Annan saw was just as he imagined, and Ou Lin was stunned.

"Stand down."

Ou Lin retreated from the guard, turned over and dismounted.

Choke –

She drew her sword and strode towards the figure.

"I won't tell you that my ancestor made me do this!" Annan, who caught a glimpse of this scene, confessed without thinking about it.

Orin stopped.

"Ancestor?"

"Otherwise, how would I know about this kind of secret...... "Annan muttered the surprise of the failure prepared for Ou Lin, "the old ancestor also said that you want to see this scene again in your dreams, is this dream a nightmare?" ”

Orin silently put away his sword and walked to the back garden. Annan followed behind, watching as Orin sat on a garden bench.

The brightly lit imperial capital stands in the distance.

"He died in the nest to save me......" Annan stood behind Orin and listened to her talk about the past as she muttered to herself.

There's nothing complicated about her story. Orin used to have a cousin who she had lived with since she was a child. He aspired to be a knight and protect the country and its people. Then when he was a teenager, he strayed into the bottom nest with Ou Lin and sacrificed himself to save Ou Lin.

Just like Jack and Ruth.

"He told me not to take revenge at the end. He said that these are not the fault of the bottom nest people, what is really wrong is us who condone the existence of the bottom nest...... Killing is the most useless means...... I memorized his words and became a knight. ”

So Ou Lin will have a special affinity for Annan.

"You saw him die with your own eyes?"

Annan believes that there is a conspiracy behind the "death of Montreal family members underground".

"Hmm...... His bones were buried in the cemetery. ”

The old ancestor and Annan thought that Ou Lin was not relieved, but in fact, the figure had long been blurred, and only obsession was left affecting her.

"What do you think of him?"

"Well, if I had seen his grave, I would have said, 'There is a noble man buried here, who did not end up being a knight to protect the country and the people, but at least he tried.'"

"If he knew, he would have said thank you...... This is the greatest compliment for him. ”

Orin stood up.

"Thank you for the gift. You're not him, and you can't replace him......"

Her tone softened, and she looked at Annan seriously: "You are you." ”

"Looks like the surprise for you failed." Annan reluctantly took off his clothes, which had cost him several silver coins.

"What gift did you prepare for the Ancestor?"

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Wheelchairs and glasses have been delivered before, crutches? The Ancestor had one, and Annan suspected it was a staff.

Putting on his mage robes, Annan waved his hand behind him in Olin's bewilderment. A servant graciously handed over the oil painting that had not yet dried the paint: "Miss Oulin, Young Master Annan, the painting is ready." ”

The thinly painted oil paintings and the dark tones of the paintings, as if they were reluctant to paint, made the paintings seem lonely, but the bright majestic mountain and the two figures sitting together in front of the mountain dispelled this coldness.

The servants realistically depicted Annan's height, and their backs were depicted with the grown up Orin and her ungrown brother.

"I named it, 'Orin and Her Brother in Front of Montreal Hills.'" Annan said.

“…… It's ugly. Orin held out her hand anyway.

As soon as he received the oil painting, Annan let out a surprise shout: "I know what gift I want to give to my ancestors!" But I need your help. ”

"Me?"

……

For the next two days, Orin followed Annan to do secret things, leaving the Order to the deputy commander.

When the deputy head of the Knights, who had never seen Orin on leave, came to visit, he joked that it was the champion warlock who asked the captain to take a leave of absence for the first time.

If the deputy head of the regiment hadn't gritted his teeth and looked at Annan with the eyes of a rival in love.

"Do you like Orin?"

Annan suddenly punctured a certain truth. When the deputy head of the regiment denied it in a panic, Annan shook his head and said, "Give up, you and Ou Lin will not have a good result." ”

This made the deputy head of the regiment angry: "Why! ”

"Orin is a woman......"

"What do you want to say?"

"You're a woman too......"

At this time, Ou Lin's shout came from upstairs: "Annan, do you think this dress is suitable?" ”

"I'm coming!"

Turning back and saying, "I'm going to get busy first," Annan left behind the grief-stricken deputy head of the penultimate day of the New Year.

Thinking about the good things, the deputy head of the regiment left the bad mood in the old year.

When he returned to the room, Annan was still saying, "That deputy head seems to like you very much. ”

"After he left, I felt like I was the second him, and Sissi was often bullied at that time, and I was the only one to protect her." Ou Lin, who had changed into a crimson mage robe, raised her head, "Like?" ”

"Seeing you takes me back to the year 899 of Yves Saint Laurent." Annan complimented. Except for his eyes, there is no difference between Ou Lin and the oil painting of the old ancestor when he was young.

"What about magic? I'm a mudblood. Orin, dressed in a mage's robe, asked.

"It's easy."

Annan first came to the window and saw the old ancestor napping in the back garden, and unleashed a low-level summoning technique to pull Tina over.

Tina, whose hair was messy as if she was asleep, said bitterly, "If you don't have a proper explanation for treating me as a summon—"

"This is Orlyn Montreal. We are now on the estate of the Golden Family in Montreal. Annan introduced.

Tina instantly reined in all her uninhibitions, revealing a lady that Annan had never seen before.

"Tina is an illusionist, and the special effects of 'The Fall of the Mage's Tower' are her handiwork."

After the introduction, Annan began to shoot intensively.

……

December 29, 999 Yves Saint Laurent calendar.

Sending Tina back to Srtovis, Annan and Orin arrive at the Ancestor with freshly baked New Year's gifts.

Annan first hugged Lily back to prevent the excited "Fire Witch" from burning its hair, and then asked Orin to open the Philosopher's Stone:

A beautiful girl in crimson magic robes floats in the air, confronting a terrifying black dragon.

The flames were like her incarnation, surging with her thoughts, overwhelmingly engulfing the black dragon.

Her eyes reflected the black dragon tumbling and burning in the flames. When the flames faded, all that remained was a charred skeleton.

"I love this gift." The smiling ancestor held the philosopher's stone, as if holding his past self.

"Am I the last to receive a gift, little Annan?"

"Sort of......

Annan still has some regrets. The year 1000 of Yves Saint Laurent was a special day, but he had many friends he couldn't reach......

"Maybe my old bones can help you?" The Old Ancestor blinked.

(End of chapter)