Annan didn't want to stay too long in Sertovis and it was his springboard to Montreal Hill.

However, before setting off again, Annan had to bring in three musket teams.

The garden of the Salz School of Magic and Wizardry was large, and the movement of the musketeers caught the attention of the students, and then Xana ran over and grabbed Annan's arm and refused to let go.

"You haven't seen my mother!"

Mrs. Waters?

Remembering that meetings with the lady were always canceled due to various accidents, Annan agreed to Xanna, and after she and Lady Vanessa took leave, she couldn't wait to lead Annan home.

Waters Manor, back here. In contrast to the bleak winter, the lawn garden is already in full bloom in summer. Annan stared at the terrace and flower garden where he had jumped, it was a nostalgic time......

"Tell my mother that Young Master Annan is here!" Xenna excitedly asked the strange butler to inform Mrs. Waters.

Annan and Xena sat in the parlor for a while, Xena pestered Annan to ask about the situation in Liberty City, Annan was greedy for the wealth of Xena's family and wanted to invite him to do business, at this time, Mrs. Waters, wearing a cold satin dress, arrived, still cold and kept her distance.

But Annan is no longer the young boy with no background and no power, and he asked curiously: "Mrs. Waters, do you hate me very much?" ”

“…… No. ”

For a long time, Mrs. Waters replied simply, as if she was suppressing something.

Xianna, who was staring nervously, breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed her mother's arm, only to find that her skin, which was as fair as herself, was a pale pink color and was still trembling slightly.

"What's wrong with you......?"

"Can you get out first? I have something to talk to Mr. Annan. Mrs. Waters said coldly.

"Oh."

Xana let go of Mrs. Waters, went around the back of her seat, still lip-syncing, "Coax Mother," and followed the butler out.

Only Annan and Mrs. Waters were left in the parlor.

"I mean...... Not annoying. Mrs. Waters whispered.

It's a good start!

Hearing the gentleness, Annan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then why do you ...... You've always been so cold? ”

"I don't want you to think I'm a weirdo."

Mrs. Waters' answer came as a surprise to Annan.

Annan smiled in an increasingly skilled Olmedo-esque sunny smile: "It's okay, Mrs. Waters, I've seen the noblest of humans, and I've seen the most despicable aliens. ”

Mrs. Waters raised her head and stared at Annan earnestly: "Please sleep with me." ”

“…… Sorry, what? ”

Mrs. Waters' chest rose and fell, and her faded but charming cheeks flushed: "Where do you want to be?" Over here? Or the bedroom, or Xenna's room? ”

A dazed Annan explained: "I regard Xenna as a friend, you are her mother, and you are also my elder......"

Mrs. Waters tugged at her ring, her long thick hair draped down: "That's right, treat me like someone else's wife, and say humiliating things about me!" ”

Annan stood up: "Mrs. Waters, please respect yourself. ”

"Don't you want to sponsor? I can give you everything! Please scold me ......"

Annan, who wanted to go out, suddenly stopped. For Liberty City...... Paying some insignificant price seems like nothing.

"That'...... You're just a widow without a husband, you're old and ugly! ”

Mrs. Waters' trembling suddenly froze, and her godless eyes fell on Annan: "...... No...... Stop ......"

Annan showed a hint of unbearability, but she asked herself not to stop.

"You think your family is deep-rooted? By what? Your ridiculous business acumen or Xenna and Ai Xue, who are still in class at the Academy of Magic? Sooner or later, they will get married. If it weren't for the blood connection with the Montreal family, the Waters family would have been eaten away by those nobles outside."

"Not ......"

Annan had almost exhausted the meanness of the whole year, leaving Mrs. Waters, slumped in her seat, escaping from the parlor.

Recovering his mood, Annan and Senna in the living room said, "Mrs. Waters, uh...... You need to take a break. ”

Annan avoided Senna's gaze, and it seemed that he had implicated the Senna sisters when he insulted him just now......

"Slow for what?" Xana wondered.

"Miss, just listen to Young Master Annan." The butler understood.

"Oh."

"I'm going to keep going." Annan did not dare to stay in the manor any longer.

"Then I'll send you." Xana stood up and said.

Coming out of the manor, as soon as he opened the carriage door, Annan saw a white cat sitting on the seat, watching Annan make a "meow" sound.

"Silly cat? Why are you here? ”

The silly cat leaned over and rubbed at Annan's feet. Annan was flattered - this was the first time that a silly cat had shown affection.

Then he picked up the stupid cat and it didn't resist.

Annan thought that he should have come with the musketeers, and sat in the carriage with Xanna, and had a good time on the way back, but as soon as he arrived at the Salz Academy of Magic, Annan, whose mage robes were covered with white cat hair, saw another white cat at the feet of Fermi, Lossie, and Jack.

"If you're a silly cat......"

Annan couldn't help but look at the "silly cat" in the carriage: "Then who are you?" ”

"Meow~"

Through the familiar meow of a cat, Annan recognized that it was the silly cat crouching outside. That's where stupid cats are stupid. It doesn't understand words, but it usually responds with a "meow" sound when you say anything.

Annan opens the portal and tries to send the silly cat back to Liberty City, but it doesn't want to go, and Lily takes the opportunity to get there.

"Lily, do you know it?" Annan held up the white cat.

Because Lily used to be Seltovis's ground cat.

"It's the witch's cat meow."

"Witch...... Claire? ”

Annan lifted the white cat, which did not resist, no wonder it showed closeness.

It's still clean, only the soles of its feet are a little dirty, and someone must have brought it here from the principality.

"Lily, you bring back the silly cat and the white cat."

Annan threw the white cat into the portal, and it ran out as soon as it got there.

"Where did it go?"

Annan is worried about losing the white cat again, and he also wants to tell Claire the good news through Beludona.

Olmedo on the other side of the portal said, "I think it's back to its owner's former residence." ”

Annan relented, and then threw Lily and the silly cat over - but they ran around in trouble, not wanting to enter the portal. Annan grabbed the well-behaved Lily, but couldn't catch the stupid cat that climbed the tower.

Annan had no choice but to close the portal and take the two cats with him for the time being. At least Lily is here, so you don't have to worry about the silly cat running around.

As the portal disappears, the silly cat runs back as well.

"Dean, let's go." Annan and Xanna say goodbye.

"Will you still come to Sartovis?"

"It won't be that often, but you can come to Liberty City."

"Okay, then?"

"Hmm."

(End of chapter)