"Gui'an, Your Excellency."

Reiner greeted Annan, who was standing in front of the church.

"Reiner, prepare a carriage and a bouquet of flowers." Annan wasted no more time entering the room.

"Good teacher."

After a while, Reiner brought the carriage, and Annan took the bouquet: "Follow me." ”

On the way, Reiner drove the war horse and followed the carriage: "Teacher, where are we going?" ”

"It's Corlett's birthday, but we just her off yesterday."

"Do you want me to apologize to Miss?"

"No, it's me."

Sincerity is the best weapon, Reiner smiled and continued to follow the carriage.

The fifth time he came to Rosella's house, Annan skillfully went through the door and came in through the side door, but she did not see Corette in the living room, and the servant said that she ran into the bedroom.

"Reiner, you go outside and wait for me first." Annan thought that this change should have something to do with him...... Corlett misunderstood something.

"Good teacher."

Annan and Rosela came outside the bedroom. The door was unlocked, so he could speak to Corette face to face.

"I apologize to you...... That was a mistake. Annan softly placed the flower next to Collet, who was sitting on the sofa, "Reiner's appearance here is just a misunderstanding, I've kicked him out." ”

The silent Corlet's gaze fell out of the window.

"Today is your birthday, I took a day off and wanted to take you to a place."

Corlett finally spoke, "Where are we going?" ”

"Swan Lake."

……

The lake outside Persona has a beautiful name, Swan Lake, because of the countless swans that inhabit this vast expanse of the lake.

Annan's reality is not at the right time, and there is nothing left of Persona City, which has been ravaged by weirdness for months, along with Swan Lake.

Reiner pressed his sword and followed the father and daughter walking by the lake in the distance.

"It was like I had a dream."

Corlett showed a listening look, and Annan slowly recounted: "In my dream, I made the same mistake, and I was trying to figure out how to get my daughter to forgive me. So he did a lot of stupid things, such as beating Reiner...... He was also sent to the dungeon by Reiner. ”

Corrit looked at Reiner standing in the distance in disbelief: "How dare he do this?" ”

"It was just a dream, of course he dared to ...... You've also done it several times. ”

"Me?"

"Yes, you ask me who Uncle Dyes is and who Lady Soma is, and I can't answer......" Annan said with a smile, and Corlett smiled a little.

The last time I woke up from my dream, you said you wanted to go to Swan Lake, and I thought I was close to success, but you gave up, said "I'm going to be quiet for a while" and left. ”

"I can't think of a reason, but the voice told me that I wasn't paying enough attention. He said I just wanted to get out of this dream and not really wanted to make up for something......"

Annan looked at Corit seriously: "Is it too late for me to repent now?" ”

“…… You weren't wrong, and my mother and I never blamed you. We all know you're doing it for more people. Corlett was much more relaxed, "Go back to church, I'm fine." ”

Annan tried to see the reluctance on Corlet's cheek: "Really? ”

Corlett smiled, "Your daughter is not so fragile and not so ignorant. ”

"Actually, I took a day off......"

Corlett took the initiative to push Annan forward affectionately: "I don't need to, you can continue to be the archbishop of the Church of Order." ”

The father and daughter seem to have finally reconciled.

Annan followed Corit out of the lakeshore and watched as the carriage carrying her and Rosela drove into Hearsi.

Reiner returned to Annan.

"Good news and bad news." Annan said to him.

"I want to hear the good news first."

"Corlett forgive me."

"Where's the bad news?"

"She kind of hates you."

"Looks like two good news...... the words fell, and Reiner noticed that the teacher's eyes were not good, "I mean...... I will still be like a knight guarding Miss Corlet. ”

"If I can't, I'll hit you in the head with my sword again."

"Do you remember all this time?"

Annan stared at Leonard's head: "It's clear to me that it just happened yesterday. ”

He got into the carriage, and although he had reconciled, he still had no eyebrows to make Corette happy......

"Is the princess's council about to begin?" Annan remembered something.

"We'll be twenty minutes early when we go now." Reiner said.

"Then let's go to the palace first."

It took three days for the real-life Annan to come to the palace, and now it takes only two hours to get from outside the city to the palace.

The towers that stand shine with the brilliance of the gods. It's hard to imagine how Persona fell...... But it just happened.

Annan entered the palace with emotion, followed the guards to the council hall, and met the princess on the way.

The gray hair dragged to the ground like a robe, and the cheeks seemed to have the beauty that only a statue of a god could possess.

"Archbishop Valencia." The princess bowed her head and gestured.

"You're beautiful right now." Annan couldn't help but praise.

"Thank you for the compliment." The princess replied quietly.

Compared with reality, the princess in front of her has a sense of distance that reality does not have.

Annan did not say anything more, entered the parliament and sat down in his place. There are actually some familiar faces in the council hall - they are actually in the front hall, and they are plotting to kill the princess while being protected by the princess.

Adhering to the principle of doing nothing and not making any mistakes, Annan fooled through this parliament. But when he went out, he was stopped by the princess.

"Archbishop Valencia, please wait a moment."

"Do you have anything on your mind? There has been no talk in the parliament......"

"Today is my daughter's birthday and I want to go home early." Annan said.

"It seems that the rumors are not true...... "The princess's smile was like moonlight.

……

The carriage carrying the Archbishop of Valencia returned home in the moonlight.

Knock Knock Knock –

Corlet, who had changed into her pajamas and was reading in front of the magic lamp, looked up and saw the servant who opened the door looking like a ghost.

"Who's out there?"

Then she also opened her mouth in surprise: "How did you come back......?" ”

"Is it weird for me to come home?"

Annan put down the pastry that Tolena had bought, looked at her and whispered, "Happy birthday." ”

Corlett looked at him, her eyes getting redder and redder, and suddenly tears fell.

Annan didn't have time to say any words of repentance and emotion, but Corlett's tears were like she couldn't stop it, she couldn't wipe it off with her hands, she couldn't wipe it off with her sleeve, and finally threw herself into her father's arms and wiped her tears from his shoulder.

Annan hugged Corlet, and suddenly had some realization. Both he and Valencia were wrong...... Corlett's true hope is not great fatherly love.

She just wants to spend some time with her family.

The conversation at night was reversed from the conversation by the lake during the day, and Corlett kept talking, talking about life at the Academy of Magic, about the adventure of going to the wilderness, and Annan listened quietly. In the middle of the night, he sent Corette back to her room.

Standing in the doorway, she hesitated: "Good night, father." ”

"Good night, Lily, and happy birthday."

(End of chapter)