After that, Rey still read and studied as usual, and then played the violin to Angel, who was dragged by Angel to play in the garden and held a simple afternoon tea party with Angel and Carlo.

That year, Rey was only fourteen years old, not old enough to socialize, Angel was even younger, and their world was still surrounded by high walls.

However, the outside world has changed a lot.

"Brother Rey will be able to attend the prom next year—"

On a bright spring afternoon, Angel kicked her two slender calves, and her pink and silver leather boots knocked up and down on the floor of the pavilion, and the sun beat on her toes.

"Well, that's what it looks like. Rey put down his violin. Angel was very unhappy that day and kept pouting. Angel's eyes seemed to be worried about losing something, revealing a ray of loneliness.

Rey's heart sank.

Angel couldn't have known about Vincent's plans, she might have heard about Vincent's return to the kingdom of Aura, but she couldn't have known Vincent's true purpose. On that day, Rey suddenly realized that he and Angel would most likely be separated forever.

"Brother Rey will meet a very beautiful aristocratic lady at the ball, and then, and then he will stop playing with Angel!" muttered the twelve-year-old Princess Angel in a very inelegant cry, "Brother Rey will definitely leave Angel behind! Brother Rey is a villain!"

“...... Not really. ”

Rey smiled wryly and touched Angel's hair, which was much lighter than Rey's, but also so soft and smooth.

"I won't leave Angel behind, and I'll play with Angel in the future. ”

Promises that are remembered in our hearts are more poignant than tears.

After the maid sent Angel back in the evening, Carlo followed Rey, for some unknown reason, almost without leaving Rey, and that day the colors of the dusk stained the treetops, and Rey stopped in front of the ginkgo tree and turned to face Carlo.

"You have something to tell me. ”

"Yes. Carlo replied, his expression as stern as when he had told Ray Y Vincent to return, "You're in a bad mood, Your Highness Rey." ”

Although Rey had long said that he didn't need to address His Highness when there were no outsiders, Carlo never changed. If he had heard such a temptation before, Rey would have made a little joke to fool him, but that day he couldn't laugh.

"yes, yes......"

If, as Vincent had said, what would have happened to Angel if Vincent had really succeeded? At that time, when he made an agreement with Vincent, he had no idea that there would be such a girl's deposit. So far, Angel has lived in her father's favor, in the tolerance of everyone, with a comfortable life and people who want to protect her, and a better tomorrow. If this qiē collapses completely, what will happen to Angel?

- Brother Rey will definitely leave Angel behind! Brother Rey is a villain!

The little girl's unintentional words made Rey unable to shake off this sadness no matter how hard he tried.

"Because of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Karlo frowned in confusion. It seemed to him that Rey had only become preoccupied after Angel had said those words, but he didn't seem to understand why Angel's words made Rey so upset. Rey squeezed out a forced smile and shook his head.

"Do me a favor, Carlo, I want to ......" At this point, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, "I want to talk to His Majesty alone." ”

Even Angel didn't know about that.

Although Carlo was also there when he met King Charles later, Carlo probably didn't understand Rey's true intentions. No one knew that Rey had hesitated for his decision five years earlier.

Suppose he told King Charles of Vincent's plans......

There is no doubt that Vincent will be killed, but Angel can live as carefree as she does now, and the only thing she will lose is her "brother" who has been cheating on her.

Knowing that Rey is an illegal magician, there is no way that Charles will allow him to continue living in the palace, so no matter what, the two will definitely be separated. The dream will definitely end, not necessarily just ...... In which way it ends.

Rey didn't carry his violin, and at the moonlit tea table, he got up and saluted Charles.

Charles straightened his gold-encrusted collar and stared at him with a strange gaze.

Although it was "a one-man talk", Charles brought two knights with long swords, plus Carlo, who always stood behind Rey, and it was not so much a meeting as an interrogation.

"You're looking for me, Rey?"

Five years later, Charles no longer wants to pretend to be kind and kind in front of Rey. Rey is nominally his adopted son, but everyone can tell that he never treated Rey like a son. As if he were doing his duty, he sent someone to take care of Rey's daily life, teach him his lessons, and did not forget to keep an eye on him. He never met with Rey unless he had to, as if Rey was an unpleasant pet he kept in the White Maple Pavilion, and the reason for saving Zài was just to contain Vincent.

Charles' brows furrowed, as if he didn't want to take the time to listen to Rey. Rey saw this, too.

"Your Majesty, I heard...... Father is back?"

Rey asked tentatively. Charles's eyebrows were upside down, and he glared at him for a few moments before he relaxed.

"Well, he worked as an itinerant pastor in a couple of towns in the southwest. You want to see him?"

There was an alert light in Charles's eyes, like a cautious hunter, staring at a prey that might flee at any moment. He leaned over, and the sudden rhetorical question made Rey a little unable to react, and he was stunned for a moment.

"You father and son haven't seen each other in five years. It's okay to meet if you want, but it's inconvenient for me to send you there, so ask him to come by himself. Charles didn't have the patience to wait for Rey's answer, and the muscles in his mouth twitched with a smile, "I can send someone to deliver a letter for you." ”

"No...... No need. ”

Rey's heart was half cold.

He quickly understood the meaning of Charles's words. Charles feared that he would escape, and once he returned to Vincent, Charles' biggest chip was gone.

Five years have passed, and Charles is still wary of Vincent, and he doesn't have the slightest trust in Rey. It may even be ...... He would take advantage of Vincent's visit to the palace to see his son, avoiding the eyes and ears of the church...... Repeat the horrific deeds of the past.

My father said that he was "attacked by bandits" on his way back to Ode.

The memories of the long ago weighed down Rey like a flood, but then, Charles turned cold and scolded harshly.

"Then what do you want to do? I tell you that you have survived until now because of me! I am raising you! Don't be unthankful! Your father has abandoned you a long time ago! Great priest, let him go to hell!"

Perhaps because the knights around him were all his cronies, Charles unabashedly revealed his disdain for his younger brother. Rey couldn't sit down any longer, so he quickly got up and apologized to Charles, before leaving the tea table in a huff.

...... Father was right.

Charles was a bad monarch who never changed.