"Coming?"

"Here ......

"Are you alright?"

“......”

Standing in the corner of the pergola, with his hands behind his back, listening to the conversation between his aunt and the man sitting on the bed, Gladys's thinking quickly became confused.

The aunt's voice, which has always been calm and elegant, was a little choked, but the resentment and excitement in her eyes had never been seen before!

The man who had sat there and had not moved had a gentle tone, and the look in his eyes was very strange.

Gladys, who has been cared for and cared for by everyone since she was a child, and has never been wronged, has had a very bad time, and the people who were familiar, close, and doting on her before gradually disappeared with the outbreak of the battle, and the friends who had the best relationship before will suddenly be labeled as 'warfalls' and will never be seen again......

Thinking of the previous balls, the young heroes around me, and the compliments, sweet words, and even green confessions that lingered in my ears, my eyes became a little moist and my vision became a little blurred......

"Is that her?"

"Hmm...... That's ...... her."

The man sitting on the bed, after receiving Meredith's affirmative answer, his eyes became more gentle, and that chance encounter hundreds of years ago made him meet the young and full of fantasy Meredith.

At that time, Meredith was still an innocent girl, a happy and simple girl who lived in the sun, and her smile was sunny at that time, and her eyes were as pure as the most penetrating ice crystals in this frozen garden......

Meredith, who still maintained her graceful posture standing there, may have worn out something over the centuries, but the moment she appeared with this somewhat proud girl, he felt the involvement of that blood!

Standing in the distance was a little cramped. But a girl who is as youthful as Meredith was back then, but with a little more pride, is like a little swan who is unwilling to give in, but the only doubt is that he really doesn't remember that he had a skin-to-skin relationship with Meredith.

Therefore, after the nonsense that has no nutrition and no substance, the man sitting on the bed asks in vain. "I don't remember having such an opportunity back then, but she was really my daughter, you, how did you do it......"

The sudden question made Meredith's cheeks turn red, and the eyes that had been carrying resentment were a little confused, but after a faint glance at Gladys, Meredith still opened her mouth gently. "You, you know the way...... In those tests conducted by the Presbyterian Institute. There's a lot of ...... about this, about that."

There was shyness in her tone, and her blushing cheeks gave this usually elegant and tranquil woman an astonishing charm, and the man sitting on the bed was relieved after a little thought. "No wonder you're still ...... done"

But halfway through the man's words, his whole face turned red, and Meredith, who showed shame and uneasiness in his eyes, immediately stopped. "Don't say it!"

Shy, but with a certain annoyance. But it wasn't a sign of anger, staring at Meredith in front of her until she hung her head shyly. The man sitting on the bed breathed a sigh of relief before changing the subject. "Does she know what she said?"

Shook his head. Meredith, who bit her lower lip tightly, turned a little pale, and suddenly looked a little frightened. "She doesn't know what to say, I, I, I don't dare to tell her......"

Nodding, the man who hesitated for a moment laughed. "So let me uncover it, what do you think?"

"Is this appropriate?"

There are still many things to tell, not to mention that from now on she will be the little princess of the Frozen Garden. As a father, it was as it should be to introduce everything to his cutest little princess!"

Meredith, who was flushed in the hearty laughter, took a sip, but her eyes were charming and relieved, but when Meredith's eyes turned to Gladys, who was in a daze, her face still became a little embarrassed and worried.

Seeing this, the man who understood the meaning clapped his hands. The black-clothed butler, who stood behind the layers of tulle, immediately walked in and bowed.

"Take Lord Meredith to rest first, and then ......," he hesitated at this point, and then laughed as the man sitting on the bed. "Clear out the White House and greet its owner......"

The black-clothed butler, who has always been respectful and abiding by his identity, repeated a little dazedly. "The host ......"

The man sitting on the bed had a cold look in his eyes, and the black-clothed butler also immediately came to his senses and immediately bent down to salute. "Yes, my lord!"

Meredith, who left with the black-clothed butler, still had a little uneasiness and apprehension in her eyes, but under the comfort of the man's gentle gaze, she finally left the pergola with peace of mind.

Gladys, who had been full of questions and confusion before, wanted to follow when he saw his aunt being taken away, but he was forced to stop after only taking two steps under Meredith's gaze, pursing his lips and twisting the corners of her clothes with his hands, feeling helpless and confused as if he had been abandoned.

And the man who finally came down from the bed, after coming to Gladys, spoke. "Gladys, I am the eternal night of the Frozen Garden, and in the Far North I am called the Lord of the Frozen Garden, the Frozen Child......"

At this time, Gladys, who had not opened his mouth to salute before, also reacted and hurriedly bowed. "Honorable Lord Eternal Night, Gladys salute you!"

The nervous, youthful and frightened girl made Eternal Night laugh. "Hehe, you can call me that in front of outsiders in the future, if you want to, of course...... You can also call me father!"

Gladys, whose brain crashed again, straightened his eyes. "Father, father?"

The emotionless but shocking repetition made Eternal Night smile again, and after he circled Gladys, a thin layer of ice appeared under his feet, and the transparent and extremely thin oval ice flakes began to rise slowly.

Gladys, who was still in a daze, let out a stunned exclamation, but Eternal Night had already reached out to hold her steady, and waved his hand at the ice-sculpted city beneath her feet. "This is my city, and it will be your city in the future!"

"Here you will be the only princess, and you will see the legions of the Nightmare Children who are far more powerful than the North, and you will see all the forces attached to me, but they will all salute you, show you goodwill, and show you their eternal love and allegiance......"

Eternal Night, who hadn't left the tower for a long time, began to patrol the sky above the city with a dazed and bewildered Gladys.

The towering walls, the uniform barracks, the crystal clear igloos, the guards who saluted without waiting for approach, the armoured sergeants, and the representatives of the powerful who came here to trade, negotiate, and even ask for acceptance!

As time passed, as the whole picture of the frozen garden was revealed, Gladys, who was like a mess of mush in her confused head, gradually regained some clarity, but the teeth that had been biting her lower lip had already caused a bloody taste of less blood in her mouth.

"Forever...... Frozen ......"

finally spoke, but Gladys didn't know what title to use as the opening sentence for a while, but the man next to him was encouraging with his kind smile, so Gladys, who quickly adjusted his mood, plucked up his courage. "Can you tell me why? I used to call my aunt ......."

"Hehe, that's been more than nine hundred years, Meredith was still a bright girl at that time, and I was a poor boy who hid his strength and entered Hurricane City......"

It's like remembering, it's like sighing, and it's like sighing.

As the eternal night unfolds, the story of a chance encounter between a girl from a family and a poor boy is like a meandering but beautiful and timeless picture, which gradually unfolds in front of Gladys...... (To be continued......)