Jensen Sissel sat alone on the top floor of the Entropy Tower, enjoying the silence of the night.

The city is strategically located as the closest medium-sized city to the royal capital of Fagan, and is the legacy of Karen Sissel and his wife to their son.

There had just been a light rain in the Gerry Empire, and in this weather that could not catch fire, the fire spirit masters were particularly unhappy. Now, this city-state, which was declining by the war, also faded from the heat and dryness in the hazy mist, and ushered in a rare coolness.

Little Sissel sat quietly by the window, looking into the distance with a melancholy expression.

Under the dark night, the glimmer of the stars appeared and disappeared, as if the thick ink was heavily smeared on the horizon, and disappeared at the end of the field of vision. The streets are like calm rivers, winding between flat roofs and low houses.

Ember City and the royal capital of Fagan City have the only water system in the Gerry Empire, and from time to time there will be patrols carrying fire spirit lamps along the riverside.

At the rear of the city are the ruins of the castle left by the previous kings, and now all that remains are the burned façade and the main castle building.

At this time, he had changed into civilian clothes, which really had no taste and did not fit well. I don't know if it's a habit or a subconscious drive, he always pins the God of War double blades on the straddle, and the feeling of his palm attached to it is very secure.

Even in his own city, on his own tower, Jensen Sissel still can't let go of the obsession in his heart.

"Brother Sissel!" suddenly came a cry from under the Entropy Tower.

The girl showed only one side face, her wet red hair hanging down her ears, and she ran up the tower with light and rapid steps, and in a blink of an eye she came to the top floor.

Her dark red eyes were full of hope, and she suddenly smiled, and threw herself into little Sissel's arms: "Brother, you're finally back! I miss you to death......"

"Your father gave you permission to leave Fagan City?"

"Well, I heard that you came back, I specifically begged him, it doesn't matter!"

With a familiar voice, a familiar sandalwood, little Sissel gently rubbed Leia Corion's hair, feeling the temperature of his chest.

Leia Corion, the only daughter of Hephaus Corion, the patriarch of the Spirit Clan of the Gerry Empire, is a childhood sweetheart who has played with little Sissel since childhood, three years younger than him, and is just commensurate with his brothers and sisters on weekdays.

The Corrien family had a monopoly on the smelting and casting industry in the royal capital of Fagan, and had been friends with the Sissel family for generations.

The Elves and mercenaries are in the same lineage, and Leia has been practicing spiritual magic with little Sissel since she was a child. Her qualifications are even better than those of Jensen Sissel, and she is now one of the top Assassins in the entire Grim Empire.

In other words, she was the only girl among the top Assassins.

"It's been a long time since my brother has been back to Ember City. Leia's tone was coquettish, and there was an uncontrollable smile on her face, "In the days you have been away, no one has been with me, and I am almost suffocated to death! I can't get a task to go out and walk, it's really boring, I think about you coming back every day." ”

The long-lost, warmth from his family filled Sissel's heart.

He comforted softly: "Leia, you are a girl, you can't always think about these things of fighting and killing. ”

Leia let go of Little Sissel, glared at a pair of beautiful big eyes and said, "But I'm an assassin, of course I ......"

"You are a princess, and you should pay attention to your words and deeds. ”

Leia is different from other girls in Little Sissel's eyes. Putting aside the relationship between their two families, how can a girl from other families think about going out to fight and kill people every day like her.

It's just a matter for a girl to learn some spiritual arts, Leia is good, she has to learn the fighting skills of a mercenary with herself, and she wants to be an assassin, even the patriarch of the spirit clan can't persuade her, so she has to mess with her temperament.

Leia's smile instantly retracted, and she said angrily: "Don't mention that Locke Langdon to me! I don't want to be a princess, who wants to be whom! There are so many beautiful women around His Royal Highness the Prince, and they are not inferior to me, why do you want me to marry him!"

Little Sissel was silent, and he didn't know how to deal with the little girl's coquettishness.

"Also, it's because of him that you lost face in the Violet Empire, and you actually have to do things for the patriarch of the Spirit Clan in other countries, how can you bully people like this!"

"It's all trivial, as long as you have money. Little Sissel lit a cigarette nonchalantly.

A flash of fire flickered on his fingertips, followed by a cloud of smoke.

Leia snatched the cigarette and threw it out the window.

"Hey, that's a great ......."

"I don't like you to smoke!" Leia patted the ashes on her hand, "Brother, you are also a general of our great Gerry Empire, how can you be wronged to be a subordinate to the Spirit Clan of another country?"

Little Sissel laughed and said: "Mercenaries, isn't it just to be a courtier and a butcher's knife." ”

"But my brother now owns several cities, and he is as rich as the country, is there still a lack of money for a bounty?" Leia pouted in confusion.

"Your brother's money is all piled up one by one with bounty orders. Little Sissel narrowed his eyes, "Also, you can't talk about being rich and rivaling the country, so as not to provoke your Royal Highness." ”

"You ......" Leia stomped her foot and frowned......, "Won't you refuse him?"

Little Sissel reached out and rubbed Leia's face, reassuring, "No." Wait for the next time I come back to bring you some specialties, the mountains and rivers over there are beautiful, how many years have you used this ebonywood, it is time to change it. ”

"Cut, the incense of their water empire is very vulgar. Leia muttered stubbornly, "Anyway, you don't want me to marry Locke Langdon! if I marry that guy, I will have fewer chances to see you in the future, and I will have to stay in the palace every day...... It's scary to think about!"

Little Sissel was stunned.

He is planning to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, and he is still at ease at the age of thirty. But after thinking about it, before I knew it, Leia was also a woman who was about to pass the age of marriage.

She should have quarreled with the patriarch Hephaus a lot in order to delay the marriage.

The lifeblood of the smelting and casting industry cannot be folded in the hands of a girl.

"Brother, you ask the royal family for me......" Leia hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Whatever I say, the Hefes patriarch has to speak. ”

"Of course you have the final say, you go to my father......" Leia said halfway, hastily shutting up.

Probably because of some subconscious, little Sissel withdrew his gaze and looked to the far west: "Leia, you are not too young, it is time to get married." Or...... Why don't you find a chance, you can take me to the Violet Empire and take a look, it's really good over there. ”

At last...... It's kind of a part.

Leia smiled sweetly, took his hand and said, "Oh, brother, no matter where I go, as long as I'm with you, I want to go! Anyway, don't urge me to marry, I hate that Locke Langdon." ”

"Well, I can't rush it. ”

"But listen to my father, the Violet Empire is not as good as you say, they are scheming water spirits, there are no good people! You don't want to marry a woman from the Water Empire, do you......"

Little Sissel avoided Leia's question and smiled lightly: "My sister doesn't want to marry His Royal Highness the Prince so much, it seems that she has a favorite candidate?" Tell me about it, and I'll check it for you." ”

"You idiot. Leia's face sank.

"Why are you scolding me?"

Leia rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Sissel knows that he is still pretending to be stupid......"

"Haha, yes......" Little Sissel laughed dryly.

"Have you forgotten the agreement we made when we were young? You promised me to teach me how to use a longbow, but you haven't taught me yet. ”

Little Sissel's face was gloomy and speechless.

This sentence should have been kept in my heart, don't say it at this time, but it made this upright little girl vomit quickly.

Leia said word by word that the agreement when she was a child was nothing more than that she was young at that time, and the young man promised that she would marry her home when she reached the age of marriage. It was just a joke in Sissel's mind, but Lea remembered it for so many years......

Maybe I've liked it for so many years.

"I can't remember exactly, my brother is old. ”

The melancholy on Sissel's face flashed. He knew in his heart that Leia Crion could only be his sister.

Or that after so many years of war, his feelings have long been diluted, and he can't fight, and he doesn't bother to fight.

The love of children is long, and it is not even the spice of life.

Leia seemed to realize that she had said something wrong, and immediately shook Little Sissel's arm and snorted, "Don't talk about this, brother, tell me about what you encountered in the Violet Empire!"

"Hmm...... I've seen a lot of interesting things. Little Sissel thought for a moment and replied, "For example, the sculpture of ice flowers that never melts, the crystal ball that snows all year round, the whale oil lamp, all kinds of spices and silk clothing, and the velvet crown made of cornflowers, lily of the valley and geraniums......"

Little Sissel paused deliberately and glanced at Leia's expression.

Sure enough, her gaze had changed from the disdain and contempt of the water spirit master to disbelief.

"What else?" asked Leia.

The knuckle of his index finger rubbed his nose and smiled, "...... I don't know what you like, so I didn't bring you a gift back. ”

"Oh......" Leia pursed her lips, "My father said that touching your nose is a sign of lying. You're not a mercenary, don't you have so much time to wander around? ”

"Well, your brother was handsome when he killed the priest of the altar. ”

For some reason, some images that should not have appeared at this moment always flashed in his mind: Gwendrin who fought wantonly and shot quickly, or she was covered in blood and dying, or the heroic feather with the sword of gathering souls in her hand......

The faces of the Spirit Clan Patriarch and the Spirit Envoy gradually blurred, overlapping with the face of the girl in front of them.

Fang Jue had stared at Leia for too long, and he took his gaze back.

Leia was stared at by Little Sissel and blushed, and she was very happy in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "What happened later?"

"Later, there were too many people to kill, and I couldn't end the scene, so the Feather Patriarch stepped forward and rescued me from the siege. Hey, you have to thank Featherfish, or you won't see me. ”

Leia pursed her lips, listening to little Sissel's cry of "Feather Feather Feather" with her mouth closed, and her heart was very unhappy.

She thought she had hidden her emotions, but she was still seen by the keen little Sissel: "What's wrong, what's angry?"

She glared at Little Sissel fiercely, looking like she was about to eat people: "No, I'm not angry at all! Brother, you will go back to the Violet Empire tomorrow, and when you come back next time...... Hmph, it's better never to come back!Anyway, you won't find an assassin as good as me!, and you'll never meet a girl like me again...... Do you remember? ”

Little Sissel was taken aback by Leia's sudden little emotion, and hurriedly said: "Leia, my sister is the best assassin in the world, and the best girl I have ever seen. Don't be angry, okay?"

Leia's tone softened suddenly: "Brother......"

"Huh, what's wrong?"

"That's it...... It's just ......" Leia was hesitant, unable to open her mouth, "forget it, save it, and talk about it later." ”

Little Sissel laughed and said, "I save every time." You've got four or five questions saved. ”

Leia smiled brightly: "I know, I remember everything!Brother, let's have breakfast together tomorrow, okay?"

"Well, okay, you go back early, I won't send you. ”

Little Sissel watched Leia leave, a smile on her face, and when she left the room at the top of the tower, she turned back to look at the Ember City outside the window, her expression becoming more and more sad.

His gaze looked in the direction of the Violet Empire, consciously or unconsciously, and the beautiful face of the feather resurfaced in Little Sissel's heart, as if a small ripple was stirred on the surface of the lake like spring water.