Then the two of them mounted their horses and strolled through the fields where the breeze was blowing, letting the horses under them follow the familiar and favorite path.

“It feels like I’ve been through a lot, but I also feel like everything has just begun.”

"Losier, Loran, Loranhill, your story is being sung across this land, and I will become a part of it, recording your appearance and deeds."

"well?"

"So, how about letting me draw a good portrait of you this time? All your classmates back then really regretted not being able to keep a portrait of you."

"Can this be drawn not so realistically?" the girl asked tentatively. If all the portraits in the future were hers, it would be very troublesome.

“This is probably both difficult and simple.”

"The difficult part is that it's hard to draw a face like yours that's too ugly, but the easy part is that even I can't fully depict the expression between your eyebrows, so don't worry."

The sound of light words echoed across the field and then spread far away.

At the end of the Third Age, the Verdant Empire finally came to an end, and the alliance of Prosperity and Turquoise was established. This vast union occupied nearly half of the continent's land. They jointly abided by the great Twelve Charters, established a new order and country, popularized education, built roads and cities, integrated knowledge and ideas, and freed this war-torn country from the cycle of the past.

The elves who had lived in the forest for a long time reappeared in the eyes of the world, and soon after, the rare fairies and ice elves with ice-blue snow-white hair emerged. The country that opened its doors began to communicate with the world again, the distant eastern dynasty, the brotherly country to the west, the unique islands in the south, and the beautiful world of eternal night in the north.

In preparation for the test a hundred years later, the two countries on both sides of the continent launched all-round cooperation. Countless important projects began to be built, various talents began to be cultivated, a new and comprehensive knowledge system began to be popularized in education, and a unified consensus was slowly constructed and formed.

The world entered a rare period of prosperity, and the once endless wars finally came to a halt.

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Southern border, Chixin Province, unnamed hill.

A lonely stone tablet stands on the cliff, surrounded by mountains and canyons without vegetation. The scorching wind blows on the dry stone walls and ground, making a whistling sound.

The girl in the red hooded robe stood in front of the stone tablet, put down the light red star-shaped bouquet, and then pressed it with a stone. She looked at the bouquet swaying in the wind and the names engraved on the stone tablet.

Pascal Family Tomb

Beneath the huge handwriting are small names, each name represents a familiar person in memory.

The girl slowly stroked the names on the stone tablet with her hand. After a long time, she released her fingers and watched these lonely names being blown by the sand in the wind.

These names are not liked or missed by people, and some have even been labeled as criminals in history. But even so, they were the ones that once made her feel the warmest.

"Don't worry, Dad, Mom, and sister. I will live well, even if the last name Pascal no longer exists."

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In the western border, on the plank road in the mountains.

The white stairs meandered upwards in the dense forest, and no one knew where they led. On the mountain path, Jerlane and two young men were walking on it, but the two young men walking in front seemed very reluctant.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle, or do you want to be beaten?" Jelann waved the whip in his hand.

"Brother, let's drink some water and take a rest. We have been climbing for almost a whole day and haven't seen the end yet. I am almost exhausted." One of the thin young men gasped.

"Oh, that's it. If you had been more diligent back then, you wouldn't be getting beaten by me now. I gave you such good conditions, but you haven't achieved anything."

"Don't we still have you, big brother? Besides, we were helpless back then. The old man asked us to take your place and even let us compete with each other. We never accepted such temptation."

"Oh, so I still say you are too young."

"Okay, let's take a break now and continue walking later. We have to get there before dark. The witch who is the same age as our ancestor is still waiting for us up there."

"Ah, we still have to climb the mountain road." A wailing sound came from the mountain road.

At the top of the lush forest, a small white stone temple stood in the shade of the trees, and two equally petite witches were sitting on both sides of the stone table. One of them had white hair and a white dress, and even her eyebrows and eyelashes were white. The other wore a black dress, with black cat ears on her head, and a soft tail swaying slightly behind her, making people want to catch it.

"It's your turn, Fang Huasilin. You've been thinking about it for so long, are you cheating?" Lulia opened her eyes wide and looked at the white-haired loli opposite her who was holding the cards and thinking hard.

"You're the one who likes cheating, you sneaky black cat."

"What bad intentions could a cat have? It's all taught to us by you humans." Lulia proudly shook her cute cat ears, showing her composure and ease.

Although I can't beat the imitation Huasilin in a fight, it's quite interesting to bully this white-haired loli in playing cards.

As for cheating, it is not a crime as long as you are not caught. Cats do not have to abide by human rules.

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Westbound, a small town in Ayk County.

A wedding was taking place and people were crowding the streets, looking at the newlyweds standing on the float.

"It's that kid Rock."

"After all these years, you're back."

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