The end-of-year exam week has arrived, and Emenas has become a little quieter as everyone is busy preparing for the exams.

Loran Hill was sitting in a small room at the Temple Academy, looking at a letter that had just been unfolded.

This letter was written to her by Frosia.

After leaving campus, Frosia was brought back to the Green Empire around June to attend a grand engagement ceremony. The letter described her recent life in the imperial capital.

Even Frosia, who came from a prominent family, had recently had to relearn the numerous etiquettes and rituals for the upcoming grand ceremony. Various royal designers were seeking her advice and suggestions, and she was rumored to be creating nearly a hundred wedding outfits for the royal family and the Landsworthy family to choose from.

The arrangements for various celebration personnel, props, costumes, etc. will also be specifically consulted with the future queen in order to please all parties.

Now she is like a bird surrounded by a cage of flowers. No matter where she goes, she is followed by a large group of people. Even when she wants to wipe her hands, seven servants will offer her towels of different materials and patterns for her to choose from.

Once she chooses one of them, this material and pattern will immediately become popular in the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital, and all kinds of noble ladies and women will rush to imitate it.

Life became incredibly noisy, with little privacy. Sometimes, even the maids around me didn't dare to speak casually, as a casual word could be distorted and spread quickly.

You never know that the servant who leads your horse is actually serving several noble families and is watched by countless people. They are like bloodthirsty fish, surrounding you and grabbing any news or events worth gossiping about.

Faced with such a situation, Frosia felt depressed and uncomfortable for a long time. Later, her brother came to the imperial capital and asked her to transfer a group of his own servants from his hometown. After that, the situation improved a lot.

"Frosia's life doesn't seem to be going so smoothly..." Loran Hill said softly as he looked at the words on the paper.

This letter was sent by Frosia through her brother, otherwise it would have appeared on countless people's desks.

As one of the most powerful families in Cangcui, the Landsworth family and the royal family, the newlyweds were the talk of the entire imperial capital. And Frosia had become a household name in the imperial capital, Titania.

Firstly, it was because of her identity: the legitimate daughter of the Landsworthy family, the Crown Prince's fiancée, and the future White Queen of the Empire.

Secondly, because of her stunning beauty, Frosia was known as the 'Sun Diamond of the Landsworthy family' before coming to school, and now it has been further called the 'Sun Diamond of Titania'.

Titania was the name of the elven queen who married Yalin. After Cangcui established the empire, in order to commemorate the elven queen, the imperial capital was renamed Titania.

Now, this girl with elven blood is not only the bond between the two families, but also a symbol of the Green Empire's balance and appeasement of the elves. She can be said to be the perfect marriage partner for the royal family.

It is no wonder that the emperor summoned the Duke of Landsworth many times and, after much persuasion, finally arranged this marriage.

After reading the letter, Loran Hill put down the letter and looked at the sky outside the window.

Since the messenger was a close confidant of Frosia's brother and had left no other contact information, and the letter contained no confidential information, he passed it to Emenas for safekeeping and then left. Roland Hill had no way to reply, and it would likely be years before they met again.

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A week later, the exams were over, and Loran Hill's application to go to the Sanctuary as an exchange student was approved, and he would go there next semester.

She met up with her friends several more times before leaving school.

Outside Qiaodun College, on the Lanjian River.

A small covered boat was floating on the river. Light snow was falling from the sky, and the snow quickly melted into the river.

Several girls were sitting in the boat. There was a small stove in the middle, where oatmeal porridge and milk were cooked, emitting bursts of fragrance.

Loran Hill, wearing a black and white winter dress, sat at the stern of the boat, stretched her hand out of the window, caught some snowflakes, and held them in her palm to observe.

"Sister Luo Lan~" Ye Ling rushed over happily in the boat, with her long twin ponytails flying in the air.

Loran Hill caught the coquettish girl and sighed in his heart, Ye Ling has grown up and is much heavier than before.

This petite girl, considered petite by everyone, is now 16 years old. Beneath her light blue winter skirt, she wears thick white stockings that wrap around her slender legs. Sitting in Loran Hill's arms, her two small feet sway slightly, expressing her owner's joy at the moment.

"Ye Ling is almost as tall as Roland." Looking at the girl sitting on Roland Hill, Bumansha sighed.

"Haha, let's see how she acts like a spoiled brat next time," Aliena chuckled. She was sitting by the stove, holding a large, furry yellow and white ball, and a few skewers of meat, ready to grill.

Not long after, one of the balls moved, then stretched out, yawned, and shook its body. It turned out to be a cute big tabby cat. Compared to the timid and panicky appearance when it first came to school, it was now much calmer and composed.

"Meow~"

The tabby cat let out a long cry and sat on Alena's lap, looking at the fire and the barbecue in front of her, motionless, its tail swaying from side to side, sometimes sweeping across Alena's wrist, making people want to grab it.

Lettice stood on tiptoe, preparing to hang a small hollow metal ball on the top of the sailboat. Because she couldn't reach it, she asked Nia to come over and help her. After a while, she finally hung the hollow ball.

"What's the use of this?" Nia asked, looking at the copper ball swaying with the boat.

"Well, this one heats the air and makes the boat warmer. It's an improved version of the big heater we used to have. Not only is it smaller, but it also looks better."

"Everything must be beautiful to be liked by people," Lettice said of her creed.

Not far from the bow, Lily was sitting on a small wooden stool, holding a fishing rod with a silk line and a fish hook hanging from it.

"Weimiya, do you think there are fish here?"

After waiting for a long time, there was no response from the buoy. Lily turned her head in frustration and asked the blue-haired girl on the other side.

"Yes, there are. Maybe they are not interested in your bait?" Vimiya said as she stroked her hair with her hand.

"Well, what can I do? It's winter now and there are no bugs. I have to use some of the bacon from breakfast as bait."

"Maybe we have to wait a little longer until those fish that like to eat smoked meat wake up from the bottom of the water." Vimiya said with a smile.

Lily looked helplessly at the buoy that rose and fell, propping up her chin with both hands and muttering, "How long do we have to wait? Girls don't have much patience."

"How about having some bread first?" Bumansha's voice came from the side. She opened the snacks she had prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone on the boat. There was another round of playfulness and laughter.

Outside the covered boat, snow is falling for thousands of miles, and the world is covered in silver.