The next few days were calm.

Nance focused on Joshua's plan.

Lan and Meng focus on deciphering and redrawing ancient map routes.

Ash returned to the academy and, together with Ivan Yelena, plunged into his studies diligently.

Learning makes them happy.

It could make Yelena stop missing the spiritual food she handed over, and it could also make Ivan ignore the casual outfit that seemed feminine to him - even the long coat and long pants, from the cut and color, revealed an exquisite and luxurious style, and even exuded a faint fragrance, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

In fact, in Ash's opinion, Ivan's figure was tall and thin, and his clothes became very fitting under the effect of magic. Ivan and Yelena were siblings. Yelena's facial features were bright and bold, and Ivan's appearance was somewhat similar to hers, but he was much more restrained, so it was not strange for him to wear Yolande's clothes now.

Ivan's discomfort was probably psychological.

The beauty team also completed the task and obtained the first team points.

It is worth mentioning that the person who handed in the task was Ivan, not their captain Yolande himself.

"He doesn't seem to be going out." Ivan said with a dark face, conveying Yolande's meaning, "He doesn't plan to go out for the whole year."

——Are his clothes so bad? Are you willing to stay at home for a whole year just to avoid wearing his clothes?

Brother Ivan was very depressed.

In comparison, Yolande's clothes are abnormal, right? But he wore them!

I always feel that our positions of disliking each other are reversed.

After listening to Ivan's retelling, Ash didn't know what to say.

I could only pat Brother Ivan’s shoulder sympathetically.

Sigourney seemed to have expected this and just said "Oh" lightly, and that was all.

But the peaceful scene did not last long.

In Nance's words, they are now in an era of rapid change and turbulence. Iluf has been calm for too long. When the qualitative change begins, it will push this era forward with an unstoppable momentum.

When the Broken River Plain opened, there was no more peace in Iluf.

The brief peace ended with the completion of Joshua's first phase of treatment.

At the end of the month, Nance announced that Joshua was in better condition and was able to stay awake for longer periods of time.

You can also leave the laboratory and proceed to a second stage of treatment that is less stressful and less time-sensitive.

After hearing Nance's announcement in person, Brent was so excited that he even hugged everyone he met in the wizard tower.

Fortunately, I ran into Ash and Sigourney who were returning from school.

When he opened his arms, he was met with a cold and ruthless rejection from Sigourney. His feverish head finally cleared up a little, and he stopped hugging everyone he saw.

After being rejected by the hug, Brent turned to Sigourney with a sincere smile on his face: "Thank you."

Thanks to Sigourney's introduction, otherwise it would be difficult for him to meet Mr. Nance, let alone ask Mr. Nance for help.

Sigourney nodded lazily: "It's just a deal."

Brent smiled. Not everyone wants to make a deal with Sigourney, and not everyone will agree to it.

He looked at Ash next to Sigourney and said the same thing: "Thank you."

Ash was at a loss, it seemed like he wasn't of any help?

Brent smiled again. If Ash hadn't appeared next to Sigourney, then based on Sigourney's past personality, she probably wouldn't even look at him, let alone agree to his request - no, he wouldn't even have the chance to walk up to Sigourney and speak.

He looked at the confused Ash and thought, Thank you for changing Scarlet Moon.

It's great that you can come to Scarlet Moon.

"Brent?" Ash couldn't help but interrupt Brand's distraction. It was mainly because the way Brandt looked at him and Sigourney was so gentle and sweet, just like... He searched his memories and finally knew who Brandt's expression looked like.

Like orchid.

Like Lan, who was emitting pink bubbles and saying, "As long as you love each other, Iluf can be saved."

Sigourney seemed to feel the same way. She frowned in discomfort and warned in a cold voice, "Brent!"

Brent came back to his senses and smiled sheepishly: "By the way, Joshua wants to see you too. If you are free, you can go to his room to see him."

After saying that, he waved his hands, and ran around the wizard tower in uncontrollable joy.

He doesn't look mature or steady at all, and looks like a young boy.

How could he have the temperament of being a leader of the Secret Alliance while claiming to be a member of the Wizarding Association in public?

After watching Brent run away, Ash turned his head to look at Sigourney: "Want to go take a look?"

Maybe it was because he was the first to notice the elf's call for help on the night when the elf was seriously injured, or because he heard the story between the elf and Brent... In short, Ash's eyes were filled with the words "I want to go and see".

Sigourney looked away and turned her head slightly: "Go."

It was almost dinner time, so Ash simply took over the job of delivering food and went to Joshua's room with a basket of fresh fruits and vegetables.

After knocking on the door and entering, I saw Joshua lying quietly on the bed, flat on his back, with a proper and elegant posture.

As expected of an elf, elegance is engraved in her bones. Even if she has been imprisoned for a long time, she can still make people feel beautiful at first sight.

He is a forest elf, and like Bart, he has dark green hair, emerald eyes, and a handsome face.

But his beauty was not of the soft and harmless kind.

Because his body was riddled with wounds, he was skinny, pale, and weak. Even after being kept in the wizard tower for so many days, he was still extremely thin, with sharp features that seemed to be able to hurt people. But there seemed to be a flame burning in his eyes. A flame that would never admit defeat, never compromise, and never give up.

When I saw him, I couldn't help but think of what Brent had said -

All the experimental subjects who were tested at the same time as him are dead.

All the experimental subjects who came after him also died.

He was the only one who managed to survive the endless experiments.

Looking at the elf's eyes, you can completely understand how he persisted.

Because of faith.

His firm belief supported his shaky body from beginning to end.

Brant said, Joshua is for freedom?

But now that he was free, what was keeping him from collapsing completely?

He walked over, put the basket on the bedside, and wanted to help Joshua get up for dinner.

"Ash...really? Just put it there, thank you." Due to the doctor's advice, Joshua lay motionless, his voice was hoarse from having experienced many vicissitudes of life, "Don't take away Brent's job, otherwise he will be unhappy for a long time." He said with a teasing smile and some helpless indulgence.

Ash realized that although Joshua had a young face, he was already quite old. Perhaps even older than Mr. Nance.

He placed the basket on the bedside: "Well, I'll put it here."

Joshua thanked him again, then looked at Signe: "Scarlet Moon?"

"Sigourney." Sigourney gave her name slowly.

"Sigourney." Joshua changed his name. "Although Brent must have said it, I still want to say thank you in person." He forced a faint smile on his thin face. "I'm glad to be able to save my life again."

He said, "If you don't mind, can you sit down and listen to me? I have a lot of emotions after escaping death, but I can't say these words to Brent."

Ash and Sigourney sat down on the small sofa next to the bed.

Joshua laughed hoarsely and said, "When I was imprisoned underground, my companions died one after another. I was the only one who held on. I didn't want to die."

He said: "I don't insist on living, I just want to be free."

"If I die alone, I can't leave the cage, so I can't die."

"When I met Brent, I thought, I can finally die. With him around, I'll be free after I die."

"But after meeting Brent, I really can't die." He paused and sighed with a complicated feeling, "If I die, this child will cry."

He said: "I lived for freedom. Later, I lived for Brent."

He was silent for a long time before he said, "Now, it's for myself."

"I can't bear to die and leave him."

"I have to live."

His emerald eyes turned to the side and fell on Sigourney, with the tolerance and insight of an elder: "What about you?"

The scarlet moon, detached from the human world, looks down upon all living beings with a cold and aloof gaze... Why is it willing to fall into this world?

Joshua's eyes moved slightly and fell on Ash next to him.

Ash: "..." Why did even Joshua have the same expression as Lan?