The Four-Leaf Clover's Pact and the Prince's Lost Path

As dawn broke through the window, Wen Zike's fingertips touched a slightly cool sensation. She opened her eyes abruptly and saw a palm-sized doll lying quietly beside her pillow—chestnut-colored curly hair braided into delicate double braids, adorned with silver four-leaf clover-shaped ornaments, its skirt embroidered with verdant leaves, and a pair of glassy green eyes curved into crescent moons, gazing tenderly at her.

"Who...who are you?" Little Coco rubbed her eyes, her voice still carrying the babyish tone of someone who had just woken up, and a hint of barely concealed surprise.

The doll floated up gently and landed in her palm, its voice like a clear spring in the forest: "My name is Clover, and I am a Ye Luoli fairy who carries the magic of the four-leaf clover. From today onwards, I am your doll."

Clover raised her hand and brushed it across the clover pendant on her chest. The pendant instantly emitted a soft green light, which complemented the patterns on the doll's skirt. A light, ethereal light of a contract flashed, leaving a small four-leaf clover mark on Coco's wrist.

"Wow!" Little Coco excitedly hugged Clover, rubbing her cheek against the doll's soft skirt. "I finally have my own Ye Luoli doll! Second Sister will be so happy to see it!"

Clover chuckled and patted the back of her hand, a sly glint in her green eyes: "Not only that, the magic of the four-leaf clover can bring you luck and even help you find the person you miss."

Coco's eyes lit up instantly. She remembered her missing older sister, Wenxi, and her nose tingled slightly, but she quickly smiled and said, "Shall we go find our older sister together?"

“Okay.” Clover’s voice was so gentle it could melt ice and snow. “But we need to take it slowly. We need to learn how to control magic first.”

Just as Coco and Clover were chattering away in their room, planning for the future, a chilly atmosphere permeated the ancient castle on the outskirts of the city.

Prince Minsk leaned against the carved railing, his long silver hair cascading over his shoulders. His sapphire-adorned crown tilted slightly, making his icy blue eyes appear even deeper. He had just escaped the conflicts of the Ye Luoli Fairy Realm, and, still carrying a lingering chill, descended upon this unfamiliar human world.

“Your Highness,” the attendant behind him bowed respectfully, “we have already investigated, and the Star Fragment you are looking for is not here.”

Minsk's fingertips traced the rose pattern on the railing, his tone indifferent: "It doesn't matter. Since we're here, let's see what secrets this world holds."

He looked up at the distant city, his gaze sweeping past the direction of the Ye Luoli doll shop before settling on the small building where Wen Zike lived. A barely perceptible tremor flickered in his icy blue eyes.

"Humans... Ye Luoli fairies..." he murmured, "Perhaps, there will be unexpected gains here."

The attendant wanted to say something more, but Minsk raised his hand to stop him. The prince's figure flashed and disappeared by the railing, leaving only a light, fleeting sentence that drifted away on the wind: "You don't need to follow me, I want to walk alone."

Meanwhile, little Coco was skipping and hopping out of her house, holding Clover's hand. Sunlight shone on her, and the four-leaf clover mark on her wrist shimmered. Little did she know, an encounter with a strange prince was quietly brewing around the corner.

Hu Lilian, hidden deep in the shadows of the trees, took it all in. She looked at the contract mark on Xiao Keke's wrist, then at the silver figure that flashed by in the distance, and a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.

"This is getting more and more interesting," she murmured, turning and disappearing into the deeper shadows.