The Sun Lake is named because the lakeshore forms a circle that resembles the shape of the sun, and there is dense yellow aquatic grass growing in the water. On sunny days with plenty of sunlight, a golden color can be vaguely seen.

The shore of Sun Lake.

Riley and Klina stood on the shore, quietly admiring the beautiful scenery.

The spring breeze blows, creating ripples.

The shimmering water surface was filled with bubbles spit out by fish from time to time. This novel sight attracted Klina's attention.

"Huh? Very interesting, what is the name of this red fish?"

"The red scarf fish has a wide and shallow tail, which looks like a red scarf when swaying in the water. It looks good but is not delicious, and it has a lot of bones in its body." said Ruilai.

"What about this one?"

"Black spot fish. The last time I went to Dam Town, there were several black spot fish among them."

"There are crabs here, and they can crawl onto the shore on their own!" Klina said with a smile as she saw several crabs leaving the water in groups.

"This is a giant crab. It likes to lay eggs in mid-spring. It should be the season." Rilai looked at the lively Klina with a smile on his face.

He felt around in his arms, pulled out a square piece of paper, took a deep breath, and said, "Oh right... Klina, I've actually prepared the gift you mentioned last time. This is one of them..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Krina stopped paying attention to the lake, turned her head in surprise, blinked her bright eyes, and snorted, "I told you, with your memory, how could you forget this!"

She took the portrait of Riley, held it gently, and turned it over. Her eyes suddenly widened.

"Wow, did you draw this yourself? Riley!"

In the picture, the clouds in the sky looked like they had drunk wine, secretly illuminating half the sky red.

The wide road stretched from far to near, and at the two sides of the drawing paper, only half of the road was left.

A blue-haired girl is standing in the foreground, on the side of the road, wearing a tight-fitting dress, with her hands on her hips, pouting and turning her head away.

The half of the face illuminated by the setting sun had a faint golden red hue.

Half angry, half playful, but very cute.

Klina recognized at a glance that the person in the portrait was herself, and the scene on that day was exactly the day she gave the perfume away.

Seeing how Ruilai painted himself like this, it was obvious that he put a lot of effort into it.

Clina's cheeks flushed. Despite her lively personality, she lowered her head shyly, thinking to herself, "So he remembers what happened that day so clearly..."

"Hehe, I'm very satisfied with your gift. I'll accept it." Klina suppressed the happiness that was about to overflow from her heart and said it with a bit of arrogance.

Then he remembered what he said at the beginning and said in surprise: "I think you just said that this is just one of the gifts?"

Ruilai nodded. Seeing Klina's satisfied expression gave him more confidence. He said thoughtfully, "This gift is a little special. You need to close your eyes..."

Hearing this, Krina was stunned for a moment, then closed her eyes shyly.

Seeing this, Riley guessed that the other party might have misunderstood, but there was no time to explain, so he hurriedly took out several bottles of colorful jams from the small bag he brought, such as strawberry jam, blueberry jam, apple jam, etc.

Ruilai concentrated all his attention, mobilized his mental strength, condensed the water element to a high degree, and tried to condense it into ice crystal form.

Ice is a special form of water.

To him, there is not much difference in essence between the methods of condensing ice and condensing water.

The only difference is the amount of mental energy consumed and the final form of expression.

When Klina felt the slight chill in front of her, she realized something was wrong, and she felt a slight sense of loss in her heart. It turned out... it wasn't that.

She was overthinking...

A stream of water appeared in the air, gradually condensing into a semicircular embryo that was thin at the bottom and wide at the top. It soon solidified and emitted a transparent luster.

With Ruilai's mental power, it is impossible to directly condense a fine finished product.

But he took out a small knife and carved the embryo in his hand, a bunch of ice crystal rose petals, more clearly.

Finally, seeing that the shape was right, Riley poured bottles of jam on the seven roses.

Only after the jam flowed and wrapped the petals did Riley freeze them.

Ruilai had practiced these steps several times in advance, and this time, he did it almost in one go.

In his eyes, the final product had no flaws.

"Clina, you can open your eyes now!" Riley held the base with both hands, a hint of joy in his eyes.

"What? It's so mysterious..."

Klina had been suppressing her inner curiosity. She opened her eyes and asked in surprise, "Hey? Is this an ice sculpture? Such a beautiful ice crystal rose. How did you add the color?"

When she sniffed it closely, Klina also smelled a fruity scent, and her eyes immediately lit up.

Ruilai shook his head: "This is ice cream, you can think of it as a frozen dessert. I call it Colorful Rose. I made it myself. You can try it."

"Wouldn't it be a shame to eat such beautiful ice cream?" Although Klina had never heard of the term ice cream, it did not prevent her from thinking that this bouquet of colorful roses was quite beautiful.

Under the reflection of the sunlight, each rose shines with different colors, especially... the ones made by Rilai, which give them unique meaning in her heart.

"If you like it, you can make it again later." Ruilai smiled gently, and then urged: "This is not crystal. It can be preserved forever. If you don't eat it, it will melt."

"Humph! You said you would do it again in the future, and you are not allowed to regret it."

Klina opened her little mouth and gently took a small bite of the ice cream, which slowly melted in her mouth.

The taste of the cool and sweet frost made her eyes narrow into crescents. She was about to praise, but Bai Ge, who was having fun on the grassland, failed to brake in time and jumped high from behind, hitting Klina's back.

"ah!"

Klina screamed, but her body fell into Rilai's arms.

“Hmm…”

As she fell into his arms, his mind went blank. However, his hands seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, and he hugged Clina.

Klina whimpered, and then her ears turned red. She leaned on Ruilai's shoulder .

The sudden change was like a ball of gunpowder exploding in the hearts of the two men, leaving them dazed.

There was a minute-long silence, and the temperature of the world was the body temperature of the two people.

The two separated briefly and looked at each other.

The ambiguous atmosphere did not fade away with the hug.

On the contrary, the hug as an outlet for catharsis brings about a new climax!

Bai Ge’s little head was full of doubts. He could understand his master’s mood, which was quite strange at the moment. It was a kind of... well... an absolutely immersive enjoyment.

It ran away quietly and lay down in the grass.

Like an ignorant child, I peeked through the gaps in the grass and saw two figures in the sunlight, their bodies very close to each other.

Hug and kiss each other.

After a long time, they reluctantly parted.

Riley stared into Clina's eyes and remembered what his father once said: You don't have to rush into pursuing love, but when it comes, please take on your share of responsibility.

He took a deep breath, gently cupped Kleena's cheek, and whispered, "I love you, Kleena."

"I love you too, Riley." The corners of Klina's mouth curled up. She felt like a dream. The scene that she had imagined in her heart appeared so unreal.

Roar Bai Ge walked to the two men's feet, swishing his tail back and forth, and growled at Rui Lai in dissatisfaction.

It's like he's saying, "Who is this woman? You don't even care about me for her!"

Then, she was picked up by the waist with a hand. Klina squinted her eyes and looked at the little tiger who had just facilitated their good deed. She felt very strange.

Roar This time, Bai Ge rolled over in dissatisfaction and escaped.

Ruilai smiled, thinking that this little guy was actually jealous. But then again, he could only say... well, well done! Recalling the taste of just now, he glanced at Baige and thought that he should give it a snack in the evening!

…

On his way back, when Rhett was almost at the manor, he saw a purple figure walking out of the knight training ground.

His heart moved and he called out, "Ellie?"

Hearing the call from behind, Ellie, who was wearing a purple tight training suit, suddenly turned her head, suppressed her depressed mood, and showed a forced smile: "Lord, good afternoon!"

Ellie is only twelve years old, and her thoughts are basically written on her face.

Seeing this, Lei Te seemed to understand something and smiled slightly: "Ellie, the test of knight talent is not going well?"

"My lord... I haven't been detected to have any talent as a knight. I'm sorry for failing to live up to your expectations." Ellie nodded bitterly and tugged at the corner of her clothes with both hands.

Her sister, Vanessa, once showed her her fighting spirit, and that kind of extraordinary power made her yearn for it.

Countless times in her dreams, she dreamed of herself wearing armor, riding a warhorse, wielding a sword, and displaying the heroic spirit of a knight.

But today's test woke her up from her dream.

"I'm sorry? You don't need to say that."

Leiter shook his head and said seriously: "I am not sorry to anyone for not being able to become a knight."

"You can still become a better version of yourself and try to find the wonderful things in your life, right?" Rhett was ready to counsel the little girl because he saw a kind of resilience and persistence in her dreams, which was truly rare.

"The beauty of life..." Ellie's eyes lit up briefly, then dimmed again.

After a moment, she seemed to have made up her mind and said hesitantly, "My Lord, I have a request. Can you agree to it?"

Lei Te raised his eyebrows: "Tell me about it."

"Even if I can't master fighting spirit, I still want to become a follower of Deep Rock Castle, where I can train with everyone every day and go on expeditions with the team when needed!" Ellie said this firmly, and added, "Please promise me!"

"But you..." Lei Te stopped talking halfway. Looking at the other party's determined eyes, he smiled and said, "Okay."

As soon as the word "OK" came out, Ellie jumped for joy.

Seeing Ellie's excitement, Rhett reminded her again: "Of course, there's no problem with training, but if you want to go out with the team, you have to wait until you are an adult!"

In the Kingdom of Jinlun, people are considered adults at the age of 16.

In other words, it will take another four years for Ellie to become a true squire!

Faced with this request, Ellie felt that it was much more lenient than what her sister had said to her, so she nodded without hesitation, bowed, and said firmly: "I understand, thank you, Lord!"

"Then, go back and prepare today, and you can report in tomorrow."

Ellie nodded heavily, turned around, and ran briskly towards the town.

Looking at the other person's back, Rhett was actually struggling with the question: Is it really appropriate for a woman to be a follower?

I didn't finish what I said just now. I wanted to suggest that the other party come to the manor to work as a maid.

Choosing a squire is not a wise choice for him.

After all, before mastering fighting spirit, women are at a disadvantage in terms of their physical innate conditions.

But looking at Ellie's unwilling eyes and feeling her firm attitude, Rhett couldn't help but think of a sentence:

Nothing is difficult in the world as long as you are willing to climb.

Back at the castle, Rhett sat on a chair with a plush cushion, and a maid immediately came to massage his shoulders and legs.

"Master, please enjoy the iced blueberry juice slowly."

Sveta came from the kitchen and placed a crystal glass filled with blue-black liquid on the dining table.

"Thank you, my butler."

Rhett reached out and touched the crystal glass, feeling a chill. He then thought of the simulation content not long ago, which mentioned the gift given by Riley.

"It's quite creative. Colorful rose ice cream? Is it mixed with seven different colors of jam?"

When Ruilai comes back, I have to ask him to make a few for me. He can’t forget about me, his old father, just because he has a partner…”

"But not today. I can't ruin this kid's good fortune. Compared to ice cream, the expansion of the family is more important." Thinking of this, Rhett drank a bottle of blueberry juice in frustration.

As the sun set, a small dinner party was held in Deep Rock.

In addition to Rhett's family, there was one more guest at the dinner table today than usual.

Leiter looked at Clina, who would soon become a member of his family, and raised his glass to celebrate: "Welcome to Young Eagle Town, Clina. How are you? Are you having a good time here today?"

Klina held the red wine glass, touched it lightly, glanced at Rayleigh secretly, and said to Rhett: "Of course, today is an exceptionally beautiful day in my life, so beautiful that it is difficult to find words to describe it."

After sitting down, Rhett said to Tucker and Vanessa, "Ellie didn't detect the knight talent today, right?"

Tucker shook his head regretfully: "What a pity, I feel that Ellie is very motivated. If she has talent, she will definitely work very hard in her training."

At this time, Vanessa's eyes also flashed with disappointment, and then she said: "Father, although Ellie has no talent, she is usually very lively and works very efficiently.

I want to apply for her to be a maid in Deep Rock Castle? I know she might be a little young, but…"

Before Vanessa finished her long speech, Rhett interrupted her and said, "I met her today, and I have agreed to let her become my squire."

"What!" Vanessa exclaimed. She found that everyone's eyes were focused on her face. Then she realized that she had lost her composure and whispered, "But Ellie is a girl, and she is young..."

"She's still young, so we can wait until she grows up."

"Besides, what's wrong with being a girl? Girls also have the right to pursue their dreams and face difficulties!"

"Becoming a knight is her pure dream."

"Gender should not be an obstacle to her progress." Rhett looked straight at Vanessa.

He believes that this is a woman's right that deserves respect, so he said this.

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