"Char, wake up, we still have things to do..."
There was the sound of wind and snow flying outside the window.
Through the window, you can see the vast and boundless silver-white snowfield in the distance.
Occasionally, a whistling wind blows across the snowfield, making the entire silver fir forest rustle, and the snow dust on the treetops of the silver fir also keeps falling off.
The only night light on the table emitted a faint glow.
Char opened his eyes and saw that the blonde girl in his arms had woken up and was looking at him very closely with her sky-blue eyes.
The long light golden hair spread on Char's arms, giving him a slightly itchy touch.
His fingertips brushed across the girl's snow-white and graceful back, bringing a warm and extremely smooth touch that made people unconsciously intoxicated.
Char yawned and looked out the window at the snow-covered field.
...
...
"Why did you make the background of the Garden of Eden look like Ceylon?"
"Because...I miss the time we spent in Ceylon more and more now."
The blonde girl curled up in Char's arms, looking up at Char's face slightly.
She blinked her beautiful sky-blue eyes and spoke softly: "In Ceylon, although we are not very familiar with each other, and have not yet signed such a contract..."
"But at least—"
"At that time, you belonged to me alone."
The girl's voice was very pleasant, like the sound of wind chimes at midnight.
But there was a slight sigh and helplessness, as if pouring out his feelings in the sound of wind and snow outside the window.
"There is no Miss Sylvia, and there is no Queen to compete with me."
"But not like now—"
"Only in moments like this can I have you all to myself for a short while."
She gently stretched out her snow-white arms and gently hugged Xia's neck.
"But, in the final analysis... this is just my little bit of possessiveness."
The white fingers gently stroked Char's face.
He would cling to Char and return to the soft bedding again.
"It's still a long time before dawn..."
"We should be able to do it again."
"I have been looking forward to today's reunion for a long time..."
"Look, I put on your favorite black stockings just for you today."
The melodious sound is like the song of a nightingale.
The ethereal sound pulled Char into the dreamlike land of gentleness.
However, feeling the soft body of the girl in his arms.
Xia Ya glanced at the beautiful black silk legs of the blonde girl in his arms, which were faintly visible between the gaps in the quilt, and the love in his eyes slowly subsided.
"Who are you?"
Xia Ya's soft words made the soft body in his arms stiffen slightly.
There was a flash of panic in her sky-blue eyes, but it quickly subsided.
The blonde girl pursed her beautiful red lips gently and was about to speak when she was interrupted by Char's voice.
"If it's Xiao Ai, even if she hasn't had enough fun yet and wants to be intimate with me again..."
"Then she would just blush and pull my sleeve, but she would never take the initiative to invite me like this."
"Especially black silk, which is Xiao Ai's trump card. Even if she has prepared it long ago, she will definitely hide it. It will definitely be the trump card for the finale. How could it be so easy to reveal it before I can even whet my appetite?"
Char sat up on the bed, half leaning against the backrest, looking at the blonde girl in front of him.
No matter how critical one was, the girl in front of him looked extremely similar to Airola, without a single flaw; even the tone of her voice was exactly the same.
However, at the first sight of the other person, Xia Ya vaguely sensed a slight sense of strangeness in his heart.
He himself couldn't say what specific details went wrong. If he had to say something, it would probably be his sixth sense.
This is the unique tacit understanding between Char and Airola, a tacit understanding that developed after spending countless days and nights together... perhaps it can be described as a tacit understanding.
With this kind of tacit understanding, they can know each other's intentions with just a glance, and there is absolutely no possibility of making a mistake or getting confused.
This is why when Char returned to the Fourth Epoch, Sylvia thought he had lost his memory and was hesitant to recognize him, but Airola did not have the slightest hesitation.
With just one glance, Airola could recognize that the Char in front of her was the real Char, who had not lost his memory, nor was he a disguised version of the old sun god after taking over another's body.
The same thing happened when Char identified Airola.
The blonde girl in front of him was currently kneeling on the soft bed in a duck sitting position.
Listening to Xia's words, a hint of surprise flashed across those beautiful blue eyes.
"Haven't you lived together in the Garden of Eden for ten years? After such a long time, you can be considered an old married couple. You should have seen all kinds of things."
"how……"
She didn't say all the words, but the meaning was obvious.
How come they can still be like this when they are being intimate even though they are already an old couple?
Still want to pull my sleeves with a blushing face? Are you a pure virgin who is in love for the first time?
"Then I am helpless too...but Xiao Ai is indeed like this."
Xia sighed helplessly: "If you must find a reason..."
“Maybe it’s because the attribute of “Tsundere” is a locked skill? It won't change at all as the level of affection or the time spent together increases. ”
"Of course, what really makes me sure is the feel of it."
Char looked at his right hand with distinct knuckles.
"I know Xiao Ai's touch very well..."
"I felt something was wrong when I touched her just now. Using the term 'airport' to describe that girl was a bit of an insult. She was just pure steel... and didn't feel as plump and soft as you do."
After hearing what Char said, the blonde girl in front of him couldn't help but slightly frowned her beautiful brows.
"But... I clearly copied Miss Aurora's figure one to one. Even the touch shouldn't be the slightest bit different."
"That's because, of course, everything you see is fake."
"Although she looks indifferent and cold on weekdays, she actually has a very face-conscious side."
"It just so happens that Xi Bao and His Majesty are both the type who are generous and tolerant. In order not to be inferior to others, this girl fills her clothes with stuff every day."
Xia waved his hand casually: "Of course, although it's a bit awkward, I like Xiao Ai like this."
He looked around carefully.
After a moment, he spoke softly.
“Although it looks exactly like the real thing, if you look closely... you can still detect subtle differences.”
"So, this is a dream?"
"That's right. Only by entering a dream... can we sneak across Yinping and attack Shu Han without being noticed by the three people in my family."
Char looked at the girl sitting on the bed in front of him like a duck.
Although her disguise was exposed by Char, she still stared at Char straightly.
There was a gleam in those beautiful sky-blue eyes, carrying with them undisguised nostalgia and attachment.
"Because you have no hostility towards me, and in my subconscious, your aura belongs to a friend and partner, and you are someone I can trust..."
"So your act of entering my dream did not provoke a counterattack from my subconscious mind."
Xia Ya looked at the pure white snowfield outside the window, then looked at the silver fir forest swaying in the wind in the distance, and the herds of northern reindeer walking in groups on the ice field farther away.
"You know the existence of the Garden of Eden, but you have never actually entered it, and you know nothing about the scenery and furnishings there... That's why I just changed the environment around the dream, replacing it with the snowfield of Ceylon, and said that this is the scenery of Aurora's mind."
"This place is exactly the same as the real scenery of Ceylon... so I was really immersed in it at first and didn't react at all."
"You should have really been to the North and seen the ruins of Ceylon buried in the snow. It is also the hometown of Xiao Ai and me..."
“That’s why I was able to create such a realistic Ceylon landscape…”
Xia Ya looked at the snowy scenery outside the window, a trace of nostalgia flashed in his eyes: "That's thoughtful."
"If Xiao Ai really created an inherent barrier, then the product of her fantasy of scenery in her mind that has been materialized into reality should really be this vast and boundless snowfield."
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and returned it to the blonde girl who lowered her head in front of him.
"He has the ability to enter dreams and weave dreams, and in my subconscious mind he is considered a trustworthy friend and partner."
"There are only two people of the opposite sex that I know."
"Although Diris is the succubus princess and has the racial talent of "Dream Creation", given her status, even if I won't fight back subconsciously, it would be too difficult to complete this action under the eyes of Xiao Ai and Xi Bao. ”
"Besides, with a domineering queen who is extremely possessive present, I don't think Diris would dare to do this in front of her boss..."
Xia couldn't help but smile.
"so--"
"Are you Night?"
There was a slight pause in his words.
"Of course, if you don't like this childhood nickname, I can also call you Her Majesty Augustina."
…
The empty house was silent for a moment.
All that was left was the howling sound of the blizzard outside the house.
I don’t know how long it took, but the light night quietly enveloped the entire room.
"Sure enough, no matter how I plan, I can't hide it from you."
"Need not--"
"Compared to Her Majesty Augustina, I still prefer you to call me Ye..."
"No, I not only like it more, but I like it very much. I like it very much."
The night turned into a hazy veil, making it difficult to see the true appearance.
When the thin night light faded away, the true face of the girl could be seen clearly.
She had black hair and a black dress, and underneath her flawless face were a pair of red-gold eyes. Beautiful and majestic, if someone of lower status were looked directly at by these golden eyes, they would probably be intimidated by the mighty dragon in an instant.
However, in front of Char, the majesty of the golden dragon eyes only flashed by for a moment.
The girl in the black dress stared at Char blankly, with countless complex colors that were difficult to describe flashing in her beautiful golden eyes.
The leader and founder of the Shadow Council, the monarch of the dark world of the western continent, the Queen of the Night, Augustina.
At the same time, he is also the object of the contract of Char's Fourth Soul Covenant, the Dragon of Night.
As the Dragon of Night who holds the power over darkness and shadows, the realm related to dreams is naturally also part of the power of darkness.
"I finally... met you in person again."
"Char."
"Or rather... Master."
Her red lips parted slightly.
A pleasant voice sounded.
It sounds calm on the surface, but it contains countless suppressed emotions that are ready to burst out at any time.
"night……"
Xia opened his mouth.
Although he had anticipated this answer, when Augustina actually admitted it, he found himself still a little unsure of how to respond.
"Why do you want to pretend to be Xiao Ai in your dream?"
"Obviously, based on our contractual relationship, if you want to ask me out, a thought is enough."
"Yeah... why?"
Augustina gently tugged at the hem of her jet-black skirt.
Obviously, when she was disguising herself as Airola, she seemed quite bold and proactive. If Char hadn't exposed her identity, she might have succeeded in the reverse move now.
However, when she appeared in front of Char in her true form instead of in the disguise of Airola.
She was completely different from her previous calm and proactive self.
"Because, cowardice and inferiority complex..."
There was a hint of self-mockery in Augustina's words.
"From the bottom of my heart, I envy the position that Miss Aurora holds in your heart."
“And I don’t have that confidence.”
"Even though I've done a lot of things...I'm still not sure."
"When the identity of Augustina, the Queen of the Night, merges with the identity of the little black night dragon that you contracted."
"What kind of position do I have in your heart..."
She stared at Char with her golden eyes.
"You were very kind to that little Night Dragon, just like you were to your other pets."
"Even from a critical point of view, you can be considered a beastmaster who takes good care of your pets—"
"I know that if I am willing, we can be friends forever and become the most solid and reliable allies."
"But I don't want it to be just like this."
The emotions that were surging like an undercurrent slowly gushed out at this moment.
"I don't want to be just like Yin and Chihong, who can lie on your head and bask in the sun and listen to your stories... It seems intimate, but it is only the kind of intimacy between a beastmaster and his pet."
"What I want to pursue is a further relationship."
"Not a pet, not the object of an equal contract, and not a friend you can trust... but a relationship like Xiao Ai and Sylvia, who can occupy a place in your heart."
"I don't know where this feeling originated from. Perhaps it was because of the special fate that I felt at first sight in the desolate and dilapidated ancient dragon king's court."
"Or maybe it's because of the fermentation of my thoughts and feelings for you day and night during the several epochs that followed when I was separated from you at the end of the First Epoch."
"But this is indeed the only hope in my heart at this moment."
Augustina's white fingers unconsciously played with her dark hair.
“But I’m not confident.”
"I don't know if your heart, which is already filled to the brim with Xiao Ai, Sylvia, Her Majesty Isadella, and Hathaway, still has room for me..."
She glanced at Xia and said, "If my source is correct, the Dawn Saint Su Lun should also have a place in your heart, right?"
"Although your relationship with her is not obvious on a daily basis, in fact, you have always been paying attention to the situation of the Dawn Church... Even the fact that you did not resolve the cause and effect of the First Epoch and directly returned to the Fourth Epoch is actually related to Su Lun."
"Um."
Char nodded in surprise.
The relationship between him and Su Lun is the most hidden existence in his own fish pond.
Apart from the fact that Xiao Ai and Su Lun were just casual friends, even Sylvia and Isadella didn't know much about Su Lun's affairs.
Moreover, after defeating the remnant soul of the old sun god, Xia Ya did indeed perceive some information, information directly related to Su Lun.
But I didn't expect that Augustina was aware of all these things.
Should I say that the Shadow Council is indeed the most powerful intelligence organization in the Western Continent... or should I say that Augustina cares about me more than I imagined.
In order to weave this dream, she made a special trip to the ruins of Ceylon in the north.
Being able to reproduce every detail of the entire snowfield in great detail... Such a workload is a huge drain even for a throne, just like the City of Illusions where Char and Hathaway last traveled.
"So, I am a little more afraid and lack confidence."
Augustina looked at the flickering candlelight not far away.
"That's why I came up with this idea. I thought I'd disguise myself as Xiao Ai and make it a done deal with you in my dream first."
"I know your character..."
"As long as we really have that step, even if it is just a dream, you will definitely be responsible for me."
"But now that I think about it, what I did before was really too selfish."
She smiled slightly and said with some relief: "Fortunately, Master, I didn't succeed in getting you."
This is a sincere blessing.
Previously, because she was trapped in the obsession of that long time and could not extricate herself, it was not until this moment that Augustina suddenly realized how selfish her previous thoughts were.
Even if he succeeded, it would just be a way of moral kidnapping to force Char to accept him.
That kind of relationship built on a bubble of hypocrisy was definitely not what Augustina wanted to pursue even at the cost of traveling across several eras.
If a forced melon is sweet and is the real thing she wants... then she should have taken Char, who was very weak at the time and had not even reached the fourth ring, back to the Silent Forest and raped him when she first met him in the Dark Night Garden of the Imperial Capital.
Instead of waiting in anticipation again and again until today.
"Now I will no longer force things that would make both parties unhappy."
"but--"
There was a hint of relief in her words.
However, the dazzling light in Augustina's eyes was growing stronger and stronger.
The surging emotions burst out so directly.
"I still want an answer from you."
"Don't force yourself, and don't be constrained by responsibilities, burdens, male chauvinism, or men's creeds... Just answer truthfully."
She moved slightly closer.
"After experiencing the end of the Third Age, we fought side by side to save Her Majesty Isadella..."
"Also, after experiencing the ups and downs of the First Age and the five hundred years of companionship under the abyss."
"Now I am——"
"It can leave a mark in your heart that is different from that of a pet."
"There was a moment—"
"Does it make you want to become a dragon rider?"
There was a slight tremor in the whisper of the girl in the black dress.
At this moment, Char seemed to hear the sound of the sea tide.
Because it was an equal contractual relationship, when the other party intentionally concealed it, Char was unable to sense Augustina's intentions at any time like he could with Shining and Gin.
But at this moment, the previous cover-up was taken by Augustina.
The burning emotions were like huge waves, rushing over me without reservation.
When they first met, the intimacy and trust between the pet and the beastmaster...
The fear and despair of being abandoned alone in the First Age.
The longing lasted for several epochs.
And later in the Fourth Epoch, he had clearly seen Char's true form countless times.
However, because the time had not come yet, Xia still had no memory related to himself. He could only watch as the women who came later slowly gathered around him, but he could do nothing.
And later, he used the hourglass of time to return to the First Age and returned to Char's side.
At the bottom of the abyss, he stayed beside the sleeping Char for five hundred years.
Loneliness and solitude made her happy and at ease.
The surging emotions that spanned several epochs were reflected in Char's heart without reservation.
It was not until this moment that Xia finally confirmed one thing with great clarity.
The feeling that Augustina had for herself was not the special affection that one felt for the living being she saw for the first time after she broke out of her shell.
But like.
It's not the love and intimacy that a pet has for its tamer who takes care of it, but the love that a girl has for a boy.
It started in the First Age and has never deteriorated until now.
Wandering around, displaced...
Just for this moment, to meet you.
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