The snowstorm stopped suddenly.
Outside the window, the originally silver-white snowfield was also shrouded by the glow of dusk and the quietly spreading night.
Through the thin shadow, you can see a peaceful forest and a quiet lake in the center of the forest.
Char recognized the scenery before him.
Silent Forest.
Not long ago, when he had just entered the First Age, he collected clues about his master and the Lost Island in the Ancient Dragon King's Court deep in the Silent Forest.
Similarly, this is where he and Augustina first met, and it is also Augustina's hometown.
Before she hatched from the Egg of Night and met Char, Augustina was nurtured in this forest for a thousand years.
The ice field that seemed to be permanently covered by a layer of snowstorm was naturally just an illusory scene woven by Augustina using the dream creation technique.
...
...
This silent forest is her true mental landscape.
Augustina lowered her eyes.
"I want to know, Char..."
"No, Master, you have the most realistic opinion of me."
The shadows beneath her body weaved into a gorgeous chair, and the girl in the black dress sat gently on it, waiting for Char's answer.
Xia thought about it and nodded.
"I've dreamed of becoming a dragon rider since I was a kid."
"Now that I know your true identity, I want to know it even more."
His answer was very calm, without much emotion.
Hearing Char's answer, Augustina breathed a sigh of relief.
There was joy in her dark golden vertical pupils, but also a hint of loss.
"Is that all?"
She spoke softly.
"When you were with Xiao Ai, Miss Sylvia, and Her Majesty Isadella, you could always say those touching love words anytime and anywhere."
Why is it that when it comes to me, he only gives such a simple description?
As the master of the Shadow Council, as the queen of the entire dark world of the Western Continent...
The time when Augustina first noticed Xia's existence and began to observe him secretly was much earlier than Silvia and Isadella.
It had already started long before he broke through the fourth ring, before he reunited with Sylvia, and when he was still very weak.
As she watched from the sidelines, Char and Silvia reunited, pouring out their hearts and expressing their true feelings to each other——
God knows how envious Augustina was at that time.
The bitterness in her heart made Augustina understand for the first time the true meaning of the word "loser".
That was even more heartbreaking than the famous three-person scene in White Album, because at that time, Augustina had not yet formed a bond with Char, and was not even in a position to appear beside him and be jealous.
She also wanted to be the one that the black-haired boy confided in, and wanted to hear sweet words of love from the person in front of her.
Even though I know that this confession and love words are false and were said just to please her, it doesn't matter.
"Because I can't tell."
Char gently touched Ogutina's head.
Under her jet-black hair, there are majestic horns on her round forehead.
It was not until he touched the horn that Char felt a familiar feeling in his memory.
He connected the Queen of the Night, who was majestic, mysterious and powerful in his past impression, with the young dragon that was lazily lying on top of his head, flapping its wings from time to time while listening to his story.
When Char touched her horns, Augustina's body stiffened as if she had been electrocuted, and she subconsciously wanted to step back.
But in the end she suppressed the instinct that came from her racial heritage and did not move, allowing Char to stroke her head.
It was exactly the same as the countless daily events that had happened in that drifting cabin in the star realm countless years ago.
"If you really want to hear those sweet love words, I can mass-produce a lot of them anytime, anywhere."
"That kind of thing is just a daily routine for me as an actor. I don't know how many times I have done it in the past."
Char stroked Augustina's horns and spoke word by word.
After the long-closed equal contract was opened again, Char completely understood the true intention of the Queen of the Night hidden in the night and shadows.
Although the queen of the night world has far more titles and reputation in the circle of extraordinary people in the Western Continent than Sylvia, the chairman of the White Tower, in reality, no matter how much power and status she possesses, her experience in emotions is pitifully poor.
Because of the long wait, I become inferior and unconfident, but at the same time I am still looking forward to it and unwilling to give up.
Even if Augustina didn't say it, Char knew exactly what she wanted. It was already clearly written in his dark golden dragon eyes.
As long as Char casually said a few sweet words that seemed to be full of affection and love, the Queen of the Night in front of him would be easily satisfied.
The obsession that had lasted for several epochs was finally fulfilled, and his body and mind were submerged in the torrent of happiness. From then on, he obeyed Char's orders.
"But then, there would be no point."
"Isn't it?"
Xia touched her hair again. In the candlelight, Augustina's face was shrouded in a warm halo, with soft lines.
"I said similar sweet words to young Sylvia a long time ago."
"I didn't take it too seriously at the time, because I felt that the echoes of history were just illusions of the past, and everything I experienced was just an illusory game. It was fine to say it, and no one would hold me responsible for a game anyway."
“But that’s not the case.”
"My few casual words at that time became the shackles and obsession that trapped her for the rest of her life."
"She was trapped alone in a cold and desolate tower, burying herself for five hundred years."
"Sylvia once said that she no longer cared about the fact that I cheated on her."
"But until now, I still regret my actions."
"When a woman loves a man, the cost is often much higher than when a man loves a woman..."
"Sometimes, the price is a lifetime."
Char withdrew his hand reluctantly and said seriously.
"So from then on, I made a certain decision..."
"If it's an enemy, then of course it doesn't matter. Since ancient times, all is fair in war. For the sake of the final victory, I will never hesitate to use any despicable means to win."
"But it's different when it comes to friends and people you care about."
He smiled and said, "Actually, the way I judge whether I have truly accepted someone in my heart is very simple."
"That is, am I willing to lie to her..."
"Although I wanted to give Sylvia a surprise before, I regretted it when I actually pretended to have amnesia."
"same--"
Xia looked at the girl in the black dress in front of him and said, "You are also someone I don't want to deceive with lies."
“From the beginning to the end, I really just regarded “Ye” as a simple pet. ”
“But there is no doubt that Augustina has a place in my heart. ”
"This fate may have started in Esgania in the Third Age, when you and I stood side by side in front of Isadella, the king of the Fantasy Belt, and the incomplete scarlet moon."
"Or maybe it started even earlier, as early as that Borgia family dinner when you killed Guderian for me. It's just that I didn't even realize it..." Char's answer was very serious, and he stared at the dark golden dragon eyes of the girl in the black dress in front of him without avoiding it.
"You are different from Xiao Ai, Isadella, and Sylvia..."
"Xiao Ai is of course needless to say. As for Your Majesty and Xi Bao, I have spent a long time with them in the Remnants of History, so we already have a sufficient emotional foundation."
“The starting point of fate may be a beautiful, divine encounter, but the cultivation and germination of feelings… requires a long time to catalyze.”
"Before, we only interacted as beastmasters and pets, or as customers of the Shadow Council and the proprietress... but never as men and women."
"At the bottom of the abyss in the First Age, you stayed by my side and took care of me for five hundred years... I took that to heart."
"To be honest, I was quite touched, but that period of time was not a normal relationship between lovers."
"So, I won't make those promises of eternal love, because they are all fake..."
“But I think this is not a big problem.”
Xia smiled.
“Since there are no memories, let’s create new memories together.”
"Since there is no accumulation of feelings between men and women, then we should slowly accumulate feelings."
"To be honest, establishing a relationship first and then cultivating feelings is a completely new experience for me."
"However, it is precisely because we have never experienced it before that we have the urge to try it."
"So, you want to give it a try?"
The afterglow of sunset is intertwined with candlelight.
Against the bright red background, Char extended his hand toward Augustina.
"From today on, from this moment on, this is no longer a relationship between a pet and its master, but an equal relationship between a man and a woman..."
"Get to know each other again, encounter each other, and accumulate memories bit by bit——"
"We met and got to know each other again..."
“Then, fall in love.”
The light of the setting sun slowly faded in Augustina's eyes.
The shadows of the ancient giant trees in the Silent Forest were lengthened little by little, and the last rays of light burned the clouds in the sky into a flame-like color.
In the increasingly dark night, Augustina's eyes had never been so bright.
Tsk.
She sighed softly.
"Should I say... You are worthy of being my contractor, my master?"
Obviously, Xia Ya said that he didn't want to lie, didn't want to say sweet words, and didn't want to say love words that would last forever.
However, these words just now left a ripple in Augustina's heart.
But it is far more pleasant to the ear than those sweet words.
"but……"
"These are just empty words after all."
"You've made me wait for so many years... Don't think you can get rid of me so easily."
In Augustina's eyes, those dark golden dragon pupils, it seemed as if there was flowing lava surging.
"Since you said so, let's first confirm the relationship between each other, and then slowly build up our feelings."
"Then, as lovers,
"There are things that can only be done between lovers, so we can do them now, right?"
Augustina approached Char slowly and softly, like a kitten.
There was a vigilant light in those beautiful dark golden eyes, and they carefully studied Xia's expression.
Although she was a dragon of darkness that had existed in the world since the First Age, this was the first time she had been so close to someone...
From the data collected by Augustina, Char's strongest point is neither his talent nor his character... even though in these aspects Char has surpassed most legends and thrones.
His most powerful ability is disguise.
Relying on disguise, he could deceive powerful enemies one after another in the remnants of history, and even make mythical creatures whose status was far higher than Char himself fall in his hands, such as Norton, Guderian, and Vermillion Moon...
So Augustina was not sure whether Xia's current words were also a disguise or a perfunctory one.
She was afraid of being rejected.
The distance between the two was only one step away, but Augustina took a long, long time to walk.
Until the young man in front of her opened his arms and hugged her.
At this moment the candle went out.
The dim night enveloped the silent forest again.
They had hugged before.
As early as the beginning of this dream, Augustina woke up in Char's arms.
But at that time, she was in the identity of Aurora.
Her heart was filled with the nervousness of pretending to be someone else, as well as the possessiveness distorted by obsession. Every move she made had to be carefully considered, just to replicate the words and deeds of the blonde girl.
It is definitely not like this now.
Relax your mind and open your heart.
That hug was warm.
It was far better than what Augustina had imagined countless times in her dreams.
Snap——
It was the sound of something breaking.
At this moment, Xia Ya sensed his fourth soul covenant. The soul covenant space that was originally empty, hollow and dark suddenly began to crack.
Then there was a brilliant light.
The fourth soul covenant, the degree of fit is 100%.
This was something Char had never imagined before.
After all, his fourth soul contract had always been abnormal and unusable, and he had already made plans to abandon this soul contract for the rest of his life.
And as the true throne, it is the pure-blooded dragon of the night that spans ancient and modern times.
The compatibility of Augustina's soul contract reached its peak, which also brought unimaginable growth to Char.
After experiencing those five hundred years, he had been stuck for a long time and could not make any further progress, but now he has made another step forward.
"Even if I am only in your dream now, it doesn't matter..."
"I want that as proof of our love."
The ethereal voice rang in Char's ears, and the delicate body in his arms became hotter and hotter.
The snow-white arms wrapped around Char's neck, and his breath was as sweet as orchid.
She whispered in Char's ear:
"Tonight, be my dragon rider."
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