Endless Sea, Elf King's Court.
This ancient royal court, which has gone through two eras, has once again returned to its appearance five hundred years ago.
It hangs above the vast ocean, a long distance away from the western continent.
However, it is no longer obscured by the curtain of eternal night, nor is it contaminated and secretly controlled by the ancient remnant soul.
This reborn island is no longer worthy of the name "Lost Island", which was taken out by the world with malicious intent in the past, like a deserted island where criminals were exiled.
"Atlantis."
"This is the new name of the Elven Royal Court that has now reappeared in the world, as voted by the Council of the Royal Court."
"I heard from Liliana that the myths and legends about Atlantis are well known to every elf living in that royal court. They are as widely known as fairy tales like "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Little Mermaid", and "Snow White"—"
"So when the council voted, the new name was passed unanimously without any debate."
...
...
"That must be Augustina's doing. I remember these stories all seemed to come from your hometown..."
The sound of light footsteps came from the distant beach, getting closer and closer.
The girl's sweet voice was carried in the moist sea breeze blowing from the distant end, with a hint of warmth.
That was not a voice that Char was familiar with. It had been more than five hundred years since he last heard such a voice.
Even for a demigod, more than five hundred years is not a period of time that can be easily ignored. The passage of time is enough to slowly blur and fade many insignificant details from memory.
But Char still easily identified the owner of that pleasant voice.
"I didn't expect you to worry about the affairs of the Elven Court, Sylvia."
"Those stories should be what Ye heard when she was still a young dragon, lying on my head and listening to bedtime stories... I didn't expect that after so much time, she still remembered them all and helped me spread them."
"However, I am still very happy to see the fairy tale of my hometown being spread."
Char didn't look back, still maintaining his original lazy posture leaning under the parasol on the beach, and handed the glass of juice in his hand behind him.
"Unfortunately, the sun is about to set now. What a shame. I don't have a chance to help you apply sunscreen."
Behind him, Sylvia couldn't help but chuckle.
"After all, this is the hometown of the Golden Elf Senior from the Black Tower... As two of the three wizard towers, the Pure White Tower and the True Red Tower were also taken care of by the Extreme Black Tower during their development."
"Although it was an unintentional act, as the nominal Lord of the White Tower, I must repay the favor of Isvida and the others and provide appropriate support to the Elven King's Court."
"Besides—"
The witch who founded the White Tower took the juice from Char's hand and glanced at Char, who was lying on the beach chair in front of her like a salted fish.
"That eternal page of the Black Tower still holds such an important place in your heart."
"It would be of great benefit to our future life if the golden elf accepted a favor from me."
Sylvia lifted her silver hair with one hand and drank a sip of juice gracefully: "There is a bonfire party at the Elf King's Court. It seems to be to celebrate the rebirth of Atlantis. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"No."
Xia turned his head and glanced at the back of the beach, where a huge bonfire was rising from the ancient city of the Elf King's Court.
It was already dusk, and night was about to fall on the Elf King's Court once again, just as the Lost Isle had been shrouded for a thousand years.
However, at this moment, the residents of the Elf King's Court all had a completely different mood from what they had at the beginning.
Because they all knew in their hearts that this brief darkness was not eternal night, and the sun would rise again as usual tomorrow morning.
"By the way -"
"When the whole Elf King's Court was busy, I went to the beach alone to bask in the sun."
"Brother Xia, you really know how to enjoy yourself."
She sat down on the beach chair next to Char, and, imitating Char's example, watched with him, shoulder to shoulder, the setting sun beyond the beach, which gradually fell from the end of the sky to the sea level.
Suddenly, she leaned closer to Xia's ear and spoke in a very small voice.
"The other side of the sea should be the Grant Coast of the former Cang Ting Principality."
"I want to go to the other side of the sea."
This was one of the rare moments when Sylvia could speak freely and in her own voice.
Ever since she made up her mind in the ancient country of Cang Ting to no longer escape and instead chose to confront the half of the Twilight Evil God sealed in her body head-on, Sylvia has never spoken a word since.
Because, at that time, she was unable to fully control the power of dusk sealed deep in her heart, and every word she spoke could turn into a death word that deprived others of their lives.
Later, the girl who was ostracized by her tribe in the ancient country of Cang Ting and almost gave up her life, rose step by step with the passage of time and grew into the "Cang Yin Witch" who was famous all over the world and built the Pure White Tower.
And the authority of dusk that was originally sealed deep in her soul and could get out of control at any time was gradually contained and restrained by Sylvia over a long period of time, turning it into a power that she could control freely according to her will.
However, perhaps she had already gotten used to silence, or perhaps it was because of some deeper reasons that even Sylvia herself could not see clearly.
In front of outsiders, and even in the White Tower, when facing the senior officials of the White Tower such as Ishveta, Sylvia was still accustomed to keeping silent and chose to communicate in writing.
Only when she was alone with Char would she briefly let go of her reserve as the Blue Silver Witch, revealing the original voice of the Grand Duke's daughter beneath the shell of a throne-level beastmaster.
To Char, that was a very distant memory, a memory that should have been forgotten.
But perhaps what ultimately remain in the depths of memory are those details that seemed insignificant at the time.
When the pleasant voice of "I want to go to the other side of the sea" rang in Char's ears, he seemed to have returned to the ancient country of Cang Ting.
At that time, Char was just an inconspicuous student in Saint Laurent Academy, who was worried about not having enough extraordinary materials to upgrade his main pet to the third level.
And Sylvia has not even entered the extraordinary realm. She is just a noble girl who, despite being discriminated against by others in her family, still has innocent fantasies in her heart.
On the outskirts of the capital of Cang Ting, on the beach next to the Grand Sea, Sylvia used her wet fingers to write on Char's palm, "I want to go to the other side of the sea to take a look."
The background at that moment was the beach with sunset like today.
The huge sun was about to sink below the sea level. The last rays of sunset burned the clouds in the sky into the color of flames. In the gradually darkening night, Sylvia's eyes were brighter than ever before.
"Then let's go to the other side of the sea and have a look."
Char suddenly sat up from the beach chair and took the hand of the silver-haired witch beside him.
"Although at this time point in the First Era, the ancient country called Cang Ting has not yet been established...but the Grand Sea is still the Grand Sea, and the beach is still the same beach."
"Time does change many things—"
“But there are always some things that are there and will not change with the passage of time.”
He turned slightly to look at Sylvia, whose beautiful silver eyes revealed a hint of confusion.
Obviously, the Blue Silver Witch had never thought that her unintentional sigh would actually lead Char to actually put it into action.
At this moment the sun set and overwhelming darkness swept over the entire world.
Sylvia's hands were soft and cool to the touch, just like when Char pulled her out of the icy waters of the Grand Sea many years ago.
"If you want to go, then go."
"We didn't have the ability or the calmness at that time, so our wish to go to the other side of the sea and see the vast mountains and rivers could only become a yearning and longing that remained stagnant in words."
“But now it’s different.”
Char looked seriously at the silver-haired girl beside him.
"When I was very young, I loved a thing called a surprise egg. It was divided into two parts. One part was a dessert called chocolate, and the other part would hide a small toy."
"Maybe it's just the innocence of a child..."
"I really like this little toy that I can eat and play with, but it's very expensive. At least as a child, I didn't have the ability to buy it. I could only pester my elders to buy it, but in the end they would always refuse me because it was useless and a waste of money."
"One time I couldn't help myself and secretly opened a surprise egg in a store. When my elders found out, they scolded me severely. Thinking back on it now, I still have a deep impression of it."
Xia smiled.
"Of course, I was still a child at that time, and I had no ability to support myself. My food, clothing, housing and transportation were all paid for by my elders... So it was normal for them to scold me like this. After all, from my perspective now, that thing is really a pure money-sucking IQ tax. It's not worth the high price at all. It's just cutting the leeks of children."
"But I didn't see it so clearly at the time. I secretly swore in my heart -"
"When I grow up and can afford Surprise Eggs...I must buy myself a cart of Surprise Eggs and open as many toys as I want and eat as many chocolates as I want."
"So what happened next? Did you really buy so many surprise eggs that you could fill up a carriage?"
Sylvia squatted down, dipped her fingers in the sea water, and wrote on Char's palm.
As a listener, Sylvia was quite qualified. She just listened quietly while Char was talking.
Even though there were many doubts in Char's narration, for example, according to Silvia, Char was from Ceylon, and that border town should not have such novel luxury goods for sale, and for example, the person who raised Char was an ice hunter, who died when Char was very young, and he has lived alone since then, so how could there be a so-called "elder"...
But since Xia didn't say anything, Sylvia didn't ask.
And when Char paused, she would ask about the follow-up at the appropriate time, perfectly satisfying Char's desire to speak.
"After that, many things happened, and I couldn't find the store that sold the Kinder Surprise Eggs anymore."
"but--"
Xia suddenly smiled mysteriously.
He lowered his voice, clasped his hands together, and then carefully opened them little by little.
"This is a secret that even Xiao Ai doesn't know. I actually have a secret dessert factory in the Garden of Eden, which is located in the folded dimension. During my free time on weekdays, half of Yui's computing power will be invested in it to help me develop new desserts."
"Those desserts that I remembered but couldn't find anymore, Yui helped me reproduce them exactly as they were, and even improved and upgraded them."
"Don't tell Xiao Ai, she is particularly against me eating sweets... If she knew, she would probably say 'eating sweets every day is bad for your teeth and health' and confiscate all my treasures. ”
Char's palm gradually opened up, revealing what was inside.
It was a small metal egg, which was now neatly cracked into two halves. One half was sticky and rich milk chocolate, and the other half was a metal doll with a miniature rune array engraved on it.
The metal doll made a muffled mechanical sound - "Autobot transformation", and then under Sylvia's gaze, with a series of clicking sounds of gears and mechanisms, it turned into a red and blue truck model.
It's not just the surprise eggs that have been significantly upgraded and transformed by Char using magic.
Sylvia also saw a chocolate frog made entirely of chocolate, jumping around.
And the multi-flavor beans that look inconspicuous, but Sylvia uses her mental power as a throne-powerful being to discover that the taste inside them is constantly changing randomly.
Char handed the Chocolate Frog to Sylvia and swallowed a multi-flavor bean himself.
But soon he frowned: "Why is it lemon flavored?"
Sylvia couldn't help but cover her mouth lightly: "With your mental power, Brother Xia, can't you just use your mental power to find out what the flavor of the multi-flavored beans is?"
"That's boring. Only unknown things can bring novel experiences."
Xia's frown slowly relaxed and he looked at Sylvia beside him.
"So, Sylvia."
"You should understand what I mean."
"If you want to do it, then just do it... It's for who we are now, and also for the self who was full of longing but powerless back then."
"We work hard to cultivate and improve our strength, isn't it so that we don't have to regret our weakness anymore, but can freely do what we want?"
He pointed to the end of the sea and stretched out his hand to Sylvia. "So, Sylvia."
"Want to make up for our regrets?"
"Look at the ancient country of Cang Ting, the scenery we longed for but never had the chance to set foot on."
"Come with me and see the mountains and rivers on the other side of the sea."
The boy in front of him had black hair and black eyes.
At the end of the skyline, the last rays of sunset illuminated his profile, and his outline was clear and deep in the evening light.
Sylvia mobilized all her mental strength and did not let the ripples in her heart show.
Many years ago, on the shore of Grant Sea, the young man made a promise to the young girl that he would take her to the other side of the mountain, to the end of the sea, to see the endless golden plains, to see the holy Three Sages Snow Mountain... and to travel together across the mountains and rivers of the Western Continent.
For a long time, the promise to travel the world together became the motivation for Sylvia to fight against the dusk sealed in her body and to persist in the darkness without losing her original intention.
However, until the black-haired boy completely disappeared in an extremely violent way, which was undoubtedly a betrayal in Sylvia's eyes, the promise was never fulfilled.
Later, Sylvia was promoted to Legend and learned about everything Char had done for her in secret.
And the responsibilities that this young man has to shoulder, everything he needs to bear and face——
Therefore, even though the two met again five hundred years later, Sylvia never took the initiative to mention the original agreement.
The young man was burdened with too many responsibilities and missions, had too many things to do, and too many powerful enemies to face... The casual words he had said to himself so long ago might have already been forgotten by the young man, and all this was understandable.
In the days since she woke up in the White Tower, Sylvia had never expected to fulfill that promise. He was too busy and too tired, and had hurt himself countless times. How could Sylvia have the right to ask the boy to accompany her to do something insignificant and meaningless just because of her own willfulness?
For Sylvia herself, as long as Char could stay by her side, safe and healthy, she would be satisfied enough.
but--
Even Sylvia herself had never thought of it.
In fact, that young man never forgot the promise he made from beginning to end.
When he was stabbing me in the back, he said that it was just "sweet talk that is commonplace"...but he clearly kept his promise better than anyone else.
The promise made five hundred years ago has finally come true today.
Sylvia quietly placed her hand in Char's palm.
She said softly, "Xiao Ai usually finishes meditation at around four or five in the morning."
"If we leave now, we can still make it back in time for breakfast in the morning, so Xiao Ai won't find out that we sneaked out to play at night."
Hiss~
Char took a deep breath and looked in shock at the silver-haired girl in front of him who had a calm and well-behaved face.
"Xi Bao, when did you become so skilled?"
If Char was not the only one who had heard Silvia's real voice... and no one else could fake it, then Char would have suspected that his rich lady Miss Dragon's dream-entering skills had improved again, and the Silvia in front of him was actually Augustina in disguise.
Is this still the innocent and romantic Grand Duke's daughter that Char had in mind?
"No matter how innocent and romantic a girl is, it is impossible for her to remain unchanged after so many years of lovesickness, Brother Xia."
The silver-haired witch's sweet voice rang softly in Char's ears.
"Don't forget, Brother Char, I am also the founder of the White Tower, the 'Silver Witch'..."
"How could a noble girl who is as innocent and naive as you remember her and follows you be called the 'Silver Witch'?" ”
There was suddenly a hint of cunning in Sylvia's words.
"In the past, I was worried that you, Brother Xia, would be uncomfortable with my true self and even reject and hate me, so I kept forcing myself to be restrained and maintain the original appearance in your memory."
"Actually, I don't hate that. If you want, Brother Xia, I can always be a good and obedient person in front of you."
"only--"
Sylvia's voice paused slightly.
In that gentle voice, there were some words with indescribable meaning, which echoed in Xia's ears word by word.
“I think I have that confidence now.”
"In front of Brother Xia, you can show your true nature a little bit."
"This real me... I shouldn't be annoying to you, Brother Char, right?"
Xia shook his head: "I don't hate it."
Then, he heard the girl's sweet voice again.
"Then let's go."
"On this trip, I am——"
"I have been looking forward to this for five hundred years."
Char nodded.
His mind moved slightly, and he was about to use the power of the Shining Soul Contract to activate the "Flash" and head from the Endless Sea to the Western Continent.
But the next moment, he saw that Sylvia beside him moved her mental power slightly, interrupting Xia's action.
"No need to bring a pet."
"As for space travel, the same effect can be achieved by traveling through the astral realm."
She leaned close to Char's ear, lowered her voice, and spoke at a volume that only Char could hear.
"I heard from Xiao Ai that you like swimsuits very much. Even in the videos you make, you often like to include swimsuit bonus scenes."
"So, I prepared a special swimsuit just for you today."
"But I only want you, Brother Xia, to see it. Not even Silver and the others can see it."
If he can still withstand **, he is not a man at all.
Come to think of it, does the real Xi Bao actually have this side to him?
It really is... even more likable.
Feeling the soft words of the Blue Silver Witch whispering in his ears.
Char hesitated in his heart for only a thousandth of a second.
The next moment, he flashed away.
At dusk, a crack suddenly appeared in the sky, revealing an illusory starry sky behind it, and then the crack closed.
thump--
thump--
The pets that were sleeping soundly in the Soul Covenant Space fell from the air and landed on the soft beach like fur balls.
By the time the little ferrets got up from the beach in bewilderment, Char and Silvia had disappeared.
He only left Xia Ya'na's final instructions and walked away on the empty beach.
"You guys go ahead and play. Your beastmaster needs to do some adult stuff."
…
When Xia and Silvia returned to the Elf King's Court, it was already late at night.
The silver moon casts its bright and clear light, illuminating the silent sea level.
The sky shattered silently, cracking into a dark fissure.
And Char walked out holding the hand of the silver-haired witch, and the passage between the astral plane and the main material plane quietly closed behind him.
They looked the same as when they set out before, as if they had just come back from a casual walk.
However, for some reason, only Sylvia's fair and flawless face was stained with a faint blush.
“It’s really enjoyable.”
Char expressed his sincere emotion.
Then he unceremoniously snatched a skewer of grilled fish from the tail of the little ferret that was being grilled by the flames of Amaterasu on the shore.
"It doesn't taste as good as my Stargazing."
Char took a bite of Silver's grilled fish and made a sharp comment, earning an angry glare from the little ferret.
It would be fine if this beastmaster left his pets behind and went out to wander around alone with his mistress.
The pets had nothing to do on the beach, so they could only have a barbecue to build their team.
I didn't expect that the first thing my beastmaster did after returning was to usurp the fruits of his labor, and he even shamelessly said that his star-gazing fish was more delicious than my grilled fish.
Although I am not a human, you are a real dog.
Of course, Char would not indulge his own Silver's little temper. He picked up the little ferret and started petting it without any hesitation.
Just then—
In the dome of the sky, the bright moonlight suddenly became dim.
Then, in the star realm that ordinary people could not perceive and only legends could sense it.
Snap——
At this moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the star that symbolized the moon.
The crack was not big, but it was clear and distinct.
"What's wrong?"
Sylvia couldn't help but look up at the silver moon that suddenly became a little dim, and there was a hint of confusion in her beautiful silver eyes.
She is also a strong person at the throne level, and can clearly sense the changes happening in the star realm at this moment.
"It's nothing serious."
Xia also looked up at the moon and chuckled.
"I didn't expect the pangolins to have such a high level of initiative."
"Also, it seems that the moon god and I are really destined to be together."
The light in Xia Ya's eyes gradually became deeper.
"I was a little confused at first, why I didn't sense my old acquaintance, the Vermillion Moon, in the First Epoch..."
“Now it seems that the ‘Scarlet Moon’ should be the second generation Moon God who inherited her divinity and fragments of authority after the fall of the current Moon God. ”
"And, what a coincidence—"
"The fate of the two generations of Moon Gods..."
"It seems that there are some striking similarities."
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