Second candy
In the early morning, the fog over the Foto Forest had not yet dissipated, and the faint sunlight could not penetrate the dense leaves. The forest seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gauze.
The curtains in Evelin’s room were drawn tightly, and the light-blocking effect of the curtains was as good as a dense forest. The room was pitch black, and there was no movement.
Time passed by minute by minute, the clock hands in the room glowed fluorescently, and when the hour hand slid past "8", the clock made a slight chime.
On the bed, a small bulge beneath the quilt stirred, and a small, dark dragon-like creature, almost blending in with the dim surroundings, poked its head out from under the quilt. Its golden eyes, unrestricted by the dim surroundings, instantly found the clock on the cabinet and checked the time.
However, before Xiaolong could clearly see the time on the clock, a hand reached out from behind him and pulled him back into the quilt.
Violet kept her word and transformed back into her baby dragon form after following Evelyn back to the room.
Evelyn saw the palm-sized dragon, her eyes sparkling as she kissed and hugged it, so Velvet remained in her dragon form and was kneaded by her all night. At first, she would raise her paws and twitch her tail in protest, but seeing Evelyn's insistent grasp, Velvet's resistance became increasingly perfunctory, and in the end, she simply let her princess do whatever she wanted.
And now, the hand with Evelyn's body temperature gently stroked Vilt's back, and the cold dragon scales were also stained with human warmth. Vilt began to like this kind of contact.
The little black dragon squinted his eyes in comfort. The quilt that was originally on top of his head fell down again. The whole dragon was held in Evelyn's arms. The light in front of his eyes dimmed, and he felt sleepy again.
Vilt was lying on a soft surface with her wings slightly stretched out comfortably. Just as she was about to move her body to find a suitable position, her slightly spread wings exerted force as her body moved, and the soft area under her was pressed down. Vilt suddenly opened her eyes and woke up - she knew where she was lying!
Violet raised her head somewhat awkwardly and suddenly ran into Evelin’s smiling eyes.
Dragons generally don't have high body temperatures, but Vilt felt like she was about to catch a fever. Realizing that she was still in Evelyn's arms, Vilt quickly stood up, crawled out of the quilt, and landed on the ground, turning back into human form.
“I’m going to make breakfast…” Vilt’s cheeks flushed, and before she could finish her words, Evelin grabbed her wrist again and pushed her back onto the bed.
"You're taking advantage of me and running away?" Evelyn's hand caressed the skin of Vilt's wrist. Their bodies were pressed tightly together, and some of the touches were more obvious than when Vilt was still in the form of a young dragon.
"Evelyn..." Violet whispered.
Evelin was still in her pajamas, and her wide movements had opened the other person's collar quite a bit. Violet looked away somewhat embarrassedly, but some images remained in her mind, and the warmth on her face spread throughout her body.
Evelyn's fingers, groping for Violet's wrist, reached up, their one-sided shackles becoming interlocked. Violet, blushing all over, looked like a sweet pastry. Evelyn bit Violet's earlobe and whispered in her ear, "Is this okay?"
Vilt closed her eyes and didn't answer, her lips pressed against the side of Evelin's neck.
The sunlight in the forest became increasingly abundant, and the morning mist shrouding the treetops slowly dissipated.
The room temperature in the top floor room of the Dragon Castle also rose inch by inch with the rich sunlight outside the window.
Neither of them had much experience, and Evelyn didn't do it to the end for fear of hurting Violet, but the two of them left obvious marks on each other.
Violet's eyes were watery, and she raised her head obediently to respond to Evelyn's kiss.
Just as Evelyn put her arm around Violet's waist and tried to hold her tighter, she and Violet simultaneously sensed movement in the Foto Forest.
This was the first time Evelyn had clearly sensed the state of the forest after binding with the protective formation. Unlike the natural stretching sounds of simple grass and trees, Evelyn felt the loss of the forest's vitality - it was a large group of people, they moved in a hurry and their methods were ruthless. Many monsters turned to ashes the moment they came into contact with them.
And entering the forest so nervously and anxiously...Vilt pushed Evelyn's shoulder, and the two looked at each other.
"It might be the army sent by my father, the queen, and my mother." Evelyn frowned.
The low-level magical beasts in the Foto Forest fled in all directions, while the high-level magical beasts hid in the depths of the forest, feeling the strong murderous intent outside the forest, their eyes filled with ruthlessness and blood, and layer after layer of pressure surged from different magical beasts.
They are actually going to fight!
After clearing out the monsters in front of them, a team of people stopped for a short while. They stopped not to rest, but to determine the direction of advance.
Knight Commander Jack took out the map, and the dean of Violet Academy strengthened the positioning magic suspended in the air. Both of them were unsure.
No one has ever truly reached the Dragon Castle, and even the depths of the forest are rarely reached.
That place was hidden behind the fog and existed only in legends. They could only estimate the location of the dragon's castle together, and their accuracy was not guaranteed. But there was no time to delay them, and the group continued to move towards a general direction.
While the kingdom's army was wandering around in the forest, Vilt and Evelyn got up and went to the restaurant.
While preparing breakfast with Violet, Evelin was still wondering, "Didn't my father and mother see my letter?"
Why was it that after one night, not only the Knight Guards but also the Violet Academy sent people?
Violet said nothing.
She believed every word Evelyn said to her, but she also knew what these people were doing there.
Violet would not start a fight with people from her country in front of Evelyn, but she really couldn't bear to see Evelyn being taken away in front of her.
Even if Violet wanted, she could let these people wander in the Foto Forest for the rest of their lives until they died silently.
But she looked at Evelyn's profile and asked, "I can get them to the castle as quickly as possible, if you need."
Evelin was not surprised at all that Violet had this ability, but she was still stunned when she heard Violet say this. Violet's tone was a little deliberate.
Without answering in a hurry, Evelin looked at Vilt's face with a smile, her eyes moving from her lips, profile, and finally to her eyes. Sure enough, she found some insincerity in Vilt's expression that was not well concealed.
Evelin's smile deepened at Violet's pretentious honesty. She nodded and said, "Thank you for your help."
Violet tried to keep a straight face, but every look she gave Evelin seemed to ask: Do you really want to leave? Violet's eyes even revealed some loss and sadness that she herself was not aware of.
Evelin nodded originally for the sake of teasing, but seeing that Violet was really sad, she began to feel distressed. She quickly moved closer to Violet, raised her hand and tightly embraced her shoulders, complaining, "I thought I could spend two more days with you in our world of two."
As she spoke, Evelin moved her hand down and began to pinch Violet’s fingertips again, saying lightly, “I don’t know if there will be another chance when we go back, but don’t worry, I will try my best to settle you in my Princess Castle and won’t let the two of us be separated.
Evelin said this naturally, this was something she had thought of a long time ago.
"You want to take me back with you?" Violet's voice sounded a little surprised.
"Don't you want to go with me? Are you going to abandon me?" Evelyn said pitifully.
"I thought..." Violet didn't finish her words.
Evelyn frowned fiercely, pretending to be evil. "Don't even think about it! Vilt, from the moment I sneaked out of the palace, you can never get rid of me again." She said in a serious tone, wanting to tie Vilt to her side.
Facing Evelyn's clingy declaration, Violet didn't feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, she felt relieved and reassured. She smiled and said, "I'm honored."
In the Foto Forest, the originally dense trees moved to the left and right inconspicuously, forming a new passage. The "Special Force to Rescue the Princess" were unaware of it, and even the dean of Violet Academy did not find anything wrong.
The journey through the forest was now quite different from the initial difficulties. Although the group encountered magical beasts along the way, they did not fight to the death, and fled in disgrace when they were defeated. The Knight Commander and the Dean did not send anyone to pursue them. After all, their goal was to rescue the princess, not to obtain the magic crystal.
After walking for less than an hour, the shadow of a castle appeared before their eyes.
"This is... the Dragon Castle?" the Knight Captain said, his expression wary as he surveyed the surroundings, his hands resting on the longsword at his waist. "It's not as eerie as I imagined."
He actually didn't feel that he had reached his destination. No one had successfully discovered the Dragon Castle in the past hundred years. Everyone who reached the depths of the forest left with wounds all over their bodies. They had only suffered minor injuries and lost less than a few liters of blood along the way. How could it be so easy?
The Knight Commander began to wonder, how could the Dragon Castle appear so easily before them? Had they walked into some magical illusion? When had they entered the illusion? Had it begun with the encounter with those easy-to-deal-with monsters?
Thinking of this, the Knight Commander looked at the dean with an inquiring look. His perception of magic was completely inferior to the dean's, and this kind of thing could only be detected by the dean.
The dean and the knight commander had the same suspicion. After seeing the knight commander's gaze, the dean first sensed the magic circle detector on his body. Not only did the detector not give any warning, there was not even a trace of magic fluctuation.
The dean's expression showed no surprise. The instrument's capabilities were limited and affected by the current magical intensity. If the magical element's intensity exceeded the threshold, the detector would not react. The dean's fingers tightened around the magic wand, and the ice-blue crystal at the tip of the wand illuminated. A chilling aura spread from the dean's body, sending a chill through each person, bringing a sense of clarity. However, the ice magic element passed through everyone in the team, continuing to spread outward until the chill could no longer be felt.
"Here..." The dean frowned, the magic crystal became brighter, and the ice element magic spread out again.
Every magic array has boundaries. No matter how advanced the magician is, the diameter of the magic array he sets up will not exceed one kilometer, and once the magic elements touch the edge of the magic array, they will bounce back.
But five minutes later, the dean clearly felt that his magic element had reached the entrance of the Futo Forest without encountering any obstacles along the way. This meant that there was no illusion here, it was real.
This shouldn't be the case. Is the evil dragon doing nothing but waiting for them to come?
Either it is too arrogant, or... it has the confidence to kill everyone.
Dean Violet didn't dare to be careless. She exchanged glances with Jack again, then signaled the attack magician beside her to release their spells. She handed something to two wind magicians, and they floated up, lightly treading towards the top of the Dragon Castle.
Magic of various colors were rolled into balls and thrown towards the dragon castle. As the magic balls hit, the outer perimeter of the castle was covered with a layer of light blue water ripples. Under the vibration of the ripples, the power of the magic balls was invisibly decomposed.
Seeing this, the dean put away the magic in her hand, and the ice-blue magic crystal on the wand turned dim again. Her purpose of testing had been achieved. "There are no traps outside the castle. Apart from the defensive magic in front of me, there are no other magical elements."
The two wind magicians who went to the top of the castle landed on the ground, and the sand in the hourglass in their hands was spinning silently but madly, almost turning into a tornado.
One of the wind magicians said, "Dean, this defensive magic circle covers the entire castle. There is no offensive magic on the top floor. However, we sense the dragon's breath."
Another magician continued, "Unfortunately, we didn't sense the princess's presence."
"The dragon won't be too far away from the princess." Jack said firmly, "If the princess is not in the dragon castle, it will be a good thing for us."
The Violet Academy Dean nodded in agreement and said, "Go in and take a look first."
"good."
"They're already outside the castle." As soon as Violet finished speaking, the sound of the magic ball and the defensive magic circle colliding reached her ears. She tilted her head and continued, "There are people on the roof too."
"I will protect you." Evelyn was wearing a princess dress, her hair tied in a bun and a small crown. She half-hugged Violet's arm and said seriously.
Violet pursed her lips.
Those outside were Evelyn's teachers, friends, and subjects, and she naturally trusted and loved them. Violet, on the other hand, warned Evelyn, "If a confrontation is unavoidable, your job isn't to protect me, but to protect yourself."
Evelin actually wanted to say that they would definitely not fight as long as she was there, but seeing the wariness in Vilt's eyes because of her, she nodded, "Okay, I understand. Look, I dressed up beautifully just to prove that I live well here and haven't been wronged."
Violet looked at the beautiful Evelyn and shook her head helplessly. She didn't think the people outside the castle would think that way.
As Evelyn finished speaking, the castle gate moved.
Violet said to Evelyn, "Go to the second floor."
The Knight Commander and the Dean of Violet Academy divided the group into three groups: one group followed them into the Dragon Castle, one group was on guard outside, and the rest were waiting outside the castle.
This was a dragon that none of them had ever fought against. It was even more terrifying than the highest-level monster in the Bifuto Forest. Jack looked at the huge castle in front of him with a determined expression, determined to fight to the death.
"Our advance team will enter the castle first to confirm whether the princess is in the dragon castle. If she is, we will lure the dragon out. After all, it is not safe to fight in the castle. If she is not, we will try our best to collapse the dragon castle and crush the dragon under the castle. No matter what, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" said Jack.
"yes!"
After explaining the battle plan, the advance team arrived in front of the castle.
The gates of Dragon Castle were firmly locked, and even without the use of magic, the open lock could be seen by the naked eye. This was the type most common in civilian homes. A thief could easily open it with a simple twist of a copper wire, which surprised Dean Violet. After all, magic locks were far more secure than padlocks. Even basic magicians who had barely grasped the magical element could use them—not only could they lock at any time, but they could even block anyone whose magic power was inferior to that of the caster.
Could it be because it was deep in the forest and no one would come? The dean speculated, but she didn't necessarily have to figure out the reason, so this actually made things easier for them.
Jack took the lead and pushed open the door of the dragon's castle.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, they had originally thought the interior of the Dragon Castle would be pitch black, bare of furniture, and filled with an eerie, cold emptiness. However, the castle before them was brightly lit. In the small hall on the left, a soft sofa was covered with cushions, the air was filled with the sweet aroma of pastries, and on the coffee table before them, a gilded ceramic cup of black tea was still steaming. It was obvious that someone had meticulously arranged it.
If you don't tell people that this is the Dragon Castle, people will just think it's some noble's palace.
But the strong dragon breath in the air repeatedly alerted everyone in the castle.
An arched staircase leads to the second floor. Below the platform on the second floor, a creature whose face cannot be seen sits on the golden throne. It is the source of all dragon breath in the castle.
Violet was shrouded in a pitch-black cloak, its hood drooping over her head, obscuring most of her features, leaving only her slightly pointed chin visible. She leaned slightly, her hand resting against the side of her face, and coldly observed the advance team until her gaze met that of the Violet Academy's dean.
Although she didn't see the eyes of the evil dragon in front of her, the dean still had a shuddering feeling as if she was being stared at by a ferocious beast. She tightened her grip on the magic wand, and the ice-blue magic crystal lit up.
Jack carefully observed the first floor of the Dragon Castle, then looked up at the stairs leading to the second floor, but there was no sign of Evelyn. He didn't know whether Evelyn was in the castle or hidden somewhere else.
"Good morning, Your Excellency." The dean of Violet Academy said politely, "We are from Bavrot Palace and have come specifically to retrieve Princess Evelyn. We would prefer not to have any conflict with you if possible. Her Highness Evelyn is the jewel of Bavrot Palace. I hope you understand."
Violet looked at the headmistress, who spoke politely but with a wary expression. She had promised Evelyn to avoid socializing with people from her country, but she knew they wouldn't let her go.
"Evelyn is also my treasure." Violet said bluntly, "I can take her back to your Bavrot Palace."
Violet did not try to disguise her voice. Her clear female voice reached the ears of everyone in the vanguard team, and the knights and magicians in front of her were all stunned.
Is there something wrong with their ears? Why is this a woman's voice?
The dean was the first to react, "Are you willing to let Her Royal Highness leave the castle?"
"She's with me." Violet's only request was that she not be separated from Evelyn.
But how could anyone agree to let the dragon follow them back to Bavrot Palace? Bavrot Palace had been guarding against the dragon for eighteen years. Isn't this just inviting a wolf into the house?
"You know your request is not reasonable," said the dean.
"That's out of the question."
As soon as Violet finished speaking, Jack, who had been holding his sword and silently gathering strength, rushed out suddenly. As Jack moved, the magic wand in the dean's hand also released freezing magic.
The cold weapons wrapped in magical elements and the biting coldness attacked from both sides, and the magic of the others also came one after another, overwhelming the sky—
Even if these people used all their strength, they would not be able to cause any harm to Violet, but her fingertips exposed under the cloak were covered with a layer of frost.
"Jack! Teacher!"
Evelin stood in the blind spot of the second floor. She wouldn’t be discovered by the people downstairs, but she could easily see every move of everyone on the first floor.
So Evelyn watched as the teacher politely tried to lower Violet's guard, while Jack and the others stood ready for a sudden attack. The teacher and Jack were the most formidable among them; the others stood little chance against a high-level monster. Evelyn knew that even if these attacks landed on Violet, they wouldn't leave much of a mark.
But watching Jack rush out and the teacher's ice magic, Evelin's heart suddenly became nervous.
Violet asked her to go to the second floor to avoid being affected, but Evelyn simply couldn't stand there and watch. Even though she knew that Violet was at ease, Evelyn couldn't bear to see her being besieged.
Without caring about the dignity of aristocrats, Evelyn jumped down from the second-floor railing. She landed in front of Violet and opened a huge defensive magic to block all attacks.
Evelyn raised her arms protectively, shielding the person behind her. She looked at all the people in the vanguard with a serious expression, no longer the kind and loving demeanor she had in Bavrot Palace. Her tone was filled with partiality and defense. "Uncle Jack, teacher. She is my dragon. You cannot harm her."
Behind Evelyn,
In the golden throne, under the hood, a pair of golden eyes curved.
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