All the curtains were pulled down, and the fireplace was burning, keeping the room at a comfortable temperature.
Unlike Anna, who had passed her Day of Adulthood, Nana was awake. In order to ensure that she could quickly gather her spirit before the pain came, everyone accompanied her to tell stories or play some simple games, so that she wouldn't fall asleep.
Roland also performed a few coin magic tricks, which made everyone stunned, especially Nana, her eyes were glued to Roland's hands. If it was a normal day, she would probably have already shouted that she wanted to learn.
The magic in this era was still stuck at the stage of acrobatics. Roland had seen in the palace, such as playing flutes and dancing snakes, spitting flames, and breaking stone slabs on the chest. Compared to the small-scale magic in the future, which was more focused on camouflage and finger techniques, it was obviously inferior.
Finally, Lightning told about her sailing experience. She and her father, Thunder, traveled between islands and fjords, crossed whirlpools and reefs, and hunted deep water giant sharks and octopuses.Although they knew that most of it was fabricated, everyone listened with great interest, even Roland was deeply immersed in it – in the picture he imagined, those sailing ships became ironclad battleships, galloping on the vast and boundless ocean, arriving at the New World.
In fact, he didn't understand the historical process of this world. There were clear records of years ending more than 450 years ago. Recalling the knowledge the Prince had learned from the palace tutor, he didn't mention the reason, perhaps this guy didn't pay attention to the lessons, he thought. Border Town also didn't have any archives or library facilities, after taking over Longsong Stronghold, he would find a few knowledgeable people to ask.
When Lightning finished her adventure story, Roland couldn't help but yawn. He looked at Nightingale, but the latter shook her head, indicating that there was still no change in the magic. It was so inconvenient to not have an accurate timekeeping tool, it was impossible to judge how long they had waited. Roland poured himself a cup of warm water and sat down to continue waiting.
But gradually, everyone became aware that something was wrong. This period of time was too long. Nana yawned again and again and was about to fall asleep due to exhaustion. Nightingale also became anxious. She touched the little girl's forehead while staring at the movement of magic in her body.
Roland picked up the cup and found that the water had been drained. He went to the fireplace and refilled the kettle. As he passed by the window, he could not help but lift the curtains to see if the snow had changed. As the heavy curtain was lifted a small gap, a ray of light shone in.
He was pleasantly surprised to find that a hint of white had appeared on the dark horizon.
"Look!" Roland pulled open the curtains. Everyone was startled by his shout and turned around. Looking at the faint light in the distance, everyone realized that a new day had arrived.
Nana safely passed the day of the magic bite.
*****
Roland stretched his body and returned to his bedroom, only to find that there were two more people in the room.
Nightingale and Vendy.
There was no trace of sleepiness on their faces, only excitement.
"Are you sure that Nana's' date 'was today – no, it was last night?" Roland asked.
"Yes, but the change at that time was very subtle, I didn't think it had reached the critical moment of the bite," Nightingale said with certainty, "Your Highness, what you said is correct! As long as we continue to release magic power, the total amount will continue to increase, but the body will bear less pain. If we can maintain a certain amount of training every day, all witches will have a great chance to live past the day of adulthood! "
"In the entire Graycastle Kingdom, only your territory can allow witches to freely display their abilities. In a sense, this is the witches' Holy Mountain," Vendy continued, "I want to beg you to let as many witches as possible know this news, so that the sisters can come to the Holy Place as soon as possible. I think they will be willing to serve you. "
"I originally planned to do so," Roland nodded, "Wait until the end of the Months of the Demons, the people will have a certain degree of understanding and contact with witches. At that time, I will arrange for people to spread the news – in the form of rumors. You should know that I can't openly recruit witches, that would cause a great uproar in the country, "he paused for a moment," Unless the Church perishes, or I ascend to the throne. "
"Then I am willing to help you ascend to the throne," Vendy seemed to be waiting for these words, she did not hesitate to kneel on one knee and swear her allegiance. It could be seen that her movements were not skilled, it seemed that she was just learning and applying it. But Roland did not care about these details, he still treated Nightingale and accepted the other's allegiance.
After getting up, Vendy smiled at Nightingale, "How did I do?"
The latter curled her lips, "Barely."
Roland helplessly shook his head, "In that case, go to bed early, you haven't slept all night."
"Your Royal Highness, I have another request," Vendy, who had just stood up, knelt down again.
"Say it," Roland stopped smiling and asked seriously. The other side's attitude clearly showed that it was not easy to answer the question.
"I want to go back to the camp again."
"Vendy!" Nightingale looked at the other side in surprise, the latter's eyes were full of determination.
"I don't know whether they found the Holy Mountain, maybe they did, maybe they didn't. I hope to go to the Impassable Mountain Range after the end of the Months of the Demons, if Cara did not find the Holy Mountain, they should have returned to the mountain. "
"This situation is the most dangerous," Roland frowned, "Your respected mentor attacked you without any consideration for friendship."
"If she really wanted to kill me, I would have died," Vendy said, "The snake she summoned was" Pain ", not" Death Sentence ". I may not be able to bring back many people, I may not even be able to bring back a single person, but I can at least tell this news to my sisters. As long as they release their magic every day, they won't have to suffer that terrible pain. " At this point, her voice became very soft, "Your Royal Highness, as long as you treat the witches well as always, my life belongs to you, and naturally I won't easily give it up. I will protect myself. Please promise me. "
Roland was silent, out of safety considerations, he should refuse Vendy. But he also knew the meaning of this request for the other side – once there was an opportunity to save more witches, she would be willing to take the risk. If he refused, she might obey his orders, but the sisters she would lose would leave an eternal scar in her heart.
"I promise you," Roland finally nodded, "but you must wait until two months after the end of the Months of the Demons, and you must go together with Lightning. I will give you guns to protect yourself, and … a God's Stone of Retaliation. Lightning will act as support from a distance, and you will wear a God's Stone of Retaliation to negotiate with them. This way, Cara or the other witches will not be able to use their ability to hurt you. "
"Your Royal Highness, please let me accompany her!" Nightingale said.