"Willie, it's time to get up... get up quickly, didn't Teacher Myler say that yesterday? We have to get up early today, he wants to take us to see birds and snakes!"
"Well... the Explosive Pimple Vine is about to bloom... just wait."
On the tower at the corner of Chateau Blois, in Willy's bedroom, the grille window that had just opened the curtains poured in a large amount of morning sun.
Helen, who had already finished washing up, was now pushing Willy on the bed with a look of helplessness, trying to wake up this girl who even dreamed of working with plants.
Unfortunately, Willie, who was half asleep, covered her head with a quilt and couldn't get up no matter how hard Helen pushed her.
Helen was the eldest of the people that Maka sent here, and her harsh life in the past also made her develop extremely regular living habits. Even though she is now almost permanently transformed into an ordinary person like a squib due to being sealed in silence, she is very satisfied with her current life.
Listening to lectures with everyone every day, learning knowledge that I may never need in my life, and then eating, drinking afternoon tea, playing and relaxing together, this is far more peaceful than the days when I was an obscurant.
"Wake up! Your Explosive Pimple Vine has exploded a long time ago, hasn't it?" Helen couldn't help but remind her after hearing Willy's murmuring, "It's spring now, look at the warm sunshine - Explosive Pimple Vine blooms in autumn." Didn’t you record all the fruits in winter in your ‘Treasure Plant Diary’?”
"spring?"
After hearing what Helen said, Willy seemed to finally react. I saw her slowly getting her head out of the bed, squinting her eyes and looking out the window, and then said with a confused expression:
"Huh? Am I not... in the Forbidden Forest?"
"Oh, what should I say to you!" Helen sighed immediately, "Didn't I tell you earlier? If you really want to go back to Hogwarts, then go and ask Mr. Blois to send you there. Go over there! If you are only thinking about it in your dreams, how could he possibly know about it?"
"Dad..." Weili drooped her eyelids and said with a troubled face, "No, he won't agree, I know."
As she said this, she sat up on the bed and yawned loudly. The long silver-white hair shone brightly in the sun.
Although the curse and seal have been lifted long ago, her silver hair cannot return to its original color. After all, even Willy herself can no longer remember the original color of her hair.
"Helen, I'm going to get up... you go call someone else."
While saying this, Willie grinned and showed a big smile.
Now she practices how to smile more naturally every day. As time goes by, her smile has obviously become clearer and brighter with practice.
Seeing what Willy said, Helen nodded and then said:
"Then hurry up, or you won't be able to make breakfast in a while."
After that, she didn't seem to stay any longer, turned around and left from the bedroom door.
After Willie saw Helen's back disappear from the door of the room, she suddenly couldn't help but fell back again, and closed her eyes again in a daze.
But before she could go back to sleep regardless, a thought flashed through her mind, causing her to suddenly open her eyes again.
"Ah! It's time to fertilize the hairy mint grass today!"
For Weili, her biggest motivation to survive in this life is probably various plants. Otherwise, she, who is very sleepy in nature, could probably spend her entire life in bed.
And when she thought of the mint grass, she immediately lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and then hurried out of the bedroom in her nightgown without even changing her clothes.
"Eh? That's—"
While running down the spiral staircase of the tower and passing by one of the window openings, Willy suddenly saw a familiar figure outside. Although it was only for a moment that the figure had already walked out of her sight, the first glance alone was enough for her to identify who it was.
"Is it Maka?"
…
Willie's father, Mr. Blois, went out after greeting Maka at the door. In fact, he was planning to go out, and it was just a coincidence that he met Maka.
After that, the old housekeeper personally accompanied Maka and Luna all the way inside, heading straight to the garden lawn in the atrium. Because Willy and other children of all sizes basically live there.
"Willie, how is everything these days?"
"Well, very good," the old housekeeper said as he walked, "Since then, the lady's smiles have become more and more frequent, and the master has become more and more happy... No, the lady will have her birthday soon. The master is also planning to hold a birthday party for her!"
"Oh, I think Willy might not like it if it's too lively!" Maka shrugged and said casually.
When the old housekeeper heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
"Yes!" He said, "The master is naturally aware of this. There will definitely not be many guests present, mainly the young lady's 'little friends'... However, although there are not many people, there are many flowers and plants. The lady will definitely be very happy then!”
"Oh, I see."
While the two were chatting casually, they had already arrived at the atrium. It can be seen that the lawn in the middle of this peculiar castle built in the shape of a "hui" was originally very large, but now it has almost become a botanical garden, and as far as the eye can see, it is filled with colorful colors set off by emerald green.
"The banquet will be held in the open air here, and the host will plant thornwood trees that are only found in the tropics around it to block the surrounding buildings. Mr. McLean, if you are free then, please remember to come over... Oh, the master actually didn’t let me tell you about this because he knew the situation in London was serious.”
"Well," Maka shrugged, "I'll try to take care of things before then."
Having said that, he didn't have any confidence in his heart - his enemy was that guy Haierbo, and it was not easy to solve the trouble easily.
"Ah, that's right!" The old housekeeper was walking, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, and then he stopped and said, "The master didn't let the ladies know the situation at your side, so..."
"I know," Maka nodded before he could finish, "What happened in London has nothing to do with Willy and the others... What's more, I sent them all here for safety, didn't I?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Maka, the old housekeeper, and Luna, who had not spoken much since entering the door, all saw a figure suddenly appeared at the other end of the corridor, wearing a pink and white nightgown and rushing towards this place. Bian ran over.
"Maka! And Miss Lovegood! Good morning..."
It can be easily seen that Willy is much more energetic now than in the past. She ran over saying hello loudly and was still slightly out of breath when she stood in front of the three of them.
"You... why are you here?"
"I just came to see you!"
As Maka was talking, he saw Willy looking around at him and Luna, then immediately turned around and ran back along the original path inexplicably.
"I see you! I'm going to fertilize the hairy mint grass. See you soon."
Maka watched Willy appear in a blink of an eye, then rush back to the plant-filled atrium and disappear in a blink of an eye. She couldn't help but shook her head in confusion.
"I have to say, the changes are really big."
However, Weili has so many friends here, and there is no seal to hinder the expression of emotions, so she naturally feels more relaxed. Thinking about it this way, the Weili today is obviously more reassuring.
"Then keep walking!"
If you want to ask what Maka is here for today... Although he is indeed looking for someone, the person he is looking for is obviously not Willy.
Not long after, the three of them walked along the corridor to the back of the atrium - entering from there is the restaurant. At this time, everyone except Weili was basically gathered here.
"Mr. MacLean?"
As soon as he stepped through the door, he saw the children sitting on both sides of the long table and immediately looked towards Maka.
"Well, good morning everyone," Maka led Luna to sit down casually at the dining table, and then said happily, "It's been a long time since I last saw you. Is everyone okay?"
Most of the people dining in the restaurant seemed very excited at this moment, but Cathy, who was sitting in the middle seat, was holding the child that Maka had entrusted to her care, and was eating her food seriously and responsibly.
It must be said that Cathy really has the potential to be a mother. It’s no wonder that Delphi’s relationship with Cathy would become so good later. Even if he was angry with Maka because of her death, that was probably true.
"Little Delphi... be good, you still have the last three bites. When you finish eating, my sister will take you to meet your father, okay?"
Cathy was not very young herself, but her words were full of meaning, making everyone at the dinner table laugh out loud.
After Maka and Luna heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.
Well, the story of co-writing that he is Delphi's father mainly started from Cathy!
At this moment, Helen suddenly spoke:
"Why hasn't Willie come down yet... Oh, Mr. MacLean, I think she would be very happy if she knew you were coming!"
After saying this, Maka saw that she wanted to get up and go to Willy's bedroom, so she quickly stopped her.
"No need to go, we met her just now - she is probably fertilizing the plants in the atrium right now."
"Fertilizing?" When Helen heard this, she couldn't help but slap her forehead and said, "I hope she can remember to wash her hands before coming to the restaurant... No, I still have to go and take a look!"
Seeing Helen finally leaving the restaurant in a hurry, Maka got up again and walked over to Cathy.
"Okay! Come on, let me see if little Delphi still recognizes me as 'father'..."