Everyone fell silent, and even Hanni, who had just expressed her love for Gaia, looked at Louis with a pair of cat eyes shining.
This is an aggressive man.
At a time when the entire continent prefers pure white and gold, Louis's suit in black is obviously an outlier.
But no one is more suitable for black than him. He stood there arrogantly, wrapped in the darkness of the night, with fiery red roses blooming between his fingers, and his pale skin gave him a cold and sexy look.
"Professor Lewis looks a little different tonight."
The favored ones thought to themselves.
Liu Yu also sat down again.
She straightened her skirt, intending to see what kind of dance he danced. Before that—
She glanced at Gaia.
The silver-haired boy sat quietly behind the bonfire, and the jumping flames fell on his thin jade-like face like fragments of shadows, creating a kind of blurred dream. He seemed to feel her gaze, and his water green eyes "looked" at her.
Liu Yu looked away.
Louis in the field has already started dancing.
The villagers who were in charge of the accompaniment beat a small drum. Amidst the violent drumbeat, the handsome young man stepped on black boots and danced a small night dance. A black silk shirt wrapped around his broad shoulders and strong chest, the top two buttons of the shirt were unbuttoned—
Pale skin, dark eyes, that wanton look like a sharp knife, wantonly and arrogantly scraping the girl's soft curves, the whole person seems to be sending out signals to her.
bright rhythm,
hot dance steps,
strong emotions.
The violent drumming is over, and the little night dance is also over.
"Professor Lewis, oh, you look so sexy!"
There was a lot of excitement underneath.
The handsome young man walked up to the blond girl and knelt down on one knee.
The red rose between his fingers inserted into the girl's temple hair, and through the snow-white silk gloves, he dropped a pious kiss on the back of her hand:
"Miss Fergus, I am captivated by your beauty and faithfulness. Hodge Lewis will always be with you."
Liu Yu raised his head and looked at him calmly.
"Sorry." She smiled, "I cannot respond to the professor's love. Belia Fergus, will always be loyal to Mr. Leslie."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter all around.
"Professor, Miss Fergus rejects you, but my arms are always open to you!"
A girl boldly professes her love.
Louis stood up.
He looks a bit melancholy:
"Although you rejected me, I think I still have the right to love you."
Louis walked back to his place. At this time, he had several flowers in his basket: one, two, three, four, five, six...
Liu Yu counted carefully, and was about to stand up with his hands on the ground.
Soliciting votes, of course, is to show yourself well.
She was going to sing a song, praising the great God of Light. The voice of the original body was good, although it was a little soft, but the range was quite wide.
But Nataxi stood up quickly.
She wore a pure white long dress with ankle-length skirt, soft cotton cloth brushing her delicate feet, a small lilac pinned to her ear, long brown hair draped softly behind her head, and her whole body was beautiful Like a fresh lily—
Especially when those brown eyes flickered, they looked particularly pleasing.
Nataxi also held a flower in her hand. She didn't look at anyone, but summoned her courage to the crowd and said:
"I want to sing a song for everyone."
"This song is very ordinary, but it is my favorite one. I hope you will like it too."
She clasped her hands on her chest and sang reverently.
The breeze blew through her long hair, and the crisp, silver bell-like singing sounded, with a touch of longing and a little melancholy, drifting over everyone's ears, and people gradually quieted down.
They heard her sing:
"... sleep peacefully, baby... lilacs, red roses, have closed your eyes... the holy baby tree will appear in your dreams... baby, close your eyes, the holy light shines on you, the gods guard you... sleep peacefully, may You dream of heaven... sleep peacefully, may you dream of heaven..."
Gradually, more and more people followed suit.
"... sleep peacefully, baby... lilacs, red roses, have closed your eyes... the holy baby tree will appear in your dreams... baby, close your eyes, the holy light shines on you, the gods guard you... sleep peacefully, may You dream of heaven... sleep peacefully, may you dream of heaven..."
Liu Yu looked to the left and right, and tears began to glisten in many people's eyes. They looked nostalgic, as if they were remembering the beautiful past——
Especially those divinely favored ones who have just left their families and come to the academy.
Liu Yu understood.
In a way, Nataxi is actually very smart.
She sang a lullaby that everyone on the Ellen Continent can sing, and this lullaby accompanied the childhood of everyone on the Ellen Continent.
The warm bonfire, the pure girl, and the familiar tune are like a deep hypnosis. It awakens the first memory of the mother in the heart of the heart. This is warm, wonderful, and can bring each other closer and empathize. —
Liu Yu called it "feelings".
Sure enough, the eyes of many people looking at Nataxi began to become soft and kind.
They see her as a united front.
The singing is over.
Nataxi's voice sounded slowly:
"...my mother left very early, and my father and I depended on each other. Unfortunately, he also left me in the end... My deepest memory of him is this song... He will always be in the dark night, when I am the loneliest and most afraid When I was in bed, I sang this song... My father always said that he couldn't sing well. If my mother was still alive, she should sing it to me. My mother has the most beautiful singing voice in the world... But But I think he can't sing better... It's a pity that I can't hear it now... "
Tears rolled down from the corners of her sad eyes one drop after another.
At this time, flowers were dropped one after another into the flower basket in front of her.
"Miss Leonard, everything will be fine."
"I wish you happiness."
Some people even remembered the rumors that the Solo city-state was popular, and looked at Liu Yu with vigilance and defense.
Liu Yu: ...
This hand is really powerful.
If she doesn't want to break the game, let alone the first place, she can't even get past Nataxi.
Princess Mary stood up, crossed her arms and snorted arrogantly:
"Miss Leonard's tears are always endless. Unfortunately, there are always fools in this world who will be fooled. Oh, don't look at me, your poor appearance is useless to me. Untouchables, always love play-"
"Shut up, Mary!"
Prince Carlo warned her, "Sit down."
Princess Mary stomped her feet:
"Brother Carlo, you help her too!"
"sit down."
Carlo looked at her.
Mary sat down unconvinced.
When he sat down, he kicked the basket in a bad temper.
Baskets tipped over, lone flowers fell out.
Liu Yu: ...
When this silly girl does things, she always hurts her enemies a hundred times and herself a thousand times.
In this place full of civilians, calling people untouchables is really... easy to be sacked.
Prince Carlo sighed.
He got up and picked up the flowers for Mary and put them back into the basket, and handed the flowers in his own basket to Nataxi.
"Brother Carlo, you—"
"—Sorry, Miss Leonard, I apologize for Mary's faux pas."
Prince Carlo bowed slightly.
Nataxi blushed and took the flowers:
"No, it's okay, I don't care. Thank you for the flowers."
Prince Carlo sat back.
He looked at the opposite side regretfully, and then looked back.
At this time, more than a dozen flowers had been thrown into Nataxi's flower basket one after another.
Louis has eight, Gaia has seven, and Liu Yu has only five—
One of them was her own.
But there seems to be no way to surpass the lethality of "Lullaby" - after all, it is related to the softest memory of people.
magic? no.
Dance? no.
Sing? Not to mention.
In a short period of time, Liu Yu denied a series of thoughts, and finally set his sights on Gaia:
In this world, the only thing that can overshadow "mother" is God.
Unless a miracle befalls her now, it will be possible to turn the situation around.
—but the chances of that are almost nil.
We can only settle for the second best and let Gaia take the first place. If it was him, Liu Yu thought, it would not be difficult:
God is born with the ability to deceive believers.
Liu Yu got up, picked up his own flowers in the basket, walked around the bonfire, and walked in front of the elegant young man.
"Dear Mr. Leslie," she handed over the flower, "this is Belia Fergus's eternal love and loyalty to you."
Gaia raised her head halfway, and the light of the bonfire was mostly covered by her figure. In the half-light and half-darkness, the boy did not speak.
But Liu Yu stretched out her hand stubbornly, she didn't throw the flowers into the flower basket, as if she would stand still if he didn't pick them up.
The boy finally accepted it.
Liu Yu stood where he was, hesitating to speak but stopped:
"Gaia, I..."
"Belia, you have to learn to accept your own choices."
Gaia seemed to see what she was going to say, and said directly.
"However, one cannot guarantee that one is right every time."
"Then you should learn to accept failure."
"Gaia!"
Liu Yu was a little annoyed, but she also knew that Gaia was right, she overestimated herself and forgot the barrier of cultural barrier.
However, no one is perfect, and she didn't think that she would be successful in everything.
If Gaia is really unwilling to help her...
If Natasie insists on Gaia, she'll... turn Natasie into a sheep.
"But Gaia, I just want you so much..." the girl said in a low voice, lonely, "... I made a mistake, I shouldn't have pulled you to participate, but this mistake is because I love you so much that I lose my sense of justice …if the consequence of this mistake is to make you belong to someone else…”
"Hope you win."
She said, but touched the roses on her temples with her hand.
The rose suddenly fell to the ground and scattered into petals.
Liu Yu reached out to pick it up, but the boy stood up:
"As you wish, Miss Fergus."
The pure white Xingyue robe passed her by, and the boy stood in front of the bonfire.
People unconsciously turned their attention to him—
He looked absolutely beautiful.
The cold moonlight intertwined with the warm bonfire, and the silver star and moon emblem flowed on the white robe. Standing there, he seemed to be able to exhaust everyone's imagination, like an elf bred by ice and snow, cold and noble.
"Gaia Leslie."
The voice echoed in everyone's ears, ethereal and elegant.
The young man stretched out his fingers like ice jade, and pure white lotus flowers began to rise between his fingers. The Xingyue robe began to emit a dazzling white glow, he was wrapped in a mass of holy white light, and countless ice lotuses descended from the sky.
Overwhelming, filling the entire space.
The world began to rain an ice lotus composed of holy light.
Night is like day.
In the depths of Nasi Snow Mountain, there seemed to be a roar.
Professor Luo Fuluo and Professor Edward, who were drinking in the room, stopped the wine glasses in their hands at the same time, and looked at the place where the white light rose in amazement.
Master Ma Lan, who was holding a scepter at the entrance of the village, suddenly raised his head excitedly, and fell to the ground again.
Bishop Bruce in the temple suddenly looked at the snow mountain, and the golden holy water in the holy pool began to boil...
The villagers looked at the young man who seemed to be walking from the holy light in astonishment. Their hearts were beating like drums, and they gradually crawled down:
"The God of Light is above..."
"The God of Light is above..."
The world seemed to have been cast a spell.
Liu Yu opened his eyes and found that except for Louis and herself, no one was awake, and even Nataxi seemed to be struggling and fell into a fantasy dream.
Rose petals were blown away by the wind, and a rabbit suddenly appeared in the grass.
It came staggeringly as if drunk, with a small white flower in its mouth, bumped into the boy's leg, fell on its back, and narrowed its red eyes.
"wake up."
The boy said.
The world wakes up.
The young boys and girls woke up like a dream, looking at the silver-haired boy with deep love and admiration in their eyes, they got up one after another, and threw the flowers in their hands into the boy's flower basket.
One, one, and another.
"Mr. Leslie."
"The great Mr. Leslie."
"Honorable Mr. Leslie."
The rest of the flowers were thrown into the boy's flower basket.
The little flower basket was filled, and some overflowed.
Nataxi also threw flowers to Gaia.
She looked at him obsessively: "May the Holy Light be with you."
The rabbit also bounced over and spit the flowers into the basket with a "poof".
The old village head stood up tremblingly, walked over, bowed his head respectfully:
"Mr. Leslie, you..."
He was about to announce the winner, but he saw this noble boy walking up to a blond girl with a flower basket:
"Belia, I give it to you."
That voice carried an indisputable majesty.
Liu Yu: ...
She raised her head, the smile on her face was as sweet as honey:
"Really? Are you really going to send me off?"
Then she will be sorry.
The old village head hesitated and said:
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate..."
But as soon as he raised his head, that point of refusal dissipated in the majesty that could not help but prostrate in the young man's eyes.
"Yes, of course, if the flowers are given to you, they will naturally belong to you. Mr. Leslie can give them to whomever he wants."
The old village head thought about the bonfire party in the past. Although no one would do this, the rules did not say that flowers sent by others cannot be given again.
Liu Yu happily took the flower basket from Gaia:
"Gaia, you are so kind."
Gaia sends her flowers... what does that mean.
Liu Yu thought, she is becoming more and more important to him, isn't it
"As you wish."
After the boy finished speaking, he leaned over and hugged the rabbit beside his legs.
The old village chief announced: "Let us congratulate the distinguished Miss Fergus! Miss Fergus, you can appoint someone to spend the night with you."
"Then I want him, Mr. Leslie!"
Liu Yu smiled and said unceremoniously.
"Naturally, naturally." The old village head backed away, "Mr. Leslie, you..."
He paused, "Have a good day, both of you."
Louis, Prince Carlo, and Nataxi, including other gods and villagers, looked at them in unison, as if expecting the boy's answer.
Liu Yu didn't care, carrying the basket in one hand and Gaia in the other, and ran to the other side of the lake without shame, where the villagers "specially" set up a "tent" for the winner, and Liu Yu got in first. .
"Gaia, come in quickly." She said triumphantly, like a villain, "Today, you belong to me, why... you gave me the flowers."
The boy hugged the rabbit and entered the tent.
Belia looked at the pink rabbit:
"Gaia, why bring it too."
I don't know where the stupid rabbit came from.
The stupid rabbit looked at her with big eyes and drooped long ears.
Gaia stuffed the rabbit into her arms:
"She's just like you."
Liu Yu: ...
"Where does it look like?" She hugged the rabbit, touched her ears, and soon became happy again, "Gaia, this is the first gift you gave me."
"Well, now, I order you, take off your clothes."
The girl is arrogant and authentic.
Under her fiery red dress, her skin was dazzlingly white, as charming as a diamond.
The boy didn't move.
Liu Yu rolled her eyes, abandoned the rabbit, and "Zi Liu" got into his arms, and her hands fell on his lapel, Gaia grabbed her fidgeting hands:
"Belia."
"we agreed."
Liu Yu snorted and burrowed into his arms, "Gaia, you can't play tricks."
"Belia," the boy pulled her away, "look at me."
"Enenen, Gaia is the best looking."
The girl nodded perfunctorily, and slipped her hand in like a fish while he was not paying attention.
His body temperature was slightly lower than that of ordinary people, making his whole body feel like ice jade.
"Belia."
The boy pulled her hand out, and after a few back and forth, the girl was a little out of breath, the silk skirt was rubbed and wrinkled, the neckline was messed up, her hands and feet were restrained, and she couldn't move. She pouted and said in disbelief:
"what?"
The boy forcefully pulled her face back and made her look at him:
"Treasure yourself, Beria."
He looked at her as if he were looking at a naughty child who gave him a headache. There is a tough but intoxicating tenderness between the beautiful eyebrows and eyes.
Liu Yu's heart was hot, and his eye sockets were clogged badly.
This is the first person in her life who told her to cherish herself.
But she never learned, and no one taught her how to cherish herself.
She blinked her eyes, blinking away the steam that was quietly covering her, and continued to untie his robe as if nothing had happened:
"Gaia, now, you are my reward."
"Belia." The young man sighed slightly, "If you are disobedient..."
There was a hint of warning in the voice.
Liu Yu thought of becoming a sheep.
She let him go suddenly, and immediately confessed: "Okay, I get it, but like this..."
"I'm a bit reconciled." She tried hard to fight for her own rights, "If you go out now, they will definitely laugh at me, saying that the beautiful Miss Fergus has no charm, and she can't keep a man. You have to... stay .”
"… it is good."
Rabbit blinked at them.
"... You still have to hug me to sleep."
Liu Yu continued to probe.
The boy didn't speak.
But she had already rolled into his arms, hugged his arms and put them on her body, "Sleep, Mr. Leslie, you should have thought of this moment when you gave me the flowers."
Her eyes were bent, she suddenly raised her body and kissed him secretly, then retracted, like a sly fox.
The teenager "looked" at her:
"Belia."
"Belia can't hear you."
Liu Yu lazily turned around and stuffed herself into his arms.
He thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but the tiredness of the day surged up like a tide, and Liu Yu fell into a deep sleep in a short while in the youthful fresh pine and snow-like breath.
She dreamed that she came to a big rose garden. The roses were in full bloom, and the air was full of sweet fragrance. She was wandering in the rose garden, with one long pink ear happily basking in the sun with her legs crossed.
A handsome and gentle prince is watering and weeding the roses. She accosts him, and the two chat and dance happily in the rose garden...
She wakes up smiling.
When she woke up, the person behind her was gone, and the pink rabbit was sleeping in her arms, with its ears hanging up and down.
His little body was bulging.
first gift.
Liu Yu put the rabbit down lightly, smelled a fragrance at the tip of his nose, turned his head and saw a beautiful wreath beside the pillow.
The flowers in the basket are gone.
… This is the garland Gaia made for her
second gift.
Liu Yu smiled and thought, feeling extremely good, humming a song and putting a wreath on himself.
She didn't regret not sleeping with Gaia at all.
On the contrary, I was a little happy.
The boy lifted the curtain and came in:
"Belia, wash up, it's time to go."
"OK."
Liu Yu felt warm in his heart.
Those shadows that once seemed terrifying and insurmountable seemed to be far away from her at this moment.