The weather in the fjord is very strange. Yesterday it was a cloudless blue sky, but today it is gloomy, the wind is blowing and thunder is blowing, and a heavy rain is coming.
Ashes held down her blown hair, walked into Tilly's residence, and saw the giant pigeon squatting on her shoulder at first sight.
"Massie?"
"Goo!" Pigeon raised his head, his eyes lit up, spread his wings and rushed towards the door, Ashes reached out his hand to easily stop the other party, "Turn into a human shape and then talk."
"Woo... gu," Maisie threw herself to the ground, shed her feathers, revealing her original appearance, and pouted, "Do you hate pigeons?"
"It's always strange that a big bird can speak," Ash smiled and pulled up the girl who was lying on the ground, "When did you come back?"
"Not long ago, I was afraid that there would be a storm, and my wings were about to break," she patted her chest. "Fortunately, I flew to Sleeping Island before the rain fell."
"That's how you... flew back?" Ashes supported her forehead, "Why don't you turn into Haiyan, isn't it faster?"
"Ah... ," Maisie blinked her eyes suddenly, "I forgot to go."
Tilly couldn't help laughing out loud, she put down the letter paper in her hand, "Thank you for your hard work, I already know the news over there, you can go to Lian and Moriel to play first, and then wait until I figure out how to reply. inform you."
"Okay!" Maisie saluted and jumped out.
"What did Roland Wimbledon say?" When there were only two people left in the room, Ashes walked over to Tilly and sat down on the floor. There was a map in front of her, and after looking carefully, it seemed to be the terrain near Border Town. picture.
"This is a letter from him," Tilly handed her a piece of paper, "I have to say, the witch he picked is really... special."
Ashes quickly read the letter and couldn't help frowning, "He actually chose Sylvie? Does this mean he doesn't care about being exposed?"
"I don't know," Tilly said noncommittally, "perhaps my ability notes were written so vaguely that he didn't go into it at all? Or maybe he didn't mind showing his identities in front of us to show his sincerity in cooperation? Of course, there is another a possibility…”
"He's really your brother," Ashes continued, "so I don't care about Sylvie's ability at all."
"But it's very unlikely," she laughed self-deprecatingly. "Who knows who my brother is, does anyone know better than me? If it was Roland Wimbledon, he would never try to protect the witch. He chose to be the enemy of the church. Since childhood, he was best at escaping, whether it was facing challenges or difficulties... Even if he was transferred to the borderlands by the contending king, he had never seen him protest to his father, even if it was a symbol sexual."
Ash raised his eyebrows, "Anyway, it's a good thing for us that he took the initiative to choose Sylvie, so that we don't have to make excuses to send another witch out, but the other witches... Do you really want to promise him? ?"
"why not?"
"Lian is one of the most important witches on Sleeping Island. If she's gone, who will repair those mud houses? If you want to build something or change the terrain of the island, it is extremely inconvenient to not have the ability to reshape the terrain. After all We have only used less than 30% of the entire Sleeping Island, and there are still many places that can be modified," she said with her fingers crossed, "so is honey, she can drive the Osprey to fish for everyone, all kinds of delicious fish that everyone enjoys every day. The soup is all her credit. As for Candlelight and Evelyn, there are not many problems... Can't you refuse his request and go for two witches who don't have much effect?"
"What's useful and what's useless? I sent them to Border Town in the hope of forming an ally with each other, not abandoning them," Tilly said with a serious expression, "No matter what your ability is, choose to come here. The sisters of Lonely Island are all witches. If you want to build Sleeping Island into a witch's home, how can you select them according to the usefulness of their abilities?"
Ashes had seen her look like this in the palace. This was the expression on the face of the Fifth Princess when she was really angry. She couldn't help but change her name, "I'm sorry... Your Highness, I'm just"
Tilly sighed and said slowly, "Besides, everyone's abilities are difficult to measure by a certain standard, Roland selected these five witches from more than a hundred witches, including the little candle you said. Fire and Evelyn. Are they really useless? Maybe through this connection, we can figure out whether he chose these two by chance or saw something we didn't realize." She paused, "No matter what, we are a very small part, any witch is worth fighting for, they are not tools for building homes, but partners with a common goal, don't say this again in the future. words."
"Yes, Your Highness." Ashes bowed her head.
Just then, a bolt of lightning pierced through the clouds and landed on the sea. As if it was an order from the gods, the deafening thunder followed closely, blasting above the sleeping island, and the rain fell from the sky, first sparsely ticking, and then quickly merged into one after another. The dense rain curtain dyed the scenery outside the window with a layer of white fog, and the rain was so heavy that it overshadowed the conversation between the two for a while.
Ash got up and closed the windows to prevent the rain from drifting into the room. Turning back, she saw Tilly swayed twice, looking a little haggard.
"You stayed up late again yesterday?"
"Well," Tilly yawned, "the books brought back from the ruins are all written in the same language, and I have found the commonalities among them. Given time, I will definitely be able to translate them all. "
"Yeah, given time... We got rid of the entanglement of the church anyway. There is so much time that you don't need to study it all night," Ashes frowned. "It has a great impact on your body."
"Don't worry, I'm an extraordinary witch, and my body won't break down so easily." The fifth princess took a deep breath, "And I have a vague premonition that the sights I saw in the ruins made me feel uneasy. It's better to decipher the content as soon as possible... By the way, when the witches go to Border Town this time, let them also bring an ancient book."
"If even you can't understand it, the witches of the mutual aid society are even more impossible."
"Just try your luck," Tilly said, "I heard that there is also an ancient ruin in the Eastern Forest, and the origin of the Mutual Aid Association happens to be in Haifeng County, almost next to the forest. Maybe some of them have seen this place before. If it can be proved that the two languages are the same, it means that these relics are from the same group of people.”
"Yes, I see," Ashes replied.
"Also, I wasn't blaming you before, what you said also makes sense, but it's not about the size of the ability," she stretched out her hand to stop what Ash wanted to say, "I have reached an agreement with the Crescent Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, and they will Next spring, some ordinary people will be moved to Sleeping Island. If Lian leaves for too long, it will indeed affect the subsequent construction of the island, so before winter comes, I will let them return to the fjord."
Ashes breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine."
"However, in order to avoid misunderstandings, I will also lead a few fighting witches to take their place to Border Town to help the Mutual Help Society resist the Demon Moon." Tilly showed a sly smile, "Will you go with me then?"
Ash was stunned for a moment, and finally had no choice but to answer, "Of course, Your Highness." (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)