Roland learned from Anna that Tilly was about to celebrate her twentieth birthday.
It wasn't until now that he remembered what had happened.
I can't blame him for being too careless. The memory of the fourth prince is a database for him, and he will only search it when he needs it, and there is too little content about current affairs and mysticism. Experience and smug pranks, so he recalls this memory less and less often.
For the fourth prince, Tilly is a piece of dark history in itself, and the part it occupies is naturally insignificant. The content related to her has been pressed into the lowest level, and it seems that she doesn't want to remember at all.
Tilly's birthday does not refer to the day of awakening, but the birthday in the literal sense - due to the special nature of the superhuman, she doesn't even know when she was awakened as a witch, and she doesn't feel magic during the evil moon every year. The turning point of phagocytosis. So for her, birthdays are unique.
Roland flipped through this memory and found that, probably because Tilly was the Queen's last child, when Wimbledon III was still alive, a grand birthday ceremony would be held for her in the inner city every winter. This treatment was even the most favored on weekdays. Loved Tifeko never got it. But besides that, he seldom paid attention to Tilly, as if he didn't care about her life. If not, the fourth prince would not dare to bully the younger sister again and again.
Looking back, he also found an interesting place.
The day when Tilly came of age, the scale of the celebration was also the largest, even the coming of age ceremony could not compare with it. Not only the four border guards rushed to the capital, but also the congratulations from Dawn, Wolf Heart and Eternal Winter, and even the Fjord Islands sent a group of messengers.
Tifeko and Garcia are quite jealous of this. They want to teach Tilly a lesson and make her understand that she is not a person who is liked by her father at all. The reason why Wimbledon III does this is just to make up for her death. The queen of the mother, the kindness to Tilly is only to give some comfort to the mother's spirit in the sky.
Whether Roland believed it or not, they believed it at the time anyway, so the two found the fourth prince and wanted to encourage him to take action, but since he was severely taught by Tilly eight years ago, he never wanted to provoke him again. This seemingly quiet, but deeply rebellious younger sister refused to agree. In desperation, the two had no choice but to decide to come on their own.
The fourth prince did not know how to do it, but as a result, a pair of little bears that were gifts from the Wolfheart Kingdom were poisoned to death, which was also Tilly's favorite gift at that time. A trace of happiness was found in the heart of the fourth prince.
As expected of a royal scum, except for murder and arson, he really did all the other bad things.
No matter what, this must be a bad memory for Tilly Wimbledon.
After flipping through the pages, Roland changed his mind and quickly thought of what to give.
He spread out a blank sheet of paper and began to draw his own gift drawings.
"What is this?" Nightingale stuck her head out from behind, "A bear?"
"Well, bear puppets, the kind that can be hugged to sleep," Roland laughed.
According to my few gift-giving experiences, I know that most girls have little resistance to cute and furry gifts, and a puppet of equal height can perfectly integrate these two points. Of course, simple puppet making is not difficult for him, nor is it unusual. Since he is a prince and has a group of witches behind him to provide technical support, he can naturally make it more unique.
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On Tilly's birthday, Roland came to her room with a gift.
After knocking on the door, she was the only one in the room. When she saw it was herself, she was slightly taken aback, "Why did you come here?"
"Today is your birthday, and I will hold a sumptuous dinner in the castle tonight," Roland smiled, "but before that, I have a gift I want to give you."
"Gift?" Tilly asked in surprise, "Could it be this in your arms?" She turned to her side, "Come in."
"Uh... it's a bit big, but I promise it's special." The prince wiped his forehead and placed the gift on the living room floor. Gifts among nobles in this era are small and delicate. From flowers to rings, they can be hidden in the dress in advance, and then taken out unexpectedly to surprise the other party. It's really rare to carry a wrapped cardboard box as a gift like himself - and this thing is much heavier than he thought.
"You've never given me anything before," Tilly's tone was a little elusive.
"You gave it a quill when you were born," Roland corrected, "although it's not a precious gift."
"Well, the tradition of the Royal Family of Greycastle," she shrugged, "what about this? Can I take it apart?"
"sure."
Roland sat aside with a smile, watching her untie the ribbon little by little. When the cardboard box was brought down, he heard the other party take a slight breath.
"What... is this?" Tilly blinked.
"Bear." Roland grinned.
"How can a bear look like this," she circled around the puppet curiously, and then couldn't help touching it, "It's so soft..."
Its skin was drawn by Soraya, and the reference template was the wolf cub leather in the north, which was extremely smooth to the touch. As for the shape... Roland designed it completely based on the giant pandas of later generations. As an ancient species that can survive just by being cute, it can also be popular all over the world as a diplomatic gift, which shows its cuteness.
"I've never heard of this kind of bear, and the colors on it are so weird..."
"Doesn't it look good?"
"No, I mean..." Tilly didn't seem to know how to describe it, but her bright eyes revealed what she was thinking.
"It's called the giant panda, and it's a... well-liked animal."
The other party quickly realized, "This is another world..."
Roland nodded, "And it's not just a puppet that can be hugged, try pinching its neck."
After Tilly did, the "Panda" suddenly moved, its feet swayed back and forth, as if trying to climb up on Tilly's body, the latter covered her mouth in surprise, took two steps back, and the puppet landed on all fours. After that, he still didn't stop, but slowly crawled towards her.
This is the reason why it is so heavy - Roland has implanted connecting rods and gears that can reciprocate in its body, and each limb is driven by a small motor, and the power source of the motor is the Dawning No. 1 which has been reduced many times. Due to the reduction in the intensity of magnetic flux changes, the duration of its enchantment is also greatly extended. It can last for three to four months when it is not used, and it will be reduced by about 20% if it is used continuously. Even if Tilly returns to Sleeping Island, "Panda" can accompany it for a long time.
"Pinch its neck again and the puppet will stop." Roland smiled, "I hope you like this gift."
This time, even if Tilly didn't answer, he could see the answer from the other's expression.
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