After two days of sailing, the boat came to the island where Letice lived in seclusion.
After stopping at this small harbor, the three of them got off the boat and boarded this quiet town decorated with red bricks and ivy.
The people living on this small island don't move, there are only about a hundred families in total, and most of them are concentrated near the port.
Life on the island is very peaceful. People walk slowly on the street, greet people they know casually, and stop to chat for a while before continuing to work.
There are flowerpots placed in the flower shop on the street. The dense green leaves overflow from the flowerpots, reflecting the sunlight through the glass, and the pure white lilies are particularly quiet in the sunlight.
Occasionally, some residents would bask in the sun in front of their homes, sit on deck chairs, and listen to the music and news from the radio. A few fluffy dogs would chase the cats and run happily across the street, causing a burst of laughter. .
"Is it in this small town?" Vimiya softly asked Lorraine Hill beside her.
"It's really a relaxing and soothing environment, even I kind of want to live here." She lightly covered the sunlight above her head with her hands, and walked with her companions on this sparsely pedestrian street.
"Lorland, there are cats." Keti walked beside Lorraine Hill, pointing to a tabby cat squatting on the wall not far away. Most of its body is white, and a small part is gray and black. Well, it should be a hybrid of a raccoon cat.
"Yes, still looking at us, probably out of curiosity." Lorraine Hill looked at the tabby cat in the distance, waved his hand slightly, and the cat meowed, then jumped off the wall and disappeared.
"Run away." Kitty said slightly disappointed.
"Hmm." Lorraine Hill felt that he had scared the cat away.
"Go on, Lettice's home seems to be on the island, not by the sea."
"I heard that she has a small manor here, where she can let her pets run around while she sits in the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool, quietly watching the fruits on her head ripen slowly."
"Does she have pets too? I remember that in school, Ledis would often bicker with Alena about keeping pets." Vimiya recalled her distant campus life.
"Yes, Ledis likes small animals very much now. According to the letter she wrote, she has kept many small animals, including cats of various colors, squirrels who like to climb trees, and a house on the roof of her house. Nesting cardinal.”
The three of them were walking slowly along the street, gradually moving away from the port where residents gathered, and the two sides of the road gradually became deserted. As far as the eye could see was the green and undulating field, dotted with patches of woods of different sizes.
On both sides of the road are tall sycamore trees. The crowns of the trees cover the sky above the road, like a huge arch. Walking on the road with fallen leaves is like stepping into a quiet world.
The shoes stepped on the dead leaves on the road, making a slight broken sound. Occasionally, a few fallen leaves were blown by the wind and scraped on the ground, making a slight sound, and then fell into the hillock where the fallen leaves were piled up, and stopped .
Slowly turn around where the road bends, and do this several times, a courtyard surrounded by black iron fences and red bricks is slowly revealed behind the hill.
"It should be there." Lorraine Hill looked at the map, and then walked forward.
When he came to the gate, Lorraine Hill rang the bell and waited quietly.
Not long after, the door of the mansion in the courtyard opened, and a middle-aged maid came, asked the three of them why they were here, and opened the door.
"Madam is still taking a nap, and she probably won't wake up until later, but she told me in advance that some friends should come over in the next two days, so our room has been cleaned in advance." The maid walked in In front, the three of them introduced the situation with Lorraine Hill.
"Meow~" A cat stood on the side of the road in the courtyard, looking at the maid passing by.
"You are tired from playing outside, Ken is back." The maid gently bent down, picked up the cat, and then slowly introduced it to the three of them.
"This is Madam's cat, but it's a bit naughty. It often comes home only once in a few days. This time, it probably came back when it was hungry." She was stroking the cat while talking.
Walking into the interior of the mansion, a slightly cold atmosphere greets you.
"Sorry, there are very few guests in the mansion. Usually, another companion and I take turns to take care of Madam." As if wanting to express her apology, the maid explained a few words, put down the cat in her hand, and prepared a warm meal for the three of them. Hot tea.
The three of them sat in the hall and looked at the oil paintings on the surrounding walls, including rural scenery, portraits and animals, but what attracted Lorraine Hill most was the oil painting next to the closet.
Bright azure blue occupies most of the oil painting, which represents the color of the sky. In the painting, a flying space fighter is painted with silver-gray paint, and the details of the fighter are clearly or molded. There are glass The raised rubber sealing ring on the part of the cover and the fuselage, the code painting of the red letters on the fuselage, and the driver waving and smiling in the cabin, the old texture of the oil painting collided with the technology of the new era, bursting out a new era. A strange perceptual charm.
The screen depicts the scene in the era when the space fighter was just successfully developed. The society was full of excitement and expectations. At that time, the coalition government had just been established, and the people who had lived in the eastern and western continents for a long time realized the vast world and the blue sky outside the world for the first time through film and television. situation.
The blue planet, the distant sky and the earth, people are full of novelty, waved goodbye to the old era, and then entered the 60 years of rapid development.
Looking back now, about 80 years have passed since the time this painting was drawn. Lorraine Hill drank tea slowly, recalling all the things he had experienced in those years.
Time passed imperceptibly.
A woman in an autumn-yellow dress and a knitted shawl walked down the stairs slowly. She had golden hair, but the color of the hair was slightly paler than what she remembered, and her once flawless face now also had a little crow's feet.
Ledis held on to the handrail and walked down step by step. Looking at the three people in the hall, she seemed a little unbelievable and a little surprised.
"Lorraine? Vimiya, and Keti." Her steps quickened a bit, which made the maid following behind her have to hurry up and follow her to prevent her from falling.
"Ledis..." The three also stood up.
After a burst of embracing and comforting tears of joy, it took a long time before Letice stabilized her emotions and sat in the middle of the sofa holding hands with Lorraine and Vimiya.
"Although I have been able to see Lorraine on TV all the time, I didn't expect to be able to talk together after so many years." Letis pinched Lorraine Hill's slender fingers and slowly said these things years of experience.
"Actually, I'm doing well. I slowly handed over the workshop to the juniors more than ten years ago, and then moved to this small island by myself. Aliena basically comes here once a year, and Ye Ling occasionally comes over. Stay for a few nights." She carefully wiped the tears on her cheeks with a handkerchief, and gradually calmed down, with a smile on her lips.
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"Don't worry about this part of life. There is nothing wrong with it. The wealth I have accumulated over the years will allow me to live well."
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"I used to care about career matters a lot and seemed to have endless energy, but now I have put it all down. I have not paid attention to the field of work in the past for a long time. Now I just sit at home, watch my favorite programs, and occasionally accompany' Friends' walk in the yard."
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"I have three cats, two dogs, five cute birds, and a bristle boar that occasionally sneaks into the yard to eat, and by the way, the squirrels in the woods occasionally feed them, but these The guy doesn't kiss me at all." Lettice laughed again.
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"I occasionally go to the port on the island when the weather is fine, but most of the time it is Kaiyin who goes shopping for me. She is very familiar with it." Kaiyin welcomed the three of Lorraine Hill in. the maid.
The four of them talked about these years, and occasionally laughed, until the sky slowly turned dark, and the magnificent chandelier illuminated the hall.
"Dinner is ready." Kai Yin came over and told them that the restaurant was in the next room.
Afterwards, the four of them sat in the dining room to eat. During the period, Lorraine Hill saw several cats squatting on a small stool in the corner of the restaurant, eating the prepared food. It seemed that the maid also made a portion for them while preparing the food. .
"It's delicious." The dinner was not luxurious, but it was very appetizing and just right.
After eating, the three of them followed Letis to the second floor where she lived, and then came to the room where Letis often used to take a lunch break and watch movies and TV dramas.
There are thick and warm blankets on the floor, some packaged snacks and fruits are placed on the small coffee table surrounded by the sofa, a large TV is placed next to the wall, and posters and posters of some famous film and television works are hung on the surrounding walls. Illustrated periodicals have different ages, some are realistic, and some are fanciful.
Sitting on the sofa, the speakers on both sides of the room were activated, playing the start music, and then the lively TV was turned on.
Rudis looked under the TV counter to find the previous videos, many of which were left by her travels around the world, and occasionally saw some familiar faces, such as Aliena, Yeling, Niya, Bu Mansha, wait. It can be seen that before Ledis went into seclusion, she had been to many places, and the whole world basically turned around.
In the picture, Letis is still young, with a lively expression, wearing all kinds of dresses made by herself, sometimes sitting on the side of the boat, looking at the lake below, and sometimes stepping on the flying monsters, feeling the wind blowing.
The light and shadow slowly flowed, Letis talked about when she went to these places, and what interesting things happened at that time.
After the broadcast, the four of them played the game again, and they didn't fall asleep until late at night.
The next day, Letis took the three of them for a walk in the courtyard, and introduced the small animals raised at home one by one. The bristle pig that often ran into the yard to steal food was also caught by several people, and then Letis brought a brush and The water pipe, bathing and brushing the brown-haired half-human tall pig, although the guy struggled a bit at first, he seemed to be enjoying it later.
"Actually, it knows Madam. After all, it can get some delicious food from Madam every time." Kai Yin explained to the three of them.
"But this guy is very greedy, and he runs away every time he eats. When he spends the winter, he will dig a small hole in the corner of the yard as his home."
"It should be considered a Warcraft, although it only has Sequence 2."
"Hmph..." After enjoying the bath, the big guy hummed and ran away, then disappeared into the thick grass again.
"Forget it, let it play around." Letice stood up and handed the brush to the maid beside her to put it away.
"Today, I'll take everyone for a walk in the town. Although there are no special products here, there are also several scenic spots and restaurants that are very good."
The four of them stayed on this small island for a week, walking with Radiss, playing games, feeding small animals, occasionally watching movies together, going fishing at sea and so on.
Until a week later, everyone set sail again and headed to the sea city 'Phoebe' in Antarctica.
"I won't go. After all, I'm not in good health. It's easy to drag you down. Also, say hello to Aliena for me." Standing on the shore of the harbor, Letis waved goodbye to the three of them, and then the boat floated quietly to the sea.
Seeing the figure standing on the shore gradually becoming smaller and smaller in the field of vision, Lorraine Hill finally slowly lowered his arms.
She looked up at the sky, which was still extremely blue today, just like it was back then.
It's just that the figures under the sky have changed from generation to generation.
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After a long journey, the three finally arrived at this large city in the sea of glaciers in the south.
One by one hemispherical domes float on the surface of the sea, and there are various new buildings in them. There are flexible airships and shuttles passing by from time to time, and large planes take off and land from time to time in the sky.
After going through complicated audits and inspections, the three of them finally walked into the warm urban dome, feeling the spring-like weather inside and the green trees adorning the streets.
"Alena is working in a college of higher learning." Lorraine Hill recalled some details.
"I used to be in the research institute, but it seems that I have changed to a relatively leisurely job recently. I am currently serving as the dean of the school. It is said that I want to build a school that suits my heart."
"Alena's ideal has come true." Vimiya talked about the past.
"What ideal?" Kitty asked curiously, she seemed unable to remember which ideal it was, after all Aliena boasted a lot back then.
"Of course it is the great sage of the magic sequence in the future, the servant of thousands of monsters, the overlord of the seven seas, the inventor of alchemy creations that are popular in the world, and the triple great Miss Alena~☆" Vimiya imitated Aliena The tone of the year was repeated.
"Now the academy she stays in is called 'Triple Greatness'. Fortunately, many teachers and students don't know the true origin of this name." Vimiya shook her finger, sighing pitifully.
"Hahaha, Aliena really can do it."
"However, it is also very powerful. It can truly realize the Haikou that I have been blowing about step by step." Lorraine Hill lifted the hair on the side of her ear, and then stopped in front of a gate.
The door here is extremely tall, with a dragon's head, a sheep's head, and a lion's face on it. The three-headed monster statue is holding the big sign below, and a line of "three greatness" is written boldly and ostentatiously.
"Here it is, the academy where Alena is."