"Yes, it was the time of His Majesty's birthday... I dreamed of you at that time."
When Kafni said this, she looked away slightly and blushed slightly: "You were quite cute back then..."
What do you mean, am I not cute now
Annan thought to himself.
She held the biscuit in her right hand but didn't continue to eat it, while the five fingers of her left hand tightened slightly uneasily and retracted into the sleeve.
She was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "After I woke up, I almost forgot about that dream. But I vaguely remember...you killed my uncle in the end."
"... Then do I have to apologize?"
Annan chuckled and said, "Apologize for my behavior in the dream?"
But he vaguely understood something in his heart.
No wonder the key to that nightmare is Kafni...
No wonder that Kafni can be so calm, she can not lose the chain at critical moments, she doesn't panic, cry or make noise.
No matter how withdrawn she is, it is impossible for her mind to become so mature without experiencing anything.
I'm afraid that was a double nightmare.
It's just that Kafni herself has no memory of the future... It's like a real dream.
"—no need to apologize!"
Cafney just said subconsciously, her voice was a little louder than usual.
Immediately, she quickly realized her impoliteness, and lowered her voice: "I'm sorry, Annan... I just want to say... no, it's okay. Sorry. I don't know what happened today... my emotions..."
If at that time, you can really kill Philip... fine.
But her rationality made Cafney swallow this sentence back.
After all, Annan is the future Duke of Winter.
Such words are not only inappropriate... Maybe it will make Annan think that he is a cruel and greedy person.
You are also a sorry monster...
Annan smiled helplessly and said nothing.
Suddenly, Cafney's eyes lit up.
"By the way, I remembered one more thing!"
Her voice was a little hurried, and she quickly stood up and saluted Annan: "By the way, His Highness Annan... please wait a moment!"
Annan nodded gently, indicating that he heard it.
Not to mention... After this nightmare was over, Kafni, who used to speak lightly like a ghost, as if she didn't care about anything, became a little human again.
She also became fluent in speaking, and her feelings became richer.
It was as if the corpse had gradually come to life.
… is it less erosive
Annan watched Cafney take her jewelry box from the dressing table, and vaguely guessed.
as expected-
After Cafney opened the jewelry box, there was a blue gem marble lying quietly inside.
"Eye of Frost..."
Annan sighed.
"The gift you gave me back then, Your Highness... it was a great help."
Cafney said with lingering fear: "Thanks to it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to realize that the memory has been modified.
"It's just... sorry, I can't exchange it for you yet. I still need it to fight my enemies... and I... don't have anything of equivalent value to give you... I didn't know you were here, otherwise I would I will bring all my favorites with me before I come…”
Seeing Cafney trying to explain to herself, Annan was in a daze for a while.
... Did the original Annan Lindong also choose to give the "Eye of Frost" to Kafni
He even said something similar to himself.
This made Annan a little strange.
He himself has no real memories of Annan Coldwinter, and there is no possibility of his subconscious being affected—he gave Kafni the Eye of Frost, and asked her to find something of equivalent value to return to himself when they meet next time, That was Annan's own character.
He knows himself very well.
But Annan in history made a similar choice to himself...
"Keep it for now, Cafney. It's useless if I want it."
Annan said gently: "As for your enemies... don't be afraid.
"When spring comes, I will accompany you to the capital."
"But that's too dangerous!"
"It's not dangerous, Cafney."
Annan said slowly: "I'm about to advance to Silver."
Cafney's eyes widened slightly when she heard the words.
In the morning sun, her ruby-like clear and pure pupils seemed to be shining.
"... Aren't you, have you only been a superhuman for a month?"
"Maybe I'm a genius."
Annan said with a smile.
But Kafni stood up with some seriousness, walked over and touched Annan's forehead with her forehead.
At this distance, Annan could clearly smell the scent of gardenia and citrus on Kafni's body, and her body temperature was lower than normal.
Annan originally thought it was some kind of ritual, or she wanted to see if she had a fever...
But soon Annan saw a line of prompts appearing in front of his eyes:
[Caffney Noah is trying to absorb your erosion...]
Annan quickly interrupted her movements.
"-What are you doing?"
"I want to see if you have been corrupted by my curse..."
Cafney raised her head in confusion and looked at Annan.
She emphasized: "It is not normal to advance so quickly."
"Aren't you fast too?"
Annan asked with a casual smile, "Then what happened?"
"...No. Your soul is very clean, not as clean as a transcendent person..."
It even shines brightly.
Just like the Annan that Cafney had seen in a hallucination.
She said worriedly: "Do you remember... I told you that there are demons in the capital."
"I remember."
Hearing that it was a serious matter, Annan became serious: "What the hell is that?"
"At that time, my sanity was not very clear, maybe I didn't speak clearly..."
Cafney bit her lip and explained softly: "Have you heard of the path of depravity
"Actually, the 'Road to the Extraordinary' we often refer to is the 'Road to Ascension'. The combination of the Road to Ascension and the Road to Fall is the Road to the Extraordinary.
"If the road to ascension is to continuously purify nightmares to extract curses, then overcome curses with will, and finally reshape souls with strong personal desires, reaching the 'colored' level, which is today's 'golden' level...
"The path of depravity is to completely erode oneself with a curse first.
"On the two roads, only the bronze steps overlap. If you choose to purify your soul, you will reach silver... If you choose to curse overflowing, you will step into the path of degeneration. There is no silver step in the path of degeneration... you can reach the equivalent of A new realm of 'dyeing'. So they all misunderstood it. I'm not a silver class without curse bearers... I'm walking the path of degeneration.
"It also requires some kind of heterogeneous strong desire, but not to reshape the soul with desire, but to reshape the body with desire.
"... that is, to be a demon. Demons with self-awareness ... like those who are out of control."
When Kafni said this, she was silent for a while and looked at Annan: "After becoming a demon, it is impossible to carry the truth. Because our soul is still mortal.
"There is only one exception. The devil is given the gift of a righteous god and is willing to purify himself of the corruption... In that case, the devil will become an 'apostle' and gain eternal life just like the demigod who grasps the truth. It just needs to respond to the call of the ceremony … This is the price of shortcuts.”
—That is, the summoned object in the ceremony.
Cafney took a deep breath and looked at Annan.
"And since meeting you... my erosion rate has been dropping."