"Pap~"
The office door opened slowly, and Alicia opened the door and walked in.
"Where's Isabel?" Xia asked.
"Chatting with Eugenia." Alicia said with a cold face, seemingly in a bad mood.
Xia Ya raised his eyebrows. He had been paying attention to those students before they entered the auditorium.
So he also heard Eugenia's conversation with Isabel.
The words of Alicia, the second sister, really hit the target of the chatter with every word she said.
Apparently, she also stepped on Alicia's cat's tail.
"What's wrong?" Xia Ya said softly.
"It's nothing." The corners of Alicia's mouth turned down, looking unhappy, which was obviously not what she said.
Xia Ya smiled, picked up the teapot on the side and poured a cup of tea for himself and Alicia.
"She is now assigned to the Druid Academy. You are her teacher, aren't you?"
Alicia raised her chin slightly, but said nothing. Instead, she walked to Xia's side, picked up the list in front of the table and read it.
"The ones from Black Academy are actually the ones with the most." Alicia murmured in a low voice.
"The times are like this." Xia Ya said calmly, "In turbulent times, everyone is in danger and lacks a sense of security. There will always be many self-interested people."
Alicia nodded, "But there are also many people in Merlin Academy."
"Times make heroes, and the bravest people often appear in the most chaotic times."
Alicia continued to search the list, and suddenly, she frowned slightly.
"Is there another royal family?"
Xia Ya was speechless, with a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"Vivian Brittania, eighteen years old."
Alicia frowned and recalled what happened at the banquet. It seemed that there was indeed an older girl sitting in the corner. She was elegant and looked very beautiful.
"Who is she?" She looked at Xia Ya, "You must know."
Xia Ya shrugged nonchalantly, "Strictly speaking, this person should be considered your sister."
"Mine." Alicia seemed to have thought of something, her pupils shrank slightly, "Her father, is Victor?"
Xia Ya continued to take a sip of tea.
"Why did you let her in?" Alicia asked.
"not me."
Xia Ya whispered softly with deep eyes.
"It's fate"
"Does her father know?"
"Victor is in the south and can't control her. Moreover, she actually doesn't have a very good relationship with his father." Xia Ya said, "The person who came with her is her confidant, and obviously he won't tell the truth."
Alicia's brows relaxed slightly, "Does she know me?"
"Do you know her?" Xia Ya asked.
"Victor, this daughter, has never been to the palace since she was born." Alicia said thoughtfully, "Victor was already in the south at that time."
“But there’s no reason for her not to know our names.
One may be a coincidence, but it is no coincidence that my name and Isabel's name appear together. "
"Don't worry, she doesn't know about you." Xia Ya said calmly.
"Did you put a confusion spell on her?" Alicia frowned, "If it's so troublesome, why do you have to recruit her?"
"Why not?" Xia Ya took a sip of tea and said, "Hogwarts will not interfere in any worldly affairs. Everyone here is the same.
There are quite a few people here from the Spanish Empire and the West French Empire, right?
What you worry about is nothing more than that she will threaten Arthur after she succeeds in her studies.
However, Arthur's own magical attainments are actually not low.
Moreover, if she doesn't learn from us, she can only learn it somewhere else.
For Arthur, it was difficult to face.
After all, the unknown is always the scariest thing. "
"What do you mean?" Alicia obviously didn't understand this logic.
Xia Ya closed her eyelids, stood up from her position and came to Alicia's side, hugged her waist from behind, rested her chin on her shoulder, and whispered.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen.
You are so beautiful today. Are you wearing makeup? "
"I don't wear makeup, I just put on some lipstick," Alicia said.
She came to her senses and said, "You haven't answered me yet."
Xia Ya gently rubbed her earlobe with his face, "Go back to the castle?"
Alicia took a few deep breaths to calm herself down a little. She seemed to want to say something else.
But then, Xia Ya lowered his head and whispered a few words in her ear.
A blush that was visible to the naked eye spread from Alicia's earlobes to her entire ears, and then spread to her entire face. Her breathing was slightly rapid.
She took a few deep breaths and said seriously, "Then... then go back to the castle and talk to me."
Xia Ya showed a smile.
He has already figured out Alicia's xp, which is a good way to divert her attention.
Of course, it is limited to some less important things. If it is a very important thing, nothing can be done.
He pulled Alicia through the principal's office door, opened the door to the castle, and entered the hall.
Calcifer was back now, resting on the stove, the wood burning and making a crackling sound.
Seeing Char coming back, Calcifer's fire flickered and he said excitedly.
"How was my performance just now?"
"It's very good." Xia Ya said seriously, "The songs she sang were very nice, with a heavenly voice."
"I made it up myself." Calcifer said proudly, "In fact, I also made up a song about firewood for me to sing next time."
"I'm looking forward to it." Char smiled, "Then, good night, Calcifer."
"Good night, I'm a little tired too."
Charia pulled Alicia up the stairs. Alicia's eyebrows relaxed and she looked very relaxed.
But when they met Isabel coming out of the bathroom on the second floor, Alicia frowned again.
She had obviously just taken a shower, her hair was still wet, and she was wiping her hair with a towel. The steaming heat radiated from her body, and her complexion was very rosy.
When she saw Alicia and Xia, she said hello.
"Why are you back so soon?" Alicia asked.
The castle complex is very large, and several colleges are far apart. In order to avoid trouble, Xia Ya also set up a space node in her dean's room.
"I came back after you left." Isabel said, "I took a quick shower by the way."
Char prepared a shower room in the public bathroom on the second floor, which did not exist in this era. Isabel especially liked it because it saved time and gave her the feeling of taking a shower under heavy rain.
"Where's Eugenia?" Alicia said.
"Of course we live in the dormitory, otherwise where would we live?" Isabel said, "Sleeping in a double room with another eighteen-year-old girl."
Alicia seemed to have thought of something and said in surprise, "Is it called Vivian Brittania?"
"I know her identity." Isabel said, she looked at Xia Ya, "I also talked to him."
She looked at Alicia and raised her lips.
“Don’t you think this is interesting?
Eugenia and Victor had been at each other's throats during the three years of our absence, and she hated him to death.
Tell me, if she becomes friends with his daughter, what will it be like when she knows the truth one day? "
Alicia's eyes twitched, "She is so lucky to have a sister like you."
Isabel snorted and said coldly, "This is the price for her unscrupulous words."
"Then where will you sleep tonight?" Alicia asked.
"Of course I'll sleep here." Isabel said doubtfully, "I have my room here, right?"
"The school also has your dormitory." Alicia said.
Isabel raised her head and looked at Char, and then at Alicia. She seemed to have thought of something and teased.
"Did I disturb you?"
"You're thinking too much." Alicia said with a normal expression, "I came up to take a shower too."
"That's it." Isabel nodded, "Then go quickly and wait until the water cools down."
Alicia did not speak, but walked directly into the bathroom and closed the door, but the action of closing the door seemed to have some subtle emotions.
Isabel turned her head to look at Char and teased, "It looks like I did disturb you."
Char shrugged, "I don't think so."
He looked towards the bathroom, "But she might think so."
"Among our three sisters, she is the most obedient and more traditional." Isabel said.
Char raised his eyebrows.
"Of course, maybe she is more concerned about other people's eyes." Isabel said.
The West in this era was still relatively conservative. The purpose of European religion was to prohibit premarital behavior, which was a serious sin.
Needless to say, Puritanism is a religion that particularly believes in asceticism.
Of course, for the people at the bottom, these religions are not very binding, but it is different for the royal family and nobles.
In addition to religion, they have other things that restrain them...
"You are not someone else." Xia Ya said.
Isabel nodded in disbelief and said, "After my mother is gone, it is true that I care about her more."
Xia Ya smiled and said instead of continuing the topic.
"Good night then."
"Good night."
Xia Ya didn't speak anymore, but turned around, opened her room and walked in, changed into a pair of loose pajamas and lay on the bed.
After an unknown amount of time, there was the sound of the bathroom door opening from outside, followed by steady footsteps walking straight downstairs. It looked like he was preparing to go downstairs to sleep.
Xia Ya also slowly fell asleep, but about an hour or two later, the door to his room was quietly opened.
A figure carefully climbed onto his bed and hugged him.
Charia opened her eyes in confusion, turned her head and looked at Alicia who was leaning on her shoulder. Alicia closed her eyes and said in a sleepy voice.
"That's it, I'm so sleepy that I can't sleep without holding you."
Xia Ya's eyelids closed slightly and she closed her eyes again.
The castle now entered the mountain forest. The mountain wind outside was blowing fiercely, and the strong wind howled into the chimney, making a sound like someone wailing.
The strong wind also blew the surrounding trees, they made a loud whistling sound, and even broke several branches.
The moon outside lit up the sky. After a while, a rolling dark cloud blocked the moonlight, and the surrounding area darkened, and so on.
The bright moonlight just shines on the bed through the window.
Alicia hugged Xia Ya and buried her head in his hair. She slept very peacefully with a slight smile on her face, as if she had dreamed of something good.
Although the wind is howling outside the castle, it is always peaceful and quiet inside...
(End of chapter)
