Wizard of the Pendulum Forest

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A black figure stood quietly on the stone steps, lowered its head, without saying a word.

He wore long wizard robes, a long black cloak, and a wide-brimmed hat that cast a shadow over his face.

On the side of the spacious stone steps, we can vaguely see the patterns carved by the original craftsmen. On both sides, there are three-person-high snow-white marble columns extending up the steps until they reach the palace gate at the top of the stone steps.It was a large and magnificent palace, the stained glass and the colonnade complemented each other, and the statues with solemn faces were surrounded by the towering spires, observing the amorous world with godless eyes.

Now it is dusk, all the buildings are shrouded in a layer of dim, orange light, and the thick clouds in the sky weigh down heavily, and they are decorated so brilliantly and brilliantly in the little afterglow.

The country's most honorable majesty was slowly walking down the steps, and finally stopped in front of the shadow.He wore a tall crown on his head, and held a scepter inlaid with gemstones and agates in his hand. The other hand was hidden in a thick scarlet cloak, and the dark gold ornaments dragged a lazy streamer in the setting sun.This is quite a real king, followed by his subjects and guards in black and gold.

He looked very happy, his blue eyes were bent, bit by bit he lost his aura as a king in front of the wizard...

But before he could speak, the wizard spoke first.

"Now, I don't know what to call you—Your Majesty, sir, or Fraz?"

The king was taken aback.

The wizard didn't give him time to speak, so he continued, "I promised you, I'll come to you when I think it through. I've been thinking about it for so many days, and I probably understand."

"As a wizard, his soul comes from the wind, so he can understand the language of the wind; as a wizard, he has huge magic power and a long lifespan; as a wizard, he enjoys loneliness forever."

"I don't hate loneliness, because it's a part of my life; but I prefer company, and company can make my soul settle down, and it's no longer just the frivolity of the wind."

"I've been thinking about what would happen if I promised you and left the forest."

"Yes, it will cost a lot, but I have made up my mind."

……

Frazi woke up from the dream again. He stared blankly at the gorgeous curtains on the top of the bed. After a while, he sat up and rang the bell beside the bed.

A maid came in from the door and brought in the toiletries.

He walked to the bed and opened the curtains. The pure white scene that had been there for the past few days almost disappeared today, leaving only a little sporadic snow. He frowned and remembered that spring is coming.

"The King of Scania sent an invitation to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the Royal Princess of Scania... Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"

The blond adjutant reported today's itinerary to the king, but found that His Majesty, who has always been attentive to work, was unexpectedly distracted today, "Your Majesty?"

"I'm fine." Frazi glanced at him blankly, raised his chin, crossed his legs, and embraced his arms. He was obviously a little impatient, "Reject him, I'm not so free yet, go to participate A coming-of-age ceremony for a mere princess."

"Yes."

Frazi stood up from his seat, walked to the window, and gazed at the remaining pure white on the clock tower in the distance. After a long time, he said, "How many days?"

"Two days." The adjutant knew what he was talking about.

"Get ready and leave in two days, the same as in previous years."

"Your Majesty, it's been so long, maybe that..." He couldn't come back.

"Don't let me know what you're thinking," the young king turned his head, his blue eyes were full of hostility, he seemed to have completely escaped from the shadow of the old Frazi, showing his true nature, "It's the same as in previous years. "

"……Yes."

He knew what his adjutant was talking about, because four years had passed since that day.In four years, that person probably won't come back.

"I knew your intention to stay, but I still came. I want to be with you. Is there anything wrong with that?"

He remembered that day, when the wizard stood in the sunset, his black hair exposed after taking off his hood was also dyed with gold trim, Ferdinand showed him a brisk smile.

"But wizards can't be with humans, it will make me die of the filth of my soul—but it doesn't matter, I will go to the kingdom of God and ask Goddess Chester to solve this problem for me. Goddess is omnipotent, she has given I answered."

"At that time, you have to remember to pick me up. In the early spring, when the ice and snow first melt, the Kingdom of God, which blocked the wasteland with ice at that time, will open the passage, and I will come out from there, very soon."

"Sure, you must remember to pick me up, I will get lost in such a big wasteland."

So, he watched helplessly as the wizard tightened his cloak and walked down the steps step by step, while he stood there all the time, watching the shadow behind the wizard stretch slowly, and watching the little black dot disappear into the crowd .

The king had been disturbed that all this was not as easy as the wizard made it seem.

Finally, he found an ancient book, and looked at the road to the Kingdom of God recorded in the book almost frozen: After crossing the wasteland that is always snowed, he still has to cross three plains, cross three rivers, and turn over three mountains. In the mountains, you can finally find the three thousand steps leading to the Kingdom of God.

such a long way...

The king had no doubts about his words that he would go to the Kingdom of God, but...

"You'll come back alive, won't you..." he sighed almost in a whisper.

In the first year, he led the guards and waited on the ice field. After waiting for a full six hours, there was still no one on the ice field.He had a fever after he went back, and in his dreams, he thought about the way the wizard was lying on the window sill looking at him and laughing.

In the second year, it was that time again, he stood on the ice field and waited, the wind was really cold, without a trace of temperature, completely different from the gentle wind in the pendulum forest.

In the third year, everyone advised him not to go, but the king said, "I'm just going to take my partner home." The king went there again, feeling his heart go silent in the cold wind.

"I'm always waiting for you, right?"

This year seems to be the same, even the scenery on the wasteland remains the same, gravel, rocks, snow, dead grass.

Frazi stood at the forefront, motionless.

The adjutant looked at the sky and squinted his eyes to stare at the back of the king in front.Because it is the entrance to the road leading to the Kingdom of God, the sky in the wasteland darkens very quickly, and it will gradually darken from daylight in six hours, and it has been four hours now.

He rubbed his hands, stomped his feet again, finally shook his head, and walked quickly to the king: "Your Majesty, there are already four..."

"Don't make noise!" The adjutant didn't expect Frazi to interrupt him roughly. He followed the king's gaze, and there seemed to be a small black spot in his vision...

wizard!That wizard from the Pendulum Forest!

The man walked very slowly and with great difficulty, almost taking a few steps to rest for a while, staggering, he seemed to have seen them, so he quickened his pace - and then fell heavily on the icy wasteland.

Frazi almost flew over, ignoring his frozen legs, knelt on the ground, picked him up, and wrapped him in a cloak.

"Thank you...Goddess Chester...Thank you for coming back..." The king held him into his arms tremblingly, and held his face with his numb hands.The person in his arms had a familiar yet unfamiliar face, eighty-tenths like the wizard back then, but much older—without a doubt, a youthful face!

"You really came to pick me up..." The young man panted quickly, his mouth was no longer hot, and his voice was extremely soft.

"Yes... yes, I'm... I'm coming."

"Chester...the Goddess took my magic power," the young man showed a familiar smile, although his lips were pale, "I am no longer a wizard, Frazz—I have become a human! I will no longer Can’t cast magic! Can’t make potions!”

He smiled and laughed, but suddenly his lips were pursed, his eyes were red, and he burst into tears regardless of his image. This was the first time Frazi saw him cry: "I am no longer a great wizard!"

This title has accompanied him for more than [-] years, with countless pride, and was finally abandoned by the master in the distant kingdom of God. However, the glory of the past is still a scar on his heart, and it will bring out fine pain when he pulls it lightly.

He knew what he would face when he went to God—without the magic power, he also walked the way back strong, thanking the goddess for giving her believers the last shelter, so that he would not fall down in tears in the vast wilderness.

But when he saw someone he was familiar with, he was like a tired bird returning to its nest. He still couldn't hold back his emotions and wept. He repeated over and over again: "I'm not a wizard anymore... I'm not a wizard anymore... Woo... "

"It's okay, it's really okay." Vraz combed his hair carelessly, then lowered his head to kiss him, the two hugged each other, and Ferdinand rested his head on Vraz's shoulder.

"You are no longer a great wizard, but you will always be my Ferdinand."

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END

The author has something to say: Well, I finally finished this short essay that was written for so long even though it was only in the early [-]s. Yes, the story ended like this.

At the beginning, I just wanted to write a cute fairy tale, so the early stage will be that kind of magical style of painting, but from the beginning of Kexilia's story, this fairy tale is no longer a fairy tale, and began to incorporate the author's habitual Reality factors added.

The factor of Kecilia has been thoroughly analyzed by Ferdinand in the story. It is her duty to be a good princess. She leaves the palace because of love, and travels for atonement—the death of the hunter is still very important. affected.

And Ferdinand, at the beginning, was a guide, and he didn't even have the CP of Frazi, so there was no such person in the original idea, but because of a change of mind, Duang came out as a king, but he only existed as a CP. So there was no more three-dimensional character description in the early stage.

Well, having said so much, I just want to say that what I wrote in the end is different from what I thought at the beginning!

But no matter what, they are still the characters in my heart, and I gave a good ending in the end-ignore this good ending mixed with some water, after all, it is impossible to be together if you want to be together, you need other things If Ferdinand wants to be with Frazi, then he has to give up his status as a wizard and lose his proud magical power forever. It feels quite realistic 23333

Next is the time to revise the typo. There are really many typos in the previous article. The author has very little time at night. Basically, he is desperately typing on the keyboard with his slow hands, and has no time to read it carefully. More are hidden in the word group, I have to say sorry to the little angel.

Well, so be it, like all lovely fairy tales, they lived happily together.