Violet Orchestra

Violet froze.

He didn't expect Elaine to say that.Before that, he even thought that he was covering up well and didn't make the other party worry, but in fact, Elaine was becoming cautious because of him, even caring about him, afraid that he would get angry because of it.

"I'm sorry." He squeezed the young man's hand and apologized earnestly to the other party. "I originally wanted to tell you after a while...I didn't expect to make you worry."

Because it's not a small problem that can be solved, he doesn't want Elaine to know-in his opinion, that's not something the other party should worry about.

"How could I not be worried?" Elaine shook her head, "Not only me, but Petra and Birkins should have also discovered that after leaving Domonoch, your spirit is getting worse every day. This is not a trivial matter , I hope to know why."

Although he used the word "hope," his tone was too firm to refuse.He almost never spoke to poets like this, and he didn't realize it until he said it, but Violet's eyes widened in surprise, and after thinking about it, he still didn't justify this sentence.

Violet said that he has to learn to be strong, and if he feels unhappy, he must tell the other party.He had been reluctant to speak harshly to Violet, but this matter should not drag on any longer.

From Violet's point of view, this was indeed a good thing, but it caught him by surprise when it was used on such an occasion.

"I... am not sick." After a while, the poet considered his words and said with some difficulty, "Maybe it sounds a little hard to accept, but I'm just... growing old."

God knows how difficult it is for him to tell the truth so directly, but Elaine is right, his spirit is getting worse every day, and maybe he won't be able to say it in a few days, and it's not a bad thing to be able to say it now.After all, it was impossible for him to leave without saying anything, and he still had to let them know the truth.

"You used to be curious about my age, but I have been avoiding this question because I actually..." He hesitated, and adopted Ventus's words, "To me, you are indeed still a child."

Because there were other people in the store, he didn't say the number directly, but leaned into Elaine's ear and said it softly and quickly, and then moved away from him, waiting for the other party's reaction with some trepidation.

Elaine was really taken aback and looked at him in disbelief, but she didn't look too surprised.

"Aren't you... not surprised?"

Violet asked hesitantly.

"Actually, I was thinking a long time ago, you always say that I am too young, but how old can you be?" The young man smiled, as if he had accepted this matter, "It turns out that there is no such thing as too old." A lot, isn't it?"

"How could it not be too much—"

"I've already made the mental preparation that you're not a human being. Fortunately, I didn't guess right." Elaine interrupted him, seemingly not caring, but then his question immediately became sharper, " So you've been so weak lately...does it have something to do with your looking younger than your actual age?"

He was very keen, and immediately pointed out the greatest possibility. Violet nodded, which was regarded as an admission of his conjecture.

"It's not suitable to talk about this here, I'll tell you tonight."

Violet really wanted to tell Elaine the truth, but not long after they entered the hotel, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the bed.Of course Elaine couldn't bear to wake him up, sat on the edge of the bed staring at his sleeping face for a long time, and finally went out alone.

He went to Ventus' residence, and during the day at the city hall, the other party gave him a note without telling Violet, with the address written on it, which was in a garden on Central Avenue.Since Icethorn City is really not big and the citizens are hospitable, he found the place without much effort and knocked on the door.

"I didn't expect you to come."

Ventus, who opened the door for him, changed into a coat and still had a monocle on the bridge of his nose, looking like he had been interrupted from work.He brought Elaine in, and then pointed to the teapot on the table: "There is tea there, you can make yourself a cup, I still have work to do, wait for me a little."

He sat behind the table again, and Elaine stood there and looked at the furnishings of the room, obediently poured himself a cup of cold tea, and sat on the soft chair to wait for him.

Ventus' residence was beyond his expectation. It was neither full of books and incomprehensible materials like Angelita's mage's tower, nor was it richly decorated like other noble homes. In his opinion, this Just a home version of an office, not even a residence.

And Ventus, who was wearing a dressing gown, seemed to have quickly forgotten his existence, and kept his head buried in his work, until Elaine poured himself a third cup of tea and wanted to ask where the bathroom was. I looked at my watch, and found him who had just stood up.

"Oh, you're still here." The mage took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and stood up with an empty teacup. "Is there any more tea? Give me a cup too."

"No, I was just about to ask you how the hot water is boiled." Elaine lifted the lid and let him look inside the empty teapot, and asked again, "Have you finished your work? I don't have much time, Violet Tate may be waking up soon."

Ventus glanced at him, didn't care about his faux pas, but instead asked, "How is he doing?"

His tone was relaxed and natural, as if he was chatting with an old friend, but he revealed an indescribable sense of intimacy—as if he was the one who was more familiar with Violet, and he only temporarily entrusted the poet to Elaine's care. One day to take away the same.

There is no doubt that Ventus's appearance is very attractive, and his identity and knowledge are impeccable, but after two meetings today, Elaine has understood that he and Violet will not be the same as they were before. Imagine that kind of relationship.So he no longer cared about the other party's attitude, but answered Ventus's question equally and amicably as he did with Violet's old friend.

"Frequently drowsy, occasionally sleeps for a long time without waking up, and seems to be getting weaker and weaker."

"Don't want to know the reason?" Seeing his calm expression, Ventus asked.

Elaine shook her head: "Violet promised to tell me. Although he seemed hesitant, I believe he will."

Ventus smiled suddenly, as if to say he was too naive.

"Do you know who he is?" asked the mage.

Elaine said nothing.

"Do you know what he's been through?"

"..."

"Since you don't know him at all, and the time you have known him is very short, why do you like him, and why do you like him?"

The last question was a bit vexatious, but Elaine answered him seriously.

"I don't know who he is, what he has experienced, what kind of past he has, but I like him and want to know him. I care more about his present and future than his past."

Ventus, still holding the empty glass, stood there staring at him.Elaine didn't flinch, and raised her head to meet his gaze.

After a long while, he opened his mouth in a low voice.

"If it had been a few years earlier, it might have been possible, but he doesn't have the time now."

He told Elaine a story about Violet's past, and his past.

Many years ago, the largest city in this area was neither Dale City nor Icethorn City, but a city-state called Mettlen.Mettlen is located at the foot of the thorn plum mountain. Under the cover of layers of thorn plums, it looks like a paradise. It not only has beautiful scenery, but also has rich cultural heritage. It is the most developed city in the north and the largest supply point for the northern frontier.

And Violet was once a young man full of passion and longing for music. He traveled alone to Metteren. Because of a romantic misunderstanding, he met Glacis, the daughter of the lord of the city, and the two began to date in private.Glacis is the most beautiful girl in Matron, her father regards her as his most proud treasure, and thinks that she must marry a young man who is worthy of her——among the eight cities in the north, he likes the city of Dale the most Ventus, and made a marriage contract for them.

"It was the wrong decision, and I was blinded by jealousy and made the worst choice of my life," Ventus said.

When he found out that Glacis and Violet were in love, he was very annoyed. He thought that Glacis's behavior was a humiliation to him, and even thought of a bad idea to deal with Violet - he learned from Angelita He stole a book from his room, and concealed it from everyone, using the spell in the book to summon a familiar that "can grant the summoner one wish".

However, the book was not written in a common language, and his knowledge at the time was not enough for him to truly understand it, and the spell he cast had errors.What he summoned in his study was neither the "one-time familiar" he wanted, nor anything else, but the regional god Hayden Woods in the Valley City area.

But he didn't find this out, and Hayden Woods didn't tell him the truth.After listening to him tell his wish, the regional god first went to see Violet and Glacis with the mentality of looking for some fun out of boredom, but was fascinated by Glacis's beauty, and gave birth to take it as his own. thoughts.

Hayden Woods was not bound by Ventus, so naturally he didn't need to really obey his orders.He left Ventus alone, and, as the god of the region, first proposed his wish to the city lord of Metrun, that is, Glacis's father, expressing that he wanted to marry Glacis as his wife.Although Hayden Woods was not a righteous god with a godhead from birth, he was a regional god in this area, who could affect the weather and other factors in Maitron, and it would be easy to destroy a country.For the safety of Matteren's subjects, the city lord did not dare to provoke him, so he had to ask Glacis for her opinion.

Glacis was of course surprised. She never intended to marry Ventus, nor would she want to be with any other young man her father preferred. In fact, she had a good relationship with the poet at the time and was ready to marry Father talked about Violet, but he didn't expect Hayden Woods to appear suddenly.

She didn't want to embarrass her father, so she found the god who was a guest in the palace, rejected Hayden Woods' marriage proposal in person, and told her father in private that she already had someone she liked, not Ventus, but a bard .She is willing to give up Maitren's inheritance rights, and has already agreed to travel with him, so she cannot accept Hayden Woods' marriage proposal, nor can she fulfill her "marriage contract" with Ventus.

Glacis, who has always been as soft as Bai Wei, would make such a decision, which surprised everyone.

"Hayden Woods was completely enraged by her attitude, and gave an ultimatum to her father and her. If she refused to marry him within a month, he would make the poor poet pay the price."