Violet Orchestra

"Have you felt better recently?"

One morning, Elaine suddenly asked Violet.

The poet was smearing his face in front of the mirror. Hearing this, his expression changed, and he looked back at him hesitantly: "Have you noticed it too?"

Elaine nodded: "You... seem to be a little different from before."

This difference doesn't come from personality or anything else, but the most intuitive part - he feels that Violet's face is a little different from before, it's hard to say what part it is, but it does give people a subtle feeling The change.

"I think so too." Violet echoed solemnly, raising the mirror in his hand to signal him to take a look, "Look, the freckles on my face seem to be less, and the skin is firmer and smoother than before, I thought It’s an illusion, since you said so, it seems to be true..."

Due to the outbreak of the curse earlier, his aging speed was shockingly fast, almost ten years in one month.After Hayden Woods was sealed, the curse was lifted on its own, and his physical condition gradually recovered. He left Icethorn City with Elaine, planning to go all the way south, heading towards Rosaria while traveling.He started to spend time grooming himself as before, and Elaine was happy—at least it meant that Violet was in a better mood again, but after a few months, they were almost close to Rosalia, Only then did he confirm that he had no illusions: Compared with before, Violet's appearance seemed to have undergone some inconspicuous changes.

He approached the poet, reached out and touched the other's face: "Will it hurt?"

The strength of this stroke was almost flirtatious, and Violet smiled and took his hand: "How could it hurt when you use such a little strength?"

Although it was neither painful nor itchy, this silent change still made Elaine a little uneasy.He repeatedly confirmed Violet's physical condition, wrote it down in a letter, and sent it to Icethorn City and Xanthium Fortress on the same day, wanting to ask Ventus and Eros if they had any clues.

"What could be the reason? Have you encountered any strange things recently?"

After the letter was delivered, he bought food and was still thinking about it on the way back to the hotel with Violet.

The poet recalled and shook his head: "I have been with you recently, there is nothing strange..."

He stopped suddenly and glanced at Elaine.

In fact, there were strange things, but because the day was too long, he couldn't think about anything after Elaine came back, and then he was busy helping to clean up the mess, so he was left behind.Just now when Elaine asked this question, he suddenly remembered that there was such a thing, and it was indeed a bit strange.

"Eros..." He carefully considered his words, "Did he say anything to you before he left Icethorn City?"

The warlock disappeared on the day he sealed Hayden Woods. Violet later found out that the last place Hayden Woods went before leaving was the greenhouse. After talking to him for a few words, he disappeared suddenly and never appeared in front of everyone again. .Elaine said that he was "back to the fortress of Xanthium", and Ventus originally wanted to send someone to give a thank you gift, but Elaine hesitated to stop him.

He never asked the reason, because Eros didn't seem to be malicious, so he never told Elaine about keeping him secret.But now it seems that the only strange thing he has encountered recently is the warlock who suddenly disappeared and the words he said.

"Eros?" Elaine blinked, not understanding what he meant.

"...It's nothing, I just think he left too suddenly." Violet smiled, and decided to abide by the agreement to keep the other party a secret.

They went back to the hotel together, ate dinner together and drank some wine - Elaine insisted that he was almost 20 years old and could drink more, but Violet refused and only poured him half a glass .

"It's not fair." His little Romeo said a little aggrievedly, lying on the bed.

Violet pursed her lips and pretended not to hear. After removing her makeup, she combed her hair in front of the mirror. During this period, she took a serious look at her face and confirmed that it had really changed a lot.

For a long period of time, he has not aged due to age, and has always maintained the appearance of the cursed year, no wrinkles, no increase or decrease of freckles, it seems that he can't take it off if he wears it If you want to seek changes, you can only put new facial features on it.Because of this, he was very familiar with his appearance for a time, and he even remembered clearly how many freckles there were on his left cheek. It wasn't until the curse expired that he began to age rapidly, and he gave up the habit of looking at himself every day as if escaping from reality. , only to hastily cover up the old look and throw the mirror aside.

After Hayden Woods was sealed, the time he was running forward at high speed seemed to have finally stopped. As his physical condition recovered, both his complexion and spirit improved a lot, and he began to dress up again, turning himself back to the past That Violet.During this process, he gradually began to have some doubts, because every day when he looked in the mirror, all the changes on his face could not escape his eyes, and it seemed that something incredible was happening.

But even Elaine said it, and he finally confirmed that what sounded like a dream happened to him.

He seems to be getting younger.

Could it be the leaf on Eros' necklace?But the other party is just Aiko's priest, how could he have such ability?

He thought for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask Elaine: "Is Eros really just the priest of Ako?"

Unexpectedly, Elaine looked a little surprised and asked him, "You know?"

"……What do I know?"

"Eros is Iko." Elaine told him the answer directly, and then realized that he really seemed to be asking, "You...don't know?"

"How would I know?" Violet said incredulously, "Oh my god, he's actually a satyr—"

"It's just the half body of Iko, not a complete god body." Elaine could only explain for her friend, "In fact, Ako's godhead is sleeping, and he has been active as a human for a long time, almost It’s not like a god anymore.”

"You actually made friends with the goddess—"

Violet's focus was obviously not in the same direction as his. Elaine found that he didn't listen to his explanation at all, and sat on the chair patronizingly marveling, fearing that he would catch cold because of the lack of clothes, so she had to get out of bed and hug him up. Into the bed.After the poet finished feeling, he explained again: "He didn't let me tell everyone, so I kept the secret for him."

Since he is not Ako himself, Eros does not have complete divine power, and he has no chance of winning against Hayden Woods, so he finds a way to ask humans for help.After dealing with Hayden Woods, he recovered some of his divine power. He was busy guiding the cocklebur fortress and some remaining believers of Aiko to rebuild the territory, so he left in a hurry, and he didn't even attend the celebration banquet in Icethorn City.

"Sounds like a fairy tale." Violet laughed. "The brave human prince helps the goddess to defeat the demon king. It should be a love story..."

Elaine leaned over to kiss him, and kept her mouth shut.

It wasn't until he received Eros' reply the next day that Violet remembered what he was struggling with the night before - he still didn't tell Elaine about it.

Because the letters sent to the Xanth Fortress were not mailed, the replies they received also appeared in their room silently.Elaine got up early, went outside to buy some snacks, and came back to coax Violet to wake up, only to find a scroll lying on the table, with his name written on the side, so she took it apart and looked at it while the poet was changing clothes.

Eros was obviously really busy, and even the handwriting took a little effort to read: "His time will go back to before he was cursed, but he will age and die like a normal human being. Just a little bit from me to you Gift, say hi to your Violet for me, who looks like he's been serious about keeping my secret."

Elaine raised her eyebrows, and looked at Violet who had already put on her coat and was sitting in front of the mirror, covering her freckles with powder cream.

"Is there any secret between you and Eros?"

Violet's movements paused, and he said nonchalantly, "What's wrong?"

He took the parchment handed over by Elaine, read the few short sentences on it, and didn't know how to react: "This is really..."

Even for gods, it is not easy to restore human beings to their youth.Hearing Elaine's real identity of Eros last night, he was only vaguely skeptical, but he didn't expect his conjecture to come true.Thinking about it now, the crushed silver leaf was probably one of the crystallizations of divine power accumulated by Eros for many years, and it was obviously a bit too talented to use it to go back in time for him.

"I haven't been to the Cocklebur Fortress yet, maybe I can visit it in the future."

In the end that was all he could say.The only good thing is that Eros is there, and he will neither grow old nor disappear. They can visit each other at any time, because it is said in the letter that Aiko's new territory will be established around the Xanth Fortress, including Including the large ice thorn forest around it, it won't take long for it to glow with new vitality and restore its former glory.

"But before that, we have to go back to Rosalia." Elaine fed him half a snack and reminded, "My birthday is coming soon."

The two had discussed this matter a long time ago, and of course Violet would not forget it.He stretched, then sat on Elaine's lap, tied the fabric he just found out from the luggage to the neckline of the other's shirt, and smiled with satisfaction: "It looks good."

It was a gift he got from the queen nearly a year ago, and it was unexpectedly suitable as a scarf.Elaine looked down and obviously recognized it: "Have you kept it?"

"Of course, and I'm reluctant to take it out and wear it." The poet leaned over to kiss him in this posture, "I will lend you to wear it for a day, and keep it safe."

Elaine also laughed: "Okay."

The author has something to say: the first episode is XD, and the next one should be a day trip to Rosalia.