Blooming Tower of the West Wind

Breaking through the smell of old parchment, she again smelled the pleasant and peaceful fragrance of Hipper, hidden under the indifference, it smelled gentle and distant, much like a big horned deer.

She snickered, and Hipper looked back at her, saying nothing, showing no expression, except for a slight smile that Theron thought was an illusion.

The next day was still a rest day, and everyone woke up an hour later, and the archmage herself was the last one. She walked in when Theron and Virgil were chatting.

Virgil looked up at her, frowning with a thoughtful expression, "Hipper... I think you are a little different today."

Hipper raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Virgil, it's time to challenge your eyesight."

Virgil suddenly clapped his hands, and the whole person jumped up, and at the same time, Tius also jumped up.

"Skirt! Must be! OMG! What witchcraft made you make that decision? OMG, OMG, the last time I saw you in a dress was... 20 years ago? Can't believe how time flies So fast……"

Unlike the bluffing Virgil, Theron didn't make a sound.She held one hand unintentionally on her chest, staring at Hipper blankly, her heart beating fast.

A fast heartbeat is actually not a particularly rare thing. Hipper has done many things that make her blush and heartbeat. Most of the time, she is sure that it is "nervous".

This should also be nervous, but it seems a little different, the heartbeat seems to pop out of the chest, but when Theron really wants to make a way for it to pop out, she realizes that it is a sentence , so she had to keep her mouth shut.

Is it because I said I want to see it?

If you ask it out, something amazing will happen.

Just when she was feeling uneasy, Hipper turned to her, his face was as arrogant as ever, and his steps were as confident as ever.

"Does it look good, Theron?"

It was Theron's turn to jump up in surprise, "Me? Me? Ask me?"

"Of course, you said you wanted to see it yesterday, but I just wore it today."

"Good-looking, good-looking, of course good-looking, so far, I think you look beautiful in everything you wear."

Hipper smiled, "I'm afraid that your curiosity has fermented to the point of exaggerated expectations, so I killed it in the cradle, and if I wear it to you again in a few months, you may not think it looks as good as you imagined. "

Theron also laughed, and Hipper's expression somehow gave her a feeling of concealment, "My assumption is not. But why did you give up this opportunity to experiment?"

Hipper shrugged and spread his hands, "You should know that my aesthetics have remained at a level that hasn't changed much..."

Theron suddenly opened his eyes wide, jumped up in surprise and said, "You will dress similarly to me tomorrow? Is that what you mean? So why don't you just wear it today so that we won't make a fuss?"

Hipper nodded, nodding at Virgil, "Especially this guy." But his eyes were still on Theron.

Theron ran to pull out the chair with a smile, and waited for Hipper to sit down in front of her before happily running to sit opposite her.

In the past, when Virgil came, Hipper would sit in the host's seat to maintain a face-to-face conversation with him, but Virgil himself forgot when it started, she was used to sitting opposite Theron, breakfast It's also usually when she and Theron are talking.

He lightly poked Tius, who was eating with his head down, with his toe. Tius flicked, but kept his head motionless near the rice bowl.

"You stupid dog, don't you think we are both outsiders here?"

"Virgil, don't disturb Tius for dinner. Have you decided to add something?"

"Think about it, I made a list." Hektra took it over, and snapped his fingers after seeing it. When it was about to say something to the Archmage, the Archmage had already returned to the room with Theron. in the conversation.

"In order not to disappoint you, I have to declare that I will not wear the white cloak tomorrow, which we prepared for the desert. Tomorrow we will be the first to stand in Table Mountain."

Virgil forcibly joined the discussion, laying half of his body on the table: "Little beast, are you going to see the Hunter's Guild? The place where the branding is done, maybe you can see cute little wolf cubs."

The archmage stretched out his hand as if to protect Theron, turned his head and squinted at Virgil, silently warning him to back off.

"No, without this stop, we will go directly to the Mage Guild to pick up things and set off tomorrow. With all due respect, what about Dvořák?"

"Dvořák will leave here by himself and wait for us at the terminal."

"Fine, I'm terrified it's going to excrete in my library."

Virgil was not to be outdone, "Dvořák also dislikes your portal! It faints every time! I can't eat well for a few days, oh so pitiful..."

"Wooooooooooow..." Thius also made a pitiful voice in cooperation.

The archmage didn't bother to pay attention to the drama they added to him privately, and turned to Theron again, "What's the matter? What do you want to say?"

"I... um... I won't wear... white ones tomorrow?"

Probably because the longing on her face was too obvious, Hipper laughed, "Of course you can wear it if you like!"

"Is it okay? Does it look good?" The haze on her face dissipated too quickly.

"Of course," replied Hipper to the obvious question, "you look good in anything, as far as your experience in my clothes goes."

The girl's smile has been maintained.It was pretty, and Virgil kept staring at her, admiring her ever-changing expressions, wondering if Hipper would let her change her face again.The archmage did not disappoint her, and after the little girl lowered her head and smirked for a while, she said: "But considering that I don't have any more spare clothes of the same style, if you hope to have any replacement clothes on the road, you may have to change them tomorrow. Choose to wear something else.

Theron's small face wrinkled, presumably he was struggling fiercely inside.

Virgil covered her mouth and snickered. If you don't consider that you have undoubtedly been excluded from these conversations and take a purely entertaining attitude, then the performance of both of them is super funny.

He still couldn't help thinking about the conversation he had with Hipper a few days ago.Maybe the companionship wasn't for love, but Theron must have been someone very special to her, even more than Tius and himself.He hooked Gotius with his feet, and Tius stretched out his short legs and tried to hit him, but of course he dodged swiftly.

It is impossible to imagine what kind of chain reaction Theron will have after leaving this tower. At least for now, all he can think of is the return of the archmage to silence. All words.

On the days when he was absent, would she not speak a word all day, even with a footstool and two lords in her company?

After the meal, Hipper still went to the library, and Virgil and Tius also followed, because the library was lively, and Hektra came later to bring snacks and drinks.

Hipper walked up and down the library, and Theron followed her quietly like a little tail, behind a footstool that might be stepped on at any time.This scene was quite familiar to Virgil, but the "tail" grew almost as tall as the main body without paying attention.

When I sent her here, she was only a little bit. Virgil leaned against the bookshelf and looked at them, reaching out his hand and making a secret gesture.

"Your Majesty the Archmage, you don't want to bring books or something?"

"Of course I have to bring it. I have a vague hunch that I will need some... reference books."

Theron took over the words: "Like... what does it look like?"

"We'll run into..."

"Rock, crystallization, shall we bring books on this?"

"Uh... almost, a book on leyline energy and crystallization, I guess you want to say that? No... I always feel that there is a deviation, it's not such a book, but it's not too much to bring one? But to be honest I always feel that there are no good articles in this part..."

She walked up and down again, walking from one side of the bookshelf to the end and back from the end.

"Hmm...!" Theron suddenly stepped in front of her and grabbed her with both hands, "How about that? How does the ley line affect the 'wind'? You said that the 'wind' would be affected, if that's the case..."

"I still remember that, if you want to see it, it's in BC101."

"Oh...I'll look at it, right now..." She let go of her hand and went to the bookshelf with the prefix B.

Hipper grabbed her backhand, "Finish what you want to say, lest you forget."

"Oh, oh," she smiled shyly, "I actually almost forgot, I was like, since they affect rocks, why don't we carry a rock cheat sheet or something? Since someone found crystals It is still possible to distinguish between different stones, those that can be crystallized and those that can only be corrupted."

"This is a good question, because the ley line energy is pure energy and is considered to have the same effect on all earth elements, so people should not pay attention to such trivial details as the type of rock, but it is better to concentrate on the energy effect itself. "

Theron didn't seem to agree with this statement, "But how can we find more rocks that can be corrupted?"

"So there are no more discoveries now. You are right, I thought of what to bring, this is not heavy."

She held Theron and refused to let go, and the two passed Virgil and walked to the desk.

There is also a bookshelf next to Hipper's desk that contains unclassified books. Every time she buys books that have not been read and have not had time to classify, she will put them here for a while.Inside was a heavy book that was one size smaller than the others, and Theron saw it right away.A hunch told her it would be this one, and the next thing she saw Hipper pick it up and hand it to her.

She was delighted at her little predictive ability, and after taking the book, she saw "Quick Reference Handbook of Rock Classification" written on the leather cover.