On the day of the first snowfall in winter, Xia Han and Fiona returned without success.
A few months later, Xia Han celebrated his tenth birthday. He investigated all the teleportation array information in the library, but still could not find the correct teleportation array. In desperation, he did not bother to hide it, and began to find other teleportation arrays.
Ask the mage for information.
Qiuye and Chunqing lived in the City of Glory and the City of Order respectively. As disciples of the two lords, they made great contributions to Xia Han's investigation plan. At the same time, Xia Han also had frequent contacts with the mages of the Elf City.
After three searches, I still found nothing.
Just when Xia Han was confused, Fiona found him: "Is the teleportation array you are looking for the one that the snake god's clone is looking for?"
Her words shocked Xia Han, but she did not deny it: "You know?"
"I noticed that you were making some small moves, so I investigated out of curiosity... and found something interesting." Fiona nodded, but she did not directly tell Xia Han what she had found. Instead, she said: "I know about the teleportation array.
Where, but you have to tell me honestly..."
"Why are you looking for it?"
It took no effort to get there even after wearing iron shoes. Although Xia Han wanted to say this, he couldn't deceive Fiona to get the answer. Several of the reasons he made up were seen through by the Elf Princess, and she was even a little angry.
.
"When are you going to tell me the answer and come back to me!"
She said this, and then she didn't show up for several days. Fiona really intended to train Xia Han into a frank mage - she felt that Xia Han was surrounded by a layer of lies.
However, lies, this is the essence of Xia Han, and even he has difficulty finding out his true intentions. Despite this, he still has to find a way to pry the address of the teleportation array out of Fiona's mouth.
After two days of thinking, Xia Han found Fiona on a starry night.
"What, are you going to tell the truth?" The elf princess received him on a lawn of the castle. She was sitting under a tree, holding an apple in her hand to feed the phoenix, and her eyes were as bright as sapphires in the dark.
Xia Han sat down in front of her, and the shadows of the trees illuminated by the twin moons just covered him.
"Why does Your Highness Princess insist on others being honest?" Xia Han said: "I have no ill intentions towards other people. Isn't that enough?"
Fiona paused her hands and looked at Xia Han.
"Indeed." She nodded and admitted: "You have no ill intentions towards other people...but as my first and perhaps last disciple, I hope you can open your heart to me."
"Isn't that too cunning?" Xia Han raised his eyebrows dissatisfied: "You don't seem to have opened your heart to me."
Just as Fiona cannot see through Xia Han, Xia Han cannot see through Fiona in many aspects.
Fiona opened her eyes wide and seemed surprised. She smiled bitterly and said, "Really...I see...This is how I feel about you."
"Okay..." She put down the apple in her hand and let Fenghuang enjoy it alone. Then she approached Xia Han, transformed into a little girl and sat side by side with him: "I'll tell you where you think I hide my secrets.
you."
"..."
"First, the real reason why you say you want to experience life. Second, do you like Qiu Ye. Third, the reason why you accept me as your disciple."
Xia Han asked. He actually had more doubts, but these three were the most suitable things to ask, and they were not very personal, so he asked them all together.
"Xia Han...you are really sharp." Fiona laughed. After the laughter stopped, she smoothed her blond hair covering her forehead and sighed softly: "You can answer these questions in one sentence."
Her side face seemed a little lonely: "Because I'm leaving soon, I want to do things I've never done before..."
Xia Han had heard this sentence before, but he didn't understand the background.
It turns out that Fiona will leave the Sky Temple in ten years and start learning how to govern the country as the crown prince of the Magic Empire. Ten years passed in a blink of an eye in her eyes, so before leaving, Fiona had a strong impulse -
—She wants to use this short time to do something she has never done before.
She wants to know the life of common people, fall in love, and teach her disciples like other lords... There are many, many things that she has never experienced in her life, and she will never be able to experience them in the future, so she can only hold on tight.
Do it during this time.
"Every time I see those young elves and humans, I feel envious." Fiona smiled: "I also want to try, I want to know freedom, laughter... I want to love seriously once.
"
"Qiu Ye is an outstanding man. I have been watching him for a long time... I thought I loved him, but no..." She then shook her head, looking a little depressed: "When you reported that he and Chun Qing were in love,
I didn’t feel much impact.”
"So I realized that it was definitely not love... it was an illusion, an illusion that I thought I loved him... and then almost convinced myself... It was the product of my fantasy, a self-satisfaction
cheat."
Fiona's self-analysis shocked Xia Han, but her words sounded true, but hard to understand: "Can't you fall in love freely when you return to China?"
"Impossible." Fiona categorically objected, with an unusually calm face: "I return as the crown prince... The heir to an empire must have the country, the people, and responsibilities in mind, and the choice of partner must also be based on the best interests."
To become the crown prince, you have to kill free feelings? What nonsense... Xia Han is secretly unhappy, he is still the king...
"Are you too extreme?"
"Extreme? No..." Fiona shook her head. She turned to look at Xia Han: "I want to be such a person. I have been dreaming about becoming the best king since I was a child... This is my wish.
"
Her eyes were vast, but there was no smile at all.
At this time, Xia Han suddenly felt that even if Fiona had a boyfriend in the Sky Temple, she would never let him go past half a step - she would say that her body represents the interests of the Magic Empire. Such a woman makes Xia Han
It trembles from the bottom of my heart...because he and Fiona are completely opposite people.
Xia Han may be able to understand human feelings and the respectability of a king who serves the country and the people. However, he will never become such a person, let alone give up all personal feelings for some lofty ideal...
He is very realistic, selfish, he only acts for his own benefit, and his ideals and beliefs are just tools.
So that night, after Fiona confessed, Xia Han also revealed his innermost secret, but his answer still seemed to be untrue - an incomplete truth.
"I'm looking for that magic circle to survive. I want to be free... not be bound by anyone, and live how I want to live!"
There are clear distinctions between people, believers and unbelievers... As a time traveler, Xia Han has no real way to be honest. He must use lies to deceive the world. This is also the whirlpool of history...
