“And me,” the lightning bolted up.

“I want to too,” Nana cried.

“The Goo!”Macy followed soon after.

Roland simply stood where he was, and let all the members of the Witch's League be hugged one by one, and saw that Tily couldn't help but say, "Your relationship with them is really harmonious."

“Do you need your brother’s embrace?”

"No, thank you," she said, smiling and shaking her head, "I remember very clearly the scene when you picked me up and fell to the ground."

Roland had to shrug his shoulders to show his innocence, and then moved his eyes to the woman in the ashes - the other side had a sea blue hair, who looked small and was similar to Anna.Her eyes were closed, her elongated eyebrows were slightly cocked, her skin was white, and the tear mole in the corner of her eyes was particularly eye-catching.

From the outside, the other person is not like a prisoner trapped in the basement of the stone tower, but there are some sleeping beauty feelings.

However, compared to the appearance, Roland is more concerned about her robe - in this era, he has rarely seen such exquisite and complicated clothing, due to the lack of dyes, the background of the violet itself is extremely rare, with those interlaced white stripes and prints, just like a movie to see the gorgeous robe.

It must be an orange outfit.

“Is she still alive?”

"Well," said the Nightinge, "but the magic in her body is running out, a bit like what happened to Anna as an adult."But unlike Anna, her magic is so slow that it can take three or four days to get to normal levels.”

"If that's the case, call her the sleeper," nodded Roland. "I'll clean up a room on the third floor of the castle to restore her, and the others go back to the hall," he paused, "I'd like to hear your story."

...

After listening to the story of Tily and the Nightingers, Roland couldn't help but pinch the cold sweat for them.

Although there is a full picture of Hilwi, but deep underground pursuit of a huge evil beast has never seen before is still a very dangerous thing, if it is their own, I am afraid will hesitate.Unexpectedly, Tily was so decisive, she chose the right person in a short time, and personally led the team to... I can only say that she became the leader of many witches not only because of the status of the princess.

“Did you think this diamond worm was related to the devil?”

"I don't know, but it's not impossible," said Tilie slowly, "that the co-helping witch had met in the wild and wild devils riding a mixture of evil beasts, who had been cut off their flesh wings and obeyed the devil's command, a bit like a tamed animal.And behind the snow-capped mountains, you also see the beast that can fly—completely different from the form of the devil, perhaps another evil beast."

“So it is possible to assume that the devil and the evil beast belong to the subordination, as man and the hound do.They can somehow get these monsters to obey their orders and drive them to some of the more difficult tasks.”

“It feels like... it’s like that,” Roland nodded, but he always had an incomprehensible confusion in his mind.The evil beast will only actively attack the human habitation during the demon month, but it does not mean that they can only live in the demon month - the moss and weeds on the seam of the city's beast can prove that these monsters are enough to survive for decades.If the devil is limited to the red mist and cannot quickly occupy the whole wild land and drive mankind out of the mainland, then they can constantly send evil beasts to harass the four kingdoms, rather than wait until the winter to act.

It is hard to forget that in the first year of the demonic moon, the intelligence of the mixed species of the wolf-lion that had struck the iron axe—unlike the conditioned “smart” animal, which learns, analyzes, and selects the course of action and the goal, which is an unattainable height of most living things.If the long-lived mixed evil beasts can have intelligence, it is impossible to be tamed by another race.

"But I think the enemy Miss Nightingers met outside the stone tower is more worrying than the evil beast in the ground," sighed Tilie, "to hide her body during the day, and move quietly, almost invincible."It is a pity that we know very little about the evil beast, and we have no idea how to deal with this terrible opponent.”

"If it had not been for the Nightingers' own eyes, I would not have believed that such an evil beast really existed," said Roland, "but they never seem to have appeared in the West... otherwise, if there were so many times a year in the winter, the long-singing fortress should have been turned into a ruin."

“But the longer the demonic moon, the stronger the demonic beast, which is the conclusion of the history books.This time it starts to snow in the autumn, and the enemy we face may be very strong.”

The phrase “we” warmed Roland’s heart, whether she thought of herself as her brother or not, or at least as an ally, that she had made the town one with herself—for the sake of the witches, of course.

"That can only be watched by the Nightingers."

"No, leave it to Silvey on alert this winter," said Tiley; "the walls are divided into two sections, and even a circle will take half an hour, and Miss Nightingale's workload is too great."As long as he is in the castle, he can observe the whole area of the wall, and when the evil beast is found, he can immediately inform the other witches."

“That’s all right,” Roland nodded.

“The witch...” The book hesitated, “I still keep my previous opinion that she may be our enemy until she is identified.”

“I know, so I’ll put a lock on her for a while,” he said, exhaling, “and hopefully it won’t make her misunderstand us.”

...

Roland went into the sleeper's bedroom, where only Anna was left to take care of her.

“How?”

Anna shook her head, "There's still no response."

"Yes," Roland went to the bed, and the woman lay quietly in her bed, though her eyes were still closed, and the marks between her brows seemed to be faint.Nanawa and Lily both used her abilities again, and the next thing they could do was wait quietly.

"It's incredible to have been frozen for so long, but there's no trace left on me."He lamented.

"Just as I'm not afraid of fire," laughed Anna, "her ability is certainly more to do with this."

"I heard it was your cut ice coffin," Roland patted her head, "and it's great, Anna."

"Not all of my reasons," she said seriously, "the witch's ability is very clever, first with the very low temperature of the cold ice to freeze all the circulation of her body, and then with near-temperature ice crystals to completely seal the ice inside, so that it will not melt."For the control of her abilities, she must have reached a very high level.”

Close to the temperature of the ice ... this sounds very unreasonable, but Roland understands that the ability to summon a witch is a specific manifestation of magic, just like the black fire that changes the shape and the temperature.

Anna paused, then said, “I had just cut into the outer ice crystals, and the whole ice casket was instantly torn apart, as if she had deliberately left a flaw.”So I think she had expected such a day."

“You mean...”

"She'll wake up."

(Unfinished).