Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 49 Want to meet early
Isabel breathed a sigh of relief and opened her eyes.

Clutching her forehead, she slowly woke up from the soft feather hammock.

"Awake?"

With her back turned to her, Yanis was drawing pictures in Isabel's bedroom, and said briskly, "How was your experience with this ceremony?"

Isabel turned her head and saw a brilliant sunrise.

Above the sparkling lake, the new red sun seemed to ignite the entire lake.

The bottom is red and golden, the top is light blue and dark blue...

This strange and beautiful picture reminded Isabel of Mr. "Fox"'s eyes when he resonated with the path of dedication.

"Well, why don't you talk?"

After not hearing Isabel's response for a long time, Yanis turned around curiously, and joked, "Isn't it a failure to advance?"

"...No, it worked." Isabel whispered.

"Did it succeed?" Yanis said in surprise.

"Mr. Yanis, why are you so surprised!"

"Because I did think about the possibility that you will fail in the advanced stage."

Yanis casually turned the paintbrush in her hand, and tilted her head: "Why, don't you blame me for not telling you the various precautions in the ceremony in advance?"

"...It's okay. Failure is also a kind of experience."

Isabelle said softly.

"Ah."

The elf artist laughed, walked over and gave Isabel a light nod: "You're clearly speaking ill of me in your heart. You little idiot."

Seeing this, Isabel stopped pretending.

She came over very aggrieved: "Teacher, I think you still have to teach me some common sense things. Otherwise, it is meaningless to fail unprepared... I have failed quite a few times."

That's basically what Sherlock said to her earlier.Now she copied it directly.

"Is this something someone taught you?"

But Yanis easily saw through the truth.

"...Eh? Why do you—"

"With your personality, when you say 'your own words', you are not so smooth and precise. You will hesitate in your own judgment. As you just said - you have failed too much. So that your self-confidence is not enough."

Yanis sighed, leaned over and stroked Isabel's hair: "Then you know why I don't want you to succeed once?"

"……why?"

"Because the advanced ceremony will fail sooner or later."

Yanis replied slowly and patiently: "Whether it is a new moon ceremony or a full moon ceremony, its essence is to compete with others. It is nothing more than the difference between direct competition and indirect competition. Since it is a competition with others, then there is There are winners and there will be losers. Maybe some people will always lose, but no one can always win.

"You keep winning and you build up more and more pressure. Because of that, the first loss is a rare opportunity to balance your mind and take your nerves off."

"Why do you say that failure is an opportunity?"

Isabel asked stubbornly: "I want to win more."

Yanis stroked her hair silently, then pinched her soft cheek affectionately.

The elf said seriously: "It's very simple, little Isa. Because you fail at the first step, you won't cause any loss to yourself. The delay is only time-after half a month or a month, you can go to the next step." Participate in the ceremony again. In other words, if you fail this time, you can participate in the new moon ceremony again to experience the real competition. Then you go back to the full moon ceremony to gain experience.

"You're lied to in rituals, you're beaten. You're tricked out of your identity, you're used as a prop—yes, those are 'failures'.

"But at the same time, it's just a dream. What if they know your true identity? You are the princess of Avalon, what else can they do? This is your greatest support, Isha ...they can't do anything to you, your failure is just a failure. There will be no actual irrecoverable damages.

"In a place where no one knows you, people won't care about your identity, and they won't show any respect for you, only cruel competition, survival, deception, betrayal... This will undoubtedly make you grow up quickly.

"And you only need to pay the price of 'time', and participate in a few more ceremonies, so that you, a well-protected and distinguished princess, will be exposed to people's hearts under the premise of ensuring your own safety. In the undisguised malice—in my opinion, this is more valuable than the improvement of the advanced ceremony itself."

Yanis said the truth she didn't say before: "It is indeed unfair to compete fairly with other people who are prepared without knowing or understanding. But the reality is often the same... You will be ambushed by someone who is prepared when you are not on guard or prepared."

"...If that's the case," Isabel panicked, "Did I do something wrong when I successfully advanced? In this case, I won't be able to fail again next time, because failure will pay a real price..."

Hearing this, Yanis blinked.

She didn't react for a moment.Then he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"My little Isa, why are you so cute—"

Like hugging a puppy, Agnes yelled and hugged the soft Isabel into her arms.

Her eyes were full of tenderness and affirmation: "What are you talking about, my little cutie? If you can advance smoothly, it means that you are indeed excellent.

"You have done a good job. As for the next ceremony...you don't have to worry about it.

"No matter what method you use to win in the end, it means that you are at least not the worst. You can already win without knowing anything, so after I have taught you carefully, wouldn't you be able to do better? good?"

Yanis comforted her softly, "Stop talking about those things, little Isa. What is the characteristic of the path you chose?"

Although she looks like a sister who is only three or four years older than Isabel, she looks like an elder.

"...Speaking of which."

Isabel complained softly in Yanis's arms: "You didn't tell me what to choose. I hesitated for a long time, and finally chose 'smart singing voice'."

"Do you want to increase the difficulty of singing the magic song? It's also very good. Anyway, you are all-rounder, so you can choose whatever you want. It is 'beautiful' to follow your own mind."

Yanis raised her eyebrows: "Sure enough, you sang in this dream, right? I thought you wouldn't even be able to find your teammates."

"That's not enough to—"

Isabel said stubbornly: "I can find my teammates, I found them from the beginning!"

"Good good..."

Yanis smiled, tilted her head and looked at Isabel: "How about I draw a picture for you? To commemorate your first victory in the ceremony.

"As you are now, with this posture - the laziness, surprise, and shyness that just woke up, with a little confidence rising quietly like the morning light, and a cute little timidity..."

"……teacher!"

Suddenly, Isabel interrupted Yanis: "I have one more thing!"

There was a little consternation in Yanis' pupils.

She couldn't help showing a smile: "What's the matter, my little cutie?"

Although her student gained self-confidence, which made her very happy... But she never thought that Isabel had progressed to the point where she had the courage to interrupt herself with just one ritual.

She became more and more curious about what Isabel was going through.

But she respects Isabel.If Isabel didn't take the initiative to say it, she wouldn't ask either—because she knew that if she asked, her obedient student would definitely say it.

this is not good.It was as if he was using the teacher's authority to force her to hand over the secret, losing the beauty of nature and tacit understanding.

"I remember, teacher, you said before... I hope to invite Mr. Aiwass to sit in the Silver and Tin Palace."

Isabel whispered impatiently: "Can we invite him earlier?

"I want to see him as soon as possible... and chat with him."

She had just hugged Aiwass as a child for four full hours, and now she felt that she would not be afraid to come into contact with the real Aiwass at all.If it was originally just "some expectation", but now it is a little "can't wait".

The intimidation and alienation that comes with first contact with any stranger has dissipated in the previous four hours.

Thinking of this, she wanted to see Aiwass as soon as possible.It's like seeing the characters in the story appear in reality, that feeling is amazing.

That strange position where she was familiar with the other party but the other party did not know herself gave Isabel a rare sense of security.And that's what she's missing all the time in her daily life.

At that time, Isabel wanted to say quietly in her heart after seeing Mr. Aiwass:

——Sister, I used to be your mother, and even sang you a lullaby!

You can only say it from the bottom of your heart, because speaking directly will make people feel that you are not polite.But just like this, it will definitely make me laugh secretly in my heart.

That must be fun!
Hearing this, Yanis raised her brows with interest, noncommittal.

(End of this chapter)