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Hill originally wanted to introduce Kiki to his mother Alicia, but Kiki didn't show up until he accompanied his mother to see all the booths. Instead, when he was about to leave, he met Tina who had just returned from outside, and was caught She invited her to the lounge for a cup of black tea.

Alicia saw that Tina and Hill had something to say, and quickly made room for them to be alone by going to the bathroom, and Tina also straight to the point asked whether the Balotelli family would participate in the magic. The thing about selling utensils.

"Are you really not participating?" Tina asked puzzled after getting an answer that was contrary to expectations.

"I'm sorry, Magician Tina." Hill smiled apologetically, "Unless His Majesty the Emperor issues a decree on this matter, no family can lend a helping hand to the Magic Association. Speaking of which, why doesn't the Magic Association directly How about discussing it with His Majesty the Emperor? From my point of view, popularizing magic weapons is really a good thing that benefits the country and the people!"

"The problem is that that old-fashioned guy doesn't think so!" Tina said depressingly, "And now, we don't know how to correct his wrong view!"

"Perhaps other members of the royal family are more suitable as lobbyists." Hill winked mischievously, suggesting.

"Who are you referring to?" Tina asked suspiciously.

"Magician Tina, it is impossible and impossible for me to say the specific name." Hill spread his hands helplessly.

"...Damn noble rules." Tina curled her lips in displeasure, but she didn't ask further, "Forget it, anyway, I'm just an alchemist who makes magic weapons, so I'd better leave such troublesome things to the big shots!"

"You are too humble, Magician Tina." Hill smiled slightly, and then asked about Kiki's whereabouts, "Do you know where Kiki went? He promised me to be a guide for me and my mother ..."

"Don't mention that bastard in front of me!" When Kiki was mentioned, Tina immediately gritted her teeth.

Hill couldn't help but froze for a moment, "Kiki...has something happened?"

"No, he's fine, very fine, and will be even better!" Tina said viciously.

—Obviously, Keech has pissed off Tina for something.

Hill immediately shut his mouth and didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, Alicia also took time to return to the lounge, and Tina asked Alicia and Hill to stay and drink tea, and she got up and left.

As soon as Tina left, Alicia immediately asked Hill with an ambiguous expression: "Is she the one who gave you the makeup box?"

"No—mother, where are you thinking!" Hill was slightly taken aback, and quickly denied it.

"It's fine if it's not, she's really too old for you." Alicia patted her chest thankfully, but then asked again, "However, when do you plan to send your sweetheart away?" Introduce it to me? If I'm not mistaken, she should also be a magician, right?"

"Mother, you misunderstood. Things are not what you think." Hill helplessly defended, regretting how he was so careless, and his mother saw the microphone that Kiki gave him while changing clothes.However, he really didn't expect his mother to come straight into his dressing room to pick out accessories for him to go out.

"Don't worry too much, my good son, you don't have to worry about your family thwarting your love affair. The title of magician is enough to make your stubborn grandfather ignore her commoner background." Alicia said with a smile, "If, She did come from commoner origin."

——The title of magician can make people ignore his origin, but it can't change his gender.

Seeing his mother in high spirits, Hill could only smile bitterly to himself.

That night, Hill did not return to Balotelli's mansion, and stayed with his mother in Rusto's residence.But it wasn't until bedtime that Alicia reluctantly put him back in the room, giving him a chance to be alone.

After locking the bedroom doors and windows, Hill took out the microphone and tried to contact Keech, but he failed to get a response from there for a long time after the contact request was sent.

--What happened?Could it be that Tina confiscated the megaphone?

Hill thought suspiciously, but couldn't go to Chimera's old house to see what happened.

For the next two days, Hill sent Keech a contact request every night, but received no response each time.

On the third day, the day before the Midsummer Festival, Hill finally couldn't control the uneasiness in his heart, ventured out of the house, and came to the venue of the magic weapon exhibition again.

Hill quickly found Tina in the exhibition hall, and hurried up to ask her what happened to Kiki.

"What's the matter? It's nothing. I was still helping me make the magic weapon last night, and I saw it in the restaurant at noon." Tina tilted her head in confusion, and asked, "It can't be what's wrong with you, right? There was a quarrel ?”

"No, it's just that I haven't been able to contact him in the past few days, which makes me a little worried." Hill pretended to be calm and said.

"Oh, maybe it's because he's been working at my place for the past few days." Tina waved her hands lightly, "Wait, I'll call him out."

After speaking, Tina left the hall.

Hill waited uneasily, hoping sincerely that the reason Keech hadn't called him was because he was working for Tina and didn't have time.But not long after, when he saw Tina returning to the exhibition hall alone with a strange expression on her face, he knew that things were not that simple.

"He doesn't want to see you." Tina shrugged helplessly, and then asked with a frown, "Are you sure you didn't quarrel? I think that kid is obviously angry with you."

"Maybe I provoked him unintentionally." Hill smiled wryly.

"I'll take him to the anniversary celebration tomorrow, um, and the celebration dinner tonight." Tina patted Hill on the shoulder, "Seize the opportunity to reconcile! You know, once the anniversary celebration and exhibition are over, he will Get back my mage tower to prepare for the intermediate magician assessment, and I won’t come out until the assessment is over—understand?”

"Understood, Magician Tina, I am really grateful to you." Hill said very sincerely.

"Just reconcile quickly!" Tina raised the corners of her mouth happily as if she had thought of something, "Explain when it's time to explain. Don't say nothing just because you're angry for a while, or it will deepen the misunderstanding!"

Hilton felt puzzled, but he couldn't give Tina a more in-depth explanation, so he squeezed out a smile, nodded and said, "I will remember your warning, Magician Tina."

After speaking, Hill bid farewell to Tina and left the exhibition hall.

Hill didn't know that when he left the venue, Keech was standing in the corridor on the second floor, watching him intently.

After telling Tina that he didn't want to meet Hill, Keech couldn't help but leave the room, stood at the corner of the corridor on the second floor overlooking the entire hall, and quickly found Hill's figure in the hall.

Keech couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in at the moment. On the one hand, he desperately wanted to see Hill and ask him about certain things, but on the other hand, he didn't dare to see Hill. I don't even want to hear the expected answer.

For a moment, he even wished that Moriarty would show up to answer his questions as he had promised.However, like prayers never being answered when they are needed, Moriarty never returns, leaving Keech struggling, depressed, and irritable.

The next day, Kiki was woken up early by Avella. After washing, he put on a brand new junior magician robe, and together with Avella, followed Tina to the Dragon Square in the center of the celebration.

Along the way, soldiers in heavy armor and knights riding horses can be seen every short distance, and magicians and more warriors are hidden in hiding places.In stark contrast to these are the dazzling and gorgeous floats parked on the street, as well as the beautiful but indistinguishable male and female actors and singers on the floats.

Keech didn't pay much attention to the scenery on the road. The early wake-up time made him doze off non-stop, but every time he closed his eyes, he was always woken up by the overexcited Avella , forcing him to accompany her to admire the floats waiting for the parade on the roadside.

——Isn’t it just a stage with four or more wheels added? What’s there to see!

Keech was extremely depressed but helpless.

After finally getting to the Dragon Square, Elvira finally regained the modesty that a lady and a female magician should have. She slowly got off the carriage and followed Tina and Kiki to the magician's exclusive stand.

Tina took advantage of her special status to get three positions here. Otherwise, with Kiki and Avella's rank and status alone, even if they accepted the bodyguard mission issued by the royal family, they would at most blow the wind in the surrounding streets. , There is no way to enter the Dragon Square.

It was also for this reason that the seats next to Tina and the others were quickly covered in blue and purple robes, and there were very few greens like Kiki, let alone a white background with red borders like Avella. Apprentice robes.After sitting for a while, Avella became nervous because of her too unique apprentice robe.

Keech didn't pay attention to this, and as soon as his butt touched the seat, he closed his eyes without thinking, and after a few breaths, he entered a half-dream and half-awake state of doze.

But before Kiki fell asleep, the sudden sound of orchestral music woke him up from his drowsiness. When he opened his eyes, it was Emperor De Rossi, the protagonist of today's celebration, who had finally arrived and was on the main stand with the accompaniment of the brass band. throne.

When seeing De Rossi, Keech's first feeling was that he and Sirius were not at all alike. Then, he found Sires behind De Rossi, and it was no surprise I saw A-Dong next to Sirius again.Beside Sires was another young man who was older than him and much more similar to De Rossi, apparently the eldest prince Philion that Hill had mentioned.

Between the two princes and the emperor was a beautiful lady not much older than Tina, wearing a light golden crown on her head, and holding a five or six-year-old boy in her hand.

——Is this the queen?

Keech guessed and had to keep looking elsewhere because of the orchestral music that kept him from falling asleep.

Keech didn't see Amir who was said to be in charge of guarding beside the emperor, but he spotted Hill in the stands of the nobles at a glance.Instead of sitting close to the Emperor with his grandfather, Count Balotelli, he sat further back with his parents.

The moment he saw Hill, Kiki's heart trembled suddenly, as if his heartbeat suddenly started to speed up, so violent that he couldn't help holding his breath.And the next moment, he felt that Hill was looking at him, and soon realized that it was not just his "feeling", that Hill was actually looking at him, focused and hot, as if every time he caressed his body It was hot in the palm of my hand.

Keech had to admit that he missed that feeling, a lot.

——What is he struggling with, depressed about, and irritable about?

Kitsch questioned himself, but couldn't get an answer.He could only lower his eyelids, avoid Hill's gaze, and try to regain his composure.But the body is still unconsciously receiving the senses from all over the world. As soon as Kiki dismissed the most enthusiastic gaze, he felt another cold gaze.

Keech couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and habitually looked for the source of that gaze, but soon realized that he was just affected, and the real target of the gaze should be Tina beside him, and the source of the gaze was It was a black-robed priest he had never seen before.

That person was not very old, perhaps about the same age as Tina, or slightly older, with long, rare silver hair, and a gentle and pleasing appearance.He was sitting next to a priest in red, and he seemed to be chatting with another priest in black beside him, but his eyes were fixed on Tina who was diagonally opposite, which made Kiki feel that he might have something wrong with Tina.

As if aware that his gaze had been noticed, the young silver-haired priest quickly glanced at Kidge, and calmly withdrew his gaze, as if everything that had happened before was just a casual look, not deliberate. for.

But Kiki still remembered him, and tugged on Tina's sleeve, reminding her to pay attention to the silver-haired priest diagonally opposite.

But Tina didn't take this matter to heart, instead she rolled her eyes back at Kiki, "Could it be that I'm ugly, and being looked at by others will make you feel abnormal?"

Keech had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

But although the strange stares disappeared, the familiar eyes remained focused as before. Kiki could only continue to lower his head, silently counting his own heartbeats, cutting off and isolating his thoughts from sections and pieces of memories.

Kiki didn’t watch the parade of floats, knights’ guard of honor and other performances in the back. He only vaguely remembered that the salute seemed to have been fired many, many times, and then the emperor left the viewing platform with a group of royal family members. Other nobles and guests followed Exiting the stage, he also boarded the carriage that he had come in with Tina.

Then, Hill's gaze also disappeared, and Kiki finally relaxed, and he was in the mood to pay attention to Avella's writing and drawing in the notebook, and to see her various emotions about the celebration.

The carriage drove directly into the palace of the Yalong Empire. After getting off the car, Kiki and his party were led into a lounge by two court attendants, where they waited for the upcoming celebration dinner.

——In the evening, it is inevitable that we will meet Hill again, right?

Keech thought to himself.