The day Silver Bell Festival arrives.
Under the snowy sky, horse-drawn carriages passed through the streets and arrived at Thetis District. Then, with the help of the special magic circle here, they were transported directly to the top of the tower. This place is located above the sky, enough to overlook the vast Cloud Sea.
Sylutia gathered up the shawl at the collar, walked down the steps, and stood on this high stand. This is the VIP seat of the Mithril Clock school. It is usually reserved for the masters and higher-ranking members of the faction. As for the students of the Thetis Academy, they are in another stand, which is still empty.
Looking at the seniors sitting here, they all surpassed me in age and rank. Sylutia felt a little pressured. He thought that if he had known this, it would be better to sit over there with the Academy.
It's a pity that Thetis Academy students haven't entered the venue yet, and the stands are all empty. It's still too eye-catching to go there by yourself.
Sylutia While standing there thinking about how to move his position later, a familiar voice came from behind.
"Hedra." This voice is slightly old, but it sounds particularly strong.
The girl turned around and when she saw the old man, she couldn't help but stand up straight and salute politely.
"Academy looks good." This old man is none other than the sage Aitos, who is also the current Academy leader of the Thetis Academy and the leader of the Mithril Clock school of thought.
Seeing that Sylutia was still so polite and well-behaved, Aitos smiled and nodded, and then whispered a few words. In the curious self-light of Sylutia, another girl was hiding behind her. She had long blue hair, and her hair reached her back ankles, making people worry that she would step on her hair and fall.
"Her name is "Amelia", she is my adopted daughter, she is about the same age as you."
Sylutia nodded, and then looked curiously at the girl who was about the same height as him. She had long blue spiral hair that looked like a work of art, her eyes were light gold, her eyes were pure, like a baby's, her skin was as white as snow, and her appearance was rare and flawless, with no flaws to be found, just like the careful work of God.
"Hello, my name is Hedra." The girl introduced herself by tapping her collar.
Then the girl across from me lowered her head shyly and responded like a mosquito.
"Amelia----" She said her name and looked at her toes.
After a few seconds, she seemed to realize that this was not good, and she raised her head again and looked at Sylutia. Her eyes were full of expectation, curiosity, and happiness, and were exceptionally clear.
It feels like the other person is more innocent than herself, Sylutia thought to herself, but the other person is already Fifth Order. This is really rare. She has never heard of it before.
Aitos looked at the scene where the two met for the first time, smiled, and then took the two of them to the lounge at the back of the stand. After sitting down in this quiet room, they began to introduce and explain.
"Amelia's talent is very special. She can practice much faster than ordinary people, so she can be promoted to Fifth Order at this age." Aitos first briefly explained the situation.
"For this reason, in order for her to master the powerful power she obtained as soon as possible, she spent a long time learning knowledge and skills, with little contact with the outside world, so not many people know about it."
"That's it." Sylutia nodded.
"Because she knows little about the outside world, Amelia's character is very simple. I often worry about whether she will meet bad guys and be deceived when she goes out alone, so I rarely let her have contact with the outside world." Aitos sighed.
This reason is actually not a lie. After all, Amelia's talent is too good and too simple. If he travels alone and meets someone with a dark heart, he will be easily destroyed.
"This is a rare opportunity, and it happens to be Academy Grand Tournament that happens every three years, so I took her out for a walk." Aitos continued.
"You are about the same age as her, can you stay with Amelia for a while today? By the way, because of her special status, she cannot leave this Tower of All Things. After watching games and performances, she also needs to sit in a special VIP viewing room and cannot be easily exposed to other people." He told Sylutia some situations.
"I know." Sylutia nodded. This is not difficult, but I didn't expect Aitos the sage would trust me so much.
"That puts me at ease." Aitos nodded, and then chatted with the two for a few more words, telling them about Amelia's situation, and then left the lounge.
As the president of the Academy, he will speak on Silver Bell Festival later and attend events, so he cannot stay here forever.
After Aitos left, Amelia and Sylutia were the only ones left in the room, and it was a little quiet for a while.
Sylutia is actually not the kind of person who is good at socializing. Now he looked at Amelia sitting on the sofa opposite and didn't know where to start.
Forget it, let's take her to the VIP viewing room that Academy mentioned. The environment there should be much better.
Thinking of this, Sylutia stood up and approached Amelia. The blue-haired girl's eyes widened slightly and she looked up at her, as if asking Sylutia what she wanted to do to her.
If he were a bad person, he would probably feel a little guilty and uneasy when he saw Amelia's expression, Sylutia thought to himself.
She gently held Amelia's hand, and then told him, "Academy has something to do, Amelia, come with me."
"Yes." Then Amelia stood up obediently, followed the hand held by Sylutia, and followed behind the black-haired girl.
The two walked through the quiet corridor with no one around, and soon arrived at the VIP viewing room on the top floor. There was a special one-way light-transmitting glass here, which allowed them to clearly see the central square below. There was a soft velvet sofa in the room, which was large enough for two people to sleep on. There were also snacks and fruits arranged. The quality was above level three, which was particularly exquisite.
It is estimated that this is a viewing room or lounge specially reserved for the Academy, but the other party is not using it at the moment, so it is given to the two of them.
Pulling Amelia to sit on the middle seat, Sylutia brought snacks and fruits to her and asked the blue-haired girl if she wanted to eat something.
"I'm not hungry." Amelia sat obediently on the sofa. Her pale gold eyes were particularly beautiful even indoors, like goldfish swimming in them, reflecting the watery light.
Aren't you hungry? Sylutia thought for a while and then continued to ask.
"Do you only eat when you are hungry?"
"Yes." Amelia nodded, those clear eyes seemed to be saying, isn't this the truth?
"Actually, you can eat a little when you're not hungry." Sylutia quickly understood the other party's situation.
"Really?" Amelia looked at the snacks handed to him and hesitated.
"How about a little taste." Sylutia broke open the wafer-like snack and took out a small portion and handed it to Amelia.
The other party looked at it, then opened his mouth slightly and bit it. The process was very light. Sylutia only felt his fingertips touch the moist lips, and then the small piece of snack entered Amelia's mouth. Then the other party pressed lightly with his fingers and slowly chewed the biscuit.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yeah." Amelia nodded.
"Hedra, eat it too." She didn't use many words.
Sylutia looked at the remaining snack biscuits in her hand and put them in her mouth to taste. Then she looked up and realized that Amelia had been looking at her curiously, as if he was imitating and learning.
"Amelia." She called the other person's name.
"Me." The blue-haired girl put a hand on her heart, as if to express that she was here.
Seeing her clumsy yet innocent look, Sylutia smiled faintly, and then helped Amelia wipe the corners of her mouth.
"Okay, let's just sit here and watch Silver Bell Festival's games and performances. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."
"Hedra, OK." Amelia felt a little happy after hearing it.
Afterwards, the two of them sat side by side on the sofa, and Xilu Tia began to introduce the factions, organizations, and representative guests from other forces that appeared in the stands opposite, explaining the characteristics of these factions and organizations, and interspersed with some history.
Amelia had seen many of the contents in the library, but those were records from a long time ago. When Sylutia told her today, it was much more vivid, and she also had many questions to ask.
In this way, the two of them spent little time talking and gradually became familiar with each other.