Chapter 106 Different Reasons
Scroll knocked on the door, and there was a quick answer from inside, "Please come in. 1 novel ≥ ﹤"
She opened the door and entered. Anna was sitting at the table by the window, flipping through thick books. Sunlight poured in from the window, stretching the woman's figure to length. Her soft cheeks and neck were dazzlingly white under the light, and the flaxen hair covering her shoulders was almost dyed pale gold.
After getting along for almost a week, Shu Juan has basically figured out the other party's temperament, such as being straightforward, never beating around the bush, calm and quiet, and especially eager to learn... In short, it is very difficult for a child born in a commoner family to be like Anna, with a pure heart and a kind heart. peace.
"Aren't you going to play that... card game?" Shujuan pulled out a stool and sat beside Anna. In the past two days, the sisters would fly back to the castle after practice, huddle in Soraya's room to play the so-called Gwent cards, and compete for the pieces of paper collected by each other, seemingly never tired of it. Even Nana Paine, who came to play with Anna every day, had a rare reduction in the number of appearances after learning how to fight. Unlike a few days ago, she could always see the little girl with magical healing abilities in the room.
"I want to read more books," Anna turned to the next page, "I don't have the ability like yours, so I just need to spend more time on it."
She reads almost everything, from historical biographies to long poems, including all kinds of folk stories she has heard from the streets and alleys, as long as they are compiled into books, she can read them with gusto.
Shujuan patted her head lovingly, "Don't worry, I will tell you everything I remember."
This is the child who changed the fate of the survivors of the Mutual Aid Society, Shujuan thought. Without her, Nightingale would not have traveled to Border Town halfway, would not have met the fourth prince of Graycastle, and would not have had anything that happened next. In a sense, she is the savior of all witches.
This is also the reason why I had a good impression of Anna from the beginning, and the latter quickly accepted her after seeing the book of magic power, and expressed great envy, which made Shujuan feel a little ridiculous. In the mutual aid society, no sister has ever envied her own ability. On the other hand, Anna had the largest magic power capacity among the witches Nightingale had ever seen, and the green flames she could absorb freely were also extremely powerful.
"Your hair is a bit long." Scroll lifted Anna's bangs that were about to cover her eyes, "Didn't someone cut it for you?"
She shook her head, "I hanged it all myself."
Scroll suddenly became interested, "The twisted hair is so ugly, let me trim it for you."
"You still do this?"
"When I was in the mutual aid association, I cut most of the sisters' heads," Shujuan said with a light smile. "Wait a minute, I'll get the tools."
She quickly came back with a cloth bag. The white cloth wrapped in layers was spread out, and there was a pair of bronze scissors inside. The scissors are V-shaped, and the handles at both ends are covered with fine scratches, exuding a wet luster, obviously being used frequently. Before Shu Juan joined the Mutual Aid Society, he relied on these scissors to make a living as a caretaker in the tavern in Haifeng County. Apart from buying bread, the remaining copper eagles were handed over to an old captain with a broken leg. The captain taught her to read and write until she passed away in old age.
Scroll skillfully unfolded the white cloth, tied it around Anna's neck, and began to trim her hair that was too long.
"I... have some questions to ask you."
"What?" Scroll's fingers fluttered, and the scissors kept opening and closing in her palm, making crisp clicking sounds. Clusters of flaxen hair slipped over the fingertips and fell to the ground.
"The book you showed me yesterday, many of the stories recorded in it have almost the same ending. Will the prince marry the princess as his wife?"
Her hand paused slightly, that story book was not a book in the true sense, but a collection of folk tales sung by sailors that she had listened to during the ten years in Haifeng County. It's just that the content of the book is specially screened, and the story without a happy ending is not required, and the prince is not with the princess. In the end, it was compiled into a book and transformed into a book for Anna to read.
Knowing that the other party would definitely ask such a question after reading it, but when she really wanted to answer it, she couldn't bear it.
"Most of them are like this. Of course, some princes will marry the daughter of the Grand Duke or the Duke. For example, King Wimbledon III of Graycastle, his wife is the daughter of the Duke of Silverlight."
After finishing speaking, Scroll sighed inwardly. Wendy mentioned Nightingale's concerns to her, and compared to the mature and calm Shadow Killer, she was more worried about Anna who was getting closer to His Royal Highness. Anyone can see how important this woman is to His Highness. When Anna was present, Roland's eyes always fell on her more. Her busy day is several times that of the other sisters. After Nightingale and Wendy's room was changed to double sharing, His Highness only did not adjust Anna's room, and explained that Ruo Nana could sleep with Anna when she spent the night in the castle. A bed—he didn't even realize that he was the owner of this place, and he didn't need to explain at all.
The same is true for Anna, who doesn't talk much when she is with other witches, and is a quiet listener most of the time. Only when he was by Roland's side would he become active. If there is anything that can make her look away from the book, Book Scroll must be His Royal Highness.
It is a pity that Roland is the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Graycastle and the king who will be supported by witches in the future, while Anna is a witch.
It was impossible for Scroll to remind His Highness the Prince, so he had to come up with this way to sidestep Anna. She didn't want a estrangement between the two, and she didn't want to see a tragedy with no results.
"Why?" Anna shook her head, as if she wanted to get the splinter out of her neck, "What if the prince doesn't like the princess or the noble lady?"
"Uh..." Scroll didn't expect her to ask such a question, "Then he has to marry. Because the prince is likely to become king, and the king's marriage is not his business alone," she tried hard to recall the relevant events recorded in the book. Knowledge, "in order to stabilize the great nobles far away on the border of the kingdom, to appease neighboring countries that are about to make trouble, and even to reach a good deal. But most importantly, the king must have an heir."
Anna didn't ask any more questions, which made Scroll a little relieved. This kind of thing can only be persuaded slowly, she believes that one day the other party will understand. After trimming his hair, Shujuan smiled and scratched Anna's tip, "That's right, I'm much more energetic."
"Thank you," Anna bowed her head.
"Then, today's book..." Shu Juan thought for a while, and decided to summon a history of the Wolfheart King's family evolution to strengthen the impression instilled today, "Let's choose a family biography."
When she was about to leave, Anna held the book of illusions and said suddenly, "I don't think Roland is the prince in the story." Her voice was very sure, not as if she was trying to convince herself, "He will only do what he wants It has nothing to do with anything else.”
"..." Scroll was startled, "Why?"
"If he was that kind of prince, he wouldn't have saved me." (To be continued.)