Chapter 49 Want to Meet in Advance

Isabel suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and opened her eyes.

She covered her forehead and slowly woke up from the soft feather hammock.

"Awake?"

Jannis was painting in Isabel's bedroom with her back to her, and said in a light tone: "How was the experience of this ceremony?"

Isabel turned her head and saw a brilliant sunrise.

Above the sparkling lake, the newly born red sunrise seemed to ignite the entire lake.

Below was red and gold, above was 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 speak?"

After not hearing Isabel's response for a long time, Janis turned back curiously and joked: "Was the advancement failed?"

"... No, it succeeded." Isabel whispered.

"It actually succeeded?" Janis said in surprise.

"Why are you so surprised, Teacher Janice!"

"Because I did think about the possibility that you would fail in the advancement."

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

"...It doesn't matter. Failure is also a kind of experience."

Isabelle whispered.

"Hehe."

The elf artist laughed, walked over and gently tapped Isabel: "You are obviously saying bad things about me in your heart. You little fool."

Seeing this, Isabel didn't pretend.

She came over with grievance: "Teacher, I think you still have to teach me some common sense. Otherwise, there is no point in being unprepared for setbacks... I have failed many times."

This is basically what Sherlock said to her before. Now she copied it directly.

"Did someone teach you this?"

But Janice easily saw through the truth.

"......Hey? How come you-"

"With your personality, you won't be so fluent and accurate when you say 'your own words'. You will hesitate about your own judgment. Just like you just said-you have failed too many times. So much so that you lack confidence."

Jannis sighed, leaned over and touched Isabel's hair: "Then do you know why I don't want you to succeed at once?"

"...Why?"

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

Jannis answered patiently and slowly: "Whether it is the New Moon Ceremony or the Full Moon Ceremony, its essence is to compete with others. It's nothing more than the difference between direct competition and indirect competition. Since it is a competition with others, there must be losers if there are winners. Maybe some people will always fail, but no one can always win.

"If you keep winning, you will accumulate more and more pressure. Because of this, the first failure is a precious opportunity. It can make your mentality balanced and no longer nervous. "

"Why do you say failure is an opportunity?"

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

Jannis touched her hair silently, and pinched her soft cheek lovingly.

The elf said seriously: "It's very simple, little Isa. Because if you fail in the first advancement, you will not cause any loss to yourself. It's just time-half a month or a month later, you can participate in the ceremony again. In other words, if you fail this time, you can still participate in the new moon ceremony again and experience the real competition. Then you go back to do the full moon ceremony and you will have experience.

"You were deceived and defeated in the ceremony. You were deceived into revealing your real identity and used like a prop-yes, these are indeed "failures."

"But at the same time, it's just a dream. Even if they know your true identity, what can they do? You are the princess of Avalon, what else can they do? This is your biggest reliance, Isa. They can't do anything to you, your failure is just a failure. It will not cause any irrecoverable actual losses.

"In a place where no one knows you, people will not care about your identity or show you any mercy. There is only cruel competition, survival, deception, betrayal... This will undoubtedly make you grow quickly.

"And you only need to pay the price of 'time' and participate in a few more ceremonies, so that you, the well-protected and noble princess, can be exposed to the undisguised malice in people's hearts while ensuring your own safety - in my opinion, this is more valuable to you than the advancement ceremony itself."

Jannis said the truth that she had not said before: "It is indeed unfair to compete fairly with other prepared people without knowledge or understanding. But the reality is often the same... You will be ambushed by people who are well prepared without being on guard or prepared."

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

Hearing this, Janice blinked.

She was a little unresponsive for a moment. Then she couldn’t help laughing.

“My little Isa, how can you be so cute——”

As if hugging a puppy, Janice shouted at the top of her voice 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've done a great job. As for the next ceremony...you don't have to worry.

"No matter what method you use to win in the end, it means that you are at least not the worst. You have been able to win without knowing anything. Then after I teach you carefully, won't you be able to do even better? good?"

Yanis comforted her softly: "Don't talk about those things, little Isa. What are the characteristics of the path you chose?"

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

"...Speaking of this."

Isabel complained softly in Yanis' arms: "You didn't tell me what to choose. I hesitated for a long time and finally chose 'Smart Singing Voice'."

"Would you like to increase the difficulty of singing the magic song? It's also good. After all, you are an all-rounder, so you can choose whatever you want. It's 'beautiful' to follow your own will."

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 still not the case -"

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

"Okay, okay..."

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.

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

"……teacher!"

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

There was a hint of astonishment in Yanis' pupils.

She couldn't help but smile: "What's wrong, my little cutie?"

Although her students had gained confidence, which made her happy... But she never thought that Isabel would progress to the point where she had the courage to interrupt herself in just one ceremony.

She became increasingly curious about what Isabel had been through.

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

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... that you would like to invite Mr. Aiwass to sit in the Palace of Silver and Tin."

Isabel couldn’t wait to whisper: “Can we invite him earlier?

"I want to see what he looks like as soon as possible... and have a chat with him."

She had just held the young Aiwass for four hours, and now she felt that she was not afraid of contact with the real Aiwass. If I was just "somewhat looking forward to it" at first, now I am a little "can't wait".

The fear and alienation I felt when meeting any stranger for the first time had dissipated in the past 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, it's a wonderful feeling.

The strange position of being familiar with the other person but not knowing her gave Isabel a rare sense of security. And that was what she was missing all the time in her daily life.

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

——Sister, I was once your mother, and I even sang you lullabies!

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

That would be fun!

Hearing this, Yanis raised her eyebrows with interest and remained noncommittal.