Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The gods recorded in the ancient scriptures of various temples in the Lar continent are the origins of all things that were born from nothingness when heaven and earth were not separated and chaos was not yet clear.

But in the bedtime stories told by Elodie, the gods are just "people" with extraordinary powers.

These "people" were revered as gods, and they were the first race to learn to use magic in ancient times.

The records of the mythological era in the classics of various regions on the Lar continent are not the same. What Ilodi read today is a collection of folk tales from the southern region. In this collection of stories, the world was divided into three regions before the advent of God.

They are the collapsed floating island above the sea of ​​clouds, the various continents where people live under the sea of ​​clouds, and the rarely mentioned place of origin of monsters - Nocturnum.

Nocturnum is the transliteration of a local language. Modern scholars prefer to call it the "Endless Abyss".

"And the gods live on the floating island...

The gods have innate magical talents and enormous magical power. They are divided into different factions based on their respective magical fields and magical elements...

Cecilia, the goddess of light, Nayasos, the goddess of strength, Peraniere, the goddess of wisdom, and Yurist, the goddess of everything, are the four gods recorded in the classics. They may be the four most outstanding leaders of the gods in ancient times, or they may just be artificial gods in the stories compiled by later generations...

Sometimes we see silvery or fluorescent green things streaking across the sky at night, called meteors. They may just be fragments that fell from the ruins of the floating island. There is a folk saying that if you chase meteors and pick up the fragments of stars, you can make a wish come true..."

Elodie closed the book and looked at the two children lying side by side on the bed with their eyes shining and bright. When she found that they were not sleepy at all, she looked for help at her partner who was sitting at the other side of the bed, holding a pillow and listening to stories with the children.

After receiving Elodie's gaze, Cyril reached out and rubbed the two little heads that were put together one by one. After ruffling the two children's hair into a bird's nest, he seriously helped them lift the thin quilt that had slipped off to their shoulders.

"Go to bed, go to bed. If you don't go to bed now, there will be no stories to listen to tomorrow night."

"But Yrel can't sleep, Mom. Why did the floating island collapse? Where is the Endless Abyss? Do people live in the Endless Abyss? Why is the Endless Abyss also called Nocturnum?" The little blond curly-haired girl hugged the black-haired magician's arm, rested her head on his arm, and then asked her questions.

Cyril pinched the little curly-haired boy's soft face.

"You have so many questions. I'll tell you tomorrow. Don't ask any more. Children who don't go to bed by nine o'clock will have to eat mushroom rice tomorrow."

"No mushroom rice! No mushroom rice! Yrel has fallen asleep!"

Curly felt threatened by the mushroom rice and quickly closed his eyes.

Cyril looked at Xie Wei, whose face was still pale, and threatened him equally.

"You too, if you don't sleep now, you won't get candy after you finish the potion tomorrow."

Xie Wei was not threatened, but he closed his eyes obediently.

Elodie and Cyril stayed in the room for about another half an hour until the two little ones on the bed fell into a deep sleep, then they got up and left Xie Wei's room.

Ever since he had slept with Xie Wei for several days when Xie Wei was unconscious last time, Iriel said he didn't want to sleep alone at all.

Even if she took him back to her room while he was asleep, he would still appear in Xie Wei's quilt the next morning.

But the three-year-old Curly must listen to a bedtime story told by his father or mother before he will go to sleep, so Xie Wei has listened to more than ten bedtime stories with Iriel.

……

Xie Wei fell asleep in the arms of Iriel, who drank two glasses of milk before going to bed. After being dreamless for a long time, he had a dream full of the fragrance of milk that night.

He dreamed that he was making milk candies with someone. They made a lot of milk candies, but the person didn't like to eat milk candies. He just kept feeding him and lied to him that eating more milk candies would make him taller...

This is complete nonsense. Eating too much candy will only cause tooth decay. Sal is trying to fool him again.

Sal.

Sal?

"Shiavi, do you remember who I am? I am Sal, your partner. Do you know what a partner is?"

"Hello, Xie Wei, I'm Sal. Can we get along well in the future? I will love you, protect you, and give you everything I have. I will never betray you and I will always be with you. I swear on my faith."

Imperial Rose Shiyavi, you are mine now...

December 968, 7 in the Imperial calendar.

The temperature in Bellagio in July is around 35°C during the day, but it is very cool at night.

At three o'clock in the morning, the hotel courtyard was quiet and silent, and the moonlight sprinkled softly on the dark stone bricks.

Xie Wei squatted beside the flower bed outside the fountain pool, staring at the bare flower bed in a daze.

There's something in the soil at Bellagio that Cecilia roses don't like, so they can't grow here.

But the name of the inn, [Chiavelos], means rose garden. If it is a rose garden, how can there be no roses?

Why should a garden without roses be called a rose garden?

The flower seeds in his hand took root and sprouted under the stimulation of wood magic. In just a few tens of seconds, Xie Wei's feet were filled with Cecilia roses.

Cyril stood not far away and watched Xie Wei, wearing a cloak that was obviously ill-fitting, digging a hole in the flower bed beside the fountain with a small shovel.

After watching for a while, he walked up and squatted beside the black-haired magician, and then, in front of the little magician's astonished eyes, he skillfully transplanted the Cecilia rose into the flower bed.

Xie Wei's first reaction was embarrassment after he had done something inexplicable and was discovered. However, after the young man with long blond curly hair helped him bury the flowers in the pit, he suddenly no longer felt any embarrassment.