When Yu Xunge and Song Gui arrived at the entrance of the Owl Emperor's Palace in Polar Day City, it was only 9 a.m.

After the bell rang, everyone seemed to be speaking and acting at three times the speed. Without waiting for an announcement, Yu Xunge followed Song Gui directly into the room, having already contacted Maple Sugar through the game before setting off.

"It's a deal, once we reach an agreement, you have to help me train."

"You promised... I may often flatter people, but I rarely lie, right?"

The two walked and talked. Song Gui wasn't disbelieving the idea of ​​going out for drinks and songs, but she was mainly worried that the other party was playing word games.

So, unusually uncertain, she pressed further, "Are you sure? You have so much to do, do you have the time?"

Yu Xunge had to briefly explain one of her skills to Song Gui. She held a gold coin between her fingers and waved it in front of Song Gui's eyes. Watching the owl's eyes follow the gold coin from side to side, she smiled and said, "I'm sure."

But the next second, before she could even put away the gold coins in her hand, she turned her head to look ahead and sensed that an acquaintance had entered her golden rain curtain. To be precise, the other person had not moved at all, standing in place waiting for the golden rain curtain to fall.

The fiery wings swayed gently in the wind, her long, black, wavy hair and beautiful eyes seemed to burn with ambition and discontent forever.

Su Yitong, dressed in full armor, stood not far in front of her, quietly watching her.

So much time has passed; she must have already figured out what she should and shouldn't have figured out.

But the look in her eyes when she looked at him now was devoid of hatred and resentment, only curiosity and nostalgia. There was even a smile on her face that looked like happiness, a smile that was clearly not for him.

Yu Xunge did not stop walking; she maintained her pace and quickly walked inside.

She couldn't help but keep looking at Su Yitong, since Su Yitong was looking at her.

The two looked close to each other, then simultaneously looked away as they brushed past each other.

Song Gui watched with a smile the whole time, until the sunlight falling on her was blocked by the eaves made of clover, and until Su Yitong continued to walk away in the distance, she asked softly, "I thought you would talk to each other."

Yu Xunge shook his head: "Silence is the best outcome."

Song Gui led Yu Xunge up the spiral staircase of the tree tower and said, "You always like to say things that will just slip through your fingers after you hear them."

Yu Xunge gave Song Gui a disdainful look: "...That's because your brain is too slippery."

Song Gui understood the look in his eyes. After stepping over a few steps, she suddenly realized: "Ah... have I been fooled by Tu Lan again? What she meant by saying that is that I think what you said is very profound."

Yu Xunge: "..."

She frowned and looked up along the middle of the staircase, only to see a dizzying array of stairs. She couldn't help but wonder, "Why can't we just fly up from the outside?"

Song Gui smiled and said, "This is what Maple Syrup meant. She said if you want her to make cookies for you, just go up the stairs. This is your way of showing your sincerity."

Yu Xunge's response was not to leave in a huff, but rather to stop walking slowly with Song Gui and rush straight up to her.

Song Gui smiled and didn't follow. Instead, she stopped by the window, crossed her arms, and leaned against the windowsill, gazing down at the city of polar day.

The smile on his face faded until it turned into melancholy.

Maple syrup holds the "four seasons" in its heart.

And her? Does she really only want sunny days...?

But even if she unlocks the divine talent word, what good will it do?

It was all too late...

She wants the best of everything, and this is slowing her progress.

On the contrary, once Maple Syrup set her sights on a goal, she could tolerate everything else. The hatred and anger in her heart made her dare not and unwilling to stop.

If you fall a few steps behind, you'll never catch up.

……

The top floor of the Tree Tower Palace was a huge platform. It was Yu Xunge's first time here, but everything in front of her looked incredibly familiar.

A small house, a swing, an old tree, and a tree table with four wooden chairs under the clover tree.

Maple Syrup wasn't sitting on the largest wooden chair like she was in the tower; instead, she was sitting on a branch of an old tree.

If the clover is the tallest tree in the forest, then the old tree is the most durable tree in the forest. It is so durable that few oak owls are willing to use it to make furniture—because it is too difficult to cut down and carve.

Golden raindrops fell on Maple Syrup's head. She didn't turn around, but asked, "You've participated in so many devil games, do you still remember this place?"

“Hmm.” Yu Xunge walked to the smallest wooden chair and sat down. “Before the loop, I specifically recorded those memories that I didn’t want to forget.”

"Is it also inside the tower?"

"The ones in the tower too."

"During the game, you transported me to another timeline."

Maple Syrup didn't rush to talk about the future of cookies and starry seas, and Yu Xunge patiently cooperated.

"Well, then what?"

“I only stayed there for five minutes. It’s a pity. I should have given you more time. Five minutes is only enough for me to find an acquaintance and ask a few simple questions.”

"Really? Who did you contact? Mistblade? Fat Goose? Or Wildfire, Maple Azure?"

"Wildfire".

"Then you've come to the right person."

“You can be really arrogant sometimes… Aren’t you curious about what questions I asked in those five minutes?”

Yu Xunge got up and walked to the edge of the ancient tree and the platform. She looked into the distance in the direction the maple syrup was pointing and saw the familiar light wings on a street not far away.

The answer had already flashed through her mind, but she still cooperated and asked, "What did you ask?"

I asked her how many forest fragments the maple syrup from here had been collected.

"Did she kill any of her own kind who surrendered during the battles of Zelan and Senhai?"

Did she make cookies from the autumn bear?

"Did she resurrect her daughter...?"

Yu Xunge pursed her lips, preventing herself from asking, "Are you asking about regret or your own remorse?"

After a long pause, Maple Syrup added softly.

"I also asked her where Hitomi, who was carrying the wine, had gone."

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