【Gillay】Beauty and the Beast

Siegfried Gilfias felt that something had indeed changed.

This feeling is very strange, and very incredible.If I have to describe it, it is like a bouquet that I thought was an orchid all the time, but rose buds suddenly formed one day.

Gilfies didn't know whether such a change came from himself, from the world around him, or both.But he knew he welcomed the change very much.

Until a few days ago, he could not have imagined that he would have such a burning desire for a change in his trajectory.

Reinhardt is so dazzling that his existence is like a burning star.Gilfies felt that a certain part of himself was also ignited, which was different from being illuminated by the sun, it was more intense and eager from the inside out.

This made Gilfies eagerly feel the feeling of being completely different from living in this world, which is a part closer to being alive and breathing.

With such a mood, Gilfies had lunch with the owner for the first time on the third day after he entered the castle.

They sat on either side of a long table in the large and ornate living room.A steak with excellent color and texture was placed in front of Gilfies. Even if you didn't get close, you could smell the aroma of butter and cumin swirling and rising in the high temperature.On his left hand side, there is a steaming creamy clam soup in a porcelain white round container.On the other side, there are milk cut noodles coated with vanilla butter. They have been baked until the surface is a little brown and golden. You can imagine their crisp taste just by looking at them. Just right red sausage.Gilfies knew that the shelf with the hot spring eggs in his hand was made of sterling silver, just like the tableware in his hand.

He poured the brown sauce on it, cut the veal steak, and the gravy slowly flowed out from the incision, and the meat of the beef showed a bright rose red color.Gilfies took a sip of the liquid in the tall crystal glass, but unexpectedly opened his eyes a little, and coughed a few times.

This caused the dictator opposite him, who was eating quietly, to look up. He was lying on a cushion similar to the room just now, and when he propped himself up and curled up like all felines, he just put Jin The yellow head rests on top of the dark brown dining table.

"What's the matter, Gilfies?"

"No...actually,"

The young hunter also raised his head immediately, he seemed a little embarrassed.Only then did he realize that the other party's meal was different from his own, and half of the honey-filled soufflé muffins had disappeared.

And on the side there are snow-white cod pieces, and the tender yellow lemon slices are dotted on the side.Realizing that the other party was still waiting for his answer, Gilfies continued talking.

"I'm so sorry, I just didn't expect there to be wine in it..."

The golden lion raised his eyebrows, and his ice blue eyes stared at the red-haired hunter opposite him for a while before he noticed something.

"what……"

"Yes, Master Reinhardt...for the time being, I am 15 years old."

For a moment, Gilfies felt that the other party was about to laugh, but Reinhardt just blinked: "I'm sorry, honorable sir, I think it's because you are already a hunter who can stand on your own that I ignored over that."

Gilfies felt that the cup in his hand emitted a burst of light like grains of wheat, and after they dissipated like a butterfly, the color of the water in the cup became even lighter.

"I originally thought that today would be a suitable day for drinking, but it seems that I have to wait for some time, Gilfies."

"...I'm afraid so, Lord Reinhardt."

When the red-haired boy brought the exquisite cup to his mouth, he could only taste the fragrance of apples.

With the end of the meal, the afternoon time began to become completely comfortable.

Gilfies went back to her room and stayed for a while. Outside the tall floor-to-ceiling windows, the trees were full of fruits, but in this corner, the rose forest as red as blood could not be seen.The sun had already drawn an arc across the sky by the time Gilfies pulled himself out of the bibliography.

Moving his stiff shoulders, Gilfies walked out and found the golden lion who was also reading in the previous room.

"Good afternoon, Lord Reinhardt."

"Ah,"

Without looking up, Reinhard replied with a vague voice.His attention was basically on the paper, as if there were elves holding it on both sides, the book with a gold cover was floating in the air, turning pages from time to time.

Gilfies observed the other party for a while, and then finally took his eyes back and turned to the window.

Not surprisingly, this huge window with an exquisite hollow design, which is half the size of the wall, faces the red flowers gently swaying in the wind like the sea.

As long as you tilt your head slightly, you can see this red ocean.Gilfies had never seen such a crimson flower, as if it was about to stab her eyes.

"I thought, are you here to invite me to tea, sir?"

Gilfies was taken aback, only then did he realize that Reinhardt had already walked beside him.Then the other was feline enough: walking as silently as the most graceful tiptoe dancer, undetected by even the most cautious hunter.

This is the first time Reinhardt is so close to Gilfies, his eyes are fixed on the sea of ​​flowers outside, and Gilfies looks at him, thinking that as long as his hand is raised a little You can touch the soft mane of the lion.

"I think so, Lord Reinhardt."

It's been a long time since Gilfies has had a freshly baked biscuit, let alone afternoon tea.But since the other party had already proposed, Gilfies didn't want to say any negative words from the bottom of his heart.

To match the butter cookies sifted with a thin layer of sugar on the surface, black tea needs to be mixed with rose jam.

While coffee might be better as far as Gilfies is concerned, the experience of adding pink jam and milk to tea is also quite novel.

"how?"

"Ah yes... very delicious, Reinhard-sama."

"The almond cake from before."

"Yes?"

"It can only be said to be 'delicious'."

Suddenly commented that the spoon in the water glass in front of the golden lord was floating in the air and stirring: "Because I have eaten the most delicious almond cake in the world."

Gilfies laughed and said, "Of course I won't be able to catch up."

"So how about quantity, sir?"

"Of course, Lord Reinhardt."

Nodding in satisfaction, the golden lion lowered his head and drank in small sips.At this moment, he didn't look like a lion gulping blood at all, but more like a leopard sipping water by the river.

Gilfies seemed to be able to see the looming pink tongue.And when the other party tasted the biscuit, no sound was made.

"Gilfies would prefer coffee?"

"I don't have a particular preference."

"In your case, it's more likely that you like beer."

"Does that make you think so?"

Reinhardt nodded.However, as if he remembered something, he immediately changed the subject and said:

"An old friend of mine liked black tea very much."

"yes."

"Ah, but he doesn't put any jam in his tea, but brandy."

"Brandy?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Gilfies smiled and commented: "That's really an interesting person."

"Yes, hum,"

Reinhardt went on to add: "Also a very picky guy about water quality."

Gilfies didn't reply, he knew that the other party already wanted to end this topic.For some reason, he immediately followed the other party's jumpy, non-sloppy conversation even in small talk.Now that Reinhardt has no more information to share, he changes the subject.

The golden lion knocked lightly on the table, and the wooden table in front of it was folded immediately.The empty snack racks and seasoning bottles flew up in an orderly manner, and floated out with a swing.

A brand new chessboard appeared in front of them, and Reinhardt directly skipped the questioning step and started to move his soldiers.

About a quarter of an hour later, Gilfies, who only knew the rules with his father when he was young, suffered a disastrous defeat. He said with some trouble: "I'm really sorry."

"Huh? Do you think losing is too ugly?"

"No... I think if I know better, you can have more fun, right?"

"Gilfies, do you think what I need is an enemy?"

"I'm very sorry, Lord Reinhardt."

"If you apologize again, you might as well walk upside down from now on."

"That's really... a little troublesome."

"Then get rid of your fault of apologizing every now and then."

The golden ears of wheat shone everywhere, and the chess game was reset: "Since you know you have a vacancy, let's win by quantity, Gilfies."

"As you order, Lord Reinhardt."

"Gilfies doesn't like to move the king very much."

After a while, Reinhardt commented: "Is it because of caution?"

"Well, I think it's not so much being cautious, it's better to say that I'm too unfamiliar to use chess pieces."

"indeed so."

Gilfies smiled wryly because of the other party's affirmation, and he raised a topic as if he didn't want to get into the horns of the chessboard: "Speaking of it, Lord Reinhardt. From the room you prepared for me Look, just in sight of a bountiful fruit. If you'll say yes—I mean"

"Do you like fruit pie?"

"what ever."

Reinhardt immediately added: "As I said, Gilfies, everything here is at your disposal."

Gilfies nodded and continued, "I don't know what you want to eat tonight?"

"Usually, they prepare it for me themselves, and I rarely think about it."

"I see." Gilfies swallowed back the words 'very much like Lord Reinhardt' and the desire to inquire, and continued, "Because from my observation, even a single leaf on the tree I’ve never dropped it before, so I thought of asking first.”

"So you've been coveting my fruit tree for a long time, Gilfies."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Gilfies said with a smile: "It's really rude, my mother always collects berries and fruits that have not been pecked by birds in the nearby forest to make baked pies and jams. It can also last longer. I’m always the one to help, so I’m quite confident, Lord Reinhardt.”

"Then let me look forward to it."

Lai lowered his head, and a pawn fell down.

"Checkout, my Mr. Chef."

The record for Siegfried Gilfies' fiasco continues to be refreshed, but his fruit pie has received good reviews after adding twice as much sugar and milk as his mother's.

After collecting all kinds of experience, Gilfies was able to thwart the attack from Reinhardt a little on the morning of No. 11 sunrise since the meeting.

After the game, they discussed their views on military formations and supply lines to the music for a while.

They usually don't talk about this part of the topic in daily topics. More often, Gilfies will tell Reinhardt about his hunting experience.In fact, as long as Reinhardt is willing to listen, Gilfies doesn't mind telling the story of his 15 years of life so far.

He told the story about the river in the mountain stream. He was chased by two black bears who just woke up from hibernation, and had to jump off the cliff, but was accidentally taken to the village at the foot of the mountain by the flowing water.

Telling the story about the pine needles in the forest, he lost his way after chasing the deer. At that time, the stars were hiding, but after he was exhausted, he found the former owner of the deer who was injured and defeated under a needle.The notched antlers still sit above a closet at home.

Talking about identifying the wrong herbal medicine, the two plants look too similar, only the roots are a little different, so the story of accidentally developing rashes all over the body.My mother cried and cried, but those red spots disappeared on the third day.

Sometimes he is really engrossed in talking, when the starry sky is already covered with branches, he will find himself sitting on the tall and soft cushions on the balcony, and Reinhardt is beside him, he His breath beat on Gilfies' arm.

In a trance, the young man felt that he could put his hand on the golden lion and pat him gently.

So after No. 12 nights came, he finally did it.

Reinhard's ears trembled, and Gilfies felt that he heard a faint voice from the other's throat, but there was no other sound.

The red-haired boy didn't speak, he suddenly, as if he knew it a long time ago, they got along like this.

Gilfies knew it was time to say good night.

Generally speaking, Gilfies has an excellent biological clock, and he can even adjust himself to wake up at different times every day to ensure that he has plenty of energy to face tomorrow's life.

So for the teenager, insomnia and waking up in the middle of the night were very rare.

However, on the No. 11 night, the reason why Gilfies woke up in the middle was because of outside interference.

When he struggled to open his eyelids in a rare way, he found that his forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and his body could not move.

Soon Gilfies found the culprit of all this - there was a huge lion lying beside him.

The golden figure of the other party can be clearly distinguished even in the dark, and the huge forelimb is lying on the right half of the red-haired boy, because the extremely sharp claws are tightly closed between the claws, so that Gilfies can only Feeling like you have a warm, plush object that is both soft and tough.

Gilfies thought about it for a while, and then began to cover himself with the quilt on the golden lion beside him.Just as he was clumsily moving because his entire right half of his body was not free, a sound like a church bell rang.

"It's snowing outside, Gilfies."

The boy looked out of the window, and there was only the clear and boundless Milky Way.In this vast field, there is always only one weather.

But he soon understood.

"After all, it's January, and it's normal for snow to fall, Lord Reinhardt."

Gilfies hoped that there would be no ambiguity in his voice, but unfortunately, a teenager who was disturbed in the middle of his sleep would still have a part he couldn't overcome.

"Yeah, here, it hasn't snowed since."

Reinhardt said, his voice seemed a little far away, Gilfies let go of the bedding, but still stopped on the opponent's body, this behavior was tacitly approved by the golden lion: "Since then, the time here It just stopped."

"Would you like to see snow?"

The golden lion shook his head in the dark: "If it snows, the rose will wither."

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and said with emotion: "Since that patch of roses bloomed, only one rose has withered."

Gilfies opened his mouth, but his words dissipated in the gaze of the ice blue eyes. To Gilfies, the color and light were more dazzling than the stars behind him The presence.

"I think the noon clock has struck, Gilfies."

"It should be, Lord Reinhardt."

Reinhardt paused, but he quickly continued fluently:

"Happy birthday, Gilphiace."

Now it was Gilfies' turn that he couldn't react. He was stuck for a longer period of time before he returned bluntly: "Thank you."

He knew that he shouldn't ask why you know such a question, so he added another sentence.

"Now I can drink with you, Lord Reinhardt."

"call,"

The other party seemed to smile a bit, and then slapped the golden palm on the young boy's face.Gilfies obviously didn't know why he was suddenly captured by the meat eater, he was taken aback for a moment and then laughed.

"Thank you."

He spoke sincerely again.

"Make a wish to me, Gilfies."

"Why,?"

"Make a wish to me, and I will fulfill your wish."

For a moment, Gilfies just wanted to stand up, but because the other party was still holding him, he had to lie on the bed as if he was sleeping.

"What is your wish, Gilphiaes? Money? Status? Endless rights?"

The red-haired boy frowned: "You know that I don't yearn for these things."

"Then say it yourself."

Gilfies hesitated.

He is now lying on the bed relaxed and relaxed, and Reinhardt is also lying on the bed and looking at him except for his front paws on his body. The tail of the giant lion pats Gilfies' ankles from time to time. , seemed very relaxed.This made the two of them like two children lying on the bed counting the toys they wanted.

"I think, Lord Reinhardt, my wish may only be fulfilled by myself."

"Oh? But it doesn't matter."

"I, I'm afraid you'll laugh at me."

"You really will find sentences that make me angry, Gilfies."

The red-haired boy stopped apologizing, and he stopped shooting for a while like a broken chapter in a movement.Then he said slowly:

"I want to be your pillar, Lord Reinhardt.

"When I'm by your side, you can achieve anything you want without fear."

He finally concluded: "This is my wish."

Then Gilfies heard Reinhardt seem to say, "You're always like this."

Then the golden head rested on top of the boy's head, and Gilfies' whole body was about to be submerged in golden color.

"Do you hate this country, Gilfies? This—the Royankram dynasty."

"No, I..."

The boy's voice was buried in the lion's mane, and it seemed a little fuzzy.Gilfies only felt that he was surrounded by a soft warmth, and then the drowsiness was as fast and menacing as water.

As if gently patting her in agreement, Gilfies closed her jade-like eyes slowly.

When the No. 13 hundred days began the next morning, the boy woke up from the long dream, only a soft and moderate quilt covered his body.

At the breakfast table, the golden lion gently suggested: "Go and see your parents, Gilphiace."

"It's snowing outside, Gilfies."

Reinhardt said, his expression as usual: "You and Barbarossa go together."

TBC