A strange world

Chapter 653 Chapter 50. Happy birthday

"Your honor, Your Majesty Bishop."

Reiner greeted Annan who was standing in front of the church.

"Liner, prepare a carriage and a bouquet of flowers." Annan entered the room without wasting any more time.

"Good teacher."

After a while, Reiner brought the carriage, and Annan took the bouquet: "Follow me."

On the way, Reiner drove his horse to follow the carriage: "Teacher, where are we going?"

"It's Colette's birthday and we just pissed her off yesterday."

"Do you want me to apologize to the lady?"

"not me."

Sincerity is the best weapon. Reiner smiled and continued to follow the carriage.

The fifth time he came to Rosella's house, Annan skillfully experienced being locked out and then came in through the side door. As a result, he did not see Colette in the living room. The servant said that she ran into the bedroom.

"Liner, you go outside and wait for me first." Annan thought that this incident should be related to him... Colette had misunderstood something.

"Good teacher."

Annan and Rosella came outside the bedroom. The door was unlocked, so he could talk to Colette face to face.

"I want to apologize to you... that was a mistake." Annan softly placed the flowers next to Colette who was sitting on the sofa. "It was just a misunderstanding that Reiner appeared here. I have already kicked him out."

Silent Colette's gaze fell outside the window.

"Today is your birthday. I took a day off specially and wanted to take you somewhere."

Colette finally said: "Where are we going?"

"Swan Lake."

…

The lake outside Yiwen City has a beautiful name, Swan Lake - because of the countless swans that inhabit this vast lake.

Annan arrived at the wrong time in reality. There was nothing left of Lost City and Swan Lake that had been wreaked by weirdness for several months.

Reiner pressed his sword and followed the father and daughter walking by the lake in the distance.

"I seem to have had a dream."

Colette looked like she was listening, and Annan slowly narrated: "In the dream, I made the same mistake. I went through this day over and over again, racking my brains to think about how to make my daughter forgive me? So I did a lot of stupid things. , such as beating up Reiner...and being sent to the dungeon by Reiner."

Colette looked at Reiner standing in the distance in disbelief: "How dare he do this?"

"This is just a dream, of course he dares...you have done it several times."

"I?"

"Yeah, you asked me who Uncle Dies is and who Mrs. Soma is, but I can't answer..." Annan said with a smile, and Colette also showed a smile.

The last time when I woke up from the dream, you said you wanted to go to Swan Lake. I thought I was very close to success, but you gave up, said "I want to be quiet for a while" and left. "

"I can't think of the reason, but the voice told me that it was because I wasn't careful enough. He said that I just wanted to escape from this dream, not really want to make up for anything..."

Annan looked at Colette seriously: "Is it too late for me to repent?"

"...You are not wrong, and my mother and I never blamed you. We all know that you did this for more people." Colette felt much more relaxed, "You can go back to the church, I am fine."

Annan tried to see the reluctance on Colette's cheeks: "Really?"

Colette smiled: "Your daughter is not that fragile, and she is not that ignorant."

"Actually, I took a day off..."

Colette took the initiative to push Annan forward affectionately: "I don't need it, you can continue to be the Archbishop of the Church of Order."

The father and daughter appear to have finally reconciled.

Annan followed Colette away from the lakeside and watched the carriage carrying her and Rosella enter Lost City.

Reiner returns to Annan.

"Good news and bad news." Annan told him.

"I want to hear the good news first."

"Colette forgives me."

"Where's the bad news?"

"She kind of hates you."

"It seems like two pieces of good news..." After the words fell, Reiner noticed that the teacher's eyes were not kind, "I mean... I will still protect Miss Colette like a knight."

"If you can't do that, I'll hit you over the head with my sword again."

"It's been so long. Do you still remember?"

Annan stared at Leonard's head: "It's as clear to me as if it happened yesterday."

He got into the carriage. Although he had reconciled, he still had no intention of making Colette happy...

"Is the princess's meeting about to begin?" Annan thought of something.

"We will arrive twenty minutes early now," Reiner said.

"Then let's go to the palace first."

In reality, it took Annan three days to get to the palace. Now it only takes two hours to get to the palace from outside the city.

The tall tower shines with the light of the gods. It's hard to imagine how Lost City fell...but it happened.

Annan entered the palace with emotion, followed the guards to the parliament hall, and met the princess on the way.

Her gray hair was trailing to the ground like a robe, and her cheeks seemed to be as beautiful as only a statue of a god could possess.

"Archbishop of Valencia." The princess nodded.

"You are beautiful now." Annan couldn't help but praise.

"Thank you for your compliment." The princess replied quietly.

Compared with reality, the princess in front of her has a sense of distance that is not present in reality.

Annan said nothing more, entered the parliament and sat down in his seat. There are actually some familiar faces in the council chamber - they are actually in the front hall, plotting to kill the princess while receiving her protection.

Adhering to the principle of doing nothing and making no mistakes, Annan fooled this parliament. But when he went out, he was stopped by the princess.

"Archbishop of Valencia, please wait a moment."

"What's on your mind? There has been no word in the council..."

"Today is my daughter's birthday, and I want to go home early." Annan said.

"It seems that the rumors are not true..." The princess's smile was like moonlight.

…

The carriage carrying the Archbishop of Valencia returned home under the moonlight.

Knock knock knock——

Colette, who had changed into pajamas and was reading in front of the magic lamp, raised her head and saw the servant who opened the door looking like he had seen a ghost.

"Who's out there?"

Then she also opened her mouth in surprise: "How come you are back...?"

"Is it weird that I'm home?"

Annan put down the pastries bought by Torena, looked at her and said softly: "Happy birthday."

Colette looked at him, her eye circles getting redder and redder, and she suddenly shed tears.

Annan didn't have time to say any words of repentance or touching words, but Colette couldn't stop her tears. She couldn't wipe them off with her hands or her sleeves. Finally, she threw herself into her father's arms and wiped them with his shoulders. tears.

Annan hugged Colette and suddenly had some enlightenment. Both he and Valencia were wrong... Colette's real expectation was not great fatherly love.

All she wants is cozy time with her family.

The conversation at night was reversed from the conversation at the lakeside during the day. Colette kept talking about life in the magic academy and the adventure of going to the wild to experience, while Annan listened quietly. Late at night, he sent Colette back to her room.

Standing at the door, she hesitated: "Good night, father."

"Good night Lily, happy birthday."