He Holds a Rose from the Abyss

This time, Chi Lang didn't feel in a hurry in the final assessment. He had been studying more seriously this semester, and he didn't care about the questions he really didn't know how to do.

The invigilator in this exam room is very strict, requiring candidates to either use high-level magic, or take the exam well without cheating. Chi Lang listened to this request, and felt that he really had foresight to study hard.

He spread the paper on the table, staring at the blank questions, his mind began to empty, thinking about some strange and strange things, he looked up at the window with emotion, and happened to see Sheffield.

Sheffield smiled at him. Such a familiar picture.

Chi Lang looked at his test paper again and was sure that he would not do it, so he got up and handed in the test paper. The invigilator read the paper over and over again: "This is not going to be done?"

Chi Lang: "I won't do it."

"Isn't it possible to try again to see if I can use high-level magic?"

Chi Lang is honest: "No way."

The invigilator squinted, his eyes wandered between Chi Lang and Sheffield repeatedly: "You can let your relatives use magic instead."

When Chi Lang heard this, he choked on his own saliva and walked out of the exam room with a wave of his hand and bent over.

He habitually drilled into Sheffield's arms: "You know, that teacher is too... enlightened... He actually said that I can... that is, you, help me use high-level magic, and then he will let me get excellent."

"You didn't agree?"

"Of course I firmly rejected him, I am not moved by fame and fortune."

Sheffield bowed his head and asked him, "So what impresses you?"

Chi Lang patted Sheffield's face: "Maybe... your beauty."

After they walked out of the teaching building, they were already covered in snow, and a few high walls made of snow were erected abruptly on the flat ground.

Joyce stood under the high wall, with a group of elemental classmates, working hard here with ice elemental magic. They need to build a labyrinth with ice and snow as the content of this final assessment.

Chi Lang walked to Joyce's side and brought him a cup of hot water. Joyce's face was very pale, and the whole person was shivering with cold: "I don't understand, it's obviously the home court of your prophecy department, why are you still doing the hard work or the element department?"

Because most people in the prophecy department are just magic sticks. Chi Lang thought and answered Joyce: "I can help you, but I don't know what I can do without magic... But why don't you use fire element magic for yourself, it's frozen like this. "

Joyce: "Forget it, just let me release water when you take the exam... Fire Elemental Magic, I also think so, but Fire Elemental Magic and Ice Elemental Magic are completely different operating rules. If I use them together, Maybe it will explode with a "bang"."

Chi Lang: "Okay, do your best, I'll go back and prepare for the next exam."

"Micah," Joyce called out to him suddenly, but his voice gradually decreased, "if you are in the labyrinth by then, can you let me meet Dinah?"

Joyce straightened up, with a serious look on his face: "The New Year is coming, I have to be brave in the end, I will tell her straight, if it doesn't work, I will give up liking her."

It was the first time Chi Lang saw Joyce's expression, and said, "I can try... Come on."

These snow-built walls got higher and higher until they were flush with the clock in the college. From a distance, it looked like the snow had buried the entire college.

Chi Lang looked at the sky, and even the sky seemed cramped, he smiled: "I feel like we are buried under snow."

Sheffield stood beside him: "Want to go up there and see? I can use the magic of the wind element to show you what this maze looks like."

"No need, it's good to be buried in the snow like this." Chi Lang said, "As long as you think that when the snow melts, it will be spring, and it doesn't seem to feel very uncomfortable."

Sheffield also looked at the sky: "When the assessment is over, do you have any plans for the holiday?" He paused, "If not, we can go to a slightly warmer city..."

"Go to the abyss," Chi Lang's eyes brightened, "follow the path you took to the abyss, and then go to the imperial capital, where the Howard family is."

"Isn't it the New Year? Let's say goodbye to the past." Chi Lang took Sheffield's hand.

"…it is good."

Chi Lang went to Mrs. White's pub. At first when he went to see Mrs. White, he was scolded by the old lady for several days, and then he was allowed to stay in the tavern and gave him a raise.

Mrs. White counted the silver coins one by one and gave Chi Lang the wages for these days.

Chi Lang: "You counted wrong, there are five more silver coins."

Mrs. White glared at him: "Take it as a reward at the end of the year, and take it to make yourself have a good year."

Chi Lang was stunned for a while, then smiled: "Thank you."

"Which department is your final assessment this semester?"

"The Prophecy Department, this time I'm the one who evaluates others."

Mrs. White: "Well, can you predict that my son will come back? He went to the Knights of the Imperial Capital, hunting this monster every day, and hunting that one, without reporting any news to the family."

Chi Lang pushed open the door of the tavern, there was still snow outside, he was about to say that he could not predict, but the words turned into: "The wind and snow are so big, he will come back to spend with you. .If my prophecy magic fails unfortunately, he also hopes that you will spend the New Year warmly."

"So... change your charcoal fire to a better one, and don't drink the leftover ice juice every day. I wish you a happy new year in advance."

The holiday of the Magic Research Society started early.

Berg jumped into the carriage and was about to leave Zevernar City and return to the imperial capital. Before leaving, he just hummed at Chi Lang and said, "Next year my marksmanship will definitely surpass yours."

Longbeard and Chi Lang were the last to pack up and close the door.

The long beard patted Chi Lang on the shoulder: "I appreciate your behavior, and I will secretly add chicken legs to you next year."

Chi Lang: "...In other words, why does magic research have a holiday so early? It's earlier than the holiday in our academy."

"Because it's too cold, everyone doesn't do their jobs, and they study every day, how to use fire magic to warm themselves up more effectively, it's better to take a holiday."

Chi Lang felt that this reason was acceptable.

Longbeard added: "This way, I can also pay less wages. Thinking about it, it's still worthwhile."

Chi Lang: …

"Come on next year. The ultimate goal of the Mechanical Department is to surpass the dwarves' mechanical technology." Changbeard stroked his beard, "The fate of mankind is in your hands."

Chi Lang: …

"That's it," said the long-bearded goodbye to Chi Lang. "Have you been in a year of eating, lazy, doing nothing and getting drunk."

Chi Lang also sent some food to Lus. Since Lus stopped going to the Magic Research Institute, he has basically cut off outdoor activities, and Chi Lang is still a little worried about him from time to time.

Lus was still immersed in his research, and Chi Lang asked casually, "How are you going to celebrate the New Year?"

"Of course it is with knowledge."

The expected answer, Chi Lang thought, but when he turned to leave, Luth stopped him.

"Young man, I applied for the Lattilu gun from the Magic Research Association, but I'm not used to using it, so after thinking about it, I can only give it to you."

Chi Lang stared at Les and replied with a smile, "Thank you."

The final assessment is in the form of a labyrinth, occupying the right half of the entire academy. When the labyrinth was built, the activities of the students were limited to the left half of the academy, and the use of levitation was prohibited.

The students who participated in the construction of the maze in the element department had to participate in other assessments.

Getting out of the labyrinth is not difficult for a magician, just use some detect magic. And Chi Lang, the students of the Prophecy Department, need to use magic to interfere with the detection of other magicians at every fork in the road, preventing them from finding the right path so easily.

This maze could not accommodate all the people, so the assessment was divided into several games, and Chi Lang happened to be divided into the last game of the night.

So he stood alone at a fork in the road, shivering with cold. Almost everyone at his fork in the road has found the right way.

Chi Lang felt that he should get zero points, because no one could go wrong.

When Joyce passed this fork in the road, he also asked sympathetically, "I only learned the detection magic temporarily before I entered the maze. Am I right?"

"That's right."

"Did someone go wrong?"

"No."

Joyce gave him an encouraging look and hurried off to find Dinah.

Chi Lang lowered his head and heard footsteps on the snow again. His mind moved, and he looked up and saw Sheffield.

He ran over and pulled Sheffield back: "Don't go forward, stay with me here."

Sheffield smiled and asked, "Aren't you going to let me pass the test?"

"Think about it, if you pass, I may be the only one who gets zero points, but if you stay with me here, we both get zero points, which feels much better."

The snow was a little heavier, and after Sheffield stood here with him, Chi Lang felt a lot warmer.

"How many people are there after you?"

"Not much. If you want, I can use some magic to keep them from finding the right way."

"No need, I'll be fine as long as I don't get dropped out, let others do better in the test," Chi Lang suddenly thought of something, "Why don't you take me away, I feel like I'm here or not, the result is the same. "

"Where?"

"Go to that clock, just in time to see how they all get through this maze."

So they went to the bell in the college, set up a tent here temporarily, and got some food and water from the dormitory.

Looking down from a height, Chi Lang found that although these magicians often went to fork in the road, they basically took a few more turns and could successfully find the exit.

Everyone can find their own special right path.

After the last person walked out of the maze, the snow was not as heavy as it was at first, but drifted slowly and came down to the land calmly and gracefully.

The snow wall that made the maze suddenly began to shake, as if it were about to collapse.

Sheffield clung to his hand and looked at the rickety wall of snow.

As expected, the snow walls fell one by one, but at the moment they fell, they all shattered into snowflakes the size of dust. From a distance, it was like fireworks wrapped in snow falling continuously. Same.

The crowd was silent for a while, and then burst into cheers. The young magicians began to use elemental magic. Sparks swayed in the air with electric lights, and suddenly a gust of wind blew to extinguish the fires. , but in an instant a more vigorous flame was ignited.

The magic feast officially kicked off after the assessment. Chi Lang and Sheffield sat in the tent and watched the snow fall.

"They're like this, they should be cheering all night."

"Last semester too, but you were drunk, so you didn't feel it."

"Then let's not sleep, let's wait for the sunrise here." Chi Lang thought for a while, "We are like this, you tell me a story, and then I will tell you another story."

Sheffield's expression was very gentle: "What do you want to hear? The story of the brave man's battle?"

"No, start with the story of your childhood, and I will tell mine too."

"Do you want to tell any stories?" Sheffield's eyes were full of smiles. "Including the people I had a crush on when I was very young?"

Chi Lang: "No, you don't need this... No, can you remember the person you had a crush on when you were young?"

Sheffield couldn't reply for a while, Chi Lang was very proud: "Student Sheffield, it's not right to cheat like you, so you have to kiss me, and then continue to tell your story, you can't lie."

Sheffield gave him a kiss on the cheek and asked, "Then you lied?"

"I have nothing to lie about, my life is very dull, and I rarely have any exciting experiences," Chi Lang looked into Sheffield's eyes, "After I came here, I met a lot of people, and making friends with them made me feel good. I feel very lucky, among them, you are my greatest luck."

"So now I feel like every tomorrow is worth looking forward to."

Sheffield used magic to stop the wind and snow, then wiped the little snowflakes on Chi Lang's face with his hand, slowly approached Chi Lang's face, and kissed him very lightly.

"Chi Lang, every time I kiss you, I feel very sorry, because this second of kissing can't be repeated. But I also feel very looking forward to it, because in the next second, I can continue to kiss you. "

The cheers of the crowd gradually faded away, and the bell was drowned in the sound of the wind and snow, but Chi Lang couldn't even hear the sound of Xueluo, who was so close. He seemed to hear only his own heartbeat.

Come on the sunrise and stop the wind. he thinks.

He felt that his heart was about to burst. He didn't seem to be able to hold so much love, but he didn't want to like Sheffield less, just worried that the wind would blow his love away after a long time.

Maybe it's a psychological effect, the wind seems to be really small, and the snow is still falling.

They snuggled up in tents and waited for the sunrise.