Chapter 159: The Dream of Spring

However, the next day, Ulysses did not wait for Ayu to arrive in this familiar place. Until the sun set, the petite figure who was always panting and running towards him did not appear on the other side of the street.

Ulysses stood alone in the dark shadow, and there was no sunshine in the sky, and the gray sky continued to the other side of the horizon.

Why didn't he come? Ulysses sat on the bench, and the white dove of Ayu fell on his shoulder, looking curiously at him who had been sitting still.

Scattered lights were lit up on the streets. On this cold winter night, people who had just survived the disease continued their lives in their own way.

The elderly and children have passed away, but they are still alive, and the foundation for the existence of this town is still there. As long as they wait for the end of winter, they can start a new life again.

At that time, there will be new children and new families here. People have become accustomed to accepting such unexplained disasters as epidemics, because they have no choice but to accept them without strength.

Ulysses, who belonged to outsiders, is an undeniable mysterious realm for them. The black magician robe represents the power of magic. Even if someone occasionally sees Ulysses sitting on a bench from the window, he will immediately turn his head and carefully close the window.

The magicians of this era represent a class that they absolutely do not allow offense. No one dares to impersonate, because if they do so, powerful magic users will let impersonators know what even death is a luxury.

The power of magic does not belong to mortals, and some magicians even claimed that this power came from the bloodline left by the ancient gods. Some seemingly right and wrong examples show that this statement is not completely unreasonable.

So they were afraid of Ulysses, but they absolutely did not dare to offend him. Even if Ulysses was teaching Ayu's precious knowledge, no one dared to get close to take a look.

The power of magic is unquestionable. The power of magic is the bloodline of gods, and the magician is the profession closest to the realm of gods. The power of magic has become the highest mystery among the few elites. This is such an era.

"..." Ulysses did not leave. Even if there was only a little hope, he wanted to wait for Ayu's arrival.

The lights went out one by one, and the darkness in the middle of the night began to cover the earth. Only a few blurry stars in the sky emitted a little light, so that the world was not completely swallowed by the darkness.

Ulysses closed his eyes and did not fall asleep, but was using magic meditation to restore his spirit. Now he only has the level of a level 4 light magician, and every bit of mental power is very important.

The world slowly became quiet, and when the last light went out in this town, there was almost no other sounds heard.

What time is it? It may be one or three o'clock. After the arrival of darkness, Ulysses lost his concept of time and only felt the light disappearing little by little, and the deep darkness came little by little.

"Tsk!" In this silence that seemed to continue infinitely, a sound sounded softly.

Ulysses opened his eyes, and the white dove that was originally on his shoulder flew high and disappeared into the dark night sky.

"Click!" The sound of thick snow being stepped on continued to sound, and at the end of the street, a small figure was coming over in the realm that Ulysses could not see through or enter.

Even in the darkness, relying on the little bit of blurry starlight in the sky, Ulysses could see clearly the appearance of the girl walking over.

A beautiful red headband, a yellow coat, a small backpack without wings, and a somewhat embarrassed smile. He was the only girl he knew here, and would grow into an incredible strong girl in the future.

"Sorry, I'm late." With such a slightly timid look, Ayu walked over step by step.

Well? Ulysses felt a little strange. If it were the usual Ayu, wouldn’t he run over with a "pop" and then get into his constant temperature technique to keep warm? How did he change his sex today?

Such elegant and steady walking style is not suitable for a lively and cute girl like her. Watching her move slowly, Ulysses was anxious about her.

"Huh!" Although he walked slowly, Ayu, who finally walked to Ulysses, breathed a sigh of relief, then closed his eyes and enjoyed the warm temperature around him.

"It's still comfortable here. Dad went out today. I have to stay at home alone to keep a look after the house. You know what happened." Yayu showed a very angry expression.

"Sleep?" Ulysses speculated that there was a very likely answer.

"Uncle, how do you know..." Ayu looked at Ulysses in surprise, seriously suspected that he had peeked.

"Because you love sleeping very much." Ulysses's answer was simple and clear. In his memory, Yayu would sleep for a while when he got the chance, and had some ability to find a bed anywhere.

"Wait, the point is not that! Do you know, Dad actually forgot to buy food and left me alone, but in the end there was nothing at home, which made me hungry all day, and almost all I could hide in the quilt." Ayu, who was seen through by Ulysses, blushed and explained desperately, as if she wanted to tell the world that it was natural for her to get out of bed.

Ulysses smiled silently and stopped asking about this question. He missed the agreed time because he overslept. This is a small mistake in the style of the style.

"Then, you will definitely not know. Dad actually asked me after he came back..."

Ulysses took out a few hot little things from his arms and cast the magic of "Temptation Asu".

"Dichouyao!" Ayu's big eyes lit up suddenly, and he couldn't wait to bring the Dichouyao gun in Ulysses's hand over.

While Ayu's attention was all focused on Yuyaki, Ulysses stretched out his index finger and quietly displayed "animal intimidation" at the sky, scaring the white pigeon, who had just tried to overcome his natural fear because of hearing a familiar voice, frightened him back.

"Bang!" With the sound of spreading wings, the poor little guy fled directly to a height of 1,000 meters.

"Ah...well... Uncle, what are you doing?" Asuyu, who was eating hot Yuyaki, looked at the sky with a confused look, unable to figure out why Ulysses suddenly stretched out his index finger toward the sky.

"I'm watching the stars move." Ulysses is definitely not a lie, because he really observes the stars' movement trajectory - of course, it's just a glance.

"Uncle, do you even know the knowledge of the stars?" Yayu's eyes were full of admiration. For ordinary people living in the north, astrological knowledge is a legendary mystery. Ordinary people may not be able to figure out what the names of those stars are in their lifetime.

"Well, what shines here now is the Virgin Star, representing the pure girl star." Ulysses pointed to the blurry star in a corner of the sky. On this winter night, it was one of the few stars that still appeared in the sky.

"Then, that one, that one!" Ayu pointed curiously at the brightest star at the end of the northern land.

"That's the Beidou... the star that represents the destination of the deceased." Ulysses hesitated for a moment, and still told Ayu the name of the extreme north star.

Around the brightest Beidou star, there are six stars surrounding it. They are combined together, namely the seven stars of Beidou, and the brightest stars in the northern continent.

"Did the dead people go? It must be very far away." Ayu stared at the distant North Star and bit off the last celestial fish staple.

"Cough..." As if he was eating too fast, Ayu coughed out.

"Don't hurry." Ulysses patted Ayu's back, calming her body.

"Cough... cough... this time the Diaoyuyaki is a little salty." Despite this complaint, Yayu still ate the remaining Diaoyuyaki in a few seconds. After the end, she didn't forget to lick her lips and smear the residue left on her lips.

"Sorry, I don't know I bought the salty one this time." Ulysses was a little disgusted. No matter what fillings are used for snacks like Diaoyu Shao, it is ultimately a dessert. If it tastes salty, someone probably got the salt and sugar wrong.

"It's okay, it's okay! Although it's a bit salty, it's still delicious." Ayu wiped the corners of his mouth and showed a satisfied expression.

"Do you want to continue studying next?" Ulysses looked at the sky and found that the white dove showed no sign of returning, and asked Ayu casually.

"I won't practice calligraphy today. Uncle, I want to know some things related to the stars. Can you tell Xiao Ya?" Yayu's answer was a bit beyond Ulysses' expectations. However, considering Yayu's current age and desire for knowledge, it is not surprising that he would want to know these things, especially after he just explained the meaning of the Big Dipper.

"Yes, what kind of star story do you want to know?"

Although he lost the power to use the magic of the starry sky, the knowledge he had learned did not disappear in Ulysses' mind. As an authentic magician of the starry sky, he was confident in answering all the questions about the stars of Ayu.

"The stars related to God, the stars of God who are legendary to realize their wishes." Ayu's expression was full of expectations.

"Although it is also considered a star, but usually everyone calls it another name." Looking at Ayu, who is full of knowledge, Ulysses couldn't help but remember when he first started studying astrology.

In fact, the observation and understanding of the starry sky is also one of the original origins of the church. Especially the star Ayutthaya is now considered to be the greatest origin of the church and the representative of God.

"What's the name? Lala, Feifei?" Yayu expressed his guess.

"Haha, in fact, you often see it, you can do it without night. It is the sun, the strongest and most brilliant star." Ulysses pointed to the sky, and naturally could not see the sun at this time, but its brilliance was everywhere. It can be said that without the sun, there would be no human beings.

"Is the sun..." Yayu's eyes looked full of regret. She stared at the dark night sky, trying to find the shadow of the sun from the stars.

Obviously, this is a completely different concept. Even if the starlight of the entire night sky is not one tenth of that of the real sun. If someone has only seen stars since birth, it is absolutely impossible to imagine the greatness and brilliance of the sun from the characteristics of the stars.

So Ayu was disappointed, she coughed gently, then knocked on her forehead, showing a naughty expression to Ulysses."

"The Sun is not at home tonight, so uncle, tell me the stories of the other stars."

"Okay." Seeing that Ayu's face was a little pale, Ulysses quietly raised the temperature of the surrounding constant temperature, making her feel warmer.

"It feels so comfortable, uncle, tell me a lot of things." Yayu lay lazily in Ulysses' arms, using his legs as a knee pillow.

Ulysses reluctantly accepted Ayu's behavior of acting spoiled. Ayu looked particularly sentimental tonight. Perhaps girls at this age would have such a few days.

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"So, the Gemini star looks like there is only one on the surface, but in fact it is two. The other one is hidden on the back of the first one. You can only see them together in special seasons..." Ulysses, who entered the state, began to impart the knowledge of the astrological signs to Ayu little by little.

For the first time, he discovered that he had expressed what he knew but others didn’t know, and he felt so accomplished. Especially when students were children who were willing to teach.

Ayu lay obediently on Ulysses' knees, looking at him in the serious teaching with a look of longing. However, her energy didn't seem to be so good. After listening for about half an hour, her eyes slowly narrowed.

"In that position, there is a star that cannot be seen now, which represents the oath..." Ulysses did not notice Ayu's rest, but continued to talk endlessly about all the knowledge he had learned.

When Ulysses discovered that Yayu had already fallen asleep, it was already an hour and a half later.

"Ha... I didn't hear it later..." Ulysses, who found that he had done a lot of work, sighed and knocked Ayu's forehead.

"Xiao Ya, get up."

"..." Ayu looked so sleepy that he didn't get up after three hits by Ulysses.

"Really, it's not good to fall asleep like this. If you want to sleep, you can go back to sleep." Ulysses felt that the study tonight could almost come to an end, and continued to knock on Ayu's forehead.

"Uncle, you hurt me!" Ayu, who finally opened his eyes, looked at Ulysses who woke her up, almost without any twitching claws.

"Who told you to be a sleeping bug?" It was rare, Ulysses wanted to make fun of Ayu. Only in front of Ayu can he relax so much.

This is the world where only him and Ayu are, the space where the two of them are alone. Nothing outside cannot invades, just like a hidden secret garden.

"I'm not a nap." Yayu protested severely.

"Okay, it's time for you to get up, go back and have a good sleep, come to my class tomorrow. Don't forget that you just wrote a letter, and you still have many things to write to your mother." Uriss said gently.

"Well, I still have a lot of things to tell my mother, and I have a lot of things to say to her. Mom, it's so far away." Yayu's eyes slowly became wet, and it looked like a crying expression.

Not good, too much! Ulysses found that something was wrong with his guidance, and now Ayu can't stand the stimulation at all.

"Uncle, can you take me to a place before you go back?" Yayu didn't cry in the end, but held back his tears and turned his eyes to the dark distance.

"Where?" Ulysses searched all the surroundings of the town during this period. Except for the inability to enter the Ayu's house, he found no strange places.

Ordinary towns, ordinary roads, ordinary snow and shrubs, this is a small town that can be seen everywhere in the north, and no special place can be found.

Even in the area where Ayu's home is located, Ulysses also learned from the people in the town that there were no unknown objects there, just an ordinary residential area.

Yayu moved his finger and pointed to the distant mountains.
To be continued...