~： Fourth Year Story 097, Xue Lian

"Ah, this is delicious, I'll have one first."

Walnut was quick to pick up a small biscuit first. It was the moment when she picked up the biscuit, the sound of "rats" came from the ceiling again. But this time, Walnut learned to be obedient and launched the dining car immediately, but the falling lime did not hit it. Then she glanced at the ceiling triumphantly, put the biscuit in her mouth and chewed. Look at the ceiling with the eyes of a winner.

After the biscuits were eaten, Walnut pulled over the dining car and pinched a handful of all the snacks on it. This scene seems to be strange to Katrina, a lady of you all. It must be known that walnuts usually don't have this habit of eating and drinking. As a princess, she has never tasted anything?

In the surprised eyes of Katrina and the maid, the walnuts were finished. She clapped her hands and smiled at the ceiling. Then, she picked up a small piece of cheese and stuffed it into the bread. This time, when the buns were eating happily with the delicious cheese, the "rat infestation" on the roof finally did not happen again.

The bun was holding cheese in his left hand and a piece of apple in his right hand, still chewing some squid rolls in his mouth. Facing the mountain-like snacks, she seemed to have entered heaven~~~! I was happily eating, and I didn't forget to scream twice. Seeing her eating and drinking like this now, Katrina couldn't help but show a smile, and her complexion looked much better.

"Sister Katrina, that...I believe your body will be cured soon. Then, we will drink tea together and chat together."

After laughing, Walnut tried to search his stomach, trying to open the chatterbox. But she couldn't talk about any topic, but she couldn't turn her mind around, so she picked the most dull topic all at once...

Sure enough, Katrina looked indifferent again after hearing this sentence. She was still smiling, lying on the bed, her eyes that seemed a little vigorous just now were painted with tired colors again. Walnut knew that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly waved her hand and argued--

"No, no! I...my consciousness is... by the way! Headmaster Campa! Mr. Headmaster's medical skills are the best in the empire. I don't believe it. Mr. Headmaster didn't give her sister any prescription! Yes, absolutely. of!"

Katrina smiled, but finally, she closed her eyes tiredly and stopped talking. On the contrary, the maid next to her stepped forward and pulled the quilt for their young lady again, and said: "Back to the princess, Mr. Campa... indeed gave a prescription."

Walnut was still full of sadness. When she heard from Fanliu that even Campa could not save her, she was really cold in her heart. But now that I heard that there was help, it immediately lifted her spirits! Sure enough, the painter is just a painter, the news is not good!

"What kind of medicine is it? I will ask the father to find it! I believe no matter it is the end of the world, the prescription will be found!"

Compared to Walnut's excitement, the maid looked dim. After Walnut finished speaking, she slowly told the truth--

"Back to the princess, in fact... the prescription is not that weird. There is only one kind, that is, the flower of life bloomed by the legendary tree of life, the Dulan tree."

Duran tree? !

This answer really surprised Walnut. You know, Dulan trees, a sacred tree, are also planted in the sand city, and a whole row is planted in the courtyard of the cathedral in the royal family alone! As for the flowers, you can see those trees blooming for a full year every year, and it's so easy to get them!

"It's that simple? What are you waiting for? Is it because you are afraid of the father's blame? It doesn't matter, sister Katelina, I will support you! Since it is the tree of life, it is its duty to save the dead and heal the wounded! (To the maid ) Hurry up, don’t hesitate to pick as many as you want, even if you pluck that row of trees into bald ones! It’s important to save Sister Katrina!"

Walnut was very excited, but the maid still stood with her hands on her chest, showing no signs of action.

"………………Could it be that?"

The silence of the maid cast a shadow on Walnut's heart. At the moment when the bun next to him was eating happily, the room was filled with a touch of sadness.

"Not only petals, but also leaves, branches, bark, roots, and stems. Not only in the church, in the altar, in the royal garden, in the central park, I tried them all. The lord even took a shower and changed clothes, praying sincerely, not eating for three days in the hope of a miracle, but the result was totally useless."

"The master also asked Mr. Campa, but since giving this prescription, Mr. Campa has never given another prescription. Before the master set out, he once asked the soldiers to go to other cities in the Buck Empire to collect The petals of the Dulan tree came for the lady to take. But from the current situation...the lady is really..."

While speaking, the maid couldn't help hiding her face and sobbed softly.

At first sight, hope was dashed. Walnut also slumped in a chair blankly, unable to do anything...

Ok? Wait a minute, have you used all the Dulan trees in Fengchusha City? Don't forget, there is still another plant in that idiot's house! That Dulan tree has built up his house!

Hmm...Slow down, but first...Don't be so anxious. Thinking about it, I don’t seem to have seen that dulan tree bloom before, right? Moreover, I never told the idiot that the plant in his house was actually a sacred tree and should be well protected, so he didn't seem to have pruned it at all, letting the dulan tree grow randomly. As far as the wild dulan tree is concerned, that one is indeed tenacious, but when it comes to flowering, it must also be well taken care of...

Well, it's far from enough...

Finally, the last glimmer of hope was completely shattered.

The melancholy atmosphere filled this room full of medicinal scents, and there was no more sound except the chewing of a small bread on the side. Walnut can only look at the girl lying on the bed. Gradually... Gradually... The face covered by the long lavender hair fell into a deep sleep again, looking extremely tired...

The maid next to her saw their young lady asleep in front of the princess, and hurriedly pushed her gently. As soon as Walnut wanted to say no, Katrina was pushed awake. She opened a pair of confused cyan pupils and looked around her eyes again with a little strange feeling. After a while, she remembered what she was doing again and looked at Walnut.

Is there any way to cure it? Is there really no way?

Knowing that there is nothing he can do, Walnut still racked his brains and kept thinking. Seeing her constantly thinking expression, Katrina smiled calmly...

"princess……"

"Ah! What's the matter? You say, you say!"

Walnut abruptly got up from the seat, rushed up and hugged Katrina's hand.

"Can you... do me a... favor...?"

"What is it? As long as I can do it...no, no, no, even if I can't do it, I must ask my father to help you do it! What is it? Say! I promise you all!"

The girl closed her eyes, turned her head away tiredly, and opened it. She cast her gaze to the balcony, to that, where she used to stand on the balcony for an hour every Sunday night in the past. Three years ago, she stood there to see the stars in the sky. But since three years ago, she stood there for...

This is a secret...

It's a secret that may not be told in this life.

The boy thought he was hiding, but she noticed him three years ago.

Every Sunday night, whenever I was standing there, there would be a person in the grass holding a drawing board and a paintbrush, painting something secretly.

I don’t know when it started. The girl began to look forward to this hour every Sunday night...

This kind of life lasted for three years... Until half a month ago, when he dragged his exhausted body and stood there again, listening to the sound of the brush rubbing on the drawing paper in the night, the boy , Was finally discovered by the guards on patrol...

He ran away in a hurry, holding the painting that seemed to have been painted for three years and still failed to finish. However, he still left something behind. Through negotiations with the guards, those things finally came to the girl's hands.

Seeing the eyes of the mistress, the maid on the side knows her mind. She silently walked to the corner of the room, brought a portable drawing tool box over, and placed it in front of Walnut.

"Sister Katrina, is this...?"

Lilac eyes opened again, Katrina looked back at Walnut, faintly, with a smile—

"It's... a friend... I hope... I can return it to him... Finally... I hope I can... ask him a word before the end of my life..."

"What?"

The girl closed her eyes wearily, her voice getting softer and lighter, as if she was about to fall asleep again. In the faint fragrance of medicine and endless chewing of the bread, she...laughed.

"That picture... after it's finished... can you show it to me... can you..."

She fell asleep again.

After she fell asleep this time, Walnut immediately stopped the maid who wanted to wake her up, tears were already in her eyes. Facing the painting box, Walnut suddenly felt unbearable this helpless sadness in her heart. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pulled the small bread that still refused to put down the pineapple slices, and stood in front of the toolbox.

"Sister Katrina, maybe, it's not your disease that hinders you..."

She stretched out her hand to lift the handle of the drawing kit.

"It's that you both...neither of you can convey your heart to each other...this kind of sadness..."

Finger, touch the handle. At this moment...