After the basket landed, a witch who looked to be in her thirties, with red hair hanging down to her waist, stepped out of the basket and greeted them, "Hello, welcome to Border Town, I'm Vendy." Then she looked at Ashes, revealing a happy smile, "You've also come."
Is she the witch that Ashes had mentioned before? Sylvie thoughtfully looked at the two, it seemed that they had known each other for a long time.
"Welcome, I'm Anna." The appearance of the other witch made Sylvie's eyes light up, her pair of blue eyes were as pure as a lake, really eye-catching. But what made her even more concerned was that the other party's magic was huge, vigorous, and almost flawless. A black, white, and grey cube slowly rotated, even the magic gathered from all around was distorted by it.
How amazing is this power? It was the first time that Sylvie had seen such oppressive magic.
"Hi, my name is Lightning!" The one who had originally flown next to the basket was this little girl, Maggie also followed closely behind and landed on her shoulder.
"Coo coo!"
After Ashes had briefly introduced the witches of Sleeping Island, Vendy smiled and invited everyone to board the basket.
"This huge air sac above our heads is called a hot air balloon, as long as we can provide it with hot air, it can take us over the mountains and directly to our destination." She paused for a moment, then asked Ashes, "Do you really not want to go to Border Town to take a look? I think His Highness will also want to see you again. "
"He will not welcome someone who intends to poach his witches," Ashes smiled, "I'll have to trouble you to take care of these children."
"Is that so …" Vendy looked a little regretful, pursing her lips, "Rest assured, I will treat them well."
"Then everyone should hurry up," Anna reminded, "Cloud Gazer is about to take off."
Sylvie only felt a slight tremor under her feet. The basket had already left the ground. She poked her head out and saw Ashes and Molly waving at them. As the hot air balloon continued to rise, the scenery on the ground became smaller and smaller. Soon, the two of them turned into fingernail-sized specks. No matter what, a new life was about to begin.
Vendy's ability seemed to be to control the wind. Under her control, the hot air balloon moved inland towards Graycastle.
It was Sylvie's first time looking down at the earth from the sky. Although the earth and rocks couldn't stop her from investigating, it was still a novel experience to have such a large field of vision in one go. She tried to summon the Eye of Magic, but she did not expect the chaotic scene to flood into her mind like a tide. The steep rock wall hidden in the depths of the sea, the underground river connected to the sea, the animal skeletons buried in the soil, and the changes in the underground rock stratum … These scenes suddenly gave Sylvie a splitting headache, and the magic power in her body rapidly decreased. She quickly interrupted the Magic Eyes and leaned against the side of the basket, gasping for breath.
"Are you okay?" someone asked. She opened her eyes and found that the other person was Vendy.
"Well, I'm just a little … dizzy."
"Taking a few deep breaths will make you feel better," Vendy said with a smile. "Many people feel uncomfortable when they leave the earth for the first time."
"Thank you, I'm feeling better," Sylvie nodded.
The atmosphere along the way was much more harmonious than she had initially expected. Just like Ashes had said, Vendy was full of concern for everyone, and would not treat them differently just because they were newcomers. Although Anna didn't speak much, as long as someone asked her a question, she would still answer seriously. Lightning seemed to be very close to Maggie, and her personality was also very lively. From time to time, she would fly into the basket with the fat pigeon and chat with everyone, completely not treating herself as a stranger.
With Maggie acting as the link between the two sides, the other four people gradually relaxed, and one after another, they asked Lightning about the situation in Border Town. Later, the little girl simply hovered next to the basket, and told everyone the story of the town's resistance against the demonic beasts and invaders, as well as His Royal Highness' incredible inventions, which made everyone stunned.
It didn't take long before the hot air balloon arrived above the castle.
Just by looking at its size, the town really deserved to be called a border town. It was both narrow and remote, and its size was less than a third of Sleeping Island's.However, there were a lot of townspeople, whether it was in the central square, the periphery of the city walls, or the riverbank, you could see groups of people everywhere. They ran back and forth, converging into a surging stream.
The hot air balloon landed directly in the castle courtyard, and just as they stepped out of the basket, a burst of roars suddenly sounded. Caught off guard, Sylvie was startled, and for a moment she froze in place. The other four people weren't any better, Honey even went back into the basket, and with half of her head sticking out, she asked: "What happened?"
Vendy couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry, this is His Royal Highness playing a cannon salute to welcome your arrival."
Passing through the shady corridors, they entered the castle hall, where Sylvie finally saw Tilly's brother. He was sitting on the main seat in the hall, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Her Royal Highness the 5th Princess, with the same gray hair, no extra pendants on his body, and a relaxed and natural expression on his face. Although his face was far less pleasing to the eye than Lady Tilly's, but he had a calm temperament, and just by sitting there he was able to attract everyone's attention.
"Welcome to Border Town, I am the Lord of the Western Territory, Roland Wimbledon, presumably you already know my name." He got up and said with a smile, "Tilly Wimbledon is my sister, so you don't need to feel restrained, just think of this town as Sleeping Island."
Sylvie couldn't help but open her Magic Eyes, and then she couldn't help but be startled.
The expected darkness didn't appear, the opposite party unexpectedly didn't wear a God's Stone of Retaliation, and there was also no trace of magic activity on his body. His original appearance, under the [True Sight], was still the same. It was neither a disguise, nor was he being controlled, which could only mean that the man in front of her was Roland himself.
And in the countermeasures that Lady Tilly had given her, there was only one sentence for this kind of situation: Send the news back to Sleeping Island.
…
What Roland said next, she didn't listen at all, her mind was a mess. In order to complete the task entrusted to her by Lady Tilly, she even thought of the words and expressions to use when negotiating, and even prepared to be imprisoned, but the result was that it didn't come in handy. Now, she just had to wait until the end of the month, and let Maggie bring the information back, and then the task would be completed.
But how is this possible? A real noble, actually determined to shelter a witch?And also become the leader of the Witch Cooperation Association?
The psychological gap made Sylvie a little absent-minded, until His Royal Highness arranged a room for her to sleep in for the night, she came back to her senses.
"The situation is roughly like this, the Witch House has not yet been completed, so you can only temporarily live in the castle, sharing a room with other witches. Of course, this will also make it easier for you to quickly integrate into the life of Border Town. " Roland said, "Tonight there will be a sumptuous dinner waiting for you, as an official welcome to Border Town, enjoy it."
The result of the room allocation made Sylvie feel relieved, she was finally arranged to live together with Vendy, from this short contact, Vendy was indeed a good senior, so it should be easier to get along with her. But in addition to her, there seemed to be a witch called Nightingale living in the room.