As a key figure in Graycastle Weekly, Honey's informants were everywhere, and she had the advantages of both Lorgar and Maggie. The olive grove in the backyard of the castle was like her base camp, and it was not easy to avoid her detection.
If that was all, it would be fine.
Because she was always the first to know the interesting anecdotes in the city, her gatherings usually attracted many witches. For example, now, the witches around Honey were the most concentrated group in the hall.
Not to mention Mystery Moon and her Detective Group, Nightingale, Vendy, and Scroll were not easy to fool. Even Leaf, who had not shown up for a long time, appeared in the crowd and seemed to be talking to Honey.
"Hide the secrets you know, and keep the secrets. "
Sylvie glanced at Anna at the other end of the hall, and thinking of her words, she had to bite the bullet and walk over.
"How are these birds?" Leaf's voice quickly came to her ears. "I found a new species in the depths of the Misty Forest. They are not big, but they fly very fast and are very bold. One of them dares to peck at a gray eagle that steals its nest. I thought you might need them, so I brought a nest of them back. "
There were two big and one small kingfishers standing on Leaf's shoulder, and they were intimately rubbing against Leaf's cheek. They were not as brave as she had described.
"Of course, thank you." Honey happily held the birds in her hands. "I haven't seen you for a long time. I feel that you can be a bird trainer."
"They probably treat me as a part of the forest." Leaf smiled. "By the way, I'm really surprised by the changes in the city... There are a lot of new houses, magic movies, and newspapers. If it weren't for the fun of exploring the depths of the forest, I would be envious of you. "
"You should come back more often," Vendy said softly. "Everyone misses you."
"I miss you guys too …" Leaf lowered her eyes. "But only the southeast edge of the Misty Forest is under the control of the Heart of the Jungle. I need to be one with the forest for a long time to adapt to the expanding consciousness. If we want to control the entire forest before the war arrives, we have no other choice but to seize the remaining time … "
"You've worked hard too." Scroll lovingly stroked her hair. "In the future, I'll ask Lightning to send you the new newspaper every week. Then you'll know what's happening in Neverwinter at any time."
"That's a good idea," Mystery Moon exclaimed. "But what's written in the newspaper is what everyone knows. Compared to that, I'm more interested in the secrets that only a few people know." She looked at Honey and said, "If you find anything, remember to inform the Detective Group. We have the most powerful Explorer here, and we promise to solve all the mysteries for you."
Hearing the word "secret", Sylvie's heart jumped to the top.
This idiot, asking too directly! What should she do to divert the topic? No... it was too difficult for her to avoid the attention of Nightingale and Vendy at the same time while stealthily diverting Mystery Moon's attention!
"Well, there are indeed a lot of them …" Honey tilted her head and said.
"Oh?" Mystery Moon's eyes lit up and she hurriedly asked, "For example?"
"Big crisis," Sylvie thought to herself. "Is it useful to pretend to be unconscious or drunk? I don't have such acting skills at all... Sorry, Anna, I've tried my best. "
"Well, although I'm also very curious, I can't say it out." Honey stuck out her tongue. "In particular, I can't tell His Majesty — this is Sister Vendy's request. She also said that no matter what kind of vision you find, you must report it to her first. "
"Huh?" Mystery Moon looked at Vendy in surprise. "This is not fair!"
Vendy coughed twice and said, "I'm doing this for the sake of the Witch Union — it's safer for you not to know some things."
Sylvie let out a long sigh of relief.
In this way, the last crisis had been resolved.
She had successfully kept this secret... right?
Thus, Sylvie spent the most difficult dinner party of her life in such a perturbed state.
*****
After the dinner, Roland took Anna back to the bedroom.
Now it had been decorated into their wedding room. In the flickering candlelight, the girl's figure in the phoenix coronet and red robe seemed a lot more hazy, but it also added a different kind of softness and beauty.
He walked up to her, gently took off the coronet on top of her head, pulled up the ends of her hair, and looked into her eyes.
In that pair of lake-like clear eyes, he saw ripples of affection.
"Call me by my name, okay?"
"Anna?"
"No." She blinked, "My full name."
"Anna Wimbledon."
"Call me again."
"Anna Wimbledon."
"Can you call me ten times?"
Roland chuckled, "As many times as you want."
After listening to him calling her by her ear, Anna finally lowered her head with some embarrassment, "Am I... a little strange?"
"It is a little," Roland scratched her nose, "In the future, this name will make your ears grow calluses. And even if you don't have a surname, you are still my wife. "
In his original world, marriage did not require one party to change their surname, so he did not care too much about the name after marriage.
"Even so, I feel like I am complete this way..." Anna pressed her chest, "It's like I'm finally not alone anymore. This is probably the meaning of the ceremony... whether it is wearing the coronet or changing the title, it is all an additional external change to obtain a kind of self-recognition. Although the feelings between people do not need to be verified by the ceremony, if this link is missing, you will definitely feel pity and regret when you look back on it later. "
"..." Roland could not help but reach out and hug her.
At this time, any answer seemed redundant.
After the two of them cuddled for a while, Anna said, "Roland, can I make a request of you?"
If he remembered correctly, this was the first time she took the initiative to make a request of him.
"Yes, go ahead."
"I want to be your Minister of Industry."
Roland was a little surprised, "That's not a problem, but why do you suddenly..."
"Because I'm just an ordinary girl from a remote town," Anna said with a smile, "Now that I suddenly become the Queen of Graycastle, there must be a lot of people who are dissatisfied, right?"
"Don't worry, no one will dare to say anything about this," Roland comforted her.
"If everything is settled by you, it will only continue to increase the suspicion." She shook her head, "I can't hide behind you like before, only indulging in the things that interest me. I want to do more, to make people speechless from the front. "
From an unknown witch to a person who could stand on her own? Roland could not help but raise the corner of his mouth, "I never planned to let you stay in that narrow backyard..."
"As you wish, my dear."
"Thank you for agreeing to be willful." Anna tiptoed and kissed his forehead gently, "By the way, haven't you always been curious about what I talked about with Nightingale that night?"
"Uh..." Roland slightly paused, "It would be a lie to say that I'm not curious, but..."
"It's okay." She smiled, "That was a promise, and it has been fulfilled. Now... carry me up. "
The candle was extinguished by a wisp of black flame, and the night was like a veil, covering the outline of the two of them.
It was a hazy but beautiful night.
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