Chapter 46
Chapter 46: I Make a Wish…
Feilin felt that the beautiful girl beside him seemed to be in a particularly good mood tonight.
She would occasionally skip a couple of steps, her long hair swaying left and right behind her.
Feilin had thought he could escape the daily confession, but he still completed it in the office.
It seemed Adelina’s obsession with Violetti was still very deep.
Adelina should visit his school less in the future. The rumors about him at this school might reach her ears sooner or later.
Saint Andrews Academy was very large.
It took him and Adelina twenty minutes to walk to the lake they had seen from the student council.
The lake, filled with divine power, glowed with a faint blue light. This was a place blessed by Eris, the water goddess.
Legend said that making wishes here would receive the water goddess’s response.
But that was all lies.
Feilin remembered when he had just transmigrated and couldn’t afford food, he had run here to pray to the water goddess for several days.
He still couldn’t afford food.
But maybe the water goddess only blessed lovers to be together forever, and food wasn’t in her jurisdiction.
“Want to sit over there?”
Feilin turned back to see Adelina staring into his eyes.
Had she noticed all his expressions just now?
“That’s not very good. There are still people around.”
It was nine-thirty. Why were there still young couples not going home to sleep, sitting by the lake making out?
Aren’t you all nobles? Go back to your estates and take your time!
“It’s fine. It doesn’t matter if they know.”
Based on past judgments of Adelina, she would never say such somewhat willful words.
As Feilin walked, he wondered if Adelina had been stimulated by something tonight.
Had Linda told her something? Was she planning to drown him in the lake here?
Feilin and Adelina walked to a secluded corner by the lake, with only the sound of breeze brushing the lake surface.
The sounds from the couples they’d passed making out were too loud—you’d think they were unclogging drains if you didn’t know better.
Adelina had naturally heard too. She gently tugged at her black stockings and covered her burning cheeks with her hands.
The two sat by the lake, enjoying the moonlight.
Adelina didn’t quite know what to say. Although she usually took the lead, the topics always revolved around Violetti.
Now she really didn’t want to mention another woman’s name in such an environment.
So it seemed she and Feilin had no common topics?
Feilin noticed Adelina’s embarrassment beside him. As a professional, he naturally had to help his client resolve her worries.
“Lady Adelina, do you know about this lake?”
“Mm, I’ve heard about it too. It was blessed by a goddess, right?”
Adelina seemed interested: “Legend says the water goddess Eris once bathed here, so the lake water is filled with divine power. As long as lovers hold hands here and pray sincerely, Lady Eris will fulfill their wishes.”
“Left hand holding right hand doesn’t work either? No wonder it wasn’t effective.” Feilin had no idea about this part—he thought it was just a wishing well where you could pray casually.
“Of course not.” Adelina was amused by Feilin. Who would do such a thing?
But she quickly realized.
Feilin had definitely prayed here before.
Eris wasn’t only the water goddess but also symbolized love, as essential to humans as water.
He must have prayed for some girl… Would it be me?
It must be me.
Adelina seemed to see Feilin passing by the couples sitting on benches, standing here alone and lonely, praying for her.
The self-conscious young man only dared to give silently from behind.
Adelina’s eyelashes drooped slightly, her hand unconsciously touching her black stockings.
“Feilin, do you want to make a wish?”
“Hmm? Let me think, I do have wishes to make.”
Since Feilin said so, there was no choice. As his boss, she had to properly satisfy his reasonable needs.
Adelina extended her hand toward Feilin.
“Lady Adelina, this is?”
“Aren’t you going to make a wish? The water goddess Eris requires two people to hold hands for wishes to come true. I’ll just… I’ll just lend you my hand this once, but just this time!”
Adelina spoke faster and faster, finally turning her head away from Feilin.
Feilin was stunned, thinking this was some new play from this young lady.
The girl’s hand in front of him was almost transparent white under the moonlight.
Her slender fingers trembled slightly, like a petal fallen on the water surface.
The sound of the fountain gently responded behind them, as if providing accompaniment for this moment.
Making a girl wait too long wasn’t gentlemanly behavior.
Feilin didn’t hesitate much and reached out his hand to interlock their fingers.
Adelina’s body trembled slightly, her blue-gray eyes instantly widening.
She could feel the warmth of Feilin’s palm, warm and reassuring.
Adelina’s breathing suddenly became very light, as if afraid to disturb this moment.
“S-stupid, you don’t need to hold so tightly…”
She muttered quietly but didn’t withdraw her hand.
She turned her head slightly, her gaze falling on the blue-glowing lake surface not far away, but unconsciously glancing at their interlocked hands with her peripheral vision.
“Hurry… hurry up and make your wish.”
Adelina suddenly stood up, hand in hand, pulling Feilin to the lakeside.
Like countless couples who had made wishes here over the past hundred years, they closed their eyes.
Feilin really didn’t know what wish to make.
He might as well wish for good health for himself and those around him, wish for his young lady clients to cause him less trouble in the future, and wish he could get into the capital academy.
Feilin smiled bitterly to himself. He hadn’t expected to have so many wishes.
He stole a glance at Adelina beside him, who was also making wishes.
The blue light from the lake surface reflected on her face, coating her delicate profile with a sacred halo.
She focused on her wishes, her expression becoming particularly serious, her lips moving slightly as if silently speaking something.
The breeze brushed through her long hair, lifting a few strands gently.
Her hand gripped tighter, as if trying to convey some feelings.
It seemed this young lady had even more wishes than him.
Suddenly, a faint blue light emanated from their interlocked hands, like ripples on the water surface, spreading outward in circles.
The night wind gently blew, carrying the divine blessed light swirling in the air.
Blue halos enveloped their joined hands, the light gentle yet mysterious, slowly flowing along their fingertips.
The lake surface also glowed accordingly, as if the water goddess Eris herself had descended.
Feilin could feel the warmth at his fingertips, but he couldn’t tell if it was the goddess’s power or the young girl’s body temperature.
Adelina also felt the divine power at her fingertips, the goddess’s light leaving reflections in her slightly moist pupils.
“The wish came true.”
Feilin also looked at their interlocked hands in disbelief. Were the legends actually true?
“It seems we both have very strong obsessions with our wishes, otherwise we wouldn’t have received Lady Eris’s response.”
Adelina didn’t let go of Feilin’s hand. She just quietly watched the lake surface return to calm.
“Feilin, what was your wish?”
“Can I say it