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Chapter 418: Ouroboros

"Happy New Year, okay Lilith, it's too late." Catherine responded helplessly to Lilith's drunken words while trying to drag her into the house.

But she couldn't resist Lilith's strength. She spread her legs slightly and nailed herself in the yard. She let Catherine push her away but remained motionless. She just stared at the huge totem in the sky that changed from indigo to green and smiled foolishly.

"Ah, it's moving, like a snake, is it a snake? Ah, it seems to be turning... Catherine, look, look!"

Catherine could only turn her head as she wished, but the person next to her rushed over and entangled her again. The princess, whose vision was blocked, was completely helpless and staggered with her on the spot, "What else can I see?"

"I miss home." The girl lying on her shoulder suddenly uttered a low mutter, causing Catherine, who was patting her back to signal her to let go, to pause.

"I miss my mother..."

Lilith was obviously completely drunk. Her whole body exuded scorching heat and gave off a peach scent. Catherine hesitantly pushed aside her golden hair to see her face, but what she touched was scalding steam.

Catherine's heart jumped with fright, and almost subconsciously, she pushed Lilith's messy golden hair back onto her face, not daring to push it away. The winding green totem above the sky was twisting in a strange rhythm. It turned its head, as if it was going to bite its own tail. The sky was reflected in green, like the aurora, stretching the shadows of the two into tangled vines.

Others who were still reluctant to fall asleep beside the campfire also saw this scene, and more and more people stood up to watch.

"Hey, look! That's... the direction of High Court? Are they doing anything today?" Catherine heard someone talking next to her.

"Who knows? Isn't Hanukkah still some time away? And what kind of magic is that? It's the first time I've seen it in these years." The snake's body was getting longer and longer, and it was still moving closer to the tail. Was it really going to bite the tail?

"You don't usually stay up this late. The clock has already struck midnight." Another person yawned and said, "Maybe it's just something to amuse the nobles."

"Let me help you carry her back to the room." Someone came closer and took away some of Lilith's weight.

"That's great, thank you."

Catherine finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was Ian. Great, he wasn't drunk yet.

With Ian's help, Catherine was finally able to move Lilith. As she kept mumbling, the two of them dragged her into the room and pressed her into the soft bed.

Fortunately, Lilith had just experienced a fierce battle and had endured until this point. Although she said that she didn't want to let Catherine leave and wanted to chat with her, she fell asleep in her pillow after just a few breaths.

The silver moon just broke through the clouds at this moment, illuminating her curled up like a baby and the wet mark at the corner of her eye that was not yet dry and shone with pearly luster. Catherine looked at this girl whose heart was penetrated by alcohol, and was silent for a long time before she stood up to help her untie the knots tied to the bedposts one by one and let down the bed curtains one by one.

"…Sweet dreams, Lilith."

Catherine extinguished the candle with the wind, stood up and closed the door of the room.

Ian, who had just helped, had already left the room and was now standing under the porch, looking up at the sky like everyone else. Without Lilith to disturb her, Catherine finally had time to look at the strange phenomenon in the sky.

——There really is a snake.

Even though Catherine had heard the exclamations of others, she was still shocked when she saw it. The totem was even bigger than she had imagined. A rough estimate showed that it almost covered the entire sky of Highgarden, and at this moment, it was about to catch up with her!

Catherine frowned.