"I didn't expect that Grandfather and Grandpa Snape would be like this." He put his hands on the handrail of the stairs in the middle of the second floor. The knight girl leaned her head to look at all kinds of people downstairs. Her eyes were full of smiles and said in a brisk voice: "According to my father, grandfather is a very serious and orthodox aristocratic wizard. Grandpa Snape has been kind to me over the years, but his attitude towards others should be a very strict and harsh businessman nobleman. As a result, the facts I saw today completely overturned my imagination. Their way of getting along was really unique. At the beginning, I was a little afraid that they would quarrel."

"Don't worry, don't worry too much." Panis waved to the downstairs, and soon a waiter ran up hurriedly. Panis took two glasses of wine in the waiter's tray and handed Catherine a cup. He leaned against the handrail of the stairs as Catherine, and said leisurely: "The closer a friend is, the more casual he speaks, and the more strange he is in his name. Therefore, their way of getting along shows that they trust and harmony between each other."

"Just like you used to call Master Christo Little Liar?" Catherine teased: "And also call Mr. Dilly Lion?"

"No." Panis said seriously with a stern face: "That's not a nickname, it's just to describe them by seeing the essence through appearance."

"You are talking bad things about them behind their backs again." The knight girl gave Panis a charming look, punched his shoulder a few times as punishment, and said with a giggle: "But you are right. I still remember that a few years ago in Kanzier Town, when we first met, you always called us Miss Catherine, Miss Lina and Miss Vivian. No matter how you say you, you will not change your words."

"Is there such a thing?" Panis blinked and asked with an innocent expression: "Why don't I have any impression of it? You must have remembered it wrong, yes, yes, that must be like this."

"Hmph, it's useless to pretend to be stupid." Catherine's smile smelled of happiness, and the wine glass in her hand touched Panis's cup gently, making a pleasant sound. The girl took a sip of dark red wine, turned her back to the railing, narrowed her eyes and looked up at the ceiling above her head, and said softly: "They are right. Time flies so fast. More than three years have passed, but now when you close your eyes, it seems that you can still see what we looked like when we first met. Ha, I never thought at that time that our relationship would become like this."

Panis smiled faintly and did not speak. For him, no matter what he said now, it was meaningless, and he just needed to listen. Catherine did not hear what he said, and said to herself: "At that time, I only saw despair from you, which was more painful than death. My only thought at that time was to save this desperate fool from the abyss and help him find his own redemption. Now, do you think you have received real redemption?"

"Ha, do you still need to ask?" Panis looked at the girl with a gentle look and said, "Of course I got it. If you weren't by your side and had been supporting and encouraging me, I'm afraid I'm still living in pain and regret, and still trapped in the quagmire of self-exile and unable to extricate myself. Naturally, it would be impossible to have the courage to face the past and the courage to face the challenges of the future like now."

"But it feels very hard." Catherine asked softly: "Although we say it sounds nicely, we want to get real redemption, in fact, we are the ones who get redemption, and we are the ones who keep the guardians behind us, and we are very tired."

"Hahaha, how could you be very tired? Who do you think of me? I am the perfect Kyle." Panis said proudly: "What's more, it's you who are really facing difficulties. I'm just lazy behind you, it's very easy."

"Treat me like a fool again, right?" Catherine stared at Pannis with a smile and said, "In the beginning, maybe we were really not clear, but do you think we are still so confused now? Indeed, it is ourselves who faced difficulties head-on. You seem to be following behind and doing nothing, but in fact? You are waiting behind, not only will you gently push us at the critical moment, but also block all the pressure from the rear side for us, allowing us to focus on facing the difficulties ahead and grow step by step. Do you really think we can't see these clearly now?"

"Hehe, you are so smart, how could you not be able to see clearly until now?" Panis shrugged and said, "But it is true that you wouldn't feel tired, because this is what I should do, and it is what you deserve."

"I don't think you owe us anything." Catherine shook her head and said, "I don't think there is anything we deserve."

"Because I have received the long-awaited redemption from you. In fact, from the beginning, I subconsciously longed for redemption in despair, and you have allowed me to get redemption in real life." Panis said: "Don't say that the redemption is actually the words you have received. If you have paid something, you will definitely gain something. You have given me sincerity and made me struggle out of despair. Then, isn't it natural for me to get redemption on this basis? Oh, you often say that we are all family members, so we help and support each other, and we really take care of each other like family members, and welcome redemption together. Isn't this what we should do? That's why I said, this is what I should do and what you deserve."

"Yes, we are a family." Catherine stared at the remaining half glass of wine in her hand, and the shaking liquid surface was like her heart, and ripples appeared in circles. The girl stared at the wine glass for a long time before she raised her head and smiled: "You are right. We don't need to be grateful to each other anymore, because we care about each other and take care of each other, and we think about each other for each other. This is natural, and this is what the family should do."

"Yeah." Panis nodded, "So there is no need to think that I have worked so hard in the past few years. I am giving, and you are giving too. Such efforts are not hard, but rather a kind of fun. For you, for me, it is a kind of fun."

"Do you think it's fun, too?" Catherine's smile faded and she whispered: "But why are you so selfish and why are you deprived of the fun we deserve?"
Chapter completed!