In January, spring has not yet arrived in Berlin.

Kitahara and Kaede were wearing scarves and looked up at the huge monument sculpture above.

The golden goddess at the top of the monument is covered with a light layer of snow, holding a scepter in one hand and a laurel wreath in the other. The broad wings stretched behind her are as fluttering as the condor on the crown.

She looked down at Berlin from high above, declaring the glorious war and glorious victory, and glanced elegantly and arrogantly in the direction of Paris.

The posture is exactly the same as this nation full of ambition and advocating glory.

"Okay, it's really extraordinarily dazzling."

The traveler blocked the sun above with one hand and squinted at the strong light reflected from the sculpture above. He didn't know what he thought of and let out a subtle sigh.

Due to certain changes in history, the Berlin monuments in this world have not been demolished. Instead, they still stand in front of the Reichstag, accepting the admiration and pride of everyone.

War...

Kitahara and Kaede showed a slightly subtle expression, and silently looked away.

If he remembered correctly, the Berlin Victory Monument seemed to commemorate the victory of the war between Germany and Denmark?

After all, I had just passed the New Year in that country's fairy tale city, so I felt quite complicated when I first saw it.

"I don't like it here." Anthony looked at the huge monument in front of him with caution, hid behind Beihara and Feng, and said in a low voice.

"The gray color... makes people feel uncomfortable." The child's voice sounded a little confused. It was obvious that even he himself didn't know where this feeling came from.

Beiyuan and Feng sighed, held the cub in their arms, and gently agreed: "Yes, I know."

Berlin in winter is composed of colorful houses, a half-ice and half-water lake, thick snow and thick green bushes.

But for those who are sensitive enough, the city of Berlin seems to inevitably have a gloomy gray tone. It feels different from any previous city, with a silent and cold face.

Even though there are many things that haven't happened in this world, this feeling is very similar to others - maybe it's because this world just experienced a war not long ago.

But this is not something children need to think about.

The traveler bent his eyes, held the slender wrist of the child in his arms, and showed a light smile: "Anthony."

He looked into the little prince's clean black eyes, and the smile in his orange-gold eyes was like a flame dancing in a stove: it wasn't hot, just simply warm.

"Are you planning to go to the zoo? Berlin's zoo has the largest number of species. There are many cute little animals in it - the kind that are almost invisible in other places."

"Zoo?" Anthony blinked in confusion. He had never been to such a place and only occasionally heard this term from others.

But it shouldn't be too bad in a place where there are many animals.

The little prince glanced at the city, which felt a little heavy and depressing to him, hugged the traveler a little tighter, and nodded cautiously.

"Actually, there is no need to be afraid." Beihara and Feng knelt down and looked at each other, reaching out and gently rubbing each other's heads, "As for Berlin... it's just that spring hasn't come yet."

"Hey, is that so?" The little prince poked his head out and looked at the traveler with curious eyes, "Then it will be beautiful here in spring."

A child who has been on this planet for less than a year is always full of all kinds of expectations for this world, and even the heaviness and depression have not completely dispelled his curiosity about this place.

"Well... of course, it will be beautiful."

I always feel like I protect this child a little too well.

The traveler thought helplessly and tapped the cub's head with his finger. He couldn't help but think of the stories in the original book "The Little Prince".

Compared with the original lonely journey on the earth, facing the incompatibility and confusion of the adult world, the child in front of me got to know the earth in the care and dream-like atmosphere of others.

He made important friends, saw the lovely and beautiful side of the world, saw many beautiful scenery, and was no longer as lonely as he was on an asteroid.

Kitahara and Feng looked at the little prince whose hand they held, and sighed quietly, suddenly empathizing and understanding Andersen's distress when facing Undine.

——If one day, he leaves, what will this child do?

Will he feel lonely? Will he feel scared when he is alone? How terrible would it be for such a soft child to face this world full of thorns alone?

But Kitahara and Kaede didn't say anything in the end. They just led him towards the Berlin Zoo and continued to describe the spring scenery of Berlin.

"In spring, all kinds of trees will sprout new buds. The whole Berlin will be covered with a thin layer of green, just like the hazy smoke in the morning."

"cigarette?"

Anthony tilted his head. He didn't know what kind of worries the adult just had, but asked curiously: "Are the trees here as wet as the smoke?"

"Yes." Kitahara and Kaede looked at the distant sky, with the distant blue sky reflected in their eyes, "The lake will also melt by then, and the entire Berlin will be covered with green shade and lakes. The moist wind is mixed with the fragrance of the vegetation.

, running around in the city... Ah Sneeze!"

A cold wind blew over the street, causing the traveler who was describing spring to sneeze and silently wrap up his warm scarf.

It seems that winter in Germany is a bit unhappy with spring.

Kitahara and Kaede buried half of their faces in their scarves, rubbed their noses, and thought with a hint of melancholy.

"Okay, stop laughing." The traveler muttered, which was a small complaint about the weather in Berlin. Then he looked at the little prince who was covering his mouth and laughing, and reached out to press the prince's head, "I haven't said anything yet.

It’s over… there will be many flowers here in spring, which are very beautiful.”

Anthony's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are there any roses?"

Ever since Kitahara told Kaede that the fairy tale seed might grow up to be a rose, he has become extremely interested in this gorgeous and delicate flower, and has even begun to study how to grow a rose.

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"Of course there is, but more of them are blue cornflowers. Then you will know that Germans like to plant this kind of flower in plains and lawns. They wish they could be everywhere in the mountains and plains."

"That must be a very beautiful flower." Anthony thought for a moment and said with certainty, "But I still like roses better..."

"Pfft." Kitahara and Kaede laughed, suddenly feeling a sense of fate, and then asked with a smile, "What are you going to do if the flower that blooms from that seed is not a rose?"

"Then I will also like her very much." The little prince thought of the seed buried in the soil and replied seriously, "I have to be responsible for her: even if she is not a rose, she is the most unique flower in my heart.

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"You should say this to your flower. She should be very happy after hearing it."

Beiyuan and Feng thought of that proud and reserved rose, and couldn't help but curl their lips and said so.

The milky white mist was breathed out during the conversation, blurring the lenses of the glasses for a moment and blurring the already white scenery around them.

He held Anthony's hand and walked through the Tiergarten Park in the center of Berlin in a deserted silence. The surrounding trees had not yet spit out their smoky buds, but stood upright with their thin black torsos, quietly standing in the air.

There was silence in the pure white.

The thick snow boots made a squeaking sound when stepping on the pure white snow, bringing a sense of trivial life to this pure white world.

Finely chopped, it looks steady and stable.

The sound of the two people talking seemed to be swallowed up by the falling snow in the woods, and sounded a bit distant.

"Why does winter in this city feel so depressing?"

"Well, because Berlin can hibernate."

"Hibernation?"

"Yes, just like a bear. When winter comes, it will hide its traces and have a long dream that is enough to survive this winter."

Anthony walked carefully on the snow, leaving clear footprints one after another. Hearing this, he raised his head curiously: "What kind of dream is it that is enough to survive a winter?"

"Of course I don't know. After all, I just came to Berlin and don't know anything about it."

Kitahara and Kaede rubbed each other's heads, their eyes fell on the vast snowy landscape of Tiergarten Park - there was a blue Berlin bear with colorful patterns and patterns, and then they laughed softly.

"However, it should be bright and colorful."

Even in the coldest winter, many things will exist instead of this hibernating Berlin.

Whether it’s the Berlin Bear with its paws raised high or the streets filled with graffiti, they all embody Berlin’s dreams and art, telling the story of this city with its subtle and cold temperament.

Unlike many people’s impression that Germans are rigorous and boring, in the city of Berlin, you can almost see their artistic sense and enthusiasm that is comparable to France and Russia.

Anthony tilted his head and looked at the bear standing there with its paws raised.

Naturally, he doesn't have so many complicated thoughts about this. A child from an alien planet has not seen too many countries, and has almost no understanding of the history and culture of a city.

But after he saw the innocent blue bear in the snow, he fell in love with it at first sight.

"It is very happy." The little prince said to Kitahara and Feng, "It is very happy to see two people who like this city come here and say hello to us."

Kitahara and Kaede looked at the smiling blue bear sculpture, thought for a moment, and asked the child: "So do you want to hug it?"

"Hug..." Anthony repeated subconsciously, with a look of eagerness in his eyes, but finally asked in a low voice, "Is it really okay?"

He was still a little afraid of this city: although Kitahara and Kaede had told him how beautiful the city was, the smell of high industrialization and war left him almost subconsciously nervous.

What's more, this bear is too big for him.

On the earth covered with granite, in the city made of steel, this child has a softness that is out of place.

He belongs to the softest and fragile part of the fairy tale, and is also the part most worthy of cherishing and protecting, but in any case, he does not belong to any cold reality made of steel and death.

But Berlin - or Germany, is not essentially a cold place.

Berlin does not have the warm and pure colors of Moscow, nor the fairy-tale romance of Copenhagen, but it also uses the ultimate vividness to accumulate the most wanton and hot imagination among the high-rise buildings of steel and industry.

They have the brightest love and affection.

"It's okay, no one will care. What's more, it also likes you very much."
To be continued...