After reading this, Stephanie raised her head, with obvious shock in her eyes. She looked at Sean, trying to find an answer.
But Sean just shook his head gently and motioned for her to continue reading.
"The bard laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up straight. He fulfilled his long-cherished wish."
"Meet the end of the world and step on the beginning of the world."
"Every explorer is full of desire, desire supports them to move forward, desire gives them all the power - the smart bard realized this in the first test, but his desire is far beyond wisdom.
Imagination of snakes and robins.”
"The bard happily took away all the treasures on the top of the mountain, and his little sparrow shouted excitedly on his shoulder: 'It's all mine! It's all mine! Even the king - no, I am the king of the new world.
!'"
"Just when the bard was about to leave, he discovered that the blood oozing from the robin and the snake of wisdom were gradually merging. One blood stain was dark red, and the other blood stain was green. When the two bloods were mixed together,
When we were together, the whole world was shaking, as if it was about to collapse."
"The blood intertwined together to form a huge black gem. The thick black mist wrapped around the gem as if it were alive. The blue and endless sky seemed to have opened a hole, and strange things were drilled out of the hole.
The stuff then melts into the gem.”
"The bard was not afraid, he just looked at the gem greedily. He knew that it must be the most valuable treasure!"
"He wanted to take the gem away, but the little sparrow couldn't think of a way."
"The bard finally used his ingenuity to remove the fragment from the black gem, and then the incomplete black gem disappeared."
When I read this, I saw the scene in the illustration in which the bard held up the black rhombus crystal. At first, it seemed a little weird, but after reading the above stories, even Stephanie, who was calm and calm, found this illustration to be weird.
"The bard took away all the treasures and the fragments of the black gem, and the world shook-"
"The mountains and rivers have dried up, the flowers and grass have withered, and the beautiful peach fields have become pitch black——"
Stephanie turned to the next page that she had not read, and suddenly her brows frowned.
What comes into view is another illustration. The yellowed parchment outlines one after another black cloak shadows. There is a large transparent mouth in the sky, with a wildly surging black vortex. At the same time, the entire picture
There are also various shapes of black things in the illustration, which seem to be some kind of weird dark magical creatures.
"Dementors and the Mouth of Silence..." Stephanie looked up at Sean.
Sean nodded. When he saw the illustration, he was sure that the black rhombus crystal was the obsession body.
Stephanie continued reading: "...the bard walked happily, and the new world made him extremely satisfied."
"He played with the fragments of the black gem and mastered one powerful ability after another."
"Black monsters were flying all over the sky with him. The bard looked around and saw the little sparrow on his shoulder."
"'Bird, bird, you are indeed my soul, you have done so well.' The bard praised."
"But the little sparrow is a little weak. The world is collapsing, and its strength also comes from this world -"
"The bard thought for a moment, and then pierced the black gem fragment into the little sparrow's chest."
"The little sparrow chirped sadly and disappeared."
"Then, a dark figure appeared. He looked exactly like the bard, except that he was completely black. The black bard said happily: 'Oh, this feels really good.'"
"'From now on, you are another me!' the bard laughed."
"The black bard laughed and turned into mist and penetrated into the body of this deity."
"The world was shaking more and more violently, and the bard accelerated his pace back to the city. He saw the collapsed temple, the withered mountains, the dried quagmire, and the things he had seen before, but now
Crying for the dead."
"This scene made the bard want to dance with joy. He danced the war dance of his hometown and escaped from this world happily."
"Oh, the exit is right in front of you, the bard smiled with satisfaction."
"Ah, he suddenly remembered that he is still a bard, and he has a beautiful voice."
"Stepping on the dry ground, dark monsters were dancing around him. He took a deep breath of the hot air with the smell of sulfur and sang a moving song."
Who killed the mockingbird?
It's me, said the sparrow,
With my bow and arrows,
I killed the mockingbird.
-
Who saw him die?
It's me, said the fly,
with my little eyes,
I saw him die.
-
Who took his blood?
It's me, said the fish,
With my little plate,
I take his blood.
-
Who makes his shroud?
It's me, said the Beetle,
With my needle and thread,
I will make a shroud.
-
Who will dig his grave?
It's me, said the owl,
With my chisel and shovel,
I will come to dig the grave.
-
Who will be the pastor?
It's me, said the crow,
Use my little notebook,
I will be a pastor.
-
Who will record history for him?
It's me, said Skylark,
If not in darkness,
I'm here to record history for him.
-
Who will hold the torch?
It's me, said the Cardinal,
I'll get it right away.
I will hold the torch.
-
Who will be the officiant?
It's me, said the dove,
I want to mourn my beloved,
I will be the officiant.
-
Who will carry the coffin?
It's me, said Yuan,
If you don’t walk at night,
I will come and carry the coffin.
-
Who will provide the coffin cloth?
It's us, said the Wren,
Together as a couple, we
We provide coffin cloth
-
Who will sing the hymn?
It's me, said Thrush,
Standing on the bush,
I will sing hymns.
-
Who will ring the death knell?
It's me, said Niu,
Because I can pull a yak,
I'll sound the death knell.
-
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, goodbye, robin.
all the birds in the sky,
All sighed and wept,
When they hear the knell,
Ring for the poor robin.
-
notice
Report to all concerned,
This notice informs,
The sparrow will be judged,
Bird Court next time.
-
Stephanie's voice fell silent, and that was the entire content of "The Poet and the Greedy Snake of Wisdom."
The girl closed the book and looked at Sean with deep doubts in her eyes.
Sean had been frowning in thought until the library became empty due to the disappearance of the sound, and then he raised his head.
"Did you see it too?" he asked.
Stephanie nodded: "It's very strange... the bard has gone through seven tests in total, and those seven tests are the seven sins."
"Yes, the gold and silver treasures in the first level are [Greed], the beautiful women in the second level are [Lust], the rich food and cooks in the third level are [Gluttony], and the fourth level are [Gluttony]
The rude person wants to irritate the poet, that is [Rage], the fifth level, the poet meets someone who is the same as him but better than him, that is [jealousy], the sixth level, wants to make the tired poet
Stopping your progress is [lazy]..." Sean said softly.
Stephanie frowned: "In the story, the last test was driven away by the snake of wisdom. It served as the last test, and that level was supposed to be..."
Sean raised his eyebrows: "Yes, the last level was supposed to be [Pride]."
Stephanie looked at Sean, but there was no change in her eyes. She gently leaned against the bookshelf and tilted her head, giving off a cuteness that was not in line with her usual temperament.
"Do you think the test points in this story point to our culpability?"
Sean frowned: "This is a story after all, it may not be accurate, it may even be false - but I think this story is true to a certain extent. It may use this dark fairy tale to describe what really happened at that time.
way to describe it.”
Stephanie also nodded in agreement: "When I read it, I felt that this story might have really happened a long time ago."
Sean also leaned on the bookshelf, and pushed back the "Witch of Desire" behind him while trying to stick out his tongue and lick his cheek.
He held up half of his face and thought.
If this story is true, the Obsessive Body is indeed a remarkable thing, although the specific origin of this thing is not known, and the story does not even describe how the bard removed the Obsessive Body.
But it can be clearly seen that people with obsessions can indeed control dark creatures, and even have abilities that Sean has never seen before - that little sparrow is the projection of the poet's own soul after entering the new world, and obsession
The fusion of the mind body and the little sparrow actually created something like a dark clone.
Another point worth thinking about is, is the obsession in my hand the same piece that the bard got? If not, how did the original owner of the second obsession get this thing, and what happened?
There won’t be a third piece, what about the fourth piece?
Of course, Sean also has a bold idea.
He raised his head and caught Stephanie's eyes.
The girl looked at him calmly: "I have a guess."
"I have one too."
"Are we thinking the same thing?"
"It looks very similar."
Stephanie pursed her lips: "Is it possible that the bard really exists, and..."
Sean took a deep breath: "He has survived until now..."
Even what Sean didn't say was: that bard is the leader of the returnees!
The two looked at each other again and exhaled a long breath at the same time.
If that bard really lives up to now, how terrible is he?
There was silence in the empty library for a while, and Stephanie spoke again: "Let this be just a guess, and even if the guess is true, the bard must be in a bad state, otherwise, he would have ruled the world long ago.
.”
"That's right," Sean nodded, "but this story contains too much information, such as - what does the snake of wisdom represent, and what does the robin represent?"
"And that weird world," Stephanie added.
"I have some idea about this. I may know that world," Sean spread his hands, "Have you ever heard of Twisted Illusion?"
The silver-haired girl shook her head, her eyes showing a desire for knowledge.
Sean simply spent some time explaining the trance to Stephanie. After listening, the other party nodded thoughtfully: "So that's it... According to your explanation, combined with this story - that world is very
Maybe it’s a hallucination.”
"Yes, it matches the description." Sean said.
Moreover, he thought of what one of the returnees, the invincible Andros, once said and showed when he transformed into Grindelwald to help deal with his memories.
The reason why their returnees came back was because of the collapse of the illusion.
This coincides with the scene of the world collapsing in the story.
The bard caused the collapse of the trance and illusion, and the souls of the deceased who originally existed there had no choice but to escape, and finally became the returnees in the form of half ghosts.
But if you look at it this way, the Returners may have existed much earlier than Sean imagined. But according to Grindelwald's news, the Returners have only slowly risen in recent decades.
Returners…Returners…
Sean narrowed his eyes.
Could it be that the reason why they have slowly raised their head in recent decades is because they have been on the way "return". They are special magical beings that are not accepted by reality and hell, so they have been stuck at the "gate"
.
And did the bard also encounter the same dilemma?
Even...he hasn't gotten out of trouble yet?
Sean pressed his temples with some distress. The guess seemed reasonable at the moment, but the guess was just a guess after all and needed to be confirmed.
Identity, identity, what he needs most now is information that can confirm the identity of these pronouns.
Who is the snake of wisdom, who is the robin, why do the deaths of these two lead to the collapse of the trance, and who is the bard?
How did these seven sins of his get involved in the story? Did the [arrogance] that resided in his body also come into his body because of this story?
Stephanie read it over again and said softly: "The nursery rhyme at the end also concerned me a lot."
Sean nodded, what does that weird nursery rhyme really mean?
Stephanie compared the nursery rhymes and said: "It's strange that this is the verdict of the bird court. The sparrow killed the robin. This nursery rhyme is about the judgment of the sparrow, but at the end."
She turned over the book and showed it to Sean:
"notice
Report to all concerned,
This notice informs,
The sparrow will be judged,
At the next bird court.”
Sean frowned and said: "The sparrow is the embodiment of the bard's soul in the trance dreamland, but the sparrow has already been tried once, why should the bird court judge it again next time?"
"This is something worth noting. Also, the birds inside are very strange," Stephanie said, with a somewhat uncertain look on her face. "It gives people a very bad feeling."
"You mean, the birds are actually... accomplices?" Sean suddenly raised his head.
"Yes, the birds may be accomplices... No! We forgot one thing!" Stephanie suddenly raised her head.