Chapter 2 I am willing to give everything for my king
Chapter 2 I am willing to give everything for my king
Author: Sister's Bride
Chapter 2 I am willing to give everything for my king
After a round of drinking and carnival, a large glass of ale was placed on the bar in front of Melina, and the person who handed it to her was a girl with long silver hair and smoky makeup.
"What about you? What's the story between you and Qiu Yuan?"
While she was questioning Melina, she realized that she was too familiar with herself and quickly introduced herself.
"You can call me Ciri, the organizer of this tavern. I have always wanted to invite you here, but the power of the world you live in is as chaotic as the world of "Dark Souls". I just relied on it a few days ago.
My ability locates you."
Xili warmly extended her hand to Melina, but Melina did not shake hands, but bowed slightly to her and said.
"My name is Melina...I am the witch who guides my king."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Melina asked Shiri, one of the owners of the tavern, her doubts.
"Your Excellency Xili, can you tell me why this tavern was built? And what is the purpose of gathering here from your respective worlds?"
Before the white wolf's daughter had time to answer Melina's question, a girl with long orange hair and a very punk-style look wearing big black-rimmed glasses appeared from the other side of the bar...
Explained to Melina.
"This is Qiu Yuan's praise group, um... well, this is just a joke."
The girl looked a little shy, and immediately hid under the bar after being stared at by Melina's cold eyes.
"Her name is Sakura Futaba, and she comes from a world similar to Akihara's modern society? Anyway... you can understand that we are gathered here to protect Akihara's safety."
After Ciri briefly introduced the identity of the girl hiding behind the bar, she also told Melina the reason why they gathered here.
"Protect...my king's safety?"
This made Melina's beautiful eyebrows frown slightly. In her impression, Qiu Yuan was the incarnation of the Elden Ring of Magic.
That was really like beating up her old relatives. The King of Omen, Valkyrie, General Falling Star, and Radagan all trembled when they saw him. They kicked the entire border area, from Stonewell to the Royal City.
It's like walking sideways...
"It's time for Futaba to explain the situation again." Shirley knocked on the bar with her hand and said.
"Um...uh...Mei...Ms. Melina, you can see for yourself."
Futaba was still huddled under the bar, but she still raised a laptop with her little hands and placed it on the table.
"I'm sorry, because the world that Qiuyuan lives in is 'modern society'. I haven't been to this kind of world much. A lot of common sense was taught to us by Futaba."
Xili said, turning the screen on the computer screen so that Melina could see the surveillance screen above.
This surveillance picture shows Qiu Yuan munching potatoes miserably in the manor.
Melina looked at the extremely delicate and handsome man in the surveillance screen. Although she was a little unfamiliar...but she could tell at a glance that she was exactly what the King of Elden she served looked like.
"It's normal for you to feel a big sense of disparity or disappointment. Anyway, you read it right... the thin young man in the picture, he is what you think of as he spans the entire border, defeating countless demigods.
The Faded One who aspired to be King of Elden for the last few times."
Xili had obviously investigated the background of Melina's world. Melina looked at Qiu Yuan who was chewing potatoes in the picture but didn't say much.
"When he first came to Junction, he was even more miserable than he is now. He didn't even have a single piece of intact clothes... But I still witnessed him conquering the entire Junction along the way."
"Appearance and strength are not important, what I value is his tough soul."
Melina's words made Shiri and Futaba applaud.
"The golden words of praise today are decided by you, Melina-chan!" Futaba appeared from under the bar at some point.
Melina glanced at Futaba with her only eye, and she was so frightened that she hid under the bar again.
"So... what is going on? Although I know that my king has his own life in this world, I feel that none of us should interfere with his life in this world, including this kind of surveillance."
Melina had imagined countless times when she was talking to Qiu Yuan in the world of Elden's Ring... what Qiu Yuan's real appearance and voice were like.
Although Ciri helped her fulfill this wish, Melina still believed that their surveillance behavior was very inappropriate.
"We don't want to do this either, but Qiu Yuan's current situation leaves us with no choice." Xili shrugged helplessly.
"No choice? Then please trouble Sir Xili to tell me all about my king's situation in this world."
Melina would like to hear about the real world Qiu Yuan is currently living in...what kind of "no choice" there is.
"About a year ago."
Shirley took a sip of the ale in her hand and said.
"I went to Toussaint to give Geralt... my adoptive father? Anyway, when I was celebrating his birthday, I wanted to use my power of time and space to travel through space, and then I came here unexpectedly."
"The gap between time and space, and then here I met the master who has been guiding Geralt and I's will, Qiu Yuan. Of course, I didn't see it with my own eyes, but through that strange machine."
Xili said as she pointed at a machine that looked like a candy machine in the middle of the tavern, with a picture of Qiu Yuan chewing potatoes projected on it.
"I recognized him at a glance just like you. Then he was in a coma and was surrounded by a group of monsters."
"Then I used my power of time and space to teleport directly to him and rescued him... When I wanted to move him to a safe place, such as bringing him back to my world, or here... I found that I couldn't.
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"I can't explain why it didn't work for a while. In short, I used the power of time and space to summon all the forces I could mobilize in Toussaint and repel the monsters who wanted to harm Qiu Yuan."
When Melina heard this, her eyes fell on the 'candy machine' in the center of the tavern.
"We all call this thing the wishing machine."
After Xili noticed Melina's concerned gaze, she led Melina directly to the machine and said.
"It is the key to our connection with Qiuyuan. Do you see the golden crystal stored in it?"
"It is the embodiment of Qiuyuan's emotions. More appropriately, it is the embodiment of Qiuyuan's emotion called 'happiness' from birth to now. We call it the crystallization of happiness."
"Then you mean...my king has only experienced this small piece of happiness in this life?"
Melina stared at the happiness crystals stored in the wishing machine, only two fist-sized ones were left.
If this is really the happiness value Qiu Yuan has accumulated in his life, then how sad will Qiu Yuan's life be?
"Of course not. The first time I saw it, Qiu Yuan's crystallization of happiness almost filled the entire wishing machine."
Xili quickly waved her hand and explained to Melina that Qiu Yuan was quite happy in his life.
"So...where are those crystals of happiness?" Melina keenly noticed the crux of the problem.
"It's all used up."
Only then did Xili get to the crux of the problem.
"After repelling the group of monsters who wanted to harm Qiu Yuan, I discovered that we need to consume this kind of happiness crystal when we come to the world where Qiu Yuan lives."
"And the more powerful magic or other extraordinary powers are used in Qiuyuan's world, the more it will be consumed."
"...And then in that battle you used up all the happiness crystals my king has saved in his life?"
Melina's cold and venomous character was fully demonstrated at this time.
"Of course not! The real consumption is still the safe house we helped Qiu Yuan build."
Shirley waved her hand again to show that she was not so wasteful.
"Safe house?"
Melina looked up at the projection on the wishing machine. Only then did she realize that although Qiu Yuan lived in a hut in a dense forest, there were a lot of powerful magic barriers surrounding the hut.
"Yes, this is Ye Naifa...you can understand it as my adoptive mother. She teamed up with several sorceresses to set it up to prevent Qiu Yuan from being discovered by those monsters."
"So...what kind of monster is it?"
After Melina came to this tavern, she felt several auras that made her feel palpitating. Logically speaking, the most indispensable thing in this tavern is a 'monster handling expert'.
“It’s better to explain this drone video that cooperates with Futaba.”
Shirley said and led Melina to the bar. Sakura Futaba also called up the drone reconnaissance footage stored in her laptop.
The time of the video showed that it was taken half a year ago... Melina looked at the scenery in the picture, which showed a bustling city. The people coming and going looked like an extremely vivid urban scene.
"Is there...a monster hiding among these humans?"
Although Melina has never seen the scenery of a modern city, the smoke of fireworks in the video looks much higher than that of the border area...
You must know that in the border area where Melina lives, even if she travels ten miles, she won't find anyone who can talk.
"It's not that there are monsters hiding among these humans, it's that these guys are all 'monsters' wearing human skins!" Xili said.
"...But they look no different from normal humans."
Melina carefully observed the busy pedestrians in the video, and there was no difference between them and normal humans in appearance and behavior.
"Because that's who they are."
While Shiri was talking, Futaba cooperated by switching the video. This video was recorded by Geralt when he captured such a 'human being' alive.
"We call this kind of creature 'mimicry'. According to our investigation, all the creatures in this world are made of them. To be precise, all living things in this world are 'mimicry'."
"They can devour all known life, animals, and plants...and then perfectly simulate the appearance, habits, and even personality and memory of the swallowed creatures."
"Only by killing them will their true colors be revealed."
In the video, Geralt waved the silver sword in his hand, raised his sword, and cut off the head of the human mimic. With a shrill cry, the mimic turned into a strange gel fluid.
"So my king is the only human being alive in this world?"
Melina asked softly after understanding Qiu Yuan's situation.
"At least that's the case in this world, so Melina..."
When Xili said this, she stretched out her hand to Melina and said.
"The only mission of our gathering here is to let my father's and I's best friends, the king you serve, the captain Futaba admires, and the hero in the hearts of countless people... Qiuyuan, he is in this place full of people
Survive in the apocalypse where man-eating monsters are raging! Live happily!"
Xili emphasized the word happiness... Melina instantly felt the same as Xili, and the same consciousness ignited in her heart.
Qiuyuan has protected their world countless times, and now it's their turn to stand up and defend Qiuyuan's happiness!
"I...will give everything for my king." Melina stretched out her hands and gently held Ciri's hand and said softly.