The afternoon air in the port city was dull and heavy, and even time seemed to be frozen by the scorching sun, frozen at this moment. Only the cicada's cry penetrated the silence, echoing intermittently in the ears along with the sultry heat.
Fortunately, the few people chatting in the corner of the square were not ordinary people, so the heat was nothing more than that to them.
Just facing Wendy's curious and probing gaze, Famas couldn't help but swallowed quietly, his mind was racing, and then he explained with a pinched neck:
"The promise under the skirt is just an abstract description. Aren't there similar records in the history books of various countries, such as "raising the skirt of the goddess of destiny"..."
"Ah, that's it~"
Wendy looked like she suddenly understood, and sighed meaningfully, but there was still a playful suspicion in her words.
The emperor has lived long enough to be able to keep these secrets from the ancient times as a treasure.
Wendy had never heard Famas mention the goddess of destiny, let alone the pact under her skirt. But after he liberated Old Mondstadt, gathered the power of "The Demon God of Tornado" Diakra Pian, and became the seven rulers of the world.
Later, his fate was completely hidden, and there was no chance to see him again.
Wendy is a singer who sings in the sky, and is also a wandering prodigal. Thousands of years of experience have taught him restraint, and it involves taboo knowledge. Even though he was curious about Famas's experience, the little poet did not ask.
After all, it is never people who are pursuing forbidden knowledge, but forbidden knowledge that is constantly pursuing people. Even knowledge is not pursuing people, but chasing people. Its pursuit is cruel and emotionless, just like falcons and hunting dogs hunting rabbits.
Same.
Even if you are one of the seven rulers of the world, you still have to live on the continent of Teyvat surrounded by the dark sea. Most people should not understand the cruelest truth in this world, and they cannot understand it. They will live in
In the logic of reason and science, gods are responsible for hiding mystery and darkness at the bottom of this logic.
Wendy controlled her curiosity, lowered her eyes and said nothing, but Paimon couldn't wait to circle around Famas and asked: "So there really is a goddess of destiny?! Famas, have you seen her? What does she look like?"
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"Destiny did have a personality once... If I have to describe it, she is an old Si Ji who is full of theories but has no practical experience... But the last time I met her was 4,700 years ago, and I have never heard anything about Destiny since then.
information."
Under the expectant gazes of Paimon and the traveler, Famas reluctantly gave an explanation. After quickly describing the image of fate, Famas glanced at Wendy again and saw that the little poet had no reaction.
Then he started to defend himself:
"Don't be deceived by the appearance of fate. In essence, her actions can be described as fooling all living beings and being cruel and ruthless."
"After all, Destiny is not a human being. Maybe she can imitate her very closely, but we can't expect her to really have human thinking."
Famas shrugged and placed two cans of knowledge that vaguely revealed an ominous red light on his forehead.
However, in a moment, the forbidden knowledge shimmering with red light entered the young man's mind along his eyebrows.
The traveler and Paimon had not been to Sumeru yet, so they naturally did not know the consequences of using forbidden knowledge like Famas. They just stood there curiously, observing Famas' movements.
The retired emperor also only showed a slightly surprised look, but quickly calmed down.
Only Wendy grabbed Famas's arm in horror, as if she wanted to prevent him from receiving the forbidden knowledge, but unfortunately Famas moved too fast, and by the time the little poet acted, all the forbidden knowledge had already entered the boy's body.
mind.
"Wait! How can you read this knowledge directly!?"
Wendy dropped the harp in her hand, grabbed Famas's arm with both hands and shook it vigorously, as if to shake out the forbidden knowledge that had been stored in his head.
"Stop shaking, I was just at Beiguo Bank...after breakfast..."
Famas pursed his lips and swayed along with Wendy's movements, and his voice became intermittent.
At this time, Wendy stopped and carefully observed the young man's face. Then she turned to look at the calm Zhongli and the puzzled Traveler and Paimon, and hesitantly let go of his hand.
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Although she doesn't know what kind of contract Famas has made with fate, Wendy knows the dangers of forbidden knowledge.
After all, the tragedy of Xumi's past is still before our eyes, but Mondstadt is far away from the center of the battlefield five hundred years ago, so it was not greatly affected.
Except for Du Lin, who was born from the filth of the abyss.
However, Wendy had never heard of Famas's method of directly storing taboo knowledge in his mind. Normally, both gods and mortals would suffer from varying degrees of madness after facing taboo knowledge.
"Are you...really okay?"
The little poet repeatedly confirmed that Famas was not forcing himself, and then he returned to his usual calmness, but he still stared at the other party with puzzled eyes.
"...Does my dear Lord Barbatos want something to happen to me?"
Famasi's breakfast was almost shaken out by Wendy. When the little poet let go of himself, the boy struggled to swallow the breakfast that almost reappeared in his throat. He helplessly spread his arms and motioned for the other party to check at will.
To everyone's expectation, Wendy actually scanned Famas carefully several times from head to toe.
The poet's gaze was like a breeze mixed with the smell of wine, passing through the gaps in Famas' already thin clothes, walking along the collar towards the collarbone, and was suddenly held down by the young man when he was about to reach his abdominal muscles.
"Why do I think someone is playing hooligan?"
Famas covered his chest warily, but all he got in return was Wendy's giggle.
The little poet had confirmed that Famas was not affected by the forbidden knowledge, and then returned to his former optimistic appearance, while the travelers and Paimon standing nearby also had a new understanding of the dangers of the forbidden knowledge.
Even Wendy looks like she is facing a powerful enemy, which shows that even gods cannot completely avoid the damage of forbidden knowledge.
"It's a pity that the gifts given by fate always have a price secretly marked on them."
Zhongli sighed with emotion, seeming to have quite complicated emotions about Famas being favored by fate.
As far as he knew, in addition to destiny, Famas was also connected to the rest of the Original Four Shadows.
Zhongli's emotion also inspired Paimeng, who was thinking with her head tilted. She hurriedly flew to Famas, wagging her index finger and asked curiously: "Hey, Famas, you save the forbidden knowledge for the goddess of fate... Then she will do it for you.
What happened?"
"Oh, of course, otherwise how can it be called a transaction?"
Famas shrugged his shoulders and handed two cleaned empty cans of knowledge to the travelers.
"...In exchange, fate promises me to advance whenever I encounter an enemy and be invincible."