The vast ocean fell into a dark calm, with only the glimmer of white lotus floating in the distance.
At this moment, in the communities of Plato's army in various circles, the female relatives laid down countless lotus flowers in streams, rivers, lakes, and seashores. These flowers shone like stars on the dark water, slowly.
Floating slowly towards the distant waters.
Until a faint ray of morning light slowly penetrated the dark sky, and the thick clouds like quilts on the sea rolled and dispersed. The star "sun" was just a blurry red halo at first. As time passed by like sand in an hourglass,
The golden-red golden light finally broke through the purple-black dark light at the junction of the sea and the sky, illuminating everything. Vibrant and bright colors were gradually restored wherever the morning light touched.
Yesterday morning's ceremony was repeated again. Groups of ladies with fluttering white skirts lined up in rows slowly entered the crystal-like temple of light with solemn steps in the cool sea breeze in the morning.
The ion flame in the center of the temple burned, emitting a bright and dazzling light like a star. The golden streaks on the floor like a galaxy were spinning in circles. Everything was the same as yesterday, but it was new again.
One day.
The flawless white lotus once again appeared in front of everyone in its ethereal quantum form, slowly transforming into a physical form. But at this time, almost every lady's expression was extremely nervous.
Yerou stretched out her arms to catch the white lotus that was gradually transforming into reality. Her hands could not stop trembling.
She knew that the first batch of death lists would be announced soon.
Last night, she couldn't sleep all night. She kept tossing and turning until she was about to get up, and she had a strange dream.
Under the majestic snow-capped mountains and the overlapping shadows of pink apricot blossoms, two horses lick each other and love each other with their manes flying.
A man and woman wearing weird and exotic costumes stood under the tree, admiring the spectacular and beautiful scenery in the distance.
The handsome body of the man with flowing blond hair was so familiar. He allowed the female companion beside him to lean on his broad shoulders. The long translucent red veil shrouded the body of a black-haired girl next to him.
Her slender body flows like red clouds.
He turned slightly sideways, and she immediately recognized her husband. Not only was Kalki dressed strangely, he no longer wore his hair in a neat bun like the Platonic men, but wore his long hair loose, looking so chic.
The warmth and love in his eyes when he looked at the girl was something she had never experienced before——
"Ah! No!!"
A young girl with golden brown hair shouted, and the white lotus in her hand quickly spread from the center into a whole blood lotus like blood soaked in water.
She let go of her hand in panic, as if she had been burned by a branding iron. Almost at the same time, the hanging blood-red lotus withered, and the bright red lotus petals fell and disappeared, and then transformed into quantum form again, leisurely.
Disappear into the sky.
And the golden name wrapped in beautiful Platonic text also turned into gold powder and spread out a long golden thread.
"Ogivana!"
"Shastia was killed in battle..."
The ladies from the surrounding White Tiger Knights came over one after another and surrounded Ogivana, who had received her husband's death in battle. Everyone supported her, lest she collapse to the ground.
Although this newly widowed beauty frowned, her face was almost trembling from the great pain, her slender neck revealed a deep neck dent, and her whole body was trembling like a yellow leaf in the cool breeze.
He looked like he was trying to control himself.
Yerou saw that the white lotus in her hand had not changed at all. She was very happy and wanted to go over to comfort her, but she immediately heard Liya's sharp scream.
"Shattayu...! Don't...!"
Liya almost immediately fell to her knees in tears, covering her face with her hands. The lotus floating in front of her suddenly turned red like blood, but it did not wither and disappear, but was suspended alone like a fiery red lotus.
In the air.
The veiled ladies in the fleet system were whispering. This was the first time they had seen such a scene. All death notices should be based on the standard that after the white lotus turns into red lotus, it withers, floats and disappears. No one has seen it.
This is just a scene that becomes popular but never withers.
"Liya!"
Yerou, who had the best relationship with her, immediately rushed over and tried to help Liya up.
"No! Don't!"
Liya's emotions were completely out of control. She inserted her slender fingers into her hair, and then pulled it down along her face. The loose hair and floral ornaments were pulled into a mess.
Yerou looked surprised and sad. Kalki had a good relationship with Shattayu. She still remembered that the first knight she met in the Salavadi Bay area was Shattayu, who had iron-black hair and light blue hair.
Her eyes and profile are as perfect as sculptures.
This handsome knight, the perfect husband, just disappeared, and she didn’t know how to comfort Liya.
"Please... hug me, I feel very cold and lonely..." Liya's originally beautiful and passionate blue eyes were full of tears, showing an extreme sadness and vulnerability.
Yerou stretched out her arms and hugged a widow, feeling the other person crying in grief and trembling all over, trying to pass on her body warmth to a person in need of comfort.
Coldness and loneliness permeated her body from the first night of her marriage.
The wives of the fleet commanders came to comfort the two wives who had lost their husbands. Some of the commanders of the White Tiger Knights had been killed in battle, but the senior commanders of the huge fleet system had not yet been lost.
"The war has just broken out. No one knows what will happen in the future." Ningal looked at the chaotic young ladies and said to several girlfriends beside him, "These are just the first batch of people who died..." p>
"Ah? This is?..." Yerou heard Yamei gasping for air and screamed softly, and immediately looked in the direction where everyone was stunned.
She saw that where she had just stood, the white lotus containing Kalki's name suddenly withered and fell one after another, as if it had lost its life.
At this time, all the ladies present could not help but make a soft noise. No one had ever seen such a scene.
"How could this happen? All death notices should be the same. Today is so strange." A woman who looked like the oldest said in surprise.
"Everything in Plato is actually science, not metaphysics, and there is no room for any exceptions." Ningal also looked at this strange scene with wide eyes.
Yerou involuntarily let go of the crying Liya, and walked toward the lifeless lotus with a blank mind.
For Plato's noble ladies, they should maintain their dignity when they receive the news that their husbands have been killed in battle. It is the most honorable and noble behavior to mourn like Divana without showing emotions. It is degrading to cry like Liya and kneel on the ground.
She is definitely the most sensitive, weak, and least noble one——
"No...no..." Yerou panicked and held her hands around the falling white petals.
In the panic, she seemed to be standing back in the dream that made her heart palpitate. Kalki hugged the love of his life and just turned around and said to her coldly:
"Our marriage is against my wishes, Yerou, you just need to keep your status as a wife."
A wave of anger and sadness, together with hot blood, surged into her heart, making her chest so tight that she couldn't breathe for a while.
Yerou's vision went dark, she tried to grab the petals in front of her but couldn't touch anything.
She closed her eyes and leaned forward, like a white falling flower, falling on the cold marble ground like a mirror.