The voice of Themis in the heavenly world echoed in the silent ocean, stirring up an echo in the void.
Return to... the sea of stars?
Metien blinked and didn't react for a moment. Of course she knew what returning to the sea of stars meant. It was clearly mentioned in the goddess's teachings that at the beginning of creation, she spread her spirituality to the earth.
Beings with souls and wisdom are bred, and these lives multiply, live, and develop civilization in the new world. Then the spirituality shines due to their own will, and when reflected in the night sky, they become a sea of shining stars.
Therefore, there is a legend that every star in the sky symbolizes a soul on the earth. When the stars first shine, the soul wakes up and resurrects; when the stars dim and extinguish, the soul sleeps and rests; as for the fleeting ones in the night sky
Shooting stars symbolize those sages and heroes who only had the shortest life but lived the most wonderful life. In front of their glory, even the sun, moon and sea of stars will be eclipsed.
It is precisely because of this magical correspondence that the astrologers in the tower firmly believe that by describing the trajectory of the stars, they can predict what will happen in the next thousand years;
As a secret that is not passed down in the clan, only those who swear to keep this secret for life are qualified to be baptized in blood and trace this ancient skill in the memory of their ancestors.
Only people who believe in the goddess, although they also believe in the correspondence between the stars in the sky and people on the earth, never think that they can master taboo knowledge such as human birth, aging, illness and death, the rise and fall of countries, and even the prosperity and decline of civilizations by observing the sea of stars, because
Believers of the goddess regard all of this as certain rules that she left behind at the beginning of the creation of the world. They run unchanged from time immemorial and are not changed by human power or moved by external objects. That kind of rule is called fate.
The brilliance of the stars is just an appearance. The destiny hidden behind the sea of stars is the source of all life and reincarnation. However, humans cannot see it. They can only see the sea of stars in the apparent world. Therefore, we observe celestial phenomena and record stars in this way.
Zeal. In order to show the difference from them, the goddess believers call the other ocean hidden behind the apparent star sea the lightless sea, which means an ocean that cannot even be reached by the light of the stars. How can people pry into it?
That's why I came up with that sentence - May your soul return to the lightless sea in the sky and gain eternal peace and silence.
That is actually a euphemism for death. Many religions and ethnic groups have similar traditions. For example, the Moriyas call death the enlightenment and inheritance of wisdom, and the custom of baptism in blood is timeless; the Shatotto people believe that the eagle can only
Close your eyes on the mountain closest to the sky, and their feathers will turn into the next blizzard that will come to the world; in the ancient land of Glengenia, where the knight culture has not completely died out, some people call the dead in the tomb "
For those who returned home, sad hometown tunes were sung for them at the funeral.
Death seems to be a very important thing, especially when people are still alive. Metien realized this in a daze when at his father's funeral, the priest who presided over the funeral came from the Death Prayer Society.
, when he, as always, wanted to use a sentence from the scripture "Books for the Dead": Death is the destination, and all things are dispersed, to bid farewell to his father, Lin Ge, who had been silent at the funeral, shook his head to stop him.
Then he walked to his adoptive father's tombstone in person, stroked the cold epitaph, and said the words he just said.
If he hadn't said this at that time, wouldn't his father's soul be able to return to the sunless sea in the sky and the kingdom of the goddess? When Medien thought about it, he felt that this was a very terrible thing, so people
The fear of death is far greater than that of being alive.
At the same time, she remembered clearly that the night after the funeral, the sky in Linville City had indeed lost all its light, as if it had sunk into a long and deep ocean. Although the City of Heartbreak was originally an industrial city, from the factories on the outskirts of the city
In the huge chimney, gloomy coal clouds and thick smog are constantly spitting out day and night, covering the sky above the city, making people unable to see any starlight. But the girl always insisted that that night was indeed more beautiful than the
The nights are usually darker and quieter.
Looking back on the past, Metien still had an impression of the death she witnessed for the first time, not to mention that it took her almost three years to force herself to focus on studying and assisting her brother in maintaining the church, before she could barely get over the grief after the death of her loved one.
It was precisely because this memory still remained in her mind, like the scar left after the wound healed, that it had not dissipated. So at this moment, when she faced Themis' answer from the heaven, she did not panic at all, nor did she feel any emotion.
At a loss.
It seems that even death itself is something that practice makes perfect. If you have experienced it before, you will not be so panicked the second time. But for people, is this a kind of growth? Or is it a kind of sadness?
"You're lying to me."
Metien raised his head and looked directly into the eyes of Themis in the heaven. His tone was surprisingly calm, because from the bottom of his heart he did not believe what she said: "It is impossible for the goddess to return to the lightless sea."
Crowned by the great and benevolent goddess who created all things in the universe, she is the origin of all myths and legends, the admiration of thousands of intelligent creatures, and the symbol of eternity in the flow of time and destiny. In the teachings of the Holy Goddess
It is repeatedly mentioned in the "Sacred Scripture" that He can not only have insight into the past and the future, determine people's destiny, but also see through people's hearts and see through every hidden thought; it is not only the rotation of the sun and the moon, the changes in darkness and light, but also the change of time.
The boundary with emptiness, the prophecy of eternity and finality.
Under the crown of such an omnipotent goddess, Themis of the heaven actually said that she would return to the sea of stars, just like the corresponding stars in the night sky for mortals, with a lifespan of less than one season. Isn't this ridiculous?
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Themis of Heaven looked down at Medien expressionlessly, and their eyes reflected each other's face. The eyes revealed some kind of similar spirituality, but one side was calmly questioning, while the other side was complex and profound:
"This body is entrusted by the goddess to perform the functions of observation and supervision. Based on the requirements of neutrality, impartiality and objectivity, it has abandoned unstable instructions such as deception, concealment or avoidance, so there is no possibility of lying."
"I can testify." From across the screen, Tiandis's voice came faintly: "Themis in the heaven has not learned to lie yet, and there is no need to lie. Mother is indeed no longer in this world. In your human terms, then
that is……"
"This is impossible!"
Before she could say those two words that everyone was avoiding, Metien had suddenly interrupted her, then raised her head and stared at Tiandis with stubborn and stubborn eyes, clenching her small fists tightly.
She was shaking violently, and people could even hear the sound of teeth clashing and chattering in her mouth. She looked so excited, which seemed to be the first time since everyone knew her: "You, you are all lying, the world is so full of lies."
Miss is lying, and so are you. You are colluding together, just because you don’t want us to see the goddess! Because the things you do, whether it is killing aliens or cutting off magic power, are all against the goddess.
Hope! You know that you can’t be forgiven by the goddess, so you are trying every possible means to prevent us from seeing Him! If, if you say that the goddess has returned to the lightless sea in the sky, then, then——
"
The louder she spoke, the more excited she became, her cheeks flushed with anger. Her little body seemed to have accumulated enough power to destroy this control center, and even the entire universe. In the end, she couldn't restrain herself.
He suppressed his anger and shouted out unbearably: "Then show us the evidence!!?"
The sound of hidden cries echoed in the quiet sea of stars, hit the distant boundary and then came back, overlapping each other, with countless echoes, like the tide, long and hoarse. Themis and Tiandis in the heaven
They all fell silent, staring at Meridian without speaking. The pink-haired little girl thought she had exposed their lies, leaving the two of them speechless. She turned back to seek support from her brother and companions, only to find that everyone was
He looked at himself with a strange and pitiful look.
"What's wrong, everyone?" she asked blankly, her voice so weak that it seemed like she was mumbling unconsciously: "Why are you looking at me like this?"
No one knew how to answer. Only the girl's brother sighed softly. He felt sad for his sister's experience, and at the same time felt guilty for not fulfilling his responsibilities as an elder brother. He walked up to the girl.
In front of her, he squatted down, stretched out his hand to wipe away the crystal from the corner of her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Medine."
"Stop crying."
Don't... cry?
I didn't cry.
Medien was just about to say this, but suddenly there was a twisting pain in her heart, as if someone had taken out a large piece of it at once. This kind of empty pain made her almost breathless, and she wanted to hold it.
Her heart cried out in pain, seeking comfort from her brothers and sisters. But she couldn't even make a sound because her throat was blocked by hoarse sobs, and there was a bitter and stinging feeling in her eyes, with wet water marks along the edges.
The water slowly dripped down her cheeks, and when it passed through her thin lips, there was a salty taste. The girl opened and closed her mouth, and then realized belatedly that she had indeed cried, and cried very sadly.
Tears streaming down my face.
But why do I cry? And it’s this kind of unconscious crying?
The girl recalled the past again. She remembered that the night after her father's funeral, she sat alone in the courtyard, staring at the Baicheng sycamore tree he had planted. She looked at the dark night sky through the withered branches and leaves, and felt in her heart
What I was thinking about was the legend about the Sunless Sea in the scriptures. The night was so dark. Could it be that the goddess was leading my father’s soul to the distant and peaceful Sunless Sea? In that case, my father was in that ocean.
, can he also see himself in the human world? Will he bless the two children he left in the world? Or should he entrust the goddess to take care of him? The goddess is so kind, she should not refuse this small request of a devout believer, right?
?
She looked at it for a long time, thinking about things that she would not think about or dare to think about in the past. She didn't know how long it had been, but her uneasy brother came over and worried that her sister would do something stupid because of her grief, until
Seeing her sitting quietly under the sycamore tree, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when Medien turned around and wanted to say hello to his brother, he was stunned, as if he had seen some unimaginable scene.
At that time, Tian also asked him why he looked at him like this. After his brother looked at his sister silently for a long time, he sighed softly as before, stepped forward, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
, said softly: "Medien, don't cry."
"Mr. Yang Ke will see it."
…
That's right, you can't cry! Father will see it, and so will the goddess!
The girl broke away from her memories and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes and face desperately, but it was useless. Her tears seemed to never stop flowing. The more she wiped, the more they poured out. No matter how hard she wiped, she could not wipe them away. This
Perhaps it was because the girl felt a great fear in her heart, because she suddenly realized that if she shed tears in the past, it was because she realized that her father had indeed left her and left this world forever, then the crying at this moment would not be the same.
Why? Could it be that I only doubted it on the surface, but in my heart I already believed what Themis of Heaven said?
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Returning to the sea of stars or something like that would be too ridiculous!
Mayteen may not know that sometimes when people face great grief, they will enter an absolutely calm state because they are at a loss. That is not because they are really calm, but because their souls leave the body at that time.
Putting themselves in the position of bystanders, they can temporarily stay rational and protect their emotions. When they realize that this is not a lie, this false calmness will transform into a deep sense of self.
Doubtful, panicked, at a loss, desperately trying to deny something to prove that I was not cold-blooded just now, that I didn't know what sadness was, I just never believed it.
Lin Ge looked at his sobbing sister, as if he had returned to that starless and moonless night again. He thought that in his many years of wandering, he had already known what the warmth and warmth of human feelings are, and what the impermanence of the world is. Young people, facing death,
It's still so strange that I don't know what words to use to comfort my sister. Time has passed, and the feeling of confusion and loneliness has never left, sweeping over like a tide.
Will everything be a foregone conclusion? Or is it just a cycle of time and memory?
Ling Ge raised his head, and Saint Xalia had walked to his side at some point. The young man looked at those quiet and sad lake-green eyes for a while. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. Ling Ge gently
He pushed his sister who was still crying to her, watched the green-haired girl gently hold her in her arms, whispered comfort, and stood up, looking towards the sky.
“Don’t believe everything you say.”
His tone was as calm as if he was just stating the facts: "If you want us to believe this, then provide evidence, Miss Themis of Heaven."