The sudden heavy rain was unexpected. Ringer stood on the edge of the tree shade, his neck and sleeves wet by the successive raindrops. He felt a chill spreading along the texture of his skin, and then
I wiped it off smoothly, then walked a few steps inward and came to the tree trunk to escape the heavy rain that I don't know when it will stop.
Then he noticed that in the sound of rain, Oveira, who was sitting on the root of a tree, suddenly trembled, and then curled up silently, as if she was trying to shrink herself into the weak candlelight emitted by the lantern, hiding in a place where she could
A safe place to hide from things that scare her.
Lin Ge watched this scene quietly and suddenly asked: "Are you afraid of rain?"
Olvera still took a moment to react, as if the coldness brought by the rain had made her brain dull. Her eyes were empty, and she thought for a while, then shook her head: "No."
"I hate rain."
Her voice was dull and somewhat sad: "Because the teacher said that rain is the season of farewell."
No one likes to say goodbye, let alone in such a wet, muddy, cold and gloomy rainy season.
Ringer nodded slightly: "In that case, you probably won't like Lunweiting either."
"Where is that?"
"The nation's capital."
"I've never been there, why wouldn't I like it?"
"Because it is a city that is used to raining."
"It always rains?"
"It always rains."
Lunweiting is always shrouded in gloomy fog. It rains for most of the year. It is the kind of drizzle and lifeless light rain. The rain wets the streets and trees. Lunweiting is used to this kind of weather.
The locals will always open their umbrellas in time and walk in the misty gray with them until their shadows are swallowed up by the fog. But the unprepared outsiders who have just arrived can only hide under the big trees on the side of the street.
Wrapping up my clothes tightly and shivering in the bone-marrow coldness.
This is not Linge’s own experience, but what he heard from his adoptive father, Mr. Yang Ke. Before he came to Linwell City, he lived in Lenwithing and adopted Metien in an orphanage there.
It's just that the girl was still young at the time and had little impression of the city where she was born. It was probably difficult for her to have a sense of belonging called "hometown".
Later, when she learned about her life experience, she asked Mr. Yang Ke about Lunweiting. Ringer was reading a book nearby at the time and heard her adoptive father say the above words. He used a very simple image to summarize the thousand-year-old building.
The ancient capital, as if it were solemn, simple, gorgeous, elegant, profound... It seemed that Lunweiting, the capital of the ancient kingdom, could be praised with any praise word, and it only left him with a little impression of rain.
.
He also said that he finally learned to bring an umbrella with him when he went out to be prepared for the drizzle that might come at any time. This almost became the only habit he developed throughout his life, and it continued until much later.
.
Later, during a melancholy rainy season, he held this umbrella to protect a homeless boy from the rain on the street. Seeing a lonely confusion and stubborn indifference in his eyes, he asked him if he wanted to be with him.
Leave together?
Later, he took his two adopted children and had a new home in a strange city.
Later, the rain in my memory turned into snow.
"The people in Lunweiting are really pitiful." Oveira suddenly whispered, disturbing Linge's thoughts: "You always have to face separation."
"You are right." Ringer replied: "It was a city with nothing but separation."
"Can this also become the capital?"
"You don't understand?"
"I don't understand."
"Then there are still many things you need to understand. I don't mean about the world, but about people."
Where Linge couldn't see her, Olvera curled her lips, feeling that he looked down on her. As intelligent beings, light elves would definitely be able to understand humans, as long as they were in contact for long enough... Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little lost.
, but I can’t explain exactly what I’m missing.
The candlelight in the lantern danced and flickered through the transparent glass cover. The branches above the head were swayed by the night wind. The leaves rubbed against each other and made a rustling sound, which was surprisingly consistent with the sound of raindrops hitting the ground. The temperature dropped sharply, and the rain brought
The cold air penetrates the clothes and stimulates the delicate skin, making people feel the coldness and humidity of the rainy season most profoundly.
Olvera regretted a little, why did she come here to kill time? It would be great to be back among her companions. Even if she couldn't sleep, she could at least keep warm with her body temperature, and then snuggle up next to the fire of the lantern and use the "Library of Truth"
】Read two books at will. It doesn’t matter what book you read. Anyway, as long as it is a book that can be read, it is enough, because this is how I spent my time in the castle in the past, instead of sitting here and listening to the sound of the rain.
Hitting the leaves, letting the biting cold air soak into the body, and finally facing Ringer's cold face.
I feel so tired.
She said dullly: "Linge, it's so late, why don't you go back to sleep?"
Lin Gedan replied: "I can't sleep."
Isn’t this my reason!
Oveira thought that Ringer was perfunctory with her and was slightly dissatisfied. She looked up and found that the young man's expression was always calm, and there was no trace of sleepiness or fatigue between his eyebrows and eyes as he stared at the dark rain curtain, so she believed his explanation. In other words, one of him and I couldn't sleep, and the other couldn't sleep, so we were together in such a late night, silently watching the heavy rain in a daze.
What a coincidence.
However, my own inability to sleep is an objective reason, while Ringer's inability to sleep can only be a subjective reason.
"Are you worried?" Oveira blinked her eyes, not feeling sleepy at all: "Is it because of what Alice and the others said?"
"So."
"Why?"
"What why?"
"Why are you so resistant to embarking on a journey? I think it should be a very interesting and happy thing, right?"
Lin Ge glanced down at her and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "If you were asked to go back to the past and choose again, would you choose to be the princess of Beimang and spend your life in peace; or would you choose to be...
Cursed and tortured, imprisoned in a castle for hundreds of years without seeing the light of day?"
Olivia blurted out without thinking: "Of course I choose the first one."
After saying that, she looked at Ringer with strange eyes, thinking how could there be such a simple multiple-choice question in this world? No, it can't even be called a multiple-choice question. It should be called a judgment question, used to judge the person who answered the question.
Whether thinking is normal.
Lin Gedan said calmly: "So, I just made the same choice as you."
Olivia was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to realize that Ringer didn't really want to hear her answer, but was just using her experience as an example, so he hesitated and said: "This, this is different...
…”
"What's different?"
"Hmm!"
She has nothing to say.
Ling Ge didn't expect her to make a decent rebuttal, so he withdrew his gaze, leaned against the rough and cold tree trunk, and looked up at the branches and leaves that were stained with dark ink, and saw transparent raindrops gradually falling from the ends of the branches and leaves.
"It's just different..." Suddenly, a very soft voice came from beside me. His tone was not so confident, but he still insisted and finished: "I have no strength and cannot resist the curse, so I have to face a sad situation.
ending; but Ringer, you are different, you have a magical power that can save other people, just like you rescued me from the dark cage. If, if Saint Xalia did not lie to me, then
, there are many other young queens in the world. Are there some of them like me who are trapped in a confused destiny and are helplessly waiting for someone to save themselves? I think that person should be you.
, Ringer, this is the reason why Golden Apple chose you. Don’t think of this as a disaster that causes trouble for yourself, but as a journey to save others. If you think of it this way, wouldn’t it be better?
What?"
The journey to save others... Ringer chewed this sentence carefully, shook his head after a while and said: "You are wrong. The game console and the cassette are both Alice's things. I don't have any magical powers." p>
"I know, but I'm not referring to game consoles and cartridges, but a power that only you can possess."
"For example?"
"Destiny?" Olvera carefully observed Ringer's reaction. Seeing that he was not refuting but thoughtful, she continued: "Saint Xalia has been searching in the world for a long time, but even...
Not even a girl's queen has been found; but Ringer, after eating the golden apple, you found me all at once. Isn't this a magical power? If there is no such power, even if there is Shengxia
Liya, with the help of Alice, and many, many other people...can't complete this journey successfully? In other words, Ringer, you are the indispensable person."
Lin Ge suddenly fell silent. He wanted to say that no one in this world is indispensable, but looking at Olvera's pure eyes, the words stopped in his throat and could not be said. In the end, he did not answer.
, did not refute, but talked about another thing: "You seem to really hope that I can embark on this journey?"
Olvera was not slow this time and nodded gently: "Yes."
"Why?" This time it was Ringer's turn to ask why. Why did Ovela want him to embark on the journey so much?
"Because, at the beginning, I was hesitant about the suggestions of Semi and Alice." Olivia said, picking up the lantern from the ground, raising it to her eyes, looking at the dancing and branching sparks, like
I saw my mood at that time: "Should I, like Xie Mi said, inherit the teacher's unfinished business, stay in the Fairy Sleep Inn to take care of the herb garden she left behind, and live a peaceful life from now on, or should I be like Ellie?
As Si said, don’t be constrained by other people’s expectations and bravely pursue what you yearn for? This hesitation didn’t end until Saint Shalia said those words.”
"She said that the power of half, that is, at least seven young girls, must be gathered to open the door to the Heavenly Temple. At that time, I was thinking, how could there be such a coincidence, and you came to me to find it?
Answer, and the answer includes me. Then I thought, if I just want to stay where I am and not want to be one of the seven, then you have to look for more girl power and work harder to gain it.
result; but how is this possible, because you have saved me and given me so much help, so I also want to do something to repay you. This choice is not actually made after careful consideration.
The decision was made the moment you entered the castle."
"Things in the world are so wonderful. Everyone will have their own destiny. It is not decided by others, but by yourself. I am like this, Ringer, and so are you."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to the young man. Her slender and weak palm looked slightly pale under the candlelight: "So now, I want to ask you, are you willing to let me be one-seventh of your destiny?" p>
The princess looked at Lin Ge quietly, with her clear and flawless white-gold eyes, reflecting his expression of blank thinking. Her outstretched hand did not waver, as if she had made the decision long ago, not before.
This rainy night.
After a while, the young man also stretched out his hand, silently grabbed her hand, and pulled her up from the root of the tree. The touch from his palm was smooth and delicate, with a little warmth, but it was just a touch.
.
The princess stood up from the tree root with a lantern in one hand and raised the other hand to her eyes for a closer look. Her eyes were full of curiosity and exploration: Is this what it feels like to be held by his hand? It feels different from being held by parents or teachers.
, suddenly felt a little strange.
In addition, does he agree? Did he convince him? They are going to find other girl queens together?
Just when I thought this, I saw that the young man had already put down his hand, turned around wordlessly, and faced the lonely rainstorm outside the shade of the tree.
"Hey, Ringer, where are you going?"
"Go back to sleep."
"Didn't you say you couldn't sleep?"
"Now I can sleep again."
"Then what did you mean by holding my hand just now?"
"It's not interesting. It's cold on the ground. You should go to bed early."
"Uh huh!"
The princess of Beimang puffed up her cheeks and said angrily: "Linger, you big liar!"