Nia felt like she had a nightmare. In the dream, she was tightly entangled by a ghost-faced viper. The viper spit out long snake letters and licked her cheeks, as if it was considering whether to start from her head.
Swallow slowly.
After a while, the ghost-faced viper, which was as long as three adults, finally opened its huge mouth.
The two huge fangs on the upper jaw of the viper were hanging in front of Nia. Of course the girl was scared, but the excessive fear made her forget to shout, and even made her forget to struggle.
Hiss~
The viper continued to spit out bright red snake letters, and its fangs were getting closer and closer to the girl. The fangs were facing the girl's eyes.
Nia thought to herself: If this continues, her eyes will be stabbed, right?
But she seemed to be possessed, wide-eyed as she watched the pair of deadly fangs stabbing at her.
But when the pair of fangs almost touched Nia's eyes, they suddenly stopped. Nia couldn't help blinking, and her not-so-long eyelashes directly touched the tips of the fangs.
Hmm!!
Of course, the matter did not end. Two drops of liquid flowed from the fangs and dripped into the girl's eyes, and then a strong stinging sensation hit her brain. The pain made Nia want to scream, but she could not open her mouth.
"Nia, why are you here?"
This voice was too familiar. It was the voice of her mother Yuffie. Nia looked up and found her mother in a loose nightgown sitting on a low stool next to a cradle, rocking the cradle to coax the baby inside to sleep.
The baby's bright eyes made Nia unmistakable, it was her sister Liana.
However, she couldn't say "Mom", her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and Nia couldn't make any sound.
Looking around, Nia found that this was her home, her parents' bedroom. Next to the window was the alyssum cultivated by her and her mother, and the fruit trees outside were already bearing fruit.
Nia vaguely heard the sound of her father's carriage running over the gravel on the roadside. After a while, Nia actually heard her father's voice:
"Yo? Nia is here."
The father seemed to be tying the reins outside, and the father and daughter saw each other's figures through the window.
dad……
It turns out that everything I experienced was a dream?
It's great, it's great to have everyone here.
Nia wanted to move, to hug the mother in front of her, to throw herself into her arms like a child under one month old and recount the terrible nightmares she had experienced, to have her gentle mother give her comfort, to feel again
Take in your mother's warm, sweet breath.
But why can't I move?
Hiss~
Isn’t the reason actually very simple?
The huge ghost-faced viper was still wrapped around her body, so of course she couldn't move.
The surrounding scene changed and turned into a fire scene. The flames spread everywhere, and the scorching air made the lungs feel like they were burning.
"Nia! Run!!"
The mother fell to the ground, her body pressed against the heavy beams.
Where is the sister? Where is the father? Where have they gone?
What about everyone else?
Did no one see that mother was injured? Did no one notice that there was a fire?
Why didn't anyone come to save them?
Why can't she do anything?
The harsh laughter of the group of wolf-faced monsters sounded all around, and the wall blocking the view disappeared. Nia could see them stepping on the corpses of the villagers and throwing torches towards the house.
The ghost-faced viper wrapped around Nia also turned into a dry vine. A spark could cause the vine to burn violently. And she could only watch her mother being swallowed by the sea of fire, and then watch the spreading tongues of flames attack her.
Came over.
Help……
Who can come and save me!
"what's on your mind?"
A vague figure stood beside her, asking her questions.
Nia couldn't recognize who he was for a moment. But the man pulled out the dagger from his waist and cut off the vines wrapped around Nia's body, and then shouted to her:
"Why are you still standing there? Run!"
After saying that, he grabbed Nia's hand and led her towards the fire.
This boy about his own age is... Verus!
The girl remembered the boy's identity, and her confused heart suddenly found direction. She firmly shook the boy's hand back, and ran forward with the boy...
It was already past noon, and the girl who was unconscious due to the murderous attack slowly woke up.
When Nia slowly opened her eyes, the boy was holding a large washed maple leaf in his hand. The maple leaf contained clean water from the river. He wanted to give the girl some water.
"Verus...?"
"Are you awake?! Come on, what time is this?"
Seeing that Nia had regained consciousness, the overjoyed young man dropped the maple leaf filled with water in his hand on the ground, but then thought about the possible sequelae of the murderous attack. The young man immediately stopped his smile and stretched out a few fingers to test.
Is the girl's mental state normal?
"..."
But the girl just stared at him blankly and remained silent. The young man couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, and he couldn't help but think: It's over now, what should this silly girl do in the future... and other questions.
"Huh?!"
However, what happened next caught the young man off guard.
"What, what's wrong?!"
The girl actually jumped directly into his arms, holding his shoulders with both hands. As if she was afraid that he would run away in the next second, she hugged the young man with all her strength.
The girl's face was pressed against the boy's chest, and the boy felt that the girl was shaking all over, and she seemed to be sobbing now.
"Oh! It turns out that your relationship is really good."
Mingdie, a charming female elf, was sitting on the bank of the river, thinking about something. After feeling the movement, she turned her gaze to the young man. When she witnessed this scene, she laughed out loud.
Of course the boy chose to ignore it.
"Nia, what's wrong with you?"
"Verus, I had a nightmare, a terrible nightmare." Nia slowly calmed down after making sure that the boy she touched was flesh and blood and not some strange illusion.
"It's okay, I'm right here, it's just a dream, haven't you come out now?"
"But...it's really scary."
The girl told the boy about her dream, shedding tears as she spoke.
Being held by Nia in this position was actually not very comfortable for both of them, so the boy raised Nia's face so that she could lean on his shoulder.
The boy patted the girl's back and tangled his fingers in her long hair. Until the girl stopped shaking, the boy gently pushed the girl away.
"Huh, it looks like everything's fine."
The young man finally breathed a sigh of relief. There seemed to be no problem with Nia's conversation and spirit. It seemed that Mingdie's murderous vision had not left any serious sequelae, at least it would not make her unable to take care of herself.
Nia, who had returned to normal, was still feeling shy about her rash actions before, when she noticed the elf figure by the river.
"Verus, who...did something happen? And who is this?"
Mingdie had promised the boy before that the girl would not remember what happened at that time, and it seemed to be true.
"Nia, let me briefly introduce you. This is Fred, the traveling night elf."
"Uh? Well... hello?"
This is the first time Nia has seen elves. After all, elves generally only stay in their own country. For so many years, elves have kept a distance from humans, and few elves will step into human territory.
"Hello! Little sister."
Seeing that the topic finally came to him, Ming Die put on his wet boots that had just been washed, stood up from the shade of the tree, and walked towards the two of them.
Elves love water, especially when they encounter a clear stream after a long journey. Elves will stop to take a rest and wash the dirt on their bodies, including their clothes, of course.
"Little sister..."
Nia felt that the night elves were familiar with her name, but she couldn't remember what happened before, and she always felt that one of her memories had become blank.
"Before you fell off your horse, this boy has been taking care of you."
It's no problem for Nia, who can't drive a horse, to fall from a galloping horse, and what Nia can see now is that the boy is taking care of her. In one sentence, Mingdie beautifully filled in all the girl's doubts.
"Did you heal my injuries? Thank you."
Since she fell from the horse, Nia was not wearing any protective gear and would naturally be covered in bruises. However, Nia found that she had no pain or wounds all over her body, but there was some dust on her clothes, so she blamed all of this on the night elf in front of her.
.
Nia had heard that elves were good at healing, so the "injuries" on her body were naturally cured by this elf.
"Well! You're welcome, little sister, you are quite polite. Sister, I am very happy."
Listening to Mingdie's response so fluently, the boy's eyebrows couldn't help but move. The boy thought that Mingdie was worthy of being an old Jianghu, but he still underestimated the thickness of this female elf's face. When she talked about it, she didn't blush or breath, she looked light.
This alone makes her invulnerable.
"Miss Elf, why are you here?"
Nia was very curious. She had never heard of an elven embassy here. It was indeed a rare thing to see elves here.
The young man coughed and explained to the girl: "Nia, this night elf lady is a passing thorn...er, an elf ranger. She promised to protect us on the road."