Chapter 169 'Praise the Name of the Heavenly Chariot'
There is no doubt that Selicia is a sentimental person - she could just take a bath with Arthur, then turn around and go to Orpheus, wrapped in single clothes, or she may go to Euphemia.
For Celicia, she was just pursuing pure pleasure...but for those passengers who boarded the treasure ship "Silver", she would only pay lip service to them and never have any relations with them.
Because Selicia knows that those people have their own lives.
- They are not "our own property".
So Selicia will not take action against them.
Otherwise, with Celicia's unisex charm, fairly extensive XP system, and extremely strong desires, the number of people she harmed would at least start in the triple digits...
but.
Everyone has a desire for exclusivity.
Everyone on the ship knew about Selicia's relationship with other people. But they had never had a relationship at the same time.
She once said this to the pardoner who was still "Elle" at that time: "It's not just Arthur and Ophelia - but also Lily and Lucia. They also love me. They should also love me."
Love me as I love them too.
"This is a love scene and a battlefield. If anyone is dissatisfied with this and no longer likes me, he can leave my ship at any time. I will never keep him - but if he stays here, then try his best to please me.
"
That's right.
Annan closed his eyes slightly.
This farce made him confirm one thing even more.
What maintains the delicate relationship between them...
Exactly - love.
Exclusive love. Tolerant love. Love to love others.
Greedy love. Devoting love. Sacrificial love.
Therefore, even if Selicia does not admit it, she does not realize it at all——
She has actually been carrying out the sublimation ceremony of "Ingrid" unconsciously!
Annan was in a trance, and the contents of "The Book in Praise of the Heavenly Car" rang in his mind.
——That is the story of the legendary madman.
In the past, there was a madman who heard about the mystery of the crane and decided to look for the legendary crane.
He was so excited that he announced to his fellow countrymen:
"Destiny is the wheel of a heavenly chariot, and I am the driver of destiny! I will not just be the one being controlled, because I am also the controller, the one who sings, the one who is praised, the one who lives forever, the one who lives forever——
"
The madman's parents had children all the time and could not accept the fact that their son had left them.
So they deceived him and even found someone to threaten him, telling him that "seeking the sky wheel is equivalent to stepping into the grave."
And the madman replied:
"Let me go to my grave in peace - all you have to do is pray."
"Unfortunate people will sacrifice themselves in the furnace of misfortune. My hands will be burned and become strong; my feet will be burned and become strong; my pupils will be burned like glass and become strong."
Watch the sky train."
So, the madman bid farewell to his parents, confidently preparing to embark on a journey of pursuing pain.
The madman has gone through many hardships and heard that only a "heart of kindness" and the "key to truth" can ride the heavenly chariot.
So the madman went to find the saint.
That is a saint with a "heart of worship".
But he discovered that the saint's eyes could not see anything - he had long been blinded by crying for the world. Therefore, even though he had a "heart of worship", he could not enter the light realm because he could not look directly at the heavenly chariot.
So the madman had to give up this path.
He knew in his heart that he could not offer such pure devotion.
The madman went to look for the sage again.
His strong desire makes the sage who holds the "key to truth" even more happy.
So after testing the madman, the sage finally taught the madman the secret ritual that he did not teach to others.
If you want to ride the SkyTrain, you must first look at the sun.
You need to first look at the sun and seal the light in your pupils - at night, then release the light from under the moon. Only in this way can you see the sky train at night with the light of day.
After that, it is necessary to awaken the "giant self" from the soul and send it to the sky chariot. Because the material body enters the furnace of the light world, it will inevitably be burned to nothing, and you can only use the "other self" awakened in yourself.
Come and reach the light realm.
The "Key of Truth" held by the sage can awaken this "giant self" by inserting it into the depths of the soul. As long as the madman can seal the light in his pupils, he can lend it to the madman to use the "Key of Truth"
.
So the madman started experimenting with great interest.
Further down is the most famous section in "In Praise of the Name of the Sky Crane".
Whenever someone wants to show that they are a loser, they will quote or paraphrase it from here, so it is known as:
"I gaze at the sun, seeking the light sealed in my eyes."
"But when I look at the sun, all I shed is tears... I know in my heart that I am just a mortal thing:
“In the furnace of the light world, my body was finally burned, my teeth rotted, and my skin and flesh dissolved——
“I weep over this—that I am mortal!”
He does not have the wisdom of a sage at all.
Without the sage's soul, which is as bright as a gem, it would be impossible to seal the light in his pupils.
He ran away from the sage.
Therefore, after experiencing many hardships, the madman found that he was still a mortal who could not ride the sky train... He realized that he had wasted too much time and was completely disappointed.
He could only return to his hometown, but his parents had died long ago, leaving only two dry graves.
And the person who is still taking care of his parents' tombs is his childhood sweetheart who he abandoned at home when he ran away from home.
At this time, seven years had passed since he left his hometown.
Compared to the goblins, witches, princesses, and goddesses he met outside... her childhood sweetheart was so ordinary.
But that sincere and unchanging love made him think of eternity. So he fell in love with her sincerely, married her and had children. He never left his hometown again.
His childhood sweetheart, from the young daughter of the past, to the girl of today, to the mother and grandmother of the future... to the withered remains in the grave.
The madman accompanied her throughout her life with his passionate and unchanging love.
"When I look at her, it's like looking at the sun. There are tears in my eyes and there is light in my pupils."
"I am a moth admiring Guang, and I fall in love with her like a flame."
"Her star-like pupils are reflected in mine, like two mirrors facing each other."
"What is in the mirror is not light, but love."
Because the madman took the elf's fountain of youth during his journey, he possessed the blood of the elf and a pure soul.
The lifespan of a madman is much longer than that of his wife - and because he has the blood of elves, he cannot have children with his wife. This leads to the fact that when his wife dies of old age, he is still in his prime, but has lost all his relatives.
But the madman still did not leave his hometown.
Just as his wife was waiting for him, he also guarded his wife's tomb for seven years.
It wasn't until the anniversary of his wife's death in the seventh year that the madman looked at her tomb and suddenly realized:
"——I look at the withered corpse of my lover, not seeking anything."
"Her appearance has long since withered, and her eyes that used to hide the stars are tightly closed."
"The love in my breast never ceases to exist in death; nor does it come into existence on its own."
"...But when I look at the tomb, tears are shed in my eyes. Just like the tears I shed when I look at the sun."
"Ah, yes! I am indeed a mortal; I am a mortal who loves others!"
"My soul is firewood, and this love is fire; my soul is burned by the fire, rising like smoke; embracing the sun, like a moth admiring the light."
"That's my light! She's my light!"
"It is an everlasting love, the third echo that sounds from the depths of the sun."
"I have already received my light, but I didn't even know it!"
"No need for charity, the key to truth."
"Love can also lead mortals upward."
“I will wither and decay, and I will fly like a moth towards the fire and be burned by it.
"But until then, I will walk with the light.
"I will walk with her! I will follow the light!
“—until I rise higher than this light.
"Until I am alone again. My lover will be my shadow, the light in my shadow.
"There is no need for a crane - because my lover is my crane.
"She is the Eternal Daughter, the Immortal Light. My shadow within the light, the light within the shadow."
"So I sincerely admire-"
Annan spoke in a low voice, followed his memory, and whispered:
【——Only the daughter of eternity can lead us up. 】