"Uncle, uncle..." Because she was lying on the altar unable to move, Elaine could only reluctantly turn her head to look at the king, and what she saw was the king's unprecedented angry face.
But that angry look was not directed at Elaine, the king's eyes had already turned to Eddie at this time.
"It's you...it's you again!" He angrily scolded the red lion boy: "You took him and her away from me, and that's not enough! Now you want to take this child away from me! You
How vicious are you, why do you treat me like this?!"
Eddie didn't answer and took a step back.
"You guys, take this guy out and get him as far away as possible!" The king ordered the two guards: "I will handle the matters at the altar."
"Understood, Your Majesty the King!" The two lion soldiers grabbed Eddie's hands a little roughly and dragged him out. Then the king and Elaine were the only two people left in the ruins.
The king knelt in front of the altar and looked at Elaine, whose body was glowing and her hair turned fiery red.
"Yes, I'm sorry, uncle." The red bear boy apologized in a low voice: "Did I do something bad?"
"No. You did nothing wrong." The king gently touched Elaine's head with his big hand: "Anyway, it was that guy who encouraged you to come, right."
Elaine did not answer. He felt that if he answered truthfully, it might put Eddie in a disadvantageous situation.
"I have known for a long time that you have been in contact with that guy." The king sighed: "But, rather than letting that guy come into contact with Leo, I think it is better to let you have contact with him. This way he can stay at peace.
A little. That’s why I didn’t stop you. I took advantage of you just to satisfy my selfish desire to protect Leo. I’m sorry.”
"uncle……"
"There is nothing to worry about, child." The king continued: "This altar will not hurt you. It is just... downloading data into your body. You cannot leave it until the download is complete, but it
It will not cause any actual harm to your body, not now or after the download is complete."
"Download, download...?"
"[Golden Magic] should have been kept by the royal family of Soris. This has been the case throughout the ages." The king sighed: "But uncle is an incompetent king. No matter how hard I try, I can't get the complete [Golden Magic]. It's like
…My body is actively rejecting it.”
He gently touched Elaine's forehead, "What uncle is going to say next may be very complicated, I hope you can understand it."
"I, I try hard." Elaine tried to nod.
"Very good, great, little Elaine." The king smiled and continued to stroke Elaine's head.
"[Gold Magic] is a very terrible magic. It can create the sun, and it can also destroy the sun. If the artificial sun in the Kingdom of Solis is destroyed, its power can make half of the earth disappear." The muscles on the king's face were slightly
Twitching: "I...I know that if I accept it, I will have to shoulder this responsibility."
The ancient people were very cruel. They gave us such great power, but did not allow us to use this power. What we were allowed to touch was only the part of this power that was used for self-destruction.
The ancients asked us to guard this power and prevent it from falling into the hands of humans. If humans want to snatch it, we can only detonate the artificial sun and turn the entire Kingdom of Solis into ashes.
But...I can't do it.
I love this country and my people more than anyone else. I can't do it and let them burn into ashes along with this country.
The human country is ready to make a move. I know that the day of decision will eventually come, and it will be in the near future.
…But I just can’t do it.”
The king buried his head in Elaine's chest.
"What should I do, kid?"
In order to prevent this destructive power from falling into the hands of humans, will I ruin my kingdom and all my people?
Or...even if the world is put in danger, I must save my people? Even if my kingdom is destroyed and my people are enslaved, I must save their lives?"
"uncle……"
"But all this has nothing to do with little Elaine." The king said with a smile: "Is this the real purpose of Menes bringing you here? To preserve [Golden Magic] before the destruction of this country? He knows that I
You will destroy the golden magic database here at the last moment, right?"
Elaine didn't quite understand what the other person was saying, so she remained silent.
"Then uncle, I'm begging you. Don't let [Golden Magic] fall into the hands of bad people. Even if this country is invaded and falls, please just stand by and watch it happen, and don't detonate that artificial sun. We
There is no problem. Even if the country dies, people will still be there. As long as the people of Soris are still alive, the spirit of Soris will last forever."
Elaine vaguely felt that the king was saying something very sad, and his eyes shed tears involuntarily.
"You also... don't lose to fate. Don't just be satisfied with what others give you, [fool's gold].
You actually already possess something far more valuable than [Golden Magic] - the [Golden Will] in your body.
That is the truly precious [gold], the most irreplaceable thing in the world."
The king's voice gradually became blurry. He was actually still saying something, but Elaine's head was bloated and he couldn't hear clearly. A large amount of information poured into his mind, information about [Golden Magic].
The hair on his body also gradually changed from fiery red to orange-red, and then from orange-red to gold, getting closer and closer to the color of the sun.
As a child, he knew nothing about the principles of magic. He only heard things like "dark matter", "dark energy", and "real creation magic" from the fragments of information.
Ordinary creation magic is just a counterfeit. It is a spell that uses photons to gather dark matter in the world to correct the quality of matter. Therefore, creation magic can create virtual mass out of thin air, allowing small objects to expand into large objects, and the mass will also expand together.
But it is just a counterfeit after all, and it is unstable. After the magic effect has passed, the gathered dark matter will soon dissipate, and the temporarily expanded mass will decrease again.
But [Golden Magic] is completely different in nature. It is not even a magic created by the ancient gods and humans, but the ultimate magic passed down to the world by the Star Travelers.
Using gold magic, you can consume dark energy and dark matter to create real material quality. The created quality is eternal, constant, and stable, and will not disappear because the effect of the spell disappears.
If you are willing to pay a huge enough price, not to mention creating the sun, you can even create the entire universe.
However, it is worthless to the orcs who cannot use magic.
Even for humans who can use magic, it cannot display its true value. Exhausting magic for a human life is nothing more than creating a small ball of light. If you want to create a real sun, that can only be achieved by gods.
field.
It is gold that is awarded to fools, but because fools are too stupid to realize its true value. Therefore, it can be called [Fool's Gold].
I don't know how much time passed, but Elaine's body no longer glowed, and her original golden hair gradually turned back to red, and finally turned into white.
The force that held him to the altar gradually disappeared, and he was finally able to move freely.
"Can you walk on your own?" the king asked.
"Yes, I'm a little dizzy..." The white bear boy tried to move, but almost fell down.
"Stop being brave." The king carried Elaine on his back and said, "I'll take you back. After you go back, just sleep like this and pretend that nothing happened. Don't tell anyone what happened here, not even Leo.
."
"Uncle, uncle, do you want to punish Eddie?" Elaine asked again: "Please, please don't punish him."
"He brought you here without knowing anything. He thought it was just for fun. He and his stupid adventurous game are all worthless." The king snorted: "I will not punish him. But I will
He is exiled. He will never appear in front of you or Leo again. This is the punishment he deserves."
"Uncle, why does uncle hate him so much?"
"Hate?...No. It's not him that I hate...No. Maybe I really hate him. He is as arrogant and arrogant as his father, and as stubborn as his mother."
"So, uncle, do you know Eddie's parents?"
"Of course I know him. His father was once my best friend, my childhood playmate, and he grew up with me, like a brother." The king sighed: "Until...he did that incredible thing.
Regarding forgiveness, he betrayed me. I should have killed him and his children together, but I relented. I just banished him. As a result, the guy got sick and died somewhere in the world, leaving him behind.
That brat had the nerve to come back and seek refuge with me. He kidnapped morally and emotionally, so I had to take him in. They, father and son, are the most hateful people in the world."
"uncle……"
"Uncle, I'm so weak." The king sighed: "Every time, I slip up in key places. I can't protect the people I can protect, but I can't do the right things. That's why I start from
Since a long time ago, I have been suffering the consequences of my own weakness."
"Uncle, uncle is not weak." The white bear boy who was carried behind the king hugged the king tightly: "Uncle is just gentle."
"Really...Thank you, little Elaine." The king smiled bitterly: "Please stay with your uncle and support me. Menis said that you will not grow up and will always be like a child. Please...
You have always looked like this, this pure, innocent, innocent look. Please don’t be contaminated by the vulgarity of this world and keep your innocence.
——Like a white lotus growing out of the mud. Strong, beautiful, and pure."
"Uncle..." Elaine, who was gradually getting sleepy, fell asleep on the king's broad and strong shoulders.
Fall asleep. Wake up again.
It was pitch black before my eyes.
He moved. A warm, furry little thing beside him also moved.
"Brother, are you awake?" Bailey's voice sounded in his arms: "How do you feel? Do your eyes still hurt?"
"Well..." Elaine got up. He seemed to have had a long, long dream just now, but he could hardly remember everything that happened in the dream. He only remembered that it was a sad dream.
By the way. After lunch, he went into the tent and took a nap. According to Edmund's suggestion, he should rest more if his eyes were injured. When he took a nap, Bailey also came to sleep with him. The little fox always liked it.
Stick to him.
"Now, what time is it?" he asked.
"It's half past one in the afternoon." The blue fox boy replied: "Big brother slept for about an hour. Is that enough? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"Sleep, I can't sleep." The white lion boy replied, taking advantage of the situation and taking off his blindfold.
He still kept his eyes closed, mustering up the courage to climb out of the tent and see the world. He hoped that after resting, his vision would return to normal.
But the result really disappointed him. The world in front of him was still eclipsed, and everything was cast in a gray tone. The distance ten yards away gradually became blurred, and the farther away he became, the harder it was to see clearly. This was not what he should have
Vision. And the vision he should have may never be restored, and it will collapse along with the collapse of his soul.
"Can you see clearly, big brother?" Bailey climbed out of the tent and asked in a low voice: "The eyes... are healed?"
"Well...it's cured...right?" Elaine originally wanted to tell a white lie so as not to worry the child. But he burst into tears only halfway through the sentence. He knew that this lie could not be sustained.
Bailey's blue eyes were originally so beautiful, but now they appear an ugly gray-blue in Elaine's eyes. Bailey's beautiful blue eyes, Elaine will probably never be able to see again in this life.
.
"Okay, okay, big brother, don't cry." The little fox touched Elaine's cheek with his hand: "Uncle Queeg gave this to you. Anyway, let's make do with this first?"
He took out a box and opened it in front of Elaine.