This smiling and kind-looking elder, although he is the Pope, does not put on airs in front of Elaine and seems trustworthy. If Elaine was just an ordinary person, he would probably be deceived by the Pope's expression.
.But Elaine was originally with Arthur and the others, and had long known what the Pope was doing secretly. He had no intention of trusting the Pope from the beginning.
"Remember, no matter what the other party says, you just need to stay silent as much as possible and deal with it with your usual expression." King Arthur's original instructions echoed in Elaine's mind again. Elaine knew that his mind was not good at this critical moment.
I was afraid of messing up my position, so according to Arthur's instructions, it was best to speak as little as possible. The key was how to ask for as much information as possible about Joan of Arc while speaking as little as possible.
"Hello, Mr. Pope." Elaine said timidly, looking around again.
He was summoned here to see the Pope, and he was in a small dark room with the Pope. There was no other light source in the room except a desk lamp. He could vaguely feel that someone was waiting outside the room.
In addition to Goff outside, there should be the Pope's own bodyguards.
Talking one-on-one with the Pope under such circumstances, Elaine had a bad feeling and didn't know what Pope Eugene IV wanted to do to him.
"I won't be polite and I'll get straight to the point, Dr. Geoffrey." Pope: "Inviting you to the Vatican this time has another purpose besides allowing you to treat the cardinal."
"Another, another one?"
"Are you interested in [Paradise]?" the pope asked, taking out a small tree seed from his arms.
"This is?"
"The door key that leads us into [Paradise]." The Pope said, and at the same time he took out another object, a small silver dagger: "Can I borrow your blood? One drop is enough. Use it to open the special
Belong to your paradise, you will understand everything after entering."
Elaine's face was full of confusion, but in this case he could not refuse the Pope's request. He could only take the dagger obediently and prick the tip of his finger lightly. A drop of blood fell on the red and blue two-color
On the mixed tree species, the tree species suddenly reacted and radiated a beam of light from it.
"Touch it. The door [to the Garden of Eden] will be opened for you." The pope ordered: "Go in and take a look."
Elaine had never heard of the [Garden of Eden] before, and he didn't know the true purpose of the Roman Church. But he seemed to have seen this strange tree species with a mixture of red and blue somewhere before (yes, he saw it "ten years ago"
), I vaguely feel that this tree species has something to do with Joan of Arc’s disappearance.
He boldly reached out and touched the light emitted by the tree species. The moment his hand touched the light, everything in front of him was suddenly engulfed in white light.
After the dazzling light passed, Elaine found herself in a wonderful white forest.
The ground was covered with a layer of snow, which was no higher than Elaine's ankles. But he couldn't feel the cold, the snow was even a little warm. The trees were not just covered with snow but turned white, with strange needles.
The leaves of the pine tree are gray-white, as if it does not need chlorophyll for photosynthesis to survive, so even the green in the leaves is omitted. However, the pine cones they produced fell all over the ground, as white as ice balls.
The translucent pine cones are full of the aroma of pine resin. They are not only a decoration in this snow-white land, but also a natural air freshener. They can even be picked up and eaten directly.
Everything around him is so peaceful and harmonious, quiet and mysterious, full of the unique beauty of winter, but without the coldness and harshness that winter should have. Elaine doesn't know what the paradise of the Pope is all about. But his "
"Paradise" seems to have a certain basis. Everything here is harmless and harmless. Even the biting cold that should be there is gone. What is left is only the beauty and tranquility left in winter.
Is it [Paradise] that only belongs to Elaine?
He vaguely remembered that when he was very young, he lived in the snowfields of Western Siberia. What he saw and what he longed for was this beautiful scenery in the winter. Maybe this paradise just recreated him.
The scenery in memory is gentler and more pleasant than everything in memory.
Is this an illusion? An illusory [paradise] specially used to please him with this beautiful snow scene?
Elaine picked up an ice pine cone from the ground and tried to taste its taste. If it was just an illusion, it would definitely not be enough to fill his stomach. But then he realized that his palm was not a human palm, but a human palm.
The furry white bear paw, then he understood that in this [paradise] that only belonged to him, he showed his true form.
Generally speaking, the pine nuts in the pine cones are still in shells, and they must be roasted and then shelled before they can be eaten. However, the pine nuts poured out by the Ice Bear Man from the ice pine cones have no hard shells, and are just countless small pine nuts. These
The slender and translucent little things were like ice cubes. The flesh was full and exuded an attractive aroma that seemed to have been roasted. They were very soft and could be eaten whole. Elaine poured them into her mouth and chewed a few mouthfuls, feeling full.
The satisfying sensation spreads in his mouth along with the aroma of pine nuts, and then slides down his throat and into his stomach. Even after swallowing, the rich taste of the ice pine nuts still remains in the depth of his throat.
"Okay, delicious." Elaine whispered with a blushing face. Ten years later, trapped in a different world nine hundred years later, Elaine can't taste any food she eats. Everything in her mouth tastes like
Sand. He has endured it for ten years, and this is the only time he can taste such delicious food.
This is paradise. It can't be any other place. This is the real paradise, not just the superficial beauty, but the unshakable reality - it knows that
What does Ryan want?
The white bear man then looked around nervously, trying to find the entrance and exit of the paradise. He thought that this [paradise] could be entered and exited in some way, and the light beam on the tree species he just touched was its entrance and exit. But he couldn't find anything.
No, there was just an endless snow forest all around, and the sky was a clear icy blue, as if it was noon.
The pope who let him touch the light of the tree and sent him into this [paradise] could not be seen anywhere. There was no feeling at all that the pope was hiding somewhere and secretly observing Elaine.
So what is going on? He was sent into this [Paradise] just to "experience" the reality of this [Paradise], and the Pope let him in and then let him go? Since the Pope is not watching, let Yi
Ryan had a knowing expression when he came in, which means that although this paradise has no exit, it should have some kind of time limit. When the time is up, Elaine will naturally come out of [the paradise], right?
But how long is this time limit? An hour, a day, or a year? The White Bear frowned, a little confused. He has been trapped in a world that does not belong to him for ten years, and his patience has reached its limit.
. If he has to be trapped in this kind of "paradise" for another year, he will probably go crazy. No matter how much he enjoys the blessings of [paradise] here, there is no point. All he wants is to find Queen Greenville as soon as possible and put her there.
The queen brought him back to the correct time and space to save his friend Leoport.
If you are in [Paradise] and don’t have the real feeling of being in [Paradise], this is definitely not a [Paradise]. The [return] that Elaine wants is not here. He does not care about this [Paradise], he
Now I just want to get out of here as soon as possible.
"Elaine." Just when he was thinking this, a familiar voice sounded.
That voice! How is that possible!
The white bear man was shocked. He heard sounds that did not exist in this world, and they were in this [paradise] that was both true and false. Was he really hallucinating?
"Elaine. This way." But he really heard the young man's call.
He then ran across the snow to the source of the sound, trying to find its true identity.
There, in an open plain with no pine trees, on a gray-white snow-covered boulder, the golden lion Leoport sat quietly.
"Leleo?" the white bear man said in shock: "How is that possible!"
It is impossible for Leoport to appear in this kind of place. He was still fighting the disease in the original world nine hundred years ago. The person from nine hundred years ago transcended the barriers of time and space and appeared out of thin air in this dream-like place.
In the illusory "paradise", this is too unrealistic.
"It's possible, because this is your [paradise]." The golden lion said with a smile, the smile on his face was still as cheerful as ever, and his voice sounded so real.
"Leo!" Elaine collapsed in an instant. He rushed over and hugged Leo Porter desperately, shouting and crying: "Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
"Hey, you crybaby." Leo did not resist Elaine's almost bone-breaking hug, and reached out to stroke the white bear man's hair: "We haven't seen each other for a while, do you miss me so much?"
"Ten, ten years!" Elaine cried: "I have been patient, patient, and have been patient. In order to find a way to cure you, I have endured ten years in this strange, strange world!"
"Elaine"
"I know you, you are just an illusion, you can't be real Leo. But just let me hold you for a while," Elaine cried, "I can't bear it anymore! No, otherwise, I will go crazy."
It fell off ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
So Leoport's phantom was silent and waited quietly for Elaine to finish crying. The completely collapsed White Bear Man hugged the Lion Man boy tightly and cried non-stop, his voice resounding in this ice and snow world.
I don’t know how much time has passed, but Leo stroked Elaine’s head and said softly: “Elaine, since you know this is just an illusion, I’ll keep it short. This is what I want to say to you in the future.
The message you left, the real me is naturally not here. This [Paradise] is the real [Paradise], but it is only open to a small number of people. It is similar to a [refuge], and it is deceptive.
I was worried that the weak-willed Elaine would be confused by this [paradise], so I recorded this video."
"Yeah." Elaine, who finally stopped crying, let go of her arms around Leo and wiped her tears with her hands: "I know, I know. The real Leo is still waiting for me to go back for treatment. How could he be treated like this?
The false [paradise] confused me and stopped me. Thank you. I have vented enough. I know what to do next. I will not be confused."
"It seems that I am worried too much." The illusion of the lion boy said with a satisfied smile: "Then you go back, Elaine, and do what you should do. The Pope is not a good person, and you can't believe a word he says.
, but you have to pretend to believe it and obey his orders. As long as you keep calm, you will definitely be able to seize the opportunity to reverse the situation and successfully do what you want to do."
"Yeah, yeah." The white bear man nodded.
"Also, Elaine -" Leoport smiled and made a mouth gesture, saying something silently.
After understanding what Leo was thinking, two lines of hot tears welled up from the corners of Elaine's eyes again. At this time, the surrounding scenery was gradually surrounded by pure white, and Elaine's consciousness was expelled from [Paradise] and returned to reality.