Dami rarely goes to the Light of Hope to make wishes.
As a Nellathian, this is rare.
Most, no, it should be said that the vast majority of Nelas people regard it as a habit to worship the light of hope. They go to worship once or twice a day, and some even kneel under the tree for the whole day. This kind of thing often has a strong feeling.
desire.
For example, Dami's father Fermo is.
His wife died unexpectedly two years ago, and he lost his job because he was distracted and made mistakes at work. Now Fermo stays in front of the light of hope every day to make wishes, and will not go home until the wishing stand is closed at night.
Both father and son live on welfare benefits.
He probably also felt that his condition was very bad and that the meeting between father and son would be embarrassing. Fermo has never allowed Dami to go to the Light of Hope.
When it was dinner time today, Fermo did not come back.
This was a common occurrence. Fermo, who had been kneeling under a tree for a whole day, sometimes had his feet numb, would find a place to sit nearby for a while, and then came back when he could walk again.
But today's situation seemed a little different. Until the moon had climbed over the neighbor's low room, Fermo did not come back.
Worried, Dami packed up his dinner and went out to find his father.
The light of hope grows on the top of a small hillside in the city. The mountain is circled from the middle of the mountain, and the part inside is called the Wishing Platform. There is a way up to the east of the hill, but because the slope is too gentle,
Although it is said to be a mountain, it is actually just a slope covered with turf. It is probably the kind that you can walk up without feeling tired, so most people will not follow the paved road honestly.
The wishing platform will be closed at night, otherwise some people may not leave for 24 hours. Usually when Fermo's legs are numb, he will rest on the grass outside, and it will not be too far from the gate.
When Dami arrived outside the wishing platform, there were still some scattered people sitting and lying on the grassy slope near the gate. Some of them had not had enough rest, and some were not ready to go back and planned to sleep here until tomorrow.
Morning.
It is said that the first person to enter the wishing platform has a greater chance of the light of hope hearing his wish.
This is not the first time that Dami has come to Fermo, but it is too late today. Under the magical light of the wall of the wishing platform, the people on the grassy slope are bright or dark. These people kneel under the light of hope day and night.
, the slovenly and haggard look frightened Dami, who just turned seven last month.
Some people were sleeping, so he didn't dare to call Fermo's name. He could only carefully look at the people on the ground one by one to see if their shapes and clothes were similar to his father's.
But after searching all the people near the gate, Dami still couldn't find his father. He called his father several times in a voice as small as a mosquito, but naturally he didn't get any response. When he raised his voice, he was immediately greeted by several people.
The rest of the group cursed a few times, and finally Dami could only use the light to look for Fermo over and over again.
After crying, searching, walking around a few times, and getting scolded a lot, Dami finally confirmed that his father was not here.
"Maybe he walked a little further today?"
Dami planned to search further away, so he followed the wall of the wishing stand. He was a little scared if there was no light outside the wall.
Along the way, Dami would occasionally see one or two people lying on the ground. These lonely people were more terrifying than the people at the gate. Dami only dared to go up and check, and ran away quickly when he found out.
Finally, after leaving home for an entire hour, Dami finally found...
A big hole.
Dami looked at the scene in front of him in horror. On the five-meter-high wall of the wish platform, a large hole as high as a person suddenly appeared.
Rubbles were scattered on that side of the wall. If an adult were here, he would soon realize that someone had damaged the wall from the outside, but seven-year-old Dami obviously didn't think that much, and probably
Today, I silently recited the words "be brave" too many times in my heart. By some strange mistake, Dami actually got through the big hole and reached the inner part of the wall, which is the wishing platform.
He stared blankly at the huge trees in front of him. Since his mother's death, Dami, who had been banned from entering the wishing platform by Fermo, had not seen the light of hope for a long time.
At this moment, Dami suddenly heard a voice coming from his side: "Children who don't sleep at night and run around will be eaten by moon ghosts~"
Dami turned his head and saw a figure half in the darkness and half in the moonlight from the big hole. The half of the body under the moonlight showed the appearance of iron armor, and he was holding a unconscious person in his hand.
.......
Renn threw the guard aside casually, and then looked at the child in front of him.
Since going to Alexia, Renn spent a few days of peaceful campus life while waiting for someone's reply, and then finally ushered in a new round of transmission today, and the destination, naturally
It was the happiest city in the world that I saw at that time - Neras.
After arriving here, Ren found that it was night and there were not many people in sight. And since this city is known as the happiest city in the world and has been for decades, there was nothing he needed to do specifically.
“Then let’s treat it as a trip~”
With such a relaxed mood, Ren was ready to relax. This first stop was, of course, the miraculous light of hope.
The wishing platform was closed at night, so Renn had no choice but to take an unusual route and enter the wall. After knocking out a guard who happened to be patrolling nearby, he was just about to go see the light of hope when Dami broke in, and then
With that scene just now.
The child was crying and said with great grievance: "Are you a moon ghost? Are you going to eat me?"
"You don't know me?" Ren bowed down and brought his face close to Dami. The helmet was almost hitting the child's face: "It seems that I haven't done enough bad things."
Dami looked at the helmet that suddenly came close to him and burst out crying.
Renn patted his head: "I'm lying to you, I'm just a tourist passing by. I've heard about the name of the Light of Hope for a long time, so I came in to take a look."
Dami was slapped on the head. He shrank his neck and wanted to hide but didn't dare. He glanced at the big hole in the wall next to him.
Ren also looked at it, then smiled and said, "Oh, you said this."
He rummaged through the rubble on the ground and found a large, tattered piece of paper. He flattened it and showed it to Dami: "Is the child literate? Forbidden! Stop! Climb! the wall!"
"I am the most disciplined person."
After saying that, he handed the crumpled paper to Dami.
Dami looked at the paper in his hand, and then at the big hole in the wall next to him, his little head unable to turn around.