Time flies, the years are like water, I don't know how many years have passed......

The east of the human world is known as the world of jungles and swamps, somewhere in the kingdom of Rist.

On the dark seaside, on a beach, a group of men and women dressed in black are surrounding a small boat, people's faces are mostly silent and sad, the whole crowd is shrouded in a thick sad atmosphere, one of them is wearing a gorgeous silk shirt **** is still choking and crying, crying and complaining, which makes people sad.

"Okay, stop crying, crying, crying, what it looks like. ”

As if dissatisfied with the crying of the woman next to her, a tall middle-aged man scolded her.

The two rich eyebrows on his forehead are like two machetes, looking at him without anger and self-authority, and the power on his body is extremely heavy, obviously not an ordinary person.

"But...... Our daughter passed away at such a young age, how could I bear it. ”

Looking up, he looked at the small boat in front of him that was covered with oil lamps.

On the boat with dozens of oil lamps, under the light of the swaying oil lamps, a young girl who looked to be no more than eleven or twelve years old, dressed in cumbersome and gorgeous clothes, was lying quietly on the boat with a peaceful expression.

Her face is extremely pale, her hands and feet are slender like dolls, and it is conceivable that she must have been a lovely child with an extremely pure smile when she was alive, and she should be extremely beautiful when she grows up.

However, this child, who is as beautiful and pure as a flower, is like a flower, which has withered before it blooms......

Looking at her, the ****'s face became more and more sad.

Hearing this, the man frowned and was about to say something, but the reprimanding words he had thought of stayed in the Adam's apple for a long time, but he never spit it out, and finally sighed weakly and fell into a bitter silence.

No matter how powerful he is, after all, he is powerless in the face of this sudden death, and can only kneel in front of death, weak as an ant......

The sunset, the seaside, the crowd dressed in black, the boats shrouded in dim lights, everything revealed a deeply sad breath of death.

"It's almost time, let's get started. ”

At this moment, a priestess with her face covered in a veil and her body shrouded in a black dress walked out of the crowd, and said calmly to the middle-aged man.

Her face was not very clear, only her beauty could be faintly discerned, and only the erect snake pupils above the veil were particularly special, and her body was covered with a layer of pure black high priest's robes, symbolizing her identity as a death priest who guided the way for the dead.

The man nodded, and the woman beside him obediently let go, despite the reluctance on her face.

Led by the high priestess, several young priestesses slowly followed, holding the statue of the serpent in their hands, their heads bowed, and their mouths murmuring prayers all the time.

The high priestess stood in front of the boat, looking at the young girl lying in the boat in front of her, and her face, accustomed to death, was calm and only murmured.

"May the flute squid guide you on your path......"

In the ancient legend of the snake people who lived in the swamps of the East, the squid was the messenger of Jörmungard, the father of the serpent, who played a flute for the deceased and guided the deceased to the world of snakes to meet the great father of the serpent and the serpent that haunted the world, Jörmungard.

After that, the ropes that bound the boat were untied, and the light-laden boat slowly sailed with the tide and wind to the deepest part of the sea, where the sleeping serpent would be accepted into the snake capital, Nanno.

At the same time, the priests sang the old ballad......

The song of mourning sung for the deceased.

"KAGIROHIHA, YOMINIMATAMUTO (DAWN, WAITING IN THE YELLOW SPRINGS!)"

"SAKUHANAHAKAMINIKOHINOMU (The blooming flower is a prayer to the gods. ）”

"IKERUYONI, AGAMIKANASHIMO (THIS LIFE, THIS LIFE, THE BODY DESPITE HOW SAD.) ）”

"IMEHAKENU (DREAMS ARE DISILLUSIONED)"

"URAMITECHIRU (WITH HATRED DISAPPEARS)"

"URAMITECHIRU (WITH HATRED DISAPPEARS)"

"MOMOYOKANASHIKI, TOKOYAMINI (THE SORROW OF COUNTLESS NIGHTS, HIDDEN IN ETERNAL DARKNESS.) ）”

"KAHIKONOKOMUYOWO, SUMEKAMININOMU (PRAY TO THE NOBLE GOD, THE AFTERLIFE OF THE EGG.) ）”

Songs full of sorrow are sung, comforting the deceased as well as the living.

"Boom la la ......"

The sea beat the shore from time to time, and the middle-aged woman on the beach kept crying, and finally, crying silently, fell to her knees on the seashore, and cried bitterly at the boat that was gradually moving away......

......

On the tranquil sea, an ownerless boat was driven by the wind and wandered directionlessly.

The moonlight is like water, quietly sprinkled on the boat with the lights swaying.

In the light of the moon, the girl in a beautiful robe lay calmly on top of the boat filled with all kinds of precious gifts and souvenirs, and there was an inexplicable beauty on her pale and bloodless face, as if she had just fallen into a deep sleep.

The sea is as calm as a lake, and the waves are not alarmed, except for the faint sound of strange sounds in the distance.

The boat, laden with lights, drifted silently.

How long has it been drifting? No one knows......

On the ship, the flickering lights gradually began to dim, and the lights went out because there was no oil, and when the last oil lamp struggled for a long time, it finally went out weakly.

As the last light went out, the whole boat fell into dead darkness.

The only thing related to the human world has finally been extinguished.

Without warning, the boat slipped into the sea so calmly......

"Gollum ......"

There was no sound, everything was so quiet, only a small bubble was left in place.

In the seawater, the girl's eyes were closed, and her slender body fell weakly towards the deeper part of the sea, and the treasures and gifts full of people's memories and sorrows were scattered one by one in the deep and dark vastness of the sea.

body, in the fall.

It is like death, and there will never be a day of return.

In ignorance, the girl continued to fall towards the deeper part of the sea.

In the darkness, countless pairs of unkind eyes watched her, but the owner of those eyes did not dare to move.

Her long hair, which had been carefully tied, naturally spread out, and the gorgeous robe that had been soaked on her body was messily scattered, inadvertently revealing a small patch of snake scales on her shoulder.

I don't know how long later, she was already in a long sleep, but she seemed to hear a low mournful sound.

“FOR_ALL_THE_NIGHTS_AND_DAYS，THE_BLUEGREEN_MOON_IS_HIDDEN_AWAY。 (Even if there is no moonlight day or night)"

A mournful and melodious female voice came from the deepest part of the sea.

The long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the eyes that had been closed slowly opened, revealing a pair of snake pupils as beautiful as amber.

In the clear and pure pupils, there is still a bit of confusion and confusion when you wake up.

Stiffly moving her hands and feet, feeling the dead body that no longer had to breathe, the girl opened her mouth, but could not make a sound.

And that's when ......

"Woo ......"

Suddenly, from the girl's side, there was a low whimper.

The girl couldn't help but smell the sound, but she saw a huge squid full of tentacles hovering beside her.

This huge and peaceful squid, with two long tentacles like human fingers, was extremely humanized on a long flute, as if to accompany the poignant song, blowing quietly and making a melodious sound.

Its tentacles wandered freely in the sea, unconsciously hovering around the girl, as if immersed in this wonderful mourning.

And as if sensing the girl's gaze, the huge squid slowly opened its eyes......

A pair of cold and indifferent pupils.

Watching her.

Immediately, the eyes closed again, and without paying any attention to the girl in front of them, the squid leisurely dived deeper into the sea.

I don't know why, an impulse surged in the girl's heart, opened her arms, waved the sea water beside her, and chased in the direction of the squid.