Hearing Gadelia's words, the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette looked at her in silence for a few seconds before saying:

"It's your choice and it's your freedom. ”

Gadelia looked at the queen in front of her without flinching, and after a while, she pursed her lips and said:

"I know you've destroyed all the clues and won't give me a chance to follow your footsteps......

"For you, it's the end of all the past, with or without return. ”

Bernadette, who was casually draped in chestnut hair, did not speak and remained silent, as if to confirm the speculation of the "star general" in this way.

Seeing this, Gadelia smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't want to say that if you don't return for half a year or a year, I will do everything I can to find you, I just want you to remember to recite the honorific name of Mr. 'Fool' when you are most in danger. ”

She said the title without it.

"Mystery Queen" Bernadette nodded slowly:

"I'll remember. ”

Gadelia immediately smiled, and said with misty eyes:

"What are the items and things you want to give me?"

Bernadette flipped her palms and took out an item out of nowhere.

The object was golden, resembling a shrunken kettle, with mysterious and intricate symbols on its surface, and a wick sticking out of the spout.

"It's called the 'Wishing Lamp', numbered '0-05', and it probably came from the First Age, and even the true gods can't crush it. Normally, it won't do any harm, and it won't do anything, but it will constantly induce you to rub against the surface through dreams and hallucinations, etc., to summon the god of lights. "The Queen of Mysteries" Bernadette briefly explained the origin and function of the items in her hand, "The god of lights claims to be eternal and can grant you any ten wishes, but this is often done in an extremely distorted way, or with extremely terrible consequences, my father said that the wielder can avoid the harm caused by the first two wishes with words and preparation, but never make a third wish." ”

Speaking of which, Bernadette emphasized one more sentence:

"Absolutely not!"

"Sounds like it's easy to circumvent ......," Gardrich said as soon as she thought about it, "you make two wishes and give them to me, and I make two more wishes, and then give them to Frank, Heath, and the others, and that can do a lot of things." ”

She just used Frank as an example, and she didn't want that guy to touch something so dangerous.

Bernadette held the "wishing lamp", shook her head invisibly and said:

"The holder and the owner are not the same, before I die, even if you get the 'Wishing Lamp', you are only the owner, and the first wish you make will be recorded as my third wish and your first wish at the same time.

"Also, although we can avoid the harm attached to making a wish with our words and preparations, this does not mean that the lamp god is not wise, on the contrary, he is very intelligent, very cunning, and has a strong autonomy. ”

Gadelia said "um":

"Does He have a wish that cannot be fulfilled?"

"Not at the moment, but if it comes to the level of the true god, the degree of distortion of the wish will be beyond your imagination, simply put, if you make a wish to become a true god of sequence 0, then your body and soul will be integrated with the evil god of unknown origin, remember, the request of the god of lights is that the wish must be simple, otherwise he will refuse, and as if you have made a wish. "The Queen of Mysteries," Bernadette explained.

After saying that, she let the invisible servant take the terrible seal of "0-05" and fly towards the "star general" Gadelia.

It wasn't until Gadelia reached out to catch the "Wishing Lamp" that Bernadette continued:

"If you dream of the god of lamps and are bewitched by Him to make a wish, it means that I cannot return, and then you are its bearer. My first wish is for you to take back all the belongings that Bernadette Gustav had brought with her before she left for sea, including her extraordinary properties, well, with a specific date when making your wish. ”

Gadelia looked down at the golden magic lamp and blurted out:

"Can I make a wish to resurrect you?"

"Mystery Queen" Bernadette was silent for a few more seconds before she said:

"The resurrected me may just be a monster.

"If you really want to do that, ask the opinion of Mr. 'Fool'. ”

Gadelia nodded slightly:

"Good. ”

"That's what I gave you and what I want to account for, and I'll leave the rest to Elemental Dawn, and they'll have a new leader who won't disintegrate with the disappearance of a person. Bernadette didn't ramble anymore, saying that this was the main reason she had summoned Gardelia to the Emerald City.

- The "Wishing Lamp" is of such a high level that it cannot be transmitted through the messenger.

Without waiting for Gardelia to respond, the expression of the "mysterious queen" suddenly softened a little:

"Haven't you always wanted to share with me what happened to me over the years?"

"Admiral of the Stars" Gardelia was stunned for a moment, "um" and nodded:

"Yes. ”

She quickly walked over to the queen, pulled over a chair and sat down, facing the blue sea beyond the emerald railing.

Bernadette sat next to her, listening to her talk about what had happened to her since leaving the Dawn, just as she had done in the past.

Some of these things were mentioned in Gardelia's letters, but due to space constraints, they were not described in detail, and some were told to others for the first time.

At some point, Gadelia fell asleep, dreaming of years ago.

At that time, she was just a young girl, and she stubbornly did not want to turn back and walked off the "Dawn".

Suddenly, she woke up and found that there was no one around her, and found that it was already dark at some point, and even the morning glow appeared.

Gardelia jerked her hand and threw out an illusory ball of unreal thread.

The thread rolled into the void, leaving behind a bright yarn.

Along this thread, Gardelia walked through the spirit world as if she had mastered the "teleportation", and came to the outer layer of Laxia Island.

She stood on the edge of the cliff and cast her eyes into the distance, only to see a gorgeous and huge sailing ship sailing into the sky with the orange morning light on its back on the deep blue sea, which was still a little black.

Gadelia sat down slowly, leaning forward slightly, clasping her knees in her hands, staring in that direction for a long time.

The sun gradually rose, shedding some light on her.

............

Beckland, a food distribution point.

The veiled Starlene Summer, no longer bowing her head as she had in previous months, afraid of being recognized, looked anxiously ahead, fearing that the free food would be distributed before it was her turn.

Faintly, she seemed to hear gunshots echoing in the distance, and she didn't know if it was from the forces of Vrsack, Intis, and Fenerport who had broken through the lines, or if it was the police dealing with the food snatchers.

Let's wrap it up...... Let's end this war soon...... Starlene, who had run three relief sites today, prayed silently.

At this time, the staff a few meters away raised his voice and said:

"The food here has been distributed!"

Starling's face suddenly turned gray, she looked up at the already somewhat dark sky, and shuffled back to the house at 17 Minsk Street in frustration and numbness.

As soon as she opened the door, the two children of the family rushed over, raised their innocent faces and said:

"Mom, did you buy bread?"

"Mom, I'm hungry ......"

They are twins, a boy and a girl, and they are both cute.

Starlene's nose was sour, and she forcibly squeezed out a smile and said:

"Yes. ”

She then went into the house, dug out a small amount of bread from a hidden place, and divided it equally among the two children.

Watching the two children eat bread in complete disregard of etiquette, Starling's face changed constantly, sometimes sad, sometimes painful.

Not long after, her husband, Luke Summer, returned home, but also had no food in his hands.

Since Coim was taken over by the military due to wartime bills, the former manager has lost his job and has had to rely on past savings and government handouts to support his family.

"Didn't get ......" Seeing his wife's hopeful gaze, the burly man with a messy beard buried his head in shame.

Starlene, who was in her thirties and still had a rather delicate face, took a breath and said:

"Me too...... If I go out and queue up again, there should still be a place to distribute food!"

Without waiting for her husband to respond, she rushed out the door.

Luke immediately turned around and said to her back:

"I'll look for it again!"

Starlene did not stop, walked two streets, and came to a house with a garden.

It didn't take long for her to meet the owner, a rich man in his fifties.

"I thought, I want to buy some food. Starling pulled out a crumpled stack of bills.

The gray-haired old man smiled and said:

"Why should I sell it to you?

"I remember the last time you rejected me. ”

Starlene's face turned extremely pale, she did not speak, lowered her head, and untied the belt of her skirt with her other hand.

With a snap, the calfskin belt, which had been delicate but had a lot of stains, fell to the ground.

............

Luke Summerer wanders the streets aimlessly, not knowing where to get food.

Looking at the small number of pedestrians passing by, and at the bags they tried so hard to protect, the eyes of this gentleman with a penchant for machinery and knowledge gradually turned red.

Unwittingly, he followed a man and followed him into a street.

In less than an hour, the curfew would begin, and this was one of his few opportunities.

The man stopped outside a house and walked towards the door with a vague step.

At that moment, the man suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.

Luke subconsciously took a few steps back, then quickly leaned over and tested the pedestrian's snort.

His eyes unconsciously looked at the paper bag that the other party was holding tightly in his arms, and smelled the smell of toasted bread at the end of his nose.

Luke swallowed his saliva and was about to reach for the bag.

With the movement of his palm, he looked back in fear at the house that the pedestrian wanted to enter, and saw a child's graffiti-like drawing on the bay belly window.

Luke's movements stiffened, and after a few seconds, he stood up, walked to the door of the house, and rang the doorbell.

The housewife and the child inside quickly opened the door and saw the frail father and the bag of bread.

The curfew soon came, and Luke returned to Minsk Street depressed and inferior.

As soon as he opened the door of his house, he saw his wife smiling and saying to himself:

"I've got food!"

That's nice...... Luke breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Starling hard.

............

Audrey walked through the streets and alleys, and no one could see her.

She didn't say a word, and walked all the way back to Queens, to the luxurious villa, and smelled the smell of fried foie gras and other delicacies.

After staring silently for a while, watching the comings and goings of the maids and maids, Audrey went upstairs and returned to her room.

In the middle of the night, she put on her cloak and entered her parents' bedroom and came to their bedside.

After looking deeply for a long time, Audrey knelt down on one knee and pressed her forehead against her father's hand.

A drop of water slides down and spreads on the carpet.

Then, the blonde and blue-eyed aristocratic girl slowly raised her head, sobbed at her sleeping parents, and said:

"Dad, Mom, thank you, thank you for teaching me what mercy is, what kindness is, what virtue is. ”

As soon as the words fell, she closed her eyes, stood up suddenly, turned and walked out the door, no longer showing the slightest expression on her face.

PS: I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year's Eve!