Chapter 152: Shattered Illusion 3
The clouds and cherry blossoms are falling, the colored ropes are fluttering, the sound of horses' hooves is gradually fading away, and the two sides of the road through which the welcoming procession passes are crowded with people who have come to watch, and everywhere you can see are all kinds of people wearing condoms, the people of the city-state of Terra are rejoicing and blessing for marrying the eldest princess of a foreign country, some of them bow down to the ground and pray sincerely, and some are smiling and tearful as if they are sending off their daughter who has raised them for many years.
All this is "trapped" in mid-air, Freya, whose body can't move, really sees it in her eyes, her beautiful eyes are shining, no one knows whether the girl sitting in the shaking carriage is crying or laughing, sad or happy?
"Sister, sister..."Freya's heart called out to the girl a thousand times, but when it came to her mouth, it turned silent.
The entire city-state of Terra was immersed in joy, bidding farewell to the married girl in the most traditional and ancient way, but in the next second, the originally quiet and peaceful scene suddenly changed.
The miserable cold rain replaces the clouds and warm days, the melancholy haze replaces the festive atmosphere, and for a time the wind and rain between the heavens and the earth are shaky, and the gloomy clouds are bleak, as if God has personally stripped the beautiful vision from your eyes, leaving behind a miserable world that you have to accept.
In the same place, in a similar afternoon, I never expected that the day of goodbye would be a different path.
"No, don't..."
Confined in the air, Freya fell to her knees with difficulty, her pupils contracting and dilating violently, and she never wanted to remember the scene in front of her, but the truth was that she didn't even have the right to close her eyes.
I saw that there were few people outside the capital of the city-state of Terra, the inky background was like unstained lead ink, and in the bleak wind and cold rain, a team of dozens of people was stepping through the mottled stone road towards the capital slowly, letting the rain flow freely, and it seemed that everyone's face was full of melancholy between the mist and mist.
Surrounded by this procession in the center was a carriage drawn by four tall horses, but the carriage was not a dignitary, but a cold coffin, and gold threads roamed on the black lacquered wood, symbolizing the deceased's extraordinary status during his lifetime.
And at the end of this procession stood two middle-aged men and women, they were waiting at the entrance outside the capital and looking at the distant procession, without any cover, the two of them were wet by the rain little by little, and not far behind them were a group of men and maids waiting here, a little girl who kept crying and was protected by them to prevent her from witnessing this scene of life and death.
"Why should I go through the pain again, why..."
Freya's face was stained with tears, and the cold was constantly eating away at her body from the inside out, and she was shivering and even having trouble breathing.
The procession escorting the coffin of the eldest princess slowly stopped when it was about twenty meters away from the city gate, and a man with a long sword at the front knelt on the ground first, followed by the other escorts also knelt on the ground, facing the pair of middle-aged men and women.
"City Lord, the eldest princess has come home. The man with the sword spoke with sadness and sorrow.
A pair of middle-aged men and women stumbled over, the corners of their mouths trembled slightly, tears were drowned by the rain, and the slightly old cheeks were condensed with indescribable sadness.
"Riley, it's been a hard journey, go get some rest. The middle-aged man called the city lord said slowly, his voice a little hoarse.
Riley, the chief of the guard, did not speak, he still knelt in the cold rain, like a sculpture made of black iron.
In the two years since the eldest princess married away from home, Riley has not experienced a day of inner torment, he has practiced martial arts and chats to relieve his worries, and even learned to drink, every time he gets drunk on the crowded street, it is like he has died, and he has been consuming his inner feelings day after day, but every time he wakes up, it is a long and endless daytime fireworks, and who to tell him about the pain of Tim.
The beautiful woman was gone, but who would have thought that two years later, on the same day, the girl who had been friendly with the Gentiles would return as a cold corpse, without even a trace of warmth.
Raising his hand to tear off the long sword at his waist and put it on the stone slab, Riley's mood almost collapsed, he never forgot the girl's voice and smile, as if he could see the girl picking flowers in the mountains as soon as he turned around, in Riley's eyes, she was not the eldest princess for the country and the people, she was just an ordinary girl, she liked small animals and liked to dress herself.
"Riley, what are you doing here?"
"City Lord, Riley is willing to resign from his position as the chief of guard of the city-state of Terra, and from now on he will travel the world without asking about the world, hoping that the city lord will be fulfilled. β
"You still haven't let go of Fudo, have you? I know you have a grudge against that madman in the city-state of Gro, why shouldn't I, if I weren't the lord of the city-state of Terra, I would have taken the life of that dog thief!"
After a loud bang, the rain around the city lord was evaporated in the blink of an eye, and the thin air wave directly cracked the heavy stone slab under his feet.
However, then the city lord's momentum suddenly became sluggish, and he looked at the black coffin in the carriage with a sad gaze.
"But I can't ignore the thousands of people in the city-state... Do'er, my father owes you so much..."
The lady of the city lord, who was sobbing on the side, could no longer bear the sadness in her heart, and he broke free from the city lord's hand and hugged the carriage.
"Duo'er, my Duo'er..."
The woman fell on the coffin like a piece of silk cut in the wind, and the nailed coffin did not even leave them a chance to see the eldest princess one last time.
"City Lord, Riley's heart is dead, and I will take back what was once ruthlessly deprived of it. β
"What do you want to do?"
"Revenge!"
A thick flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the overcast sky, and a strong flash tore through the rain curtain to illuminate Riley's grim face, and the handsome young man of the past was now like ice.
High in the air, Freya paid no attention to her father's conversation with the chief of the guard, and she was slowly dragged to the ground by a shimmering ball of light.
It was at this moment that little Freya broke away from the crowd and threw herself into the carriage, even if she broke her knee, and she cried out "sister" and let the white rain hit his young little face.
As Freya watched her young self walk away through the rain, her body as heavy as lead, and the numbness that spread from her limbs to her torso made her feel dizzy for a moment.
"What's wrong with me, I'm so tired, I want to sleep..."
"Senior sister!"
"Who's calling me?"
Freya struggled to open her eyes, only to see thunderclouds surging in the sky and rain falling down.
"Senior sister, wake up, don't sleep!"
"Who are you, and why are you bothering me?"
"Senior sister, if you don't wake up again, there will be a big mess over there in the Sea Realm Prison!"
"Sea Prison?" Freya muttered the familiar name, "Sea Prison!"
Freya was shocked, and she remembered!
As Freya's consciousness gradually returned, the illusion slowly became distorted.
Until the moment when the illusion finally dissipated, Freya was still staring at the black coffin with her sister's corpse in its mouth, but at the same time, she could not forget the resolute back of the chief guard Riley when he was away from the capital, the young man like a black cloud eagle through the forest.
The real scene gradually became clear, and Freya was awakened by a curtain of light and a soft sound, and she was drenched, apparently having just been fished out of the open-air pool.
Then Freya appeared in front of Andrea's face full of concern.
"Andre, why are you here?" the pain in her head made Freya's face look ugly, "Ah, my head hurts, what's wrong with me, it's like I'm having a nightmare." β
"Senior sister, you've finally woken up!" Andre said happily, "You fell for that illusion called Thousand Foxes, and you were floating in the pool when I found you. β
"Chihu, I remember, it's that girl..."Freya held her forehead and slowly stood up, "but how do you know about her? And what about El, will they also fall for illusion?"
As she spoke, Freya tried to turn on the mini communicator to contact Al and Li Shiyi, but found that there was nothing in her ears except for water stains.
"Senior sister, your communicator was broken by a blister and cannot be used for the time being, but don't worry, Senior Brother Li Shiyi and Al are not in danger, about a minute ago we received news from Teacher Conrad that an unknown intruder was found near the Sea Boundary Prison, Al and Senior Brother Li Shiyi have already rushed over, maybe it is the group of magician Li. β
"Why didn't you wake me up sooner, these two bastards!" Freya said angrily, as she was about to catch up with Al and Lee Eleven, despite her wet body and the risk of losing her strength.
"Senior sister, you're dressed like this, um..." Andre scratched his head a little embarrassed.
With her wet clothes clinging to her body and her graceful body curves at a glance, Freya noticed her gaffe only after Andre's reminder.
"Stinky boy, close your eyes, turn your head!"
"Oh..."
"You go over and help El and them, I'll go back to the 'Rabbit Candy House' to change equipment, I'll be there later, quick!"
Freya stopped talking nonsense, she dragged her gradually regained consciousness to her feet, and ran downstairs with some shaking, leaving a trail of water behind her.
Andrei put on his high-tech glasses, took off his tactical gloves between his palms, and a pair of metallic hands were exposed.
"Breed mecha, open!"
Andre's hand pressed on the "energy core" between his chest, and the blue fluorescence came out, and then several small blue flames erupted from Andre's body, first slowly rising into the air, and then after a low sonic boom, countless blue flames erupted from the outside of Andre's body.
A blue flame pierced the rising sea fog and flew in the direction of the Sea Prison, avoiding the brilliant fireworks, and Andre was like an arrow dragging fire.
Shortly after AndrΓ© left, a figure in a leotard stepped out of the shadows at the entrance to the rooftop.
"I didn't expect to crack the illusion I cast so quickly, the imps of the Imperial Military Academy, the next time is the time for the show to take the stage, I don't know if you are ready?"
At this moment, a giant colorful fireworks rose in the Queen's Park, and a moment later exploded in the night sky, and the sky was like a fire, and the bright light of the moment broke through the white fog and illuminated the whole city as if it were day.
The crowds celebrating the festival were instantly ignited and brought closer to the time of the royal parade.