Chapter 37: A Difficult Choice
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In the book "How Much Do You Know About the Order of the Broken World", the deceased is described as follows: The creatures who take the body of the deceased, shape the soul with the secrets of magic, and walk on the earth again are called the dead. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The origins of the dead are long gone, but at first they did not belong to the camp of the Order, but stood in opposition to the living, their souls filled with fear and greed, and the fragments of memory of the past endlessly twisted them, forcing them to torment the living and draw joy from the suffering of the living.
The entire shattered world was shattered in order to defend itself against chaos and the dead at the same time, until the mages worked tirelessly to improve those soul-shaping magics so that the awakened dead could barely coexist with the living, and finally brought the dead into the Order. At the same time, these modified spells were called death magic, and the older and rudimentary ones were called black magic, and were destroyed forever.
For example, vampires among the dead, who initially had to suck a lot of blood to survive, now only need a small amount of blood from the living to sustain life. However, even so, if the blood is not replenished for a long time, it will still quickly weaken and even die in a coma.
It's like Emino who is lying in bed right now.
She was suffering from a high fever, her chapped lips panting rapidly, and from time to time she spat out a staccato mutter: "Don't ...... They're going to find my ...... I don't want to go back...... Mom and Dad...... I want to ......."
It was a hotel room, with only one bed, and the decoration was very simple, and even the oil lamp was used for lighting, but Morin had already taken care of it when he came here with Emino on his back, and in the dimly lit room, he was pacing back and forth anxiously, looking at the girl who was dying on the bed, and he didn't know what to do. Xiao Hei landed at the head of the bed, looking at the girl with drooping eyes, and his slender arm carefully held a large wet towel and gently wiped her cheeks. I don't understand how the girl who used to ravage herself as a rag doll became like this all of a sudden.
"Since Emino knew she needed to replenish her blood, but she didn't do it, and she was so angry with me, there must be some reason I don't know," Merlin thought anxiously, "but what kind of reason, she is about to die." ”
He looked at the unconscious girl, remembering what she had asked him to do before, and his heart was a little heavier: "Damn, didn't the letter say that the academy would guarantee our safety, and now she is going to die, and the gargoyle has no reaction at all......"
The scene at dinner seemed to be still in front of him, and he could still recall the sadness in the girl's fluttering voice: "You promised me that no matter what happened to you, you would take me on the airship...... In case of...... If I die......"
With a "bang", Morin angrily kicked away the wooden chair next to him, and the wooden chair hit the wall and scattered all over the ground, faintly complaining about the dissatisfaction of the residents next door.
"It only takes a drop of blood to save her, what the hell am I hesitating about!" he tugged at his hair in pain, as if trying to force himself to make a choice, "Didn't Papa Pike say that life is the most precious thing?"
“…… However, Emino's previous performance seemed to know that she might die, and she didn't want me to save her, what should I do......" Merlin squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, not knowing what to do.
"She doesn't look like this at all, so do you really have to wait for her to die and find a place to bury her?" thought to the boy in despair.
It was the first time he faced such a difficult choice, on the one hand, it was easy to save people, and on the other hand, he complied with her wishes, saw that he would not save her, and then buried her body, "This kind of thing, even adults will be overwhelmed, I'm only twelve years old......"
"The moon god is above, can anyone help me and tell me what to do......"
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Time passed so slowly, and before midnight, the streets of Sororumi were filled with laughing people.
Morin was still pacing the room in pain, his messy hair was crumbled, his blue eyes were bloodshot in the dim light, and for the first time he felt that it was so happy to sleep until dawn without thinking of anything.
Aeno no longer spoke, but her body twitched from time to time, and her unconscious face showed a painful expression.
"yes, she must be in pain right now. Because of the flaws of death magic, even powerful vampires need to replenish a drop of fresh blood every few days to maintain the stability of their bodies and souls. And now, her soul is estimated to have begun to break with **, which is equivalent to tearing off the flesh and blood on her body piece by piece, how can it not hurt?!"
It may have been like he had fallen under the curse of a vicious old man, but he had fainted, and Morin turned his head, unable to bear to look at the girl's twitching muscles and painful cheeks.
He walked to the window, and outside there were people celebrating, some people were singing, but inside the room there was a young life that was dying, even if she was a dead person, only a young dead person. And he, obviously capable of saving, is in pain and standing by. In the young man's heart, there seemed to be countless ant beasts desperately biting, slowly devouring him into the bottomless abyss.
The night was long, and the dawn was so far away.
Every moment was like a lifetime, and every breathing teenager felt that he had pushed her to death.
I don't know how long it took, but the tired Morin sighed and walked to the bed.
He stared at the unconscious girl on the bed for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "No matter what, I still can't die like this, it feels as if I killed you with my own hands." Daddy Pike often said that life is the most precious thing, and as long as you live, there must be hope. So, I'm here to save you. ”
"So, even if you don't want to, I'm going to save you. The boy muttered and repeated, as if to assert his choice, "Even if you really blame me, you have to live to blame me." ”
"When you die, there is no hope at all. Merlin said, holding the Star of Electric Pea to his right hand, and slowly raising his left hand in front of his mouth.
He opened his mouth and bit his index finger, a flash of pain in his eyes, and bit his fingertip hard.
Then, Morin put his finger on Aewenor's chapped lip, and his thumb squeezed hard, and a drop of dark red blood fell into her wheezing mouth.
The moment it seemed that nothing had happened, Morin's heart suddenly shrank, he was afraid that he had acted too late, that he had lost the opportunity to save the girl, that he had made a mistake at all, that blood could not bring the girl back to life, that he was afraid of many, many things, that he was afraid of losing this friend he had just met.
But magic is magic after all, ancient powerful and rigorous magic.
At that moment, the moment the dark red blood disappeared from Elono's slightly open mouth, her chapped lips became rosy. Then, the ruddy color spread rapidly over her pale skin like a ripple, from her cheeks to her neck, and soon, even the girl's fingertips were already bloody.
At the same time, Aeno's breathing soon stabilized, and her twitching muscles were completely relaxed, and together with the painful expression on her face, she looked like a healthy girl sleeping peacefully.
It's as if the signs of weakness, the signs of death, never appeared.
"Chirp ......" Xiao Hei's eyes widened in the dark green, and the arm holding the towel froze in the air, seeing the girl's changes, his mood became happy, and he chirped happily twice.
And the girl, who seemed to be attracted by the smell of blood, stuck out her little tongue while still unconscious.
The tip of her pink tongue gently licked the blood from the teenager's fingertips, like a suckling cat.
Originally, seeing the improvement of Aenu's condition, Morin had just breathed a sigh of relief, but he immediately tensed up again.
As soon as he saw it, his face turned red.
The wet touch, the slightly itchy fingertips, seemed to have a short moment, and the boy did not retract his fingers in a hurry.
Only a moment later, the blushing Morin hurriedly took a few steps back, looking around as if he had done something bad, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his messy mind.
And Emino, after recovering from her physical condition, finally woke up.
She moved her eyelids slightly, and then slowly opened her brown eyes, first seeing the gray stone top under the dim light, and then she saw the young man next to her, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, and then let out a long sigh.
"I ......," Morin was about to say something.
"Forget it, I don't blame you......" Aeno interrupted the young man, "just wait a minute, if something happens, I have to ask you to take my body to a distant place, and I don't want to die there." ”
"Where, well, you have a good rest......" The boy seemed to try to comfort the girl.
"Listen to me first," said Aeno, "since you have brought me back, they must have found me, and there is no chance of escape." ”
Seeing that the boy seemed to want to ask something, Aeno shook her head, her brown eyes looked at the boy, but she showed longing, and slowly told her story......
"I was born in the Land of the Dead, in a small village called Irma, in a beautiful valley with a blue sky and a clear stream. My dad's name is Hank, my mom's name is Anna, and they're both very nice people. They named me Aemeno, which means free of gas. A hint of longing flashed in the girl's eyes as she continued.
"In fact, there are many living people in the land of the dead, and the lords of the dead will only take our corpses after the natural death of the living to evoke the dead, according to the village chief's grandfather, for thousands of years, this has been the way it has been operated in this land, and the living and the dead are safe. Aeno said, a hint of horror slowly growing in her big brown eyes.
"But a few years ago, things were different. Maybe it's a war between the lords, maybe it's something else, I don't know, but one day, suddenly a large group of skeleton soldiers, led by the corpse witch, washed away the village, they slaughtered the villagers, and then called the dead to deal with their former friends and relatives. Her eyes darkened a little.
"My mom and dad died in that battle to protect me. The girl sat up from the bed, clenched her fists, and continued: "I saw a corpse witch chanting a spell on their corpses, and then they slowly stood up, but I knew it wasn't them. ”
"The village chief's grandfather fled with me, but not only the nearby villages, but also other villages were destroyed. People were slaughtered, and the survivors escaped the skeletons in an attempt to escape the land of the dead and to another country. With tears in her eyes, the girl sobbed: "We escaped for a long, long time, but in the end we were caught, and the village chief's grandfather also died, and me, too, died." ”
Aeno looked up and pointed to his neck, and Merlin realized that there was a terrible scar there.
She took a deep breath and said slowly, "Then I was awakened by a lord called the Blood Staff and became a vampire. They say I'm a genius, and that the more things I remember in my life, the better my magical qualifications, but they don't know, they don't know the dirty and cold things," the girl gritted her teeth and said, "I'm still the girl I used to be, I'm still Aeinor, maybe there's something wrong with the Blood Staff Lord's magic, maybe it's something else, but my soul isn't new, it's the one that was about to dissipate." ”
"It's not that I remember what happened in my lifetime, but I haven't forgotten it at all. After closing her eyes and squeezing the tears from her sockets, she opened them and continued, "The Lord of the Blood Staff thinks I am a genius and has locked me up in his castle to let me learn magic, the magic that can awaken corpses. ”
"Haha," the girl laughed dryly, "does he think I'll listen to him, go and help him slaughter the living, think I'm just as confused as the other awakened people and will only do what he is told?" ”
"Impossible!" replied the girl herself, "After waiting for a long time, I secretly ran out to participate in the academy's admissions, and I passed the examination of the Iluvita Academy, and I lied to the examiner that my lord agreed. ”
"Although I was caught sneaking out that time, the Blood Staff didn't know that I passed the test, and I finally found out," Equino breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as the aura on my body is weak enough, the Blood Staff Lord will not be able to sense my location through magic." So ......"
"So you didn't absorb fresh blood for a long time, you escaped, and in order to avoid being discovered, you never touched the blood. Maureen answered.
The girl nodded and said, "Now that you saved me, but I have the breath of a vampire again, and the people sent by the lord to hunt me down must have found out." ”
"Then what are you waiting for?" said Morin, a little anxious, as he pulled Eminor up and said, "Let's run ...... quickly."
"I can't run," a cold, stiff, emotionless voice came from the window.
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