CHAPTER XXIII
"No offense, no offense. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info How can I be so powerful. ”
Sulfona was furious by Doris's call. The words sounded like flattery, but Doris's tone was steady and quiet, and she seemed to think sincerely. If Tifa had been here, she might have accepted it with ease, but Sulfona still felt her face swell. When Doris heard this, she remained silent without committality. It looks like a child who has been lectured by her parents, and it seems that if Sulfura doesn't speak, she may continue to stand like this.
"That...... Look at ......" said Sulfona, pointing to the numbers on the ground, "You see I'm not good at math......"
"It's just that you don't like math, Mistress Sulfona. Once you put your heart into it, you'll soon be able to surpass us all. Doris said, bowing her head slightly, as if remembering something, "There are many people who live in the same room with me who admire you and Lord Tifa. Still others are ambitious, saying they want to surpass you. She started to double down on her training, feeling that she could easily catch up if she worked hard. At night, when I was in the dormitory, I also practiced my movements to strengthen my physique. ”
"And such a thing?" Sulfona scratched her head, "I didn't expect to be treated as an opponent unknowingly...... And what about later? ”
"Later?" Doris shrugged, "That guy died, tired from training at noon one day. There was blood all over the floor, and we cleaned it up for a while. ”
Doris was so understated that Sulfona had no real sense of death from a girl her own age.
"How can this be ......"
"Because she can't do what she can, she wants to challenge the twin goddesses. She died so tragically at her own peril. We all think so......" Doris sighed and pointed to the letters on the ground, "so if you study hard, you can easily learn this little skill of carving insects." ”
"But I just can't learn......"
Doris looked at Sulfur suspiciously.
"Impossible, how can a character like you not be able to learn?"
"Look, I can't remember exactly how these numbers are written. You also pointed out one of my mistakes. ”
"That's just that Hona was absent-minded and accidentally made a mistake."
"No, I can't really remember the numbers!"
Annoyed by Doris's overly respectful words, Sulfona shouted involuntarily. Like a frightened rabbit, Doris shrunk back and looked at Sulfona through the gap in her bangs. Seeing Doris like this, Sulfona regretted her attitude a little. Fortunately, Doris really understood Sulfona's shortcomings this time, and she thought for a while and opened her mouth.
"Do you have anything you like?"
"Huh?"
Sulfona stared blankly at Doris, she couldn't understand why Doris suddenly asked.
"That...... It's not like I'm trying to snoop on Sulna-sama's personal information or anything......" Doris said with a quick wave of her hand, "I just remember when I kept numbers down. I love the morning glory that blooms next to the grass. So I counted with morning glories, one morning glory is the word, and two morning glories are ......."
Sulfona listened to Doris's explanation and felt that this method was somewhat new. She thought for a moment and said.
"I love apples."
Doris was stunned for a moment.
"Can't Apple?"
"Ah, yes, yes. I just didn't expect Sultana to say anything to eat......" Doris apologized in a panic, "It's all because I'm too lonely." ”
"It's just that I just have something to eat in my head......" Sulfona scratched her head embarrassedly, "Tifa often says that my brain is simpler." ”
When Doris heard this, she was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. She said, fiddling with her long purple hair that hung down to her chest.
"Total ...... In short, if there is only one apple on the ground, use 'ains'. Two apples are 'twai', three apples are 'trija', and four apples are 'fidwor'......"
Doris said as she drew an apple on the ground. By the time Doris wrote about the nine apples "nium", Sulfona was already a little hungry. The Stave organization is deep in the mountains, and most of the surrounding land is barren wasteland, and the food is transported from outside. Usually Sulfona has always eaten green and sticky nutrients, and it is rare to eat fresh fruits. Now that she counted, her mind was full of apples.
"Do you remember?"
Doris asked, and Sulfona quickly wiped the saliva off her mouth. I don't know if it's because Apple's power is too strong, or if Doris is more suitable for teaching others. The previous numbers were literally in the back of Sulfona's mind along with the scent of apples. Although it is a little vague when you think about it, the effect of this learning is far better than the bombardment and repetition of Tifa's previous method.
"You've taught you so well! Tifa had taught me many times before, telling me to read, read, and write, but I couldn't ......."
As she spoke, Sulfona turned into a whining for Tifa. Doris shrunk her neck as if she had been burned.
"How dare I say that? I'm just a little more serious than you, and I don't need to teach this word at all! Besides, even Lord Tifa's teaching has no effect, and if I go again, doesn't that mean that I'm better than Lord Tifa? This kind of thing, how can it be ......?"
"Eh, don't worry about it so much!"
Sulfona grabbed Doris's hand at once. She felt Doris's hands shiny, and her body was tense and stiff.
"That's our secret, I won't tell anyone, you can teach me! There's no need to worry about it! ”
"Secret...... Dense...... Really? Doris savored the word carefully.
"That's right."
After Sulfona finished speaking, she began to discuss with Doris when to meet next. Doris agreed with the time that Sulfur had brought up, and that expression was completely about serving Sulfona as the first thing. It was the first time that Sulfona was looked at with such eyes, and she felt uncomfortable. She hurriedly made sure that she would meet here the next day, and then ran away. She felt that Doris was still standing in the distance watching her leave, and Sulfona thought that the girl might wait two times in advance at the agreed meeting place next time.
But Sulfona guessed wrong. Doris didn't come the next day.
Tifa hadn't returned to her dorm room since she had returned to her dorm last night. Sulfona guessed that Tifa must have found a place to train silently by herself. When Sulfona woke up the next morning, she found that Tifa was dressed and was about to go out for morning exercise. Sulfona wasn't usually lazy, and she only slept for eight hours that day. Tifa, on the other hand, probably only slept for five or six hours, and spent the rest of the time training overtime. She just nodded slightly when she saw Sulfura wake up. Tifa's chin was sharp, and Sulfona couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw her dark circles swaying up and down with the nodding motion. She quickly covered her mouth, knowing that she shouldn't laugh. Tifa didn't even frown, as if he hadn't seen Sulfur, and pushed the door open and walked out lightly.
Sulfona knew she was being ignored. And knowing that until Tifa can beat Sulfura next time, she will be ignored by Tifa forever. Tifa is such a proud girl.
Sulfona also tried to teach Tifa the swordsmanship she had learned from Simona, but it didn't work well. Sulfona's same gestures only made Tifa sore, not to mention a lot of strength. You know, Tifa is the kind of girl who is very strict with herself, so the more she doesn't go well in training, the more she has to train. In the end, Tifa was injured by the actions of the Sulfur Sect and couldn't move for days. Sulfona was helpless about it, and she no longer practiced the sword technique of teaching Tifa. Now that Tifa is determined to surpass Sulfona, Sulfona doesn't know how to persuade her. No matter what she said now, Tifa's ears would probably sound like mockery. Sulfona only hated herself for not having seven tongues to open her mouth and be able to smooth out Tifa.
Once separated from Tifa, Sulfona finds her life very boring. The two have known each other for four or five years and basically stay together every day. After a few warm-ups in her room, she lay down bored. The other trainees should be silently praying to the twin goddesses at this time, praying that they can merge smoothly.
The so-called twin goddesses are the mainstream religion of the entire continent. The twin goddesses, "Denisha and Claire", once walked the continent as a human being, which was ruled by famine and disease. The kind-hearted twin goddesses helped humanity through difficult times, leaving behind many legends and miracles. Dinisha teaches people how to farm and hunt, while Claire treats the sick and exhorts them to do good. The two goddesses worked tirelessly to help others, but they did not pay attention to their own bodies. Although they are goddesses, they are also the bodies of ordinary people who have come to the world. The last two men finally collapsed, their bodies transformed into two statues, and the true spirits returned to the sky. At that time, people built a huge church centered on the statues of the two goddesses in memory of the two goddesses. This is the origin of the Church of the Twin Goddesses, and the first Church of the Twin Goddesses later developed into a city, the so-called "Holy City". Legend has it that the statue of the goddess is still in the holy city, carefully guarded by the priests. They believed that the twin goddesses would one day rise from the stone statues and save humanity from all suffering.