Chapter 142: Messy Timeline
At this time, Bluebeard was about seven or eight years old, and his unattractive little face was still clean, and there was not a single mustache missing. Just if you look closer, you will find that the roots of his hair are faintly blue.
After canceling the operation, Bluebeard stumbled on his own, fell without standing firm - "I didn't hit it, did ......?" Lin Sanjiu muttered, and saw that the words on the slate gradually disappeared between the textures, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Bluebeard, who looked gloomy, got up from the ground without saying a word, rolled his eyelids, and walked straight into an alley. Lin Sanjiu hurriedly followed subconsciously, looking at the surrounding environment as he walked.
Ever since she saw Bluebeard, the building behind her had faded into thin air like a soaked ink painting. When the wind blew, it revealed a small village shrouded in overcast.
Compared to the town just now, the village seemed much poorer and more dilapidated, and no one was seen for a while.
However, Bluebeard, who was born and raised here, was at home - he seemed to be unaware of the changes in his surroundings, and walked quickly on the dirt road, stirring up a lot of sand and dust.
If you kill him here, Lyra won't die in the future.
This thought suddenly broke into Lin Sanjiu's mind, and whispered in her ear in a very seductive voice.
Come to think of it, Bluebeard's story is indeed more special than the other two...... So far, at least, he is the only one who has existed in both past and future forms, in one place. And there seems to be some inexplicable connection between him and Cinderella's story...... Kill him, maybe things will turn around.
It's just that after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't find his involvement with Little Red Riding Hood, and Lin Sanjiu finally didn't move.
After following Bluebeard for a long time, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious when she estimated that more than ten minutes had passed.
Bluebeard's father was an alcoholic, and his mother was rude, and both ignored their ugly children. After looking at it for a while, you will find that Bluebeard in his childhood is indeed unfortunate to be born in such a family - but after such a long time, Lin Sanjiu still has no clue what he should do.
But time waits for no one - the sun in the sky, like an egg yolk soaked in water, has sunk in the distant col without noticing it for a moment.
Judging from the time, at least twenty minutes have passed since the stone tablet was seen. Bluebeard muttered something to him for a while, but he sat quietly on the edge of the river, not even moving his eyes, as if he were not breathing, as if he were dead.
"It turns out that he has been so eccentric since he was a child......" Lin Sanjiu muttered to himself, he really couldn't wait. But when you look up, the scene around here is extremely unfamiliar, and even if you want to leave, you don't know where to go.
Just when she was in a dilemma, she suddenly heard a "bang" in the river, and a wet human head floated from under the water.
“…… You're looking for me, kid? The head wiped a handful of water from his face, and flicked back the gray hair that had formed into lumps, revealing the face of an elder covered with pimples and wrinkles.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the old man and the fairy in a daze, and even lowered his breath unconsciously, lest he miss a word.
It seems that Bluebeard himself did not expect that the spell he had stumbled upon to summon the fairy would actually work—after he stammered and said his wish without a word, the old man and the fairy laughed twice, but did not respond, but her eyes first rolled behind him.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Lin Sanjiu felt as if his gaze swept over his body.
"You want a great fortune, and of course I can make a deal with you, my dear," said the old man, sticky and hoarse, "but it is too early. When you reach the day you turn 25, I'll naturally go to your ......."
Bluebeard was in a hurry and was about to speak, but was stopped by the old man fairy raising his hand. "Eighteen years is much faster than you think...... Alright, I'm going to go to a poor girl's house and make a deal with her. Oh, without my own mother, it's just very desolate......"
Cinderella?
The name jumped into Lin Sanjiu's mind at once-but, it didn't seem to be the right number in time?
If Emma and Bluebeard are barely the right age, how could Cinderella, who is only ten years older than Little Red Riding Hood, have been born and grown up at this time?
Could it be that there is someone else?
Lin Sanjiu has never thought that he is good at wisdom, and his brain has already become a mess at this time. Seeing that the old man floated up from the surface of the river, shook the water on the wings of his flies, and flew away into the distance, she didn't have time to think about it, and her body followed first.
…… The feeling of chasing a "fairy" is indeed very weird.
No matter how fast Lin Sanjiu was, she would still lose it from time to time - the other party's hunched back often disappeared from the sky all of a sudden, and before she could react, a halo lit up in the other direction. If it weren't for the nightfall, the light on the fairy's body would still be conspicuous, and Lin Sanjiu would have been afraid that he would have lost his way.
Fortunately, he didn't run for long, and the old man who was flying in the air in front of him suddenly fell into the back garden of a family - without looking too much, just a glance, Lin Sanjiu was sure: this is Cinderella's house.
Cinderella, with thin shoulders, was squatting on the ground, holding her arms and sobbing quietly. She still looked the same as she had last seen her—sixteen or seventeen, blonde hair.
Surprise and confusion overwhelmed Lin Sanjiu for a moment: she really couldn't figure it out - could it be that the timeline of this copy was messed up? In this case, how do people find out "one thing" to do?
She stared at the two people in the back garden in a daze, although her eyes did not move, her mind was already a mess. It wasn't until Cinderella suddenly raised her voice slightly that she regained Lin Sanjiu's attention: "...... I don't understand what you mean, what exactly is the price I have to pay? ”
The old man pouted his teeth, as if he had a little headache: "Oops...... As long as you agree that I'm ...... Well, you just think it's on the road and dig a few holes. Come, sign your name here, agree to my terms, and I'll send you to the prom in no time......"
Dig? Lin Sanjiu had one more question in his heart, looking at Cinderella half anxiously and half numbly.
With some hesitation, Cinderella bit the pen and looked at the meter-long parchment, and her desire to read it all went out. It wasn't until the word "ball" fell into her ears that she gritted her teeth, and finally quickly wrote her name on the old man's finger - the old man and the fairy laughed very happily, and with a shake of her hand, the parchment suddenly turned into countless small dots of light and flew into his bracelet.
That parchment is a special item!
Lin Sanjiu's heart jumped. She was all too familiar with this scene - although she didn't know what magic was, but she had a lot to do with special items - those points of light were definitely special items!
"Hahaha, well done, dear!" The old man laughed loudly and waved his wand very generously—and with a golden light swept through it, and Cinderella's hair was suddenly pulled into a bun by the glittering jewels, and the necklace hung down from her glittered garment, and the large skirt made a beautiful arc in the air.
…… If you launch a sneak attack now, you will not only get the parchment, but you will also be able to stop Cinderella from going to the prom. As long as she doesn't go to the ball, even if the prince dies a thousand times, the royal people will not find her......
But saving three people at the same time is unlikely to be seen no matter how you look at it.
The pumpkin carriage "rumbled" out of the back garden, and Lin Sanjiu jumped and landed gently on the roof of the carriage. She had hesitated so much just now, and the old man and fairy didn't know where to go; All that was left was Cinderella and a groom who had just been conjured.
The night breeze blew Lin Sanjiu's hair behind her ears, and she sat on the roof of the car a little dazedly, not knowing how much time had passed.
The royal palace is a big event, and countless luxurious chariots and horses are gathering around the palace from all over the country. Cinderella lifted the curtain and looked outside, and asked the groom, "...... What kind of car is that team? It doesn't seem like the others. ”
Lin Sanjiu looked up and found that he actually knew this convoy.
"It was a song and dance troupe dedicated to the king...... Miss Cinderella. The groom replied in a respectful voice. Not only the song and dance troupe, did you see the carriage over there? That's the best circus troupe in the country, and it's going to the palace too! ”
Lin Sanjiu was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw a team of brightly colored carriages painted with exaggerated patterns not far away. On one of the cars, there was a sign that read: "Strange man with blue hair!" Incredible magic! The signs, shaped like splattered cream, grew smaller and smaller in the night as the carriage went away, and gradually became invisible.
She felt like her brain was running too many programs, and finally it "snapped" and crashed, and she couldn't turn it anymore.
Next...... What should I do?
Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly. At this moment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something, flashing in the corner of her vision.
She looked down and saw a line on the roof of the carriage.
"Countdown: 0:59 seconds left until the 30-minute deadline."
…… You have to do something that can save three people in 59 seconds. R1152