Chapter 45: The Call of the Dark
Knowing the news of my departure, Streamwind took his mother from the Eagle Clan to Queen Soya's palace.
"Xiu, you want to leave me?" Xifeng stared at me, his hands clenched tightly.
"No, Xifeng, this is not a parting, I just want to bring the demon back with Meng."
"Will you ever come back?" With clear eyes flashing on Xifeng's handsome face, Sawa and his mother, Princess Sakuraku, stood on his left and right. I suddenly didn't know how to answer Xifeng, if it was before, I could directly say my thoughts, for example, parting was not a whim, I couldn't let go of the dream that haunted me every night, the dream was all the bits and pieces of the Liuli Palace, I didn't dare to admit it, in fact, from the moment I crossed the Flowing Milky Way, my heart has never let go of the Liuli Palace...... at this moment, I look at Xifeng, look at his mother and lover by his side, I feel that I can no longer take everything I have as his everything!
"Yes."
I hesitated for a moment, but finally promised the stream breeze. As I turned to walk away with my dream, I heard the stream wind speaking to me behind me.
"I'm waiting to fix it!"
I know that Brookbreeze has decided to be the king of the Eagle Clan. I no longer have the right to ask him to follow me, when he fled from the Liuli Palace, he followed me without hesitation, I was extremely happy and glad, that is because he has not found this blood involvement, and now, I should also be happy for him, this is his destiny. He was born with the blood of a king in his blood! I turned around and smiled at him, just like Xifeng waited for me at the Shining Sun Hall every time .......
On the way out, many earth elves bowed their heads for me and Meng, and gave us brewed flower dew, Dream held my hand all the way, she knew that I was reluctant to say goodbye to Xifeng, so she didn't speak, and walked quietly beside me.
"Xiu, you say, is the demon still there?" Dream asked me in a whisper.
"It should be, let's go find it." I chuckled and touched my long hair, immersed in my emotions all the time, but I snubbed the dream.
I remember that after the end of the Ethereal Continent, we came to the elven kingdom by sitting on the body of the demon, the demon is on the large side, unlike other spirit beasts, and the dream is afraid that it will disturb the people of the elf kingdom, so I threw it in the valley on the border of the elf kingdom, where flowers and plants are everywhere, which is very suitable for the life of the demon.
Dream and I arrived in the valley in the evening, where the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled the whole color, and the flowers, the grass, and the brook all deserved its gentle gifts. It looks so good, I don't know if the stupid demon bullied these well-behaved, whether it is dexterous when it drinks water, and whether it sleeps softly.
"Xiu, I think it's so strange!"
"Are you worried about demons? Where did it probably fall asleep right now? ”
"It's not. You see"
Dream showed me her wrist, and before I could speak, she shook the chain on her hand, I know, it was a spiritual weapon for her to communicate with the demon, as long as her bracelet sounded, no matter where the demon was, it would run to the dream, but, why didn't you see the demon today? The dream had been shaken many times, and the valley was still silent, without any sound, except for the horror of a few birds flapping their wings.
"Where will it go?" Dream looked at me worriedly. I knew from her eyes that demons never disappear for no reason.
Taking advantage of the glow, Dream and I went to the whole valley, but we didn't find any traces of demons, but there were a few huge footprints near the small river in the mortal world, and in the moonlight, they particularly touched the hearts of me and Meng.
The search was fruitless, Dream and I snuggled under a locust tree, the white moonlight sprinkled through the sparse pine branches, shining on Dream 's black hair, I picked up the grass on her head, and watched her fall asleep in my arms.
It was the first night out of Creek Breeze, and I was already far, far away from him.......
The next morning, the sun seemed to rise very early, and Dream and I woke up in a dampness, and the dew on the tip of the grass began to work. We followed the small river and continued to look for the traces of the demons, and those footprints were scattered all the way to the mortal world, and Dream and I also chased them to the mortal world.
There is still a big difference between the mortal world and the elven kingdom, when we were in the elven kingdom, we never saw the wind and rain, but when it came to the mortal world, it was the rainy season, and thousands of silver filaments reached the ground from the sky, splashing countless splashes on the bluestone slabs of the mortal world, and some places of stagnant water were constantly rippling. I used my magic to put a barrier around us so that the rain couldn't touch us.
Mortals are in a hurry, and a mortal passed by in a hurry, and insisted on giving me an oil-paper umbrella, probably because he saw me and Dream did not have an umbrella, and initiated kindness.
We found a place to stay, and the shopkeeper was also a young man in his twenties, and when he saw us enter, he enthusiastically brought us tea, and looked like he was looking forward to business on a rainy day.
"Two guest officers, where are they from?" The guy accosted me with a smile on his face while adding tea, before that, I used spiritual magic to change the color of my pupils, and when I entered the mortal world, I followed the rules of the mortal world, this is the truth I pondered myself.
"From the east." I pointed in the direction of the Elven Realm, which, as seen from the mortal world, was just an endless horizon.
"Oh, a guest from afar! The small shop is very honored. "The guy served us a few dishes smartly, and he didn't leave.
"What's wrong? What's going on with the store? I looked at the dream, and she was just as confused.
"Are we giving less money?" Dream took out the money bag from his sleeve again, this is the previous experience, the inn where he stayed before, also needs such money. However, we may have misunderstood the meaning of the shopkeeper, and when he saw the dream and took out the money bag, he hurriedly stopped the dream, and shook his head again and again, saying that it was not a matter of money, he just wanted to introduce us here.
Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Dream and I couldn't refuse, so we had to put aside the demon matter for the time being.
The shopkeeper told us that if it weren't for the rain, we would have seen a good show, and looking at his surprised expression, I thought that the good show he was talking about must be very novel.
"Dream, do you want to hear it?" I turned around and asked for Yume's opinion, she had been worried about the youkai and I wanted her to relax a bit.
"Hmm."
Seeing the dream nodded, the shopkeeper began.
"A few days ago, a strange person came here, and it wasn't him, it was his pet."
"Pets?" I was surprised, it's normal for mortals to like cats and dogs, and this guy is idle and bored. But out of respect, I waited for him to continue.
"His pet, unlike other animals, is taller than a ox, and looks very wonderful, and the man is also, an old man who seems to be thin and weak, but he holds a thick chain in his hand, one on the front foot of his pet, and the other in his hand, every ten days, he will lead it out and walk on the street, at first, people thought that he was a showman, and the street with a few monkeys was scared away by his pet, but later, it was found that he was not a showman at all, and he didn't speak, just walked around the street, Yesterday was the third time, and if you come by chance, you can take a look at it just in time for yesterday! ”
The shopkeeper finished speaking in one breath, then looked at us, as if waiting for me to say something to Yume.
"You... Finished? Dream asked softly.
"It's over, that's all, if you want to hear more, you'll have to wait until ten days later, when the strange man walks down the street, and you will see it for yourself."
After that, the shopkeeper went to take care of himself. It turned out that he thought we were here for the strange man. Dream and I watched him wipe the table and the counter, and didn't say anything more, the man just told us what he thought was new and lively, not knowing that we were not ordinary people.
In the next few days, it has been raining, I and the dream can only wait quietly, the footprints have disappeared since coming to the mortal world, except for the demon, it is estimated that it will not be other animals or spirit beasts, I and the dream are worried about these few days, due to the rain, there are very few customers in the store, if you come from outside, you will always hear the shop guy talk about the strange man, if the local people come to eat and drink tea, the conversation at the dinner table is also three sentences inseparable from the strange man, I began to wonder, what kind of mysterious person, will take a giant beast to the street?
Finally, another new day, the rain stopped.
After dinner, I was going to go out with a dream to find the news of the demon, and as soon as I walked to the door, the shopkeeper came to remind me again, saying, today is the day of weird people walking on the street again, let's be careful, don't be stepped on by others, and wait a minute, he will also take a look after he is busy.
I smiled and thanked him for his kindness.
Sure enough, there are a lot of people on the street, it is estimated that they are all running for the strange people in the mouth of the shop guys, I and the dream are looking for the demon in our hearts, therefore, did not stay on the street for long, the dream told me that with the character of the demon, it will go to a place with flowers and grass, because it is more greedy, like this place where mortals gather, it will definitely not come, so, according to the dream, I and she went to the side of the mountain to find, but after looking for a long time, not even a footprint was found, it had just rained, everything was fresh, including these roads, we walked for a day, Finally, he dragged his tired body back to the inn.
"You're back, where have you been?" As soon as they saw us enter the store, the shopkeeper came over at once, and when he saw that we were a little tired, he immediately brought tea.
"Hehehe, let's go around the nearby mountain and enjoy the scenery." I took the tea in his hand and handed it to Meng, her expression was not very good, there was no news of the demon, and Meng was very lost.
"What are you going to do there, it's remote and uninhabited, and so is that weirdo, every time I end up walking the street, I also go there, I guess his home is there!" The guy muttered and went to work.
Where did the demon go?
I discussed with Dream that I would wait for tomorrow and go again to see if I could find the demon.
Maybe it was because I didn't use spiritual magic for a day, and soon I fell asleep, and I had a strange dream, I dreamed of the Liuli Palace, my father had been standing at the door of the Liuli Palace, waving to me, I couldn't see his face clearly, but I heard his voice over and over again:
"Xiu, why haven't you come back......!"