The Return of the King - Hicks Arc

"Daddy, will you leave me like Mommy? In those times when I was shuttling through the plane, the wind blowing from the void was so cold, my father hugged me tightly, I didn't want to be so lonely. ”

Seven-year-old Hicksliu.

Unexpectedly, this day came many years earlier than expected, and the anxious Ostarion couple stood on the steps in front of the palace and waited anxiously, the whole palace was bathed in the joyful atmosphere of anticipation, and those bright and colorful flowers hid countless real eyes, Ostarion did not want any accidents on this day.

As the appointed time approached, the nervous Empress Teenda involuntarily trembled slightly. Ostarion took her into his arms, grasped Teenda's pale hand, which had lost its blood and had nowhere to rest, and whispered, "Don't worry, my dear, we will soon see our children." ”

Tainda said uneasily, "Didn't the Io scholar say that he would only bring her back when she was strong enough to fight the curse on her own, she is only five years old this year, it can't be some accident, right?" ”

Ostarion's index finger gently stroked the back of Teenda's hand and paused for a moment, but quickly resumed its original movements.

"The Ian scholar can't be mistaken, if he thinks our daughter can come back, then there must be no problem."

A distant bell rang, and everyone looked at the clearing in the center. The long-lost energy storm reappeared in the palace of Ostarion, and when countless bands of light flew out, two figures appeared in front of everyone.

Without waiting for them to see their faces, Ostarion quickly blessed them with the arcane shield contained in the two Lincoln orbs beside him, which could resist a deadly spell attack for Io and her.

"Ostarion, long time no see." Ion's voice full of vicissitudes seemed to travel through countless planes and time, and rushed to the face.

When Io manifested, a chain of magic was tied to its glittering body, and the other end was attached to a petite body. She opened her hazy eyes, as if she was still a little confused.

She saw two strange and familiar figures on the steps, and said hesitantly, "Dad? Mom? ”

Teynda darted down, tears gently brushing through the air, drawing a beautiful arc in the air. "Kid, mommy here."

Ostarion's footsteps were steady, but not much behind Teenda, and the two of them came to her side together.

Io withdrew the ghostly spirits that surrounded her, and the little princess's astonishing appearance was finally clearly revealed to the long-awaited crowd.

Her eyes were like the far reaches of the universe, with countless stars hovering in them. The hair is full of life like the earth revived in spring, and it will be the endless ice blue of the Blue Heart Glacier, and the fiery red of the burning desert. At her feet, green grass and flowers are endless.

Tainda didn't notice anything unusual about the little princess and took her into her arms. The five-year-old little princess had just reached the queen's waist, and at the moment she was lying on her mother's shoulder, greedily breathing in her mother's breath, her charming little eyes closed in intoxication, and she only muttered happily: "Mother, mother." ”

Teenda embraced the little princess in her arms, and Ostarion didn't have room to intervene at all, and Ioscholar smiled, "Don't worry. ”

Ostarion opened his mouth to ask Io an important question, but Io spoke first.

"Don't you think your cute kids are a little too different?"

Ostarion nodded.

"I really didn't know what a genius should be like before I met this child, and she told me that genius is like this."

"I've taken her to many planes, and there are many legendary archmages with old friends there, and they are equally amazed by the child's amazing comprehension and natural affinity for the magical medium. No matter how subtle and obscure the spell was, she could remember it at a glance, and if it weren't for her lack of magic, I would have wondered if she would have been able to use such an ultimate spell as Realm Silence. ”

"You're saying my child is a genius magician?"

Io affirmed, "No, genius is not enough to describe her greatness. Well, I don't think it's too much to describe her as legendary. ”

A five-year-old legend?

Ostarion's brow furrowed.

"When I told her that I could go home, the little one jumped for joy, you don't know how lost that legendary magician friend of mine was, he said that if the little princess was willing to stay in the plane and continue to study magic, it would only take a year to become the youngest legendary magician in that plane, do you know how she answered?"

Ostarion had a hunch that the legendary magician didn't end well.

Io laughed and said, "The little princess cast an ultimate fire spell that she couldn't control, burned down his magic laboratory, and then happily said that she would come back to him when the laboratory was repaired. “

Ostarion saw his daughter lying in Teenda's arms, and a small pink hand reached over Teenda's shoulder, and beckoned Ostarion playfully.

A warm current instantly flowed into Ostarion's heart, and when he held his daughter's hand tightly, he even felt the urge to cry.

The cunning little princess sneaked over her mother's shoulder and winked at Ostarion with big eyes.

Hehe, what a naughty child.

"I guess you should have a good name for her."

Ostarion shook his daughter's hand and choked up, "Well, her name is Hicks. ”

"Hicks? The goddess of wisdom, well, is a good name, but in one plane, it also means a trickster. Io laughed, and the light around him fluttered and slowly rose.

"Goodbye, Ostarion, I need to comfort that old friend."

Ostarion bowed deeply to the Io scholar and said, "Dearest friend, whenever you have a message, I will definitely appear by your side, and I vouch for this promise with my honor. ”

A mischievous Hicks reluctantly looked up and waved at the Io.

What is the most troublesome creature in the world?

Is it the Night Stalker who survived the day of sunrise and appears forever in the form of nightmares?

Is it Lucifer, the messenger of doom who burns forever and can imprison everything?

Or can he come down to all things and reap life indifferently?

These enemies have been faced by Ostarion, and the brave Emperor has never been afraid in his heart.

But now, there is an opponent that is a headache for Ostarion.

She is the five-year-old quasi-legendary magician Hicks.

His daughter.

A mischievous little girl, but with amazing magic beyond the reach of adults, and her noble status, the Ostalion Palace has become a paradise for her games.

The empty and solemn palace will suddenly turn into a garden full of green grass and flowers, flame-generated birds will walk through the palace, the branches will be full of ice and snow flowers, and all kinds of rare creatures will come out for a leisurely walk in the forcibly opened space door, and take a pleasant sip of the ice spring from which snow-capped mountain the magic generated fountain, and then leave through the next space door.

The first time she saw a wolf with two sharp fangs and a black and white pattern on its back appear in the palace, Queen Teynda screamed, and if it hadn't been for Hicks, who was riding on its back, who greeted her, Teynda would have turned and run away.

The angry Ostarion was ready to teach the foolish Hicks a good lesson, but was persuaded by Teenda, after all, Hicks was only a child, he had never been by our side since he was born, and he had followed Io to different planes and suffered too much, and these were caused by us, so we should compensate her well, not be harsh on her, besides, Hicks was just playing with her little friends and didn't hurt others, so what reason was there to reprimand her?

Ostarion looked at Teenda and said worriedly, "Honey, I know you want to make it up to her, but 。。。。。。 ”

Ostarion didn't know how to go on, there were some things that he couldn't say clearly to Tyenda, who had never been on the battlefield, and Tyenda couldn't understand what kind of future a would-be legendary magician would face in the Radiant Continent, and sometimes fate was not in the hands of an individual.

Teynda looked at Hicks in the distance, her eyes were full of doting, and said softly: "Wang, I know what you are thinking, I believe that our daughter will do well when she grows up, do you know, in fact, she was just an ordinary little girl before she was two years old, one day Io Scholar inadvertently said in front of her the reason for taking her through the plane, since that day she has changed, a two-year-old child in order to return to his parents, forced himself to learn those boring magic, even the dream words he said when he fell asleep were spells, It was this hard work that allowed her to return to us in only three years. You all think Hicks is a genius, but she's not, she's just an ordinary little girl, she just wants to snuggle up to her parents and be spoiled. If we can't give her a happy and unfettered future, why take away her carefree childhood? ”

Ostarion's body shook after hearing Teynda's words, and he looked at Hicks who was wrestling with Ursa's ears in the distance with complicated eyes, and let out a long sigh.

"We owe her so much."

"Daddy, Daddy, why do you say there are four different seasons in a year?"

"That is the law of time ruled by the god of the seasons, and only then will all things grow and mature."

"Daddy, Daddy, why is there day and night?"

"It was a pact between Dawn and Eternal Night, each with half of each day, so that each other's races could survive under conditions of adaptation."

"Daddy, Daddy, why is what you say different from what Mommy said? Mom said that there are four seasons in a year so that I can wear different beautiful clothes, there is day and night so that I can run in the sun and also fly under the stars. ”

"Ugh"

"Daddy, Daddy, why is the vegetables so unpalatable and the cheese so delicious?"

"Uh。。。。。。"

"Daddy, Daddy, why don't you ever wear a dress?"

"Uh。。。。。。"

"Daddy, Daddy, do you look at this beautiful hat I made?"

"Uh, wait, the jewel on the crown looks familiar?"

"Oh, that's from your sword, I actually prefer the blue one, but my mother said that the red one is more flattering to my skin."

"Uh。。。。。。"

"Daddy, Daddy, why does Mommy have to stay in bed all the time, is she sick?"

"Dad, Dad, is everyone going to get old, what will happen when they get old?"

"Daddy, Daddy, what is death?"

"Daddy, Daddy, is everybody going to die?"

"Daddy, Daddy, will you leave me too?"

A new cemetery has been added to the royal family's cemetery, and Ostarion holds seven-year-old Hicks in front of Queen Teynda's tombstone without saying a word, and the cute little princess has tears in her eyes.

This is the first time she has come to the cemetery, the first time she has seen her three brothers she has never met, and her mother, who has just passed away.

The word death appeared for the first time in her little heart, and she suddenly felt that this plane would not be as warm forever as she imagined, and it seemed that she heard the wind from the depths of the void again.

Hicks grabbed Ostarion's arm tightly and asked softly, "Daddy, will you one day leave me like Mommy?" ”

"No, kid." Ostarion stroked Hicks' soft hair and said firmly.

But only God has eternal life.