Chapter 32: The Soul of Sorrow (1)
The woman came.
"Louisa Lancoster."
The long red hair, like a flame, was different from her steadfast steps, swaying unrestrained in the wind.
"I'll be your opponent."
Eventually, her heavy black boots landed on the ground somewhere, and in front of the man.
"It's really overwhelming, Ling Wan, do you think my dignified Christine will lose to you?"
The person on the other side accepted the challenge.
"Louisa, come on!!"
Beatis shouted.
"Is the average age of the two of you three years old?"
Xue Eryue said helplessly.
After some time.
"Now that I think about it, the two of us don't have to hurt each other like this."
"Indeed."
"Then Ah Yue, I'll leave the cuisine of the gods to you this time."
The two looked at the charred "food" in the pot in front of them, and said in unison.
"If the result is predestined, why should you waste the poor ingredients?"
…
After the exams of the last school year, there is a month-long summer vacation.
In order for students to have a relatively pleasant holiday, the results will be announced before the start of the new semester, so after the exams, the students of the college can go home.
After finishing the exam, Beatis packed her luggage and prepared to go back to Isalan, and after casually asking about Louisa and Sheryue's itinerary, she learned that the gods of the Bauhinia Monastery still had specific activities.
It's the Divine Society.
All the gods draw lots to determine the three people who will participate in the event, and then the three of them go to a certain place together to complete a certain commission.
Not only can they travel at public expense, but they will also have extra credits after completing the commission, which is extremely exciting for the gods who can only stay in the academy all year round and who came from the wizard system.
As Christine, Louisa doesn't need to draw lots to decide whether or not to participate, but most of the time she drops a word of cheer and goes straight home.
This year, however, there was a deity who had something at home and needed to go back as soon as possible, so he gave up his place to Louisa before leaving.
As for the reason why she was willing to participate in the Divine Gathering, it was also because the other two teammates happened to be Xue Eryue and Ling Wan.
Ling Wan is the person who listened to Ah Yue after Xiao Bai came back from the Golden State.
When I saw her for the first time today, I realized that she was also one of the gods of the Bauhinia Temple, as an extremely rare wind magician, her appearance was different from the free and flexible spirit of the elves she had imagined before, but she was wearing a black, military-like dress.
What brisked Bettith more was the misanthropy in her dark red pupils, and the seeming hostility that would appear when she looked at Louisa.
This reminded her of the discussion among her classmates in her spare time, saying that there was a genius wind mage among the gods, and although he was strong, he always despised other classmates, resulting in almost no friends around him.
Maybe it was because she stared at her for too long, causing Louisa to think that she was afraid, so she explained that Ling Wan had been like this since she was a child, her mouth was a little poisonous, but she was not bad, but this statement could not convince her.
"She didn't have that much anger when she faced Ah Yue."
"The Ling family and the Xueer family are world friends, and they have grown up together since childhood, and the relationship is definitely incomparable to me."
"So... It's okay, then, have a nice trip. ”
Although she was still a little worried, her heart was a little relieved when she thought that Xue Eryue was there.
After all, when the three of them stood together, she and Louisa looked more like friends who had grown up together.
…
"So, what mission did you send us from above?"
Ling Wan sat on the train seat, crossed her legs, and asked in a tone without any ups and downs.
"This mission may involve the twelve sacred artifacts."
In the early years of war, a soldier strayed into an ancient ruin while evading pursuit, and obtained a huge amount of treasure inside.
After the war ended, instead of going to the big cities, he set up a small village with many displaced refugees, which was his destination.
The village has been built for 100 years and is now a well-known holiday destination.
Just some time ago, when the villagers were renovating the soldiers' former residence, they found a rotten and unsightly box buried under the house.
There was only one glass bottle containing a folded map.
Attached to the map is a small line of small print, which is a message written by the soldier in his old age, indicating that he found something strange in the ruins back then-
"It's a crystal ball-like container with a faint blue glow, and every night, the container will emit blue flames, forming a shape similar to the girl's side face, and it has an open mouth, and there are constantly heart-rending cries, and the flame is not afraid of water, and there is no burning sensation to the touch, not so much a flame, but more like... Soul, it's a pity that no matter how many well-known magicians I asked, I still didn't get a definite answer, and now I bury it in the location shown on the map, hoping that someone in the future will solve this puzzle. ”
Xue Eryue read the information book that the teacher handed her before leaving.
"Is it the spirit of sorrow?"
"Perhaps, the war had just subsided, and many people couldn't even make a living, so who would care about any artifact."
"I say, shouldn't the twelve artifacts belong to your carrier pigeons? Why did you throw it to the Bauhinia Courtyard so casually this time. ”
Ling Wan listened to the conversation between these two people, only to feel that she couldn't interject, she tilted her head, and there was some impatience in her tone.
"Lost? Don't forget, you are now a reserve member of the carrier pigeon, and this meeting of the gods may not be a coincidence at all, but a test prepared for you by the carrier pigeon in conjunction with the Bauhinia Academy. ”
"It turns out that I am still a reserve member, and I haven't responded for so long, I thought that the application had been thrown in the trash by you."
"If it weren't for the busy work in the organization lately, I wouldn't have considered your walking flamethrower."
"I just want to help Ah Yue reduce her burden, so that she won't have any free time when you call her."
"Why are you two arguing again... By the way, Louisa, what do you mean by 'you'? ”
Xue Eryue helped her forehead, and she was too lazy to persuade her.
"If I'm not mistaken, Charles' family is in this small village on the edge of Kepida."
Louisa gestured to the map.
"Who is Charles?"
Ling Wan pouted, already so angry that the person opposite was talking nonsense.
"That is, the classmate who has been with us for three years, the one who said that there is something at home that can't participate in the gods' meeting, are you sick and burned out your brain by the way?"
"Oh, it's all his fault that he doesn't have a sense of existence, so he's also a member of the pigeon reserve, and it doesn't sound that great."
"Well, that is, the deity assessment score is in front of you every school year, which is really not a big deal."
"If you two continue to quarrel, you can cook and eat by yourself for the next few days."
"Charles, awesome."
"You're not bad either."
"I'll try to learn from you."
“…”
It was a day of peace.