There are some things that we don't know why we do them, and we just want to do them in a daze, and we may be able to find such a firm reason by questioning our hearts.

"You have to answer me seriously, kid!" Aunt Yude looked serious.

Vilne couldn't speak, "I, that, I told my father, uh, I said hello, well, I told him, then we came to the Holy Tree City......"

"What a lad who can't lie. Sit down, let's sit and talk. Aunt Yude said helplessly. Kid, do you know where you're going? Have you really thought about facing that kind of difficulty? ”

"I, I don't know...... However, I want to take care of Winnie and protect him when she is in danger. Will lowered his head, his tone unconfident.

"You're in danger, but you don't know anything about it?" The aunt hurriedly spun around on the ground.

"Do you know where you're going? It's the edge of the sacred tree barrier! Aunt Radder frowned and said to Will, "At the edge of the Sacred Tree's radiance, we Star Spirits have been at war with the monsters in the darkness, and the Starlight Travelers are going deep into the heart of darkness, the center of darkness. ”

"Aunt Yude, I, I know all this, but I think, as long as I am careful......"

"Will, outside the Sacred Tree Enchantment, it's useless to be careful, you have to have the means to protect yourself." Aunt Yude is in a hurry.

"Vir, you are a smart boy, you will not make such a mistake, stay in the village honestly, and be a stonemason in peace. There's nothing bad about it either. Aunt Yude sighed, "If you were like the silly boy next door who has been with the guards since childhood, I wouldn't be so uneasy." ”

Aunt Hind grabbed Will's arm, "Look at your body, you are not as thin as the poet in the tavern, what do you use to protect yourself?" ”

"Don't blame Auntie for being blunt, Will, you can't protect yourself when you explore the unknown, how can you protect Winnie?" Aunt Yude regretted it after she said it. She knew how much it would hurt a teenager to say that to him.

Will withdrew his arm from Aunt Bad's hand, "Auntie, I know, I don't have good skills like the guards, and I don't know how to do magic like Winnie. Aunt Yude was stunned for a moment and looked at Will.

"But I really wanted to be with Winnie, and I was so happy to see her. I want to take care of her, and I think I can still do it. Will clenched his fists, "I really want to travel the world with her, I know how weak I am, but I still want to be by Winnie's side." I just want to do what I can, I just want to do what I can ......"

Looking at the tearful Will, Aunt Virtue knew that she had touched the young man in front of her, but the worry in her heart hoped that she could stop the Vir in front of her.

A moment of contradiction made Aunt Yude not know what to say.

Under the window outside the room, a figure lowered his head, holding something in his hand, muttered, "Aunt Bad, Will, fool." A hand was raised, his face was wiped away, and he walked off into the distance.

The atmosphere in the room was stiff, and Will's eyes were red and silent.

Aunt Badd's expression was tangled, and after a long time, she broke the silence and said to Will, "You must go?" ”

Will nodded vigorously.

The aunt sighed, "Hey! There's really no way, since I can't pull you back, at least I have to let you have the means to protect yourself. I don't know if my unwitting stonemason daddy will blame me. ”

With that, Aunt Radder gently pressed her hand on Will's shoulder and said to Will, "Listen to the child, I can give you a suggestion that may give you the ability to protect yourself or protect Winnie in your adventures." ”

Will's eyes were fixed on his aunt.

"But you have to make a bet with me, if you can't complete the method I gave you, I will keep you in the city, even if you complain about me for the rest of your life."

"I'm going to do it!"

"Will, did the old stonemason tell you about rune carving?" ”

"Rune carving?" Will was stunned for a moment, "Daddy didn't tell me, but I know Daddy will carve some strange runes. As he spoke, he took out a round stone slab from his bosom.

The slate is smooth and somewhat oddly shaped. One side is flat, the other side is convex.

"This is Luna Rock?" Aunt Hind looked at the slate in Will's hand in surprise.

"I carved it myself, I remember it was a long time ago."

Aunt Yude took the stone slab from Will's hand, looked at it front and back, and found that a diamond made up of three triangles was carved on the flat side of it.

Return the tablet to Will, "This is the inscription of the Prophecy Stone, but it's incomplete, just one of the runes. Where did you see that from? ”

Will thought for a moment, "I think a few years ago, when I first met Winnie, she showed me a scroll, and this is the thing in that scroll, and I thought it was very beautiful, so I carved some out of stone. I don't know where the rest has gone, and that's all that's left. Will took the slate and gently put it back in his arms, "I will take it as a memento and keep it until now." Aunt Yude, what is the pattern? ”

"This is the rune carving I mentioned to you, the prophecy stone rune you carved, infused with magic, it will point out the general direction of what you have in mind." Aunt Hinder said to Will, "This may be fate, or maybe." Rune carving is literal, and carving runes is the ability mastered by the rune carver. ”

"Rune carver? Like Daddy? Will wondered.

"Yes, rune carver." Aunt Madder pointed to Will's arms. "You're just the way you are, a real rune carver can make a carving turn into a magic-carrying entity even if it only carves a large rune."

"Auntie, are you talking about those prop stones that need to be driven by magic?"

"That's right, that's a rune carving. It's just that it's carved by a stonemason and injected with magic by a priest. Aunt Yude waved her hand, "You know what rune carving is, right?" ”

"Could it be that Aunt Yude wants me to become a rune carver?"

"No, you don't have magical powers, what I'm going to say next is what I want you to do, I want you to become a star spirit carver." Will was stunned for a moment, "Star Spirit? ”

"What the rune carver carves is useless and cannot be used if no one infuses it with the magic of the sacred tree." Aunt Virtue stood up and walked to the window, "Will, look at the sacred tree outside. ”

Will came to the aunt's side and looked at the branches of the sacred tree, "This sacred tree is really huge. ”

"Yes, it's huge, but Will, this sacred tree was no taller than you before."

Will's eyes widened, "No tree as tall as me?" You say this one? "The sacred tree outside the window, its branches are as big as the whole array, and hundreds of star spirits with thick trunks can surround it." This, this is incredible, no, this is unbelievable! ”

"There's nothing unbelievable, because this tree was carved by the High Priest of the Star Spirit himself."

"High Priest?!! Carving by hand? ”

"Yes, a great star spirit carver." "But, Daddy never told me about that." "Maybe the old stonemason doesn't want you to know anything about the Star Spirit Carving."

"Why?" Will asked puzzled, "And Auntie, what is the relationship between the Holy Tree and the Star Spirit Carving you mentioned?" ”

"Rune carving uses magic, but Star Spirit Carvers are different, not magic, but Star Soul itself! And there are some things that can only be done by the Star Spirit Carving, like this sacred tree. ”

"So, why have I never heard of the Star Spirit Carver?"

"Because if you want to complete a work, you have to inject a part of the star soul into it......" Aunt Yude finished speaking, and sat on the chair as if she had lost her strength. The Star Soul contains the magic of the sacred tree, but as the Star Soul decreases, the Star Spirit will gradually disappear into the world forever. It was after the carving of the sacred tree that the High Priest turned into a starlight and dissipated. ”

"......" Will fell silent.

After a long while, Vir raised his head and said to Aunt Bad, "I've decided, even if that's the case, I want to be a Star Spirit Carver." The aunt looked back in amazement, "I will protect Winnie, even if—" Will looked out the window at the huge stone carved tree, white and holy.

“…… Even if she becomes Starlight, I will still protect her! That's why I'm sticking with it! ”

Will's eyes were firm, and his blue pupils reflected the light of the stars.

"Well, you've convinced me, I'll talk to the old stonemason and let him teach you how to become a Star Spirit Carver."