Uh, let's report the reason for the break first: because the mother of the child fan has been seriously unwell recently, so the child fan has to take care of the sick number at home even if he doesn't run to accept the exploitation, so he is really powerless...... Alas, I won't say too much, in short, I still hope you can understand~~ Long live understanding......

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Merlin is more familiar with the history of Ziyuan Town, but he only knows very little about the Aster area, the history of Aster Valley, and the origin, exhibition and changes of this valley, the only thing he can be sure of is that long before the Guancheng people in the modern sense used this valley as a burial place for demonic beasts, this is the so-called sacred place where the ancestors of Guancheng buried the remains of demonic beasts.

The reason why Merlin is ignorant of the history of Aster and even full of blind spots is not because he is not skilled in his art or because he deliberately avoids understanding this aspect because he is afraid of ghosts, but simply because Merlin has no access to accurate historical information about Aster.

The historical inheritance of this world is quite chaotic and fragmented due to the multifaceted effects of various tellers and unspeakable and unexplained reasons, and even scholars like Merlin, who study specialized history, and even so-called nobles like the Merlin family, who have a long history, have a complete blank understanding of many periods of history. That's right, it's a blank, a complete blank, with no head or tail, appearing abruptly and then disappearing abruptly, or revealing pieces of vacancy as if it had been torn off.

One of the main reasons for this tragic reality is that successive rulers seem to be afraid of history, preferring to remain silent about the past or, more simply, to disconnect with the past. Today's alliances, on the other hand, are a bit different, they have inherited some of the policies of the old rulers, for example, they are very arrogant and severely restrict the study and discussion of modern history, which directly leads to the fact that the so-called modern history that ordinary people and even the vast majority of scholars come into contact with is a completely unified official caliber, and only a small number of scholars from the old aristocracy or who are not afraid of death can lift the mystery of the chaotic modern history from the side and get a glimpse of its ugly and dirty face and then completely shut their mouths. But perhaps in exchange for the academic world, or to show how they differed from the old rulers, the League strictly banned the study of modern history while at the same time opening up the study of antiquity and even ancient civilizations to the greatest extent.

However, although the above agreed on the study of ancient and even ancient civilizations, there are too many huge obstacles and insurmountable gaps in the research work of the old calendar civilization as a fledgling one, which may be one of the reasons why the alliance is willing to open up research, which can greatly distract the academic community without worrying about any substantial progress in a short period of time.

The first obstacle in front of the fanatical scholars who devote themselves to the study of the old calendar civilization with great enthusiasm is the scarcity and disconnection of historical materials, and in many cases they can only use oral myths and legends to complete the broken historical timeline, which leads scholars to feel deep guilt and powerlessness for their irresponsible behavior.

The scarcity of historical materials is only one of the obstacles, but the obstacle that makes scholars want to cry without tears is that the ancient physical historical materials, which are already very scarce, are also filled with too many dead languages and dead words that are difficult or simply impossible to decipher. The utterly indecipherable materials left behind by these civilizations, which have long since disappeared in the long river of history, often lead scholars to find a painful contradiction between the reluctance to give up these extremely rare historical materials, and the difficulty in deciphering from them the exact content that can convince most colleagues. Since deciphering these dead characters requires multiple translations of other decipherable texts, the fact that the translated texts can maintain their original meaning has always been criticized and doubted by scholars, and many scholars often add very strict personal subjective thoughts and personal opinions in the process of translation, so the combination of two-sided factors leads to the emergence of several or even dozens of completely different versions of translations in just two sentences of ancient characters. And the content deciphered by the different versions is even more incompatible.

Even though many scholars from the old aristocracy have devoted themselves to the study of the old calendar civilization with their profound family knowledge, helping other scholars to barely bypass or break through the barriers of some historical data and dead writing, the overall progress of the study of the old era, the ancient era, and the ancient era is still extremely slow, and even often reverses.

That's why Merlin's grandfather used his unique talent in that area to exchange academic research for his own safety. However, Merlin, who was aware of this and uneasy, disobeyed his grandfather's words for the first time, and he did not dare to tell his grandfather of his conjectures, so he could only follow his own speculation and follow what he thought was the right path.

Although Grandpa could not fully understand and understand Merlin's vague concerns, given that it was the first time that his grandson had made such a strong noise, he decided to follow Merlin's advice and let him join the Trainer Wave and become a trainer who would probably end up being unknown.

"Alas......" Merlin, who was in the mist, sighed deeply. This kind of ancient place will always provoke Merlin's nostalgia, and his mind will involuntarily think of some irrelevant things.

"So I said, I'm really not suitable for ......" Staggering to a halt, Merlin slowly raised his right hand to push away his glasses first, and then rubbed his Tianying acupoint with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, "...... Doing this kind of thing...... "Merlin's body trembled with all kinds of shocking and tragic and cruel images flashing in his mind like a film movie.

"History for me......" he used his ability to close his brain and clean up the things that did not belong to him, "has a completely different meaning!! ”

After half-roaring these inexplicable words, Merlin somewhat regained his senses, raised his hands and rubbed his face a few times, and then put his glasses back on, Merlin walked firmly into the misty Aster Valley, into this ancient, isolated tomb......

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The deep, silent, smoky Aster Valley is home to a number of burial structures of different styles, and even without a little architectural expertise, the layout of these complexes, which expand outwards in a wheeled manner according to their chronology, is enough to discern the age and background in which they were built.

In the center of the Aster Valley stands a variety of strange towers built by the old civilization, in the outer part there are a large number of wooden towers with a strong religious atmosphere built by the Guancheng people, and on the outer part there are a lot of stone tombs with the Nanban style, and the towers standing in the outermost periphery are naturally built during the current alliance period, these towers are called "Pokémon Tower" by the alliance to distinguish it from the old name "Bone Tower".

But these reinforced concrete buildings seem to be somewhat out of place in the valley. Whether it is the monotonous and boring style, the ancient ornamentation imitated by industrialization, or the so-called texture of chemical paint, there is obvious carelessness and perfunctory everywhere. Although the alliance advocates the high-standard treatment and sincere care and care for Pokémon, comparing these towering tombs in the world can most intuitively show their essence. To put it mildly, the towers built during the Alliance period are not even more sincere than those built in the modern era, even if the latter treats Pokémon very badly.

While the towers built by the Alliance are clearly lacking in heart, this does not prevent the towers, whether they are called the Bone Towers or the Pokémon Towers, from fulfilling their original functions. Merlin also saw several groups of people walking together along the way, either with solemn faces, or unable to hide their sadness, or reluctant or full of sorrow, these mourners, mourners, mourners, each with their own different but the same grief, with their own pace to leave this sad but concerned place.

[Maybe I'm selfish and cowardly with such thoughts, right? Merlin, who stood still, watched in silence as a tear-stained and sobbing girl reluctantly left the valley with the forced support of her companions, and several times the girl tried to break free from her partner's arm and threw herself back again. [I would rather be you say goodbye to the timid me at the end, than I don't want to experience even one such scene myself......] He did not share these words with his companions, but silently buried them in his heart, allowing them to take root or wither and weather.

The people who came out of the tower had their own stories of life and death, they buried a part of themselves in the tower and then dragged their mutilated bodies back to the world. Merlin didn't think he had that kind of courage, so he could only choose to cowardly escape, to escape the responsibility that he would have to bear sooner or later.

"Alas......" Seeing the back of the girl who suddenly howled and cried being dragged away by her companions, and was completely swallowed up by the smoke, Merlin, who felt a trace of sadness, sighed and walked forward again to complete the small goal she had set.

Among the various evil spirit-warding items produced by Shion, the most famous and effective at the moment is naturally the "amulet of purification" made by Shinto shrine maidens, which can avoid ghosts and even resist the power of ghosts, and has the protection of the mysterious power that has allowed the Shinto religion to continue for a long time. In fact, not only are Shinto talismans, but the onmyoji of the Onmyoji of the Onmyoliao were also good at making similar props in the past, and they are all very effective, but the props they make are not famous today. As for the monks in the temple, it is natural that they can also make some props with similar functions, but it seems that they are no longer produced.

And if you want to ask for a cleansing amulet, you naturally have to go to the shrine maiden who is looking for Shinto, as for how to find the shrine maiden? That's also very simple. On the hills to the north of the valley, the famous Shinto temple Shion Shrine is home to the largest number of Shinto priests in the Seki area, and among them are naturally shrine maidens who are originally Kagura dancers; Of course, they can also be found in Aster Valley, and the shrine maidens who are the managers of Pokémon Towers are filled with almost every Pokémon Tower that is "open" to the outside world.

Business? That's right, it's business.

The tombs in the Aster Valley are not free, and they are worth a lot of money. In this regard, the alliance can be said to have opened a vicious precedent for Pokémon funeral fees. In ancient times, at least in the era when there was a history of faith to study, Aster's Monster Crypt has always been free to use regardless of class. The so-called nobles and high-ranking people will pay for the construction of a luxurious bone tower dedicated to their own family or a certain demonic beast to collect the corpses of the deceased demonic beasts. The so-called commoners, the inferior, could dig their own graves and bury their own monsters at designated places in the valleys, although they did not have such opportunities at that time.

In the past, religious ceremonies for the sake of memorial or degree or other meanings were also free, whether it was Shinto, Yiyi or Yin and Yang, they all took the initiative to find all kinds of large-scale sacrifices and pujas from the beginning, although they would receive part of the alms from some believers, but it was not forced after all. And the so-called aristocrats, when they have money and have nowhere to spend or suddenly remember, will also take the initiative to "invite" those religious people to hold more grand religious ceremonies, which naturally requires an additional fee.

However, during the Alliance period, these old rules changed, and not only did you have to pay for burying Pokémon, but even religious people had to pay extra for their rituals.

Although according to the Alliance, they will provide free tombs for the majority of civilians to bury their Pokémon, but the reality is cruel - the tombs are free, and all other qiē need to be charged, and different levels of so-called tomb management fees must be paid according to the specifications of the tombs. In particular, tombstones, coffins, sacrificial supplies, tributes and the like are even more valuable. This is what the Union calls an open-air cemetery of universal purity - the price of a public cemetery that is tightly packed between towers. If you want to bury Pokémon in the tower, then the cost is higher, and the tombs in the tower have completely different prices according to the different floors and the location of the floors, in addition to the various styles and specifications of tombs, coffins, tombstones, and additional services require a lot of costs.

All in all, Pokémon breeders who can afford a whole set of graves in the tower can be regarded as the so-called middle-class and wealthy family in modern times.

And from a background like Merlin, his family has an ancient dedicated bone tower in Aster Valley, and there is more than one. However, Merlin, who has been removed from the family and has no right to use his surname, let alone use these towers, has even been deprived of his qualifications to go in and pay respects. Although he didn't mind this at all, the thought of the tomb in the Pokémon Tower, which required a thick stack of bills to get in exchange, somehow he still had a little bit of inexplicable feelings that arose.

Merlin didn't want to go to the Shion Shrine, so if he wanted to find the shrine maidens, he had to go to the Pokémon Tower in business, so he naturally made the brand-new nine-story tower closest to him his goal - the first few Worshippers he had met before had come out of this tower.

After lingering in front of the door of this boring and modern tower for a while, and then walking around the tower without giving up, Merlin, who really couldn't find the ideal witch standing outside the tower to greet the guests, had no choice but to walk to this place he least wanted to enter. Walking up the dozen steps in front of the tower, pushing open the bronze gate made of an unknown alloy replica, Merlin stepped into the tower of mourning.

Much to Merlin's surprise, the appearance of the Pokémon Tower was not as eerie, ghostly, and gloomy as he had expected...... On the contrary, pure white tiles reflecting a clean luster covered the ground beneath his feet, the whitewashed walls were inlaid with antique candlesticks at intervals, the milky white ceiling reflected a soft white light from top to bottom, the light mixed with the flickering candlelight reflected the place very warmly, and the air was filled with the smell of herbs, essential oils, and candles...... Tranquility and sacredness, this is the most intuitive feeling of Merlin after stepping into the Pokémon Tower.

Of course, if you want to have this feeling, you must first ignore the two rows of small shops selling sacrificial supplies and various amulets at the entrance of the first floor, as well as the funeral service points with clearly marked prices......

It's a pity that Merlin still couldn't ignore these things in reality in the end, and all the feelings before just looking at those things suddenly disappeared, "nondescript......" he pouted and whispered.

Merlin couldn't tell what was in the air, but he wasn't bored by the smell of a mixture of herbs and essential oils, candles and incense. The space reverberated with melodious sounds struck by ancient instruments but played by modern devices, accompanied by the mysterious murmurs of shrine maidens and priests that had been recorded in a loop, causing Merlin to feel a trance......

There are no tombstones or tombs on the first floor of the tower, only a few mournful people who are still sad, and a few Shinto shrine maidens who are engaged in profit-making activities.

[Environment, light and shadow, smell, sound......] Merlin bit the tip of his tongue and used the pain to restore his clarity, [artificially constructed with the help of external forces......] He quickly glanced around, [Sadness, grief, how much of your love is your own, and how much is it caused by external forces? He asked himself, [still demagoguery......] and he was clearly starting to think cranky again.

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The difficulty of obtaining the amulet of purification seems to have passed Merlin's expectations, and he originally thought that he could quickly complete his goal by going directly to the stall next to him and using some of his props to discuss with the shrine maiden who was a part-time clerk to exchange a talisman, but the cold girl with a straight face ruthlessly shattered Merlin's illusions, and she bluntly told Merlin that the amulets she sold here were specially used to collect money, and the effectiveness was very low. If he wanted a real amulet, he had to go to the seventh floor of the tower to find the tide who presided over the work of the tower, so that she could give Merlin a "really effective" amulet.

In order to obtain the amulet, Merlin had no choice but to continue his way to the higher levels of the tower.

【The tide is coming? Merlin, who was climbing the stairs, thought, "A shrine maiden of the Northern Sect Shinto? During the National Shinto period, all sects of Shinto and ancient Shinto were unified under the shrine Shinto, and these local guys were also absorbed......] With the help of memories and various anecdotes, Merlin forcibly controlled his thoughts and did not think about ghosts and ghosts and the like, [These blind women are said to have a strong ability to communicate with the dead and exorcisms, and after undergoing the harshest rituals, they married themselves to someone' God', the unique scriptures they chant have more power than the shrine's priests...... I think it should be that the older the tide, the more powerful it is......]

Walking through the tombstones of different shapes and the stairs one after another, Merlin Tong guò coercive means to control his thoughts that may go astray at any time.

Just when he had already seen the stairs leading to the third floor leading to the fourth floor, he was about to break through another layer of the cemetery, but a luxurious tombstone that happened to pass by him attracted his attention very strangely. It was a beautiful work of art that stood out among the surrounding cheesy tombstones, and the upper part of the tombstone made of pure white marble was carved with a life-size statue of Lada, which was carved like a living thing, and at first glance it was the work of a famous artist. Underneath the statue is an image of Rada, whose claws hold a thick log, the middle of which has been bitten out into a roughly humanoid shape.

"Rada?" Merlin was a little surprised, both at the sheer man's magnanimity and at the talent of the Lada—Merlin was sure that the image must have been carved by some craftsman from a photograph, and that the Lada was able to carve a rough human form out of wood with his front teeth, a rare mastery of power—a rare bite to bite.

Merlin couldn't help but look down, and under the engraved image was a small piece of beautifully handwritten but obviously trembling words: "I will always remember that day, because I lost so much on that day...... You are my greatest regret in this life - Green, 1997......."

"Green?" Merlin was stunned for a moment, "Could it be ......?"

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Well, this section buries a small foreshadowing about the protagonist that will only be used for a long time~~

Then, this section uses one of the settings in the weird story, poor Lada~~~

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