Chapter 8: Secrets
The Silvenian Forest is located in the southeastern part of the Western Continent, just north of the city of Limbo and southwest of Solong, the capital of the Savoy Kingdom. The forest perimeter is almost surrounded by mountains and swamps, except for the area directly to the east, near the southeast coast of the Western Continent, which is relatively flat. Therefore, if you start from the southeast coast and follow the banks of the small river that flows from the forest to the sea, you can reach the Sylvenian Forest in about three days of walking. This is by far the best route, but at the intersection of the river and the sea, there is a military port, the port of Silwinia, which was built by the Savoy to facilitate the army's access to the Silvenian forest.
Therefore, Mano will never be able to choose this easy route, because if you go north along the coastline from Limbo City, you will encounter 100% of the Savoyard people. If the Savoyard people found out that he was with a foreign child, he might be half-blooded. In order to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble, he also couldn't let the half-bloods find out about the child's existence. So, Mono had no choice but to take the child quietly from the docks to the outskirts of Limbo City, and chose to go north by land, straight to the Sylvenian Forest. Although this route is difficult to follow, and it takes a lot of time to make a round trip, fortunately he does not have to go to sea during this time, and his residence is on the outskirts of the sparsely populated city, so no one should find him leaving anytime soon.
When they set out from the port, it was the first moon, and there was only one moon in the sky. When the lights of Limbo City completely disappeared behind him, the last moon began to rise, and the two moons looked at each other in the night sky, and the surroundings suddenly became much brighter again.
"It's already two moons......" Moye looked up at the sky, his chest was full of thoughts, the farther away from Limbo City, the more difficult it was for him to tell, whether this risky choice was for himself or for his children, maybe both? In short, there was no room for regret about this sudden journey. Retracting his gaze, he looked down at the child beside him, who followed him all the way to midnight from the evening, and did not even shout that he was tired, he couldn't help but secretly marvel, and asked a little unbearably: "Are you tired?" Do you want me to carry you away?"
The child looked up at him and did not speak, but shook his head without pause. But Demon Ye's heart couldn't help but surge, and it was almost difficult to suppress. Looking at those strange eyes, feeling the warm and soft light beside him, Moye, who had been hesitating from the first moon to the second moon, finally couldn't help but sigh with confusion: "It turns out that your body is the same as your hair, it will shine......"
At this moment, the child suddenly stopped, looked up at Moye, and asked puzzledly, "Why are you surprised?
Hearing this, Demon Ambition was shocked and said in surprise: "Can you see it?"
"It's natural because we're all the same. The child said as a matter of course, and then continued on his way as if nothing had happened.
"You...... How do you know...... Could it be ......" Moye was completely confused, his chest was full of mixed feelings, full of doubts, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Although he was not mentally prepared, he had vaguely realized that the reason why he agreed to take the child to the Sirvenian Forest was not a momentary act of kindness, but a subconscious forced choice, and even in his conscious state, he could not refuse the traction of that force. Now, Mono has to admit that in fact, he has been involuntarily looking for some answers that he doesn't even know exists in the world. Finally, when things finally showed a little clue, he suddenly felt a little overwhelmed and hesitated whether he should continue to uncover the mystery.
Thirty years ago, he was indeed picked up by a half-blood from the mountains and forests of the Eastern Continent, and when he was a child, he once thought that he was no different from other children. Gradually, however, he noticed that his blood was a strange color, but fortunately the wound healed very quickly, and so far, no one had noticed anything wrong with his blood. In addition, the strength is much greater than others, and the body will glow. These halos are barely visible during the day, but they stand out when they are in the dark...... All the visions showed that he was different, and he was very distressed and puzzled.
At first, as soon as it gets dark, he hides in the house and doesn't see anyone. Later, some of the people who happened to meet him at night (whether they were half-bloods, Savoyards, or Lepelians) did not even notice the existence of these lights, and he was temporarily relieved. But after a while, he began to doubt his own eyes again, why could he see things that others couldn't see?
He didn't dare to imagine what was wrong with his body, and as he grew, as time went on, more and more incomprehensible anomalies gradually appeared in his body. But since no one around him noticed these visions, he occasionally reassured himself that it might just be a hallucination. Even though he has to pretend to be in the crowd every day, he is actually on guard against everyone all the time. He always lived cautiously, and even if he occasionally cut a small wound on his body carelessly, he had to hide it, not daring to let anyone see it.
After becoming an adult, Moye also made a lot of conjectures about his life experience, and every time he went to the Eastern Continent with a half-blood to do business, he also paid attention to it in many ways, but he never could solve this mystery, let alone easily reveal it to anyone. Because he knew that no one around him could give him answers, and he knew very well how cruel people treated those "monsters" who were different.
Fortunately, in the past 30 years, after countless verifications, he found that many visions were actually unaware of others except himself, and finally stopped being nervous all the time.
But without warning, the boy suddenly appeared in front of him, and at the first sight of the dazzling red hair, he couldn't help but be moved. Under the night, the halo around the child made him feel an inexplicable sense of security, not to mention, the child easily revealed his secret...... What does this mean? A premonition that made him flustered suddenly struck, and Mono didn't dare to continue to ask for the answer for the time being, and then remained silent all the way.
After a few days, they finally reached the edge of the Silvenian forest. This forest was much bigger than Moye had imagined, and he didn't know where the aliens were at all, so was it really good to break in recklessly like this? As an outsider, Mono was a little undecided. So he crouched down and asked the child, "Can you go back yourself?" or will I take you in?"
"Naturally, you're going back with me. The kid didn't leave any room for Mono to refuse.
Moye looked at the sky in distress, it was evening again. He had never been to this forest before, and he could not predict how deep it was, and besides, the forest at night was very dangerous. So he hesitated a little and said to the child, "Shall we spend the night here tonight and enter the forest tomorrow?"
"Why wait until tomorrow?" the child asked, puzzled.
"The forest can get dark at night...... Mano said.
"It doesn't matter. The child didn't care.
"However, many foraging beasts can be unguarded at night...... "Mono tries to explain to the child how dangerous the forest is at night, because in a completely unfamiliar forest, even he can't be sure that he will keep the child safe.
I didn't want this child to suddenly giggle, and the laughter was very crisp and pleasant, like a bird falling by the window in the morning. "It doesn't make a difference that they live in the forest, day and night," the child said. ”
The demon field choked for a moment, indeed, the beasts of the forest were no different day or night. But if he did encounter some beast, it would still be very dangerous for such a young child, right? In order to dispel the child's desire to take risks, he had to continue to patiently persuade: "Aren't you afraid? When it is dark in the forest, if the beast suddenly jumps out, we can only ...... in a panic."
"It doesn't matter, just say hello to them when you pass by, they won't get angry casually. You know, the forest is the same day and night. The kid directly interrupted Mano's words, and he even used pronouns to refer to people all the time, as if it were a matter of course.
Mono didn't correct the child's grammatical mistakes, believing that the child might just have not learned to distinguish the correct use of some words in Lepelian's language. In the cultural concept of the Lepelian people, only "man" is the ruler of the world and the most noble life. Therefore, in the Lepeilian language, the words to describe people, animals and plants have a very strict distinction between high and low. In the Eastern Continent, the pronouns used by the Lepelian people to refer to aliens are usually the same as beasts, because they have never regarded aliens as intelligent beings.
However, along the way, Moye gradually has many different views on aliens. Although this is just a foreign child, and so young, those strange eyes are like a far-reaching starry sky, which is amazing. He then began to realize that the rumors about aliens might not be true, and that aliens were clearly not as ugly or unintelligent as they were to be rumored. In his view, the child was a masterpiece of mystical wisdom, not the careless and shoddy work of the gods.
Still a little confused, perhaps he should have believed the kid, maybe the aliens really knew how to communicate with the beasts, after all, they were a people who lived in the forest. So, Moye finally compromised, and learned the child's words, and said with a smile: "Okay, then you have to remember to say hello to them, so that they don't come out to make trouble." ”
"Hmm. The child nodded, took Mono's hand, and walked into the forest.