Chapter 1226: The Imprisoned Heart
"What will become of the liberated world?" Roland asked tentatively, "what good will you get?
"Honestly, I don't know. Arashi laughed, "But no matter what, it's better than being confined here forever." At least – the future is full of possibilities. ”
Roland stared at her for a long time, and the other party's expression was very natural, as if he had made an ordinary choice.
It seems that there is little hope of trying to find Arashi's flaws through dialogue, and he thinks to himself, unless he can bring Nightingale into the dream world as well. And the next inquiries also gained little, and the answers involving the gods were all silent, and she could not help the battle of divine will.
Even limited by the rules of the dream world, she can only act as a martial artist here, and secretly transmitting information is the limit. According to Arashi, different areas of the realm of consciousness have different rules, which is difficult for even gods to tamper with. It was with this that she was able to gain a respite and search for a savior who could stop the battle of the divine will.
But until it's all over, she's not truly free—the shackles that bind her are still there, and they threaten to turn her efforts into nothingness at any moment.
When Arashi was delivered to the store, Roland asked one last question.
"By the way, you said at the beginning that I didn't expect me to open my own café, is there really a place for a Rose Café in this city?"
"Yes," Arashi smiled slightly, "in Prism City." ”
"But I asked Garcia—"
"The café is located in the middle of the castle spine, and only the top officials of the Martial Arts Association can enter it. At that time, I already knew that the Society was going to issue you a hunting license, and once you got it, you would be able to pass through the central region. But what I didn't expect was that you had no interest in the association at all, and you hadn't been to Prism City for so long after getting your license. Lan paused, "By the way, the central containment vault that houses the core of the demon fallen is at the lowest level of the city vertebrae, and usually only the town guards and above can enter and exit it. ”
So that's what happened...... Roland finally knew why he couldn't find the agreed place all the time, the Rose of Feelings Cafe was a welfare facility for insiders, and it had to be a high-level person.
"And the next meeting - I mean, if necessary, which café to choose? After all, there are two roses now. ”
"It's better to be in the old place," she said softly, looking at the towering building, "Garcia lives in this building, right? Me...... Maybe I'll like it here. ”
Maybe I don't know if I like it or not? Roland raised an eyebrow and didn't answer.
After saying goodbye, Arashi's back gradually disappeared into the alley.
Roland leaned against the door of the store, digesting the vast amount of information he had gained from the conversation.
Whether it is the dream world or the real world, it seems to have become clearer than ever, magic, divine will, consciousness realm, dawn realm, bottomless abyss...... These words are no longer just concepts, but are connected by newly acquired information.
Just as he was pondering, he suddenly felt a strange tremor sweep through his body!
Roland jerked his head up, and saw a twisted ripple in front of him, like an endless wall of transparency sweeping across the alley, sweeping past him and then rapidly expanding into the distance.
What's going on?
He looked at the other people in the community with some surprise, and the aunts and uncles didn't seem to notice the difference just now, and still did their own things with a smile.
If it weren't for a similar experience, he would have almost thought he was hallucinating.
Wrong, Roland clenched his fists, a change that only he could feel - and the fluctuations were quite like the heaven and earth senses he generated when he retrieved the core of a magical creature. Although the former made him feel comfortable and his body overflowed with warmth, the latter made him feel a little uneasy.
Could it be that something had an impact on the dream world that caused such a vision?
It's a pity that Lan has already left, and he didn't go to Prism City to get the association's special mobile phone, otherwise he might be able to ask something from her.
Roland suppressed his thoughts, locked the door of the café, and returned to the building.
He was going to break off the connection with the dream and return to reality, but as soon as he opened the door of 0825, he saw that Jieluo's sneakers were still at the entrance.
He couldn't help but be stunned, the conversation with Lan had been more than an hour, and the time for school had already passed, why hadn't Jieluo gone out yet?
Looking into the living room, Roland was surprised to see that the little girl was lying motionless on the ground, with two broken water glasses beside her.
"No......"
He walked quickly in front of the other man, crouched down and grabbed the other's wrist.
The pulse is still beating.
Looking at the other party's face again, I saw that Jieluo's eyes were closed, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her cheeks were red, as if she was enduring some pain.
Roland tried to touch her forehead, and there was a hot sensation in his palm.
This is...... Fever?
Judging from the posture in which she fell, it was probably when she suddenly lost her balance while cleaning up the coffee table.
Hell, she's fine in the morning.
However, Roland's high heart also fell a lot, and it was better to be sick than to be attacked by a demon degenerate. The moment he saw the little girl fall, he almost thought that the gods had sent his men to seek revenge.
Roland didn't hesitate to pick him up, ran down the building in three steps and two steps, and got headlong into the van.
It was probably the jolt that brought Jay back to consciousness a little, and she opened her eyes and muttered in a low voice, "I broke the ...... on the table Cup......
"I saw it. ”
"Yes...... I will pay ...... Yours, don't chase me...... Go to the countryside. ”
This guy ...... Is it burned?
Roland put her in the passenger seat, helped her fasten her seatbelt, and said, "Shut up, don't say anything." ”
Just as he pulled out to start the car, Jieluo suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve, "Uncle...... Don't leave. ”
This is the first time that the little girl who almost always looks at him with a raised eyebrow. Looking at the other party's almost pleading expression, Roland couldn't help but think of the words she wrote in her diary, probably because the high fever made her unconscious, revealing her most vulnerable side, and she didn't know how her family treated her in the past - thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Don't worry, your rent hasn't been paid yet, and I won't let you go." ”
Hearing this, Jieluo slowly closed her eyes, but the hand still did not let go.
After being sent to the hospital, there was another toss, registration, diagnosis, hospitalization, and hanging water...... It was basically afternoon, and although the condition had not yet been clarified, the little girl's condition had stabilized.
It wasn't until late evening that he was approached by the attending doctor.
"Are you really a martial artist?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Roland asked.
"Please don't tease us next time. The other party didn't have a good breath, "That girl is not sick at all, but has awakened the power of nature - although there are not many such cases, but there will always be one or two unwell people in the hundreds, has the Martial Arts Association never told you this?"
"What?"
"Wake up. Really, if it weren't for the fact that a martial artist in the hospital noticed this, I would have thought it was some rare disease. The doctor's tone was full of impatience, "You can go through the discharge procedures and take her home." ”
......
Roland, who had been tossing for most of the day, returned to the tube building with Jieluo, who was still asleep.
Looking at the little white-haired girl curled up in his arms, he let out a long sigh...... I didn't expect that she was once a pure person, even if she came to this world, she still couldn't escape the favor of magic, this can only be said to be fate. But after all, with him watching in the dream world, she shouldn't repeat the mistakes of the previous life.
By this time, the sky had been shrouded in night, and the long hallway was only the dim glow of a row of old chandeliers, and the occasional flying insect crashing into the light. When he approached 0825, he unexpectedly saw another familiar figure - Garcia. The other party was sitting in the aisle with his back to the door of his house.
What the hell is going on today? One after another, they came looking for trouble, and they promised the nightingale that they would only sleep for a while, and now it is estimated that it is almost time for dinner there.
"Yo," Roland crouched down in front of her, "why are you in the mood to wait for me here? Could it be that you lost your key and want to spend the night at my house?"
Garcia didn't sneer at the first time, which made him feel that something was wrong.
And when the other party raised his head, Roland suddenly didn't say a word.
I saw that she was already in tears.
"Prism City...... Attacked by a large group of fallen demons...... I heard from the people who escaped, my master...... Master, in order to block the enemy and protect everyone's retreat, she was killed by the demon degenerate......"