Chapter 24: Miracles
The little girl replied, "Because it can turn the fantasy in the mind into reality, the fantasy match with the purest purity is also called the miracle match." www.biquge.infoMiracle matches are strictly controlled in Copenhagen and even in Denmark as a whole, and any act of buying and selling miracle matches without the approval of the king is a capital offense, and if caught, you will be hanged! β
The little girl looked at the two of them seriously and said, "And that kind of fantasy match has a lot of side effects. You are strangers and do not know the horror of miracle matches. The price of making a dream come true is not something that ordinary people can afford, only people who are desperate to the extreme will use it. β
"The price? Being able to embody fantasy certainly comes at a cost. There was still a fervor in Luna's eyes, "This is a power that only gods can have. β
She grabbed a large match from the sack, wiped it and held it in her hand, then narrowed her eyes in intoxication. "It's amazing, it's like the real thing - no, it's real!"
This woman's current appearance is exactly the same as that of an addict who gets her wish.
"This womanβ" Xue Yuan was a little speechless.
"Is this fantasy match all right?" Xue Yuan no longer paid attention to Luna, he pointed to the match stalks on the ground and said to the little girl, "I heard people say that fantasy matches are contraband, is it okay if you have so many?" β
"This kind of ordinary fantasy matches are everywhere in the west city of Copenhagen, and many children will take some matches out and sell them at night like me - the guards don't catch us kids, they just catch the poor guys who buy our fantasy matches and impose a huge fine, which is an important source of income for the guard."
The little girl sat down on the straw, her little hands clutching her old apron tightly.
Xue Yuan noticed that when the little girl said the word "guard", there was an indescribable hatred.
"Can you tell me what the guard is? Special law enforcement forces? Xue Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked, in fact, he had heard this word once when Charlotte and Durant were talking, and it was not good to ask those two people at the beginning, but now he finally has the opportunity to ask.
"The guard was the personal guard of the new King Frederick VII, and he played a great role in his seizure of the throne. When Frederick VII ascended the throne, he gave them great power, even above the royal guard. They are a pack of voracious wolves, with an insatiable thirst for riches. β
The little girl's conversation was very mature, and these words were simply not something that a little girl of her age could say.
"What's the point of arresting us hawkers who sell ordinary fantasy matches? To arrest us is to cut off one of their financial routes. So they will only catch the buyer and not the seller, because the buyer who is caught by them will have to pay a lot of money if they want to get out. And what money do we peddlers have? 1 mark can buy a fantasy match. The little girl sighed. And 1 mark can only buy half a piece of black buckwheat bread like the one just now. β
But miracle matches were different, and Frederick VII ordered that buyers and sellers of miracle matches should be hanged if they were caught. Although the people in the guard are greedy, they don't dare to be sloppy in this matter, once they are caught, they will really be hanged! β
"If you just need some spiritual comfort, in fact, ordinary fantasy matches are enough." The little girl pointed to the cloth bag, "If you want, you can give you the fantasy matches of this cloth bag, you can just give me 1 Dale." β
"No, I just need miracle matches." Xue Yuan shook his head.
"Then you'll have to talk to my dad." The little girl was a little angry at Xue Yuan's "dissuasion", "Look at the woman who came with you, she just used an ordinary fantasy match to become like this, even if you get a miracle match, can you afford it?" β
Xue Yuan turned his head to look at Luna, only to see her grab another match and wipe it, muttering "Don't...... Take it...... I miss you so much" and other inexplicable words, which are already intoxicating and inextricable.
"It's not that we're going to use miracle matches, we're just doing things for people, that's all I can say." Xue Yuan looked at the little girl seriously with an angry face, "We really need to buy those matches-"
"But my dad won't come back until the evening, and it would be a miracle if he came back during the dayβ"
Before the little girl could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a loud bang.
Xue Yuan felt that the door of the house should have been kicked open directly, so he stood up, thinking to himself that some kind of hooligan or something had broken in.
Just as he was about to go out and take a look, the voice of a drunken and rude man came.
"Damn stinky girl! Who told you to lock the door? The wings are stiff and you want to freeze your dad outside? Irina! Get the hell out of here! ...... vomit," followed by the sound of a man vomiting.
The little girl's body trembled slightly, and she curled up pitifully like a frightened little beast.