Among the hundreds of cities on the shores of the Earthsea coast, there is a sea with a winding coastline, numerous harbors, islands, and a mild climate. It stands to reason that such climatic conditions are unique, and it is not a problem to become the focus of trade routes.

Indeed, the superior natural conditions have brought prosperity here, and there are eight cities close to it, all of which are prosperous and crowded. However, since an undersea earthquake erupted a decade ago, everything has changed.

The currents here have changed, and every August, bad storms hit from time to time, and it may not be able to sail for a month or two, and the changed climate has made it dry and dry, and there is no longer the mild climate conditions that used to be.

Some people say that this is the result of people angering the sea god. Some priests suggested that a holy woman be found in August every year and offered to the god of the sea to pray for forgiveness.

From five years ago, this suggestion was agreed to, and with the permission of the Minoan king, who ruled the eight city-states, a holy woman would be sought to be offered to the god of the sea on the tenth day of August.

This is a contribution made for countless people, and the saint's family will be compensated and proud, and at the same time, the king will give the family the status of nobility, which is even more sought after by countless people. Originally made to appease the wrath of the sea god, it gradually evolved into a deed done by some people in order to obtain noble status.

Minas knew that her parents had been working for months to obtain this noble status, and they found the priest in charge of selecting the Holy Maiden, and secretly bribed the other party, and finally succeeded in placing the title of Holy Maiden on their daughter's body.

They succeeded, and when the priests announced Minas the Holy Daughter of the year, they began to invite friends and family to come and celebrate with great vigour.

Everyone was admiring and congratulating Minas's parents, believing that they had been lucky enough to be true nobles from now on. No one cared about Minas herself, no one cared about her life or death, and even when such an idea was proposed, they would be shocked, shouldn't being a saint something to be proud of?

She should be thankful to the priest who chose her.

But Minas doesn't want to be a so-called saint at all, she likes flowers, she likes sunshine, she likes smiles, she is still young, she still wants to continue to live. But the facts do not depend on her will.

She was just a delicate girl, and she couldn't and would never be able to rebel and change the minds of the people of the eight city-states.

She stood on the edge of the balcony, listening to the cheers and compliments coming from the living room behind, and couldn't help but feel even more sad.

Minas was wrong, she thought no one would care about her life or death, when in fact, at least one person had been watching her closely.

In the grass below the balcony, a young man silently looked up at the girl, he didn't say a word, but he could feel the pain in the girl's heart. He is also following the pain, he likes the girl's smile, he likes the girl's innocence, he doesn't want to see the girl frowning, but just like the girl's helplessness, he has nothing to do now.

Actually, the two are companions who have played since childhood, if it weren't for the girl's family background getting better and better, the two of them would not be far away now, but the girl's parents were very disgusted with the teenager, and felt that the two had different family backgrounds, so they didn't allow the teenager to see the girl again, and since then, the two have not spoken a word for nearly two years.

It was not until the girl left the balcony that the boy came out of the grass, climbed over the wall, and walked in the direction of his home.

After walking for a while, he vaguely saw four figures.

"Izura, did you go peek at that young lady again?"

The blond-haired boy rushed over and grabbed Izura's shoulders, swaying dissatisfied, "I've told you many times, don't peek again, if you are discovered, you may be killed by the servants of that family." ”

"Loe is right, Izura, you can't go on like this. ”

Unlike the smug blonde boy, the boy with long black hair has a calm temperament and a face that is distinctly different from that of the city-state race, and he is said to come from the mysterious East.

"Hey, I know. ”

Eyes swept over the four companions, Izra scratched the back of her head, and finally her gaze fell on a "girl", "But you came out when you came out, why did you bring Tiffany out? ”

"Brother Izura, this is what I asked for myself. ”

Although the real gender is a teenager, in fact, from the appearance, no matter how you look at it, it is no different from a weak girl, especially when she speaks, her voice is shirtering, and it sounds more like a girl.

"I can't help him, he insists on coming, can I make him stunned?"

As the elder brother of a weak teenager, he is the strongest of the five teenagers, and even his height is a lot higher than their average height.

"Forget it, let's go together. ”

Izra had no choice but to let her four friends follow her.

In the sea here, every time it is close to August, there will be a kind of colorful shell from the bottom of the sea with the waves, such shells are very popular with the girls of the city-state, although it is not worth too much money, but for Izra, who is poor, it is also a rare and valuable income to be able to pick up some to supplement the family.

At this time of year, he goes to pick up colorful shells in the evening, and four of his friends come over to help pick them up if they are free. Izra didn't say anything, but she was actually very moved in her heart.

But tonight, when they came to the shore, they suddenly found a group of uninvited guests.

"Haha, let's see who's coming? It's Izura's bunch. ”

There were a dozen teenagers on the shore, who were digging through shells, and when they found Izra and the others who had arrived, they immediately made a sarcastic voice.

"You ......"

Izra and the others were very surprised, they naturally recognized each other, it was a group of teenagers in the city with a very bad personality, who liked to bully ordinary minors the most, and even formed an organization, Izra and others had been hostile to them in the past, so that the group of teenagers had a dissatisfaction with Izura.

But why did you meet them here?

Izra was very puzzled, the colorful shells were not worth much, and with the family background of this group of teenagers, there was really no need to learn from him to pick up shells.

"Izura, tell you, in the future, the multicolored shells will be wrapped by us, and you should get out of here now, and you are not allowed to pick up any more multicolored shells. ”

The young man at the head stood up and said with a hideous smile: "Don't blame me for not warning you, last time it was because the affairs officer was there, so I didn't beat you, if you don't know each other again, you will die tonight." ”