Chapter Twenty-Seven: Lina
(263...... 084...... 458...... Book friend skirt, if you want to come, join the group. P.S. Friends who have passed by ask for collections and recommendations, and your support is my biggest motivation. Also, it's good for everyone to give more opinions, thank you)
This is a spider web-like underground fissure, the underground rock layers of the same plane are covered with dense wide cracks, and the cracks are intertwined with each other, forming a natural labyrinth, and normal humans walk in it, it is estimated that it will not take a few minutes to lose their direction and be completely lost between the cracks.
The cracks in the ground weren't dim, and there were shimmering glow-in-the-dark mosses growing between them, providing enough light for Lina and Pannis, who were professionals, to see their surroundings. On the ground, there are constantly various insects and rats of different sizes that are frightened by the two of them, and they are fleeing in a panic between the cracks, and these small things also bring a lot of life to the dark underground cracks.
"There are a lot of critters here. "The two of them have been searching aimlessly in the underground cracks for nearly an hour, but trying to find the bodies of two missing people or missing people in such a large and complex underground crack complex is basically no different from looking for a needle in a haystack. After an hour of silence, Lina couldn't help but ask, "Pennis, do you have any constructive suggestions?"
"Yes. Pannis kept his head down and kept writing something on the paper: "Keep walking." ”
"Thanks, tell me something I don't know. What a constructive proposal is this? Lina snorted dissatisfiedly: "You've been writing and drawing since you came in, what are you doing?"
"As you can see, draw a map. Pannis said without raising his head: "Draw all the places we pass by, so it's easier to do it." ”
"Haha, it's more reassuring to have a strong explorator, at least it won't make people get lost. Lina couldn't help but praise: "However, aren't you in charge of road exploration and vigil......ance?
"Rest assured, I'm sure. Pannis replied: "It is enough for the guard to have ears and noses." ”
There is no trace of human activity in the underground fissures that extend in all directions, as if this place has been a forgotten place since the beginning of the world. As humans who appeared here for the first time in thousands or even tens of thousands of years, the two were obviously not popular with the aborigines here, and while walking, there were constantly poisonous snakes and various unknown reptiles launching violent suicide attacks on the two, but obviously they did not cause any harm to the two.
After walking for more than an hour, Lina couldn't help but say again, "The terrain is so complicated, are you sure we didn't take the same road? ”
"I'm sure. Pannis still didn't look up: "Except for a few dead ends, we have hardly walked the same road." It's a very common illusion that you're passing through the same place, where the environment is almost the same, and it looks the same everywhere, so you feel like you're passing through the same place all the time. In fact, the more you worry about getting lost, the more you worry about constantly following the same path, the more likely you are to have this delusion. ”
"Well, you always have a point. Lina sighed, "If you don't use the Crystal Lamp, then give it to me." Anyway, I'm just going to follow you, I'll just read the book. ”
"Actually, you're pretty good. Pannis backhanded the Crystal Lamp to Lina: "We've been walking down there for three hours, and we've been in the same environment all around, quiet, oppressive, cramped, and dark. In such an environment, it is quite rare that you have lasted three hours without falling into mania. ”
"Three hours? I thought it was only two hours. Lina lit the lamp, but instead of reading as she said, she took a few steps closer to Pannis, who was still drawing maps, and illuminated him: "As for me not being anxious, maybe it's because I've lived in a dark, quiet and oppressive environment for ten years, and I'm used to it." ”
Pannis, who paused in his footsteps, looked up from the map for the first time, glanced sideways at Lina in surprise, opened his mouth to ask something, but swallowed it back, and finally asked nothing, and continued to move forward.
"What, curious?" Lina saw Pannis's reaction at a glance, and said teasingly, "If you want to know the specifics, it's okay, exchange your past, hehe." ”
"Hahaha, I suddenly lost interest at all. Pannis let out a fake laugh.
"It's really boring, I don't want your past, then exchange your true strength. Lina said dissatisfied.
"Thanks, but I'm still not interested at all. Pannis did not accept Lina's backing down and returned to the world of mapping.
"Hey, do you know that stingy men are the most annoying, and you won't have a girl like this. Lina stamped her foot hatefully, pointed at Pannis, and said, "Well, it's always okay to trade your profession for it." Really, it's a companion, and even the profession is so mysterious. ”
"Well, it's a profession. Pannis raised his head with a triumphant smirk, thought for a moment, and nodded: "This can be exchanged, hehe, I'm a magic swordsman." ”
"Really?" Lina said in surprise, "Is it the kind of profession that everyone generally thinks is wastewood?
"Is it really okay for you to make such an evaluation in front of me?" Pannis looked helpless: "That's right, it's the magic swordsman you think." ”
"Hey, hey, hey. Lina smirked and changed the subject: "You are a magic swordsman, but why do you seem to know a little bit of everything, don't use smart genius or something to perfunctory me." ”
Pannis was a little stunned for a moment before he replied, "For some reason, I'm used to learning things constantly, so I've learned some of the skills and techniques of my former companions. ”
"Okay, you're qualified. Lina and Pannis walked side by side and bit their lower lip gently: "About my past, you are the third person I tell about. ”
"Are the other two Catherine and Vivien?"
"It's them. Lina nodded, "Remember, I once said that there is a demon called jealousy sleeping in my heart?"
"I remember. Pannis's hand was still drawing the map with the terrain, but his attention had completely shifted to Lina.
"I am twins, I have a sibling sister who lost our parents when we were young and were adopted by the Earth Goddess Church. Lina's narration was intermittent, and after a few words, she would fall into a memory, and she would be silent for a while before continuing: "Because we are both very gifted, have a high affinity for the gods, and have been very religious in their belief in the goddess since childhood, they have been cultivated by the Pope himself and are considered candidates for the next Pope." ”
"My sister and I have the same gift of pastoral talent, the same deep understanding of the texts, and the same love for the Goddess. ”
"From top to bottom, my sister and I were very excited about the presence of me, and the only thing that bothered us was that there were two of them. ”
"Even the Pope is very hesitant to choose me and my sister as heirs, and has always had a hard time choosing between me and my sister. ”
"But the Pope doesn't know that children are the most sensitive, although we don't know anything about heirs, but we instinctively perceive that once the Pope decides on the candidate, everything will be completely different, the chosen person can be favored by everyone, and the unchosen person will lose everything, just like ordinary people. ”
"Since then, my sister and I have been the same as before, but I have been worried. ”
"In my mind, my sister is better than me in everything. My sister is smarter than me, my sister is more diligent than me, my sister is more religious than me, and my sister is more obedient than me, so it must be my sister who is chosen in the end. ”
"From worry, it slowly turned to jealousy, to hatred. ”
"I was jealous of my sister, jealous that she was better than me, jealous that she would be chosen in the end, jealous that she could be loved by all adults. ”
"How nice it would be if I didn't have my sister, if I didn't have my sister, it would all be mine. ”
"Can you imagine, Pannis, I wasn't eight years old at the time. ”
"Then, finally, one day, my sanity was overwhelmed, jealousy drove me completely crazy, and I completely lost consciousness. When I regained consciousness, I had a dagger in my hand and my sister was lying in a pool of blood. ”
"The adults came, but my sister was only injured, not life-threatening. But even at this time, my sister is still trying to cover up for me, excusing me over and over again. ”
"I don't know why, the Pope didn't punish me, or even deprive me of the status of heir, but I can't forgive myself, I can't forgive a ** who attacked his fellow sister because of jealousy. ”
"So, when I was eight years old, I gave up everything myself, I carved the mark of a sinner for me, I set myself into self-exile, and locked myself up in the abandoned library of the Temple of the Goddess, allowing only one old priest to enter every day to bring me food, and not to contact anyone else. ”
"I'm scared, I'm worried that the demon in my heart will jump out again and devour irrelevant people. ”
"It was an abandoned library, and most of the books had been transported to the new library, and all that was left there was a lot of broken novels. Since then, my daily life has been nothing but prayer, confession, and reading, and nothing else. ”
"It was dark, dark, dead silent in the library, and I left only an oil lamp for myself, and everywhere else it was dark. Whenever I am afraid, I pray, whenever I am sad, I repent, and whenever I am upset, I read. ”
"As the days went by, I felt like I was going to go crazy at any moment, maybe I would be completely liberated. But, slowly, I got more friends around me. Every day, whenever I open a book, they will come out of the book to accompany me, comfort me, explain me, and take care of me. ”
"I had more and more friends, and I was getting older, and I was like this for ten years. ”
"One day, ten years later, there was a fire near the library, and the fire quickly spread to the library. Luckily, Caterina came out to warn me without opening the book, and I escaped in time. ”
"When I escaped, I only had time to bring out a few friends, and most of them, including Katarina, disappeared into the fire, and I never saw them again. ”
"At that time, I seemed to have really gone crazy and left the church in a daze, and my only thought was to get my friends back. So I wandered around trying to get the same books again, but unfortunately, many of them were out of print for hundreds of years, and I couldn't find them anyway. ”
This search continued until I met Catherine and she brought me home. She saved me, and without her, I can't imagine how long I would have lived like that. ”
"You almost know the rest, with her, I can slowly live like a normal person, I can be regarded as a new life. ”
"Well, knowing my past, will you despise this cruel woman who wants to kill her only relative because of jealousy?"