Chapter 15: The Great Collapse and the Ritual of Return
Prince Auloran left sweat on his sideburns: "It is precisely because of this incident that the leader of the Hazy Moon Forest, Chen Bing, is on the border, and a big battle is inevitable. Pen~Fun~ The Emperor www.biquge.info didn't want the people to be involved in a war immediately after being hit hard by the Great Collapse, so he promised to take charge of the restoration of the magnificent devices of the two countries, and sent his sister as a messenger of peace to the main city of the Moon Forest, Muntia, to convince the Moon Elves that we would not break the treaty halfway. ”
"Because the cataclysm was started by Flora, she must be the messenger of peace, and she is not allowed to return to her homeland until the restoration work is completely completed. ”
Aurora's eyes widened, and hot tears rolled down, and he slammed the wall hard, and said loudly: "The peacemaker who returns to the country without permission will be dealt with in the extreme, so I must allow the Moon Elf Knights to run rampant and overbearing in my own country, and I must also order the domestic guard to cooperate with the action! Do you know how unwilling and painful I was when I gave such an order! And you actually sent my sister into a desperate situation like a fool?"
Auroran grabbed Virgil by the collar: "You look very knowledgeable, don't you know the rules that peacemakers can't return to their homeland without permission?"
Virgil was a little panicked and replied, "But Princess Flora did get the permission to return to China, and she also drank the forgotten elixir......
"Ha, so you know these two rules. Auralan let go of Virgil and said indignantly, "You saw the licensing document and the scene of your sister drinking the secret medicine with your own eyes?"
Virgi couldn't help but tremble in his heart, on the contrary, he saw with his own eyes that the princess fed all the forgotten elixirs that she should have drunk but didn't drink into the mouths of Little Bell and Ah Yin.
Auroran was aggressive: "Since you haven't seen it with your own eyes, then not only did Flora not have reinforcements along the way, but she was almost captured by her own country's garrison and sent back to the Moonless Forest, don't you think these phenomena seem abnormal?"
Yuri is also very weak-hearted: "We ...... We thought you were doing everything possible to obstruct the princess from returning to China and you to seize the throne. ”
"Looks, in her mouth, I've been described as a despicable brother. "If you believe her lie, you will think that it is reasonable to chase and intercept all the way." I almost forgot that you guys have only recently met my sister, and you probably don't know that she's a naughty girl who likes to lie and play tricks on people. ”
Yuri and Virgi swallowed apprehensively, no, we know this very well, not to mention that Little Bell has been miserable lately, and even the two of us have just learned the princess's cunning firsthand.
So is it possible that the sentence "My callous and stingy brother doesn't want me to go into town with permission papers" is also a lie?
Auroran leaned against the wall and whispered, "You can be regarded as my sister's friends." So what is she struggling to return to Beijing for this time?"
Yuri replied solemnly, "It is to inform the Emperor and ministers of the Golden Dawn Forest that the enemy country has undergone a terrible mutation, the dark gods have begun to corrupt the territory of the Moon Elves, the demons are gradually awakening, and this dark power is being used by the regent who is hostile to the Golden Dawn Forest." ”
Auroran smiled bitterly: "This rhetoric is not new at all. In fact, I only heard it yesterday. ”
"Have you seen Flora yet?" asked Yuri, surprised.
"No, it's exactly the same thing, it was said by the leader of the Holy Light Order who visited yesterday. Auloran opened his arms and said disdainfully, "What darkness descends, what divine intervention...... The purpose is simply to gain the right to preach in the territory of the Elven Forest. ”
It turns out that the Knights of the Holy Light have also sensed the mutation in the Elven Country?
Yuri frowned, "You think this is nonsense, but we did deal with a broken heart on the way here. ”
"What's missing?"
"To put it simply...... Tormented by the flames of jealousy, in order to escape this pain, he let the dark god take away his soul and transform into a demon. ”
Aurora's eyelashes drooped: "So...... Flora's sacrifice of her life to return to her hometown to deliver the news?"
Yuri couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine: "Sacrifice your life, Virgi, if Flora really returned to China without permission, what kind of punishment will she receive?"
Virgie's face also turned pale: "It seems to be a death sentence." ”
"Death penalty?" Yuri clenched his fists.
Oloran smiled miserably: "It's not such an easy thing as the death penalty." ”
Yuri exclaimed, "What do you mean by this, Auroran, is there a more cruel punishment in this world than taking a human life?"
"Yes. "If it's just a simple death, the souls of the elves will go back and forth with the Jingmei River and the River of No Return, and the dead sister may come to this world again in the near future, on the other side of the Jingmei River, as a little baby of the Moon Elves." However, if the Moon Elves hate her to the core, they will not allow her to be born in the Forest of the Misty Moon in the next life, so they will have to return the soul of the people of the tree to the Sun and the Moon once and for all. ”
Oloran paused slightly, and said depressedly, "This is the so-called ritual of returning. ”
"You're saying you're going to make your sister's soul disappear completely?" Yuri said angrily.
Oloran opened Yuri's grabbed hand even more angrily: "The person who forced her to take this step, don't forget, it is you who sent her back to the royal capital!"
Virgil also said with great sadness: "If you choose to let the princess live, probably the moon elves will use this as an excuse to raise an army to fight." ”
Auroran closed her eyes and replied, "But my sister came back to stop the war, and of course she didn't want to start the war because of herself." So after delivering those news yesterday, she was ready to perform the homecoming ceremony. Tomorrow my sister will participate in a parade, and when she arrives at the Jingming River from the palace, it will be the time for her soul to return to the sky. ”
Auroran pushed the iron door open, and the scorching sunlight stung Yuri's eyes.
"Let's go, you two. Giving you back your freedom and saying sorry to you for my sister is the last thing my incompetent brother can do. After that, please leave the Golden Dawn Forest as soon as possible, and we will never meet again if you can. ”
Standing in the garden with all the equipment on their backs, Yuri and Virgi still can't believe that it is not the princess's naughty smile that accompanies the freedom, but a heavy and cold sadness.
"Yuri, I'm going to the library to investigate historical materials. And the task of inquiring about the route of the princess's procession is left to you. ”
"Okay, Virgy. We meet at the Royal Capital Adventurers Association. ”
Yuri and Virgil are unwilling to accept this outcome, and protect the delicate and beautiful princess with the loyalty of a knight, but embark on a journey that the princess is destined to die, and such a story will become a shadow of their lives.
As if they were lying to themselves, they comforted each other that Prince Auroran's words might not be credible, and that just a day ago everyone thought that this prince was hateful, why did he become a bitter man who loved his sister today? What if he was lying? Although even Virgil did not know the meaning of the prince's lie, which would have been easily exposed, and had done him no good, he was still unwilling to pretend to be suspicious and wanted to find out what the prince had said separately from Yuri.
But reality never sympathizes with stubborn children, and Virgi takes off the lens of his left eye, and glances through the history books in the library, and finds that what Prince Auloran said is not a word of truth.
Ten years ago, it was indeed Princess Flora who used space magic to destroy the Wheel of Pyrum and the Moon of Mithril.
This is indeed the "Great Collapse Event" that brought about a catastrophe like the collapse of the heavens and the earth.
Indeed, it almost led to war, and the Emperor of the Golden Dawn Forest had no choice but to sign the Repair Treaty, and the princess had to remain in the Moonless Forest as a hostage until the two huge devices were completely repaired.
There are five examples in history of the adoption of the ultimate punishment "homing ceremony" for hostages who returned to China without permission. Three of them fled secretly because they could not bear the hard life of the enemy country, and the other two were already ready to exchange their lives for information, and brought back to the motherland the secrets of the enemy country that they had spied on, saving the country from the time of overthrow, and later generations called them heroes.
However, at that time, in order to maintain the pitiful peace in front of them, they had to personally go into the Jingmei River or the Non-Return River, sink their bodies to the bottom of the lake, and their souls turned into dust and returned to the sun and moon, which is the so-called "return ceremony".
Virgi was dizzy, but still trying to find a flaw in Aurora's words. He stood up with his forehead covered and walked over to the Administrator, asking where to read more books about the Great Collapse, whether it was history books, press releases, non-fiction, or even troubadours' ballad collections.
Miss Administrator asked indifferently, "You seem to be very interested in the Great Collapse Incident and the ominous princess Flora." ”
"Ominous Princess?"
Miss Administrator gently pushed her glasses, although her expression was calm, there was a trace of unwillingness in her eyes that could not be concealed.
"Princess Flora destroyed the magnificent creation that the ancient people spent hundreds of years to build at a young age, so I think the title of Ominous Princess is also very appropriate. ”
"But as far as I know, the princess is also atoning for her sins in her own way. ”
Although she atoned for her sins, the people who were hurt by her never went back. ”
Miss Caremaker removed the white glove of her left hand, which was made of wood and had a magic circuit carved on it, which she relied to control the prosthetic hand.