"Once upon a time I was also a glorious Knight of the Archers, in the ranks of the Ranger Generals. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Miss Administrator smiled and recalled the past, "Don't look at me as not tall or physically strong, but with a little dexterity, I have a good score in every march. Even the general thought that maybe I could become a detachment leader soon. ”

However, the bright light in her eyes was fleeting: "But in the Great Collapse, my arm was smashed by debris falling from the sky, and it may be okay to hold a cup with this wooden prosthetic limb alone, but I can't do it anyway if I want to hold a bow and arrow firmly and aim at the target." I was afraid of reading since I was a child, but I didn't expect that the final destination would be the Royal Capital Library. ”

"yes, it's a hard memory. ”

"And my lover from ten years ago, who loved reading the most, was the most likely to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Architecture and become a great architect, but he was recruited to the Forest of the Hazy Moon to be in charge of the restoration of the Mithril Moon. He used to like to study indoors the most, but he has been in the sun and rain in the big forest for ten years, as if my fate and his fate have been completely lost. You humans believe in the god of fate, and I have to say that this god's joke is too big. ”

The caretaker became lonely: "Originally, I said that we would hold a wedding when he came back." But I didn't expect that in the flick of a finger, ten years have flown by, and he still hasn't returned to me. ”

Virgie asked in a low voice, "Then do you hate Flora?"

"How much can I hate a kid who was only seven years old at the time? But I was able to let go of hatred, and I was able to do it because I had been studying for about ten years. In this country, there must be a lot of people who can't let go of the Great Collapse Event. Therefore, although it is a cruel punishment to go to the enemy country to serve as a peacemaker, it may be better than staying in the country and enduring people's anger every day. ”

Virgil said that if there were still so many people who hated Flora, then the princess would participate in a cruel "homing ceremony", which might be in line with the people's will.

It is likely that no one will come forward to intercede for her, not even pity and compassion.

At the same time, Yuri walks alone to the Jomei River, cuts off a branch, and throws it into the misty Jomei River. Anyone knows the common sense that wood floats on the water, but the Jomeigawa River, also known as the "River of the Dead", is the only river in the world that does not want to carry life, and when the branches fall on the water, they fall directly into the river like heavy rocks.

The streets through which the procession will pass tomorrow are decorated with gorgeous flowers, a long red carpet is laid out on the ground, and magical cordons are erected on both sides of the street to isolate the onlookers from the procession.

The starting point of the procession route is the Golden Dawn Hall.

The end point is here, the river of the dead, the Jingmei River.

The Jingmingchuan River seems to be able to take away the heat of the sun's rays, and even if you stand on the bank of this big river at noon, there will be a chill that soaks the bone marrow, which makes people feel creepy.

Yuri wished someone would tell him that the river was just a little eerie, and that it was no different from any other big river. But the legend told to him by the old woman, who looked very old, was like this.

"It's a river that only the dead can tread. ”

"Then if someone wants to jump into the river, can we row a boat to save her?"

"Hahaha, child, at least while you are alive, you can't row on the Jingmei River. This river cannot carry anything alive, but is the final destination of our elves after the decay of the form of the tree. ”

Legend has it that the spirits of the sun and moon coalesced into spirits, forming the world's first spirits. These elves have no substance, they are soul-like beings, they change freely into the wind, glowing balls in the forest, fluttering butterflies of light, and beautiful star chips lingering on the banks of giant trees, which are the earliest descriptions of elves.

When this spirit came to the World Tree and met the reality of the World Tree, a miracle happened. The reality of the World Tree gave birth to the bodies of the elves, and since then the elves have obtained their own material forms, so the elves are also known as the "people of the tree" in ancient documents.

Just as trees always wither, elves' bodies will always grow old one day, but the elves' souls are eternal, like a seed, which will sprout into life again under the right conditions. In order to free the immortal soul from the lifeless body, the elves are sent to the Jingmei River after the body dies, and the water of the Jingmei River cannot float the heavy wooden body, but can float the light soul, and the soul drifts with the river, and is washed by the river water to return to cleansing, and arrives in a foreign country far downstream.

"Is it the Underworld?" asked Yuri.

"The Underworld is a place where you humans only go after you die!" the old woman waved her crutches, very upset that her story was interrupted, "The spirit of the sun elf descended the river, and finally arrived at the forest of the Moon. ”

"Is it the realm of the Moon Elves?" Yuri was surprised.

"That's right. These souls will acquire new bodies and become the children of the Moon when the Moon Elves reproduce. ”

Yuri exclaimed, "No wonder the sun elves are so repulsive to the moon elves, because the other country's country is not only an enemy country, but also a place equivalent to the underworld, which is terrifying to think about." ”

"That's a good point, boy. In the eyes of the Sun Elves, the country of the Moon Elves is the afterlife, and in the eyes of the Moon Elves, so is our Jinxi Forest. The dead Moon Elves will be buried in the River of No Return, and the spirits will wander to the Forest of Golden Dawn, and they will once again gain a new life as Sun Elves. The sun and the moon, one sets and the other rises. The end of one river is the beginning of the other. And the elves are the children of the sun in one life, and the children of the moon in the next, although they do not remember the past in each life. This kind of reincarnation is exactly how the soul of the elves is reincarnated. ”

Yuri thought to himself, no wonder the elves didn't dump the Order of Divine Light at all.

The doctrine of the Order of Light is that those who have faithfully and virtuously lived their lives will ascend to the beautiful heavens under the guidance of Faruna. And no matter how luxurious this heaven is, it is for nothing, and the elves will not be sent there after they die.

No wonder I've heard people say that the country of elves is a relatively closed world. Now Yuri understands that the so-called closure not only means that the elves are closed off from the country and have little contact with the human kingdom, but also that their souls have their own system of reciprocating cycles, in this life they are sun elves, and in the next life they are moon elves, the total amount of souls remains the same, no matter how many times the elves experience life, they will not become other species, and even the god of death Volo cannot interfere with their life and death cycle.

Yuri nervously asked, what kind of ritual was the homing ceremony.

The old grandmother's eyebrows jumped, and she said a little nervously: "Even if our elves lose their lives, such as being beheaded, their souls can be restored to an immortal state, as long as the body sinks into the river, the soul can be purified, and then we can go to a foreign country to start the next life." The so-called homing ritual is to throw the living life into the Jomyeongcheon, and because the soul has not been cooled by death, it still burns like a charcoal fire. What happens when red-hot charcoal is thrown into the water, it will only turn into dust with a snort. Doing so means that the Moon Forest is unwilling to allow this hated man to be reborn on their land again. We call this the return of the soul to the sun and the moon, but only the sun and the moon know about it, and this may be a complete death. ”

Yuri clenched his fists and asked in sweat, "Is it completely hopeless to be thrown into this big river?"

"It's really completely hopeless. Fortunately, the ritual of homing is only used by those who have committed the most heinous crimes. My old woman has lived for hundreds of years, and she has only seen one homing ceremony, and the person who was disposed of was a defector who refused to fulfill her duties as a messenger of peace. Even if a princess had caused a catastrophe ten years ago, her fault had not reached such a point. ”

Yuri was in a trance and almost fainted, and then he felt weak. This was not only because of the unlucky words, but also because he had not eaten or drunk for a day and a half, but he was so worried about the princess that he never remembered that his stomach was empty, and he only hated himself for not being able to exert his strength when he could not afford to delay.

And now Yuri is on the side of the Jingmei River, watching the mist on the river flickering with flying fluoresce, as if he has returned to the night when the defense of the Holy Thorn City ended, and has a bird's-eye view of the night scene from the city's tallest ruined tower, and the lights of thousands of homes are as bright as the fluorescence at this time.

At that time, Teacher Qiao Luya deliberately angrily let herself go to the far north to deliver the letter, because she didn't want to see her go to death for a moment. And now Flora asked her sister to lock herself up, perhaps hoping that she would never know that this princess also returned to China with a sense of death.

Yuri wondered with resentment, what was the matter with all these blonde girls, choosing to burn their lives at a critical moment, blooming with a light that dispelled all darkness, and illuminating the future of others with their sacrifices, making such a choice that they never consulted, and when the people they saved celebrated their victory, they also insisted on not feeling sad about their impending death.

What is it like to know that the countdown to your life is already beginning?

How do they see their own deaths and still smile nonchalantly at their partners?

What if you say, "Yuri, I want to survive"!

Why did you choose for me, to keep me out of the way when you sacrificed, so that I could not survive on my own!