readx;?“ The people of the coast know a lot more about Nartimis than you people in the interior. "Sophia slowly recounted the past," said Sophia, www.biquge.info "At that time, Tony was very interested in that legendary power, and collected almost all the legends and materials about Nartima. Among them, what he longed for the most was the eternal life of the Dragon King. ”

"Eternal life?"

"Well, it's eternal life. In fact, it is not quite correct to say that eternal life, because Nartimis himself is not immortal, but compared to humans, the lifespan of dragons, especially the lifespan of dragon kings, is too long and too long. So Tony wanted to find the key to this, so he got on the ship we were looking for the treasure with this in mind. ”

"We easily found Babylon, it was a beautiful island with birds and flowers, like paradise. None of us would have imagined that there was a powerful king under the island, and the moment we discovered the treasure, Tony also found the body of the previous Nantimis. Sophia looked at Ian, "You've probably seen it, that preserved body is so shocking to us that we can't imagine what it would be like if it were alive." ”

"And then, Tony took off its eyes?"

Ian asked softly. Until now, he was amazed at the fact that Sophia had eaten Nartemia's eye. That one eye kept Sophia alive for two hundred years? What a terrifying power?

Sophia didn't answer Ian's question right away, she just paused and continued, "As I said before, Tony knows more about Naltimis than any of us. Although I don't know where he knew so much, he stubbornly believed that the power of Naltimis was sealed in his eyes, so he secretly removed Nartimis's eyes, forcing me to eat one of them, and the other to eat himself. ”

Ian took a deep breath, "What's going on in the back?"

"I ate that eye, and honestly, it was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever eaten. People who live by the sea are very good at drinking, and the taste of that eye is similar to the taste of wine, but it is many times stronger than wine, like a knife through the throat. Sophia could clearly remember the pain of two hundred years ago, and there was a deep fear in her eyes, "The pain directly made me faint, and when I woke up, I was already on the ship, and it had been three full days, and there was no trace of him on the ship." ”

"He's been left on the island?" Ian asked softly, "because the new Nartimis is about to wake up." ”

Sophia nodded bitterly: "My crew told me everything, including that he himself left me a letter. The words on it were sloppy, presumably hastily written in the midst of an emergency, and there were only a few short sentences on it, in which I was asked to send a boatload of men to meet him in ten years. I don't know anything about what happened next, because the ship I sent over never found Babylon. ”

Ian listened silently to Sophia's words and said nothing. This is the same as Tony said, he and some of the people stayed on the island to lock up Nartimas, and the other part left the island. The two parties agreed to change shifts after ten years, but then an accident occurred, and Tony had to lock up Babylon Island.

But there are also doubts. Tony was only in his early twenties at the time, and he only had the power of Naltimis after his death, so when did he die?

Ian thinks Tony must have died a long, long time ago. Otherwise, he would not have possessed the power of Nartimis in the first decade and blockaded the island of Epilon.

Also, Tony actually gave Sophia another eye of Naltimis. As you can imagine, the relationship between the two is not just about the captain and crew. Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help but think of the last words Tony had left for him before leaving completely.

"I thought about her for two hundred years, but at this moment, I knew that I could miss her more. ”

Ian had found out who she was. I don't know if Tony will know that Sophia is still alive, maybe he doesn't, because he also ate the eyes of Nantimis, but he didn't live long.

It's also a mystery that Tony didn't tell Ian the cause of his death. In fact, as Tony said, the time of contact between the two was too short, and there were too many questions that could not be answered. There was no one to answer those questions, and the answers to those questions were buried forever with Tony on the island of Babylon.

"Your name is Ian, isn't it? Sophia seemed a little tired, after all, she was an old man who had lived for two hundred years, she gently closed her eyes and put her hand on her forehead. Ian inadvertently saw her eyelashes fluttering slightly.

"Yes. ”

"Now, tell me about Tony. Sophia whispered, "Don't hide anything, tell me everything." ”

By the time Ian left the City Lord's Mansion, it was already sunset. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the waves lapping on the shore, and the fishermen who had finished their day's work gathered on the shore in twos and threes, each sipping a small wine, and their faces rose as rosy as the sunset.

Walking along the shore, you can smell the aroma of barbecue and the mellow smell of shochu. Ian was really hungry, and memories were a nerve-wracking thing, both for the elderly Sophia and Ian.

Ian knew that Sophia's path was coming to an end. I'm afraid that in the past two days, she will go to another world to find her lover. I don't know if Tony will wait for her somewhere, two hundred years of waiting should have an ending.

"He was six years old when I met him, and our parents were very good friends. We grew up together by the sea. Like anyone who grew up by the sea, he yearns for the boundless sea. ”

"He is always a very responsible person, in the past, when we got into trouble together, he stood up and took it by himself, and then he was beaten by his uncle and his nose was swollen. When she said this, Sophia, who was already two hundred years old, had a color in her eyes that only belonged to a girl.

"He also has a good temper and never gets angry, but I have a bad temper. often quarrels with him for a little unpleasantness, but he is the one who apologizes every time. I was two years older than him and thought I was more mature than him, so I reprimanded him every time. Speaking of this, Sophia's eyes began to glisten with tears, "It wasn't until a long, long time later, when he was left on Epilon Island forever, that I slowly understood that he was the one who really matured. ”

Finally, Sophia says something that makes Ian think deeply.

"Later I learned that maturity is not about becoming more and more cold, but about being gentle, gentle with the whole world. And he's clearly mature enough. ”

Ian looked up, and a wave crashed at the reef next to him. The water droplets are reflected in the brilliant afterglow of the setting sun, and they are as beautiful as dazzling pearls.

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