Chapter 31.5: It's All My Fault (Extra, Optional)
It was an unknown small fishing village, and the village used to live with a happy family of three.
The husband goes out to sea every day to fish, the wife raises the children, repairs the nets, and does the housework; the seven-year-old child, although he has no magical qualifications, can often pick up shells, catch small fish and shrimp on the beach after the tide is low to improve his food, and at the same time he has a pair of skillful hands, which can be made into all kinds of handicrafts, which can be sold to occasional visiting travelers, or sent to the city to subsidize the family.
Although this small fishing village is not famous, the village is quiet and peaceful, and the neighbors help each other, and although the family of three is not wealthy, they live a self-sufficient and pleasant life.
At the same time, the child's father was a well-known fisherman in the village, and the child's mother was praised by her neighbors for her thrift and thrift.
The husband and wife respect each other like guests, understand each other, although the life is not rich, but they are happy, naturally, the 7-year-old child is also extraordinarily cheerful.
And he always likes to secretly announce to his friends: his father is the most powerful fisherman in the world, and the fish he catches is the most and biggest. Mother is the best weaver in the village, and the net she weaves is the most reliable and durable.
As for him...... In the future, we will definitely become the strongest sea ...... Ahem, no, it's the best fisherman, and of course, it would be nice to have a fishing boat of your own.
Every time the people in the village heard him say that, they would always show a kind smile and say that he would definitely be able to do it in the future, and the husband and wife also had a good reputation in the small fishing village, and they often helped the old people in the village, most of whom were old fishermen who had been fishing all their lives.
They can't do it anymore, but their own child died in an accident at sea. Or go away from home and never return. As a result, the child's father will always take the initiative to take the responsibility of supporting these elderly people.
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It's such a simple little fishing village. The people here are simple and kind, and the people here are hardworking and brave. The people here are happy to help survivors who are shipwrecked at sea, and the people here are so untouched......
And until that day......
The 7-year-old boy still remembers that it was a breezy, cloudy, autumn and summer day, and the 7-year-old boy looked at the sparkling sea, constantly "playing in the water" with flat pebbles and broken shells.
Whenever his father went to sea, this became one of the boy's favorite ways to play time.
Suddenly, a floating black figure in the distance caught his eye, it seemed to be ...... Alone?
"Mom. Mom...... There seems to be someone there!" the little boy shouted as he ran towards the village!
For small fishing villages, although the victims drifting to the sea are rare, but there is nothing unusual, if people are fished up, they will help to collect the corpses, and those with identity certificates will also pass a word to their families, if they are alive, they will naturally have to save them, and it is not easy to come to the sea to make a living, and they will naturally help if they can help.
And so it wasn't long after. The black shadow was rescued by the old fishermen of the small village, driving a small sampan boat, and it was only after getting close that the people of the small fishing village found out. This person was wearing a delicate magic robe, and judging from the logo on the robe, he was still a level 5 magician.
But at this time, the level 5 magician looked extremely embarrassed. Except for a magic robe made of good material, the rest of his clothes were soaked. And there is nothing on his body that can prove his identity, let alone the aristocratic temperament and mystery that belongs to the magician.
"A fallen mage is no nobler than any one in distress" is a saying that has been circulating in the Magic Empire since 3,000 years ago. Now it is a good explanation of the current state of this level 5 magician.
Hunger, scorching sun exposure, and long immersion in sea water have all caused this magician to become dying, if it weren't for the level 5 magician's magic robe engraved with the passive third-level magic of [Intermediate Underwater Breathing], it is estimated that this magician would have drowned.
But now, he at least had a breath left to salvage.
......
And just when everyone in the small fishing village was busy saving people, as the discoverer of the dark shadow, the 7-year-old boy was ignored.
He walked along the coastline with some idleness, thinking about what his father would bring when he came back in the evening, thinking about what kind of fishing boat he would have when he grew up, and thinking about many, many bright futures...... At this moment, a faint light reflected on the little boy's face.
The little boy fixed his eyes and saw that it was a corner of a metal box, which was reflecting the dazzling light in the sunlight, and it was the reflection of this thing that made the light shine on his eyes.
When he walked in, the little boy found that it was a sand pit he had dug himself, and every time after the low tide, there would be small fish and shrimp left behind if he was lucky, but this time it was just an iron box.
The little boy curiously flipped through the box, the box was very beautiful, it felt like it was made of iron, but it was unusually strong, and the top was very smooth, I don't know what it was for, and it looked very tightly sealed, and the contents should not have been soaked in water; the boy tried for a long time and did not open it, so he decided to take the box to the house.
The adults in the family were busy saving people, and the bored little boy only mentioned that he had picked up a box, and as soon as he put things away, he left the matter behind.
When the boy's father returned, the child's mother mentioned the magician he had rescued today, and as soon as the two of them combined, they planned to send the man to a small town about 10 miles from the fishing village, where there was a branch of the Magic Guild, which should allow the unconscious man to get better treatment and identify him.
So they carried the magician to the master bedroom of their house, while the child and the couple were crammed into the small room.
The next day, the child's father departed.
It's just that when the two were moving the magician, the father knocked into the corner of the cabinet, and the iron box placed on the cabinet naturally fell, smashing the magician's nose, and the magician's face suddenly bled a little, but it was quickly stopped in a hurry.
The box was swept under the bed and ignored until the curious boy picked it up, only to find that the box, which had been sealed, could be opened at some point.
Driven by curiosity, he opened the box. Inside was a yellowish-brown object with the characteristics of a little stone, its shape was an irregular circle, the surface was even more pitted, and even a little flocculent material was wrapped around it, and there was a warm burning sensation when you touched it.
At that time, the little boy didn't know that this inconspicuous thing in front of him was the [Double Dragon Sky Stone] that made countless magicians crazy.
And those flocculents are also treasures formed after the condensation of the dragon's body fluids, commonly known as ambergris liquid, a slight drop can give the warrior a strong and healthy body.
Of course, most magicians will not use ambergris so wastefully, they will dilute this drop of ambergris with 1kg of water, and then add a large number of other auxiliary materials, add a small liter of diluted ambergris liquid per serving, make an intermediate [strength potion] and sell it to warriors, or do not dilute it, directly make a high-grade [live chemotherapy elixir], this potion can be used to repair the body injuries caused by doing some harmful experiments, and can also increase the life of warriors, which is very sought-after.
And now the little boy just thinks this thing is a little strange, and I don't know why someone would use such a beautiful iron box to hold such an "ugly thing".
That's right, it's "ugly things": children's worldview is very simple, they like beautiful things and hate ugly things. But this potholed thing undoubtedly looks very cold, and it is soft and elastic to the touch, and the appearance of such a pit cannot be used to "play water", and even the practical value is owed.
However, it was the trophy that the boy had taken out of the box with some effort, and the boy did not throw it around, but kicked it in his pocket, and the box was put on the table again.
But the little boy didn't know that it was such a move that completely changed his fate.
A day later, the boy's father returned to the small fishing village with the awakened magician, who at first spoke politely to them, but when he saw the iron box on the table, his demeanor changed completely.
After repeatedly asking where the contents of the box had gone, but receiving no answer, the magician went crazy and used [mind reading] on everyone in the village, turning almost all the villagers into idiots and vegetative people, and when he came to his senses, he only saw corpses all over the ground, and the contents of the box were still missing.
So he left in frustration.
Only the little boy escaped by going out to play in the water, but far away, he hid behind the big reef, too frightened to make a sound or move...... And the magician, for some reason, whether it was out of guilt or because he didn't care at all, although he knew about the boy's existence through mind reading, did not persecute him.
This was both the boy's luck and his misfortune, because when the boy was hungry and could not stand it, and returned to the small fishing village tremblingly, he was confronted with all the old acquaintances, all of whom died with painful expressions on their faces.
Those days were like hell for the 7-year-old boy, and the boy who wanted to cry without tears could only blame himself: "It's all my fault! If I hadn't saved that person, I wouldn't have ......" The boy who buried his relatives has been ...... since then The small fishing village became a dead village, gradually forgotten by the people around it.
As for what the 7-year-old boy went through to be favored by the "Avengers" organization and become Avenger No. 37? And how did he swallow the [Dragon Sky Twins] by mistake? In the end, did he succeed in revenge? This is another long story. (To be continued.) )
PS: (PS: Whew!The long-lost supporting role in the small chapter, ask for a monthly pass!)