"We don't know his name, we only know that he is an extremely powerful wizard. He destroyed the whole forest, but he didn't kill us, but treated us as experiments.www.biquge.info Louvier covered her chest with her hand and stroked her heart, "Some of us lost our lives in the experiment, and the rest of us ...... It became what it is now. ”

"They...... Not dead, but not alive either. Alphonse quietly walked over to Lily and whispered.

"Exactly." Louvier answered, her expression not showing sadness, but a hint of relief, "Since the experiment was completed, we have lived in our current state, no longer growing, no longer aging, and no longer dying. We can still feel the cold and the warmth, and we need to rest as well, but we no longer feel hungry and thirsty. At the same time, we have lost the ability to have offspring. ”

"Those...... What about our partners? Lily interrupted, rubbing her hands together with some uneasiness, "Didn't they come to save you?" ”

Louvier shook her head gently, without the slightest hint of resentment or blame.

"At that time, everyone must have been flustered. I don't know how strong that wizard really is, but your companion must have put up a tough resistance. She closed her eyes, as if imagining what it would have been like, "It's not that they've forgotten us, they're just ...... There's nothing you can do. ”

"In the first few years, we tried to leave the village and see what was going on outside." The woman calmly recounts, as if talking about something that has nothing to do with her, "and yet we find that the forest has become a dead land, full of invisible dangers and areas that are difficult to tread. As soon as we try to leave the forest and head south, we will first feel dizzy, then weaker and weaker, and eventually we will have to give up trying. ”

"I can only stay here, and I don't even have to eat barbecue." Bell sniffled, "I don't want to live this life." ”

"But, after all, we are luckier than our dead companions." Louvier whispered, "We're used to ordinary life, and now we're just going through each day like we used to. And if it weren't for that, we wouldn't have been able to wait for you...... and the return of the adults in September. ”

Lily felt her nose slightly sour, and quickly raised her hand to rub the tip of her nose, "What's the matter...... Need our help? ”

"No, Lord September." The woman replied, then hesitated slightly, "Lord September came here to find the old ...... Companions? ”

"They're doing well, although they've moved to another place." Lily pouted, "We're here to find Huruman Stark - that's what made you like this, the wizard's trouble." ”

"We ate him once fifty years ago, but we couldn't kill him completely." The mercenary knocked her upper and lower teeth slightly dissatisfied, "So, do you know where he is hiding?" We're going to get all the bills—" she said word for word, "and get them back from him." ”

The woman nodded, turned around, beckoned the surrounding villagers over, and discussed in a low voice for a while. After about six or seven minutes, Louvile turned to Lily again, apparently having come to a conclusion.

"We don't know where the wizard named Huruman has gone." "Still, as I've said before, we've tried to explore the forest, noting down some inaccessible or seemingly anomalous locations. Maybe those places ...... There is a secret that belongs to that wizard. ”

Lily looked at her expectantly, "Tell us?" ”

"Lord September, you once said that when you came here, you transformed parts of the landscape and shaped them into habitable environments." Louvier's eyes were half-closed, recalling the past, "On the cliff of the king on the east side of the forest, the spring of the sky of the Ardeni clan inhabited...... There is also the Lake of Return that belongs to you for the worship of the ancestors. Places that we see as spectacle have almost all been reinvented. ”

"That damn bastard." The mercenary muttered angrily, crunching her fingers, "I want to beat it whole into a bone pie, then crumple it and throw it into the stove and burn it to ashes—"

"We can't get too close to those areas, and they're always covered in a layer of fog, so we're sorry...... We don't know the specifics. "Maybe it's the changes that make this forest ...... It's been the same for hundreds of years. ”

"We got it, thank you?" The mercenary licked her lips, having already made up her mind, "Since we can't find that Huruman guy, let's let this forest change back to its original state first-by then, even if he doesn't come out again, it won't make much sense." ”

Louvielle nodded, her expression beaming with joy, "Good luck, Lord September." ”

At this time, Ann suddenly stepped forward and showed the notebook in his hand to the other party. Curious, she followed and saw the handwriting on the notebook—"What would happen to you if the forest turned back to its original state?"

"I don't know." The woman shook her head gently, "However, no matter what, it is a fate that we should accept, please don't worry about us." ”

"I see." Ann stood there and thought for a moment, then wrote in his notebook, "We have no right to interfere with other people's choices, perhaps that is exactly what happened."

"I have a request, Lady September, though." Louvier whispered, "What has become of the outside world now?" Tell us a little bit more if possible...... The story of what you have experienced. Just like then. ”

Memories that had long faded flooded into Lily's mind once more. She remembered that a long, long time ago, when she was still a young girl, Louvile had made a pact with her that when she was an adult, she would leave the forest with her on a journey to experience those ...... The stories and legends she had told.

Unfortunately, everything turned out to be empty talk. Lily turned her face to hide the guilt in her expression, "That'...... Just raise the campfire? Let's hold another banquet tonight, so let's have a good time! ”

……

Warm flames lit up the dark night sky, and everyone in the village, from young children to gray-haired old people, gathered around the village square. After an afternoon, the long-untended square seemed to be revitalized, and the expressions that infected the faces of the villagers were infected.

The youngest child here is only seven years old, and there are several other children around the age of 10. Locked in the development of their bodies, their minds have spent hundreds of years, and their eyes are a mixture of childlike curiosity and adult clarity. They gathered around Elena and listened to her recount the chivalric legends and heroic epics that had been handed down in the church, and from time to time they let out a burst of amazement.

Elio and Groom walk into the square and demonstrate to the villagers the dances that belong to the people of the North. This simple and rhythmic dance quickly gained popularity among the villagers, who spontaneously formed a circle around the campfire and imitated the footsteps of the two men. I don't know who was the first to sing the old ballad, and soon, the melody in that memory echoed throughout the square.

Bell sat on the sidelines, drinking the wine he had brought, and seemed to have some problem with the fact that no food was served at the banquet. An Ze watched quietly, and described everything that happened in front of her in the notebook - Lily had seen her sketches, all of which were the things she had seen with her own eyes along the way, enough to be called lifelike, and added the impressions and annotations that belonged to the girl.

Alphonse remained by Lily's side, guarding her without saying a word. Louvile didn't take part in the excitement either, and she sat around the corner with a view of the square with a few other villagers, listening to the mercenary tell her story of what she had been going through.

As the night darkens, the atmosphere of the banquet calms down, and the story slowly comes to an end. Lily yawned softly, and looked around again, people she had known for hundreds of years.

"We'll leave tomorrow." She tried to make her voice sound happier, "We're going to make this forest ...... Back to the way it was. ”

"I'm sure you can do it. By then, Lord September, you...... Come back and see us. Louvier held out a hand to her, "We'll be waiting here." ”

"Of course." The mercenary raised her hand and shook it tightly with the other party, "Let's talk - this time, definitely." ”