Chapter 67: Between the Phantoms
With all the knowledge in the world, Jonah couldn't explain why Ryuki was here and now, here and now, no matter what angle he looked at, he was standing beside him the black-dressed, black-haired, black-eyed, mysterious oriental woman like night, with the faint cold wind in the cave, the silver threads in her hair rippled, and the fine flashes of light were like stars.
"What's wrong with you?" Ryuhime tilted her face slightly, asking with concern.
"No, nothing......" The astrologer's apprentice felt a rumbling in his head, and for a moment it seemed as if the whole world did not exist, he stammered in reply, unconsciously reaching out to try to touch the corner of the other's clothes: "How did you get here? You weren't in the City of Gold? What about Eli, where was he? What happened to Sibby? Oops, so much happened after the separation......
The Oriental woman's knife-like lips flashed with a touching arc: "Why ask so much? You are here, I am here, isn't that enough?"
"Enough, enough......" Jonah's heart beat violently like a drum, his fingers touching the other's body, the smooth silk texture and the plump skin flowing under the clothes, more real than the most real woman. She's real. She's really here.
Ryuki took a step closer on tiptoe, and Jonah's skin immediately felt her cold, hot breath. "Jonah. Jonah. The Oriental woman called his name softly, and each sentence ended with an exotic upper. The astrologer's apprentice shuddered, not daring to look her in the eyes, afraid that the deep whirlpool in those pupils would swallow him up in an instant, and he stared at Long Ji's pointed chin, white and slender neck, and the skin was so white and tender that he could almost see through the skin to see the green veins.
Jonah swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "Long Ji, you...... What are you going to do......"
The male instinct of a 17-year-old boy has long been awakened, but because of the enormous pressure of fate, he usually selectively ignores it. At this moment, every drop of blood in his body was surging towards the male symbol, and the unfed brain was groggy and did not know what he was talking about or what he was doing.
"Jonah, Jonah. Instead of answering, Ryuhime only called softly in a unique way, and sweet flowers bloomed in every syllable. She took it a step further, and Jonah hastily raised his head, and happened to meet her eyes, what kind of eyes were they? In the pupils, darker than the sea before dawn, there was a storm even crazier than the hurricanes of the Sea of God, and with just a touch of it, the last of the astrologer's apprentice's sanity melted quietly like ice flowers under the scorching sun, and "Dragon Queen......" Jonah muttered the woman's name, and opened his arms to embrace her.
"What are you doing! Stop!"
A sudden shout broke the silence, and Jonah's ears buzzed, and he regained some clarity, and he and Ryuki stopped their movements, turned their heads together, and found Danny Stewart standing aside, his face full of inexplicable surprise and strange anger.
"And you!Hannah!don't go any further!" the Stewart man roared and waved his arms, and the dagger shot out with a cold light, "banging" into the rock wall in front of Hannah. Hannah Stewart turned her head in confusion, and in front of her was the cave wall, three extremely sharp pieces of mica embedded in the wall like knives, and the slightest step forward for the current head of Stewart's house would easily be pierced through the chest.
"Cargo friends!Sister!You're seeing hallucinations!Don't believe what you're seeing, whoever it is!" Danny jumped anxiously and kept shouting, "It must be those damn pink mushrooms!Listen, stay awake!You can't see the person on the other side here and now, it's just a phantom!Don't be defeated by your own illusions!"
Jonah rubbed his nose and said confusedly, "She's not hallucinating, her appearance, her voice, her smell,...... Oh, I'm sorry, Ryuhime. His name was Danny Stewart, and he was a sailor on the three-masted sailing ship I was on, and he was a very good companion. You're meeting for the first time. ”
"Hello, Danny. The Oriental woman bowed at Danny.
"See your big-headed ghost!" Danny said angrily, "There is a frighteningly sharp cloud of crushed mica next to you, what a hellish dragon queen! If I hadn't been able to get by, I would have rushed over and slapped you two big slaps left and right!"
Ryuhime chuckled and covered her mouth: "He's such an interesting guy. ”
"Really?" Jonah laughed, "I just don't know what to smoke today, and it's a little rude." ”
"Let's go over there and talk, shall we?" the Oriental woman tugged at the sleeve of the astrologer's apprentice, "find a quiet place, I don't want anyone to disturb our conversation." ”
"Of course, of course. Jonah smiled silly, following the graceful figure in front of him. Not far away, Hannah Stewart also opened her arms and hugged the influence of nothingness.
Danny finally couldn't take it anymore, he gritted his teeth and yelled at the air not far in front of him, "Edward, Schmidt, I'll give you one last chance, get out of the way!" I don't care why you're following us here, or why you're blocking my way, but after counting to three, even if it's the Lord God Luta herself who stands in the way, I'll run over her corpse!"
The owner of the Goddess Light stands tall in front of Danny in a leather jacket, black trousers, and a crossbow, with a smoking bullet hole in his coat, a gift he received when racing against Hannah before the desert tornado. "What they see is not an illusion, dear Stewart. In this magical place, the people you miss the most will come to you according to your request, which is why I am here. The black-haired youth smiled gracefully, hung the huge crossbow behind his back, and with a twist of his wrist, a crystal clear diamond ring appeared in the palm of his hand, "I feel that you miss me." Now, can you feel my deep attachment to you, dear Stewart?"
"Three-......" Danny unbuttoned his robe, revealing his muscular upper body.
Edward fell to one knee and held up the dazzling engagement ring, "With the permission of Eseibainker the Great of the Tocharian Empire, and in the name of Razi, the lord god of the Zawi people and the god of war and blacksmiths, I, Edward Schmidt, ......"
"Two ......" Danny bends down and tightens the hem of his wide-leg pants with a cloth bag.
“...... Make a sacred request for a marriage contract to Danny Stewart. You are not only my joy, but also the crown on my head, and I pray that the Creator will give me the privilege of growing old with you. I hope you will accept my love, may our future, like the promise of the Lord God, always shine brightly, and from now on, I will take care of you, respect you, protect you, and I will give you my life......" Edward put his hand on his heart and said his vows word by word.
"......" Danny straightened up, gritted his teeth, and his muscles trembled violently as if they were alive. This is a secret technique that one of the seven sailor companions of the King of the Sand Pirates gave him privately, and the sailor uncle who was in charge of deckwork once said to him: "You are a very clever boy, and you can learn any skill at once, but you cannot be particularly proficient in a certain skill without perseverance, and you will become a qualified sailor, but there is still a very difficult road to be taken to become a reliable man." Next, I will give you a special way to bring out all the potential in your body and make you a man of men when you have to work hard. As for the consequences, you will know when the time comes. When you have someone you have to protect, you'll understand everything, kid, this is the man's Langman......"
“...... By making you the master of the Light of the Goddess, I promise to be a companion who is obedient to you, faithful to you, and loving you. Where thou goes, I will go, and where thou shalt lodge, I will lodge, and thy kingdom will be my kingdom, and thy God my God...... Will you join me, Danny Stewart?"
Edward held up the beautiful ring, his eyes shining with a touching light.
"Not now, Edward. A tear ran from the corner of Danny's eye, but before it could slide down his cheek, it was evaporated by the heat that came out of each of his pores. "The poison of playing with feelings, the phantom of hypocrisy...... Explode, explode, explode!"
The boy of the Stuart family threw a punch at Edward Schmidt's phantom, an attack beyond the limits of human strength, and the fist of the electric wind and thunder "banged" through the chest of the black-haired man, and the incomparably real blood sprayed out, and a huge fan painted with blood immediately unfolded behind Edward. Edward's face turned pale, and with the last of his strength, he stretched out his hands and grabbed Danny's arm: "...... Dear Stewart, what if...... If that's your answer...... I, I accept ......"
Danny snapped his arm out, and Edward fell to the dust with a thud. Danny slowly unfolded his bloody palm, the viscous blood dripping down, and in his palm, there was an extra blood-stained ring, the blood-stained diamond was no longer shiny, but the coat of arms of the Schmidt family on the gold ring was extremely clear.
"Why...... Why aren't you awake yet?" Danny stared blankly at the blood-stained ring, "I've overcome my phantom, I should wake up......"
In a pool of blood, the black-haired man who was supposed to disappear was moving his eyeballs with the last of his dying strength, looking at his dear Stewart, as if he wanted to imprint the other person's appearance into his soul that was about to be favored by the Lord.
"No! this damn phantom, disappear for me!" The last thing Danny could do before he fell down was to grab two pieces of gravel and throw them at his sister and cargo friend, and his muscle control allowed him to accurately knock out his two companions, and then he collapsed in a pool of blood from Edward Schmidt.