Volume 8: Salutation
The first rays of light in the morning, through the screen pane of the witch's hut, split into golden threads, which were projected on the small square table in front of the window, and also illuminated the snow-white hairs on which they were curled up and nestled in a cushion.
The snow-white beast stretched out in the flower-shaped cushion, yawned, squinted its eyes, adjusted to the intensity of the room light for a while, and then, as if venting its anger, began to rub its paws against the witch's handmade cushion beneath him.
Knock knock knock, there was the sound of hard objects hitting the window frame outside the window.
Fang Nuo followed the prestige, and at first glance he saw the two big birds that had become familiar with him.
"Oh!" Are you resigned to your fate?
"Shut up." The little beast took a few steps to the window, stretched out his forefoot and put it on the screen, and bared his teeth at the blackbird, who had taken the badger grass before and now could not understand what he was saying.
"I ...... yesterday" As soon as he talked about it, he couldn't help but get angry, "I really had a brain pump yesterday!" will leave so many ordinary humans behind her alone, and only want to achieve transformation through her approval-"
"It's not an easy task to go beyond the limits of race, it's a little thing that you don't see too simply." Although he hadn't learned the language of the Yellow Immortal, the blackbird, who had roughly guessed what he was talking about, continued to make noise outside the window, "How can a human being, even if it's a witch, be promoted to an immortal beast by the words of one person?" โ
"It's not impossible." The bird queen on the side sang a double reed with him, "I heard that the demon beasts of the snake clan are destined to encounter a treasure that can make them molt into immortals, and once they find it, they can be upgraded to immortal beasts." โ
"The secret method of the Yellow Immortal Clan is also the same." She said confidently.
"It's been noisy all the time, it's annoying." Fang Nuo's mood was not very bright, and now he heard these two guys say a bunch of bird language, and it was all content that he didn't think was worthless, so he couldn't help but stop it, "You're going to attract that womanโ"
"โof."
"Ahh The familiar opening line, "Isn't this Taro and Little Black?" Are you playing together today, too? โ
Outside the window, a witch holding a stack of white sheets that had just crossed the water appeared in the field of vision of two birds and one beast with a smile.
It was a good habit for the witch Elan to wake up early every day, and after she had done all the chores she had to do in the morning, she would rush to the village below the platform to listen to the new hardships and hardships of the villagers.
It was still very early, and there were only a few peasant women in the village below, and after a while, the village would be lively.
And those demon beasts who have repeatedly died will also run out - be cleaned up - and flee like every day in the past, as if this has become their daily business...... Maybe it's a special way of interacting with humans, a form of entertainment?
Just by hearing the voice, Yilan paced to the window, leaned down slightly, stretched out his palm to let one of the birds jump on it, and then stroked the supple feathers on his body with his nimble thumb, only to feel that he had laid the foundation for a good mood for the day.
At the same time, inside the windowโ
"Taro?"
Fang Nuo tugged at a cork he had found on the table, watching the intimate exchanges between the people outside and the mourning birds.
"Blackie?"
It turned out that the witch had named the two mourning birds...... However, the two of them never seemed to understand the true meaning of the names, and could only recognize that the witch was calling herself when she said the corresponding syllable.
He bit down on the cork in front of him and shook his head so hard that it touched the window frame and made a noise.
He didn't care where the plug would bounce off when it hit the window, there were so many objects in the room for him to "interact with", and the woman's eyes outside the window were drawn to the two birds, at least during this time, he could do a lot of what he wanted to do...... Or just do the guys out there and enjoy the beauty of nature in the morning.
Now, he feels that his throat is very uncomfortable, his hands and feet are not very active, and the loss of spiritual power in his body makes him feel worse than the last time - of course, there is a part of this psychological factor.
However, through the practice of yesterday's failure, he has learned how to recover after the failure of the lockdown...... What made him feel a little less was that this time there was no second strange voice coming out of his head, and he was not able to awaken other unbelievable abilities.
Fang Nuo, who had no intention of watching the beautiful scenery of "harmonious coexistence between man and nature" outside the window, left the window and walked along the edge of the square table to a good place to get off the ground, and came to the ground in a few moments.
He tried to open the door with the key he had made, but found that the door was wide open, and a wooden bucket was placed a little closer to the door, and someone had filled it with nearly half of the water.
Fonnor jumped onto the edge of the bucket and lowered himself to the surface of the waterโthe next moment, his feet slipped, and the entire beast hung on the edge of the bucket, its lower lip and the tip of its beard submerged in the water.
Just right, it is convenient for him to wash his face and regain his spirit.
Outside, Ylang hugged the sheets and acquiesced to the two mourning birds resting on her arms and increasing her weight.
As soon as she stepped into the door with her front feet, Fangnuo scurried out of sight with her back feet, and the snow-white beast burrowed into the grass as high as he had landed on all fours, and stood up and looked back as if to confirm something.
"Remember the way back!" The human, with her back to the little beast, greeted her new pet.
Who cares about you! Fang Nosa ran on his legs.
Seeing this, the two birds that landed on the crook of the human arm each hesitated for a moment, and then flew up one after another, chasing the little beast that ran away.
"Your relationship is already so good...... the witch put down the object in her arms and raised her arm to wipe the sweat from her forehead, "It's really enviable." โ
"Get along well!" Far away, the woman's voice drifted into the ears of the monsters in the wind.
"Hey." He hadn't been able to observe it in the house just now, but now that the other party was talking to him, Fang Nuo noticed that the blackbird was wrapped in a white bandage, which made him look particularly funny, "Are you still planning to leave?" โ
"I advise you to take this heart, little thing." He looked as serious as his predecessors admonishing his juniors, "The demon beast that was driven out of this village by the witch still covets this place. โ
"Outside the village, walking in the direction of the stone wall at the end, is the activity area of the snake clan demon beasts yesterday; On the other side, there is the lair of the dryads, where it is said that there are still the remains of a certain beastmaster, and the weak beasts will only be sent to death when they pass. โ
Fang Nuo gradually slowed down, he knew that the blackbird could not understand his own language, so he would not respond to the other party's words, but patiently listened to what he wanted to say.
"How did you get here, and the only way to get out of here is through that channel." "If it's a carriage, you'll need to wait until the next day when the Red Star shines, when new supplies are sent to this human territory from the other side of the mountain." โ
"The day the red star shines?" Fang Nuo heard a new word that he didn't understand.
Also, it turns out that this "little black" knows so much, does their queen know?
"The language barrier is a real nuisance."
Fang Nuo pulled his tail and plucked two hairs from it with a ruthless heart, and used this action as a cover to conjure up a magical herb that would make the mourning birds understand the language of all things.
Fortunately, the malicious value required to construct this kind of "hedgehog grass" is only 10 points, probably because they are consumables, unlike door keys and stepping platforms that can be used for a long time, each of which consumes 100 points.
The blackbird's red eyes conveyed a look of "what should you have done earlier", and he and the flying bird queen made a swoop almost simultaneously, and took the herb from Fang Nuo's hand.
"Hah!" The blackbird landed beside Fang Nuo and tapped the little beast's head with its beak, thinking that he could tell the difference, "It's still so happy!" I'm fed up with your squeaky screams! โ
"You should also pay attention to your mournful birdsong, and be careful of being stoned by passing humans." Fang Nuo waved his arm and replied, "Miscellaneous chicken." โ
"You two stop arguing." The Bird Queen also landed on the ground, and said helplessly, "My clan said very clearly just now, if you want to leave this village, you can either fly through the sky, or you can only let the witch take you out." โ
"Let's not talk about that," the young beast was easily attracted by other things, "what do you mean by 'waiting for the next red star to shine'?" How much time will it take until that day comes? โ
The two birds looked at each other, and after a while, the blackbird was the first to recall:
"According to human beings, starting from the first day of the new year, the seventh day of every seven days is a 'day when the red star shines'."
"'Seven days and nights are a red star day', don't you have that name in your family?" He asked again.
"You obviously don't understand human language, but you can learn from them to divide the days like this." Fang Nuo subconsciously sighed, "In my family, everyone is born to understand the year, the four seasons, and the changes in the climate behind them, as well as when the light source above our heads rises and sets from the horizon...... All of this knowledge is closely related to hunting and subsistence. โ
"However, the elders who have seen the outside world and are forced to return to the family to make ends meet have told me......"
He vaguely remembered that the elder, who had been persecuted by other races in the outside world and had a haggard face when he returned, was surrounded by himself and several other lively juniors before being escorted to the elder by his relatives to apologize.
They all pestered the elder, hoping that he would share what he had seen and heard in the outside world, but the look on his face at that time seemed to be immersed in a nightmare from which he could never escape.
At that time, he himself was very much in line with his usual style of discussing some knowledge that was not generally taught in the clan, and swore to him that he would never tell the other elders in the clan that he had mastered this kind of knowledge.
"He told me," Fang Nuo raised his head, his eyes reflecting the image of the light source that was now obscured by the clouds, "the luminous body that we call the 'Great Light Source', the existence of spreading light and heat to our earth, is called 'Alternate Time and Space' in the outside world. โ
"It's the only star on our planet."