Volume I 53: History Through the Mouth of Noka

In the witch's hut, on the dilapidated sofa with several shields stacked on top of each other, the young man Noka sat with his hands on his knees, looking a little unnatural.

Beside him, there was a small white beast that sat unseated, its furry head resting on the edge of a shield, one foot reaching the outer thigh of a human, and its tail rising from time to time, and quickly drooping down and tapping the skin of the sofa to make noise that was not a nuisance.

"Are you hungry?" Noka, who felt a little embarrassed in the atmosphere, leaned down slightly and asked the little beast beside him.

saw that the other party grinned at him, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and he didn't know what he wanted to express.

Noka hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took a bunch of shriveled wild fruits from his pocket, pulled one off, kindly removed the handle of it, and then carefully handed it to the little beast that looked at him with squinted eyes.

Fang Nuo didn't look away, pretending not to see it.

His requirements for food are not very high, but if he really needs to eat, he can find it himself, rather than relying on humans to feed him.

"Do you want to hear my story?" The human on the side asked again.

Why don't you go home yet? Fang Nuo glanced at him, then looked up at the window.

The alternate space-time that is the light source has not yet receded below the horizon, and it is still early, so this human is not in a hurry to go back.

The witch didn't seem to object to the guest's stay, and she still buried her head in the pile of documents, as if they contained something important to her that she couldn't miss or delay.

After thinking about the surrounding situation, Fang Nuo reluctantly put on a look of "expectation", and decided to appreciate the human in front of him a face, and let him express what he wanted to say.

"Don't look at me like this, before the accident at home, I was an acting lecturer in a church school for a while."

Noka, who received positive feedback, instantly became excited, plucked up the courage to reach out and grab the hind legs of the small animal, and saw that the other party obviously showed signs of fried hair, and his eyes became dangerous and wary, so he let go of his hand with an embarrassed face.

"Well, actually, I wish we could be closer."

Fang Nuo suddenly looked forward to seeing a gap in the other party's throat and bright red liquid flowing outward.

This is the thought of an uncivilized atavistic beast...... He shook his head slightly, believing that he was a civilized beast clan that had opened his mind, and that he could not learn like some bloodthirsty giant bear.

At most, he made a note in his heart to the human in front of him, and another day he has the opportunity to experience what it means to truly "close the distance".

As a human being, there is a price to be paid for blindly currying favor with the beasts.

Hiss...... His body bones are still a little fragile.

He sat up, rubbed his leg muscles, and thought about how to use the spiritual power in his body, so that he could strengthen his muscles and bones, and make his physique and physical strength the same as his personality.

In his memory, there are corresponding cultivation methods in the family, but unfortunately, they are not within the scope of his daily compulsory courses, and only the clan relatives who want to develop in the direction of "hunters" will borrow relevant materials in advance to get started.

"The story I'm going to tell is related to the history of our humanity."

Noka's clear voice soothed all his jumbled thoughts, allowing him to gather his thoughts and turn his attention back to reality.

The history of mankind...... This is one of the knowledge plates that he has rarely come into contact with in the clan, Fang Nuo thought to himself, he was afraid that he was already interested in what the other party was going to say next, and hoped that he would not let himself down.

At this time, Fang Nuo noticed that the movement from the small table in front of the window had subsided, and it seemed that the witch was also very concerned about what Noka was about to say, so she paused the work at hand.

"When I was doing volunteer work in the library of the village chief's house, I looked through several historical books there, and I was surprised that some of the things mentioned above that I felt were important were not mentioned in the textbooks distributed to the students by the church school."

"School history textbooks only describe the birth and evolution of our ancestors...... The first human tribes survived with the help of wild beasts, and gradually developed into human civilization.

"After a long period of multiplication, the first wise men found a path to the wider world, so the human race sent expeditions to leave the land where they had always lived, and went to the outside world to open up more suitable areas for this race to live."

"The first nation was born." He paused for a moment, watched the little beast beside him open his eyes as if he were deserted, gritted his teeth, and then mustered up the courage to go straight to his hands - he picked up the little beast and put it on his lap.

"After that, it's a long blank history."

After doing all this, he pretended that nothing had happened, spread his hands, and continued to tell the so-called "story".

Fang Nuo looked up at the human nostrils, feeling that his legs were not as soft as the sofa, and he was hard and rough when he was lying on his stomach, which was very uncomfortable.

When I sat on the grass before, I was also lying on my book...... Perhaps, this human is the one who should be fed.

How would normal, unenlightened beings react to such situations? Fang Nuo believes that the fact that he did not leave a scar on human skin already shows that his temper is so good that it is a bit exaggerated.

"Don't be angry, okay?" Humanity pleaded.

Archaeologist...... There are also historians, as the books say, who believe that history has the property of repeating itself, that it is repeated over and over again, until the lesson is understood, or ...... There is nothing to support their repetition until now. He continued.

"They believe that once upon a time, on our planet, there was a terrible battle between civilizations, and the end result was the total extinction of most living things, including humans."

Fang Nuo, who was lying on the human lap, blinked, secretly marveling at the speed of change in the topic, what kind of "story" is this? What exactly is this human trying to say?

"Goo", he heard the other party swallowing saliva and felt the other party's nervousness.

Thinking back to the picture of the human looking through the information on the table with a serious face when he just entered the door, Fang Nuo understood a little - when he was talking to Mr. Raven before, this human must have learned some information from this hut, so he was playing tricks on the witch's words? Or are you hinting to the witch that "you know something"?

However, what does the relationship between the young man Noka and the witch Ylan have to do with himself?

As a key being used by humans to open up the topic, Fang Nuo, who can prostitute knowledge without doing anything, can only be happy about this, wishing that the contradiction between the two would become more intense and that he could reveal more information to himself.

After all, he must take himself into his arms, does he want to use himself to threaten the witch not to act rashly and try to murder people?

It's so insidious, this human.

"Ahem."

As a human being, Noka naturally didn't know what the little beast on his lap was thinking, he cleared his throat, as if he wanted to attract the witch's attention more, and raised his voice slightly, but still kept it to the extent that he would not disturb the witch's work:

"There is a saying that the souls of the lifeforms who died in that large-scale war in the past were purified into spiritual power under the polishing of time and integrated into the atmosphere of the planet, so that the post-war world was reborn from generation to generation of new life, among them, there are many species with natural affinity and spiritual power."

Noka's speech gradually increased:

"However, the research of historians has since been hindered by the ruling class of the human kingdom, perhaps because they fear that they may repeat the history of the past, or because their ancestors have left behind some tricks in the unexplored void......"

"In short," he closed his eyes, as if it would take a great deal of courage to continue, "for some reason they began to denigrate the work of historians, persecuting them, throwing dirt on them, and even, beginning to deny their very existence." ”

What's in it for humanity? Fang Nuo's eyes widened, and there was confusion in his eyes.

Is this a cultural difference between different ethnic civilizations? If there is a "blank period" in the history of the beast clan that has been inherited for thousands or even thousands of generations, I am afraid that all the demon beast families will unite, and they will not consider upgrading their status and becoming immortal beasts or divine beasts, but will be bent on recovering the lost history.

Although his doubts have increased, it is a good thing to know things that he did not know in the past, Fang Nuo thought to himself.

"But in a certain human kingdom, the study of history is the prerogative of the nobles, and it is their interest when they have nothing to do."

The voice that did not belong to Noka sounded in this small environment, Fang Nuo clearly felt the body of the person under him shook, and immediately, he also reacted, the person who took over the conversation was the witch sitting at the table.

She really knew what Noka was trying to say?

At the same time, Fang Nuo also felt that the human who was carrying his weight was anxious and nervous, so he grabbed the hair on his back hard.

Fang Nuo, who was accustomed to the malicious value prompt sound, forcibly comforted himself that "he didn't suffer a loss" in order not to divert the attention of the two people around him from his actions.

"Among the nobles who were oppressed by the royal family, there was naturally a voice of resistance." The sound of flipping paper was heard, followed by the witch's soft lament, "They are secretly collecting weapons, looking for like-minded collaborators, digging out secret passages under the kingdom, and purchasing and establishing many shelters outside the kingdom's territory. ”

"Only to raise the flag against the ruling class of the kingdom when the appointed day comes."

"Uncle Mountain Ranger is from that kingdom." Noka subconsciously responded.

Does it have anything to do with his "adventure" in the forest that didn't end well? Fang Nuo's heart was stunned, but he only nodded invisibly on the surface.

I remember when I first met this human being, I heard him say that the "mountain ranger" was actually a "deserter from the battlefield" with military merits, proving that the kingdom was not at peace, if not in the midst of war.

"Witch-sama, you really know about the war."

"Who wouldn't know about it?" The witch sighed and spun the chair so that its legs rubbed against the floor, making "click" and "click" sounds, facing the couch where the man and the beast were sitting.

"This year," she said, "is the year 2507 of the other calendar." ”

"Eleven years ago, in the year 2496 of the other side calendar, the nobles fought and the beast tide broke out...... As long as the creatures who have experienced that series of calamities will remember them vividly. ”