(Ta awoke from a chaotic slumber and touched this strange and incomprehensible world like a born baby, his broken memories and thoughts were like foam rising and falling on the surface of the sea, unable to form a complete consciousness and cognition for a long time.)

The whole world seems to be shrouded in a thick veil, and its own perception seems to be shattered and reorganized a thousand times by invisible forces, the mind cannot understand those crazy and confused sensory signals, and the buzzing noise and dark and terrifying light and shadow seem to be directly engraved on the nerves, stirring the consciousness and stinging the mind.

He tried to take a step forward, tried to distinguish the things around him, tried to remember himself, tried to understand the current situation.

Countless shadowy objects surround him, those things have amorphous outlines, and the upright body floats psychedelic hollows, and strange air currents flow through those hollows, making indescribable whistling and hissing sounds, which are terrifying.

Then, a warm glow appeared in the perception, and following this warmth, I woke up from the darkness and forgot my own existence and began to slowly move forward...... ）

Nina suddenly put down the cheap ornament she was just picking up, frowned a little puzzled, and turned to look behind her.

Shirley on the side immediately noticed it and turned her head curiously: "Huh? Nina, what's wrong with you? ”

"I don't know...... Nina still frowned a little confused, her eyes swept around the crowd behind her, "I suddenly felt movement behind me just now, as if someone was staring at this side, but it just seemed to be ...... Illusion? ”

"It's an illusion...... Shirley frowned when she heard Nina's words, and subconsciously looked around the market, "There are people everywhere here, maybe who will take a look this way?" ”

Although she said this, she still cautiously confirmed it with Ah Gou in her heart.

"Nothing," Ah Gou's feedback quickly sounded in his heart, "It's just that there are too many people." ”

"Dog said nothing," Shirley said to Nina in a low voice, "and there will be no problem with its perception." ”

Nina blinked, looked back again, and then shook her head: "...... It seems to be an illusion. ”

The market is crowded with people, and the crowds make this otherwise spacious market a bit crowded, and you can see not only locals but also many tourists dressed in exotic costumes strolling through the market, and the various vendors shouting from one after another in the crowd, sounding almost noisy, but it seems to be lively.

In such a crowded place, it is nothing to feel a glance or two once in a while.

"Girl, are you still buying it?"

The stall owner's voice came from the other side, interrupting Nina's distraction.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Nina reacted immediately, smiling apologetically at the stall owner, and then held up the hairpin and brooch she had just picked out in her hand, "These two, help me wrap them up." What about Shirley? Do you have a favorite? ”

"I ...... I didn't pick it," Shirley shook her head, "I'll check it out later." ”

The stall owner packed her things, Nina settled the bill, and the two girls who had come out to shop continued to wander around the bustling bazaar, which was still long before sunset, and the sun was still high over the city-state.

(The surrounding mist stung the skin and eyes, and the undulating and never-ending roaring and whistling seemed to tear the eardrums, but fortunately or unfortunately, the broken thoughts and confused perceptions weakened the unbearable pain to a certain extent, forgetting their own existence, and staggering forward in this chaotic and indescribable world, continuing to think hard.)

What is skin? What are the eyes? What is an eardrum? How do you walk? How did you get here?

Starting with the most basic questions, they began to be confused about everything.

And there are annoying things that constantly interfere with their thinking and memories, and bring more pain and confusion to them.

He tried to look up, looking for the source of the annoying distraction - the thing hung high above, a huge ...... Noise.

Ta was a little puzzled, because in his shallow and vague consciousness, "noise" should be an invisible thing, but he felt ...... What I saw was noise.

A chaotic and twisted ripple, vibrating and wriggling endlessly in the heights, covering the entire chaotic sky, stirring the dim and floating light and shadow, blending with the countless roaring noises on the ground, disgusting and terrifying.

Ta struggled to step forward, moving in the midst of the noise, and carefully dodging the indescribable forms with psychedelic hollows and hissing noises, moving slowly and moving...... ）

Nina stopped again, this time standing in the middle of the road, staring wide-eyed at an empty place.

Under her eyes, there was even a faint golden glimmer quietly floating.

Shirley immediately stopped, and looked at the clearing with some puzzled frowns, and after a few seconds, she broke the silence with some uncertainty: "I seem to have sensed it just now, something is looking over here, and it seems to be coming along......"

"Does Dog feel it?" Nina's nerves tensed up unconsciously and asked in a whisper.

"Dog still says it doesn't feel anything," Shirley replied in a low voice, looking around carefully, "but it said that having a 'delusion' three times or twice is itself a cause for alarm, maybe something that shouldn't be in the real world is exerting its influence......"

Nina nodded slightly, and at the same time confirmed the situation in the market out of the corner of her eye.

Between the pedestrians, she could see the church guards on the side of the road.

The "knowledge guards" of the Academy of Truth tended over the crowded place, wearing collegiate-style burqas and carrying large-caliber revolvers around their waists, and keeping an alert and calm eye on the streets and squares - the eyes blessed by Rachem, the god of wisdom, could detect the invading evil in the first place.

However, the "knowledge guards" seemed relaxed, and did not seem to notice anything wrong with the bazaar.

"That feeling is gone...... The guards didn't seem to react, but I always felt like I wasn't delusional. Nina muttered to Shirley.

Shirley also whispered: "What are you going to do?" ”

“…… Would you like to report it to the guards on the side of the road? Nina thought for a moment and said, "Uncle said that if you encounter a danger such as a heretic, you should report it to the guards as soon as possible. ”

Shirley was stunned for a moment when she heard this, her head, which was full of violence and foul language, really didn't leave much room for the word "report", and she didn't think about it in this direction at all.

However, recalling Captain Duncan's several "righteous reports", another strange feeling came to her mind again-

As a violent, vulgar, uneducated and unskilled bad child, she is incompatible with the thinking of this evil god family because of her lack of moral level?

However, after a short sense of disobedience, she couldn't help but shake her head: "How to report it?" Let's just say that we always feel that someone is following behind us? The Guardians will think we're troublemakers......"

(What else can be combined and connected in fragmented memories?)

Ta thought hard, and as he staggered along, he recalled a dark red, as if a thick blood had piled up, and that dark red glow floated in the sky of his memory, as if he was endlessly chasing himself, chasing his own ...... Companions.

Companion? What is a companion?

A new memory suddenly appeared in the depths of her consciousness, and she was a little puzzled, and then she finally recalled more.

Ah, they have companions, and they set off on a long journey, but what are they going to do?

Seem...... It's about saving the world.

Following the Prophet's guidance, they went in the direction where the red light fell, and searched for a way to save the world, and many of them set out together, but the Hunter siblings soon fell, then the gloomy magician, and then the knights...... ）

Nina decided to report it to a few of the guards at the scene first.

Although it may seem troublesome to explain the motive of the report, professional things must be done by professional people after all, and as Uncle Duncan said - anyway, as long as the attitude is sincere, no one will be held accountable if the report is not successful, and if the report is made, maybe you can make a profit.

She pulled a reluctant Shirley and walked towards the guards on the side of the road.

(Ah, that warm feeling reappeared, not far ahead, and even...... It exudes a hazy light.

Ta stopped thinking and subconsciously walked forward.

Thick "curtains" gathered around them, as if deliberately blocking their steps, those buzzing noises were also gathering, and strange shapes that kept hissing were walking around, as if filled with indescribable malice and exuding indescribable terror.

However, he quickened his pace and moved closer to the light, like ......

The only thing that is still familiar in my memory, something that can be understood. ）

Nina came to the side of the road.

The knowledge guard in the academy burqa turned his head and looked curiously at the two girls who seemed to be in middle school who suddenly walked over.

"Two young ladies, do you need help?" The Guardian asked gently, smiling.

(Hissing and murmuring noises come from ahead, and the light seems to be approaching an indescribable form, and a sharp sense of uneasiness hits me.) ）

"We don't think something is right...... "Nina explained to the Guardian, saying the sentence she had been brewing all the way, "...... just now"

(Ta finally came to the warm glow, and when there was still some distance to go, he reached out his "hand" to touch the hazy shadow.)

At this moment, all the curtains and fog seem to turn into invisible borders, and the "actual touch" brought by penetrating the boundaries is the first sting that the lost and forgotten feel in this new world.

Ta leaped forward. ）

Screams suddenly came from behind him, resounding throughout the bazaar.

(End of chapter)