Chapter 36 Interpretation
Lumian had been waiting for some time for the interpretation of the dream symbol, desperate to "re-meet" the parish priest Guillaume. Bene before getting enough hints.
Only in this way can he "torture" the target in a more targeted manner.
This time, after Ms. "Magician" grabbed him by the shoulder, he no longer saw the rich cascading blocks of color and strangely shaped creatures.
He first felt a little starlight rise, and then he was in the twisted and hidden dark tunnel, and the spirit and flesh seemed to show signs of chaos, and he didn't know whether he was moving forward, backwards, or upwards, falling with it.
This state lasted only a short time, but Lumian could not say exactly how long, and seemed to have temporarily lost an accurate sense of the passage of time.
He returned to normal, and when he opened his eyes, he even suspected that he was still in the breeze dance hall one second, and he had reached his destination the next.
What caught his eye was a primeval forest that almost obscured the sky, and a brown-and-yellow hunter's hut stood in a clearing surrounded by huge trees.
"Let's go inside." Lumian's voice rang out in the ears of the "magician", but he didn't see the demigod.
Following the instructions, he took a step, stepping on the large number of leeches that were tumbling and approaching, and through the poisonous insects that flew in the air and crawled on the surface of the grass and trees, he came to the hunter's hut, and pushed open the hidden wooden door.
Inside, there are rows of bookshelves and wooden tables placed in the middle of the bookshelves, and the appearance of the surrounding primeval forest and the hunter's hut is like two worlds.
Behind the wooden table sat a figure, wearing a white shirt and an open black coat, leaning against the back of the chair, the whole person seemed to be covered by a thick mist, which seemed to be very blurry, so that Lumian could not see his face clearly, and could only barely distinguish the condition of the clothes, the position of his facial features, and his specific gender.
"Sit down." The figure said in a somewhat magnetic and slightly ethereal voice.
"Hello." Lumian bowed politely before sitting down, "What shall I call you?"
The figure thought for a moment and said, "You can be a poet."
Poet? Lumian didn't understand the meaning of the codename, but chose to respect: "Hello, Mr. Poet."
The poet bowed his head lightly and said:
"The magician has told me the whole dream and the information, but I'd like to hear you tell me more."
Directly called "magician...... He is also a member of the Tarot Society? A holder of a large Arcana card? Lumian looked at the poet across from him again with some speculation.
Relying on the outlines drawn in the dense fog, he made a further impression:
The brunette is longer than the average person, and he does look like an artist; The pupils are turquoise, and the light of the eyes is not sharp; The face is thinner and not low in height; The sitting posture is not upright, and it looks very casual......
These elements, combined with the dense fog, make the poet feel as if he is coming from the depths of a dream.
"Okay." Lumian responded to the other's words.
He recounted the nightmare about the village of Kordu in its original form, adding the traces found in the ruins and the wealth of information that had been harvested in the last month. Compared with the past, when recalling these things, although he still had emotional fluctuations, it was not so intense, and there was only one deep breath in the whole process.
As he spoke, Lumian saw that the poet leaning back in his chair had clasped his hands between his chest and abdomen, and that his green eyes were much clearer than before.
In the next second, Lumian noticed that there were strange worms drilling in and out of the edge of the other party's eye sockets.
The insects are transparent and opaque, as if they are carrying rings.
Such a scene almost made Lumian forget to tell it, as if he was facing the headless monster created by "Overseer" Olsen, and inevitably felt horrified.
He froze, forcing himself to ignore the strange worms that were wriggling and burrowing into his sockets, and to express what he wanted to say in full.
When he had finished, the poet was silent for a moment and said, "It is indeed a dream full of symbolic meaning."
"Let's start with the simplest, the dead wizard in the tomb."
Doesn't this symbolize that Aurel became a fateful person and finally died? Before Lumian could ask the question, the poet seemed to sense his thoughts and took the initiative to explain: "This is a very typical double structural symbol, that is, it contains two layers of meaning.
"On the first level, the sorcerer symbolizes the power of fate, or pollution, which also represents Themipolos, the coffin is equivalent to the concept of 'death', both symbolizing the power of fate being sealed and losing its vitality, and the burial chamber represents the seal itself.
"In the dream, we can see that the wizard is indeed dead and never left that tomb, which is consistent with the state of the seal on your body.
"Because in this case, your sister Aurel also accepted the gift of fate, and is currently one of the suspected leaders, in some ways also represents the power of fate, and in addition, she is dead, so the wizard's matter has a second symbolic meaning.
"These two layers of symbolism are superimposed by the core point of 'the power of fate,' which makes it easy for the interpreter to overlook one of them."
So that's it...... Lumian, whose heart was gradually heavy, was persuaded by Mr. Poet to recognize the essence of wizarding legends from another perspective. "
The poet remained in the same sitting position, and there were no more strange insects burrowing in and out of his eye sockets:
Unraveling the full symbolism of the dead wizard, the owl and the other you have a preliminary answer to what you represent:
"The other you symbolizes both your personality that has been alienated by pollution, and the fact that Themipolos is trying to achieve his own ends by influencing your thoughts, and if there is only the former symbol, the other one you should not be able to leave the tomb;
"The owl's ability to enter and exit the dead wizard's burial chamber shows that it was able to circumvent the seal to some extent, and at the same time, it also exhibited several characteristics: constantly monitoring your changes, not showing up at critical moments, and staying next to the dead wizard.
"Combined with our interpretation of the symbolism of the dead wizard, the owl represents another fateful person who is responsible for monitoring the state of the dead wizard, and its attitude towards the dead wizard is vague, neither showing due protection nor helping the angel in the final ritual.
"Bypassing the seal should mean that it is in the outside world and can communicate with Themipolos in some way, which I can't be sure of yet, and you can't ignore other possibilities."
The symbol of the "victim" turned out to be an owl, and I thought it was another me or Aurel...... Lumian breathed a sigh of relief, but also a certain disappointment.
Taking advantage of the momentary pause, Mr. Poet asked the question: "The underground altar is real, but what does the breath of the 'sufferer' in the dream symbolize?"
"The first layer is a symbol of the force of fate that once appeared there, but if there is only this layer, it is unlikely that the symbolic element will appear in the form of the breath of the 'sufferer'." The poet took a few seconds to interpret, "On the second level, if the fatalistic person symbolized by the owl monitoring you is already a 'sufferer', it means that it is unwilling to let others touch the altar of fate, which also symbolizes the power of fate.
"In addition, we also saw that you suffered the least damage at the time, which means that the 'victim' is not willing to kill you, and will even protect you to some extent, which is very similar to the 'psychotherapy' you experienced in the Trier market area."
From the very beginning, that person had the idea of plotting Termepolos? Of course, he will also cooperate with Themipolos to do something before his intentions are truly revealed...... Is there a reason why Themipolos tried to influence me several times, but was unsuccessful? Lumian couldn't help but sympathize with the angel of fate sealed in his chest.
The poet continues:
"I suspect there is a third layer of symbolism, which represents that there is a real victim in the village of Cordu, a victim who is not on an otherworldly level."
The real victims...... Lumian was shocked when he heard this.
He had many associations, but he couldn't find the right answer.
The poet himself is not too sure of this, and does not elaborate further, instead interpreting the symbol that Lumian is most concerned about at the moment:
"Whether or not the lizard-like elf appears in reality, its symbolism in dreams is quite obvious:
"First, it shows a longing for cemeteries, a love for going in and out of those tombs, but not actually entering the tombs of dead wizards, which symbolizes that it belongs to another force, and it is connected to the forces of fate but is by no means the same, more like it is seeking and harvesting something related to fate."
Other forces...... Lumian recalls the transparent "lizard" that appeared at the scene during the "Shadow Tree" incident.
The poet sits up a little straighter: "Second, it symbolizes hidden pollution and unconscious change."
"In the whole dream, there are only two people who have crawled out of the lizard-like elf in their mouths, one is your sister Aurel, and the other is Michelle, the priest of the Replica Hall. Garigu, what is your impression of the latter in reality?"
Lumian thought for a moment and said, "It's similar to the dream, but it's not that exaggerated.
"He was a fairly devout believer in the 'Eternal Sun', because he was killed by Guillaume . Bennet was sidelined, and he had the paranoid idea of conducting a sermon to listen to a confession, and later, he became more and more apparent, completely ignoring other things......."
Speaking of this, Lumian was suddenly stunned.
He remembered Auror, another man who had crawled out of his mouth with a lizard-like elf.
Didn't she also neglect to write to "Hela" for help?
Mr. Poet nodded: "Your sister Aurel should behave similarly.
"Third, the forces or gods represented by the lizard-like elves do not want to see the angels of fate really descend, and it symbolizes the role of the destroyer."
Seeing that Lumian was a little puzzled, the poet further said:
"Had it not been for someone who had crawled out of their mouths with a lizard-like elf to stun you, take you to the final sacrificial place, and make you a vessel, the Advent Ritual would have been a success.
"Think about it, in that ceremony, if it wasn't you standing in front of Aurore, it was someone else, would she have woken up briefly and pushed him out of the altar?"