Chapter 19: The Darkness
Esther just laughed at the crow's deliberate reminder.
Because she promised "Adam" to be neutral, her relationship with the "true creator" is only awkward, but it is not hostile at all. But what is more important to Esther is the attitude Amon makes clear in that sentence – does he really not know the nature of the "true Creator", or does he refuse to admit that He is Darzyberg, just as he denies the relationship between "Esther" and "Zoya"?
However, considering that in addition to Amun's anchor over the years, there is also his closest "brother", I am afraid that Adam also contributed behind this cognition, at least when he and Amon did not have such a rigid relationship, Adam had the advantage of naturally interfering with Amun's tendency.
Until an equilibrium was reached with another "true creator", Adam would never allow Amun's inclinations to change.
It's simply a complicated family ethics drama...... Esther muttered silently in her heart.
In the past, when the Sun shared the daily life of Silver City with the members of the Tarot Society, he mentioned the elders of the "Council of Six" a few times, and Esther had also heard the name of this Elder Lovia and knew that her approach was rather special.
However, she changed the direction of her prayer to the gods, and remained in the city, not because she wanted to spread faith in the "true creator", otherwise the city would have begun to change a long time ago.
"Thank you for leading the way, I just wanted to get a closer look at those mushrooms." Esther smiled and was very blunt about what she really thought.
It wasn't a matter of willingness or not, it was a task given by the Chief, and Lovia gave Esther a friendly smile back, but her attitude was still very respectful, "No, this is what I should do for you as a member of the Silver City."
"So, you don't have to be so polite."
"That's as it should be."
Lovia's attitude in this regard was quite resolute, although Colin's face was not obvious, but he glanced at it in surprise, and he actually heard a hint of fanaticism from Lovia's words.
This was not her normal alertness.
After that, a meeting was needed to discuss the whole thing, and Colin decided not to hide it anymore, but at least to send the unidentified lady away, and then consider whether her arrival would have an impact on Silver City, and whether it might pose a threat.
For now, however, the city's light source also relies on the lantern mushroom, which not only greatly saves fuel resources, but also makes the night in Silver City quite safe, and if you want to completely abandon them, there will inevitably be resistance within the council......
As far as Colin was concerned, if Lovia had heard about what he had seen earlier, she would have been determined to keep the mushrooms in the city, and it would be better to take the opportunity to let Lovia tell her what she knew.
"Shall we go straight down from here?"
"I'll show you the way," Lovia pointed to the trapdoor to the side, "Or do you have something else in mind?"
"Don't bother, we're in a hurry."
The crow's indifferent voice sounded, and the next moment, the figures of Lovia and the other lady disappeared in front of Chief Colin's eyes.
Colin frowned, but he didn't have much curiosity about it, he always felt as if he had forgotten something, but the others were still waiting for news from him, so Colin didn't have time to think about it, and walked down the round tower along the trapdoor alone.
Esther glanced down at the crow in her arms, knowing that this was a disguised urge to urge herself to hurry up, she smoothed the crow's fur, and didn't say anything on her lips, now there is another person here, and there are many things that are not convenient to talk about.
The environment around her changed suddenly, but Lovia didn't seem to have any worries, and after regaining her footing, she looked as if nothing had happened, and asked Esther respectfully:
"Is there anything you'd like to visit?"
"Nope. I'm not here to explore Silver City, and I don't want to cause you trouble......" Esther replied, but she was a little weak when she said the latter sentence.
Raven buried her head in the crook of her arm and slouched between Esther's arms, yes
What was happening nearby seemed indifferent.
Esther looked at the surrounding streets, which were built in a style similar to those she had seen in the Forsaken Lands, but more quaint and rough, and this was more evident in the layout, even with the functional areas clearly planned, and the construction did not pay special attention to the separation between the houses, most of the streets were narrow.
However, most of the buildings are very tall, including those low stone houses, and the door frames are almost three meters high, and the same is true of Lady Lovia next to Esther - Esther stood next to her, obviously two heads shorter, Esther had thought that the chief was more special, and now she was very suspicious, I am afraid that the "sun" of the Tarot will stand up a lot taller than herself.
The main attraction of the streets is the lantern mushrooms that are neatly arranged like street trees in all the main streets and alleys. The sky and the ground are mostly dark, and darkness is extremely dangerous here, except where torches and stone braziers stand, these mushrooms provide a soft light.
They can illuminate the distance of several meters around them, and because of the lack of brightness, they are planted in large quantities.
Esther pointed to the mushroom closest to her, "Can I get closer and observe it?" I'll try not to spoil it, just take a look."
"Huh? Okay......"
Lovia was puzzled by Esther's goal, but she also realized that she shouldn't just figure out the other party's intentions, so she continued to introduce these mushrooms that could be found everywhere in Silver City:
"They were discovered by accident by a young man from the Exploration Team, and after many inspections by our 'Council of Six' confirmed that there was really no danger, they began to be cultivated on a large scale in the town."
As Esther approached the mushroom "street lamp", its glow became a little stronger, but it quickly returned to its original state.
Luo Wei watched this scene, and couldn't help but pause in her introduction before continuing, "As long as you inject spiritual power into the planting and pour enough water, they can grow anywhere, whether they are attached to sand or soil. They don't mutate, and they even prevent monsters from breeding in dark corners, and many people have come to believe that they bring good luck...... But we can't draw a precise conclusion about this."
Esther looked up at the "fruit" that grew under the cap, she never thought it would be so large. Could it be that Frank planted a shipload of mushrooms like this on the Future? Would the Hermit Lady allow such a thing to happen?
Putting aside the illusion of a mushroom ship riding the waves, Esther pointed to the spores hanging overhead, "Can I take some with me?"
Lovia nodded, "Of course, we now have at least two warehouses full of these seeds. And all the streets