Chapter 211: The "Hole" in "Hope"
Dami rarely goes to the Light of Hope to make a wish.
As a Neras, this is rare.
Most, no, it should be said that the vast majority of Neras have a habit of seeing the light of hope, and go to worship once or twice a day, even kneeling under a tree for a whole day, often with a strong desire.
For example, Dammi's father, Fermo, was.
After the unexpected death of his wife two years ago and the loss of his job due to a mistake made during work, Fermo now stays in front of the light of hope every day and does not return home until the wishing table closes in the evening.
Father and son live on handouts.
Probably also felt that he was in a bad state, and it would be embarrassing for father and son to meet, and Fermo had not allowed Dami to go to the Light of Hope.
It was dinner time today, and Fermo didn't come back.
It was not uncommon for Fermo, who knelt under a tree all day, and sometimes his feet were numb, to find a place to sit nearby for a while, and then come back when he was able to walk.
But the situation seemed a little different today, and Fermo did not return until the moon had crawled past the neighbor's low room.
Worried, Dami covered his dinner and went out to find his father.
The Light of Hope grows on the top of a hill in the city, which is enclosed halfway up the mountain, and the part inside is called the Wishing Table. There is a road to the east of the hill, but because the slope is too gentle, it is said to be a mountain, but it is at best a dirt slope paved with turf, probably the kind that does not feel tired when walking, so most people do not honestly follow the paved road.
The trevi stand will be closed at night, otherwise some people may not leave for 24 hours. Usually Fermore rests on the grass outside when his legs are numb, and he doesn't go too far from the gate.
When Dami arrived outside the wishing table, there were still some people sitting and lying on the grassy slope near the gate, some of whom had not rested enough, and some of whom were not ready to go back, and planned to sleep here until tomorrow morning.
It is said that the first person to enter the wishing table is more likely to hear his wish by the Light of Hope.
It wasn't the first time Dammy had come to see Fermo, but it was too late in the day, and under the magical light of the walls of the Trevi Table, the people on the grassy slope were bright or dark, and these people knelt day and night in the light of hope, and their raunchy and haggard appearance scared Dammy, who had just turned seven last month.
Some people were sleeping, and he didn't dare to call Fermo's name, so he could only carefully check one by one to see if the figures and clothes on the ground were similar to his father's.
But after searching all the people near the gate, Dami still didn't find his father, he called out his father a few times in a small voice like a mosquito, and naturally he didn't get any response, when he raised his voice, he was immediately scolded by a few resting people, and finally Dami could only look for Fermo by the light over and over again.
After crying, searching, turning around a few times, and receiving a lot of scolding, Dami finally determined that his father was not here.
"Maybe he's gone farther today?"
Dami was going to look farther away, so he followed the wall of the Trevi Stand, and he was a little scared if there was no light when he left the wall.
Along the way, Dami occasionally saw one or two people lying on the ground, these lonely people were even more terrible than the people at the gate, Dami only dared to go up to check for a look, and when he found that he was not, he ran away quickly.
Finally, after an entire hour away from home, Dami finally found .......
A big hole.
Dami looked at the scene in horror, and a large hole in the wall of the wishing platform, which was more than five meters high, suddenly appeared.
The rubble was scattered on the other side of the wall, and if another adult was here, he would soon realize that someone had destroyed the wall from the outside, but the seven-year-old Dami obviously didn't think about it that much, and probably because he had silently recited the words "be brave" in his heart too many times today, Dami had gone through the big hole to the inner test of the wall, that is, inside the wishing platform.
He stared blankly at the huge trees in front of him, Dami, who had been barred from the Trevi Stand by Fermo since his mother's death, had not seen the light of hope for a long time.
At this moment, Dami suddenly heard a voice from his side: "Children who don't sleep at night and run around will be eaten by the moon ghost~"
Dami turned his head and saw a figure half in the darkness, half in the moonlight through the big hole, and half of his body in the moonlight showed the appearance of iron armor, and he was carrying a man who had passed out in his hand.
.......
Wren casually threw the guard aside in his hand, and then looked at the child in front of him.
Since going to Alexia, Wren spent a few days of quiet campus life while waiting for someone's reply, and then finally ushered in a new round of teleportation today, and the destination was naturally the happiest city in the world that he saw at that time - Nellas.
After arriving here, Wren found that the time was night, and no one could see a few, and since this was known as the happiest city in the world, and it had been held for decades, there was nothing he needed to do to do it.
"Let's think of it as a tour~"
With such a relaxed mood, Wren is ready to relax, and this first stop is, of course, the light of hope that has been blown to the gods.
At night, the Trevi Stand was closed, and Wren had no choice but to take the unusual path and enter the walls. After knocking out a guard who happened to be patrolling nearby, he was about to go to see the Light of Hope when Dami barged in, and then there was the scene just now.
At this time, the child cried and said very aggrievedly: "Are you a moon ghost?" Are you going to eat me? ”
"You don't know me?" Wren bent down and leaned his face closer to Dammy, and the helmet was almost pressed against the child's face: "It seems that I haven't done enough bad things. ”
Dami looked at the helmet that suddenly approached and cried out with a wow.
Wren patted him on the head: "Lie to you, I'm just a passing tourist, and I've heard the name of the Light of Hope for a long time, so come in and have a look." ”
Dami was slapped on the head, and he craned his neck to hide but didn't dare to dodge, and he looked at the big hole in the wall next to him.
Wren also looked at it, and then smiled: "Oh, you said this." ”
He rummaged through the pile of rubble on the ground, then found a large tattered piece of paper from it, flattened it and showed it to Dami: "Are children literate?" Prohibit! Stop! Flip over! Wall! ”
"I'm the most well-behaved."
With that, he shoved the crumpled paper in his hand to Dammy.
Dami looked at the paper in his hand, and then at the big hole in the wall next to him, and his little head couldn't turn around.