Dark clouds rolled back and forth in the sky, and the blizzard blew harder.

The courtyard of Konstantin's house is covered with a thick layer of snow, which blends the large flower beds in the courtyard with the earth.

"Erica, Erica, are you there?" Anne pushed open the door and called Erica's name.

"I'm here, Sister Annie!" Erica greeted Annie with her little head poked out of the snowdrift.

"Oh my God, Erica, you're not frozen, are you?"

"I'm fine, I have an enchantment laid by my mother!"

"Whew!I'm scared to death!" said Anne, picking up Erica, "Alright, it's getting late, it's time for the kids to go to bed!"

"No, I'll wait for Mom and Dad to come back!"

As soon as Anne heard this, she immediately put Erica down, and then roared with a calm face: "If you don't listen to me, I'll tell your parents that Erica was very naughty last night, disobedient, didn't sleep well, and didn't ...... well Tomorrow's Genesis Festival, you don't want to go out of the way to play!"

"I ...... I'm going to sleep!" little Erica trembled with fright, and ran away without a trace.

"Very good!, the task is complete, and then prepare tomorrow's breakfast and put it on the table, and save it with the magic circle to avoid cold up. The clothes have been washed, and the floor has been dragged ......," said Anne, crossing her fingers, "Well, the trivial work is done, then I should also leave for the front......!" Burris, can he really come back?"

"The Feast of Creation that Year...... The snow was heavy and the weather was cold. Maybe it's going to be the coldest winter of my life, right?" said Erica, covering her face with her hands.

Renon shook his head helplessly and thought: No wonder Sister Erica locks herself in her room every year on the Genesis Festival......

"On that day, there was no one in the house...... Except for ......me," Erica continued, "the snow hasn't stopped since last night. I sat on the steps in front of the door......"

"What the hell is going on? Dad, Mommy, Grandpa, and Sister Anne...... Why don't you go home yet!" Little Erica squatted at the door of the house, snorted the white heat, and rubbed her red cheeks with her stiff little hands. She looked up at the gate of the courtyard, which had been opened, and the scene of her parents and others entering had been fantasized countless times.

But the reality is cruel, the snow is still the snow, the wind is still the wind, the cold and stiff iron door is locked by a big lock, motionless.

"Maybe they're busy, they should be back at noon, right?" Erica reassured herself again and again.

"Perhaps...... Maybe you've been delayed by a lot of things, right......? I'll be able to come back in the evening......" Crystal teardrops hung on the eyelashes, frozen into shiny beads.

It was completely dark, and Erica, who was cold and hungry, collapsed in the snowdrift, "Daddy...... Mom...... Grandfather...... Sister Anne ...... "In her daze, she made a sound that was lighter and weaker than a mosquito, as if even the tremor caused by the fall of a snowflake could hide it.

The wind stopped, the snow stopped, the clouds dissipated, and Artemis finally showed her beautiful smiling face, casting a silver veil onto the earth. Without the wind, the silver-covered world is quiet, and there is no sound in silence.

Suddenly, there were two sounds of "click, kala", and a piece of snow on the branches fell, and two figures fell from the sky to break this quiet "snow scene painting". They are Arroyo Constantine and Anne Field.

Anne took out the key to open the courtyard gate, and in a "squeak" of the pivot, the snow on the iron gate slipped down one after another, as if it was catkins fluttering in the wind in the spring twilight.

Arroyo's face was solemn, and he moved his heavy steps as he slowly walked into the courtyard. Suddenly, as if sensing something, he unleashed his flying spell and walked to the door of the house. He stretched out his large, thin hand to pick up something in the snowdrift.

"Erica!" he picked up the unconscious Erica from the snowdrift and shouted her name out loud, "Erica, what's wrong with you? Erica, wake up!"

"Oh my God, that kid can't have been waiting here for a while, is he's been waiting for a while?" said Anne, struggling to come with her feet raised, leaving a trail of deep footprints on the thick snow.

"Whew, it's okay it's just a mild coma, and some of the skin is slightly frostbitten......"

"This kid ......," Konstantin wanted to say but couldn't, and with a look of guilt on his face, he adjusted his mood and said to Anne, "take her into the house for treatment, if she wakes up and asks...... Let's find a reason to prevaricate. ”

"Yes!"

"Another day...... Let's take her there......"

Nightmare and Gonzas flew fast, and by the time they talked, they had reached the most important forest in Rinon's life.

"You're too messy, Sister Erica. You've been squatting in the snow for a whole day, and you're lucky not to freeze to death!" said Ruinon angrily.

Erica shook her head and said, "Maybe it's better to die like this...... The voice was like a cold wind blowing from the tomb.

Maybe just die...... It would be better......

Hearing these familiar words, Rainon felt as if he had returned to the past. The same forest, the same mood, the same words...... No, it's nothing to remember, it's a wrong idea, a wrong choice!!

"Sister Erica, why do you think this way, wouldn't it be better to be alive?"

"My dad...... Betrayed Kevin Russ and betrayed us...... Joined the Western Alliance. On the battlefield with grandpa they-for-tat. ”

"It doesn't sound like good news. ”

Erica turned her face sideways and said, "Sister Anne can't bear to be heavy-handed, grandpa is trying to convince Dad to change his mind...... But all this to no avail. The coalition forces are huge, but our troops are seriously insufficient, and we have been able to barely compete with the addition of my grandfather and father. But that day, Dad betrayed Kevin Russ and put us in a predicament we never had before. ”

Nightmare listened and said, "The consequences of Boris Constantine's betrayal are more than a small thing, is it not as simple as subtracting one local main force from our main force. ”

"Yes, because Grandpa and Sister Anne didn't dare to deal heavily with Daddy, Kevin Russ was defeated...... The most rear...... The last ......" said Erica and couldn't stop crying.

"Renong, we're here. Gonzas flapped his wings and descended slowly.

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work. After thanking Gonzas, Ronon twisted his waist and jumped off its claws, then helped Erica to the ground, "Is it your mother who ends this war?"

Erica leaned weakly on Rynon's shoulder, the sparkling beads leaving a dark mark on Rynon's placket from her white face, "Yes, so to speak." Mommy She ...... She...... She ended her father's life with her own hands. ”

Both Rainon and Nightmare shook their heads involuntarily.

After that, she committed suicide...... By the time I learned the truth about the incident, it had been a month. Until that day, Grandpa accidentally said that he leaked his mouth......" Erica straightened up and stroked her loose hair and continued, "Before that, Grandpa and Sister Anne always told me that the war was not over, and that Dad and Mom were very busy. ”

"Actually, the war is over?"

"Yes...... In the first battle of the Genesis Festival, Grandpa defeated the coalition army, and the other side was defeated and withdrew from the border of Kevenlas. ”

The Nightmare led the way, and Gonzas followed in human form once more.

"Because anger gave him strength?"

"Yes, according to Sister Anne, she had never seen her grandfather so angry...... I also heard her say that her mother had a happy expression in the last moment, and kept saying, 'Erica, I'm sorry, please forgive me, I'm not a good mother.' As she spoke, Erica cried, "Why do you want me to know this? Why do you want me to suffer again? Maybe I can be reunited with my parents when I go like this one day." ”

Renon listened and took a deep breath, then spit out, "Don't cry, Sister Erica. Here we are, and this is where I want to take you. ”

"Here?"

"The place where I first met Grandpa Konstantin. ”

"That's?" asked Erica, pointing to the little dirt bags.

"That's Brother Zhao's tomb, that's the unknown coachman's, that's Cheng Feng's, and this one I can't name, they're all from my hometown. You also know that I am a native of Xuanqing, and like you, I lost my parents and lost my home because of the Byzantine invasion. On that day, my father and mother pushed me into the carriage and fled with them from the war-torn country of Xuanqing......"

"Is Ling Zun okay?"

"Killed...... Killed right in front of my eyes...... They didn't have time to catch the carriage. As he spoke, Ronon closed his eyes.

"Sorry...... Maybe I shouldn't have asked that. ”

"On that day, like you, I thought about death...... But that's not right!" said Ronon and grabbed Erica's shoulders tightly, "If you die, you don't have to take responsibility, if you die, you can stay away from pain, and if you die, you can be free from worry!

"I ......"

"Have you ever thought about what they are fighting for, what are they sacrificing for? Not for your tomorrow? If you abandon yourself like this, what is the point of the sacrifice that your parents, your grandfather, and Sister Anne have participated in? So you have to do something, don't you?" Ronon repeated what Zhao Lei had told him at the beginning.

"Do something?"

"yes, do you really think it doesn't matter if they die in vain?"

Listening to Renon's words, Erica stopped crying, and there was a look of determination in her eyes.

When Renon saw it, he smiled and said, "Erica, looking at you like this, I think of myself at the beginning. History! It's always strikingly similar......"

"you! How old do you think you are! Don't forget I'm your sister!" Erica got up and nudged Rinon before giggling.

"Hahaha!" came a mournful laugh from the woods.

Nightmare shook his head and thought to himself: What is the striking resemblance of human history? Because human beings are always repeating the mistakes of the past step by step. A few people have the majority of material resources, but they are not satisfied, and for the sake of their endless desires, they instruct those who lack material resources to burn and loot to bring him more and more material resources, but those who have been wounded by the struggle have once again turned to the path of killing in order to survive and take revenge. Endless lust brings endless hatred...... When is the time for retribution?

"Master, you're here, but you're tired of Sylph. Master, how can you leave Silf alone and leave silently?" Suddenly, a black figure fell from the sky and threw himself into Rinnon's arms.

"Silph? I'm sorry...... I...... It's me who is wrong. Suddenly Renon smelled a pungent smell of blood, and he lifted Silver's coat, "This black piece...... It's all blood, Silver, you're not hurt, are you?" said Rainon, who was about to reach for Silver's underwear...... (Reader L: Hey, old pervert, what do you want to do? Don't even let go of little Lori, beast!)

"Smack!" Erica slapped Rinon's "groping hand" away and said, "I'll come! You go and squat in the grass over there, turn your back and don't peek!"

"It's all the blood of those bad guys. Silver's fine, but what about you, master?"

"Ha Luha, I'm sorry! I'm fine, but let Sister Erica check it out!" Rynon sneered. He turned to the side and thought to himself: Bad guys? Are those soldiers really bad guys? They may be soldiers to get a bite to eat; they also have children and old in their families, so that their wives and children can have a good life and a good future. Are those soldiers really bad people? They shed their blood and even their lives for their motherland and for the emperor...... But do they really want war? Are they really bad guys?

"Rynon, Silver, she's fine, she's not hurt. Erica had a relieved smile on her face.

"Really? Then I'm relieved. Come on, get down to business. With that, Rainon lifted Anne, who had fallen into a permanent slumber, from the back of the nightmare, and laid her flat beside Winnie Sindarin's grave.

The smile faded, and a faint sadness resurfaced on Erica's face, "Sister Annie...... By the way, whose grave is that?"

"Mommy's. Silver whispered.

"Mother, Silph's mother?" asked Erica.

"Hmm!" said Silver, slowly kneeling down at Winnie Sindarin's grave.

"Your mother must have been a very beautiful, very gentle mother. Erica sat quietly beside Sylph and held her in her arms. At the same time, she used her mental power to call Renon and asked: "Silph's mother was also given a ...... because of Byzantium."

"No! it was in the Mecampos Empire, where she and her mother were involved in the slave trade, and the buyer was Douglas, the lord of Glistan City. Winnie Sindalen fought to the death with the Douglas family in order to protect Silver, and was eventually killed. I wanted to talk to Douglas about Sarah Abraham and happened to meet Silph, who was helpless, so I took her in. ”

"Really?" Erica muttered softly, "a very strong child!"

"Yes, she's stronger than you and me. But is that good or bad for her?" said Rinon and Erica with mental power.

"Huh?" Silver, curiously, looked up.

"Ahh

A large bead of sweat broke out of Rinon, Nightmare, and Gonzas' heads.

"Ah, it's time to get down to business. When Erica saw Annie's pale face, her red eyes sparkled again, "Renon let me come!"

"Hmm! ”

The humble little dirt bag has one more ......

Rynon, Erica, Silver, the three of them knelt in front of the brand new dirt bag, and their hearts were full of thoughts.

Zhao Lei, the coachman, Cheng Feng, the unknown passengers, Winnie Sindarin, Carol Ymir, Sarah Abraham, and Anne Field, the nine of them lay quietly together and fell into an eternal sleep......

"Let's go! It's time to hit the road. Suddenly, Renon stood up.

"On the road, where are we going, where else can we go?" said Erica, shaking her head, "we have nothing. ”

"Don't forget what Sister Anne said, go to Birchney, we've got Grandpa Mopra and Fiona!" Rainon smiled and held out his hand to Erica, "But then again, what if there is nothing? ”