Volume III, Chapter 51
Marshmallow stared at Cohen with a disgruntled gaze, who immediately changed to a friendly smile.
"She's on this planet, on this continent, with some life like you. This way of communicating with you is what she taught me. Marshmallow recalled: "We were interdependent, we exchanged memories, and she was my companion, indispensable to me—just like Fischette was to you." ”
"And then?" Cohen asked.
"Then, I lost contact with her. Marshmallow's voice was calm, but all her pain was carried in this overly calm telling: "I have been lonely again, it has been tens of thousands of years......"
"I can relate to it. Sensing the pathos that stirred in Marshmallow's calm voice, Cohen nodded and said, "It's hard for people who haven't had this experience to understand." ”
"I don't hear from her again...... I've tried all sorts of things, but I haven't been able to get a single message. I can destroy this planet lightly, but I can't enter this planet to find it, although I can come here through the dragon clan later, but my energy is limited, and I can't use it lightly without clues. Marshmallow bowed her head again: "Time means nothing to me...... Until you, at that moment, broke into my realm. ”
"You ......," Cohen understood.
"Yes, arranging for you to be reborn, I do mean that you will find this life for me.
It's just that you were too weak to accomplish this mission. Although I am very anxious, I can't tell you about it. “
"What about now? Can I finish it now?"
"You didn't seem to have anything in your eyes before, did you? Did you take anything seriously? But now it's different—you, and me," Marshmallow said in a long voice. In a rare, gloating tone, he said: "Our destinies are inextricably linked. ”
Cohen had an innocent look on his face. Look at the marshmallow with an inquiring eye. But Marshmallow's demeanor was very leisurely, and he didn't open his mouth for a long time.
"Hey—you said time was limited!"
"Now, it's getting to a point where we're all embarrassed. Marshmallow explained slowly: "Fundamentally, I can't help you resurrect your friend—I just know a solution to this." ”
"Hey, hey—" Cohen immediately bounced off the ground, "You have to be clear, this is no joke!
"No kidding, if you want to resurrect your friend, a complete resurrection, then you must first find my partner. Marshmallow's tone was very solemn: "It is the life that is revered as a god by the people of the ancient continent." ”
Cohen took a step back, stuck one hand on his waist, pointed at the marshmallow with the other, and his mouth began to dry again.
"! what does the ancient god have to do with me?" he looked almost like a tooth and a claw, but Marshmallow understood that it was because he was too excited: "Marshmallow, don't bluff me, if you resurrect Fichette right away, we're still friends, or ......"
"You must find her," Marshmallow replied, "I can only save your friend's soul." His soul is now under my protection—do you want me to sue him for all your affairs?"
"Oh! we have such a good relationship. This kind of thing is avoided, right?" Cohen immediately pounced forward, hugged the golden dragon's neck with both hands and shook it: "Is Fischette really there with you?
"If you don't find my partner soon, your friend won't be able to come back to you. Marshmallow struggled slightly, but it was indeed not the opponent of the unscrupulous embryo Cohen, so he had to let him hug: "The price of this meeting is too great, I can't look at you again in the future, and I can't even talk to you through a third party like today." ”
Marshmallow's words made Cohen dumbfounded: "That...... That is, my good luck has come to an end?"
"I'm afraid so, I can no longer help you when you are in danger, and I will no longer be able to know your news...... Until you find my partner, she is the only one who has a way and a way to contact me. ”
"Damn! How do I know where your friend is hiding in such a big place?" Cohen shouted again: "What kind of friend of yours, you don't even have a name! Even if you have a name, it must be a ...... like "A cat and a dog."
"She has a name," Marshmallow's gaze became a little melancholy, "she once told me that all the beings on the ancient continent called her—the source of life. And you, my friend, I already feel it, you have her breath in you! faint, but that's hers. ”
Cohen straightened up, his face expressionless, ", you're kidding me again, when did I ever meet a guy who claims to be the source of life?"
"It doesn't have to be," Marshmallow is very attached to her feelings, "either you passed by, or she once looked at you for a long time." ”
"Is that okay?" Cohen looked at Marshmallow with strange eyes, as if Marshmallow owed him a lot of money.
"Her life force is open, and compared to her, my closedness seems very selfish. Marshmallow tactfully reminded Cohen: "Find her and follow her arrangement to resurrect your friend, this is the only way." ”
Finding the source of life is not the first time Cohen has accepted a payment. But he commanded himself not to think about it, Marshmallow has the ability to read other people's minds - in order to plan for the future, he must take more initiative!
"That's what you're talking about is a very difficult thing?" Cohen took a long time before he spoke: "It's not that I'm complaining, it's a vast sea of people! Just one name, this information is too little, right? There are my enemies everywhere, I can't look for them everywhere." There are thousands of people waiting for me to feed them in my little place—and when I find your friends, all my people will starve to death?"
Marshmallow sighed, "You're getting more and more bad habits...... In my memory, you don't seem to be a life full of intrigue, and although you were stupid at that time, there was still a lot of cuteness about you. ”
"Am I cute?" Cohen retorted solemnly, "even if I used to be cute!"
But you have to understand that people change. “
"I don't see the little ones getting stronger. Marshmallow hit him mercilessly: "I only see the depraved Cohen - you disguise your childhood self on the surface, and the nature below becomes more violent and ferocious." But. And it's because you have two personalities. That so-called demonization will fail. ”
"Okay! I'm violent. So what?" Cohen was furious when he was hit by Marshmallow, "What about the loss of your friends? Amazing—have you ever been toyed with by a little bitch day and night? You didn't! I faked madness to escape, and I—the world-famous Cohen." In the end, there are four little sluts rushing to play with me, do you know how it feels like to be crazy to pretend to be crazy! I'm really crazy!"
"I ...... I...... I...... The woman who saved me, she was so kind, but she died so miserably......" Cohen sat down and held his head in pain: "I watched her die. I watched her life disappear, but I couldn't do anything about it...... Do you know why she died? She was killed by a bunch of miscellaneous people for fun! What kind of world is this? The world of cannibalism...... Why do I have to show the goodness and innocence of another self? Why? People in this world, they don't deserve it!"
"Although you are telling the truth, this is not a reason for your fall. Marshmallow said slowly: "This truth is actually very simple, the woman who saved you, she also lives in this world, but she is still kind. And it is precisely because there are countless such kind people that life can continue, kindness is sinless, and innocence is also sinless...... As for the guilty. I am not opposed to you punishing by any means. But have you ever thought that even the kindest people. Do you have evil thoughts?"
Cohen held his head and didn't speak.
"Your friends, your family, including yourself, even me, who can be perfect?" Marshmallow sighed with emotion: "The struggle between good and evil, at the same time, in every living being, will continue to exist." But you, you should not be discouraged and indulged until you fall...... You have a valuable character that despises the authority of a qiē, and you can point the way for life in the confusion. ”
"You're coming!" Cohen raised his head, "I'm just an ordinary person, I'm not as great as you think!"
"Actually, I don't need to say too much, you will naturally do a lot of things. Marshmallow smiled: "In my opinion, your kindness has always existed, and will always remain, and if you keep denying your true nature, you will live a more miserable life than you are now...... You are too easily moved, you can't accept the death of a kind woman who saved you, and you can't accept more of these things. ”
Cohen lowered his head again, of course he knew his heart, but he still couldn't help but vent in front of Marshmallow...... It's the same as talking to a friend when you're frustrated.
"Say it, you will feel better, I understand. Marshmallow was quite generous: "But when you are done and down, you have to make yourself brave, as you said, there are many people waiting for you to rescue and lead." ”
Cohen let out a sigh: "I'll talk about this later." ”
"Okay, let's talk about what's in front of you! I will take good care of your friend's soul, but you have to do your best to find the source of life, and we can work together to bring your friend back to life. Marshmallow Zhengse said: "Regarding the affairs of this continent, I have communicated with the elders of the Dragon Clan, and I have also received some hints. The current so-called gods and demons, they must have something to do with the disappearance of the source of life. ”
Cohen raised his head, a little deflated: "How can I fight with gods and demons? ”
"You don't have to have a direct conflict with the gods and demons now, I know you're leading a country, you go back now, consolidate your territory, accumulate strength and then expand, and find out the traces of the source of life. Marshmallow pointed to Cohen: "In addition, I know that the energy you have absorbed in the universe has also awakened, and this power can be unleashed with a skill called magic, although you can't fully grasp it yet, but practice makes perfect, and you can always do it." And I spent my time studying the so-called magic of gods and demons...... You have the strength to fight. ”
"It's as simple as that?"
"How complicated is it? You've not been able to grow because you're using the wrong method, and you're absorbing very little energy, so take a little more time...... Meditate!" Marshmallow said lightly, "But the only thing to pay attention to is time, time! After a long time, it is difficult for me to guarantee that your friend's soul will not have problems......"
"How much time do I have?"
"It's better not to have more than five years for this time and to be resurrected early. Your friend's soul will be whole, and the less damage will be done. ”
"I suspect you're playing tricks on me. Cohen snorted, "Why didn't I bother at all when I was resurrected?"
"At that time. You are already an energy body. Not only is it complete and powerful, but resurrection only requires you to compress your energy. Marshmallow explained, "And it took me a lot of time to collect your friend's soul, which has just been repaired, and besides, his body has been completely unrecoverable from a strange injury......"
"Alright!" Cohen jumped up from the ground again, "You just said let me go and fight the world!"
"It's for your friends, and it's for my friends. Marshmallow shook her head and sighed, "Of course, you can understand the world." ”
"Talking mother-in-law's. I don't know what you're thinking!" Cohen walked back and forth in front of the marshmallows: "I'm only one person, I can't fight the world!
"On this point, I have taught some methods to the elders of the dragon clan, and they will tell you when the time is right, and they will be able to protect themselves. Marshmallow replied angrily, of course she knew that Cohen would talk about conditions, so she had been ready for a long time: "There are other things I have told them as well, but these are auxiliary, and the key to everything is you here - before you find the source of life." You can't let a third person know your true purpose. You can pretend to be a madman who wants to take over the world. ”
Cohen snorted twice, "Didn't you say I didn't have enough strength? Give me yours ......."
"I'm happy to contribute. Marshmallow replied sincerely: "But your body will explode and your soul will disappear – that's the difference between strength and weakness." ”
Cohen has run out of options. can only play the scoundrel.
"No matter what, if you want me to deal with so many things, without a skill to defend myself, I will be a dead ...... when I go out"
"It's not that I want you to deal with it, it's the path you choose that you need to deal with them. ”
"I don't care, I just don't care......"
"Alright!" Marshmallow zoomed up, "Find the source of life, she'll help you!"
"The source of life, how ethereal is that......" Cohen snorted, "I've never seen you like this, and you have to be fed grass on horseback...... You have to pick tender grass...... It takes strength to do good deeds...... Didn't you say last time that I would be rewarded if I did well? Now you don't care, I'm going to advance the prize!"
Marshmallow couldn't help but wonder again if she had done too many bad things back then to have Cohen clean himself up today—of course, her thoughts at the moment were obviously influenced by the causal theorem in Cohen's memory.
"Okay! Let me think about it. Marshmallow finally relented, and every time she met Cohen, she felt her will become very weak: "Or, I can give you something to test." ”
"Say it earlier, hurt people to worry about ......" Cohen immediately smiled, looking eager to try: "You also said that I won't see each other for a long time after this meeting, and if something goes wrong with me, there will be no chance to start again." My request is actually quite reasonable...
...“
"Alright!" Cotton Candy interrupted Cohen's smugness, "It's not easy for me, think about it, I actually entrusted such an important matter of getting my partner back to an irresponsible, and often grumpy little bit......"
"It's too late for you to regret it. ”
"It seems that you are begging me to do something, can't you be more humble in tone?"
"Haven't you always felt anything?" Cohen chuckled, "How can you have such an emotional request?"
"If you have thoughts, you have feelings!" Marshmallow retorted loudly: "It's just that I'm not good at expressing it!"
"Okay, okay, I know that you're a good, good, good dragon with a cold face and a hot heart. Cohen walked up unceremoniously and touched Marshmallow's head: "Good ......"
Marshmallow closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly, and two blue rays of light shot into Cohen's chest, Cohen screamed, and his body began to tremble......
At the same time, Abu, who was handling official business in the Dark Province Governor's Palace, also screamed, and his body fell down, and he began to tremble...... But when the panicked attendants rushed up to help him up, he gradually regained his composure.
"It's fine. He shook his head: "Let's continue." "It's been a whole day, and Master Cohen hasn't come out yet.
A layer of light curtain emitting multicolored light covered the entrance of the Dragon Cave, gently rippling like water waves, completely isolating the inside and outside of the cave. During this day, Lipp was very patient, sitting alone on the side, his eyes only swimming between his feet and the light curtain, never glancing.
The girl in white stood on the side of the cave, although she stood for a day, her face was still so peaceful and demure. Except for the breeze blowing at the corners of her clothes and blonde hair, she didn't move at all.
Lip knew that he couldn't fall asleep, because the young master would come out at any moment. A person of the young master's status, as soon as he comes out, he has to wait, if he makes the young master unhappy, he will be doomed.
But the tiredness came at this time, and the slow, but irresistible tiredness finally made him close his eyes.
Ever since Lip met Cohen, he had been trying to curry favor with each other, and the killing scenes that appeared at any time made him even more tormented, leaving his nerves in a constant state of high tension. And now, at last there was a gap to relax, and he fell asleep.
But in the dream, his face was full of hatred, his fists were clenched, and his body was still twitching slightly.
After Lip fell asleep, the girl in white stared at him strangely, and because she was curious about Lip's strange sleep, the girl tried to use magic to find out Lip's dream. After a while, the girl sighed softly, and her eyes gradually became pitying when she looked at Lip, and she gently raised her hand, letting a few faint bands of light surround Lip, so that his feelings were stable.
Lip didn't know how long he had been asleep, until he was awakened by a noise, and when he looked up, the colored light curtain at the entrance of the cave had disappeared, and then he looked up at the place where the sound came from overhead—a misty white light was dragging a long trail and flying towards the distant sky.
was surprised, there were footsteps in the cave again, it turned out to be Young Master Cohen coming out, followed by several old men. Lip saw the girl in white kneel down and salute, and quickly knelt down as well.
"! Patriarch, what are you kneeling for?" Young Master Cohen scolded him: "Do you have to kneel?"
"Ah......" Lip immediately came to his senses, and lied without blushing: "I'm kneeling young master." ”
"My friend, what is the relationship between this human being and you?" asked an old man behind Cohen as he raised his hand to make the girl in white stand up.
Lip looked at the young master with joy, hoping that the young master could take the opportunity to give himself a clear identity, such as a waiter or something. But unexpectedly, Cohen replied to the old man without thinking about it: "He?
It has nothing to do with me. “
"He called you young master. Ray on the side interjected: "In my memory, only people close to you will call you that!"
"He is called, he is called. Cohen snorted, and with one sentence sent Lip, who still had a glimmer of hope, to hell: "Did you hear me promise him?"
Ray smiled faintly, with the wisdom and insight of the dragon clan beyond ordinary people, of course he knew that Cohen was training his subordinates.
"Young Master—" Lip was startled, and re-used his housekeeping magic weapon, and his body rushed forward to hug Cohen's leg: "Don't abandon me......"
Cohen shook his legs, let his body slide out flat, and then said something to the people around him. (To be continued......)