Jabi heard the sound of the tide coming and going, and she felt like she was floating in the sea, dizzy.

She heard footsteps with boots on the ground, kicked at the door, gunshots and screams.

"Jabi, run!"

She woke up suddenly, gasping for air, sweating profusely on her forehead and body.

As far as the eye could see, she was lying on a bed, the sun shining on her through the open door, and looking sideways, she saw the blue sea, the sea breeze blowing in, and someone standing outside the door, leaning against the railing and chatting.

She recognized one of them as Falco, and the figure of the other was somewhat familiar, and she sat up with her groggy head, which overlapped with someone she had met two years earlier: Pique, the successor to the Giant of Cars, Pico Fingal.

"yes. Have you and Jabi's parents been taken away?"

"Yes, thanks to your reminder, brother he made some preparations."

"Many of the people who escaped in the chaos that day got on Jik's boat, and Jike contacted his people in the Volunteer Army and sent his grandparents and some neighbors abroad, if you had left earlier, the probability of the whole family surviving would have been very high."

"Jabi felt that his family was an honorary Marais, and I thought that if I was a warrior candidate, there would be no big problem, but I didn't expect it. Marais will do that."

"I'm sorry, I didn't have a choice."

"Don't blame you, Sister Peake, after all. This is the fate of our Eldians."

Jabi got up from the bed and pushed the door open tremblingly.

She was on a boat, surrounded by the sea.

Pique and Falco turned around, and Falco hurriedly stepped forward to support Jabi: "It's okay, Jabi, you haven't gotten rid of fever yet, let's go to bed and lie down." ”

"This is," Jabi asked, rubbing her forehead.

"Have you forgotten?" Falco helped Jabi to the bedside and sat down: "With the help of Mr. Jik, we got on this ship and are now on our way to Paradis Island." ”

Falco unscrewed the thermos and poured hot water for Jabi.

As soon as Falco spoke, some fragments flashed in front of Jabi's eyes, and she remembered that she had passed out due to physical exhaustion and had a high fever.

She had woken up on the boat a few times, drank some very bitter medicine, and only today did she fully sober up.

Peake walked in through the door, Jabi and Peake looked at each other, and after two years of reunion, she was speechless and turned her head.

"Jabi, don't worry, it's safe to get on this ship." Peake said.

Jabi lowered her head, her hands clutching her pants.

"Still hate me? Hate Parady Island? Peake said lightly.

Jia Bi suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "I just don't understand! Why. Why! ”

"Aunt Karina, my mom and dad. They will be captured by the Marais Army."

Speaking of the back, her voice became quieter and quieter, hugging her thin legs and shedding tears.

"We. . What the hell did you do wrong to be treated like this?"

"You didn't do anything wrong." Peake sat down and put his hands on Jabi's shoulders: "It's just that someone is taking advantage of you, and someone wants to use you for their own benefit." ”

"Whoever is in that environment will be controlled by those people, Jabi, you are only ten years old, you still have a long life ahead of you, don't plunge yourself into the whirlpool of hatred, go to Paradis Island to live a new life."

Speechless, Jabi buried her head in Pique's chest and wept loudly.

She cried until her throat was hoarse and she cried until she was hoarse.

After all, she is just a child who has no three views, she was born in the Eldian control area set up by the Marais, and was trained like a training dog by the Marais since she was a child.

She is not like Pique, who has witnessed the warmth and coldness of her father and family since she was a child, and as an honorary Marais, she only feels the benefits of this identity, and Pique not only recognizes the benefits, but also knows the disadvantages.

This is the difference between Pique and Jabi, Pique only feels sad when he sees Jabi now.

If Jabi hadn't been born in the Restricted Zone, if the Marais hadn't imposed such mental confinement on the Eldians, how could she have said that on that day two years ago?

Peake patted Jabi on the back and comforted the bereaved ten-year-old girl.

She felt sad that there were many children like Jabi who had been "trained" by Marley to be like that, losing the ability to think for themselves.

But as long as you don't do anything wrong, you have a chance to make amends.

A few days later, Jabi and Falco stood on deck together.

They looked into the distance, where there was snow-covered land.

In front of the harbor, there are many ships docked, some of which are honking their whistles and heading out to sea, and there are people coming and going in the harbor.

Their ship also stopped in the harbor, and Pique and the soldiers commanded the Eldians on board.

Jabi, Falco, and Sophia, who was at the same time as the warrior training camp that year, disembarked together.

Falco's older brother, Colt was not here, and Colt chose to stay with Jik and help Jike rescue the fleeing Eldians in Marais.

It was a high-stakes job, and the influence of Parady Island in the territory of Marais was very small, and the escape channel of the Eldians, once discovered, would face a large number of Marais army hunting.

But Colt stayed there, and he just put his younger siblings on board, then turned around and walked over to Jike's side to salute.

Jabi and Falco lined up and registered at the port.

Separated from them here, Pique's restless children were boarded in a bus and transported to a small town near the sea.

They were given shelter and told that they could come to the shelter every day to receive a minimum amount of food.

They were given a handbook that described the work they could do, and they were paid for their work.

Every Tuesday, everyone in the town goes to the designated school for classes.

Not to teach knowledge, but to sort out the relationship between Marais and the Eldians, and to teach them how the world works.

Jabi couldn't quite understand the teacher's lectures, but she found one thing, and she and her friends didn't have to worry about living in this place.

As long as she participates in labor, she can eat enough and enjoy some recreational activities.

The people here are not as far away from each other as the Eldians of the Restricted Zone, not as far away as the Eldians and Marais, and if they encounter difficulties, such as Jabi and Falco when they are buying new furniture, someone will come to help them.

In the past, Jabi may not know what is right.

But she knew that the way of life in the town must not be wrong.

Three months later, she and her friends successfully passed the assessment period and got their residence permits.

There are some newcomers in the town, and they are helping those who have just arrived, just like the people who helped them in the past.

The people of Paradis Island are not demons, as long as they are humans, no race is born to be demons.

After living here for three months, Jabi understood this, just like everyone else.

After two years on the run and three months of settling down, she realized that her past thinking was wrong.

Then, in May of 853, a piece of news spread throughout the town.

Marlai, defeated.

(End of chapter)