"Soul Purifying Stone...... Legend has it that it has the power to suppress and purify evil thoughts—that's its only and only function. The key to tranquility that requires the fusion of the Soul Purifying Stone to 'settle'......"

Aoife didn't say any more.

"Well, there shouldn't be any big problems with the starting point and provenance of the Key to Tranquility, but I think you should also know that this item has been stained with the shadow of 'ominous' and 'evil'. The thoughts of the countless innocent dead are enough to make this relatively neutral prop produce a little subtle deviation in the camp. ”

Aoife knew exactly what was going on with the victims that Aisha was talking about.

"But if that's the case, why has it been preserved by the Holy See until now? Now that its nature has changed, it's the right way to seal it up in time, right?"

"No, it is impossible for the Holy See to give up on it - because no matter how dangerous the 'Key to Serenity' is, as long as its function is not changed, it is impossible for the Holy See to give it up even at a great cost. ”

"What does it do...... Isn't it what it's advertised?"

"What do you say?" Aisha glanced at Aoife a little speechlessly, and there was a lot of helplessness in it, "Presumably your right hand has made such an adjustment in order to be able to control the key to tranquility, right? ”

"It's like you said before. Is it the last of the three answers?"

Aoife suddenly understood.

"The Key of Tranquility is capable of being the most powerful weapon of the Holy See, as it can directly penetrate the space that tears through the target location, using the shattered space itself. Let the affected enemies be banished from this world-generally speaking, those who are banished from the world are basically corpses. Normally, this thing is used against some very tricky guys, even if killed, it can cause huge impact and destruction, although the elves later abandoned the item, but the Holy See who took over had other ideas. Great expectations were placed on this extremely dangerous weapon. ”

"Wait! The Key to Tranquility, is it the work of the elves?"

Rorona couldn't help but ask curiously—the key to tranquility sounded like a tiger. And the elves who can make such powerful items have aroused the interest of Rorona, who has been fond of alchemy during this time.

"In this world, there is probably no race that hates the 'enemy who is even more restless' than the elves. The 'Fire King' was still burning after being killed, but it continued the atrocities in front of it. It almost burned the elven forest to the ground. The elf who suffered such a big loss. That's when we started to develop this - a powerful weapon that can destroy and banish invulnerable enemies. ”

"But why did they give up such a powerful weapon in the last place?"

Aoye is very puzzled, since he can avoid the mistakes of the year, there is no reason to give it away, right?

"Because the elves think differently from humans. ”

Aisha glanced at Offie and Rorona and saw that they didn't understand what they meant, so she went on to explain, "Usually human beings only have a few decades of life, and in the short life of human beings. There are so many things to do, and elves live long lives. But the temperament is very weak, and the desire is not as strong as that of human beings...... In their long lives, there are few things that they can't let go. In other words, they are very passionate about life, but they are not very persistent about the fact that they are living. As a result, when they think, they often tend to prefer the 'whole' over the 'individual'......"

And the reason why they gave up the Key to Tranquility may seem strange to humans - they believe that they should not rely on an object. If the lives of a family are pinned on such a dead thing, it will wear down their fighting spirit in the face of dangers and challenges. When encountering a strong enemy beyond the ability of the dead, it is easy to fall into despair and lose fighting spirit...... In short, they decided that such a useful prop was not conducive to the overall development of the elves. ”

“......”

Offie and Rorona were dumbfounded—the elves had given it up for such reasons?

"Sounds incredible, doesn't it? In order to save more innocent people from the catastrophe, the use of such weapons is a matter of course for humanity and the vast majority of races. After all, no matter what, people's lives are the safest. ”

"Isn't it? In any case, it is strange to plunge the people into a senseless catastrophe for the sake of that inexplicable idea and persistence?"

Rorona didn't understand, and Aoife frowned and didn't speak.

In their opinion, this kind of behavior is really difficult to understand - it is really pedantic and foolish to hurt countless people who would not have to suffer for the sake of that kind of illusory idea!

"You think life is precious, don't you?"

"Isn't that a matter of course?"

"But life is also very fragile...... I'm not wrong, am I?"

Rorona and Ophelio hesitated, then nodded: "Of course, life is inherently fragile, that's why it's so precious......?

Aisha just smiled at this.

"The elves' love for life is unquestionable, but they are different from humans who have a short-lived life, and their long-term life makes their perception of life slightly different from that of humans - in their eyes, life is precious, but not fragile. It may be a bit confusing to say this, so I'll give you an example - would you put the life of a tree as important as a human? But elves can. ”

“......”

Neither of them spoke anymore.

"Why are you talking to us about this?" said Aoife, who suddenly asked Aisha.

"Because I think you stupid person seems to be a little bit easy to get into the horns...... You have become faintly hostile to the decision-making hierarchy of the Holy See. I don't want this attitude to affect your own judgment. If it were you before, I probably wouldn't care so much about your life or death, but you are now one with the Key to Tranquility. I can't ignore you anymore. ”

"If you have to use an analogy...... You are now like a child with a sharpened knife in his hand, and even adults who are far stronger than you will be afraid of you. I don't shy away from hoping that you're a bear kid wielding a knife indiscriminately, and that's going to bother a lot of people. ”

In fact, it's almost like pointing at the other party's nose and saying middle two. However, in this world, the second disease is a disease that is very difficult to cure—because there is a strong personal strength that can be relied on. When faced with many things, many people do not calmly reflect on themselves. And when the head is really bumped and the blood flows, some people already have an obsession. There is only one way to go to the dark.

This is a very helpless phenomenon.

More people choose "I haven't done enough, I'm not strong enough", and rarely go back to the direction of "Did I do it wrong?" to reflect. The growth of its own strength has brought about the improvement of action and influence. No doubt. It can be said that it is the culprit that contributed to this situation.

Seeing what Aoife was about to say, Aisha smiled and put her index finger to her lips, motioning for her to stop for the time being.

"I'll tell you a story first. ”

"Huh?"

Aisha didn't care about the embarrassed look on Aoife's face, and said to herself, "Once upon a time...... Well, let's think of it once upon a time, there was a country that experienced a major flood that was not seen in a century. At that time, the mysteries of magic had not yet been discovered. Even a first-class powerhouse does not have the ability to move mountains and fill lakes. If they want to transform nature, they can only use the tools in their hands. When the king saw that the flood was getting worse, he ordered the most prestigious experts in the country at that time to deal with the flood. When the expert saw that the water level of the river had overflowed, he ordered his men to pile up the banks to prevent the river from overflowing. When the water level rises again, he makes people pile up again...... After the last he failed. The higher and higher the water level brought with it, the increasing water pressure, which eventually broke the piled up banks, and the power of the river water accumulated and exploded at once, even far more than before. The floods got worse, and the specialist was killed. ”

Later, his son took over the drudgery—his father's failures were well remembered, so instead of repeating his father's mistakes, he did it in a different way. He dug ditches on both sides of the flooded river, dredged the channel, widened the mouth of the canal, and even carved out the mountains to allow the flood water to pass through...... In the 100 years since, the country is said to have had no more floods. ”

Aisha glanced at Aoife, whose face was a little pale.

"Do you understand what I'm talking about?"

“...... Senior, what exactly do you want to tell me?"

"Well, did you start calling me 'senior' at this time? Although I originally wanted to throw a sentence of 'think about it slowly~', but it's rare to see that your character is so sincere, so I won't tease you. ”

Let a stubborn person like Aoye respectfully call "senior", Aisha felt a dark feeling in her heart! This feeling is no worse than the satisfaction brought by Lynn's sweet "wet sauce~"!

"Try to do well what is within your ability; if you really can't do it, you must know how to give up; for those who touch the principle, you must stick to the end no matter what—prioritize things, don't pick sesame seeds and lose watermelon, you must first understand what is most important to you, no matter what the reason is not to give up. Everything else, when it collides with it, has to be detoured. ”

"...... the most important thing?"

"You can find a piece of paper and write down as many things as you think are important to you. However, after that, you have to stroke them one by one until you are reduced to only three - of course, if you want, you can continue to row until there is only one left, but I think it is still possible to leave a small room for accommodation and maneuver~ The most important thing that remains is the principle that you have to keep in mind. That is the motivation for you to keep fighting, and it is also the reliance that allows you to persist in not admitting defeat, if you hurt this root because of your attachment to the minutiae, your soul has left a crack that cannot be sewn. Like the ever-increasing embankment, it is only a matter of time before it collapses. And at that time, you may not be able to resist. ”

Aisha took out a pen and paper and placed them in front of Aoife.

"Want to give it a try?"

Aoife picked up his pen with some reluctance. After a long time, I finally came back to my senses.

"No need. Aoife smiled awkwardly, "I think there are already two." ”

"There's still a spot, huh?"

"That's better for the future, for now, there's no need to force one in to make up the numbers...... I have to leave some room for the future, don't I?"

Aisha couldn't help but blink. Then he burst out laughing.

"It's a subtle disobedience to say that out of your mouth. I always feel that there is a contrast between before and after. It's a little bit big......"

"Sister Aofei seems to have suddenly become an adult. ”

Rorona duly made up for it. Not to mention Aoife, even Aisha was choked by Rorona's speech, and turned her head to look at her, only to find that Rorona had a sincere smile on her face - there was indeed no trace of ridicule. Rorona was genuinely happy for Offie.

It's just that...... Rorona, are you really not naturally black?

Know the way. This kind of words came out of the mouth of a girl with a short stature and a young face, and the lethality was really not ordinary. Don't you see one side, Aoife is almost about to turn into lime that will blow away?

"Despised by children...... Despised by small children...... Despised by small children......"

Aoye deeply felt that his dignity had turned into a cloud on the horizon, and he would never come back when he was blown by the wind.

"It's embarrassing...... Aisha couldn't complain about this situation, and silently lit a candle for poor Aoife in the bottom of her heart, "...... A nun's classmate who doesn't grow up. ”

"Senior, just let me go......"

Affected by Rolona's divine mending knife, Aofei has already lost the most stripped trace of "reserve" and "dignity". She bowed her head in agony in front of Aisha, her hands scratching at the top of her head in a frustrated manner. Twisted that supple hair into a bird's nest.

"Just tell me the secret of the Key to Tranquility!"

If you stay by your master's and apprentice's side any longer, there will definitely be problems! Finally, the hidden danger of the body has finally been solved, and Aoye doesn't want anything to happen to his spirit! With the ability shown by this pair of masters and apprentices, Aoye has no doubts.

"If you start with the historical issues of the Holy See at that time, it will take a lot of time......

"Oops! I'm going to have a meeting in a while!

“......”

Aisha stared at Aoye, who had completely abandoned the discipline, for half a minute, and found that the other party had not taken his eyes off the whole time, and finally agreed.

"Let's make a long story short - the Key of Tranquility is the Holy See's insurance against the Demon Invasion, and theoretically, it can close the passage between the present world and the Demon Realm. So, do you understand why the Holy See would attach so much importance to this thing that needs to be fed by human lives?"

"Off...... Close the Demon Realm Passage!?"

Aoife was also frightened by the "inside information" that Aisha shook out.

"The original design of the elves naturally did not have this kind of scum heaven function, but at that time, someone in the Holy See had a whim, thinking that the Key of Tranquility, which works on the principle of spatial control, can do that kind of exaggerated thing - because when the elves made the Key of Tranquility, they used the natural disasters that had destroyed their homes as their imaginary enemies, so its strength was definitely ten times stronger than those 'artifacts' that were blown into the sky. ”

Let's put it this way, Frost Sorrow is terrible, right? But blowing up Seramo into the sky with Ronin's Rainbow of Focus is completely different in terms of deterrence at the strategic level.

"Because it is a boutique created by the elves with the strength of their clan, it is completely worthy of the attention of the Holy See at that time. They believed that with the power of the Key to Tranquility, a little modification would be enough to achieve that grand goal. At that time, even if there are dangerous elements to make trouble, the passage from the demon world to the present world will be closed if you want to, and it will be enough to do it once and for all. ”

To be sure, the people who came up with this idea at the time were actually very far-sighted.

It's just that he sees a bright future, but he ignores the difficulty of implementation......

"So I'm ...... Hey, hey, I'm not going to be dissected by them!?I can force my name on the key to tranquility now!"

Aoife couldn't help but panic.

If this was just a weapon, even if it was a terrible strategic weapon, Aoife would have been able to hold on a little cheekily - she had no intention of betraying and leaving the Holy See anyway. However, now that she knew the truth, the key to tranquility that she had "privately swallowed" had such an important significance......

I can't calm down at all!

"Well, if it were the others, it would definitely be basically finished now, and the Holy See would definitely do all its best to arrest you, and no one would be able to protect you...... You seem to have forgotten a little bit though. ”

Aisha looked at Aoife teasingly, and that kind of gaze made Aoife feel a little cold in her back.

"This is a means of defense related to the security of the entire continent, and the Holy See has invested manpower and material resources in it for so many years, and even sadly lost the lives of many heroes, so naturally it will not tolerate it falling into the hands of individuals. But, Aoife, you're not one of the people they need to be wary of. ”

"It's not that the Key of Tranquility becomes your possession, it's that you perfect what is missing—not just the part of the Soul Stone, you make the Key of Tranquility from a dead thing to a living creature with a soul of its own. ”

"Eh......"

"Anyway, you're not human, are you? I think you've added a component to the Key to Tranquility...... But you just happen to be in control. (To be continued......)