Chapter 7: Eternal Happiness
Seven years ago, when someone appeared in the room with a burst of blue light, Schuilon immediately asked to go home before he could see who it was. Locked in the dark for so long, she kept hearing a low roar from nowhere, she didn't eat, drink and was nervous, she felt dizzy and couldn't think.
"Kid, you don't have to worry about anything. The King of the Night is your parents, and you don't need worldly parents anymore. The man said in a soft voice that coaxed the child.
"I want my mom and dad!" Shouilon cried out.
The man's tone was still very kind and kind, but it made Shuilonu feel a chill. The man said, "If you become an obedient citizen of the King of the Night, you will be happy. Worldly parents are only temporary, and the kingdom of the Night King is eternal. γ
"But mom is going to be worried!" Shuilonu didn't want to upset his parents.
"You can't be with them, but you'll be happier than ever. You will be redeemed, and your parents will be mercy for your merits before God, and what could be more hode?"
Shuilonu was speechless in shock. She couldn't understand how this kind of thing that would definitely make her parents sad and sad could make them happier? Her head had been greatly reduced during the period of being trapped, and she couldn't find out what was wrong with the other party's logic for a while. Even though her instincts knew it wasn't right, she couldn't refute it with words.
The man was convinced of what he was saying, "Ever since I came into contact with the Night King, I have come to understand that I am as small as a grain of sand, and I have volunteered to live the most miserable life to glorify Him, and He has saved me from Shijie's pain and confusion and given me the right to happiness. γ
"Mommy won't see me, I'm sad!" Shuilonu said again, she only remembered it.
"So what does it matter? You are serving the King of the Night, walking in His way, and that is what matters! Possessing the love of the Lord is the most haode!"
The man opened the door, and the roar suddenly died down, and a beautiful bird chirping was heard. Outside is an extremely beautiful hall. Each wall is covered with delicate paintings, and people of all races, dressed in costumes from all over Shijie, gather together with smiles on their faces. It shows an equal, free, and equally rich shijie.
There were also many children, dressed in black robes, sitting in neat rows, singing beautiful songs, and they sang in chorus: "The King of the Night is our King, and only He can give true happiness. γ
This hall exudes an eternal glow, as if it could stop time, pure beauty, where unity is resistant to all external threats.
The shijie she saw had nothing to do with all the pain outside. In the river of time, it seems that it has not passed, does not have to grow and accumulate, and suddenly it has appeared. It seems surreal because of this, but it is completely ideal. This scene tells her that only by completely discarding the past can such a product be flawless.
The man smiled and asked Shuilonu, "Would you like to sing along?"
Schuilon replied, "Yes. She had lost her right to say no.
"The King of the Night will eventually rule Shijie, and then, all the pain in the world will disappear, and the happy times will come!" the man shouted, and the children cheered.
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Seven years after that day, at the dinner table between Xi Ke and Xiao Xuan, they continued to chat while drinking after-dinner drinks.
"What do you think happiness is?"
"Eat and read. Rick replied without hesitation.
"Rick, I mean happiness, not the moments that make you feel happy. γ
"Is there a difference?"
"There'sβright?" Xiao Zhen watched Xike eat a snack with a happy face, and suddenly he was a little unsure that the two things were really different.
"Happiness must be based on knowing how to be happy. This time, it was Rick's turn to speak, "I know I want to eat and read, so I'm going to pursue a life that allows me to eat and read. When I pursue a life that allows me to eat and read, I will live a happy life. Do you think I'm right?"
"Yes, that's right. Xiao Zhen nodded. The same principle can be applied to any different conditions of happiness, such as "need for a happy marriage", "need for exciting travel", "need to be noticed by everyone", and so on. As long as you know what you need, and then pursue a life that meets these conditions, you can be happy.
"There is only one kind of happiness, but there are two kinds of unhappiness. He said, "If you don't get the happiness you want, like when I didn't have money before, and the list of books I wanted was getting longer and longer, but I couldn't afford that kind of life, I wouldn't be happy." Another kind of unhappiness is not knowing what you want to be happy, and of course you can't pursue a life that suits you. γ
"I can't agree with you, Rick. Pursuing dreams is a happy thing, and the process is more important than the result. Even if you haven't lived a happy life yet, you're happy on the way forward. γ
"Don't be fooled by the rumors spread by successful people. According to those people, the number of impressions has nothing to do with the usefulness of the content. γ
"It'sβ"
"Think about it, if Gahena likes you, would it be fun to accompany her to exorcism?"
"It's funny!" Xiao Xuan's eyes lit up, "After I was hit by the wooden board, she helped me rub the bruises on my shoulders, and her hands were so softβ"
"What if she doesn't like you?"
Xiao Xuan's shoulder immediately collapsed, "I don't want to see any more exorcists in my life. γ
"That's it. The result determines whether the process will be seen as part of happiness or a tragedy in life. Successful people will say that the result is not important when they forget the pain after the scar is healed. If the process is important, why don't they donate all their assets and start from scratch again?
"Process, result, they can't replace each other, and none of them is less important. Nick concluded.
"But I've often heard people who didn't succeed say that failure is the best gift. Xiao Zhen struggled.
"That's because they didn't receive more haode gifts. Rick replied coldly. Don't take the boast as realistic: "If you don't know when you're going to be happy, just listen to others say, 'You'll be happy' and follow it, Zuihou will definitely be empty." In these years, there are not many fewer people who hype happiness than people who hype love. γ
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She cried in the bathroom because Shuilonu insisted that she break up her relationship with the man or else she complained to her dad that she had accepted expensive gifts from men. Lu's father would definitely be angry and ask her to return the gift.
"But he said he had never felt this way!" said Ji Lu with tears in her eyes.
"Of course he didn't feel like he was in you before he you!" said Schuilonu, who was merciless and didn't care about the unpleasantly worded answers.
"Even if Zuihou won't be with him, at least I have a beautiful memoryβ"
"If he secretly photographs your ** and threatens you after breaking up, you will regret it for the rest of your life. Schulono's expression began to look hideous: "Sometimes you go the wrong way, and that kind of failure is endless!"
"Did you mean the time you ran away from home?" said Ji Lu, sniffing.
Shuilonu took a sharp breath. "Runaway" refers to the experience of her being abducted by the Night Order. Except for her parents and government officials who knew the truth, everyone else around her thought she had run away.
"You've been grounded for years after that, haven't you?" said Jilu, "I have to be accompanied when I go out, and I send you to learn a bunch of self-defense techniques, and even participate in a friend's birthday party. γ
"So, let's get rid of that rotten manβ"
"I'd rather be punished like this, and I want to be with him!" said Hylu, grabbing the plastic bottle of lotion spray she had placed on the dresser and throwing it at Shuilonu.
With a wave of his hand, Shuilonu grabbed the bottle beautifully. With her hands still in the air, she held the bottle tightly, glared at her fiercely, and lowered her voice to threaten, "You don't care what happens to you?"
Laugh Lu began to get scared and stepped back, her back against the tile wall.
The lotion spray bottle in Shuilono's hand made a "popping" sound, and was crushed by Shuilono!
Shuilonu opened his hand, shook off the momentum with the blood on the knife, and threw the plastic fragments into the trash: "I told you to break up with him!"
"I'm sorry, I'll be obedient!" Laugh Lu cried out in fright.
"Listen to your cousin. Shuilono's face changed instantly, revealing a smile like the rising sun.
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Seven years ago, after the destruction of the Order of the Night, when Shuilonu returned to her home, she was forced by her family to ask her where she had gone during this time, and she said nothing. She saw the news on TV that the Staff of Light and the Holy Shield had teamed up to eradicate the cult, and knew that the Night Order was a hundred times more evil than the things she had seen when she went in (which were already quite evil), and she saw a lot of people saying, "I don't understand, how could anyone want to go into that kind of place?" "The people inside must be very evil! Normal people can't do that kind of thing!" "I heard that there are children, what is going on with children now? It's terrible!"
Shuilonu couldn't speak, she didn't dare say that she had belonged to that group for a very short time. Although she had never killed anyone, and although she had always been terrified of being there, she did not dare to say that she had said "yes" before she was taken away.
After a while, Banato came to the door with a female knight that her parents knew the truth.
"Yes, your daughter has something to do with the Night Order, please let us talk to her, there are some things that need to be clarified......
When Schuilonu heard the sound of Banato talking to her mother, her legs went limp.
"Please rest assured, I also have a child, I will accompany her, and I will never hurt her. The knightess persuaded Shuilonu's mother to put down the broom she had held in her hand to protect her daughter, which she was going to use to commit the crime of assaulting the knight.
So Shuilonu's mother prepared a tea room for them to talk.
When Shuilonu walked into the room, his legs were shaking to the point that he could barely stand on his feet. After she sat down, although her mother made black tea and put a fragrant cake in front of her, she didn't notice it at all. She was just scared. The thought of her somewhat identifying with that place pained her greatly.
"Sister Shuilonu, your mother loves you very much. The knightess said. Her tone was gentle, but Shuilonu couldn't feel it.
"Have you slept well lately?" asked the knight kindly.
Shuilonu noticed that she could read a lot more than kindness and a smile on the man's face. Those of the Night Order, they only laugh when they laugh. But this knightess, Shuilonu could read from her smile: "Ah, this man has a child of my age, and she loves children, and she has been mischievous by them. She herself made mistakes as a child, so she can understand her children's mistakes. She agrees with the knight's job and doesn't approve of the use of intimidation against children, so she wants Shuilonu to understand that she is doing it for Shuilono's good......
She looked to the side, and Bannerto's expression also had his story in it. She remembered that now in everyone around her, she could read some stories, and although she didn't necessarily understand those stories, she knew that each of them had a story, and those stories made them who they are.
Schuilonu suddenly realized that the same kindness and smiling faces, these people were different from the Order of the Night. The souls of these people are full, their feelings are real, and the light in their hearts comes from it.
It suddenly dawned on Shuilonu that everything the Night Order had used to move her was nothing more than an illusion that could collapse at any moment. There is no past in the smiling faces and ideals of those people, and therefore there will be no future.
The knightess talked to Shuilonu for a while, and when she had calmed down, Banato asked, "Do you know Rick Trigg?"
Shuilonu nodded. She's come to trust these people. She asked urgently, "What's wrong with him?"
"He's fine, but we need your testimony to protect him. Banatu told Shuilonu, "He's not like you, he's killed a lot of people, he's committed a lot of crimes. Even if he is still a minor, he may be tried like an adult. We want to get an amnesty for him, and we need testimony in his favor. But those who knew him either escaped without a trace, or died a long time ago, or cursed him to hell, which would not help at all. γ
"What would have happened to him if he hadn't been pardoned?" Shuilonu nervously grabbed her skirt.
"The most severe penalty is the death penalty. γ
"No! he's a good man!" Shuilonu cried.
"What kind of person is he in your eyes?" asked the knightess.
"He didn't want to kill anyone!" Shuilonu's tears fell, but she remembered that her father had taught her that even if she wanted to cry, she had to make it clear, and it was useless to cry alone. She insisted on articulating her feelings: "He wasn't happy at all when he killed, he told me to avoid fighting, he hated the Night Order, and he was sad just to mention those things...... He was very gentle, and he had to do that to kill. My hand is his rule haode. γ
"Hands?" Banato's eyebrows moved, looking at Shuilono's left hand, all five fingers complete.
To create the sacrificial knives, members of the Order of the Night would cut off at least one finger as the initial casting material. The low-ranking members don't have the ability to help them regenerate their fingers, and the high-ranking members won't help them. Therefore, after the destruction of the Night Order, those members of the Order who had just joined and slipped home on their own would have missing fingers. Schuilonu's hand was complete.
"Use your fingers to determine whether a child who has just returned home is a member of the Order" has been widely reported by the media and has become common knowledge, so ordinary people would not have thought that when Shuilonu disappeared, he was also in the Order in the Night.