Prologue: The Golden City
It came again, with the afterglow of the setting sun, stepping across the sea like an emperor, leaving behind the stars to be brightened, and the tightly closed black scales emitted a deafening chant, incomparably heavy, as if to welcome the arrival of night, and where it stepped on, the light always retreated.
The cold moon towers high, embracing the night, so that the moonlight can fall on the city wall, illuminating the golden light flowing above, like a dense and innumerable golden snake intertwined with each other.
On the city wall, the girl was beating barefoot, her white and petite feet stepping on the golden light, one step deeper and one shallow, stepping out of different beautiful rhythms, which were completely incompatible with the heavy sound in the distance, and the moonlight shone on her slender and smooth calves, and a series of ethereal rings lined her steps.
She half-raised her arms, dancing the dance she was not yet proficient in, stopping to think with every step, her little face with baby fat bulging from time to time, as if she was not satisfied with her own performance, concentrated, and everything around her had nothing to do with her.
And just behind her, where the moonlight does not shine, the Great Wall, where countless houses are located, the lights are everywhere, illuminating the whole city, brighter and warmer than when there is sun, these faint yellow lights make the whole city permeated with a golden mist, and the figures in it move around, adding vitality.
Even the cooking smoke is golden.
The chanting sound came from far and near, and the black scales left traces on the sea surface that would never recede, and the lines were full of traces, like a poet drawing a prosperous era on rice paper.
It spat out a golden breath at the wall, and after hearing the girl's hum, it closed the black scales, and it began to twist its body, and the huge scales like the black river looked so awkward and so cheerful. This is a huge black snake that has come from the ocean and runs to its own princess to take her home.
It was not until it was close to the city wall that the black snake lowered its body and rushed over like a black sword, and when it reached the foot of the city, it stopped, slowly straightened up, like a child hiding and seeking, it carefully stretched out its head, and when its eyes were revealed, it happened to meet a pair of watery eyes, which blinked at itself in the eyes of the black snake.
Golden and blue eyes, one as intoxicating as thousands of miles of yellow sand and the other as deep as the deep blue sea.
The black snake breathed softly, as if it was afraid that its breath would blow up the girl's long silver-white hair, and under its pupils, the girl tilted her head to look at herself, it knew that the girl was looking at herself in its eyes, every time it was like this, it was very interesting.
The girl looked at it for a long time, then put her hand on the nose of the black snake, feeling the strong and powerful heartbeat, beating fast, so fast that it was a kind of nervousness.
How can you not be nervous when you see your own princess?
"Uh-huh, uh-huh-" The girl lowered her hand and turned in front of the black snake, the smile on her face so relaxed, so happy, as if she was sure that her knight would not leave.
The black snake looked at the girl quietly, in her golden and dumb eyes, the girl was so beautiful, it looked at the lights in the city wall, this was simply an excellent stage, there was only one audience, and that was enough.
After the girl had finished the first dance, the black snake lowered its head, the wide wall barely fit its head, it opened a few black scales in front of its cheeks, and the girl stepped on these black scales and climbed up, and only after the girl stood firm did the black snake straighten its head.
It looked at the scene behind the walls again, then turned its head towards the sea.
The girl continued to dance on it, and the black snake carefully opened and closed the black scales, and the sound was small, and it was trying to match the girl's dance, looking a little dazed.
At the junction of the ocean and the sky, the black snake suddenly raised its entire body, crossed with the sky, and disappeared into the sea.
The girl danced excitedly and happily on the black serpent, jumping from head to tail and back to the middle, the water gently clinging to her skin, she swirling like the only white flower blooming among a hundred flowers, she danced like a narcissus stepping on the moonlight, the golden and blue light lingered around her, and the fish swam around her to admire the beautiful scenery.
The golden candle-like pupils rushed towards the depths of the ocean, the spotless blue water was cleaner than the sky, and the schools of fish were more and more numerous, more and more dense, with the giant snake as the soldiers, those fish followed closely behind the long tail, their eyes were all different pupils, exuding a faint breath, and the sea dragged these breaths, forming a rainbow with only gold and blue mixed colors.
The golden light shone on the black snake, the black snake slowed down, and the fish dispersed, and without permission they could not get close to it, the girl stopped dancing, and she lay on the black snake and looked at the golden light below.
Those heavenly optimus pillars exude a full golden light, these golden lights are hazy like sea fog, covering everything behind, the black snake passes through this layer of golden mist, lifting up the high mist, under this golden mist, the huge palace is full of cold breath, the girl is actually lit with fire, she glanced at the black snake, and then stroked the scales above, the fire suddenly spread in the gap between the black scales, like a stream flowing on the dry soil, she is heating the black snake.
Approaching the ground, the girl jumped straight down, and the black snake followed the girl with its body upright, and they stopped in front of the gate of this palace, which was delineated with various patterns, from insects and birds to everything large.
The girl stood outside the door for a long time, and suddenly a song sounded beside her, which first loomed, and then gradually became clearer, and came from the depths of the palace, as if it were heard in the hollow, and each tone had to be repeated several times before dissipating.
As the song came, the Aoki palace was reborn with a golden glow, and the patterns on it were lifelike, moving in the golden light, and the door creaked open, and the palace came alive to welcome its owner.
The corridor with no end in sight reached the door, and the girl took a boy's hand and walked slowly, the boy was a head shorter than her, and just a few steps after the girl walked, a man took the girl, smiling, his other hand attached to his chest, and the slender corners of his clothes fell straight to the bottom of his body.
Costumes of the same color, the man holding the girl's hand, the girl holding the boy's hand, under the glowing pupils, they walked towards the depths of the palace, the man sang, the girl sang a song, and the boy opened and closed the black scales on his neck.