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On the roof of the Black Spotted Horse Tavern, the wizard lay a little depressed on the beam, and a sense of exhaustion that wanted to sigh at the moon came spontaneously.
After a lengthy discussion, he reluctantly persuaded Vika to agree to the decision to temporarily relocate to another plane, and he also learned the way to Greyhawk through questioning under Lyra's strange gaze.
Although the plane teleportation is difficult for the current Penny, there is an inescapable fact that he has never left Torrell in his life, and he still has some awe of this real crossing.
He was like that, not to mention the others, and after the discussion, Penny tasted the fear in their hearts in an oppressive atmosphere.
It's a real uproot, and it may never be able to do it again.
He saw the always tough proprietress talking to Mr. Edmont about it, and the father and daughter hugged their heads and cried, and even Claude Edmund, who had never been very fond of wizards, looked like a mournful woman.
"Am I being selfish, Am I being selfish?" he asked the little girl lying next to him, who was leaning on the wizard's arm and humming a tune of tune with a cheerful expression.
Hearing the wizard's inquiry, she opened her eyes and blinked in confusion: "How can an adult think that he is selfish? If Chief Sazastan succeeds, all the creatures left on this place will perish, and even if they leave their homeland, it is good that a few can survive...... The adults are doing the right thing. A few ladies were just reluctant to be emotional, but didn't they agree in the end?"
Right?
Penny shook his head, unable to agree with Sazastan's ambitions, but admitting that his plans for the migration were actually driven by fear.
He was not sure to fight against Sazastan, and his next action was to walk a tightrope between the three huge strands of the Shadow, the remnants of the Ancient Empire, and the Destroyer, the situation of the Shadow City was unknown, and the remnants of the Ancient Empire could not be fully trusted - Elith Kendain was a very unreliable guy. And the World Destroyer is incredibly powerful, and the time is extremely short......
Although Penny now has the ability to cast legendary arcane, he has not studied the legendary arcane knowledge deeply. The characters who starred in this drama were led by ancient evil creatures and powerful gods, and the rest of the actors on stage were at least thousand-year-level legends, and those with less seniority such as Sazastan were rare geniuses......
Dancing with these characters, the script of fate forces Penny to be the first protagonist.
Under such circumstances, it is really difficult for the wizard to convince himself to abandon the fear in his heart and all the calamities he has faced in the past. Compared with the current time, it can only be regarded as a child's play that cannot be smaller, and if he is not careful, he, a small person who serves as the 'savior hero', will become a ridiculous joke under the irresistible huge crush.
This weight made Penny feel heavy, and even lost his previous calm.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he also knew that the future of Toriel's tens of millions of living beings was connected to him to some extent, and paradoxically. He still couldn't convince himself to do his best for these creatures.
Leaving a way out is also out of a kind of cowardice.
Fear Penny was willing to admit that this emotion existed in his heart, and his heart was heavier because of it.
He sighed. Open any door and take Nephes back to the room, only to find Fina standing at the window, looking up at the night sky like a stone statue.
The wizard looked at her and said unsurprisingly, "Awake?"
Fina turned around, her eyes were darker than her flushed face, and her tone was a little depressed: "If I don't wake up again, are you going to send me to another place?",
"We can go to the Starry Curtain now and convince the Danlington family to leave with us. Penny said.
Fina pursed her lips and shook her head. Fell silent.
"It's always good to be obedient and to be able to live. The wizard walked to the window and touched her hair.
"Not the problem. Fina looked up, "Do you know how big my family is? My eldest sister and eldest brother are married, and they have always treated me very well, as well as my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, their family. Do you know how many people there are? Not to mention the people of Starcurtain City -- almost every one of them is an old friend of Dan Linton, and they have worked diligently for Dan Lington for hundreds of years, and I know almost everyone in them, can you take me alone, can you take them all away? This is impossible, this is impossible......
She wiped her eyes and shed tears: "You are too selfish, I can't leave with you, I want to stay in the Star Curtain with my parents, whether this is existence or destruction, I know you have good intentions, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"
She wrapped her arms around the wizard's neck and kissed his face and forehead incessantly.
Penny was silent, and he found himself unable to find a reason to convince her for a moment.
It was clear that in her mind, love was more important than anything else.
At the same time, Penny was even more ashamed to experience his own selfishness, for Fina's words could not have been clearer in pointing out the fact that he could not have taken all the people he had good relations with out of Ferron.
Like the Wizards of the Coast and the people who worked for him on the Dragon's Shore...... Morally, as the boss, Penny is responsible for their safety.
A strong sense of shame prompted him to clench his fists.
Squeak~~
"Everything is packed, dear. Vica appeared in the doorway, looking very tired.
"Okay, let's go. Penny put Fina, who had become a little blurred again, on the bed, turned his head and walked out of the room, and when he reached the third-floor room, he saw a pair of eyes staring at him, and began to prepare spells with a heavy heart, and his movements were extremely slow.
"Hey, how are you grinding? Lanny shouted dissatisfied.
"Honey, you...... Something on your mind?" asked Vika in the wizard's ear.
"No ......" Penny shook his head, no matter what, he now has the ability to keep some people out of danger first, be selfish and selfish.
With this in mind, he drew the circle and reluctantly smiled at Vika: "Don't worry, there will be a day." ”
"No...... Honey, you have something else in mind. Vika pressed the mage's arm to draw the circle, "I heard what you said to Miss Danlington just now. ”
Penny's heart jumped and he shut his mouth.
"What did they say?" Lannie frowned.
"Honey, I can feel some of the thoughts in your mind right now......" Vika stared into the wizard's eyes, her gaze sharp, as if carved deep into the wizard's heart, and her tone was unprecedentedly solemn, "Tell me, is there no guarantee that you will come to see us alive when the matter is over—whether it is success or failure?"
Nephes opened his mouth slightly, his face shocked.
Savoring the meaning of Vika's words, the brows of Lannie and Hiccol, who had been silent, were deeply furrowed.
Penny frowned, Vika's words hit the hesitation in his heart, and after listening to Fina's cry, he now didn't have the firm idea of 'run away if he failed'.
Penny was skeptical that he would be able to escape with all his might, even if he had not been able to prevent Sazastan from extinction.
At least the wizard was sure that if there was a situation where sacrificing himself, for example, could have prevented the catastrophe, even if it was only a slight possibility, then there was a good chance that he would do it—driven by some kind of awakened sense of duty. ...,
As a good thinker, Penny easily dissected his own mental activity, and the conclusion he came to was a little ironic - I don't know if this was really the consciousness of a savior hero, but it also made it impossible for him to answer Vika's question head-on.
His silence gave an answer to the girls who were waiting for the answer, and the corners of Lanny's mouth fell on the spot: "Cut! Mother-in-law and mother are not simple at all, I knew you thought so, why bother so much." ”
She stretched out her foot and wiped the runes Penny had drawn with the soles of her shoes.
Nephes stood in front of the wizard, "My lord, we're not leaving. ”
Penny looked up and looked at the four serious faces in front of him in disbelief.
"We're going to stay with you until you make your final choice. Vika said in a very solemn tone with a serious expression.
The corners of the wizard's eyes twitched violently.
"My dear, perhaps it seems to you that our choice is not rational. Vika whispered, "We love this, and we love you, so we can face perdition with you and it." ”
"It only takes a dozen seconds to activate a plane teleportation spell......" Lanny said in an indifferent tone, "When you figure it out, whether it is a triumphant return as a savior, or a flee with a tail between our legs, we are willing to live with you, if you die...... Let's die. ”
She gently patted Saloras, who was sleeping in her arms, and her eyebrows were full of excitement.
"Penny, you have to work hard. Hiccol looked at Penny expectantly.
......
The half-day move ended in a warm atmosphere with some sadness.
The wizard lay on the large large bed, staring at the blank sky with his eyes open, Nephes and Hiccol lying to his left and right, and half of Ole's little face exposed outside the quilt.
Their attitude somewhat cut off Penny's hesitation, but it calmed him down like never before.
He finally really felt the momentum brought by this pressure, and in his position, there was no way out.
Penny sighed and picked up Ole.
Staring at his daughter's sleeping face, a tingling pain suddenly pierced his heart.
It dawned on him that he had forgotten something very important......
"Yavan ......"
The muscles in his face stiffened, making him look pale. (To be continued.)