The Kud Mountains Chapter 9 The Forbidden Zone of Life
Early the next morning, the group set out from Feller and continued to the exit of the Kud Mountains. The farther away from Ferrer, the more animals that came into view, and the more diverse the bird calls, finally a normal forest should look like.
"It seems that this place has slowly moved away from the influence of Kreezer. Simmons said.
"But the spirit magician really lives up to his reputation. "I don't have the talent for this, it's a shame." ”
Celetia shook her head: "No, Earl, your magical talent is also very rare, and your enchantment magic is definitely the strongest of all the magicians I have ever seen." Why didn't you learn psychic magic at the time? I think you can master it with your abilities. ”
Earl smiled bitterly and said, "I learned my magic in the circus, and my teacher was just a wanderer who came to the circus to make a living, and he didn't even have the qualifications of a magician, so he only knew some small magic that didn't go into the stream, and only taught me the most elementary part." ”
"What?" said Celetia in surprise, "You learned your magic in the circus, but your enchantment magic is definitely better than many orthodox magicians."
Earl scratched his head: "I don't know very well, in fact, I don't have the qualification of a magician, maybe I was born to be better at this." ”
Celetia exclaimed, "You are a true genius, Earl. ”
This kind of communication between magicians, the other people couldn't interject, but Puniroro seemed to suddenly remember something, turned to Aso and asked, "Asu, what kind of magic did you use when you were in Hylut Village? ”
"It shouldn't be magic," said Celetia, "I don't feel any magic, and that kind of lethality is not something that magic can do." Aso, what the hell is that?"
Aso lowered his head, but his eyes were a little dark. She muttered, "This ...... It's really not magic, it's a curse called 'Life Forbidden Zone'. ”
"Cursed?" the group stopped and looked at Aso, whose head was lowered, she didn't seem to be very willing to mention these things, but she knew that if she wanted to fully integrate with her companions, she had to tell her secret.
"When I was born, everything was normal, but one day when I was 4 years old, I started to eat nothing, I was so weak that I was about to die, and my mother was so desperate that she even helped me choose a cemetery. But one night my father quietly carried me into the forest and threw a dying fawn beside me. "It was like I was driven by instinct, and I don't even remember what I did, only after the fawn closed its eyes. I also get the kind of satisfaction I haven't had in a long time. ”
"Since that day, I have understood that I am not a normal child, I will never eat any human food again, and every day my father will take me to the forest, catch some dying animals for me, and put them next to me for me to suck their life. ”
"When I got older, I realized that my father was like that, and every time he ate food with my mother at the dinner table, he would find an opportunity to vomit it. Then go with me in the evening to the forest in search of prey. ”
Speaking of which, everyone remembered that Aso never seemed to have eaten anything in front of them, and before the day Aso showed her abilities, her body seemed to be as weak as a person who had been hungry for a long time.
"But one day, when I came home from outside, I found my mother lying on the ground, and she looked like one of those ...... The animals that died at the hands of me and my father were the same. And my father, he was sitting in a chair with a dead mouse in front of him, I went and pushed him, he looked up and looked at his eyes, and I even felt that it was not my mother who died, but my father. ”
Speaking of this, Asu couldn't cry: "I know, it must have been when my father was sucking the life of that mouse, and my unknowing mother walked to my father's side and walked into his 'forbidden area of life'. ”
Punirolo stepped forward and hugged Aso, who was trembling from crying, and gently stroked her back to calm her down. "Three days later, my father committed suicide, and the villagers orphaned me and sent me to the small temple of the local church, and the nuns of the small temple discovered my secret, and they thought that I was a cursed child because of sin, and they locked me in a confinement every day except for prayer, and brought me bread to force me to eat. ”
"But I really can't eat those things, so I secretly use bread as bait to attract the rats of the little temple to my room, and when there are no mice, even small bugs like flies are good. Thanks to this, I have been able to live until now. Later, the nuns told me that the Church had issued a 'demon hunt' and that they had to dedicate their lives to this journey of allegiance to Lord Ludlander in order to atone for my sins. ”
Aso's narration ended, and everyone fell silent, except for Aso's low sobs echoing through the air. At this time, Israel Rose stepped forward and looked into Aso's eyes and told her, "There is nothing wrong with you, my parents gave birth to such an arm...... After me, he did not abandon me, but moved his family to the mountains. I believe that no child is born with sin. ”
Perhaps it was the persuasion of Islaid, who had a similar experience, that moved Aso more, and Aso stopped crying and nodded earnestly.
Celetia raised her voice and said, "The nuns of the church are all very strange, don't believe them, the most annoying thing when I was a child was that my parents took me to the temple for worship!"
Punirolo smiled and said, "I thought that the noble-born Duchess should have a lot of respect for the church, but it seems that this is not the case. ”
The conversation between the two eased the sad atmosphere, and even Aso's face had a slight smile. Forced to be sent to the small temple, she had no positive feelings for the church, and the abuse of the nuns in the church for several years made Aso's heart very repulsive to the church. Now that she's finally out of the church's grasp, even if the future of this journey is dangerous, at least Aso now has the freedom and care of her companions that she has dreamed of for the past few years.
The map given by the village chief of Will did help a few people avoid a lot of detours, and it also greatly saved their time. It took them about three days to reach the exit of the Kud Mountains, and after walking through it, they reached Booma, the small town on the edge of the province of Gonser, where Sophia and Barton's parents lived.
During these three days, whenever several people wanted to eat, Israde, who was in charge of hunting, would always take care not to kill the prey as much as possible, and then hand the prey he had just caught to Aso, who would take it every time with a red face, run away from everyone and suck the life of the prey in his hand, and then return it to Israed.
"The taste doesn't seem to have changed. Earl quipped as he munched on a freshly roasted pheasant in his mouth.
"And even the slaughter step is saved. Simmons laughed too.
Aso lowered his head shyly, his face was red to the root of his ears, and Punirolo smiled: "Don't tease her anymore, let's rest after eating, look at the map and you should be able to get to Boomer tomorrow morning." ”
The moonlight was brighter tonight than before, and the journey to the Kud Mountains was coming to an end, and years later, several people would recall the experience and think it was probably the most peaceful time of their journey.