【Sremiku】The Gate of Light

Sorey and Micurio return the keys to the dorm to the boss on the last day of summer.The last night before they left, Micurio was always so busy that Sorey couldn't even find time for further intimacy.He tried his best not to leave any trouble, everything was cleaned up, most of the treasures accumulated in the past few days were thrown away, and all the remaining gadgets were given to the two sons of the owner of the dormitory. The boy showed his broken teeth and gave Micurio a big smile.Before leaving, the two of them carried only one unfilled pocket, which was exactly the same when they came together.

Before leaving the city, Shi Lei bought all the dry food at the morning market, and the dangling cloth bag that was empty before was now filled with dried meat, candied fruit, cheese, and dried sweet potatoes that were so hard that they could kill people.Holding a bag of food, he looked a little dissatisfied, tilting his head and thinking about whether he left something behind and didn't buy it.Micurio, who was waiting a little impatiently, was about to urge him to see Shi Leifei sneak into the market, and when he poked his head out from the market crowd again, he was holding two breads filled with fresh fruits in his hand.

"Oh, luckily the first oven was baked ahead of schedule today, and the proprietress praised me just now for good luck." He cheered and handed the steaming bread into Micurio's hand, and the moderate warmth penetrated his gloves, as if Lying there is a newborn chick.

"I want to eat one last time before I leave." Facing Micurio's suspicious eyes, he defended with an innocent face.

Micurio shrugged and put the bread to his mouth: "Don't say that you will think of this morning every time you eat bread."

"No way!" Facing Micurio's vicious smile, Sorey swallowed the bread in two mouthfuls and retorted, "It's because every time I eat butter and fruit bread in the future, I will think of this morning!" His hands were on his hips, his eyes glistened, and his righteous appearance forced Micurio to raise the white flag.

Suddenly, Solei leaned close to his companion's ear, and sweet words that caught off guard rang in his ear. "Moreover, the most important thing is the morning when Micurio and Micurio embark on a journey again." As soon as the words fell, Micurio's white cheeks flushed like a rose, and he bumped Sorey's arm with his shoulder Said: "You guy, you don't have to be so romantic to me..." He didn't dare to look up at the time, so he just lowered his head and stared at the toe of his shoe.

"These are just my sincere words." Shi Lei put his arms around his waist, and gently cupped his cheeks with his palms.Before getting up in the morning to drink water, the dehydrated lips were still dry, but they quickly became soft and moist in each other's kisses.

Ask not what I have with me to take there.

I start on my journey with empty hands and expect an heart.

--Rabindranath Tagore

The plans and destinations of the trip were not planned in advance, but followed the blurry scenery that appeared in Solei's dream.There are lakes, deserts, dense forests, and cliffs in the dream, and the variety is amazing.For this reason, Sorey asked him with a playful smile what he would do if he dreamed of the seabed or the clouds, but Micurio gave him a hard look, saying that even if he dreamed of the underworld, he had to bite the bullet.

The air in the early morning is dry and hot, as if trying to squeeze every drop of water out of the human body.Nature obviously doesn't treat the plants here as favorably as it does in spring. There are no bright and colorful tones in the forest, and everything is dark green and dark ocher as far as the eye can see.The freshness of the weeping willows and the coolness of the gurgling stream evaporate and disappear in the scorching sun, and even the sound of cicadas is precious in the overly silent forest.

Last night, Shi Lei said that he dreamed of a dilapidated monastery, and several girls in gray dresses were chasing and playing on the nearby grass. "And then?" Micurio asked. "Forget, I just remember these! But..." Shi Lei thought for a while and said, "This time the angle of view always feels a bit strange, as if I am in it myself, and my eyes frequently stay on a long-haired girl. I still remember that she has a daisy-shaped hairpin in her bangs!" The meaningless clue made Micurio sigh, patted Sorey on the forehead and started to walk, the first task was to go through this forest first. .Wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, he remembered that there were several times when there were rumors of ghosts haunting this place. God knows why someone built the monastery in such an unlucky place.

Passing through the woods by the lake area, the water and grass are lush in summer. From time to time, one or two reeds or white storks will come out of the grass. When they flap their wings and fly to the center of the lake, they will occasionally pick up a few drops of water and hit them on their faces for a while. Go hot.Soley and Micurio were not familiar with the road here, and after walking for a long time, they were still circling in place. Sorey curled his lips and kicked away the small stone at his feet, and the stone drew an arc in the sky and fell into the water with a plop. .

Sorey pouted, looking impatient. "How about I sleep again? Maybe there will be clues."

"You can't wake up once you fall asleep, okay? Isn't it just waiting to die if you spend the night in this kind of forest?"

The sun relentlessly poured heat and light onto the earth, and the entire forest was steaming, and the steam penetrated through the clothes and stuck to every piece of skin, making people feel uncomfortable.Faced with no progress, Sorey chose a bumpy and secluded path. He took Micurio's hand and led him through the deep jungle. Branches scratched his trousers and jacket, and sweat ran down his hair.

"Look over there." Following the direction of Solei's finger, Micurio looked over the lush forest leaves, and in the gap between the dense branches and leaves, he saw a pitch-black roof tile, with a sacred cross crookedly inserted in the room. top middle.They walked quickly into the garden of the monastery, olive trees and roses beckoned to them, Micurio wrinkled his nose, the pungent floral fragrance seemed to be mixed with some disgusting smell.The tall and narrow windows do not let in the sunlight at all, making the corridor as dark as night, and the wall lamps can be lit even in the daytime.Micurio looked around but didn't see anyone. There was a decaying smell in the air, and it didn't look like anyone lived here.

Micurio wiped the altar down with his fingers, and the thick dust immediately stained his gloves. "Looks like no one lives here anymore," he said.

"Well, but I always feel as if I heard something." Shi Lei squinted his eyes and pricked up his ears to listen carefully in the monastery, and he went straight to the stairs leading to the second floor.

The furniture is covered with a layer of white cloth, as if the owner is about to go away or has never returned.The corridor on the second floor was very shady and cool, even to the point of being slightly cold, which made most of the sweat off Sorey's body.He saw a door that was only ajar and not locked, so he tentatively pushed it open, and a black figure ran past his eyes and entered the shadow in the corner of the room.Sorey approached the shadow on tiptoe, and he caught a corner of his clothes outside.

"Micurio! Micurio, I've found someone!" He grabbed the hiding figure and poked his head out of the room, shouting at Micurio who was still wandering around on the first floor.Before his companion came, Sorey looked at the figure in the corner under the dim light.He was still a boy, his gray and white clothes were clean and spotless, and the boy huddled in the corner had terror in his eyes and never dared to look directly into Sorey's eyes.

In order to calm the frightened eyes, Shi Lei lowered his voice and said softly, "Don't be nervous, I won't hurt you, I'm just looking for someone." Tears seemed to fall out at any moment.

"Sore, don't bully the child." Seeing the savior, Solei hurriedly pushed Micurio in front of the boy, hid behind him and continued to look at the timid boy. "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, but it's still a question of whether you can see me." It's a pity that Micurio is not good at dealing with crying people, so he could only squeeze out a bright voice to the boy Smile.The person in the corner stared at Micurio's big violet eyes with wide eyes, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab his temples.Seeing that Micurio frowned in pain, he smiled happily, showing his broken teeth.

"Don't work in vain." Just as the two of them were trying to let the boy let go of Micurio's hair without hurting the boy, a cold female voice came from behind. "This child can't speak, just ask me if you have anything to ask." The creaking sound of the mechanical operation hit the two of them, and Micurio noticed that the lower body of the girl in the wheelchair was empty, only the skirt was thin hang down.Several pairs of equally timid eyes followed her, eyes shining in the darkness like stars in the dark night sky. "But it's useless if you want to abduct the children here. Even if you sell the disabled children, you won't get much money." Her voice was calm, and her calmness was extremely inconsistent with her appearance and age.

Shi Lei hurriedly shook his head and raised his hands to prove his innocence. "We're not bad people, we're just here to find someone..."

The girl frowned: "Looking for someone? No one has visited here for many years. Can you have a more convincing reason?"

"You just believe him," Micurio, who had been silent all this time, interjected, "This kind of harmless human being can only be trafficked and then count the money for others."

After hearing Micurio's voice, the girl's eyebrows relaxed obviously, and her tone softened a little: "Is it the Celestial Clan? This is really rare, so I just trust you for now." She waved her hand, and the boy who was huddled in the corner Laughing and throwing himself into her arms.Shi Lei pointed his fingers at his eyes in the darkness, and after counting, he frowned and fell into thought. "Is there any question for this gentleman?" asked the girl in the wheelchair.

Shi Lei counted the number of people one by one with his fingers, and asked, "Are these all the children?"

"Yes, a lot."

"But why do I remember that there were 10 people...and that girl wasn't there." Sorey folded his arms across his chest, and Micurio noticed that the frozen expression on the girl's face suddenly changed after this sentence. There was a slight rupture, but it quickly returned to calm.

"You must have made a mistake. There are only 8 people, and none of them is too small." Her tone was firm and unquestionable. She turned the wheelchair without leaving Shi Lei any doubts, and turned her back to the two uninvited guests. Several children followed her. They walked out of the room together behind them, and soon merged into the cold and dark corridor together. "If there is nothing special, please go back. There is no food or room for tourists here." The voice sounded out of nothingness, as cold and piercing as if it had directly entered their brains.

Wiping the thick dust off the glass with his finger, Micurio noticed that the sun had set to the west and it would be night soon. "What should I do? Do you want to go back?" He asked tentatively.

"Do you believe what I say, Micurio?"

"I believe that there should indeed be two other children. That girl must have hidden something from us."

"So..." Solei tilted his head, his emerald green pupils were sizing up his companion's profile.

Micurio smiled and sighed: "So don't leave tonight, you want to talk about this, right?" The two smiled at each other with a tacit understanding.Food is not a problem, as long as two people huddle together back to back or shoulder to shoulder, or make do with it for a night, the problem is how to investigate the existence of the concealed child without any clues.The two travelers huddled under the pointed A-shaped roof of the monastery and discussed how to conduct investigations. Even if they raised their heads a little, they were in danger of hitting the roof.Sorey grabbed a few slices of jerky from the bag and chewed them, and conveniently stuffed the backpack behind Micurio's back as a cushion for him.

"The girl in the wheelchair will definitely not tell us more information for the time being. It's better to start with others first." The soft luggage was attached to Micurio's back, allowing his spine to escape from the hard beam.

"That being said, what if everyone else is dumb?"

"Don't ask how to know, the key is what attracts them to provide us with information."

"You can use a trick to buy them off. Get a fountain or something." Shi Lei felt that he had a good idea, and smiled smugly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Micurio slapped him on the head. "What do you think of the sky ringing technique, Shi Lei?" However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't find a better way, so Master Micurio of the Celestial Clan had to agree to change his job to become a temporary magician.He bit the bullet and followed Sorey down from the attic. Not long after he tossed about, his whole body was covered with dust and cobwebs, which made him feel terrible. "Don't be an example!" He lost his temper at Sorey and tore off the spider web sticking to his head. An innocent spider that was almost crushed to death by Micurio was still hanging on the spider web.

At this moment, the children of the monastery happened to be gathered in the auditorium on the first floor, singing unknown songs in the ancient language, and the bronze statue in front of the altar was so rusty that the faces could not be seen clearly.The children's singing was melodious and sweet but extremely sad. Micurio tried hard to distinguish the words in the singing, and the blurred lyrics in the music were blurred. He only felt that this song told another person's story.

"This is a love story. The music is beautiful, but the plot is superficial. I never liked it." The sound of the wheelchair scraping the floor came from beside him, and Micurio felt that the girl's eyes were really beautiful, a rare magenta , but was imprisoned under the cold emotion and lost his vitality. "This is a song about the guardians of this forest and lake, a story about abandoning duty because of love," she said.

"But it's very beautiful, and the lyrics are also beautiful." Shi Lei interjected.

The girl gave him a blank look, and said to herself: "Love is irrational." She snorted softly: "This kind of useless emotion will only bring disaster. Don't you think that as brilliant as love is, there will be so much love?" Stupid?" His tone was full of disdain.She slid the wheelchair slowly towards the center of the singing, and only when she faced the children could her pale and desolate face glow with life.

Shi Lei didn't know how to respond to these words, so he could only laugh dryly.Before the complete silence, he clapped his hands and had an idea: "That's right! I'm Sorey, and the name of the Celestial Clan here is Micurio. I'm sorry for the late introduction." The dull atmosphere made Sorey a little out of breath. , he introduced the girl bluntly to try to break the deadlock. "We haven't asked your name yet, otherwise it would be inconvenient to call you?"

"I don't have a name, but everyone calls me Carmine (Carmine: magenta), so please feel free." She turned her head and pointed to her gorgeous eyes: "The children said my eyes are beautiful, so they gave me these a name."

Shi Lei echoed with a dry smile: "Hey, isn't this very nice!"

"But I can't understand what they mean by beauty." The indifferent voice was drowned out by the singing, and Shi Lei only saw her lonely side face and pupils covered in haze before she left.

"Come, come, let's get together!" Sorey's applause and yells echoed in the empty and old chapel, and Micurio, who was standing beside him, pouted and made water bubbles, floating in the air and chasing each other with.The eyes of the children who were attracted by the unknown magic were shining, and they surrounded the two of them in a short while.

"Listen everyone, big brother over here..."

"Huh, isn't that big sister?" A childish voice interrupted his words, and then many voices compounded their approval, and Micurio, who was standing beside him, blushed instantly.

"Although I look like a big sister, I am indeed a big brother." Micurio said while suppressing a smile, and he felt that his voice was trembling.

Shi Lei tugged at his companion's cuffs to signal him to keep smiling, cleared his throat and continued to yell: "Gender aside, he is a very powerful magician and can perform many, many magic tricks! Today you all hit the jackpot. You can witness a miracle!" Sorey winked at Micurio, who snapped his fingers blankly, and a rose made of water stretched its petals on his fingertips, crystal clear flowers Won the applause of all the children.

Seeing that the atmosphere had improved, Shi Lei hurriedly added fuel to the scene: "Is there anything you want to see?"

"Flowers! Lots of flowers!" The girl in the front row with two braids jumped and shouted. Micurio tried his best to keep the flowers from breaking. With a bang, it shattered into countless tiny drops of water, and each drop of water fell on the ground to bloom an equally beautiful rose. The dark and empty monastery instantly became a veritable sea of ​​roses.Those little roses soaked in the sunshine like gold powder are really beautiful, and the little girls who love beauty even try to pinch off the flowers made of water and pin them on their temples.

"Rabbit!" "I want to see a kitten!" "Bird!" "Tiger!"

After the sea of ​​flowers faded, the excited shouts of the children almost lifted the roof off the roof, and Micurio nodded hastily to allow transparent small animals to be born from the water.Although it seems simple, it is actually a very difficult thing to use the sky ring technique to plasticize. The form of water cannot exist in the outside world for a long time. He has to mix the cold air in the water so that the small animals can exist for a longer time.This was much more troublesome and tiring than fighting with the Sky Ring Technique, and after only a few spells, Micurio was panting from exhaustion, and thin drops of sweat ooze from his temples.

"How come, do you think the kids are cute?" Taking advantage of the excitement, Shi Lei leaned into his ear and asked with a smile.

Micurio glared at him fiercely: "I don't feel it at all, I just feel that coaxing children is really a hard job."

"Is there? Looking at these smiling faces doesn't make the effort worthwhile?"

"I'll enjoy it, Lord Sorey, if you're in charge of the juggling." He pushed Sorey away with a nasty attitude, and slumped on the chapel pew while the children were chasing after the animals.Shi Lei couldn't bear to disturb him, so he had to find time to play with the children and try to dig out useful information. The children insisted that there were only 8 people in this monastery from the beginning to the present, no more and no less, which was too much. The tone of confirmation actually aggravated Sorey's doubts and worries.

After it was completely dark, Carmen took the children and left the chapel. Their bedroom was on the second floor, so someone had to support Carmen to go upstairs. The children disappeared into the dark corridor after a while.

"It turned out to be nothing..." Shi Lei sighed, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, he remembered that there was still dry food in the attic, and when he was about to rush up, a pair of timid eyes shot from behind the altar Popped out and stared straight at him.

Seeing her, the tiredness floating on Micurio's face immediately disappeared. "It seems that there is no gain at all." Micurio, who had regained his strength a little, went to the altar and squatted down to be level with the girl. There was a messy slip in front of him, trembling slightly with his breathing.The girl didn't say anything, but took Micurio's hand and rushed out the door.The wooden door of the monastery that had not been maintained for a long time creaked and creaked and groaned open, and the strong rose fragrance blowing towards him made Shi Lei sneezed twice.The night was extraordinarily bright, and it was only then that Shi Lei noticed that today was a full moon, and under the illumination of the bright moon in the sky, the rose garden turned into a charming, cold and hopeless navy blue.

"Please, please save Sister Carmen!" The voice was so hoarse that it was almost noise, the girl gasped for breath as if she had exhausted all her strength to say these words, Micurio noticed that the wound around her neck Wearing a thick bandage. "Ka, Sister Carmen, she is going to die soon, like everyone else..." She knelt down on the ground and wept silently, tears falling from her eyes like broken necklaces.

Shi Lei squatted down and knelt in front of the girl: "Dead? Why? What happened?" The truth of the matter before him made Shi Lei a little anxious, and the girl's choked words made him even more anxious, and he was about to continue asking But was stopped by Micurio.After handing the girl over to Sorey, Micurio began to pace back and forth along the periphery of the rose garden, picking at the flowers from time to time to inquire about something, and Micurio didn't come back until the girl stopped crying.He spread out his clenched fist, holding a handful of blackened soil inside, sniffing it still had a strong smell of blood.

Micurio threw away the dirt and clicked his tongue: "I've felt that the smell in the air is not right since I walked into this yard. It seems that there is indeed something tricky."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Sorey was strongly dissatisfied with Micurio's insistence on going his own way.

"Because I heard that this forest is haunted! I thought it was the smell of lonely ghosts!"

"Master Micurio, how old are you to still believe this?" Sorey smirked and expressed his disapproval.

His contemptuous smile made Micurio feel ashamed, so he quickly changed the topic: "Anyway, anyway, that smell should be blood, no, it must be blood."

"Could it be that a child died?" Faced with Sorey's guess, Micurio nodded in agreement, and this was the only reasonable reason he could think of to explain the disappearance of the children.

"First, Sister Lily, and then Brother Walter..." The girl's face was as white as paper, and it sounded like she was struggling to breathe. She coughed hard from time to time, as if she had a lung disease. "The next one is..." The girl caught a cold when an unknown gust of wind blew, coughing intermittently.

"It's me next, what's wrong?" The wheelchair rolled across the grass and made a dull rolling sound, mixed with a cold voice echoing in the night sky. Neat and spotless.Her arrival made the residual heat of the late summer night nowhere to be found, and after being stared at for a long time by her eyes, Sorey shivered.

"How many times have I said that you can't talk more, why are you disobedient? Go back to sleep." Although she couldn't see, Carmen's gaze was as cold and sharp as a sword blade. The girl who was crying just now stopped her tears instantly, and staggered from the ground He got up and rushed into the monastery without even daring to turn his head. "Don't meddle in your own business." After watching her companions go back, she shifted the topic back to Sorey and Micurio: "This is a fate that cannot be violated, and I have already mentally prepared for it."

"What fate?" Sorey asked.

"The fate of being eaten by ghosts is to exchange death for forgiveness like my brothers and sisters before." Her tone was calm and not like a person who was going to die. This calmness and despair made Sorey frown.

Shi Lei frowned, and yelled at the girl who was about to die: "Wouldn't it be better to beat the monster away? You don't need to be eaten by that guy, go back to the city now!"

Carmen lowered her head and murmured softly at night: "So what if we go back? Aren't we the same people who are incomplete and live on the streets until we starve to death? We are mortal, so it's better to welcome us in a place where we can shelter from the wind and rain." The end. I also have to protect other children like my brothers and sisters." Micurio noticed a daisy-shaped hairpin pinned under Carmen's yellowed collar, shining a little under the night light.He pulled Sorey back to him and pointed out to him that the daisy on the girl's neckline was exactly what Sorey had seen in his dream.

Probably sensing Sorey's gaze, the corners of Carmen's mouth trembled slightly, as if she was smiling. "It's very pretty, this one was left by Sister Lily before she was eaten." She took the daisy off her collar, and even though she couldn't see it, she still lifted the hairpin in the air so that it could be bathed in the light of the moon. "I will no longer hesitate or hate any more, just like my sister, as long as I can protect the remaining children, I am willing to do anything."

The quiet rose stirred up under the silvery moonlight, and the filth drilled out of the soil wrapped the entire monastery tightly, and the sudden large amount of filth made Micurio retch.The thorns of resurrection scrambled to wrap around Carmen's body, and fine red blood spots came out from every inch of her exposed skin. She closed her eyes and endured the excruciating pain, even refusing to frown.

Micurio covered his mouth and nose, he was all too familiar with the disgusting smell. "It's the domain of demons! No wonder the children can't escape."

"If it's just a demon, it's easier to say, but if it's really a ghost, it's even more difficult." He clenched the ceremonial sword at his waist, and cut off the vine before it was about to swallow the girl completely, and the broken thorn twisted on the ground After a few moments, there was no movement. "What, it's just superficial." As soon as he finished speaking, new shoots emerged from the section of the plant, and a few seconds later completely replaced the cut off part.Micurio stood in the distance and froze the incoming vines in the air, but his water-type sky sound technique couldn't harm the plants at all, at most it only restricted its movements.

"Don't struggle, you can't beat it." The rescued Carmen lay weakly in a safe place, blood oozed from every piece of her skin, staining a large area of ​​grass red.

"How will you know if you don't try it!" Swinging the ceremonial sword in his hand, Sorey's blade kept chopping off overlapping vines.His face was punctured, and the bright red blood dripped down his cheeks, but he had no time to take care of it.After discovering that the sky ringing technique didn't work, Micurio immediately grasped the long staff and joined the ranks of the fight, the slender stick flying like clouds and water in the air.Soon, he and Shi Lei faced back to back and smashed the vines coming from all directions into mud time and time again.

"Sore, we won't last long if this continues." He said to his companion without looking back.

"I know, Micurio, try to feel where the amount of filth is the greatest, even if you cut off the vines, the enemy doesn't seem to be hurt or itchy."

"It's been done a long time ago. It's in the center of this pile of miscellaneous soldiers. The smell there is terribly pungent."

The cleverness of his comrade-in-arms made Shi Lei almost want to throw down his sword and applaud. "As expected of Micurio, leave it to me!" Stepping on the section of the plant, Sorey used the soft inner wall of the herb to turn into his own jumping power to jump up, and the thorns that attacked him Pierced by the water arrow shot by Micurio in time, he fell to the ground, and the blade penetrated into the center of the vine like lightning, and countless sparks burst out.The plant-shaped claws stretched out all the vines to attack Solei. It was impossible for him to dodge all the attacks. He had to use his arms as a defense as he stabbed deeply with the blade in one hand. Needless to say, he had already Covered with bloodstains.

The attack soon weakened, and he withdrew his defense, seeing the thick thorns swaying and swaying under the ice-blue sharp blade. "Leave these thorns to me, and you can just concentrate on digging out the enemy's heart!" The cyan light gathered in the palm of Micurio who was in charge of assisting, and the ice blade thrown into the air drew a regular blue beam of light, wrapping the Under his command, the frivolous blue light ice blade attacked countless enemies.It's a pity that the ice blade couldn't cut off all the opponent's tentacles, and one of them hit Micurio's arm before he could dodge in time. He seemed to hear the sound of his own bones breaking, and the blood dripped to irrigate the thorns.

Sorey didn't have time to look back, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands, and used the gap created by Micurio to penetrate the hard shell.The crimson light came out from the gap, he didn't think any more, he held his breath, concentrated all his strength on his wrist, and pierced the ceremonial sword into the heart of the demon.The turbulent rose-shaped puppet fell to the ground motionless like a puppet with broken strings. Sorey quickly jumped off the monster and rushed towards the wounded Micurio, not even pulling out the sword stuck in the puppet's center in time.

"Don't come back yet!" Micurio yelled, suddenly remembering the demon and the bishop's advice he met in Red Lake, but it was too late even if he remembered, and piercing spikes came from the depths of the rose bushes. There was a cry, and the thorny flower vines attacked Micurio and Carmen in two opposite directions at the same time.Seeing this, Micurio hurriedly shouted to Sorey: "Sore! Go save her!" He tried to avoid the attack with his own strength while dragging his bloodied arm, but fell heavily on the mud because of losing his balance. After rolling a few times on the ground in this posture, Micurio's breathing gradually became heavy and difficult.The ground trembled and moaned, and just when the violent flower vines tore through the air were about to hit Micurio's back, Sorey hugged him lazily and turned sideways to avoid the blow without hesitation.He turned his head and saw the undergrowth that had been half-depressed. Just a few seconds ago, Micurio had just fallen there. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

The few vines on the ground suddenly started to swing their bodies wildly, and they moved fiercely, as if they were fighting monsters that did not exist in the sky.Carmen's body was pierced, blood gushed profusely from the wound, her small body twitched in pain, her skirt flapped in the hurricane.While enjoying the hard-won dinner by magic, Micurio muttered something silently in his mouth. During the long chanting process, a huge icicle appeared directly above the enemy and smashed directly at the hilt of the ceremonial sword. go.After being thrust from the high altitude, the blade wanted to press down on the ground, and the moment it completely pierced the enemy's heart, Micurio could clearly smell the pungent smell of blood. It was as if a heavy iron block had been stuffed into his chest, and then he threw the whole thing into the depths. In the bottomless pool of blood.The enemy fell to the ground with a bang, and Carmen's thin body was thrown to the other side of the courtyard. Micurio shook off Sorey, walked to her side with his arms that were so painful and paralyzed, and embraced her blood-stained body.

The young girl was panting heavily under the pain, and her calm face was distorted by the pain for the first time. "It's really nosy, it's said that this is my fate."

"Don't talk, stop the bleeding first." Micurio pressed his hands on her wound, trying to suppress the gurgling blood.

She clicked her tongue lightly: "Thanks to you, the last shelter is gone...so travelers can only bring bad luck..."

"I'll take care of it." This was the first time Sorey said after the battle: "You've done a good job Carmen, just leave it to me." He grinned and bared his front teeth, poking his finger at the face With two dimples, imitating the tone and appearance of the girl in the dream, he squeezed out an extremely unnatural smile at Carmen.

The girl whose life was about to die smiled at the two of them for the first time, and the ball of light floating from Sorey's body fluttered back and forth around her, making her magenta eyes flicker with faint light for the first time: "It's really true!" It's reliable...then I'm counting on you..."

No matter how long the radiance of the healing technique lasted, it couldn't stop the loss of her body temperature.Before dawn, he and Sorey dug a small grave for her in the rose garden, and before burying her, Micurio pinned the daisy hairpin on her temple.The scenery on the horizon brightens.Everything looks so alive, the sky is as blue as it can get, those leaves are shining like emeralds, the sun is already peeking out on the horizon, and the light purple morning mist will soon be dyed bright orange.

"Why didn't you save her?" Micurio knelt in front of the tomb, his long hair covering his eyes. "How could such a young child withstand the attack of the demon? Why did you refuse to save him?"

Sorey stared straight at Micurio's rippling purple pupils, without any hesitation in his words. "Because I don't want you to die." He said, his eyes full of unshakable determination.

According to the agreement, Sorey took the remaining children across the lake, through the forest, and finally left the survivors in the church in the countryside with the help of Micurio.The pastor of the church is a good old man. He greets every passerby cheerfully all day long, and hugs everyone who confides his troubles to him.The children's eyes were swollen from crying, and they refused to stop sobbing no matter how much they comforted them.In desperation, Micurio bent down, spread his palms and made an ice flower pinned in the braid of the crying little girl.

From the beginning to the end, Micurio never said a word to Sorey.Sorey couldn't figure out the reason for his silence, all he knew was that he kept his head down and didn't want to look into his eyes, always talking to