In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

It's best to get this kind of thing as soon as possible.

The puppet was also prepared for such a decision.

Of course she knew what kind of person Maria was, but that didn't stop her from giving the best result she could think of.

But... Maria obviously cares more about life than the puppet, who wants to continue letting the umbilical cord cause trouble, not caring how many people it kills, and only thinking about the final result.

"If that's the case... then I understand."

The doll did not ask Maria why she had to go to Syracuse first and then move to Ursus. She just quietly carried out the orders of the kind hunter.

On the side, Xiao Baochan, who had been acting as a background board for a long time, also walked forward carefully when he saw that the two people finally finished their conversation.

She looked at Maria timidly. After hesitating for a long time, she carefully looked at the doll's expression and spoke hesitantly.

"That...travel...is OK..."

……

Maria initially refused to travel through time with Xiao Baohuan, but after discovering that this thing could help her find the umbilical cord, Maria no longer resisted.

So when Xiao Baohan said that they could travel through time again, she nodded in agreement.

After another period of quiet darkness, Maria also entered the process of crossing.

But this time, Maria found something wrong...

"This time the darkness... lasted a bit too long..."

Maria frowned.

But even faster, a burst of whispers came frantically into Maria's ears!

"How is this going?"

Maria looked around.

These strange, restless sounds seemed to carry some kind of magic, causing people's emotions to fluctuate drastically.

Although this ability does not cause any harm to Maria herself.

But she still felt a little depressed.

And even faster, this darkness was torn apart...

Right above Maria's head...

The moon is rising slowly...

A... pale blue moon...

……

It happened so suddenly that Maria didn't even have time to think too much before she attacked.

But when she finally opened her eyes, she realized that this thing seemed to be a dream...

In front of me... was just a quiet, empty room.

"dream?"

Maria got up from the soft bed and looked around.

I might be in a private room on a moving platform at this moment, and the bright city is vaguely visible through the glass window.

The scenery outside was beautiful and the sun was shining, but Maria didn't want to think too much at this moment.

All her attention was on the rising moon.

"Do I dream?"

At her level, dreams are no longer so-called uncontrollable hallucinations that appear after mental activity.

So, when Maria realized something was wrong, she felt something was wrong at the first moment.

But obviously, the appearance of that thing was too sudden, so Maria now has no idea what it was.

But she didn't think it was a surprise.

This was like some kind of ancient primitive witchcraft. Although it looked ridiculous, Maria was sure that there must be a deep meaning behind it!

However, I still don’t know what this thing means.

After hesitating for a long time, Maria calmed herself down and slowly walked out of the room.

She walked through the long and narrow corridor and came to the plywood.

There were many people on the deck, gathered together, looking at the town in the distance.

According to the notice just received, they will end their long journey of nearly a week in an hour.

Then they will be able to step on the reassuring land again... Many people showed an impatient expression.

By this time, it was approaching dusk.

Above the sky, the sun and the moon coexist.

Maria raised her head and looked at the sky carefully.

But after a moment, the moving ship shook violently as if it had hit something.

A small shadow passing by Maria screamed and subconsciously rushed to Maria's side.

"Ok?"

Seeing this scene, Maria paused for a few seconds, then reached out and gently picked it up.

When the shaking subsided, many people were a little panicked, and some were cursing.

But none of this had anything to do with Maria. She just looked at the girl in front of her calmly.

This should be a girl from the Luper tribe. She has brown-gray hair and wide-open eyes that look a bit incredible.

She was ready to fall to the ground, with her hands on her chest, holding a book that was somewhat out of proportion to her body.

"Are you okay?"

"Ah...thank you!"

Maria's cold voice quickly awakened the girl from her confusion and surprise. She quickly got off Maria's body and nodded to her in gratitude.

Maria was just half-kneeling in front of the little girl.

"Where are your... parents?"

The little girl in front of me is only in the single digits. Children of this age... should be accompanied by their parents.

But Maria looked around and didn't see anyone hurriedly looking for their child.

"..."

When the girl heard Maria mention her parents, her eyes suddenly became much more lonely.

But she still shook her head.

"I came here alone."

"one person?"

"Ah."

The girl nodded seriously.

She looked at Maria again for a while, and her expression changed slightly as if she had thought of something, but she still asked uncertainly.

"Are you... coming to Syracuse?"

"……Yes."

Although Maria noticed the change in the girl's expression, she was still a little confused.

But the girl seemed to be certain of something, and after hesitating for a while, she extended an invitation to Maria with great restraint.

"Can you... talk to me?"

"……Can."

Maria did not refuse the girl's small request, but was a little curious about her.

The girl was still very young, but even so, she was very polite in her words.

Such an attitude implies a lot.

At least, Maria didn't think a normal family would let a girl under the age of ten ride on such a mobile device alone.

"Yeah!" After getting Maria's affirmation, the girl's mood improved a lot.

She hesitated for a moment, then looked at Maria again.

"Where are you from?"

“…Victoria.”

"Victoria?" The little girl frowned and thought carefully about the place name before turning to look at Maria.

"So...what is Victoria like?"

"Hmm?" Maria paused.

The girl was a little nervous.

She was a little scared, afraid that Maria's statement about her origin from Victoria was just a lie, and that her questioning would make her seem like she had 'exposed' her lie.

Although still very young, the girl has already mastered many survival skills.

"...I can't describe such a place to you." But fortunately, although she had in a sense exposed Maria's disguise, Maria would not do much.

"Victoria encompasses so many things: life, art, style, rhythm, and so on... Your question is a bit too general."

Maria's voice was calm, even a little cold, but the girl could still feel the delicate gentleness.

This strange older sister has tried her best to make her tone gentler, but... she really doesn't know how to communicate with children.

Feeling this, the little girl's emotions calmed down a lot.

She then asked again.

"What's life like over there?"

"Life?"

Maria hesitated when asked such a question for the first time.

Facing the girl's pure eyes, Maria hesitated for a long time and then shook her head silently.

"I can't answer your question..."

"Eh?"

"Although I'm in Victoria, the place where I live...isn't that good." Maria didn't know how to describe her days in Yharnam to the girl.

Although she was not born in Yharnam, all her memories are there.

And Yanan...

It's definitely not a good place.

"is that so……"

The girl seemed a little disappointed because she didn't get the answer she wanted.

But after a moment, she raised her head and expressed her gratitude to Maria.

"Thank you, big sister..."

The girl hesitated for a few seconds after saying this.

She seemed to want to say something.

But before she could utter a word, a child's voice came from the side.

The two people looked in the direction of the voice.

It was a half-grown child, running towards this side excitedly.

Behind the boy, there were a few people who looked difficult to deal with.

Maria noticed that with the boy's appearance, many strange looks appeared around her.