"Shh, take it easy."
"Is she still awake?"
"Yes, it's been three days. What a pity, such a beautiful girl, is she the same as those people outside?"
"...Oh by the Light, may she wake up."
"Brother Morrie, are you going to call the doctor again? We only have three lusos left..."
"Sile, don't be so stingy, life is priceless."
The rustling sound reached his ears, and Liu Yu felt as if he was immersed in a vast sea, and he couldn't get out of the sea no matter what. The wound on the chest was like being bitten by insects and ants, it was painful and itchy...
It turns out that people still have feelings after death... or, she went to hell... hell is fine...
Suddenly a light pierced through the darkness, into the bottom of the sea—
Liu Yu opened his eyes.
"you're awake?"
A childish voice came from the ear, and a thin face rushed forward, with slightly dark skin and some naughty freckles on the face. When he saw her, he shouted happily:
"Brother Morrie! Brother Morrie! She's awake! She's awake!"
Liu Yu noticed his clothes with several patches and the oil lamp in his hand.
"Here is..." Where
She turned her head with difficulty, the brown earth wall, the wooden door blocked with cotton wool...
"Are you awake?" A slightly older boy rushed over, and when he met her gaze, there was obvious surprise in his pair of big brown eyes, and he stammered, "You, are you okay? ?”
He seemed unable to recover, and when he felt rude, he suddenly lowered his head, his cheeks flushed.
"I… "
Liu Yu was about to answer, but suddenly turned his head and looked out the window.
One bell after another was sent to the ears by the wind from afar.
"Boom—"
"Boom—"
"Boom—"
…
The bell rang continuously, resounding through heaven and earth.
The boy with the oil lamp and the brown-eyed boy stared out of the window blankly, joy burst into their faces, and after looking at each other, they fell down in unison.
"God, it's God!"
"It's God who has returned!"
"It's the return of the gods..."
They lay down for a long time, their bodies trembling with excitement, as if they were crying.
Liu Yu looked out the window.
The sky outside the window was pitch black, as if covered by a black curtain, and no light could penetrate.
so…
Will there be a god in hell
She looked at the crying brother inexplicably, propped up the hard bed with her elbows, and sat up. The body was a little heavy, and there was still a slight itching feeling in the pierced area, but it was not severe.
The white dress was spotless, and she looked at the hem of the skirt, where the golden irises on the white background were lifelike.
She pinched herself hard: it hurts.
she is not dead
The brothers on the ground seemed to be aware of her movement, turned their heads, with tears still on their faces, they said happily: "Did you hear it? It's the bell, the bell..."
"The bell?"
Liu Yu repeated.
"Yes! The bell! The bard said that when the bell rings, the gods will come down to the earth again... God has not abandoned us! The light will return, and we will not sink in darkness forever..."
Liu Yu found that she couldn't understand.
"what are you guys saying?"
She also noticed something unusual.
too dark.
Even on a night when the moon is covered by dark clouds, a little light can still be seen, but in this world... except for the oil lamp held by the little boy, the light seems to have no existence at all, it is swallowed up by darkness.
"A month ago, the sky never lit up again." The boy named Mori said sadly, "The light has disappeared from this world forever..."
"Yes, the world is in chaos..." The little boy turned his head, "Mother and father never came back after going out, they must have been taken away by the darkness..."
And when he turned his head and saw the girl standing up suddenly in the room, his eyes opened even wider.
"Brother Mori," he patted Mori, "look at her...does she look like the one in the middle of the city, that one..."
Morrie's eyes widened too.
There is a difference between statues and real people.
When darkness enveloped the land and the light disappeared, the stone statue belonging to the God of Light in the center of the city collapsed, and countless broken stones collapsed. At the same time, another statue rose...
The statue has curly long hair, bright eyes, wearing a fishtail-like long skirt, a small four-petal flower in her hair, and twined silk threads in her hands... She overlooks the earth and has compassion for all living beings.
And when the faint candlelight illuminates those ice-blue eyes, the statue coincides with the girl he rescued...
The girl frowned slightly:
"You saved me?"
Morrie nodded blankly, then shook his head again:
"Three days ago, I, I picked you up on the road, and brought you back because I was afraid that you would be eaten by wild animals."
"It's been a month without light?"
"Yes, it is."
Morrie watched the girl get out of bed and walk to the window. The gorgeous dress, which was completely different from the whole dilapidated house, was blown up by the wind. The girl turned her head:
"Then, which world is this?"
"N-Nathaniel."
"Nathaniel..." She said something Morrie couldn't understand in a gorgeous tone, and then she flew out of the window.
The wind blew her fluttering skirt, and the whole world was covered with a dense blackness. This blackness seemed to be able to swallow all the light, but she was wrapped in a blue mist. violation.
Morrie subconsciously chased after him, and when he crossed the threshold, he retracted his feet again:
"you… "
"Go back." The girl said, then turned her head away, her eyes seemed to see the unreachable distance through the thick black fog, "No matter what... hope will always be there."
"Brother Morrie!"
The younger brother in the room yelled, "Don't go out!"
He sounded terrified.
Morrie moved his throat nervously: "You, who are you? Are you... the new god?"
The girl in mid-air suddenly turned her head and smiled at him, that smile was as bright as spring, but as cold as a wilderness.
"In return for saving me, good man," she said, "good luck to you forever."
A blue hazy light fell on the top of Morrie's head, and he subconsciously fell down as if he was bathed in a hot spring:
"Thank you for your gift."
He straightened up again, but there was nowhere to see the girl's figure.
The younger brother ran out the door and looked at his elder brother strangely:
"Brother Mori, why are you crying?"
Morrie wiped away his tears. He never thought that decades later, he would become the richest businessman in Nathaniel because of this gift from the goddess of fate.
When recalling the once desolate family and the hopeless years shrouded in darkness over the past ten years, he would always look at the sky and smile knowingly:
Good intentions are always right.
***********
Liu Yu walked in the dark.
The part of her body that was penetrated was still in pain, and the wound had completely healed. She still had many puzzles, where did Gaia go
Why the world fell into darkness...
Why is she still alive...
The road is not completely deserted.
People who are forced to make a living still work in the dark, but their faces show fear from time to time. The darkness breeds crimes, but in a short distance, she saw several waves of crimes hidden in the darkness.
Some are just robbing money, while others are dragged into dark alleys after spotting young and beautiful girls...
However, the city-state guards patrolled around, and the order did not collapse. Unexpectedly, it was still very orderly.
When passing through the center of the city, she also saw her god statue.
Among the countless ruins, her statue stood just like that, and the Holy See personnel wearing the uniform uniform of the Temple of Light were picking up the white stones on the ruins nearby—
Liu Yu bent down and picked up a piece, she recognized that it was a little finger on the right of the bright stone statue.
The ring on her thumb, she had seen it on Gaia's hand.
"Who's there?"
A sword was handed to her throat, Liu Yu raised his head, but was taken aback.
She saw an acquaintance.
"Prince Carlo?"
The other party was also stunned.
He seemed to have experienced vicissitudes of life, his ever gentle and beautiful face was as cold as ice, and his temperament changed drastically. And when meeting her gaze, the amber eyes gradually softened and began to glow.
"Miss Fergus...?"
The soft light of the luminous pearl illuminated the surrounding area, as if in a dream, he asked softly:
"Miss Fergus...?"
"is it you?"
The sword was retracted.
Liu Yu stood up along the way:
"What's the matter?"
Prince Carlo's eyelashes drooped, and he looked at the center of the ruined city again, and said in a dreamy tone:
"A month ago, the light... fell."
There were tears in his eyes:
"Darkness is having a carnival."
"The bishop and the archbishop led the envoys, praying all the time. They prayed for God's return... The temple is in chaos. The believers collapsed, some went crazy, and some committed suicide... Ah, Malan, Master Malan committed suicide..."
"what."
Liu Yu opened his mouth, and finally closed it again.
"Paranoid beliefs will drive people to madness."
It is impossible to have positive guidance if you can watch your parents burn you to death with a paranoid belief.
Prince Carlo looked at her, his eyes bent: "You are right...Miss Fergus, you are always right."
He looked at her more shining blond hair than before, and her more beautiful blue eyes than before, and there seemed to be a beautiful and mysterious scenery hidden in those blue eyes.
She looks more charming than ever.
Prince Carlo lowered his head slightly, placed a pious kiss on the back of her hand, and then let her go.
"I've been thinking recently, is it true to regard another existence as a belief, and when that existence does not exist, our meaning will be erased?... And what puzzles me even more is that my father, the king Glad, he said, to finally live without trembling, without pretending to be devout to the light..."
Liu Yu said "Wow":
"Your father is not pious?"
Judging from that toe kiss, there was nothing impious about it.
"Father said, yes. He couldn't worship another person. He also said that he believed that there were many such people in this world, but usually, they all wrapped themselves up very well, because they were afraid of being tied to the stake. ... People's thoughts should not be imprisoned, you see..." Carlo looked around, "My father is very happy, finally no one came to point and point at his guards... When the temple was paralyzed, my father's The guards took over the duties very well."
The secular took over the authority—
From a historical point of view, it is only a change of high-level power.
Liu Yuban lowered his eyes and did not express his opinion.
From beginning to end, she was only for herself.
As for the incompatibility of consciousness, that has nothing to do with others. Even her conflict with Gaia has nothing to do with others.
"That statue," Prince Carlo looked at the statue in the center of the city, "is that you?"
Liu Yu didn't speak.
So far, she has no idea where the stone statue came from.
"I have to go find my mother."
she said.
"Ms. Fergus?" Prince Carlo shook his head, "You can't find her, she was led by Bishop Bruce to look."
"why?"
"The old god fell, but you used to be the queen of the gods, but now your statues are rising high in the big cities..." Prince Carlo said in a low voice, "No one is a fool."
Liu Yu didn't answer.
Yes, no one is a fool.
At the epicenter of power shifts, they are more perceptive than ordinary folk.
"Thinking to threaten me with my mother?" The girl smiled arrogantly, not realizing that there was still sadness in her eyes, "That's impossible."
"Sorry, I should go."
She nodded politely at him, the emotion in Carlo's eyes seemed to be suppressed for a long time, and it was only released at this time.
"Miss Fergus, do you... need a servant?"
The boy knelt down on one knee and took the lead in surrendering to her.
~~~
And in the middle of the distant, distant mist, the moment the new god awakened, the god representing darkness also opened his eyes.
His beautiful green eyes reflected the sky and star shadows, he was focused and blurred, and after a while, he closed his eyes again.
A sigh scattered into the wind:
"Belia Fergus..."
Gray mist is everywhere, they wrap around his body, as if they want to merge with him...