A hurricane passed through the woods, making rustling noises, and the snow splashed on the ground, as if it could bury all the ferocity and pain on the ground.
The boy stood there silently. In the silence, in the girl's azure eyes, it seemed that something was gradually extinguishing and then burning again.
She finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell backwards.
"Hula-"
The long golden hair was blown up by the wind, and the white wreath hit the ground and scattered in all directions.
The fallen flower branches were stained with blood.
The boy stepped on the fallen flower branches and caught her:
"Belia..."
A tear rolled down from the girl's tightly closed eyes and fell on the boy's finger.
The boy froze.
He lowered his head, spread out one hand, and "looked" blankly at the transparent water stain on Yubai's palm.
The water stains were reflected by the bonfire and the blood, showing a beautiful red color, like a drop of blood and tears.
Nataxi kept looking at him:
"Mr. Leslie, what's the matter? Is your hand hurt?"
"No, it's just... a little hot."
The boy withdrew his hand and bent down to pick him up.
Louis stretched out his hand, trying to remove the dirty rabbit's head from the girl's arms, but found that the strength of her single arm imprisoned on the rabbit's head was astonishing, and she even "whimpered" in a coma.
"Keep it."
Gaia hugged her without looking back, and went to the stone beside her.
Louis withdrew his hand.
"Miss Fergus!"
Prince Carlo finally couldn't help following, his delicate face was full of annoyance, as if he wanted to throw himself into the Cardanube River in pain—looking at the unconscious girl who lost her right arm, the amber eyes gradually With tears.
"We are all guilty," he said, "forgot..."
"I haven't forgotten."
Gaia gently placed the person on the boulder that Louis was leaning against. A white awn oozes out between her fingers and converges on the wound where the girl lost her arm. Membrane seal—
The bleeding stopped.
There was a fine layer of sweat on his forehead, and he withdrew his hand.
"Oh, it's a miracle!"
Someone sighed.
"Even so, Miss Fergus lost her right arm forever, oh, how painful it must be for her, she is so proud, so perfect..."
Everyone sighed.
They looked at the girl on the ground sadly.
She was as pale as if she wanted to disappear with the night, and the wound of losing her arm was hideous and terrifying, and it was unbearable to look at it—it was like a work of art that gathered the greatest craftsman's painstaking efforts in the world, just smashed to the ground, destroyed.
Even Princess Mary sighed:
"I don't think Miss Fergus would like such a miracle."
She looked at the civilian girl who was still crying. She seemed to be terrified. Since the appearance of the giant python, she has not stopped crying.
"Miss Leonard, stop your cheap tears. What did you do? Why did that giant python attack you? Or... did you rob it of its treasure?" No wonder Princess Mary asked this, and gave birth to two wings The boa constrictor thicker than a bucket has only appeared in legends.
"I, I don't know," Nataxi shook her head blankly and terrified, "It flew directly towards me, and there is no treasure..."
"I want to do a body search." Princess Mary raised her chin, "In case you harm your sister, you will come and harm me. Look, these men who have been confused by you, even Professor Louis—"
"I do not have."
Nataxi subconsciously looked at the three people who protected her just now—
Prince Carlo was looking at Sister Bellia with those extremely sad eyes, Louis was looking at a tree in the distance, and the respected Mr. Leilis, who killed the boa constrictor by himself, closed his eyes, No one looked.
"It's not me, I didn't hurt anyone."
She was forced back by Princess Mary, stepped on a pebble, staggered, and fell to the ground.
Everyone looked over.
Nataxi frantically tried to stand up. When she stood up, she realized that she was holding a "rock" in her hand. It was as transparent as a diamond and looked familiar—
"Bright Saint Crystal?!"
Princess Mary said in astonishment.
"Sacred Crystal of Light? Oh, by the Holy Light, Miss Leonard, have you found the Holy Crystal of Light?"
Nataxi stared blankly at her palm:
"… Yes, it is?"
She didn't know when she arrived here.
"Could it be that the giant python is for this holy crystal? But it looks... clearly a dark creature."
It is common knowledge that all dark creatures are afraid of light. Such a large piece of bright holy crystal is useless to it.
"Maybe, the giant python just found a random direction?"
"That possibility is not ruled out."
"It's just a pity for Miss Fergus... In this case, she will lose the chance to participate in the holy selection. God doesn't like incompleteness..."
"Mr. Leslie, will the medicine Bishop Bruce gave you for your eyes allow Miss Fergus to regrow her arms?"
The boy opened his eyes:
"The medicine is gone."
"Miss Leonard," the boy suddenly turned his head and asked, "What kind of flowers did you pick?"
"Gold, gold, the corolla is very big and beautiful. I saw it nearby, so I picked it back."
"Miss Leonard, is your face flushed, your lips bruised, and your hands turning yellow when you touch the flower juice?"
Princess Mary exclaimed:
"Mr. Leslie, are your eyes all right?"
Gaia did not answer, only said:
"The golden wreath flowers picked by Miss Leonard attracted the black gold python."
Everyone looked at Nataxi, this weak civilian girl's face suddenly turned pale, as if she had lost too much blood:
"I, I don't know... I just think this flower is very beautiful, I want to pick it back and arrange it..."
Princess Mary snorted coldly: "I remember, before the giant python attacked, you suddenly called Miss Fergus, why?"
Nataxi waved her hands helplessly:
"I just want to reconcile, reconcile with Sister Belia... At that time, the atmosphere was so good..."
"reconciliation?"
"Yes, yes, reconciliation." Nataxi suddenly covered her face and cried bitterly: "I want to tell Sister Belia, yes, I'm sorry, I have been secretly jealous of you, I am a bad girl... but I didn't expect, To actually harm Sister Belia... I am guilty."
Everyone was silent.
They could all see that Nataxi was telling the truth.
It is precisely because of the truth that people do not know what to do.
"Professor, what... what should I do?"
The favored ones looked at the young man with black hair and black eyes.
The gentle young man looked at the blond girl with her eyes closed, with a sad expression on her face:
"I think this matter should wait until Bishop Bruce decides."
Since then, no one has spoken.
Only the "beep" of the campfire rang in my ears.
"it's a pity… "
...
Liu Yu opened his eyes.
The sky was dark, and the surrounding area still looked like a forest of emeralds.
It shouldn't be long.
she thought, coughing.
"Miss Fergus?"
Liu Yu looked at the crowds of people who were suddenly crowding over his head, and said:
"I'm looking for Mr. Leslie."
His voice was hoarse and astringent, but extremely firm.
"Mr. Leslie, Miss Fergus is looking for you!"
Someone shouted.
The silver-haired boy passed through the crowd and appeared in front of her.
He bent slightly, silver hair fell from his shoulders to her chest, Liu Yu looked at him, even at such an angle of death, his stunning beauty was not compromised in the slightest.
so beautiful.
But it's also really cold, no matter how you cover it, you can't keep warm.
The snow is still falling endlessly.
"Belia." The young man stroked her head tenderly, his eyes showed pity, "You will be fine."
Liu Yu seemed to be stung by this pity, and suddenly closed his eyes.
It opened again soon.
She looked at him, that stubborn look that seemed to burn a path of blood, almost shocked everyone.
"I want to have a private conversation with Mr. Leslie," she emphasized. "Private."
"Oh sure!"
Those favored by the gods still remember the scene that happened at a critical moment.
Mr. Leslie abandoned Miss Fergus and rescued the more dangerous Miss Leonard. Although it was reasonable, it was too indifferent; Miss Fergus lost a right arm because of it...
It was only natural that she wanted to speak to Mr. Leslie.
Everyone walked out wisely, leaving a large space for the former lovers.
"Gaia," Liu Yu looked down at the deformed rabbit's head in his arms, "Sissi is dead."
"I regret that."
The boy said.
The girl looked up:
"What I'm talking about is that Sissy, who was gently hugged by you, picked grass for it, shielded it from the wind, and slept with your arms around it, is dead! It's dead!"
She tried to find a trace of emotion in this indifferent, always aloof god incarnation.
But she failed.
No.
Nothing.
"Belia, I can find you another rabbit."
the boy told her.
His voice was still elegant and moving, and his attitude was as gentle as ever, but Liu Yu's goosebumps appeared bit by bit.
She just felt creepy.
She thought of the past, he had let her have fun in his arms, promised her harmless request, would touch her tenderly, prepare food for her, and sleep with her in his arms...
How similar.
And she's only now realizing it.
She was no different from Sissy.
They are all just a rabbit under his knees and in his arms.
And she was almost caught by this gentle trap.
"Yes, it's just a rabbit." Liu Yu murmured, "A pet that can be changed at any time... that's all."
"Belia."
"You saved Nataxi."
"Yes, that's right."
The young man lowered his eyes, his green eyes were as gentle as ever.
"Why? Because she's more dangerous? So, even then, it doesn't matter if I die, does it?"
When Liu Yu asked the question, there was jealousy that he didn't even realize.
How jealous she is.
She also wants to be a treasure that will always be held in the palm of her hand and cared for, but unfortunately, she is always one step short.
"Belia, you will not die."
"What if? What if what I stretch out is not my hand, but my body."
"Belia, I need to deal with the python."
The boy looked at her and didn't say anything more.
Liu Yu suddenly understood.
"I see."
It was Nataxi who was attacked by the python, and she was just a leftover.
Nataxi was unimportant, and neither was she.
If it were another person, he would do the same.
All her cares and pains, Nataxi and her, even Sissy and her—in his eyes, it was just the difference between more and less.
This is God's fair rule—
Rational and ruthless, without even the slightest hesitation.
"It's my fault."
Liu Yu thought, she was still wrong.
She misunderstood it from the very beginning, God is not human:
He is high above, overlooking all living beings.
Sheep are his pets.
People are also his pets.
what differences are there
Just like people keep cats and dogs, they can play with them, tease them when they are happy, and put them aside when they are unhappy-but will anyone fall in love with cats and dogs
will not have.
They are of different species and of different classes.
And she actually tried to presume, like those weak women, who mistook the god's charity for tenderness, and she was complacent and secretly delighted... This world is just a cruel pasture.
Only when the shepherd is pulled into the pasture, falls from a high place, and becomes a cat and a dog, and competes with their "pets" for food, can he develop "empathy"—
It is also possible to be conquered.
She was wrong from the start.
"Gaia, do you know... I actually thought you would like me a little... When you hugged me to sleep, when you let me kiss you and hug you, when you rejected that girl in Remulo Village, when you loved me for me I was actually happy when I changed my commitment... I thought I had found a safe haven and could take a break... "
"Belia, of course, of course I like you."
"But..." Liu Yu looked sadly at the still ignorant young man, "Love is selfish... Gaia, you don't love me, at least not the kind of love I want."
He was like the glass she had been longing for for a long time. She thought she got it, but she only got the reflection of the glass.
It's nothing to blame, he just doesn't love her.
Liu Yu's eyes gradually turned cold.
"Gaia, you and I will bury Sissi together, okay?"
The thick night enveloped her, and her whole body sank.
The pink dream, like a bubble that was about to burst, is now also scattered.
Gaia gently wiped her tears and agreed to her tenderly.
"Belia, your breath has changed."
"Changed?" Liu Yu said as if nothing had happened, "What changed?"
"It used to be as sweet as a rose, but now..."
The boy shook his head, frowning, "I can't tell."
Liu Yu raised his head, looked through the boy's shoulders, and looked at the boundless darkness behind him.
Behind the layers of leaves, the shadow formed by the thick fog grinned at her.
Sorry, Gaia.
What she's going to do next, I'm afraid it won't be sweet.
She wanted him to fall from his perch—to see her.
"Louis," Liu Yu thought, "he should be very willing to help me with this."