Realized that I was "in a dream", and what I saw before my eyes was the scene of early spring in the forest. Although Black Town belongs to the Kingdom of Hampavo, it is already the southern border of the kingdom. The spring of Black Town is as prosperous as Nolan.
In front of Jenkins is the somewhat unfamiliar lake. Compared with the real time, the area of the lake is now smaller. But this does not prevent the young people in the town from spring outings or outings here. The napkins laid out indicate that it is already noon, and men and women wearing clothes that are obviously not contemporary style are sitting scattered on the grass in front of the lake, enjoying the rare spring day scene.
Standing in the green shade of the forest outside the lake, Jenkins looked up and saw a big-tailed squirrel holding a pine cone in its paws, standing on a branch and looking towards the lake, and asked;
"That lake is really nice and beautiful."
Under the effect of empathy, he clearly understood the squirrel's answer:
"That's right, but unfortunately there's something scary underwater, it's best not to get close to it."
"Strange thing? What is that? Also, what time is it in the universal calendar? Is it the eighteenth era?"
He asked again, but this time got no answer from the squirrel. Only then did I realize that it was stupid to ask a wild animal about the calendar made by humans. As if to comfort Jenkins, the big-tailed squirrel threw the fruit held by its little paw to him, and then jumped to another branch and disappeared. In the depths of the jungle.
"As expected, the enemy this time should be a more troublesome thing."
After lunch, the town men and women who came for an outing left one after another, and soon there was only one young man who was full and put his hat on his face to take a nap. He has beautiful short blond hair, a slender figure, and good facial features. Even in a big city like Nolan, this young man is considered handsome, let alone such a remote town.
The female companions around him were driven away by him, leaving only the young man to enjoy the afternoon sleep. Jenkins waited patiently for two hours before seeing him wake up. He sat on the grass in front of the lake in a daze for a while, and when he was packing up and preparing to leave, he suddenly looked at the lake not far away.
From Jenkins' point of view, he didn't notice any abnormality in that direction, but the young man seemed to have seen something unbelievable. He put down the tablecloth in a daze, and staggered towards the lake.
Jenkins took a few quick steps and came out of the forest. He saw that the young man had already knelt on one knee by the lake, lowered his head and spoke to the lake.
Because his back was turned to Jenkins, Jenkins couldn't see his expression, but the voice and tone were undoubtedly talking to the girl he admired.
The young man quickly noticed someone behind him. When he turned around and saw a strange man, he immediately stood up in a panic, then lowered his head and passed Jenkins, and walked towards the woods with his things in hand.
Without continuing to approach the lake, Jenkins walked quickly towards the youth. The latter heard footsteps and wanted to leave quickly, but was soon caught up by Jenkins.
"look into my eyes!"
It is not difficult for Jenkins now to make an ordinary person tell the truth. Relying on the power of lies, he easily knew what happened just now. From the young man's point of view, after waking up from his nap, he saw a beautiful girl like a legendary elf standing on the lake.
After walking quickly, the girl had already sunk into the lake, but she was still willing to talk to him with her face out of the lake.
"Old-fashioned story, why do young people in this world always like to admire elf girls? Is this some kind of racial prejudice?"
Telling the youth to go home as soon as possible, Jenkins turned and walked in the direction he came from.
This time he removed the disguise of the black robe and restored it to its original appearance, drawing a shirt, black trousers, leather shoes and tie to replace the current pajamas. He unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, tidied his hair with his hands, and walked towards the lake with a warm smile. Not long after, I heard the sound of bubbles in the lake, so I stood on the grass with my hands behind my back as if looking at the scenery, and soon I heard playful laughter like silver bells coming from the direction of the lake.
Looking up, she saw a young elf girl with braids, covering her face and smiling lightly at her. At first, he doubted how beautiful the youth said "very beautiful", but now Jenkins knew.
Although it was also the first time for him to see a living elf woman, he did not believe that there was a more beautiful elf girl in this world than the one in front of him.
As if being raped, he walked slowly towards the lake, and as he approached, the elf girl who was originally standing on the water in the middle of the lake also moved towards the shore.
She seemed to be walking in a lake, except that she sank as she walked, and the lake water on both sides left smooth ripples. When they reached the shore, only one head remained above the lake.
"My love..." (Human Language)
The girl in the lake called out in a low voice, Jenkins quickened his pace and walked to the shore, then knelt down on one knee and looked at the girl in the water. At such a close distance, all illusions and illusions were broken by his eyes, and what he was talking to in his real vision was a terrifying skeleton, the surface of the bone was covered with moss.
"Who are you?" (Elvish)
Jenkins asked in a low voice, slowly and gracefully.
"I have been waiting for you here for a thousand years, and we agreed to meet again here a thousand years ago." (Elvish language)
The girl in the lake said.
"Is this true? It's an honor to be liked by a girl like you... Are you going to come with me now? My bed is very big."
He said so.
"Not yet, my love. In order to wait for your return, I am imprisoned here by a vicious curse."
"So how are we going to be together? I don't really like living in a lake."
"At midnight today, bring me the blood of your loved ones, that's the only way to lift the curse, the only way..."
The girl sank into the lake while talking, and after the dull voice from underwater disappeared, there was no trace of her in the clear water of the lake.
Jenkins remained on one knee, with a hesitant and confused expression on his face. It took a long time to stand up again, and after turning around, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He thought he was really right in choosing to read this third story, which he was very interested in. In the spare time of intense real life, it is really satisfying for him to occasionally experience this fairy tale adventure.
And more importantly, all of this happened in the past. The time in this world has a strong ability to correct errors, and he is not worried that his actions will cause confusion in time.
"Taking advantage of the time before midnight, go back to the town and have a look."