Selena stared at Gawain for a long time, as if she wanted to see through this "extraterrestrial wanderer" from an unknown realm in a human shell.
But she can't see through anything.
Because she was just a visual phantom projected by Gawain who actively let go of part of his superficial consciousness. She could only see what Gawain wanted her to see, and could only hear what Gawain wanted her to hear. Yes, just like the dilemma of the Order of the Eternal Sleepers at the moment:
He has no choice but is under the control of others. Even if he talks about "conditions" at this moment, it is at best just showing his attitude.
At this moment, the wanderer outside the territory promises that he will not walk the path of gods in the future, and promises that if he breaks his promise one day, the covenant will be voided, but Selina herself knows that no one can witness this verbal promise, neither can humans, nor can gods .
All she and her compatriots can trust is the reputation of the "human" of the extraterrestrial wanderer.
Gawain didn't know exactly what Selena was thinking, but he could probably guess one or two, and after a moment of depressing silence, he shook his head: "You don't have to be so wary of me, you are all too nervous. I may come from a place you don't know, from an ethnic group you don't know, but during this journey, I am just an ordinary traveler.
"I hope to establish cooperation with you because I think the upper-level narrators are a threat, and your Order of the Eternal Sleepers... is more or less worth being pulled.
"So just relax and treat this as a human-to-human collaboration, and your nervousness will be much better."
Speaking of this, he deliberately paused for a moment, and then said as if he mentioned it casually: "Besides, you came to see me in person today. Apart from conveying such a piece of news, there should be other things you want to tell me, right?"
Selena's expression didn't seem to change, but the eyes she looked at Gao Wen suddenly became deeper. After a short consideration, she nodded as expected: "I have some questions, and I hope I can get answers from you."
"Ask, if I know."
"You said that you came to this world to fulfill a promise," Selina asked very seriously, "Is this promise... related to Gawain Cecil seven hundred years ago?"
"Yes." Gao Wen nodded calmly.
"This promise... is to help Gawain Cecil save the kingdom he once established? Is it to help all beings get rid of the shackles of the gods? Is it to lead mortals through the tide of magic?"
Gawain met Selena's scrutinizing eyes, he thought about it, but finally shook his head: "I'm not sure."
Selena's eyes widened immediately: "Are you not sure?"
"I'm not sure." On this issue, in front of Selena, Gao Wen did not fabricate a lie that would be difficult to make up in the future, but chose to guide the topic on the premise of telling the truth, "I seem to have forgotten some key points. memory, maybe some kind of protection... but I know, I made a deal with Gawain Cecil, he traded his soul for me to come into this world, so here I am—
"After waking up, I saw that the world was in chaos, the ancient land was sinking in the chaos, people were threatened by threats from inside and outside the borders of civilization, and the kingdom was dying, and all these were very detrimental to me enjoying life safely, so I became myself Want to do - I do exactly what you describe.
"I'm not sure whether these things are the content of the deal back then, but recently I have a growing feeling... what I'm doing should be what I promised back then, or... it's what Gawain Cecil did when he made the deal. Decided I would do it."
Selena looked at Gao Wen fixedly, there was some surprise in those eyes, and there was also some inexplicable sense of relaxation, and finally she blinked: "You are more... straightforward and honest than I imagined."
"Otherwise? What should a wanderer outside the territory look like in your mind?" Gawain smiled, "Is it with some kind of divinity? Hard and cold like steel and stone, lacking in emotion?"
"Almost," Selena seemed to have a hint of a smile, "So, you have forgotten the details of that 'transaction' with Gawain Cecil, and you don't remember why he made that transaction with you." deal'?"
"I don't remember it in general, but some vague fragments have surfaced recently," Gao Wen said, his eyes fell on Selina, "For example... I know you are related to it."
Selena's eyes were calm, and she calmly met Gao Wen's gaze.
"You should be able to see that I have inherited a lot of Gawain Cecil's memories, and in one of the memories, there is his experience of going to sea in the Dragon Fjord. In that special memory, I sense your strength.
"So I am sure that you have been involved in that matter, you know that transaction, so you should have known my existence, and today's conversation between us has made me more and more confirmed this.
"You said that you have some questions and hope to get answers from me. It just so happens that I also have some questions now-can you answer them?"
Gawain showed a gentle smile, and asked calmly and cordially as if he were an old friend.
The majesty of the "outsider wanderer", he has shown enough in the last meeting, but it was mainly shown to the unknowing Eternal Sleepers, and Selina Geerfen in front of him is half The insider, in front of her, Gao Wen decided to show his "humanity" a little bit, so as to weaken the vigilance of the "insider", so as to avoid unexpected troubles.
The starlight and lights outside the window were intertwined, and the magic spar lamp behind her exuded a warm and bright light. Standing beside Gao Wen, Selena was bathed in this intertwined light, seemingly lost in thought, and seemed to be remembering, for a long time, She broke the silence.
"Everything changed at the Peak of the Ancestors. There is the beginning of everything, the beginning of the three sects falling into darkness, and the beginning of that long voyage..."
"The Peak of the Ancestors?" Gawain heard the words that surprised him, "You mean, Gawain Cecil's voyage back then was related to the Peak of the Ancestors?"
Selena nodded slightly: "Since you have inherited his memory, you must be very familiar with the ceremony held by the Church of Dreamland, Church of Storms, and Holy Spirit Druids on the Ancestor Peak, right?"
"I know that it was the attempt to communicate with the gods that caused the three churches to be polluted by the gods, and thus gave birth to the three major dark sects—this conclusion is partly derived from the memory I inherited, and partly from my awakening It is the result of a long investigation so far.”
Selina nodded again, she did not dwell on the known history of the two, but continued: "That incident destroyed the beliefs of the three righteous gods, and it also affected other churches and the unsteady foothold at that time. The several human kingdoms of the world have caused a huge impact.
"The three major sects that were polluted at that time fell apart, and the witnesses at the Ancestor's Peak either fell into madness or died on the spot. The only survivors were the priests of other churches who were at a loss and did not establish a faith connection, and those who were located at the Ancestor's Peak. On the outskirts of the peak, there were no personnel directly involved in the ceremony. No one could tell the outside world what happened at that time, and no one knew what caused the terrible pollution and collective frenzy.
"After that, in order to calm people's hearts, and also to explain the phenomenon of lost and regained magic, other sects have announced the so-called "oracles", claiming that the gods returned to the mortals and issued new sacred laws, including dreams. The three sects, including the church, were exiled and fell into darkness because they refused the oracle, but this is a calming statement after all. It cannot convince everyone, let alone hide it from those who are more familiar with the high-level church and the operation of the sect. People who know better...
"Many people became curious about what happened on the Ancestor's Peak and launched investigations again and again, including Gawain Cecil."
Having said that, Selina turned her head and looked into Gawain's eyes quietly, while the latter was lost in memories. After retrieving some key memories, Gawain said thoughtfully: "I have the impression that in Shortly after that incident, 'I' went there, but 'I' only saw the abandoned ritual ground, where the frenzied priests destroyed everything, leaving no clues... "
He has habitually equated himself with "Gawain Cecil" in his conversations, and will refer to himself as the latter from time to time. Selina obviously noticed this, but she didn't say anything about it, just asked He said: "Did you really find nothing? Did you really only see the abandoned ceremony ground there?"
"I remember..." Gawain flipped through the inherited memories in his mind, recalling how Gawain Cecil went to the Peak of Ancestors to investigate the truth seven hundred years ago. Slowly, he frowned, "No , I'm not sure, there are some frames that are not continuous."
It wasn't until this time that Gao Wen realized that he still had memory loss that he hadn't noticed!
He looked at Selena subconsciously: "Is this memory your hands and feet?"
"...Yes," Selena hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "I helped Gawain Cecil clear a lot of memories according to Gawain Cecil's instructions, but I don't know the contents of these memories—he said those memories It’s very dangerous, and one more person who knows will push the whole world one more point towards the abyss of eternal doom, and in the end they all have to be cleared, so it’s better not to spy from the beginning.”
"...I believe you," Gawain said slowly, "then go on, Gawain Cecil went to the Ancestors Peak to investigate the truth, what he might have found, and then what? What happened after he returned from the Ancestors Peak ?”
"He found us," Selena said.
"He found you?!" Gao Wen was a little surprised, "How did he find you? Especially you, how did he find you? After all, you already..."
"It seems that you have fully grasped my 'situation', including the fact that I became a soul body seven hundred years ago," Selina smiled, "Frankly speaking, I still don't understand... After the Ancestor Peak returned, Gawain Cecil's state was very strange. He seemed to have suddenly acquired some kind of 'insight' ability, or some kind of 'revelation'. They repelled several attacks by the mutants, and easily found several secret hideouts built by the survivors of the Church of Storms and the Church of Dreams—even if these hideouts were located in the deserted mountains and wild forests, even if Gawain Cecil did not send any Eyeliner, even humans at that time didn't know the existence of those barren mountains and wild forests... He could find them.
"He first found the storm priests who were still sane, and asked them to prepare a big ship for him to go to sea, and then he found the dream priests who were hiding, hoping to get mental protection, and hoped that we could help him clear some memories …
"As you know, I was already... dead, but my soul survived in a special way. I was attracted by Gawain Cecil's plan. Driven by curiosity, I had a dream with him conversations…”
"I don't know about these," Gao Wen said, "It seems that I still have a lot of missing memories. What did you talk about?"
"He said he was going to take a risk to seek a certain opportunity," Selina said slowly, "He said he knew what we had gone through and what terrible things we saw on the Ancestor Peak, he said he There is a way—not necessarily successful, but at least a silver lining.”
Gao Wen frowned: "What's the specifics? Didn't he explain it to you more clearly?"
"That's all," Selena said, "He can't say it too clearly, because some things... the moment you say it, it means that you will attract the attention of certain beings. You should be very clear about this .”
"... Well, I understand your concerns in this regard," Gawain exhaled, "Then because of these vague words, you and the Sons of the Storm decided to take the risk to help Gawain Cecil complete the task." next voyage?"
"Yes." Selena nodded slowly and said frankly.
Gao Wen was inevitably curious: "Why?"
Selena stared into Gawain's eyes, and said softly after a long time, "Outsider wanderer, do you know what it feels like to be cornered?"