Fear, panic, depression, terror...
The body temperature dropped rapidly, the body shook uncontrollably, the blood disappeared from the arms, and the soul seemed to be trembling.
Facing the door which was only ten steps away, he and Miss Louisa both felt that something was watching them in the deep darkness behind them.
That is darkness, that is chaos, that is the deep ocean, that is... the evil god.
The two of them understood the current situation almost at the same time. The out-of-control ichthyosis attracted an unknown evil god. He did not come, but he was watching here at the moment, which caused the abnormal characteristics of the environment.
This is not actually dangerous. As long as they leave the scope of being watched and gradually alienated, they will be safe.
The golden light on Shade's body suddenly burst out, and the sight from the higher dimension slowly disappeared. The trembling Miss Louisa almost fell, but was supported by Shade again.
"Go..."
In her emerald eyes, Xia De was reflected, and it seemed as if golden flames were burning on his body. Xia De nodded and helped her forward.
After the terrifying gaze left, the door in front of me actually closed little by little.
"Feel sorry."
After apologizing softly, Shade picked up Miss Louisa directly, but even so, the door seemed to be closed before they arrived.
"Xade, put me down, you..."
A small figure appeared in front of the door, and the fifth fishman who had not appeared before pushed against the door, allowing Shade and Miss Louisa to reach the door in time. They all saw the figure, who still had the tattered clothes she wore last night, and the only human feature on her legs was still wearing the same shoes.
Shad's hand pulled the door, and the afterglow of divinity drove away the power of whispers and blasphemous elements, so that the door could no longer be closed.
"she is... ... "
Miss Louisa covered her mouth.
Shade held the door open, watching the little fishman leave the door and squat at the edge of the golden light on Shade's body. It looked at them, its rotten fish face expressionless.
It wanted to see them off, but it couldn't leave. The higher-dimensional gods were watching this place just for it.
Xia De and Miss Louisa both stood there without moving. Then, Miss Louisa spoke first:
"We can't save her. Let's go, Detective."
The blonde girl held Shad's hand, her eyes reddened. Shad continued to pull the door frame, looking at the rotting fishman. He knew that he could do nothing about it, and escaping with Miss Louisa was already the limit.
Turning his gaze to look outside the door, there was moonlight outside. Xia De, who was particularly sensitive to the silver moon, knew that it was real moonlight, and outside the door was a safe place:
"But... I really want to save her."
"There's nothing we can do... We can't change this. Detective, this is not a fairy tale. Not everything will have a happy ending. We tried our best."
The blonde said with a slightly sad tone.
“Reality is not a fairy tale…”
He understood this, so he didn't say anything stupid like saving the girl's family.
At this moment, looking at the moonlight outside the door, he thought of a lot, from his hometown to here, from the present time to the past time.
He thought of the joy and sadness he felt when he first read the fairy tale in his hometown during his childhood. He thought of the melancholy he felt as an adult when he told the story to three children in this world.
From a foreign land to here, from now to the past. Standing on the land under his feet, feeling the four elements flowing in his soul, thinking about the current situation, and experiencing it personally, Xia De felt that for the first time, he truly understood what kind of feelings that sad story brought to him.
That is the feeling that touches the heart.
"This consciousness can affect the real world. Maybe I am not powerless. Although I am weak, I can make some attempts."
He reached into Miss Louisa's pocket and took out the rolled-up parchment scroll in the latter's surprised eyes.
With hesitation and emotion in his heart, as well as the thought of "wanting to save", the paper scroll actually burned in his hands. The paper pages with mysterious power that recorded ancient fairy tales returned the power of enlightenment to him.
He had given an answer to the old god's question. At this moment, he gave that answer again:
"I want to save her."
In a trance, he actually saw the young man wearing a clown hat smiling at him, and Xia De understood what he should do.
Turning around, he looked at the darkness with a determined look, feeling the power emerging from deep within his heart. Enlightenment represents civilization. He came from another civilization, brought the story here, and understood the story again.
In addition, the power of "fire" was accumulated from the translated books.
Steam and mist gushed out, and whistles and bells rang out.
The brass-colored aura of enlightenment flickered on the life ring as never before. In this light, the letters of the common language of Drarion flew out in pieces, around Shad, constructing a story that Shad had never written in this world.
Miss Louisa's eyes widened, the brassy light illuminated her face, and the large letters were reflected in her eyes. She recognized it, it was "The Little Match Girl".
Facing the darkness behind, letting the life ring appear behind you, listening to the whispers in your ears, surrounded by the stories of your hometown. The stories belonging to another world have finally become part of this civilization.
The power he possessed was not strong, but pure enough because it belonged only to Shad.
The voice beside my ear sounded at the perfect moment:
On a snowy winter night, a lonely girl lit four candles. Fire, food, gifts, family love. She left in the darkness, she briefly touched the light. And you, longing for a miracle to save everything.
You listened to the fairy tales you were told, and you gained the enlightenment of civilization.
The golden light illuminated the surroundings, and the life ring behind him spun at an unprecedented speed. As the steam gushed out, the letters suspended in the air gathered towards the life ring again, shining with the brass-colored enlightenment light, and all the words overlapped on the life ring, condensing into a new power.
Stranger, you have inscribed the Brass Inspiration Rune - The Little Match Girl.
On the burning life ring wrapped in steam, a second ancient spirit rune quietly emerged. The gleaming brass spiritual light almost suppressed the gluttony from the evil god's power.
Miss Louisa stared at what was happening in front of her in amazement, suspecting that everything that had happened tonight was just a dream:
"Even though you did worse things at Lakeview Manor, this is too..."
Light appeared from the sky, illuminating the scene in front of them. The blonde girl looked up at the sky, and above her head was an endless sea of stars. The ceiling disappeared, and they were standing outside. In the night sky, a huge silver moon appeared, as if it was about to fall to the ground. Cold snowflakes fell on her face, fluttering down.
She reached out to take it incredulously:
"Is it snowing?"