Most of the time, there is always a bitter core hidden under the cool appearance. You can’t go into the details of most beautiful fairy tales. After marrying the prince, Snow White always has to live. Thirty years later, there will be a day when the fat will sag; Sleeping Beauty How could the prince who hadn’t moved for hundreds of years to save her get out of his mouth without blowing the dust first; the frog prince was turned into a frog for so many years, what did he eat before he met his princess; The girl in the red shoes can’t stop dancing and can only dance to death, but how does she solve the problem of going to the bathroom before she dies from exhaustion—you see, our childhood is actually very fragile. I once went to Avalon asked the Brothers Grimm and Andersen, and the three of them saw me as a class enemy for quite some time...
I think the examples of fairy tales can confirm our current situation. After all, there is nothing more fairytale than a shining magic castle built of ice and snow. There are usually three kinds of people living in such a castle: the cold and noble north The witch (maybe an evil witch by the way), the pure and kind ice princess, and the mysterious and wise winter elf, I think in the genuine fairy tales, the above three kinds of tenants don’t have to worry about the ice castle in their house being unoccupied for three days The door is frozen, let alone smashing the door to get in when returning home. Now I deeply realize that all fairy tales are deceitful, anyway, this ice and snow castle in my home is deceptive. There is no kitchen or other places to cook here, so Bingtis could only light a large bonfire in the center of the side hall [Middle], surrounded by a dozen of us, including two invited half-dragon girls. All sorts of weird things are roasted for dinner over a campfire; there are no guest rooms in a snow castle. When Pandora made this, it wasn't refined to this level, so the two half-dragon girls could only sleep in a tent. The empty castle hall is tens of meters high and is basically an empty shell. Staying in this place will not have any difference in atmosphere from sleeping outside. So looking at her tent and the bonfire in front of her, Sagina asked I have a very dialectical question: "Is this different from us pitching a tent outside?"
I looked up at the roof more than ten meters away, and scratched my hair: "Hey, you can just sleep. How about I find you a villa again? Who knows who has it in their personal space."
Sagina looked at us like a monster, and finally her eyes fell on the pure white girl who was leaning against the campfire and looking at the flames curiously: "Forget it, I don't know what else you plan to do wrong. Let's talk about this Boy, we were all taken aback."
Sagina was referring to what happened in front of the castle's porch half an hour ago: She and Sona saw rows of snow sculptures of little girls displayed in those alcoves, and then the mercury lamp came out in a daze, "... There is only the soul." These two points caused a huge misunderstanding between the two half-dragon girls. I still remember Sagina's imaginative guess: "So you're an evil mage! You experimented with the souls of young girls. Stuffed them into golems. Even made these snow sculptures!"
At that time, she was full of righteous indignation, and while glaring at me, she pointed at the mercury lamp and the snow sculptures displayed in the alcove. Before I realized why she could have so many associations, the little puppet on her shoulder was obliged to do so. Stand up to protect her dad: pounce on and bite Sakina's arm: "Rilai counts the magic (you are the puppet)!" Well, maybe not to protect her dad...
The above is the scene that happened more than half an hour ago, but now. The misunderstanding has been resolved.
"Look at Xiao Qijing, don't let her play in the fire. Be careful to disperse the fire." I smiled at Sagina, then turned my head and shouted at Saeko. I don’t know if she learned from Anwena or her elder sister. Saeko is quite good at taking care of children now. Xiao Qijing is too curious. Just now she jumped into the fire several times to have fun. I had to be pulled Just follow this little girl.
At that time, in order to clear up the misunderstanding, I called Rozen Maiden Soul who was watching a movie in my mental sea (drawing out some interesting memories of my own to show Xiao Qijing, this is what I discovered recently, and the child likes the game very much) When she came out, the little girl in the spirit body scared the two half-dragon girls, but soon they found that the former did not look persecuted at all, but was very intimate with "some evil soul wizard", So the misunderstanding was naturally resolved.
"Are you really a mage?" Sakina fiddled with the bonfire in front of her, and cast her curious gaze over, "I don't think so."
"I have a chance to explain to you, we are traveling, and when we leave here, maybe we will tell you the truth: if you can understand. Now, as long as you know one thing, we are not bad people."
"What's the matter with this little girl?" Sagina saw that I didn't intend to explain further, and she still put the topic on Xiao Qijing, who was reaching into the burning flame at this time, wanting to Grab those flames, and Saeko will keep a close watch on the side to prevent the little guy from grabbing the charcoal and throwing it around. This kind of scene is not easy to understand in a normal environment. I patted Xiao Qijing's head pityingly, and the little girl immediately came over with a smile. "Her name is Xuehua Qijing, but you can call her Xiao Qijing. This child is born with only a soul and cannot grow up in the real world, so I have been raising her in my soul world."
Sagina looked at me for a while with an incomprehensible expression, and made a hissing sound in her mouth: "It's like listening to a fairy tale told by a nagging old wizard. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would definitely call you a liar. , one of your daughters is a demon doll, the other is a soul, and they are all so small, are you really human? How many daughters do you have?"
Before I could speak, Xiaoxue yelled from across the bonfire: "Here's another one! Here's another one! I'm also his daughter! Don't you think I'm cute? My dad treats me like a baby!"
The two half-dragon girls were dumbfounded at the time, and they looked at me with more incomprehensible eyes than before, but at this moment, Pao Pao, who was sitting on the other side of them, leisurely pushed Little Pao Pao forward: "I know you!" Take a moment. This is the eldest princess."
At that time, I felt that something bad was about to happen, but before I could open my mouth, Bubble had already continued: "By the way, I am the mother of the child, that is, the wife of the man over there." At the end, she suddenly said Thumbs up: "I'm working very hard to practice as a wife!"
Sagina and Sona looked at me in horror, holding their chests. The latter didn't like to talk, but the former asked with an unprecedentedly serious expression: "Please tell the truth. You won't attack women outside your own race, right?" !!"
Before I could speak, I saw Bingtis looking around, his eyes paused on Sandora, and then he cleared his throat and prepared to speak, but fortunately, I had a quick eye and a quick hand, and a piece of barbecue was pasted: "Honestly No one will think you are dumb when you eat!"
Sagina laughed dryly twice, and pulled her companion to move sideways...
But there seemed to be benefits to such rambling chatter. The rejection of the two half-dragon girls is obviously not as strong as it was at the beginning. I think it's time to ask myself questions that I didn't understand before. So he carefully chose the right wording and asked: "Then what. Let me ask more, you don't seem to have a good impression of mages?"
Sagina frowned, but she was not angry. She glanced at me, as if she was weighing whether the half stranger she just met in front of her was worth talking to, and then nodded: "Of course I don't like it. Sona and I were once Adopted by a mage."
"Um. That should be the exact opposite. Why don't you like it?" Qianqian asked curiously.
Sona replied in a low voice: "I bought it from the slave market. It is used as a test subject for potion research, as well as coolies. Because the half-dragon people have strong physical fitness and high drug resistance. At the same time, they are very strong. And we can't learn any magic by ourselves, so most mages with enough money and strength like to raise a few half-dragons as coolies. Although the slave trade is banned by the royal family in many places, they always have an excuse: sect War, capture on the battlefield, family slaves, there are as many loopholes in the law. Sakina and I spent our adult days in a poison test cage. Therefore, Saina is hostile to all mages, me? Although I think it may not be Hatred should be placed on every mage, but at least I can't have a good impression of your group."
I never expected to hear such a story, and suddenly felt that I really shouldn't have said this question. Slavery, mage, experiment... the three words are combined in such a dirty way, who would have thought that these two half-dragon girls would have experienced such a thing!
I was very embarrassed, and the two half-dragon girls had been paying attention to our expressions, Sona said thoughtfully: "It seems that you have never heard of such a thing? I really don't know where you are from. Is it the opposite of the black plain? I heard that there has never been slavery there, and there are many strange researchers who like to run around, and some even cross the black plain."
I found that if I continued to expand on this topic, I would soon be unable to explain it clearly, so I stopped decisively and asked the next question hesitantly: "Then how did you get [自〗] freedom? Are you released?"
"Let go?" Sagina looked into my eyes with golden vertical pupils, "It's really naive, a half-dragon slave is a high price, even a rich mage won't waste it easily, we are all used Died. As I said just now, Sona and I spent our adult birthdays in a poison test cage. According to a strange formula found in an ancient ruin, the mage made several kinds of potions , in order to verify their effects, he fed the medicine to us: it was a birthday present. Later he was able to confirm that those medicines were deadly poisons, and Sona and I soon fell down from the poison and festered Later, the mage probably thought we were dead, so he threw the corpses into the wild together with the cage. But I don’t know if it was a fatal accident or what happened, but the two of us survived and recovered after a peeling As it is, until now, except for the occasional sequelae, it is almost the same as when it was healthy."
As Sagina said, she also looked at her arm in disbelief. It seemed that there were still scars left by the poison erosion on it. "This is how we gained [self] freedom. Later, Sona and I fled that principality and started wandering around, stealing things, working as coolies for others when we were healthy, and smashing noble houses in winter Windows, so that we can be caught in prison. Anyway, no matter which item can have a meal. To be honest, prison food is at least much better than garbage. Later, even the jailers know us two, and they are somewhat kind. , as long as you see the two of us coming in, you know that winter is coming, and the two lizard... half-dragons are looking for a safe place to hibernate again, so they are also taking care of us. He mentioned this matter to us during the chat. He also brought a notebook left by his father, which is all about the experience of exploring in various dangerous places. We found that explorers are the only ones who can enter the industry without any professional skills. Therefore, I decided to become an explorer. Those of you who have status may not know what the profession of an explorer is. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, an explorer is similar to a tramp or a scavenger. Anyone can call themselves An explorer: as long as you have strength and courage, you can scrape together a few tools for survival in the wild and things for self-defense, and dare to pick up some weird things from the ruins and sell them to those alchemists and the like. You can be considered an explorer. Qualified explorer."
"So then we stole the notebook from that young man. Came out as adventurers..."
"Eh, did you steal it?" Qianqian couldn't help but asked, and I also looked at Sagina and Sona in surprise.
Sona sighed, and said in a low voice: "Yes, it was stolen. We were all used to stealing to get what we wanted, and that notebook is really important. Without that thing, it would be rash Most of the newbies will die under the guardians of the ruins. Although we don't have much experience, we have heard of this knowledge: it is very dangerous for novice adventurers without the guidance of seniors, so if they are not forced by life, they can Not many people are willing to do such a dishonorable job. The young man cherishes the notebook very much. It is a relic of his father. He can show it to us, but it is absolutely impossible to pass it on. If you die outside, that thing is lost forever. Sona is very smart, she thought of this at the beginning, so on the day we decided to go, we took the initiative to find the young man in the prison, and then... stole the note ...that's it, that's the only equipment we had when we first set out on our journey."
As Sona said, she took out a somewhat tattered thick book from her backpack next to her, but it had obviously been meticulously repaired many times. I couldn't understand the cursive characters on it, but I could see that it was written by her own user. Carefully preserved.
"Actually, we have already thought about it at the beginning, and when we become senior adventurers, we will return this when we no longer need it!" Sakina said hurriedly, "But a lot of things happened after that, the adventurer Life is very dangerous, and if we are unlucky, we won’t be able to eat. Forced by life, we have been unable to return the notes. After a few years, this matter has been delayed. Maybe we just want to return it now, and we can’t return it. Don’t have that courage, that young man must still hate those two half-dragon thieves back then.”
"After all, the half-dragon people are regarded as an uneducated race." Sona sighed, buried her head in her knees, and after a moment of silence, put the notebook away again, "and followed the ancient ruins that would appear at any time Run, we have already traveled a long way, at least over a dozen duchies, and going back to the original city is an impossible journey, and so many years have passed, I am afraid that the warm-hearted young man back then has long been inappropriate. The jailer, even the appearance has changed, and the human lifespan is shorter than that of the half-dragon, and we have already lost time."
It's a very long story, but it's not earth-shattering. Compared with the big winds and waves we have experienced, I'm afraid it's not even a small wave, but for this pair of ordinary half-dragon girls, this is the bitter journey they have experienced in life : As the saying goes, small people also have the magnificence of small people. I don't know what happened to that warm-hearted young jailer back then, but I hope he is doing well, and I also hope that these two half-dragon girls can muster up the courage to return the notebook that was stolen back then to its original owner.
Hearing my reassurance, Sona just smiled faintly, expressing that she would eventually make a decision. And Sagina seemed to have turned her attention away from this topic, and turned her attention to waiting for the meal.
The dinner was made by everyone with the ingredients they brought with them. This was Qianqian's suggestion, saying that they wanted to hold a dinner-style barbecue party. The ingredients that Sagina brought out were the dried meat they had in reserve and a kind of hard meat. , but the taste is not bad pasta-these should be used by explorers to satisfy their hunger when working in the field. Dried meat can be eaten directly, but it can also be boiled or baked when conditions are good. Qianqian found out from the portable space Flour and vegetables—but in fact, we should not be surprised what she brought with her. Sandora still brought out an overwhelming amount of snacks, which stunned the two half-dragon girls. Oddities, including yogurt from the Mercury Lamp and jelly beans from Little Bubbles. Most of the food is handed over to Monina, and now my sister is not around, and An Weina has not come with me. As far as we are concerned, the only cook is Monina: she is a chef and cooks at home. Apart from An Weena, she is the most powerful fan.
While waiting for the meal, Qianqian curiously took a few slices of jerky, skewered them on iron skewers and put them in the fire to roast. I wondered anxiously whether the pile of carbides would be forced into me later. mouth. Little Bubbles threw her precious jelly beans into the fire, and it was completely destroyed in an instant. Now she is holding Bubbles and crying, while Xiao Qijing is still obsessed with roasting herself. She firmly believes that she can catch the flames. In a metal box, it was warmed up next to the fire, and they were sucking contentedly. Two half-dragon girls were curiously studying how to open the canned fruit. Sandora was roasting two stones, one of which had been crushed. Bitten off a third of it...
Me: "..." I was relieved to see that the two half-dragon girls didn't express any opinions on Sandora's recipes, and they seemed to have finally become numb.
After dinner, we had nothing to say all night, so we lay down on the floor in this gorgeous fairy tale castle, lit a bonfire, and spent the night with a tent next to it. Again, there are details behind every cheating fairy tale...