Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 153 The Hidden Main Quest

Two hours after dinner, Shang Luo was lying in his room.

In fact, the meal was really good, using top-quality ingredients from all over the Western Hemisphere.The town of Alicia is just a small town, but because it is just outside the city of Rome, it is possible to collect such a wealth of ingredients.

If it weren't for the real Mayor Kelso's speech in the dissection room, he would still be able to eat double the amount.He also confirmed during the meal: tomorrow will be this standard from morning to night, and he is still looking forward to tomorrow's breakfast—if there is no one singing next door.

The singing had started two hours ago, and the voice came from Karin Cassel, the mayor's daughter, Karin Cassel, a Roman girl with long black hair.Shangluo still remembers her voice at that time, just like now:
"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon. You rode the silver chariot in the night sky, you made the farmers see the crops, you made the lovers—the—the—the—."

The singing stopped abruptly.Like a record stuck, on the last syllable.After a while, the singing sounded again:

"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon."

Following the singing, Mayor Keso walked in at the door:

"This... Stranger, please forgive me for only calling you this way. I know that you are a professional, far surpassing the professional of the inner guard. I have asked the inner guard for help, but they"

"Can't the inner guard help you?"

"Of course they can help. But they don't want to make extra trouble, their tricks are too clumsy. They are afraid of the power from the myth, and they dare not make a little change. They don't care about the opinion of such a small person as me - as you can see , although I am the mayor here. But in front of the empire that rules the entire western hemisphere, I am just a nobody. So, stranger from Cathay, I want to beg you in the name of a father, help my daughter .”

"So your daughter, does she just sing on repeat here?"

"No, no, no." Mayor Keso shook his head, "If the problem was that simple, even the inner guard would help me. The crux of the problem is that it's not Karin at all. It's just Karin's silhouette, Afterimage. Or according to them, it's just an imitation, a substitute for Karin."

"They, what do you mean?"

"Have you ever played "Heroes' Parade-Elf Hill Expansion Pack"?"

"No." Shang Luo shook his head.Although he did know that the "Hero's Tour" sold by the Romans was very popular, but he was always busy in Yangzhou, so he didn't have much time to play it.

"If you have played, you will know that this is an expansion pack with the theme of Celtic mythology. A profession called 'Changeling' (Changeling) is added to the expansion pack. There is also an absurd and uninhibited "Stolen Child", which also has the same theme. I thought it was just a barbaric raving, but I didn't expect it to happen to me. That legend is like this."

He sighed: "According to the legend, there is a kind of fairy living on the island of Britain, a kind of fairy who can't use human concepts to judge good and evil. They are beautiful and noble, and they often protect the lost passers-by in the forest. They are called the Istin, or, in their own language, the Loyansu—the elves of the forest, who would replace a human child with a 'imitation' and the real child kidnapped and made one of the Faeries. The child will learn the magic of the Isthi Faerie and grow up like a Faerie, forgetting that he is human. And the imitation they leave behind, often There are many shortcomings. Because it is not a real human being, it is just an imitation."

While talking, the singing next door stopped again.

"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon."

After the freeze, the destined to be incomplete singing sounded again.

Shang Luo looked at the wall and thought for a while.
"When did this happen?"

Mayor Kelso looked at the ceiling: "It happened when she was 7 years old, yes, I'm sure it was that day. I remember that afternoon, I asked her to go out to buy some ingredients, and the store didn't sell her favorite food White Mushrooms——the kind of mushrooms called mushrooms. Karin, like other Roman children, thought that the products grew on the shelves. For the first time, she found that she couldn’t buy her favorite things in the store. After questioning, I found out that she went to the library and borrowed books about mushrooms, and then she knew that mushrooms grow in the woods. So, she walked into the sacred forest on the shore of Lake Nemi and walked out again. , but it’s not her anymore.”

"When did you know? On the day?"

"I didn't know until a long time later. It's just that from that day on, Karin suddenly became a lot more behaved. She studied hard in class, and went home early every day to help the maids at home with some housework. Her mother no, helping Karin's mother with gardening. She is becoming more and more diligent, more and more perfect, not like the original lazy Karin. I used to think she was a treasure given to me by God, until... now .”

The singing sound repeated again, still stuck in the position just now, without any change.

"It started 3 months ago and she was stuck like this. She had to sing until 12 o'clock sharp, and then she would go to bed after the new day started."

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Shangluo listened quietly to the singing next door.

Every time the singing is perfect, it just gets stuck at the end of the singing.The singing has been stuck there, never going any further.

"So, have you looked up the reason?"

"After we repeatedly asked the legion, Mr. Titus came to our home. After checking Karin's eyes, he told us about the changeling."

"But that's a Celtic myth, why does it appear here?"

"No, that's not just a Celtic myth, it doesn't just appear in the British Isles. The same myth also appears in Iberian, Germanic, and Slavic mythology. All places that were conquered by Rome have similar Mr. Titus did not hide the truth from us: this is the karma of the Romans as invaders, and it really happened. The root of this myth comes from the resistance of the aborigines to the invaders. Barbarians all over Europe because of Rome Displaced by the conquests of the Romans, they went into hiding. They traded dying children with healthy children of the Roman invaders."

"Like the golden branch of Lake Nemi?"

"Yes. Mythology is history unfolded through stories, and it is the eternal continuation of history-this is also what Mr. Titus said. The myth of changelings is the karma of the Romans as invaders. But no matter what, I don't want to Unexpectedly, this kind of retribution shouldn't happen to me, let alone my daughter. I didn't invade anyone, and this is Rome, where are there barbarians? There are only those in the sacred forest here."

What follows is self-explanatory.If he had any karma, it would be that as a local, he became an "accomplice" of the inner guard and offended Sheng Lin.To Sacred Lin, he was indeed a "Roman invader".

"So, you thought of me?"

"Yes. I was wondering if I offended the king of the forest. Are you going to perform the golden branch ceremony? If you become the new king of the forest, can you bring my daughter back? It's just the king's effort. As In return, I am willing to truly practice the history of the Golden Branch myth, and regard you as the secular lord of this place, the 'true' priest-king—yes, the rewards promised by the Romans to you are precious, but not Complete. The real king of the forest should also be the lord of this place at the same time, because the mythical king needs a secular crown. The Romans are afraid that the real authority of the forest king will fall into the hands of outsiders. But as long as you are willing to save my daughter, the authority is yours It's gone."

He paused, and said seriously:
"In other words - the hidden mission I am releasing to you here is the real main mission! This is a father's request, and this is my last request as the lord of this place. After everything is over, everything here It will be yours."

(End of this chapter)