I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 33
There was a lot of rain tonight, and the wind and rain outside the window slammed on the window like a rage, but the inside of the room was still warm.

The heat from Calcifer's burning drives away the chill, and the white noise from the crackling firewood is also drowsy.

Due to a busy day, Alicia went to bed very early.

There are only two rooms upstairs, one is Char's, and the other is given to Arthur. Because Alicia's legs and feet are not very good, it is best to live downstairs.

Shaar found a folding bed and a mattress in the utility room of this building, placed them in the vaulted space under the stairs, and then nailed a sheet to the beam as a door curtain. A makeshift room like that was made.

She cleaned the first floor very clean today, and this place is close to Calcifer, very warm, and the sleeping environment here is even better than upstairs.

Xia Ya sat on the chair he often sat on, warming himself by the fire, thinking quietly.

Today he experienced a whole day of death and witnessed a lot of sadness and parting. This is a very depressing process. If the mental quality is poor, people may even suffer from mental illness.

But Xiaya didn't. On the contrary, he was terribly calm, without any fluctuations in his heart.

This is probably due to the fact that his heart is not on him at the moment.

It is not simply a loss of good, evil and desire.

The logic of his behavior still follows the three views and habits formed by his experience of more than 20 years before he lost his heart.

But the difference is that he is no longer satisfied by doing good, nor is he ashamed of doing evil, nor is he sad because of the misery of others, he has lost his empathy.

Although on the surface now, this made his behavior and handling of things a little more calm.

But if the entire timeline is extended, when his life after losing his heart overwhelms the life of more than 20 years, he can't imagine what he would be like at that time.

Zhuangzi used the word 'forgetfulness' as the secret to achieve "Xiaoyao", forgetting self, forgetting emotion, forgetting things and so on. In "Zhuangzi", "forget" appears more than 80 times.

Xia Ya's current state is very similar to Zhuangzi's "forgetting", so it seems to have a detached feeling.

It is very similar to the state of "too much forgetting love" described in many immortal novels.

But in fact, "forgetting" is not "nothing", and many people confuse the two.

Wangqing is not ruthless, but "feeling but not tired".

Ordinary people are either ruthless and unable to appreciate the warmth of the world; or they are so affectionate that they cannot extricate themselves, mourning and hurting themselves.

And the person who forgets love is affectionate but not trapped by love, affectionate but not hurt by love.

Zhuangzi's wife died, but he sang with drums, thinking that his wife just accompanied him in a different form.True love in the world is hard to come by, but it is delusional to force it to last forever.

Apart from birth and separation, there is death between people.This is the fate of man.

After understanding this point, people will be more open-minded, and this kind of open-mindedness of letting go of attachments is "forgetfulness".

And Xia Ya is now more like between Wangqing and Wuqing, and will even move closer to "ruthless". In the future, perhaps only the responsibility given by the old man will be left.

This is not "happy", but more like a machine that runs according to a certain program.

Of course, when that day comes, it may be a long time away.

Xia stood up silently and walked to one side. He raised his hand and opened the door curtain, revealing the girl's sleeping face.

Alicia just fell asleep on her side on the mattress, in pajamas and a comfortable quilt.

As a curse incarnated by the heart image, after falling into a deep sleep at night, her appearance will also change back to the previous one.

The long black hair spread like a cloud, and the tiredness left by the day hung on his face,
His gaze swept across her butterfly-like eyelashes, and her warm red lips like a begonia, and the flickering firelight outlined her superior facial features.

Although Xiaya lost his heart, it didn't prevent him from appreciating beautiful things.

He raised his hand, and a small piece of paper flew out from the clothes she hung on one side, but it didn't touch Shaar's hand, but wandered in his palm.

He took the piece of paper and sat in front of Calcifer.

"What is that?" Calcifer stared at the white paper in Shaar's hand and asked.

It seemed to have discovered something, and began to read the above words.

"Chasing the fire in the open, shedding tears in the dark, your heart is my thing."

"Whoo~"

As Calcifer read the above words, the piece of paper spontaneously ignited instantly, and then fell to the ground.

"Very ancient magic," Calcifer commented, "and powerful, whose?"

"Who do you think belongs to Alicia?" Xia asked calmly.

"Wild Witch?" Calcifer's flame grew a little, "Then doesn't she already know my location?"

"Approximate location." Shaar murmured softly, "She should arrive at Eagle Point Harbor soon."

Calcifer's flame turned blue, obviously panicked, and then it asked, "What are you going to do?"

"If I remember correctly, she also has a fire demon, right?" Shaar asked.

Calcifer fell into memory, "It seems to be."

"Fire demon?" Xia murmured softly, "In the novel, the fire demon of the Witch of the Wilderness has lost control and was controlled by the fire demon, but the movie didn't mention it."

"There is a possibility." Calcifer said, "This may also explain why she wants your heart. She needs a younger contract partner."

"How sure are you?" Xia Ya said.

"She's older but more experienced, and I'm younger and stronger," Calcifer said.

Xiaya was thinking quietly, and after a while he said, "Don't worry, let's move away from Yingjiao Port first."

"Moving?" Calcifer snapped, a little panicked.

Its body in the furnace is very fragile. Without firewood, or pouring a basin of water, it may kill it. If it is moved like this, half of its life may be lost.

"It doesn't matter." Shaar said, "Wild Witch and Moving House, you can choose one, and if you don't go, you can get it. I don't care."

"Damn it!" Calcifer wailed, and got into the firewood. If moving house was half life, then if it fell into the hands of the Witch of the Wilderness, it would be real death.

"Moving is not just to avoid her." Shaar said, "There are three people in the castle now, so we can't let Alicia sleep in the stairwell every day. I'm not her vicious aunt."

After a pause, he continued, "Time is with us, the longer it drags on, the stronger I will be."

Calcifer came out again, and he asked, "When are you going to move?"

"I have to wait for me to find the location of the other entrances." Shaar said, "I want to buy a storefront, preferably one of the entrances has a big yard, but I already have a choice for the latter."

Saying that, Shaar glanced at the bed where Alicia was sleeping, and then turned to look at the box placed on the table.

The shape of the box is very delicate, with many beautiful reliefs, it looks like a masterpiece at first glance, and even the materials are very expensive.

That was what Shaar brought out from the palace, and it was also the "reward" given to him by Moria.

Xia got up, silently picked up the box, and carried it up to the second floor
(End of this chapter)