I weave fate in parallel time and space

"Am I in the underworld?" the girl asked.

"It's not that fast yet." Shaar said, "At least... it will take hundreds of years."

After a pause, he said, "Your mother entrusted you to us."

"Mother." The girl seemed to have thought of something, she stood up suddenly and looked around, and then looked at Shaar, "Where is my mother?"

"I said, your mother entrusted you to us." Shaar continued to repeat what he just said, and seemed to not want to say more about the rest.

And the girl seemed to understand something, she sat on the ground, her eyes lost focus, as if she lost her soul.

"What's your name?" Xia Ya asked.

The girl came back to her senses and said, "Ekaterina."

In fact, this name is not special in Tsarist Russia, it is very common.

How common is it?
Later, people in this country made up a song called "Katyusha". This Katyusha is Ekaterina's pet name, which is similar to her nickname.

However, Shaar didn't think it was a coincidence.

He didn't say anything, just stared at the girl's eyes quietly. The clothes on her body were dirty, and her face was covered with filth from unknown sources, but this also set off those blue eyes even more. .

In this narrow, damp and filthy alley, it was as if a star bright enough to be seen at a glance appeared in the extremely dark night sky.

He had only seen such eyes once in his hundred years of life.

But at that time, the owner of those eyes had gone through a lot of wind and frost, and they were not so clear.

There is a saying of reincarnation in the underworld in the East. People walk across the Naihe bridge and drink Mengpo soup, and they can enter the six realms of reincarnation.

In Hades, there are actually similar sayings about reincarnation, but generally it is the soul's own choice.

Of course, that is a power that only people in the Land of Elysium can have. Those in the Land of Changchun Flowers do not have the power to reincarnate.

After Moria became the god of death, he knew that some historical celebrities or emperors had a high probability of becoming the god of death. This may be because there are some "lucky" sayings in it.

However, according to Thanatos, these are people favored by fate, and he will favor these people when he chooses.

Shaar originally thought that Ekaterina would also choose to become the god of death.

But obviously, she chose to enter the Elysium, and even chose to reincarnate.
It seemed that Xiaya had been watching for a while, which made the girl subconsciously avoid her sight.

"From now on." Shaar's words paused, "You can live with us."

Hearing the sound, Alicia slowly raised her head and stared at him quietly.

It's not that Xia has never adopted a child in the past, such as Arthur.

However, Alicia knew that it was because Arthur was special.

In the past 100 years, they have seen too many children with tragic fate. If they take every one of them back for adoption, the villa will soon be overwhelmed.

At most, it is to give some small help when you see it, such as giving some money or someone with better talent, Shaar will give a notice to Hogwarts.

That's about it.

Xiaya has sympathy, but this sympathy is not overwhelming.

Therefore, this child must have the same particularity as Arthur.

"My name is Xia." Xia said, "Her name is Alicia. So, would you like to live with us in the future?"

According to the thinking of normal people, it is obviously impossible to easily hand over one's life to two strangers.

It's not the 21st century, and while it's not as dark as the Middle Ages, it's not too good either.

There are too many examples of children who have been abducted and led miserable lives.

What's more, even in the 21st century, there are still many people who kidnap and traffic children.

She was still a girl, and there was a brothel two streets away from here, one-third of which were abducted since childhood.

That's why her mother shaved off her hair and dressed up like a little boy.

But looking at Shaar, for some reason, Yekaterina felt that he was not a bad person in her heart.

An unknown impulse emerged from his heart, and there seemed to be a person's voice around his ears, talking non-stop.

"Promise him! Promise him!"

Prompted by the urge, she nodded.

Xia smiled, and stretched out his hand to her, "Come with me."

His palms are clean, his fingers are slender with clear joints, and his skin is also very white.

Ekaterina was a little at a loss, her hands were covered with dirt, she didn't know if it was feces or something else, she didn't dare to stretch out her hands.

But soon, she was pulled up by Shaar, who didn't care about the filth on his body.

"Come with me."

Xiaya took a few steps forward, and Alicia followed.

And Ekaterina followed after hesitating for a moment.

They walked out of the alley together, and people on the street all looked at her curiously, the little beggar.

She actually lived in this neighborhood in the past. Obviously, no one knows her now.

They crossed the street and returned to the tavern.

Stepping on the floor of the tavern, Ekaterina looked around curiously, looking at the unique decoration of the tavern.

"Do you work here?"

"Almost." Shaar said.

"Then won't the boss here be angry if I make this place dirty?" she asked again.

She stood at the door, looking down at her feet.

Her shoes were lost a few days ago, and it was stolen by some homeless man.

The soles of her feet were black and dirty from the sewage in the alley.

The floor in the tavern is also made of wood, and it is very clean. Every step on it is a footprint.

"No." Shaar said, "Because I am the boss here."

With that said, he turned his head and walked towards the corridor.

"Come with me, just mop it after getting dirty."

Ekaterina reacted and walked in.

She followed Shaar, walked through a corridor and entered a large living room—at least compared to the small house she used to live in, it was very large.

Although it is big, it does not feel empty. On the contrary, Ekaterina feels that it is very warm here.

Warm-toned wooden floors, one table is not big, but enough for a family to sit on.

There is a short-haired Persian carpet on the floor, and there are many flowers on the table and shoe cabinet, as if they were just picked. It can be seen that the owner here loves life very much.

The warm sunlight swayed in through the windows, and the whole living room was bright and well lit.

There are many paintings hanging on the walls. Ekaterina is not well educated, so she can't understand the paintings.

But for some reason, she was attracted almost at the first sight of these paintings.

From these paintings, she seems to be able to see the mood, environment and mood of the painters when they painted these paintings.

"Alicia." Xiaya said, "Take this child to take a bath and change clothes."

"There doesn't seem to be clothes for kids that age at home," Alicia said.

Shaar thought for a while, "Then use Arthur's previous clothes. Although the size is a bit bigger, it should be usable."

Alicia nodded, "Come with me."

She looked towards the fireplace on one side, "Calcifer, prepare some hot water."

Who is she talking to?

There was a little doubt in Yekaterina's eyes.

But soon, she saw a flame coming out of the stove on one side.

This fire has a pair of eyes like poached eggs, and a pair of small hands formed of flames.

She was looking at the fire, and Calcifer was looking at her.

"Alicia, who is this man?" he said, "Dirty."

He sniffed it with his nose, "And it also smells like feces."

Ekaterina grabbed her clothes tightly, obviously a little nervous.

"It'll be clean after a shower," Alicia said.

She stared at Calcifer and said, "Calcifer, it's very impolite for you to say that about others, let alone a child under ten years old."

The flame seemed to be afraid of Alicia, he retracted into the firewood pile, only showing a pair of eyes, he whispered a little unconvinced.

"I'm telling the truth..."

"His name is Calcifer." Alicia's voice drew back the attention of Ekaterina who wondered if she was dreaming.

"He meant no harm," she said.

Ekaterina nodded, she looked around and found that Shaar was no longer here.

"What about him?"

"It's past twelve o'clock tonight, it's 1915, and there's a family gathering tonight. He's going to get ready."

"Will anyone else come?" she asked.

Alicia seemed to see her nervousness, she smiled, "Don't worry, they are all friendly."

With that said, she opened the door to the bathroom on one side.

At the end of the dark wooden floor is a retro-looking but clean bathtub with a window next to it.

Through that window, she saw an endless ocean.

The blue sea and blue sky, the water and the sky line, the warm sunshine penetrates the clouds and swayes on the blue sea, the sea breeze blows gently, sparkling.

There is no sea in Moscow, so everything in front of her eyes made the girl's eyes a little lost. It was a beautiful scenery that she had never imagined to see in her life.

"Take off your clothes and go in." Alicia said, pointing to the bathtub.

Ekaterina was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but said.

"I remember we were supposed to be in Moscow just now, and Moscow has no sea.

And...it's just getting dark in Moscow, and it's snowing.

And... Huo probably can't speak either. "

"This world is big, isn't it?" Alicia said calmly, "You are only seven years old this year, and everything you see will be novel."

"Is that so..."

Although Ekaterina is young, she has also gone to some schools. She knows that there are some "impossible" things in this world.

And everything she saw after entering the door basically fell into the category of "impossible".

This made her feel that the world was in chaos, and even thought that all this was a dream she had before dying.

Because this sudden scene change is really too dreamlike. (end of this chapter)