alliance of misthophoros

Chapter 22 2.17 The Tenth Waiter: The Princess
The sun is setting, and the setting sun is like blood.

On the turret of the prison tower thousands of feet high, there is a trace of frailty.

Wearing a prison uniform, she has a few strands of blue hair hanging on her forehead, her face is haggard, but she is still graceful, she is flying like a bird without losing her beauty, she has a first-class appearance, her beautiful long chestnut curly hair flutters in the wind, but her eyes Looking blankly at the desolate and boundless desert in the distance.

People in the dark in the tower called her this.

"Princess Ashley." The tone seemed to be urging something:
The woman whose name was called was full of thoughts. Ashley looked back on his life immersedly. It seemed that he was not imprisoned when he entered this prison tower, but was trapped in the prison named as the royal family since he was born. In the cage of fame, confined in this square inch palace, losing all freedom.

Ashley, who had been dressed in fine clothes countless times, was also under such orange light and shadow, standing in the palace like a heavenly sky, overlooking the land that belonged to her, and stood there in a daze. Even in the cold night, in the eyes, there are thousands of lights, empty and lonely.

Ashley has long recognized that the word "princess" is nothing but a jewel carefully polished to the most dazzling and brightest appearance, used to decorate a person at the pinnacle of power, and nothing else.

Since birth, she has been placed in this prison tower of imperial power, unable to fall in love with the one she loves, unable to be as free as ordinary people, unable to show any demeanor that would damage the dignity of the royal family, and even unable to understand the real world outside the palace. What is it like.

Ashley her.

In fact, life and death have long been indifferent, and now the only thing she is not used to is the fragmented royal glory, and there is still a trace of inseparable concern in her heart.

The soft and boneless fingers tightly held a small amulet.

Ashley carefully put the amulet on his chest, which is the closest to the hot heart. The clear and clear Danfeng eyes are like dust in the morning light, and the gathered fog condenses into crystal clear teardrops, falling drop after drop into the eye sockets, like the sky is falling Like light rain, wetting the stitches and threads of the amulet little by little.

She was suffocating in agony.

How is the princess?How is the appearance of Qingshi?How about being loved by all people?When the imperial power changed, she could only be at the mercy of others... She couldn't protect the people, she couldn't defend the country.

Nothing can be done.

Ashley leaned weakly against the tower wall, curled up his petite body as if praying, revealing his graceful neck and Thailand's thin and clear clavicle.

Three words were murmured repeatedly in his mouth.

"sorry."

"sorry."

"sorry."

She couldn't do anything except apologize to the air, and even her life and death were in the hands of others. The heavy sense of powerlessness and sadness overwhelmed her.

"Princess." The guards in the tower wanted to step forward, and the two words they shouted out did not contain any respect, and even a little mocking at the moment.

I saw Ashley lifting the hem of her skirt, stepping on the wall gracefully and calmly, showing a slightly elegant and dusty feeling, wrapped in the gentle light scattered at dusk, but poignantly like scattered flowers on the cliff, her clothes fluttering in the wind Swaying in the air, she leaped down with breathtaking determination like spring flowers and autumn moons, and the inescapable sense of weightlessness came with the sound of breaking wind, just like the shackles of fate that she could not escape in her whole life.

This may be one of the few things she can choose in her life.

Falling Ashley opened his arms and closed his eyes, free as a bird and light as a butterfly.

Ling'er, I'm sorry, I failed to give you complete love, failed to give you a complete family, I don't ask you to forgive your mother's incompetence, I only wish you a happy and healthy life, escape the shackles of the royal family, and go freely and according to your own ideas live.

You don't have to envy others, you don't have to care about other people's eyes, everyone has their own destiny, you just need to burn your own life, live wonderfully and recklessly according to your own rhythm.

During such a brief moment of falling, Ashley looked back at his boring, enshrined life like a bird in a cage in his mind, and sweet memories flooded his heart.

It was a short memory of her childhood hidden deep in her memory, and it was also the happiest time in her life.

The young Ashley, wearing a thick and gorgeous dress with many decorations, sneaked into the garden full of flowers while practicing calligraphy, but happened to see a kite that was intact.

The sun is shining brightly, the breeze is blowing, and the fragrance is bursting. There are the charming white orchids, the elegant lavender violets, and the pink peach blossoms. Ashley, who is almost integrated with the beautiful flowers, is in it, learning from books As described in the book, let the paper kite fly into the air little by little.

This is the first and only time in her life when she plays with toys, her eyes staring at the kite swaying in the blue sky, she slowly let go of her hand, and looks at the kite in the blue sky with a smile, freely Circling, circling and flying to an unknown corner in the distance.

fly.

fly.

After a loud bang.

The top of the iron prison tower is covered in a vague rose-colored setting sun, and the place is already empty, as if there is nothing here, so lonely.

Princess Ashley has disappeared into the world forever with the majesty of the royal family.

【Paradise City】

In just a few hours after arriving in Paradise City, Safir faced all the heavy traffic, and his cognition had a subversive change. This was a life he had never imagined before.

The flow of funds in Paradise City is so huge that it is jaw-dropping. Before coming to Paradise City, Safir never even thought that there would be so much money. For him, every penny is hard-won. Every grain is precious.

Whether it is mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, birds, beasts, insects and fish, human-inhabited buildings...all of these are gifts of nature.

The word money is used for survival and food and clothing, not for squandering.

All the money that Safir saw before was earned by his own hard work and sweat, even risking his life, and it was hard-earned.

But here, the amount of money is unimaginably large, but at the same time it is reduced to nothing.

It has become a string of cold numbers, something that is only used for entertainment and entertainment, and no longer bears the burden of fresh life.

In Paradise City, a momentary correct decision can allow other people to pour money into their pockets that they can't earn in their entire lives.

On the surface, it seems that there is no pain in Paradise City, and it is full of happiness that can be seen everywhere. Everyone seems to be incomparably comfortable and free, dreaming to the point of illusion.

Such glitz, for individuals, is just a mirage that will collapse sooner or later, too ideal and unreal.

Safire remembered what Wilson had said before.

Wilson said: "Be careful, everything that comes easily, what is hidden behind them, will also easily corrupt you. The colorful things on the outside are not to please you, but to lure you into the bait. .”

It's just that the seemingly simple and easy-to-obtain pleasure is actually a kind of spiritual opium, which will gradually erode people's rationality, numb people's nerves, and make people unknowingly greedy for pleasure and above money.

After staying here for a long time, it is easy to forget the true appearance of the most tearful and simple life.

Safir looked up at the Eye of Paradise City.

What do you see in your eyes?

Safir saw only a short period of peace in Paradise City, but did not feel real happiness.

This is not the paradise in his eyes, nor is it the appearance of the paradise he yearns for. Safir thinks about all kinds of things outside the city, and depicts his ideal paradise in his mind.

People do not worry about food and clothing, and live a simple life in a simple and diligent manner. There are not so many intrigues between people. They live a full and kind life, help each other, and jointly resist all kinds of unknowns and disasters in life and overcome difficulties.

Life is always like the quiet flowing water, simple, tenacious and ordinary.

The Paradise City in front of me is very dreamy and beautiful, but it is not dreamy enough to be real.

The word bored is written all over Mandela's face, not because the people here have no desires to use, on the contrary, the desires of these people are too obvious and too boring.

What a bunch of boring people.

Mandela commented.

The biggest failure of Paradise City is that the things operated by this city are all fictitious, and they are not really valuable things, and they don't capture what people really yearn for.

Safir passed by the suspended cafeteria. Through the transparent glass, he could see the people inside ordering food with a tablet. The waiter in the rabbit mask said while bowing: "Welcome again, walk slowly, I wish you happiness and good health, and a wealth of wealth." ~".

Seeing the high price, Safir and Wilson fell silent for a moment, it was frighteningly expensive.

Wilson turned his head and said to Safir, "Let's go to the bar."

Sapphire nodded in approval.

After staying here for a long time, the values ​​​​may also subtly become deformed.Above money, lust for profit, high degree of indifference and selfishness.

Immediately afterwards, Safire said, "Let's take a look at the updated tasks." When they first entered Paradise City, they applied for the Paradise City employment test task, but the interface showed that the task pool was being updated, so they did not receive it.

At the same time, Safire also saw the reward task at the top of the employment list at that time. When he first met Mandela, Safire knew better than anyone that Mandela’s identity was definitely not simple, so after reading it carefully After the description in the mission, he was naturally indifferent, knowing that Mandela's bounty was just slowly getting to know his friend better.

The employment test is a special task, and it needs to be updated on the information self-collection machine. If you pass the test, you can read the task information in the issued ID bracelet without having to go through such trouble every time.

After a few people came to the information self-collection machine to receive the task, they came to the restaurant. As soon as they entered the door, they heard a loud voice from behind.

"Princess Loulan arrived—"

Then came a group of mighty and expensive people.

Li Hongwen was packing up the dishes, when he was attracted by this yelling, he saw the most eye-catching woman at first sight, and saw that woman, with graceful and soft gait, and three thousand black hair like black jade. The snake bun, the skirt flowing like the light of the snowy moon, the emerald green smoked veil and the Bixialuo, elegant but elegant, and the tulle on the face adds hazy beauty.

"Heavenly."

The passengers sighed.

Li Hongwen also echoed, "Yes, yes."

If the most beautiful woman in the world is none other than Princess Ashley of the Royal City, then the second most beautiful woman in the world is Princess Junyue of Loulan.

It's a pity that Ashley died of illness not long ago, so the most beautiful person in the world now belongs to the one in front of me.

Different from Princess Ashley's image of being close to the people, Princess Junyue has always refused to enter the stranger, with a look of refusal.

Li Hongwen saw Jun Yue at the same time.

Jun Yue also caught a glimpse of this handsome waiter at the restaurant for the first time.

Chic and hearty.

Apart from these four words, she didn't think of other words to describe it for the time being, and she didn't pay attention to other people at all, so naturally she didn't comment.

Li Zhuohua swung his spoon towards Li Hongwen.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and entertain the distinguished guests."

Jun Yue frowned slightly, but she couldn't help but see that handsome man running over like a dog's leg with a cowardly expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)