dark moon

Chapter 16 The Vow of the Past
Moria had a dream.

In her dream, she returned to the Moon Forest, the oldest land of wood elves and forest elves.

Under the sun, the exquisite forest wooden houses are like pieces of art. The elegant wood elves play beautiful music with their hunting bows. The happy forest elves run and jump among the trees, playing carefree and tired. When they get there, they transform into trees, enjoying the moisture of the sun and rain, and enjoying the fruits on each other's branches.

The giant trees transformed into forest spirits connect the city. Their leaves cover the sky and the sun. The fruits on their branches are colorful and crispy. You can't put it down when you take a bite.

In the spring-like forest all year round, the dryads will never lack food, including fruits on the trees, tubers underground, and mushrooms growing on their own trunks.

The colorful mushrooms are enough to scare off unsuspecting outsiders, but they are all fooled. These brightly colored mushrooms are edible, and the really poisonous mushrooms are those ordinary little guys.

Wait, wait, mushrooms?

With a "huh" sound, Moria, who was kneeling comfortably on the bed, suddenly straightened up and woke up from her sleep.The first thing he did was to pat the fur of his deer-shaped lower body. Only when he confirmed that it was just a dream and that he hadn't grown too lazy to grow mushrooms did he finally feel relieved.

In the proverb of the forest, the phrase "too lazy to grow mushrooms" is specially prepared for the forest elves. It is said that if the forest elves remain in the form of a tree for too long, mushrooms will grow on their bodies. Moria does not want to experience it once. An embarrassing thing that will be laughed at by the same kind for hundreds of years.

Looking at Macajron's pocket watch on the table, it was almost time. Moria shook her fur and walked out of the dormitory to prepare for her shift. As soon as she walked out, she saw an interesting scene.

Shuer and Saff were sitting side by side at the table. A crystal energy lamp powered by light attribute crystals was placed on the table, emitting incandescent light.On the table, all the books harvested last night were spread out. The two of them had paper spread out in front of them, and they were writing and drawing on the paper.

"Sure, have you noticed that their writing only has three vowels?"

"It's just that there are only three vowels determined now, not necessarily only three. In addition, I think they only have one vowel, quack."

"Children, take a look, these letters appear in these words."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, that's great. I found another one. It should be the root of several other words. Just wait a moment and I'll write it down."

"Hehe." The female swordsman showed a silly smile, obviously very pleased with the compliment.

"By the way, there is a book called "Textual Research on Part of Speech Variations."

"Well, let me think about it, it's on the third floor, 3-217-4."

"Cabinet 210 No. [-]? Oh, it turns out to be that, um, variant fourth rule. Now that I think of it, it's like this."

Biting her lip, Lin Jing smiled lightly. This scene was all too familiar. Whenever there was something to study, the two of them would cooperate with each other like this.

Speaking of which, the two of them are a perfect match. One can clearly remember the name, approximate content and storage location of every book in the big library. The other is even more exaggerated. It took more than two years to actually complete the book in the big library. More than half of the books in the book were crammed into my brain. Although most of them were memorized by rote and the titles and contents of the books didn't even match up, they were still quite powerful.

Once the two of them cooperate with each other, they can quickly access more than half of the [-] books in the Great Library of the Temples, which is enough to handle most research.

"Huh, we are making good progress today. Look, Sasa, this is what we can basically confirm now."

"Yeah, they have so many auxiliary verbs, fourteen?"

"Yes, but the pronouns are relative...huh? Why did the deer come here so early?"

The man and woman, who were immersed in the study of words, did not notice the forest spirit behind them until now.

"To see your sweet world together." Moriah raised her eyebrows, her smile full of ambiguity.

"Yeah." There was no doubt that the female swordsman's face was dyed red again, but this time she didn't hide. She looked around to see if there was no one else around. She simply jumped on Moria's deer's back and faced her. The soft fur, ahwu bit it.

"Hey, don't make trouble, it's very itchy." Lin Jing twisted her body and let out a string of clear laughter.

"No matter, I want to eat deer steak!" Sav said vaguely, using Moria's back to cover her red face.

"Okay, now that the deer is up, Sasa, go and have a rest. You came here at least half an hour earlier, so you can go back and sleep for a while. You don't have to worry about me. This can't be completed in a day or two. Yes, it doesn’t matter.”

"Then you...okay." Safu only hesitated for a moment before choosing to obey. She absolutely trusted Xiure, including every word he said.

Well, except sometimes.

The departure of the female swordsman made the activity room quiet again. The sound of turning pages and the friction of paper and pen were particularly obvious in the silent room.

Opening the jam bottle, scooping a spoonful of jam and stuffing it into her mouth, Moria knelt down next to Xiuer, holding her chin and looking at Xiuer's concentration, with a half-smile on her face, as if she understood everything, but also seemed to know nothing. Do not know at all.

Xiure did not raise his head, his eyes never left the books in front of him. Even if the spoon filled with jam was handed to his mouth, he just opened his mouth and ate it expressionlessly, without even thinking about licking the spoon. .

"Is it dangerous?" Xiure's reaction made Ms. Lin Jing finally frown, breaking the silence for the first time.

"It's hard to say, I'm not sure, so I'm trying to find a way to be sure."

"But you already had your guess, didn't you?"

Xiure didn't answer. He did have a guess, but it was better to keep this kind of uncertainty in his heart.Saying it hastily will only cause trouble, may shake everyone's will, and cause the team to panic and fall into chaos.Rather than get this result, Shuer would rather choose to bear it alone.

"I understand." Moria nodded and closed her mouth knowingly.

Silence spread again, but this time, the silence was no longer as harmonious and tacit as before, but instead brought with it a hint of embarrassment.

"Pa", Xiure closed the book heavily, sighed deeply, and finally raised his head. He didn't want to hurt Moria, the little deer who liked to lie next to him.However, as soon as he raised his head, he saw Moria's bright smiling face, which was full of pride. It was obvious that Lin Jing, who deliberately created an embarrassing atmosphere, had already guessed Xiure's reaction.

"You guy." Shuer shook his head dumbfounded, "You just like to play pranks."

"Hehe, Shuer, since your train of thought has been interrupted, just answer me a question, okay?" Moria rested her chin on the table with her arms, and snickered mischievously, "Last night I I just wanted to ask."

"Ask, anyway, even if I can't tell you, you can still find a way to ask."

"Hehehe, let me ask you, do you still remember that night two years ago?"

"Huh? Which one?" Shuer was stunned for a moment, looking confused.

"It was that night. The two of us ate flame fruits together and got very drunk. Then I was ridden by you."

"Hey." Veins were twitching on Xiu'er's forehead, "You guys, please don't omit so much when you talk, okay?"

"Okay, okay, to be precise, you rode me and we went for a ride in the Roda wilderness together. It seems that you still remember it very clearly."

"That's not right." Xiure said suspiciously, "Aren't you so drunk that you're almost unconscious?"

"Well, I pretended."

"You, you, you..." Xiu Er was sweating coldly, pointing at the proud Lin Jing, "You don't remember everything, do you?"

"No, no, no, I have forgotten many things." Lin Jing smiled and shook her head, "For example, you brushed my hair, you licked the juice from the corner of my mouth, you..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Xiuer became more and more embarrassed and asked through gritted teeth, "You even remember these, do you mean that..."

"Hehe, you guessed it right." Moriya tilted her head, winked her eyes cutely, and said leisurely, "I remember very clearly that someone hugged me and cried all night with the help of alcohol."

"Oh, it's so embarrassing." Xiure pressed his forehead and groaned in pain, "I can't remember what I said."

"You said a lot, for example, your confession."

Xiu Er's face suddenly sank, and he couldn't even show a smile.

"You told me seventeen times how cute your sister from your hometown is, eleven times how close you were before, twenty-six times how much you like her and how proud you are of her, and fourteen times how much she admires and loves you."

Xiure lowered his head and silently looked at his slightly trembling fingers.

"Then, you told me 59 times how much you regretted it. You told me that even if it was the last moment, no matter who you were, as long as you could give each other a little bit of trust, you could change everything."

"Yes, as long as I can trust her a little, our conflict can be resolved." Shuer's voice had no fluctuation, as if he was stating someone else's matter.

"You kept telling me about your regrets. You said Lisa was an opportunity given to you by the gods, an opportunity to make up for your past mistakes. You said you would always be good to her and never let her sister's past happen again to her."

"You said that you vowed to change your past habits, give the greatest trust to your relatives and friends around you, and never let unwarranted suspicions lead to tragedy again."

"Sure, I remember every word you said, what about you? Do you still remember these oaths?"

"If you still remember, then I want you to tell me, is this how much trust you have in these people who have entrusted their lives to you?"

Suddenly, Moria's voice became stern, and her angry eyes stared straight into Xiure's heart.

"Keeping everything in your heart alone is great, isn't it? Very proud, isn't it? Bah."

"Why don't you tell everyone? Afraid that everyone will worry? Don't want to put pressure on everyone? Nonsense. In the final analysis, you just don't trust everyone and feel that everyone can't share the pressure for you."

"You mean well. You want to carry everything by yourself. So why are you asking us to go out and take risks alone? What will others think if you do this?"

"I'm telling you, others will think that you don't regard us as teammates who share weal and woe, or as partners who can support you."

"We trust you, give our lives to you, and are willing to die with you, what about you? Is this how you repay our trust? Is that how you trust us?"

"Trust is mutual, and only trust can bring trust. You can do this once, and you can tolerate it twice. If it happens like this every time, who will trust you again and be willing to entrust you with their life? Then your oath , it’s just complete nonsense.”

"Okay." Xiuer's expression softened and he sighed, "I already understood it when you said the second sentence."

"I know." Lin Jing nodded seriously, "I just want to scold you a few more words later, after all, the opportunity is rare."

"Hey."

"You know what's wrong?"

"Ah."

"That's good." The forest elf's sudden smile was like the gorgeous flowers in the Moon Forest, "Then I allow you to ride me again."

"You guy..."

(End of this chapter)