Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

As Neferi entered Stone City, the originally closed gate was opened, and a passage was opened between the fortress connecting Nimgefu and the Lake District, allowing people to enter and exit freely.

Many faded people and ordinary people flocked to the Lake District, which also brought prosperity to Stonewell.

The warriors are thirsty for honor. A small number of them still stay in Nimgefu and follow the unsubordinated lords. The majority of them bravely go to the lake area to find the new great rune.

Neferi and Lani, the people in power in both places, were a little troubled by this matter at this time.

Should I not agree to the businessman's request for cooperation? Lani looked at her subordinate's report.

A large number of faded people began to pour into the lake area from Nimgofu, and quite a few of them coveted the big runes in the hands of the Queen of the Full Moon.

The phantom of Lani’s military advisor, the mountain demon blacksmith Iggy, stood beside her:

This is the trend. When blessing guidance appears, these are things that will happen sooner or later.

A group of faded people who obeyed the two fingers... Lani said coldly, with cold stars shining in her eyes, Big Rune, are they so obsessed with it?

Not everyone has your courage. You would rather kill yourself than reject the body of a god and abandon the Great Rune. Iggy said, Don't worry about Lady Lenora. The academy has been attacked by the faded ones, which can be weakened just in time. The power of the academy. They betrayed the Calian royal family and imprisoned Lady Lenora. This is the punishment they deserve.

Lani thought for a moment and yawned:

You go down first, my body seems to be a little unable to hold on. I will give you news when I think about it.

Iggy stepped back, and Lani leaned on the chair, looking at an oil painting facing her.

A painting of her mother laughing with a red-haired man on a horned horse.

One day she will give up everything and walk on the dark road alone, but now the thing that makes her unable to let go is her mother.

Lani closed her eyes and the magic circle lit up under her feet.

A spiritual projection like Iggy appeared and moved to the inside of the academy along with the magic circle.

Lani in the projection is no longer a four-armed and four-legged doll, but a handsome and slender mature woman with long wavy burgundy hair.

Lani's projection appeared near the elevator leading to the big library.

A knight wearing exquisite armor, full of pyroxene and silver ornaments, saw Lani and knelt down on one knee.

Princess, said the knight.

Mugram, thank you for your hard work. Lani nodded gently.

The knights of Calia who are loyal to the royal family still guard outside the cage of the Full Moon Queen. This is what the academy calls imprisonment.

Rhea Lucalia Academy, deep in the big library.

This is the core of the academy, but no magician has entered it for a long time.

In addition to tall bookshelves built around the walls, several cradles hang high on the dome.

Lani lowered her gaze, and a child wearing a magic apprentice's robe crawled to her feet and tried to hug her illusory legs.

Sister, sister came to play with us.

The young and innocent voice echoed in the empty and dark library.

Many candles were lit, and countless identical young apprentices crawled out of the dark corners, carrying lights and childlike smiles on their faces.

Children like them climbed out of the cradle in the dome and fell to the ground. Judging from the deformation when they fell to the ground, their bodies were as soft as a ball of plasticine.

All apprentices have no legs, crawling on the ground like the Platinum Sons.

They are similar to the Platinum Children, artificial beings born with defects, filthy and blasphemous from birth, and not blessed. Like a mayfly that lives and dies, it keeps reincarnating between life and death.

In the border area, if you are thin, you will become a follower; if you are mentally disabled, you will be ridiculed; if you are physically deformed, you will be regarded as filthy.

And those who are born with missing legs are of course an inferior species that will be discriminated against in the border areas.

This is what my mother worked tirelessly to explore and create.

Lani raised her head, and her long and gorgeous robe was decorated with red ribbons hanging from the air.

A tall female figure slowly floated down and landed in the center of the large library.

The long black hair was messy and scattered, covering half of her face. Through the long hair, one could still get a glimpse of the beauty of the heroine who roamed the Lake District.

Kelani has seen the true pride and elegance of Full Moon Queen Lenara, but now this appearance seems to her to be just the remnants of her mother.

Lenara held a golden amber egg tightly in her hands, and the smooth surface of the amber egg reflected Lani's approaching figure.

Lenara stared at the reflection in the golden amber in fascination:

Oh Lani, my dear daughter, have you seen your brothers and sisters? Aren't they cute?

Lani did not respond, but approached Lenara and picked up the crescent moon crown that fell on the ground, symbolizing the power and status of the Full Moon Queen.

Lani said: Mother, your crown has fallen off again. When I was a child, you taught me that Carians should always pay attention to their image, and the queen should always maintain elegance and majesty in front of others.

Lani carefully arranged Lenara's messy black hair, combing along each hair strand to prevent hurting her mother. Then she tied up her hair in a bun and put the crescent moon crown on her again.

The well-groomed Lenora is very similar to the woman in Lani's projection. The heroism and beauty between her eyebrows are like a solitary rose under the cold moon.

But Lenora's eyes were always vague. When she heard Lani's words, she just smiled, as if she was immersed in some beautiful dream.

The young apprentices crawled towards Lenara, nestled at her knees, and sang lullabies.

The sound gradually died down, and many apprentices closed their eyes, smiled and sleeped during the lullaby.

Lenara held the amber egg tightly with one hand, and stroked the young faces of the apprentices with the other hand, feeling the lifelessness and coldness in them:

Don't worry, good children, you will always, always, always be born...

The body of the apprentice rose, twisted and gathered, returning to its cradle on the roof.

They will be born again and experience a short and fragile life again.

Lani reached out her hand and touched the amber egg in Lenara's arms.

That is the mother's big rune, or to be precise, the big rune of her child who was not born by chance.

The heartless man took away everything, took away the mother's heart, all her children, and even took away the cat that Latarn had raised when he was young.

The only thing left was the big rune owned by the mother, a demigod child who was born by no means.

With the vast amount of grace and blessing contained in the Great Rune, the mother can continuously perform birth rituals, filling the unbridgeable hole in her heart with illusory births and short-lived children.

After all, Big Rune is Big Rune, and the power contained in it is huge.

Lani's plans are at a standstill, and what she needs most is strength. There is such a power in front of us very close at hand.

Want to take it away?

Lenara put a hand on the back of Lani's hand and asked her in a gentle and happy voice:

Did you feel it? Your brother and sister were moving inside. I felt like he was kicking me inside...

Lani forced a smile:

Yes, when he is born, he will be a healthy and beautiful child.

Lenara's eyebrows curled up and she smiled, and she hugged the amber egg tighter. She kissed the amber egg, as if she were kissing a young and cute baby.

Lani took out her hand and left the big library, leaving Lenara and the amber egg in her arms behind.

The projection dissipated and Lani's consciousness returned to the doll.

She sent Iggy a message:

It's better to inform the academy and Dujuan to make them prepare and be careful. Give these magic traps to them for use. Those keys to and from the magic academy that are wandering outside, please take the trouble to collect them, don't be caught by the faded ones. get.