Evetrona's old stories

"Even if Centulphin exists, it is impossible for him to satisfy the wishes of human beings...the wishes are endless." Up to this moment, Lelier was still arguing with Yuqie over whether Centulphin was real or not.

"I guess what you want to say is 'desire'." Yuqie said, "Many fairy tales seem to have originated from certain religious legends, and the two have a lot in common—they are spread for the purpose of enlightenment and intimidation, to make the audience obey discipline, and because of this, the stories contain a lot of metaphors...Many people are still willing to read fairy tales after they grow up, perhaps because of this—they can read many deeper things from the simple stories. Indeed, there is a rather different story——a dwarf pretended to be a child and appeared in front of Centufen, and he asked Centufen to give him a tree species that could grow the fruits of gold and fengluwei, so Centufen immediately turned him into a tree, which neither bloomed nor produced fruits or seeds—the people of Elfland believed that this was the origin of the 'snake wood'."

"Oh? This is the first time I've heard of this story." Lelier was very interested in it, "I've never seen the kind of tree you mentioned... the snake tree, it really doesn't bloom or bear fruit?"

"The leaves of that kind of tree are like the ferns that can be seen everywhere here." Yuqie sat on the horse, pointing to a fern plant on the side of the road, "and their reproduction method is also very similar—not by seeds, but by spores."

"So there is such a tree..." Lelier nodded, "It doesn't bloom or bear fruit—so it seems that Centurion has thoroughly punished this greedy dwarf."

"Yes, he is a dragon, a powerful creature with wisdom. The dwarf mistakenly thinks that helping the weak is Centurion's duty, and wants to take advantage of him-but in fact, this dragon is just doing things according to his preferences, that's all. No one owes anyone."

Lelier stopped talking, she looked at the sunset in the mountains, and seemed to be still thinking about the short fable that Yuqie just said.

［198］Rebirth under withering: the innocence of the dying·Part [-]

The curtain of night fell on the earth, but it did not stop the noise in the wilderness. As the bright moon rose high into the sky, the southeast seemed to have the glow of the Thorn Moon.

Streiki kept trying to set up camp on the spot, but Hadra kept urging them. "It's almost here," he always said.

Fortunately, there was enough light at night, and with the little dragon leading the way, it was not difficult for them to walk.Today is the first day of the Shengming Festival, and in a few hours, Ziyue will almost appear.

The witches were walking on the road. I don't know who started it, but the topic suddenly fell on Hadera.

"At that time, Barry was still an egg, and it was a coincidence among coincidences to find this egg. That day, several teachers in the college were walking by the lake and saw an islander sharpening a knife—using a A white stone in the shape of a round pie. The teachers thought the pebble was round and beautiful, so they discussed with the islander and bought this stone." Stricky said.Her audience is mainly Eve and Yuqie, only these two people still don't know the origin of Hadera, "It's just a palm-sized stone, heavy, and we don't think it's any different from ordinary stones, but After two years, the stone bulged and became rounder and rounder."

"This thing was used by the teacher as a coaster, and nice patterns were drawn on it, but it became round and I couldn't put the cup on it." Le Lier said, "I thought this thing was a bit weird, so I took it to the dean. The dean was very knowledgeable. When she saw the stone, she recognized it as a dragon's egg."

After that, Lelier went to the islander again and asked him about the origin of the pebble, so the islander pointed out to her a mountain wall, saying that it was raining that day, and the waves smashed the rock wall. At one corner, the white stone just fell out of the stone.Lelier also visited that mountain wall with a few companions, but they didn't find any useful clues, nor did they find any more dragon eggs.

Probably because of being squeezed over the years, the dragon egg became a round cake. Sigourney felt that this thing might have been crushed long ago, so she didn't pay much attention to it. Besides, Qingshui Castle didn't have the means to hatch dragon eggs—after all, only the powerful breath of one dragon can wake up the sleeping young dragon—and from a human standpoint, it might not be a good thing to wake up a dragon, because no one can predict what kind of dragon will be hidden in a dragon egg. .

Sigourney put this dragon egg in the living room as a decoration. If one day she finds someone who knows how to tame a dragon, she can hand it over to him.

But some things are always unexpected.Erinde and Delize were much more mischievous when they were eight years old than they are now. Lazinana, who had just turned 20, was the king of the children among them. The behavior of these children was sometimes worse than that of Loper now. Be nasty—these guys are running rampant in the settlement, and one day they even got the idea of ​​that dragon egg.

Witches never have the habit of locking the door at night, and this group of children sneaked into the residence of Sigourney and Tyrian while everyone was sleeping at night, and stole the dragon egg in the living room. , and fell asleep that night as if nothing had happened.On the second day, they ran to the lake below the settlement, piled up firewood under the rock wall, set up an iron pot stolen from home, and prepared to "cook and eat" the egg—— When the matter was revealed later, Lazinana's reason was "wanting to taste the taste of dragon meat", because she had read in a book that "the meat of young dragons tastes like more tender chicken".

Poaching won't cook this dragon egg—after all, boiling lava won't even hurt it.Later, they baked it with fire and beat it with stones, but they still couldn't see any change in the egg. As a last resort, they prepared to use the flame of magic to roast the egg completely.

It is not uncommon for people who have the same idea as these children. As early as the first era, there were even greater anthropologists who simulated the breath of dragons and wanted to hatch a batch of hard dragon eggs, but they still failed to do so.

At that time, a total of five people participated in this evil deed, namely: Rachinana, Erinde, Delize, and Limea and Ruidilo who had just arrived.They first used a milder flame, then switched to a high-temperature pressure heat bomb, and finally the more intense incineration flame of the dragon language-the high temperature not only roasted the iron pot that was placed aside, but also caused a violent explosion. The explosion even shattered a large rock wall.The loud noise and vibration caused by the rock collapse alarmed the witches in the settlement, and even Sigourney and Tyrian rushed over.At that time, the four little guys were surrounded by a group of elders at the scene of the crime, but the mastermind, Lazinana, had already fled—of course, she was confessed by the rest of the people in the end, and she couldn’t escape.

Originally, Razinana and her group would inevitably be punished.At that time, Sigourney was just about to "educate" them, but when she turned her head, she saw a little hedgehog crawling out of the pile of rocks that had been blown down.The newly born Barry had translucent white thorns all over her body. She looked at the group of witches in front of her, trembling as if she wanted to run away.At that time, Barry's mouth was not as long as it is now, and it looked a little cute.

Sigourney still doesn't understand why a dragon can be hatched by these children with magic, or that Barry is not a pure dragon?

——Most of the above content came from Streki, she was happy to say it, but the participants at that time had different reactions: Delize kept her head down and said nothing, Limeia looked angry, Ridilo was looking at the distant hills, and Erinde was laughing all the time.

Eve felt that Erinde didn't laugh because the incident was funny—she probably felt too embarrassed, so she could only use laughter to relieve it.

Letting a friend like Eve or a group of juniors like Lopel hear about the stupid things she had done would really embarrass Elinde—this would greatly damage her current image.

"That guy Lazinana... What a bastard!" Lopel couldn't help saying.In fact, she didn't disapprove of the other party's behavior, but felt that she couldn't do better than the other party in the same situation-especially in terms of abandoning her companions and running away.

"This kind of thing shouldn't be brought up again." Rediro turned her head and complained to Streiki, "It's not good for you to say these things. It's secondary that you make us unhappy. What's more important... Barry will definitely be sad after hearing this."

The origin of Hydela is indeed a bit pitiful, being squashed by rocks, used as a whetstone and coaster, and finally born in a farce-no one seems to have really noticed or cared about him.

"Ah...sorry." Streiki was obviously a little flustered when Rediro said this, "I really didn't think of this—Barry, I want to say sorry to you, so... can you forgive me? "

Ridilo turned her head away to look at her hills in the night again.Strickie's attitude was obviously just coping instead of sincerely apologizing, thinking of this she sighed again.

Whether it's the background of Medila, or the not-so-glamorous things done by the juniors, Streiki can tell others in a joke-like tone-maybe she doesn't have any malicious intentions, but Ridilo just doesn't like this person very much.

"You don't need to apologize to me." Ming Drafei was in front, and there was no emotion in his tone, "No one can choose their own origin—appearance, race, personality...and parents and growth environment. Compared with these, what you said is nothing."

"Don't be discouraged, at least we still celebrate your birthday every year, don't we?" Erinde said.

"Yes, I haven't forgotten, I have to thank you." Sindra slowed down his flight speed and got closer to the team behind him, "But you force me to eat chicken every year, I don't like it at all That thing."

"Don't like it? You never said that!" Erinde looked surprised.

"Too unpalatable, dry."

"But you don't eat very jubilantly every time..."

"This is your kindness, what can I choose?"

"Hey! Don't tell me..." Erinde felt that her tone was getting agitated in the middle of her speech, so she lowered her voice again, "How will we know if you don't tell me?"

For a moment, everyone was quiet, only the sound of horseshoes remained.

"It seems that this misunderstanding is not small." Yuqie commented.

"Then what do you like to eat? We will prepare it for you next year." Erinde said again.

Medra didn't answer.

"Maybe it's... sky ocher, or a whale or something?" Eve said.

"Can she eat a whale?" Erinde was very skeptical about this, "There is also sky ocher... Isn't it a mine?"

"So - you don't know as much about me as Eve." Shen Dela couldn't help but speak.

"She's right?" Erinde was even more surprised this time.In fact, they had never seen the dragon eat anything except for the time of Medra's birthday. Loper and Gayapin used to try to feed him the worms they picked up, and finally made Medra angry-he chewed up the worms and spat the crumbs on them.

"Why, are you making a fuss?" Erinde asked when he saw that he didn't speak.

"No, I don't care at all."

"Both of these things are easy to handle, just ask Ozzie Roach to bring some over from the port." Lelier said.

"No need, it's not hard to get something." Medina's attitude softened a bit, but he was still stubborn, "I'm not like you humans, who spend so much time just preparing a meal...you can't even take care of yourself."

Lelier coughed twice, but didn't refute - because she really doesn't know how to cook.

"Did she...can't taste the taste in her mouth?" Erinde asked Eve beside her in a low voice.

Eve wasn't very clear about this either, so she shook her head—maybe she could ask Fugue another day.

Around midnight, they arrived at their destination. According to Medra, this place is called "Yuji Mountain" by the locals.

The golden moon and the purple moon meet at this time, perhaps in another city far away, and fireworks have already risen in the sky.

In this valley surrounded by mountains, a tall and regular mountain stands here. This mountain is bare, and there is no plant on the mountain, maybe not even a grass.

Everyone realized that this mountain was the so-called "Sentufen".

"Great." Lelier said at this time, "I was worried that our group would be cheated and eaten, but now it seems that we obviously don't have enough teeth."

Her joke did not attract the attention of the others, because "Centuphen" opened his eyes at this moment.

In the middle of this blue mountain, a pair of huge golden-green eyes appeared from two open rock walls, and with a burst of shaking, the "mountain" slowly collapsed and extended to their feet.Because it was night at this time, they did not see clearly how Centupen changed from a "mountain" to a "gentle slope" at this time.

"You can come up now." Said Hadra, who was flying in mid-air.

As a result, the crowd and the herd of deer rushed onto the stretched body of Sentufen.

"It's really different from what I imagined." Lelier said, "I thought that although he was bigger, his appearance should at least be clearer."

Whether or not the mountain is the real Centurion, his presence is awe-inspiring.

"Judging from the position of his eyes, the sloping land under our feet can be regarded as... the bridge of the nose?" Yuqie said in a low voice.He somewhat admired Le Lier's courage, this woman stepped on Centuffin's nose, and even commented on his appearance.

The two were still talking until now, while the others were so shocked that they couldn't even speak.

"Gentlemen, Centupeon does not speak the language of man, so I will convey his words—" said Sindra, "he said that he was very happy to meet us in the last moments of his life."

"He... Could it be that..." Le Lier was a little surprised.

"He's on his deathbed, maybe a year or two more."

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Erinde asked.

"Perhaps," said Sindra, "today is too late, we can talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay, let's go down first and find a place to camp." Streiki said.

"You don't need to go down, it's fine here." Mindra said.

"The terrain here is flat, it is indeed suitable for camping, but..."

"Rather, he wants us to stay here tonight."

"What about pitching a tent? Might need some nails."

"It's okay, it's the same as usual - light a fire, cook, just treat this as an ordinary hill."

Since it was too late, and everyone had eaten some dry food on the way here, they set up their tents and got ready to go to sleep.

"Spending the first night of the Ming Festival on the nose of Centurion, this story may not have been written yet." Lelier lay on the bunk and said to Streiki beside her.

"It was you who didn't want to come just now, and it's you who always talk about Centupen now." Stricky said.

"Do I have it?" In the dark night, Lelier's eyes widened, "It seems to be true..."

Eve hadn't fallen asleep yet, and she couldn't help feeling a little emotional when she heard the conversation between the two.

Lelier and Streki are the third generation of witches.Eve doesn't know the exact ages of the two of them, but in terms of seniority, the youngest third generation will be 71 years old, but these two still look very young.

The witch's appearance always gives people a kind of deception - not only deceiving others, but also deceiving oneself.They are still healthy and beautiful, and time has hardly left any traces on them.Until sickness and death come, they can continue to live confidently and actively—indestructible, and can continue to indulge, without having to endure or think about those deeper things.

Therefore, their hearts still stay at the age of 20-and that is the best age to dare to take risks.

［199］Rebirth under withering: the dying innocence·Part [-]

The next morning, Eve woke up to the melodious sound of the piano. At this time, only she and the three youngest children were left lying on the bed in the tent.

She dressed and stepped out of the tent.

Today is a fine day, the slightly cold westerly wind has driven away the stuffy fog, and in the deep blue sky, large clouds are moving from the direction of the sea to the land.

Le Lier was sitting higher on the hillside, holding an ivory qin in her hand. The clear and melodious sound of the qin formed nursery rhyme-like melodies, and the sound drifted with the autumn wind, moving from far to near.

Just at this time, Hadra flew back from a distance, and the spikes on his head and back were covered with various tree species.He flew to a slope below the camp, and shook the acorns and pine cones into a pothole.

"What are you doing?" Eve walked to Sidera.

"Gather the seeds, Centurion needs it," replied Sindra.

Since coming here, Sindra has been busy, like a host who is entertaining guests but has no clue what to do.

While speaking, Yuqie rode by down the slope, carrying a bulging sack in his hand, got off the horse, and poured the contents of the sack into the hole.There are also some seeds - tree seeds, flower seeds, grass seeds.

"Thank you," said Sindra.

"In the story, Centupen is always listening to other people's wishes, but now we are helping him realize his wishes, which is very strange-you're welcome, it's our honor."

Eve was just about to ask him what was going on, but she heard Stricky shouting to Delize on the other side: "Tell them, just look around here, I can't take care of you if you go too far, there are many wild animals around here What is..."

Delize nodded to her, then half-kneeled on the ground, talking patiently with Laffer the deer.

"You don't call me when you wake up... Did I miss something?" Eve asked Yuqie.

"Let's go out first and talk slowly."

So, Eve rode on the white deer and followed Yuqie to leave the campsite.When she walked down the slope, she glanced behind her, and her huge golden pupils disappeared, as if what she saw last night was just an illusion.

"Centuffen chose to sleep here forever, but before that he has a wish." Yuqie looked at Eve, "He hopes that his 'cemetery' can become a paradise for newborns."

"So you're looking for seeds everywhere, just for this?"

"Yeah, I think this is really a wonderful idea." Yuqie said, "Centuffen's shell and scales look like rocks, but he is still a body of flesh and blood—oh, I just went around him just now, and it's a few kilometers long by eye—I really can't imagine what kind of horrible scene it would be after such a big dragon died, maybe it would explode like a stranded whale, and then make it stink."

"If it really wants to explode, it might be very powerful. Maybe this mountain forest will suffer." Eve also realized this.

"Even nature is difficult to digest such a body in a short period of time." Yuqie said, "But Centuffin took advantage of this - he planned to hide those seeds in the gaps in the scales, and when the corpse exploded, they could be launched together."

"These seeds were originally collected around here. Is there any point in doing so?"

"I heard from the little dragon that there is a huge amount of life energy in Sentufen's body, and being influenced by him—maybe it can make these plants grow better."

Yuqie got up early, and he had a lot of conversations with Shen Dela alone.

"What does life energy mean?" Eve was puzzled.

"Who knows." Yuqie shrugged.

The two walked downstream along a trickling stream, and the white deer and the white horse obediently followed behind them.Straight and tall trees grow near the slope, and the golden needles are piled up on the grass, showing a warm color in the sun.

They put the collected flowers and grass seeds into sacks, and spent half a day leisurely and focused.

Eve couldn't remember what day of the week it was, but if it wasn't the weekend, then her classmates should still be sitting in class at this time, concentrating on taking notes—for some reason, she just suddenly remembered this.