Evetrona's old stories

"No need, doesn't he still want to meet friends?" Eve said, "Let him go about his business."

"There are so many people tonight, there must be a man by my side, or..." Nan Fen said, looking at the young juniors behind her.

"It's okay, do I still need other people's protection?" Eve patted the saber hanging slanted on the back of her waist, making a tinkling sound on purpose.

"What kind of sword is that? Why is it so long?" Nan Fen frowned, "Bringing a weapon around the city, beware of being caught by the guards..."

"It's just a training sword, without a blade." Eve pulled half of the sword out of its sheath and showed it to her.This sword is very long, and it is the one and a half sword that Eve usually uses smoothly. Except for no edge and no front, the weight and size are standard specifications. It was taken out by Maoqi from the warehouse when she was trying on clothes before the festival. of.

"Why don't you take it?" Nan Fen hesitated to speak.She stretched out her hand, but retracted it again, "The girl's family..."

"What's the matter, maybe you can defend yourself." Eve raised her chin, smiled at Nanfen, and pleaded in her voice, "I'm leaving?"

After all, Nanfen still didn't want to spoil her interest, so she smiled and told her a few words before letting her go.

"Pay attention to safety, try to go to crowded and lively places, don't talk to foreigners, and..." Nanfen pointed to the big clock on the tower in the distance, "Go to the tailor shop to find us before nine o'clock."

The tailor shop refers to a small rented building in the East District, which is a property of Dakren's family. There is a tea room on the third floor of the tailor shop that is only open to acquaintances, which can be used as a foothold when entering the city.

When Ye Fei was still negotiating with her mother for tonight's pocket money, Shirley hurriedly pulled her out of the convoy. The two of them passed through the crowd all the way, and hurriedly caught up with Eve who had taken the first step.

As soon as Eve turned the corner, she felt someone pat her shoulder lightly. She turned her head and saw the two people who were out of breath. She felt a little pleasantly surprised. She asked them, "Why are you here? You don't take the carriage anymore? "

"We still think it's interesting to follow you, take us with you, don't patronize playing alone." Shirley said half-jokingly.

"Okay." Eve agreed immediately.She actually wanted to invite these two people together just now, but she also felt that they might want to ride in a carriage more. If she invited them herself, it would obviously make things difficult for others.

"Have you guys been here for festivals before?" Eve walked in front and turned to ask the two people behind her.

"I've been here twice, when I was a child, and once with Xuelier. Xuelier rarely comes to the capital, and she doesn't like to go out." Ye Fei replied.

"That's right, let me show you tonight." Eve said with a smile, "Let's go to the ring road in the outer city first, and find something to eat. I'll treat you tonight..."

Shirley clearly felt that Eve was much more active tonight than during the day.

The three of them walked towards the city from the spacious main street.Holding a small rattan basket in her hand, Eve walked along the street, tasting all the delicacies along the road, buying more and putting them in the basket when they met her appetite. Afterwards, it took less than half an hour to eat seven or eight percent full, but Eve still had no intention of stopping, and was still wandering around various food stalls trying to eat, which made the two sisters a little unacceptable——Obviously she I ate more than the two combined...

Eve was negotiating with a Biling dwarf merchant selling gadgets at this time, speaking some foreign languages ​​that they didn't understand well, Ye Fei and Shirley were standing not far behind her.

"I remember last year, when my mother came back from Nanfen's cousin, she talked about how excellent her two daughters were, especially focusing on Eve. It won’t be surprising for her son.” Ye Fei curled her lips, “But let me see now, she doesn’t need to find the consul’s son at all, it would be nice for her to be the consul herself.”

In most cases, the Consul is Klickin's term for the supreme leader of the country, appointed by the elders of the House of Logos.

"Then you should have a good relationship with her now." Shirley joked.

"I think you seem to like her quite a bit. I've never seen you be so active towards anyone. Speaking of which, I think my legs grow on you. Every time, before I realize what's going on, she has been pulled away by you."

"The opportunity is fleeting." Shirley blinked her eyes.

"So what's going on, you're so interested in her?" Ye Fei couldn't help asking when she saw that she was avoiding the important ones.

"Let's put it this way, if someone tells you that the person opposite is the famous composer Greylin, will you immediately catch up with her and say hello?" Shirley asked her.

"Of course it will." Ye Fei replied immediately.

"So, Eve is my Greylin." Shirley blushed a little after saying this, "There's nothing to hide. Sometimes I feel that I can't be such a person, but I just yearn for it."

For this answer, Ye Fei was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment.It was at this time that Eve came back, holding a big shiny golden flower in her hand.The petals of the flower are open, and the bright yellow cutaway willow leaf-like petals are covered with a layer of amber-like dark yellow transparent shell, which is very beautiful.

Ye Fei always couldn't refuse such exquisite things, but when she just wanted to look at them and praise them, she heard Eve say, "Come and taste it."

"Taste what? Is this ... food?" Ye Fei almost frowned when she said this.

"That's right, the white spider dandelion flower is poured with brown sugar syrup boiled with water, isn't it beautiful?" Eve broke off a petal from the bottom of the flower, making a crisp sound, and then handed the golden feather-like petal to Ye Fei.Ye Fei took the petals, put them in her mouth and took a bite. The yellow petals were thick and juicy, and had no taste in themselves, but with the outer layer of crisp sugar coating, it became as refreshing and sweet as fruit, and the taste was as crisp and soft as rock sugar strawberries.

White spider dandelion is a unique plant in this world. Its plant is huge, and its appearance is the same as that of ordinary dandelions, but its size is many times larger. The edible corolla varieties cultivated by it can reach more than ten inches in diameter. The white pompom seeds of the species can fly to high altitudes with the wind, and even cross the ocean, taking root and multiplying in the New World.The seeds of white spider dandelion are very light and look like a big-bellied spider with teeth and claws, which is also the origin of its name.When Eve saw it in the wild for the first time, she recognized it as a dandelion. She was so surprised that she picked one at random, and then blew its seeds away like a dandelion. As a result, the seeds flew back before flying far and were all attached to her hair and clothes. jokes all year long.

But I can't blame Eve for being timid, because she has really encountered similar things. For example, when she went to pick fruit, she picked off a parasite egg bag the size of an egg, and almost bit it. Going down, when Maoqi cut open the red egg bag exactly like the fruit in front of her, and saw the dense black larvae, Eve vomited on the spot.

She wasn't very afraid of reptiles at first, but after being tricked a few times, she became nervous.

Ming Festival Celebration (Part [-])

"A few years ago, Maoqi took me and Minxi to go shopping together, but this year Minxi was studying in another place, and Maoqi was invited by the Logos Academy to attend the reception. Fortunately, you are here." Eve said while breaking The petals of the white spider dandelion said, "Speaking of which, I really don't have many friends of the same age here, but I can't blame others, it's because I don't get along well."

"It was the same situation when we were teenagers. There were few girls in Rozimi Town, and the boys of the same age were naive and mischievous, and we couldn't play together at all." Shirley said.

"They always call people in the town nicknames, play pranks, steal fruits from other people's houses, and abuse cats and dogs. I hate them to death!" Ye Fei echoed.

"It's not that much over here." Eve said in surprise, "Then don't people in their family care?"

"It can't be controlled. There are a few older children in the orphanage who take the lead. Every time they get into trouble, the dean will beat them up one by one, but they will do it again next time." Shirley replied.

"How can I fight, I should guide them." Eve frowned.

"That's right, my mother said the same thing. She said that they should be allowed to believe in religion. With the constraints of dogma, they will not be so lawless in doing things." Ye Fei said.

"Kriging's laws don't allow that, and being religious would be a step backwards," Shirley said.

"This is the contradiction in a small place." Eve nodded. "We can't make them believe in religion to find peace, and we can't send them to school to get rid of their ignorance. The end result is to make trouble everywhere."

"But the orphanage also teaches literacy." Ye Fei said.

"But the dean can't discipline them. He has to take into account the income and expenditure of the orphanage, so he doesn't care so much about those children. He often beats and scolds them on weekdays. I heard that he crippled a child's leg before. It was us People from my mother's generation, that person has always hated him, and later turned into the orphanage in the middle of the night and beat the director, and then fled to another place." Shirley said.

"That's it...that's really difficult." Eve sighed.

"The dean's name is Melinsurf, and he is actually a kind-hearted person. Everyone says so. When he was young, he was a pastor at Mokoto. Later, he heard that he wrote something that shouldn't be written and was expelled. After leaving the country, he came here and took in a few homeless children along the road, and finally settled down in Luo Town. The orphanage was built by him and those homeless children who grew up. It is very famous in our area, and many Rich people in the surrounding towns have donated money to him." Ye Fei said.

"It's really admirable. Few people can have such action power. But on the other hand, if the children taken in by the orphanage can't get the correct guidance, what will be the advantages and disadvantages for the society after they grow up..." Eve said only In the middle of speaking, she frowned tightly, not knowing what to think of.

"Why are we talking about this kind of thing?" Shirley changed the subject at this time, "Let's go to the main street and have a look, we don't have much time, Ye Fei, let's go and bring something to Aunt Nanfen and the others. A little gift..."

Three girls walked through the crowd, the big clock in the distance pointed to the position of [-]:[-], and fireworks bloomed in the sky one after another.

They met Luger and his friends on a main street in the outer city, and they were the first to see them.

Eve was still holding the flower, but the flower was now smaller, only the size of a palm. She handed the flower to Luge, but Luge wanted to refuse, but Eve still insisted, so he had to break off a small piece and put it in his mouth under the eyes of everyone.

"The luggage has been delivered to the tailor shop." Ruger said to her, "Fa En and Guo Kekai will go to Qiyangzhou early next year, and Riske will go to the manor to live for a while after the festival."

As for why Luge would explain this to himself, Eve generally understands that the relationship between him and Maoqi has not been eased immediately because of his decision, so Eve needs to convey it on his behalf.

"Okay, do you want to go back now? Or go to the tailor with us?" Eve asked him.

"Come with you."

After Ruge bid farewell to the three companions, he followed Eve. Because of the young man's participation, Ye Fei and Shirley seemed a little restrained.

Eve was still walking around, and Ruger was watching her from behind. He seemed not interested in the things sold at the festival, until Eve picked up a skull of an unknown animal from a street stall. , he cheered up.Eve put her hand in from under the fang-covered skull, stretched out two fingers from the dark eye sockets, and hooked her fingers at several people with a smile.

Seeing that she was playing with a bone, Ye Fei couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

"This is a cat's skull." Ruger bent down and looked at it. "Judging from the teeth, it should be a wild cat. I can't tell which one it is, but it should be a bobcat from the size."

"It's Nuxi's black lynx." The stall owner said with a nasal foreign accent: "It was hunted by the locals during the witchcraft festival. It has been bleached and painted with potion, and it is very clean."

"How did you sell it?" Eve asked him.

"A bean coin." The stall owner stretched out a finger. The so-called bean coin refers to a long oval gold coin the size of a fingernail. Some also call it Xiaobei, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the value of a gold coin.

"What do you think?" Eve looked at Luge.

"This thing is not worth a lot of money in the local area. If you want it, then ask him to send another gift." Ruger said.

The stall owner smiled and readily agreed. After the money and goods were cleared, Eve put the lynx skull into the satchel, took the gift bracelet in her hand, and asked him, "The chain of spikes on it is What kind of animal is the tooth?"

"The teeth of a domestic pig." Luge glanced at it and said immediately, "And it's our local pig."

"I thought it was some beast's tooth... The gift is indeed a gift." Eve shook her head with a smile, and put the bracelet into Luge's hand, "Since you earned the gift, I will give it to you."

Ruge glanced at Eve, then at the two girls beside him, holding the string of pig teeth in his hands, his expression was very tangled, he wanted to return the things, but felt that such behavior was a bit petty, after thinking about it, In the end, he put it into his clothes pocket and decided not to bother with her for the time being.

It wasn't until Eve's satchel couldn't fit in it that they headed towards the East District, passing through the crowd all the way to the tailor shop.

Nanfen was still chatting enthusiastically with her sisters, and when Eve and the others came back, the topic naturally shifted to the juniors.

Eve noticed that there seemed to be a few more strange female elders in the tea room that she had never seen before.As soon as Nanfen saw Eve came back, she took her to the single room next to her and asked her to change into a decent dress.

"How many sets of clothes have I changed today?" Eve sighed, allowing her to spread her hair out, comb it again and fix it behind her head with hairpins.

"You have also seen that some of those people outside are my cousins, and some are friends I have known since I was a child. They are all interested in you."

"It's not that you praise me everywhere outside." Eve said, "I feel that Minxi has become estranged from me a lot in the past two years, just because of this. You might as well praise her more if you praise me."

"Because of this?" Nanfen stopped what she was doing, looked up at Eve in the mirror for a moment, and then pretended to be serious and said, "Then I will have a good talk with her when she comes back."

"Don't be like this, she is your own daughter." Eve couldn't laugh or cry, "Suddenly there is an outside child in the family, and more than half of the care of the parents is taken away. Put yourself in her shoes, if I were her, I would not Feel good."

"It has nothing to do with whether it's biological or not." Nanfen put her hands on her shoulders, "You have to know, I can't give you much, Minxi has no plans for her future, so I want to treat her Strict, but you are different, you do things thoroughly, and others give you more advice is superfluous, what can I help you? That is to take more care of your daily life, but my love for you and Minxi is There is no distinction between superior and inferior."

Eve blushed a little at what Nanfen said, so she stopped talking.She is still a little uncomfortable with Nanfen's straightforward way of expressing her emotions. She has lived here for a long time, but she just can't do it like a local.

"Shy?" Nan Fen smiled and patted her on the back of the shoulder, "That's the only thing wrong with you."

Eve always maintains a subtle sense of distance from the people around her emotionally, and always seems to leave room for conversation and behavior, making it a little hard to guess what she is thinking.She didn't even notice that her actions sometimes hurt Nan Fen's heart, and the more she did this, the more Nan Fen treated her tenderly. Subconsciously, Nan Fen only wanted her to open her heart to herself.

The festival night always lasts for a long time. Eve was surrounded by a group of elders and asked questions like a prisoner for more than an hour before letting her go with satisfaction. There is not only tea in the tea room, but also a lot of snacks and melons. As a result, Eve invited Ye Fei and Shirley to play cards together. Since there were not enough people, Eve wanted to ask Luge to make up the number, but he said that he couldn't play. In desperation, she would sit downstairs and drink. Comino pulled it out from the crowd and pulled it over to play cards together.

Around midnight, everyone stopped for entertainment and recreation, and walked onto the street one after another. Comino helped Eve secretly bring a ladder, and put it on the eaves of the outer stairs, allowing the three girls to He climbed up to the roof, but he didn't go up himself, saying that he was too fat to step on the bricks and tiles.

The golden moon and the purple moon were hanging in the sky, and they looked a bit gloomy against the background of the gorgeous fireworks.The three girls sat side by side on the ridge of the roof, waiting for the upcoming festive scene - the annual magical fireworks show in the capital of Bomeng.

When the hands of the clock tower pointed to twelve o'clock, a low and loud horn sounded from the direction of Logos Court throughout the city, and then the sounds of musical instruments from all over the city streets converged into a unique melody - "Moon of Thorns" ".

Although the concept of "national anthem" was not popular at this time, there are always one or two national songs that have a unique meaning for a country.

In the distance, on the temporary high platform above the inner city, more than a dozen people in white robes stood on each edge of the high platform.Eve held a binoculars in her hand and looked over there. There were men and women among those people, almost all of them were middle-aged. They stood there motionless with solemn expressions until "Moon of Thorns" played After the last period of time, they put their hands together in unison and moved their lips.When the music ended and the final drum sounded, they seemed to have received the signal, raised their right arms together, and shouted: "Vooz-Dyas!" This is a magical frame language, which roughly means: create light.

The colorful light beams shoot high into the sky, and finally converge into an unstable white light. The white light will form a light cluster, float over the city, and then spread silently and spread horizontally, like a cloud filled with smoke. The balloon burst suddenly, and the luminous smoke covered the whole city like a mushroom cap and a jellyfish. There was a faint light curtain in the middle and a white ring around it. Tourists who come to visit feel confused, but this confusion will not last long, immediately, dense bright spots like starbursts will condense on the light curtain, falling down slowly and vertically like rain, covering the whole city.

"The range is bigger than last year!" someone exclaimed.

The first starburst bloomed, burned, and annihilated in mid-air. The blue star points drew a trail like a weeping willow in the night sky, and finally disappeared over the street. Afterwards, more magical fireworks bloomed in the night sky In the middle, it is colorful and captivating. Unlike ordinary fireworks, magic fireworks will not make a bang when they bloom, but will make a crisp sound like glass or ice breaking, which is very dreamy.

Fireworks illuminate the night sky, and the number will reach a maximum in about 10 minutes, and will gradually decay within three hours until the light curtain completely disappears.

Eve was fascinated by watching it, and she would be shocked by such scenes every year, even in awe.

In the end, it was because she didn't know magic herself, and she rarely saw others use it, and the magic that could cover the entire city like tonight could only be seen once a year.

Nanfen can do magic, so can Maoqi, and even Minxi can emit a flash or spark or something, but Eve rarely sees them using it, or using it on the bright side. In her opinion, these unusual Ability can play a big role in life, and even change the world based on it, but no one uses it.

Only a few times, she saw others use it: once, a child was drowning, and the adults on the shore tried to rescue the child repeatedly but failed, and then used magic to pull the child ashore; another time, in the evening, A young man carried a basket on his back and released magic electric fish by the river. He ran away in panic after seeing Eve; another time when he was camping, no one had any tools to start a fire. She rubbed a flame and came out. She was very surprised at that time. She didn't expect that even this fat man could do magic, but because everyone showed a strange silence at that time, she didn't dare to speak. Afterwards, Ross mentioned This incident means that Comino really shouldn’t have done such a thing in front of Eve’s eyes—it wasn’t until this moment that Eve finally got a clue. Using magic openly seems to be a moral issue, and its seriousness may be It's only a little lighter than taking off your pants in public.

But how is this moral consensus formed?What good does it do for people to refuse to use this powerful natural ability?Eve has asked many people. Some people are unwilling to answer such a sharp question, some are vague, and some speak cautiously.Based on the statements of these people, the answers can be roughly divided into three types: one is the interpretation from the aspects of religion, enlightenment, and tradition. The general statement is that magic is an evil force used by the fallen to seduce mortals. People who wantonly use magic cannot enter heaven after death. Using magic will absorb the vitality of others. , that is, whenever the magic civilization develops to a certain height, the world will usher in destruction without warning. Based on the fact that the relics of old civilizations are spread all over the world, this statement is widely spread and is reasonable and credible. In the current lack of rational and scientific thinking, the theory of the end of magic has almost become an undoubted conclusion, which has also caused many people to have latent fear of magic; the third statement Eve heard from an old friend named Kimiros. Prison food.This is what he said—magic is very useful, and almost everyone uses it in private. Unleashing magic requires chanting spells. These spells will be circulated privately, mostly among relatives, friends, and children. The final result of this situation is that there are frequent unsolved murders and murders caused by the abuse or intentional use of magic every year, but people are no longer surprised by this.The above is an example, and it can be seen that if the use of magic is not prohibited, there will be a society where everyone can easily kill others.Magic killing is invisible and difficult to control. In such an environment, people cannot build trust and form a stable society. Therefore, prohibiting the use of magic becomes the prerequisite for establishing a society and even a country. The most effective way to prohibit people from using magic is not to legislate, but to use threats of lies, religious constraints, and moral indoctrination. Only in this way can it last for a long time. "The use of magic is strictly prohibited" will eventually become a general consensus in people's moral consciousness, and people will obey blindly. This is the price they pay for peaceful coexistence.

Kimiros said that this kind of moral consensus may only be temporary, and it is only applicable under the condition that the country has no foreign enemies. The difficulties brought about by war will force people to use magic again and skillfully use it. In the end, the wheel of human destiny will still follow the rut of the old civilization.

Shengming Festival Celebration (Part [-])

At [-]:[-], the magic fireworks continued to bloom in the air, making successive crisp sounds like crystals falling to the ground.

Eve's eyes followed a meteor that just fell from the light curtain, watching it fall slowly, and at a certain moment a golden flame burst out, and at this moment, the original instant scenery became a temporary scene in her eyes. For eternity, time stopped flowing, the sky was silent, and Ye Fei's raised hand was still pointing to the biggest firework in the sky.

A fiery red bird flew to her shoulder.

"You're back? Have you found Harvey?" Eve asked it.

"No, but I found some traces of fighting in the deepest part of the Infinite Mountains, but I can't get in any farther." Ji Xian said, "But I think he will be fine."

Ji Xian left Krigin a year ago to look for Harvein, who hadn't returned for a long time, and now she finally came back.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Eve asked it.

"I may need to go to the south and find some old friends to help. By the way, this is for you..." It put its mouth into its wings, took out a blue gemstone from it, and handed it to Yi Fu hands.Eve has received a lot of shiny things from it in recent years.

Seeing that Eve put the gem directly into the satchel, it reminded: "This one is different from the previous one. I found it from the snow mountain. It must have been left by Harvey for you. It may be Ifet." Rona's relic."

Hearing what it said, Eve took out the gem again and looked at it over and over again, but in the end she didn't see anything.

"What's the use of this?" Eve asked it.

"Who knows." Ji Xian replied.

Eve sighed.

"You carry it with you, maybe one day you will know what it is." Ji Xian added.

"You said you were going to find someone for help. When are you leaving? Do you want to rest for a while?"

"I'll be leaving right away." Ji Xian took out another milky white translucent pebble from his wings, "This is what I gave you. It seems that we will be separated for a long time again, take care."

Ji Xian fluttered her wings and flew away, and time resumed to flow. Eve held the pebble with a faint white light in her hand, and felt a little sad in her heart for no reason.