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"I heard that 'tears of the sea' refers to some kind of magical gemstone produced in the deep sea?" Rosa spoke, trying to adjust the atmosphere.

Luo Er collected her thoughts, and quickly covered up the strange expression on her face with a smile, she said: "There is indeed such a nickname, but the original meaning is not like that."

"Everyone should have heard the story of the mermaid princess from their parents when they were young, right?" Luo Er turned around and opened the package, took out her harp, and held it in her arms, "I have another version here, do you want to hear it? "

The story of the mermaid princess that is widely circulated on the Divine Blessing Continent is actually not too different from the "Daughter of the Sea" in the earth world. It tells the story of a mermaid in the deep sea and falling in love with a human on land.

In order to be with her beloved humans, the mermaid princess manifests a human form in advance with the help of the witch's potion and walks on land.

But she failed to reap happiness in the end, and returned to the sea with sadness.

Whenever the tide comes, fishermen along the coast will occasionally see the mermaid princess singing to the moon on the reef, but her beloved will never come to see her again.

Amy had read this story in a book, and she was deeply moved by it.

Better than the little mermaid in the fairy tale, the mermaid princess didn't turn into a bubble, but the sadness of missing love may cause more lasting pain.

The bard has already set up a storytelling posture, and Amy will naturally not refuse. She leaned on the back of the chair and muttered: "Keep playing softly, so as not to disturb other passengers."

Rosa said: "Master Amy, please rest assured, the sound insulation here is not bad."

Luo Er plucked the strings, tried the syllables, and after confirming that there was no problem, she began to play.

The distant sound of the piano sounded, and the gentle and soft voice of the bard also blended into the sound of the piano.

"A long time ago, in the depths of the vast sea, there was a kingdom of the royal court of the sea clan established by mermaids. They believed in the original god of the sea and were blessed with beautiful looks, heavenly voices and powerful magic. strength."

"The King of the Deep Sea has a daughter, her name is Yelana..."

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Song of the Traveler: Chapter 120 A Story Within a Story

In Luo Er's chanting-like tone, Yelana's name seemed to carry some special charm.

Amy's intuition was prior to her consciousness, telling her where the sense of disobedience was.

The name Yelana is a syllable of the language of the land people, forcibly pronouncing the name of the sea people. When Luo Er told the story, he directly used the pronunciation of Yelana in the language of the sea people.

This bard also understands the language of the Sea Clan?

Amy didn't study it carefully for the time being, and listened to the story with a blank mind.

"Yelana was born with the blessing of the gods. She has the most beautiful singing voice, the most beautiful face among the mermaids, and the ability to control water like a talent, as if she was born to be the incarnation of the will of the deep sea. In the royal court The mermaids all believe that Yelana will inherit the throne of Sea King and lead the Sea Race back to its former glory."

"The most knowledgeable witch in the deep sea became Yelana's teacher. While imparting Yelana's skills and knowledge, she also told the young princess of the sea many stories that happened on land."

"The young princess yearned for the scenery on land, and was also full of curiosity about intelligent creatures called humans. At her 20-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, after all kinds of pleadings, the king of the sea finally allowed her to float to the surface and take a look. The life of land people."

Amy leaned on her chin. She read a saying in the book that the sea emperor mermaid is also a species of longevity. Their body growth rate is slightly slower than that of humans. The 20-year-old coming-of-age ceremony is just the beginning of the triple etiquette, and they still need to go through it later. Only by "incarnation ceremony" and "sublimation ceremony" can one become a mature mermaid.

The Incarnation Ritual allows Sea Emperor mermaids to get rid of the restrictions of the tail and the deep water area, to have a complete humanoid form, and to increase their speed of practice.

The Ascension Ceremony requires the Sea Emperor Mermaid to pass through the trials left by the ancestors of the Sea Clan. After successfully completing the Ascension Ceremony, the Sea Emperor Mermaid will awaken new talents, and its combat ability will be greatly improved.

Luo Er was still telling the story, and Amy did not sensibly choose to ask for the authenticity of what was said in the certificate at this time.

"The deep sea is calm and the sea is calm, but the sea is full of strong winds and thunderstorms. A human merchant ship capsized in front of Yelana, and the fragile life of human beings disappeared in an instant and was swallowed by the deep sea."

"Out of her curiosity about human beings and natural kindness, Yelana stopped the strong wind, stopped the heavy rain, sent the surviving humans back to the ship, and personally escorted the ship back to the port."

"Her deeds of saving human beings have been praised by fishermen by the sea, and she has developed beliefs. The fishermen made reference to her appearance and made a statue named Yelana, which they often visit, especially before going to sea, praying for the sea. With the protection of the princess, the fish will be plentiful and return safely.”

"The kindness and faith returned by human beings made the immature Yelana lost in the false hymns. She mistakenly thought that human beings are friendly and intelligent beings, and she took helping human beings as her due responsibility. She completely forgot her identity as the Sea Emperor mermaid, and even more ignored the desire of her fellow clansmen for the glory of the past."

"The protection of the princess of the sea has allowed the small ports in the south to develop rapidly. Villages have become towns, and towns have become cities. There are more and more merchant ships coming and going, and more and more fishing boats in the fishing season. Humans believe that Jesus Lana's divine power unrestrainedly squeezes the energy of the princess of the sea. However, there are so many ships to be sheltered, countless human beings to be saved, and the "god" to be believed in is just a child who has just grown up. How can I take care of all my prayers?"

"Yelana's spirit is getting more and more haggard. She doesn't even have the heart to practice, and she is always paying attention to the situation on the sea surface. The king of the deep sea couldn't bear to see his daughter working hard for mankind, so he asked the witch for a potion to calm the nerves and help sleep. Yelana was able to rest for a while, relieve her fatigue, and get back on track with her."

At this point in the story, the direction of the fairy tale in "The Daughter of the Sea" is completely different. Luo Er stopped to drink a few sips of water, adjusted her breathing, loosened her fingers playing the piano, and spoke again after more than a minute.

"Yelana fell into a deep sleep. This was the first time she slept soundly since she rescued a human merchant ship on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony. However, when she woke up, she heard the bad news. There was an extremely rare storm, and human merchant ships and fishing boats were involved in the storm, causing huge losses and almost no survivors..."

Ami's fingers trembled slightly. She had heard too many stories about the inherent evil of human nature, so she immediately guessed what would happen next.

Things were just as Amy expected, and Luo Er's piano sound turned to be gloomy and depressing, and continued:

"Those believers of the Princess of the Sea, how devout they were before, became crazy after this disaster. They thought that Yelana had broken the agreement with them and abandoned the believers. Some extreme people even believed that storms and wild waves were Yelana called to come here, only to show her divine power and strengthen her faith."

"These so-called believers have forgotten one thing. The princess of the sea has never made an agreement with them, and has never needed their beliefs. Yelana helps humans only because of her gentle and kind nature. She has never No compensation has been requested in any form!"

"The anger and grief of losing relatives and friends overwhelmed the reason of those human beings. They toppled the idol set up for Yelana and smashed it to pieces. They no longer respected Yelana as the princess of the sea and regarded her as the deep sea. Foreign races with malicious intentions in the middle, they curse loudly and wantonly vent their emotions, even if there are people who still have reason, they will be coerced by the general situation and unable to make their own voices."

"Before Yelana, there was no one to protect the ships, and countless ships were destroyed by storm waves. At that time, who should the human beings blame? With the point and carrier, human beings will lose their bottom line and vent their malice irrationally."

"This kind of malice is too heavy for Yelana who just went to sleep. People with kind nature are always more willing to find problems in themselves, and the same is true for Yelana. She fell into self-doubt Among other things, is she not doing well enough to make her human 'friend' angry?"

"The broken relationship is hard to repair. Even after the princess of the sea wakes up, she still spares no effort to help human beings, but it is difficult for human beings to restore their previous enthusiasm. Yelana blamed herself, cried sadly, parents and teachers The enlightenment didn't let her get out of the knot."

"Yelana was born with a gift from the gods. Her sorrow has a strong emotional resonance, and the entire royal court is deeply troubled. The king of the deep sea has no choice but to seek help from the witch."

"The witch made a suggestion to ask Yelana to walk on land and feel the living conditions of human beings carefully. When Yelana understands the nature of human beings, she will naturally be able to get out of her heart and find her own path."

"At that time, Yelana hadn't experienced the incarnation ceremony and couldn't change into a human form, but with the help of the potion, she shed her fish tail early and had human feet. The price was that she lost the ability to speak. She will not be able to speak again until she returns to the deep sea and removes the effect of the potion."

Amy rubbed her chin. She always felt that the witch in the deep sea was very similar to the sea witch in fairy tales. The side effects of potions were also similar. They were all at the cost of language ability in exchange for being able to walk on land. feet.

The story turned around and seemed to come back again.

Amy subconsciously complained: "Yelana's feet are on the ground, will there be pain like stepping on the edge of a knife?"

Luo Er's rhythm was interrupted by her, and she was taken aback before replying: "Probably not, at least in the stories I've heard, there is no such outrageous setting."

Replacing "walking" with "words" is a relatively equal exchange, which conforms to the principle of equivalent exchange in the alchemy of potions. With the witch's medicine refining skills, there shouldn't be any mistakes.

"Sorry to bother you, let's continue," Amy said.

The story was still interesting, and she wanted to keep hearing it.

In Luoer's story, the humans living in the harbor toppled the statue of the sea princess and abandoned their beliefs. Stand up again.

In other words, there are other changes in the follow-up of this story.

However, deep down in Amy's heart, whether there are believers or not is not important to Yelana at all.

Gods do not need believers, but believers need gods.

Luo Er cleared her throat and took the opportunity to stop to rest. After nearly a minute, she continued to tell the story of the princess of the sea.

"After landing on land, Yelana's beauty quickly brought disaster. A girl of unknown origin, extremely beautiful, unable to speak, simple in heart, easy to trust others - you all know the bad nature of human beings, this extreme The prey is right in front of your eyes, and no one will be unmoved."

"Yelana was first cheated of her money, and then framed by the sheriff, and imprisoned in a human city prison. The jailer colluded with the slave trader and put a slave collar on her while she was resting. If it wasn't for Yelana Realized that something was wrong in time, and chose to escape from prison, it is very likely that he would be defiled by humans within three days after going ashore."

Amy couldn't help raising her hand to speak: "The Deep Sea Royal Court just watched their little princess suffer like this? Won't they send someone to secretly protect them?"

Luo Er said helplessly: "There must be guards hiding in the dark, but they will only act at the most urgent moment. Otherwise, how would Yelana realize that people's hearts are sinister?"

"Oh, that seems to be the reason." Amy put down her hand, her eyes beckoning Luo Er to continue.

The bard rubbed his brows. To be honest, compared to Sirin and Rosa who listened quietly to the story, Amy was really not a good listener.

Amy asked too many questions, even if she didn't open her mouth, the constantly changing expression on her face was disturbing.

Luo Er calmed down her emotions and continued: "The experience of the past few days has made Yelana realize that human beings are not as interesting as the stories she heard, they are also deceived, have many despicable methods and dirty desires Ironically, Yelana soon discovered that she had rescued the slave trader's merchant ship."

"This incident hit Yelana deeply. The sensitive and vulnerable girl began to doubt the correctness of her previous actions. She was completely confused. Although her body escaped from prison, her spirit was in trouble."

"Without money, Yelana has no food and no place to live, but she is not willing to use force to solve the problem. She tried to work to earn money, but was fired because she could not speak and clumsy, and passed out after starving on the street. , Yelana was rescued."

"That is a perfect human being, intelligent, rational, gentle, fraternal, and romantic... Yelana used the most beautiful words in the human language she learned to describe her savior. Falling in love with this human being. In order to be with him, she is even willing to give up returning to the deep sea, and stay by that person’s side as a dumb girl, and grow old with him.”

Hearing this, Amy rubbed her hands in embarrassment.

This kind of unfolding is quite common in novels. She also wrote similar stories before time travel.

It can only be said that love stories in this world always have something in common, and Amy also has a template in mind for how to develop next.

It is nothing more than a crisis, which affects the lives and even lives of the young couple. In order to save her lover, Yelana can only expose her identity and has no choice but to return to the deep sea. ...

But Amy learned her lesson this time, and didn't interrupt Luoer's rhythm by speaking.

"Beside that human being, Yelana walked through mountains and rivers, went to the extreme north of the land, saw underground cities, and admired volcanic eruptions. She met many humans and parted with them... During those three years, Yelana has a clearer understanding of the human world."

"There are noble people, there are despicable people; there are infatuated people, and there are unlucky people; there are loyal people, and there are treacherous people...Human beings are an extremely complex group, full of variables and possibilities Sex, she began to understand those who toppled the gods, and also understood what she really wanted to do. She is not just a dumb human girl, she is the princess of the sea, the daughter of the sea, the hope of the revival of the sea people... When the journey returns When it was time to start, Yelana left her lover and went into the depths of the ocean alone."

Eh?

Ami frowned slightly, a little surprised that the development of the story was not in her prediction?

Moreover, compared with the first half of the story, this story has omitted too much content, which is a bit anticlimactic.

Bards should be masters of storytelling, right?Do you also make this mistake?

"To this day, Yelana, the princess of the sea, still shelters ships in the deep sea, but she will never appear in front of believers again, because she knows that belief requires distance, and gods should be indifferent. As time goes by, the past events Gradually forgotten, the overthrown statues have been erected again, and there are new images, and even this belief has been officially recognized by the empire."

"Yelana still hasn't forgotten her former lover. When she misses her, she will go to the offshore area to sing songs. The tears she shed because of missing her are the tears of the sea..."

Luo Er put down the harp, opened her palm, and there was a blue gemstone in the shape of a teardrop in the palm.

The gem was filled with magical radiance, Amy looked over and saw her own mirror reflection on the smooth surface of the gem.

However, in the reflection, she looked very cold, with an ethereal demeanor, and she looked like another person.

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ps: Begging for tickets in a low voice...

Song of the Traveler: Chapter 120 The Third Hidden Crisis

The reflection on the surface of the gem only lasted for a short moment before disappearing. When Amy looked again, she could only see a dark blue flowing halo.

"Is this the tears of the sea?"

Amy stared at the sapphire, "Can I take it and admire it?"

She wanted to take a closer look to see if the scene just now was a hallucination.

Luo Er nodded and held out her palm, "Of course it's no problem."

Amy raised her hand, and took the teardrop-shaped gem from the bard's palm across the table. Strangely, after touching Amy's palm, the sapphire steamed instantly, and the sapphire disappeared in just one or two breaths. disappeared without a trace.

Amy froze for a moment, and when she tried to hold it tightly, the blue teardrop had completely disappeared.

Luoer's pupils shrank indiscernibly, and the look of surprise disappeared for a moment. She concealed her expression very well, and no one noticed.

"Eh? What's going on here?"

Amy stretched out her blank palm in embarrassment, with a blank expression, "Miss Luoer, I didn't do anything, why did this gem disappear?"

The Moon Elf murmured to herself, Luoer couldn't be touching porcelain, could she?Use instant magic materials to pretend to be precious gems and take the opportunity to blackmail her?

"It's okay, it's not gone."

Luo Er closed her palm, rubbed her fingers inward, and when she opened her palm again, she said, "Look——"

In the palm of the bard, the blue teardrop-shaped gem reappeared, shimmering magnificently like breathing.

Amy's eyes widened, and the expression on her face conveyed an obvious meaning.

I'm curious.

Luo Er didn't give a damn, and explained: "Only people with the blood of the sea clan can hold the tears of the sea. It is different from ordinary sea sapphires, and its essence is more magical creations. If it is held by land people, it will be like It dissipated like that just now, and then reunited in the hands of the nearby sea clan blood. Miss Amy just mentioned the tears of the sea, I thought you knew these things."

Amy pouted, still using the same excuse: "I may have seen it before, but I don't remember it now."

Sirin suddenly said: "Miss Luoer can hold this gem, are you a sea tribe?"

Luo Er shook her head, she put away the blue teardrops in her palm, and said: "I am not a pure-blooded sea race, but a mixed blood of land people and sea races. It may be more biased toward the Sea Clan."

"To be honest, I lived under the sea when I was a child. The story I told you just now was also told to me by Yelana herself."

Both Amy and Sirin were a little surprised by the sudden heavy news from Luo Er, and Rosa also frowned, secretly suspicious.

The information investigated by the chamber of commerce did not mention this kind of thing. Luo Er himself is a very troublesome fraudster. Lies come out as soon as he opens his mouth, and even the punctuation marks are not credible.

"Princess Yelana of the sea is still alive?" Amy's first reaction was this.

In her impression, the worshiped gods lived in a very distant era, and generally have fallen.

"Your Excellency Yelana is only five or six hundred years old now, and she is still a young man among the Sea King Mermaids." Luo Er said, "But she did not take over the Sea King, nor did she live in the Deep Sea King Court, but They have their own private mansion under the water in the offshore area.”