After the violent explosion, the birthplace was not destroyed as Shana had imagined. A guardian beast emerged from the magma lake and blocked Alice's attack. The price was that the guardian beast did not even have a single bone left. It was turned into ashes under Alice's attack. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the kings around the birthplace made their moves and forced Alice back. Shana narrowed her eyes and shook the Sky Green War Spear in her hand. She turned into a green rainbow and flew towards the peak of the mountain. When she landed, the spear shot out in all directions like a rolling green wave, and several kings were all caught in the spear's power. The spear rolled like a green wave, and the attacks were endless like a surging river. After a while, a king was hit in the chest by the spear. The king's chest armor immediately caved in, and a few green fluorescent lights shot out from his back. Then, his whole body flashed with green light, and his body disappeared in the green light.
The floating green light reminded Shana of a kind of flower, a kind of green flower that only grew in the crevices of the reef.
That kind of flower by the sea would always remind her of a person.
"Shana, you are the guardian I created. The first order I give you is not to commit suicide."
When she first opened her eyes to see this world, her creator, the man named Taylor, said this to her. She could not understand, "I don't understand, creator, why did you give me such an order? Suicide, according to the information I know, is an act of escape and weakness. I will not do such an act. "
Then, the creator's gaze became a little more gentle, and even a little bit of pity, "Shana, you have just been born. Next, you will have to guard the treasury. You will spend endless years. This may be too cruel for you, but this is your mission. You are still full of curiosity about everything. To you, the world is endless, and the mysteries of the universe cannot be fully explored even if you spend your entire life. "
"But one day, you will get tired of it. The once magnificent sunrise, when it appears day after day, after a long time, you will feel that it is no longer magnificent, and even too monotonous. You will get tired of this long life, and at that time, you may do something that I cannot predict. That is why I have to give the first order here. You cannot commit suicide. You have to value your life. You can sacrifice it, but only in one place … "
"I think I understand, but I also don't," Shana answered honestly.
"It's okay. You'll understand in the future." Taylor said softly, "Shana, I will give you emotions, and you will know how to love and hate like other living beings. In fact, if I remove your emotional system, it will be better for you, but you will have to live like a cold machine for countless years. I dare not imagine what will become of you in the end. So I gave you emotions to make your life a little more interesting. "
"But Shana, I have to remind you, don't try love so easily. To the person who loves you, your endless years are a kind of pain, and to you, it is hell. So you have to remember, don't ever try love … "
The corner of Shana's mouth curled up into a smile. She pointed the Sky Green War Spear in her hand forward, and a large amount of green light shot out like a raging river, engulfing several Sovereign Kings. In that green light, she seemed to see that flower again. The first time she saw that flower, it was because of that man.
At that time, there was no Bailey Empire, and humans lived a miserable life under the claws of the Shadow Duchy. As for Shana, she didn't have much feelings. She was more like a bystander. After Creator Taylor left, she had spent decades of peace. During these times, what she did the most was to travel around. She had seen the magnificence of the sunrise, the majesty of the mountains, the magnificence of the sea, and the boundless plains. In the end, she returned to the place where she was born, and then she saw him.
A man.
Shana always felt that humans were too barbaric and rough. They lived no better than wild beasts under the slavery of the Shadow Duchy. Of course, Shana had no intention of saving this race, even if humans were very similar to Taylor.
She just observed them, that was all.
On this day, a man squatted on a reef by the sea. She walked over curiously and saw that he was using a tool to fill some soil into the crack of the stone. In the crack of the stone, a small green flower was swaying in the wind. It was not necessarily very magnificent, but it grew by the sea and had to withstand the sun and the waves. A kind of persistence and determination to life arose spontaneously. Having seen too many magnificent scenes, Shana saw another kind of beauty when she looked at this little flower.
The beauty of life.
"What is this?" she asked.
Obviously, the man did not know that she had arrived. He was shocked and almost fell into the water, if Shana had not pulled him up. That was also the first time Shana had touched a man\'s body, even if it was just an arm. She could not explain the feeling, but she felt that it was complicated.
After the man stood firm, he squeezed out two words from his mouth, "Qingtang."
"Qingtang?" Shana nodded in agreement. The name matched the flower very well. She asked again, "What are you doing?"
"Maintenance …" At that time, the human language was still very poor, and it was not easy to say the word "maintenance".
After that, one person continued his work, while the other watched in a daze. After filling the crack of the stone with soil, a smile appeared on the man\'s face. It was at that time when the sun broke through the clouds and fell on his dark and rough face, making his smile look so bright.
He left, but she did not leave.
Shana looked at the Qingtang by the sea. The waves would hit its delicate body from time to time, but every time, it would stand upright against the wind, unyielding.
The next day, the man came again. He carried a small bucket with some black things inside. When Shana saw him, he was filling the gap with the things in the bucket. He told Shana that it was fertilizer that could make the Qingtang grow better.
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day … He came every day. Sometimes, he would come empty-handed and just quietly look at the Qingtang on the reef. Sometimes, he would bring soil and fertilizer and fill the gap to replenish the soil that was washed away by the waves.
Finally, one day, Shana asked him, "Why do you come to take care of this Qingtang every day?"
The man scratched his head and said, "Izzy, I like it."
Izzy was this man\'s wife. To Shana\'s surprise, Izzy was already dead. However, she liked Qingtang flowers very much when she was alive, so the man would come to the beach every day to take care of a Qingtang. Shana saw love in this man. It was not intense, just like this Qingtang, plain and indifferent. But regardless of whether it was the sun, rain, or the crashing of the waves, nothing could erase its existence.
Later, the man did not come, and Shana learned that he had died. She did not feel sad, did not sigh, did not feel anything, only felt a little disappointed. She took his place to see the Qingtang every day until one day, when the Qingtang was washed away by the sea, and she never went to the beach again.
It was many years later when she saw the Qingtang again. At that time, humans had already expelled the Shadow Duchy and established the Bailey Empire. However, the empire had just been built, and there were only one or two large cities. Many places were just villages. At that time, outsiders were common in Bailey, so Shana liked to go to the taverns in those villages. During this period of time, she especially liked a small tavern. She liked the orange wine there very much, and every time she went there, she would order a large glass and slowly taste it.
Once, when she came to the tavern and sat down, her eyes were suddenly filled with a cluster of green flowers. It was a bouquet full of Qingtang. The one holding the flowers was a young man. He was a little shy and said softly, "For you."
"How do you know I like Qingtang?" Shana liked it very much.
The man said, "I saw that every time you came, you would have a Qingtang in your hair."
"Oh, you\'re very observant."
"I\'ve been paying attention to you for a long time."
Shana smelled the Qingtang. In fact, the fragrance of this flower was not strong. Instead, it smelled of the sea, so not many people liked it. She smiled and asked the man, "Then what else do you know about me?"
"You like to drink orange wine. You don\'t come for two days every month, on the seventh and the twentieth. You always leave after one drink, no more, no less. You … "
"Stop." Shana looked at him in surprise. "Why do you know so clearly?"
"Because … I like you."
That was the first time Shana was confessed to.
After that, every day she came to the tavern, the man would give her a handful of Qingtang. Until one day, he did not come. Shana asked the boss and found out that when he went to the beach to pick flowers, he accidentally broke his leg and was resting at home. So Shauna came to his house, and when she saw him lying on the bed, her heart melted.
Love came for no reason.
She fell in love.
She took care of him until he recovered. He no longer went to the beach to pick flowers, because every day they would go to the beach together to look at the Qingtang. Day after day, year after year. He gradually grew old, but she was still young.
Finally, he closed his eyes in her arms. Before he died, he said that he wanted to become a Qingtang in the next life so that she could wear it in her hair forever. She cried. For the first time, she felt sad. For the first time, she felt helpless about her long life. She buried him by the sea, built a small tombstone, and faced the sea.
At that time, she thought of death. But the orders given to her by her creator could not be disobeyed, so she could only endure the heart-wrenching pain and work hard to move forward until she buried all the sadness in the deepest part of her heart.
After that, she had a few precious relationships. But all of them ended in tragedy. The person she loved passed away, leaving her alone to taste the pain. She wanted to die, but she could not.
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