Reader: Wine can warm you up.
According to the information provided by Annie, Du Ze and Xiu spent money to teleport to an ice and snow town closest to the land of extreme cold.
As soon as they got out of the magic transmission array, some silly, cute person froze. One minute it was the warm and humid south, the next minute it was the icy north. Next to the transmission array was a clothing store, probably for unprepared mercenaries like Du Ze. Du Ze was taken into the clothing store by Xiu. After the two people came out, Xiu changed into a blue and white cotton coat, while Du Ze was wrapped into a ball of fur and was still shivering.
It's so cold!
Du Ze's furry hood wiggled and the little Phoenix poked its head out, its black eyes curiously looking at the white world. The town in front of them was covered in white snow. Xiu looked at the silly, cute ball of fur and stretched out his right hand to hold Du Ze's left hand. When Du Ze touched Xiu's hand, he shivered because the other person's hand was even colder than his. Du Ze's clasped hands were gradually covered with a faint layer of green light. He felt a warm current spread from his palms to his whole body.
Xiu pulled Du Ze and began to walk towards their destination. Du Ze stared at their hands, not knowing why, but he remembered a sentence he once read.
– Palms are cold because no one hurts.
Like a thin needle stabbing his heart, Du Ze felt a stabbing pain. If Xiu knew that he was the culprit …
Xiu stopped and Du Ze almost bumped into him. Some silly, cute person found out that they had arrived at the cabin where Eddie and Rose were. Xiu stood in the snow, staring at the cabin with an indescribable look in his eyes. When he went to the wooden door and was about to knock, his green eyes were cold, as if all his emotions had settled and condensed into a bone-chilling ice.
"Tap, tap."
The wooden door quickly opened and a gray-haired, blue-eyed young man stood in the doorway. When he saw Xiu, he fell into a daze. Du Ze looked at the gray-haired young man who grew up with Xiu. His expression was very haggard. In "Mixed Blood," Yi Ye Zhi Qiu did not describe Eddie much. He followed Xiu around like a shadow. The most ironic thing is that when Eddie finally stopped acting like a shadow and stood up, it was not to defend his best friend, but to draw a clear line between himself and Hugh.
It was this point that made Du Ze extremely angry. Princess Kelly was not familiar with Xiu, and Daniel and Ulrika were only acquainted at Magic Martial Arts School. Eddie and Rose, who grew up with the Moe Lord, knew what kind of person Xiu was! Evil my ass! Would it kill me to speak up for the Moe Lord? If not for the fact that the majority of the people had pointed out the Moe Lord, the Temple of Light would not have been so determined to view the Moe Lord as evil. Princess Kelly sent Xiu to the edge of the cliff while Eddie and the others gently pushed him with their hands. From then on, Xiu was beyond redemption.
Therefore, in the original text, when the dark Xiu returned, he scum everyone. In the ice crystal grass task, Eddie did not recognize Xiu in his elf form. They went to the snowy mountain together, subdued the magical beast that guarded the ice crystal grass, and picked the ice crystal grass. When they went down the mountain, they encountered an avalanche. After the avalanche, Xiu found Eddie hanging on the edge of the ice cliff. Then …
All the readers covered their faces: The protagonist is really a good scum.
Du Ze's mood is particularly complicated right now. He doesn't want to see Xiu go down, but if he doesn't take this task, even if Xiu doesn't say it on the surface, his heart will never forget. Eddie and Rose are like a thorn stuck in Xiu's heart. If the thorn is not pulled out, the wound will always fester.
"You are …?" Eddie came back to his senses and asked warily. The silver-haired elf and the black-haired youth opposite him were expressionless, but Eddie felt that they were not good people.
Xiu silently looked at the familiar but strange face. He thought he would lose control, but now his heart was empty. He felt nothing except for the warmth in his right hand. It was Du Ze's warmth.
He just needs to hold on to this person.
Eddie saw the silver-haired elf indifferently place the mercenary card in front of him. The task column showed "Find the ice crystal grass." Eddie's eyes lit up, but when he saw the E-level mercenary card, the light quickly went out.
Eddie forced a smile: "Thank you very much for taking this task, but the difficulty of this task is actually A-level —"
Eddie's words stopped abruptly. The attack that just passed by his ear was too fast for him to see. He was already an intermediate swordsman, so the elf in front of him was most likely a Grand Swordsman? And for some reason, Eddie had the illusion that the attack was meant to cut off his neck. This feeling was quickly abandoned by Eddie. He began to get excited. The other side had shown him great strength, so this trip to the snowy mountain was more likely. In fact, Eddie had decided to go alone to the Land of Extreme Cold today because Rose's fire poison could not be delayed any longer.
"What do you want in return?" Eddie asked.
The elf finally spoke, his voice as cold as his: "We'll talk when we get back."
"Then can we leave in the afternoon?" Eddie hurriedly said, then realized that he was too impatient: "I'm sorry, but my companion is in urgent need of ice crystal grass."
Xiu looked into the cabin, nodded gently, and then pulled Du Ze away. Eddie froze for a moment, then realized that the other side was probably preparing. He suddenly remembered that he didn't know the names of the two people.
"What are your names?"
Xiu walked forward indifferently. Du Ze looked back at Eddie and said word by word: "His name is Xiu."
The Xiu that you abandoned.
Eddie stood in front of the cabin, completely stunned when he heard the name in his memory.
***
The Land of Extreme Cold is full of snow-capped mountains that form a barrier of ice and snow in the north of the Chaos Continent. It is said that the highest and largest peak can only be crossed by the gods. A reader once commented that the Land of Extreme Cold is the northernmost point of the Chaos Continent. What is it like to cross the Land of Extreme Cold? Yi Ye Zhi Qiu replied: You will fall.
You will really fall. The Chaos Continent is a suspended plate, divided into two sides. Even the ocean has an end. Only the Lost Land's Space Eye can travel between the two sides of the Chaos Continent. If you go to the edge of the Chaos Continent, you will fall. As for where you will fall, only the author knows.
Du Ze and his party climbed the snow-capped mountain for two days. In the middle of the second night, they finally climbed a snowy peak. They looked down and saw a shallow valley at the other end of the snow-capped mountain. The bottom of the valley was covered with crystal clear ice crystal grass. The branches and leaves of the ice stretched freely, and the delicate veins of the leaves could be seen. In the moonlight, the ice crystal grass shone with a glass-like transparency.
Du Ze was not in the mood to appreciate such a beautiful scene. He only felt cold, all kinds of cold, so cold that his whole body was stiff and he couldn't even tremble. The temperature in the Land of Extreme Cold is lower than in the ice and snow town, not to mention that it is the coldest time of the day.
"We will rest here. When we go down, the magical beast will come out. It is said to be a hellhound." Eddie paused. He stared at Xiu and hesitantly said: "Can you lead it away for a while? I will be able to pick the ice crystal grass in a while. "
In the original text, Eddie also proposed this to Xiu. However, when they went down, they found that it was not an ordinary hellhound, but the legendary three-headed hellhound Cerberus. Although it caused some trouble for Xiu, it was eventually subdued by Xiu and became one of the pets of the Moe Lord.
Seeing Xiu nod, Eddie breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly made a place to rest. The two sides sat down face to face, drawing an invisible boundary between them. Eddie looked at the stupid, cute ball frozen into a popsicle. He hesitated for a moment, then took out a kettle from his bag and pushed it over.
"Take a sip, it will warm you up."
It was Xiu who picked up the kettle. He opened the lid and the aroma of wine overflowed. Du Ze saw Xiu take a sip and then handed the kettle over. It seems like he acquiesced?
Du Ze rarely drinks because he has no one to drink with. He only drinks with his parents on holidays. Wine is the only drink that can make people feel warm in the cold. Du Ze was really cold, so he picked up the kettle and began to drink.
The wine that entered his mouth had a fruity taste and was not strong. Even a novice like Du Ze felt very good. Eddie was slightly relieved. He didn't know why he always felt that he was hated by the two people opposite him. Eddie took out another kettle from his bag. After Xiu coldly refused, the gray-haired youth opened the kettle and began to drink.
The snow mountain was extremely quiet at night. The bright moonlight of the two moons illuminated everything.
"You … are called Xiu, right?" As if he didn't expect to get an answer from the grim-faced elf, Eddie went on to say: "I once had a brother, he was also called Xiu."
Perhaps it was because he drank too much that Eddie became more talkative. He didn't know if it was because of the familiar name or because he was getting tipsy, but he began to confide in a stranger about his long-suppressed feelings.
"He was very dazzling, everyone liked him … Rose too." Eddie was silent for a moment, then said: "I was very jealous."
"Rose was my companion. I grew up with her and that person. I liked Rose, but she only saw that person from beginning to end. Even when that person changed, Rose was still very happy and ran to me and said that she wanted to go with that person. "Eddie used the kettle to hide his expression:" So I made a mistake. "
On the silent snowy peak, Eddie's hoarse words echoed in the night.
"I betrayed my best brother."
He knocked Rose unconscious and then informed the Temple of Light to go to the mass grave. After doing all this, he didn't feel joy, but endless confusion. Year after year, this bewilderment gradually turned into bone-chilling remorse.
"I don't dare to like Rose anymore. I just want to find that person and return Rose to him."
There were drops of water on the snow, but it was not wine.
From beginning to end, Xiu's expression did not change in the slightest. He looked indifferently at Eddie who was shedding tears of regret, his heart not stirring up the slightest ripple. Eddie's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he murmured vague words that Xiu couldn't understand, completely immersed in his own world. Xiu seemed bored. He looked at Du Ze and then he froze.
Du Ze was holding the empty kettle. Even though there was no wine in it, he still picked it up and drank it. In sharp contrast to his funny actions was his serious expression. The black-haired youth had a solemn face and didn't seem drunk at all.
Xiu reached out and pulled out the empty kettle. Du Ze looked at the silver-haired elf who took his kettle, his black eyes unusually bright. Xiu thought Du Ze was drunk, but when he saw Du Ze's clear eyes, he called out with some uncertainty: "Du Ze?"
Du Ze opened his mouth: "Du Ze."
"What's wrong with you?" Xiu asked subconsciously, then saw the black-haired youth repeat his words: "What's wrong with you?"
"…"
Xiu was now very sure that some silly, cute person was drunk. He didn't think that there would be people in the world who would not make a fuss when they are drunk. Instead, they would repeat other people's words with a serious face, even though their voice was flat and there was no change in tone.
The little Phoenix jumped out of Du Ze's hood and landed on the kettle in Xiu's hand. It looked up at Xiu and Du Ze: "Chirp."
Du Ze said expressionlessly: "Chirp."
The little Phoenix excitedly spread its wings: this was the first time its mother chirped in response to it!
"Chirp, chirp, chirp –"
Xiu grabbed the lively fluffy ball and the little Phoenix obediently quieted down in his hand. Xiu looked at Du Ze, who repeated the little Phoenix's cry word by word, and finally couldn't help but curve up his lips. He stared at Du Ze's flushed face and had an urge to bite him, so he did. Du Ze touched the place where he was bitten. Even though he had no expression, he still gave people a cute feeling.
Under the moonlight, the silver-haired elf stared at the black-haired youth and whispered: "I like you."
Du Ze said to Xiu: "I like you."
His heartbeat sped up. Even though he knew it was just a kind of self-deception, he still enjoyed it.
"I belong to you."
Du Ze said: "I belong to you."
"I won't leave you."
Du Ze said: "I won't leave you."
"Forever?"
"Forever."
*****
*****
After the avalanche, Xiu removed the magic and came out of the protection of the plants. Eddie didn't know where the avalanche had swept him to. The avalanche was so fast that it arrived almost in the blink of an eye.
Xiu summoned Cerberus. The three-headed hellhound sniffed and then led Xiu to an ice cliff. It was so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At a glance, Xiu saw Eddie hanging from a branch. The avalanche had washed Eddie down the ice cliff. Eddie had grabbed the only branch to avoid falling to his death.
Eddie hung from the branch, swaying. He didn't dare to shout for fear of triggering another avalanche. When he saw Xiu, the gray-haired youth's eyes lit up.
"Pull me –"
But Xiu just stood on the edge of the cliff, indifferent. Eddie looked at Xiu with a puzzled expression. When he was about to shout again, Xiu finally opened his mouth.
"Do you want to know my name?"
Eddie was startled. He had asked Xiu several times before but the other person had not told him his name. But now was not a good time to chat. Eddie felt that the branch that had supported him for so long seemed to be reaching its limit.
Xiu looked down at Eddie and said: "My name is Xiu."
Eddie hung from the ice cliff. When he heard the name in his memory, he was stunned. The elf in front of him had the same name as that person?
What happened next almost made Eddie feel like he was dreaming. He watched helplessly as the silver-haired elf turned into a blond, blue-eyed young man. That familiar, yet strange, handsome face was the same as his childhood playmate.
Xiu looked at Eddie's incredulous eyes and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Why didn't you pull me?"
– excerpt from "Mixed Blood"
The author has something to say: Reader: Wine can warm you up.
Author: It can also mess you up.
Protagonist: (silently takes out a barrel of wine)
***
I finally caught up with TUT. I feel like I've received a lot of long comments and Lei Ga.
Thanks to Lei for pointing out a lot of cute pictures of girls XD:
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