During breakfast.
The girl almost finished the shredded carrots on her plate, but she picked out all the onions.
"What's this drama?" She looked at the TV listlessly as if it wasn't a big deal — she realized that her brother had been watching too much TV these days.
"I don't know, it was on when I turned it on," Boss Luo said casually.
The girl glanced at it. It seemed to be a story about a group of people traveling in the ruins … She felt that the dramas that were broadcasted recently were a bit strange.
"This female lead …" The girl blinked and said, "What if she fell down halfway? And such a large area of collapse didn't kill her, it's not scientific! Even the protagonist's aura can't be activated like this, okay? "
"You don't seem to like this girl," Boss Luo suddenly said.
The girl shrugged, "I can't say whether I like her or not. Anyway, I didn't see what happened in front of me, so I don't know how she is. Besides, who knew if she was that kind of person? To be honest, what you see is just a side of her that people let you see. That's all. "
Boss Luo smiled and didn't say anything … Children at this age, no matter if they were boys or girls, even himself, seemed to be similar.
"I'm full!" The girl suddenly stood up and then hurriedly ran into the room as if she was afraid that someone would force her to finish the remaining shredded onions.
Boss Luo smiled and then started to clear the table.
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The Freedom Holy Temple was a place that all the areas under the jurisdiction of [Freedom City], one of the seven capitals, would build together to worship the [Sage] of Freedom.
Of course, there were big and small ones, luxurious and exquisite ones, and simple ones.
In the beginning, there was no Freedom Holy Temple. But since 200 years ago, this custom began to spread from [Freedom City].
People heard that the [Sage] liked it, so they started to build it.
The village's Freedom Holy Temple was built 50 years ago. All these years, it had been used as a place for celebrations and the awakening ceremony of the Saintess candidates. Normally, villagers were not allowed to enter.
"Let's … go back?"
At night, two young children were quietly avoiding the people patrolling the village at night.
"But Dashiu, haven't you always wanted to enter the Sacred Palace to take a look?"
Da Xiu … The boy hesitated and said, "That's right, but if we enter without permission and are discovered …"
"Relax, relax!" The younger girl raised her head and said, "The priestess has already confirmed that I am a candidate for the Holy Maiden. I can enter the Holy Temple at any time in the future!"
"That's only because you …"
"The High Priestess likes me a lot. Even if she finds out, she'll just scold me. There won't be a problem." The girl urged, "Besides, she just needs to take a look, right? Just take it as your birthday present. We'll take a look and go back, okay? "
"Then …" The boy nodded hesitantly.
As she had entered the Holy Sanctum before, the girl clearly knew a lot about the paths in the Holy Sanctum. They soon arrived at the main hall.
The statue of the Holy Sage of the City of Freedom was enshrined here.
The boy was quickly attracted by the statue of the Holy Sage. Gradually, he walked to the statue in a daze. "Remia, is this the Holy Sage … It's so beautiful. If only I could wear something like this … "
"Dashiu, what did you just say?" The girl looked at him in confusion.
The boy immediately shook his head and waved his hand, "No, I didn't say anything … Okay, Remia, I've seen it. I'm satisfied. Let's leave this place quickly!"
"Wait a minute!" The girl suddenly walked closer to the Holy Sage statue. She even grabbed it with both hands and was about to climb up the statue.
"Remia, what are you doing?!"
The girl looked at the gem on the forehead of the Holy Sage statue and said quickly, "The High Priestess said that the more devout a believer is, the more grace they will receive when they touch the gem. I want to try it. "
The boy was shocked, "Remia, come down! It's too dangerous! Besides, the touching ceremony will also be held on the day you turn 14. Don't mess around! "
"I know!" The girl had climbed halfway up the statue, "I'll know it sooner or later … but why can't I know it earlier? I'm about to touch it … Dashiu, can you hear me? It seems that someone is calling me! "
"Who?"
"Voice, I heard the voice … It's the Holy Sage! The Holy Sage must be talking to me! "The girl became more excited," The Holy Sage heard my prayer! The Holy Sage allowed it! Great! "
She reached out her hand as if she was going to pick a ripe fruit hanging from the tree!
She was about to touch it!
At this moment, the girl lost her footing and fell down from the upper part of the statue … the fruit was moving away from her rapidly.
"Remia!"
The boy's horrified yell sounded in the main hall … At the same time, the gem on the statue emitted dazzling light.
Instantly, grayish-white flames filled the entire main hall — the Freedom Holy Palace of the village was ablaze.
It was a huge fire that seemed to devour everything.
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"Dashiu, Dashiu —!"
She shouted in horror … Soon, someone held her shoulders and calmed her down — Remia opened her eyes and saw the face of an armored man.
It was Mr. Katz, the armored man.
"Hey, hey! It's okay, it's okay! "Katz released his hands slowly," Do you feel better, Remia? "
"What happened to me?"
The armored man, Mr. Katz, said in a low voice, "You were so tired that you fainted. So we found a place nearby and hid. After all, it's almost night and the monsters are very active at night. Also, I heard from [Z] and [Qingtian] about your heroic deeds! Thank you for saving us! "
Remia curled up and hugged her knees with both hands. She showed an ugly smile, "Actually, I was very scared … and if I could do it again, I probably wouldn't do it again."
Katz and Taromaru looked at each other … Taromaru was holding a can of food that had been heated and placed it in front of Remia.
"By the way, where are [Z] and [Qingtian]? Why aren't they here? "Remia looked around.
It seemed to be a shop … there were no products on the shelves and she couldn't tell what it used to be. Katz got some cabinets and formed a circle.
"Oh, [Qingtian] is feeding [Z] …" Katz was about to say something.
At this time, the little blue bird suddenly flew to Kaz's head, pecked him a few times, and said loudly, "My stomach is full of me! Didn't you say you would heat up food for me? "
"Can't you do it yourself? Stupid bird! "Katz waved his hand and slapped it.
If the armored man's hand really hit it, the little blue bird would probably die … The little blue bird immediately flew away with a strange cry.
Remia picked up the can of food and smiled, "If you don't mind, let's eat together."
The little blue bird flew to Remia's shoulder and chirped.
"You're too nice!" Katz looked at Remia and muttered, "This bird will be obedient after a few meals!"
Remia just smiled and gently stroked the little blue bird's feathers.
"[Z] and [Qingtian] should be back soon," Taromaru said, "Remia, you should rest for a while."
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Perhaps it was because Taromaru and Kaz had been injured by the Christmas Tree, but they were not in the best of moods. Not long after Remia woke up, the two of them were already snoring loudly.
The little blue bird was also asleep, probably because it was too comfortable being stroked.
[Z] and [Qingtian] weren't back yet … the sound of wind and snow could be heard outside, but it wasn't very loud.
Remia gently put down the little blue bird in her arms and crawled out of the cupboard. She needed to deal with some physiological problems, so it was not good for her to stay here.
Her unsharpened sword had been broken at the station square … [Z] and [Qingtian] didn't seem to have picked it up.
Remia took a piece of wood from the shop and hugged it to her chest. Then, she went deeper into the shop to find a suitable place to relieve herself.
However, the shop didn't seem to have a bathroom — perhaps it was upstairs, but the ceiling had collapsed and blocked the stairs.
She could only go through the back door of the shop to the alley outside … If there was no other way, she could only relieve herself on the spot.
However, it was difficult for women to accept this method.
The alley was abnormally quiet, but at this moment, Remia seemed to see a faint light coming from the back door of the shop next door.
Remia's heart skipped a beat. She gritted her teeth and slowly approached. She seemed to have vaguely heard someone talking.
It sounded like Mr. [Qingtian]'s voice.
It was originally in the shop next door … But why was it here? What did it want to do?
Remia cautiously approached the door and hesitantly opened it a little. She saw that the light was coming from underground.
There was a basement in the shop and the light came from the crack in the basement.
Remia carefully opened the door of the basement a little and peeked in. The basement was not big, and it was very bright. She could see everything in it at a glance.
Remia's gaze froze … she even instinctively covered her mouth with her hand!
She saw [Z]!
However, the [Z] in the basement was like the [Z] she didn't know … because this [Z] wasn't human at all!
In the basement, [Z] was leaning against the wall.
However, [Z]'s chest was open … in the open chest, Remia saw gears, pipes, cylinders … and even a heart made of mechanical parts!
At this time, [Z]'s open chest was connected to two black cables. Mr. [Fairsky] was fiddling with something at the side, and there were more than ten old batteries on the ground.
"You won't be able to hold on for long, [Z]." Mr. [Qingtian] suddenly said, "If you don't leave this place, I don't know if you can wake up again."
[Z] said slowly, "It's fine as long as I can see the sun."
"Then, let's go to a place with the sun," Mr. [Qingtian] said.
"We can't go now." [Z] shook his head. "Remia can't walk in the snow for a few days. She will freeze to death."
"We shouldn't have brought her along." Mr. [Qingtian] shook his head. "The current world isn't suitable for humans to live in. You shouldn't have saved her from the start. You saw it too. At that time … what was that sound? "
Mr. [Qingtian] suddenly raised his head and frowned. He jumped out of the basement and walked all the way to the back alley of the shop.
He looked around in confusion. After careful observation, he didn't find anything. He muttered to himself and quickly returned to the shop, closing the door.
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Outside the alley, the girl covered her mouth with both hands … perhaps because of the cold, or perhaps because of fear, her body trembled slightly.
Suddenly, the girl slid down the wall and sat down.
She felt that her pants were drenched and soon froze into ice shards because of the cold.
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"Don't tell Kaz and the others about me." Before entering the shop, [Z] looked at Mr. [Qingtian] and said in a low voice, "This will help maintain everyone's mental state."
"Don't worry, I know what to do." Mr. [Qingtian] nodded.
They entered the shop from the back door and climbed over the circle of cabinets.
Everyone was already sound asleep … [Z] glanced at Remia casually, only to see her curled up in a corner by herself.
[Z] came to Remia's side and looked at her. Then, he reached out and gently pressed Remia's shoulder.
He seemed to have felt a slight tremor.
[Z] took off his jacket and covered Remia's body … He looked at [Qingtian] and said softly, "You should rest too. I'll keep watch."
[Qingtian] didn't refuse. He nodded and squeezed into Taromaru's arms — it was a good source of warmth.
[Z] glanced at Remia and sat down. He took out a book from his pocket. It was the book that he had been reading. With the help of the dim light, he started to flip through the pages.
But soon, as if he thought of something, [Z] took out another book … this was the book that Remia gave him on the train.
[Little Prince].
In the quiet night, other than the sound of sleeping, there was only the sound of pages being flipped … Remia bit her fist, afraid that she would break the silence if she made any noise.
She was still shivering from the cold.
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Figures floated in front of the bed.
The village chief, the priest of the holy temple, and the elders of the village looked at her with concern — they looked at the hope of the village, the Holy Maiden candidate who hadn't appeared in the village for many years.
"Remia! You're finally awake. That's great! " The village chief was excited. "Last night, there was a fire in the holy temple. After we rescued you and your brother, you didn't wake up … what happened? Why did the holy temple catch fire? "
The girl looked at the people around her in a daze.
The village chief, the priest, the elders of the village … they were all these people.
"That's right, Remia. What's going on? Did you all do something to blaspheme the Saints? That's why you're being punished! "
"I …" The girl on the bed shivered when she saw the sharp gazes of the people around her.
She felt cold. She had never felt so cold before.
"Remia?"
"It's … it's Dasu!" The girl on the bed covered her face and cried. "It's Dasu! He wanted me to bring him into the holy temple. He said he only wanted to take a look! I said no, but he … I'm sorry, I should've stopped him! I should've stopped him from touching the statue's gem … I'm sorry! "
The people around the bed frowned and looked at the priest of the holy temple.
The priest held up a crystal ball in his hand. After a moment of silence, he said slowly, "Revelation from the Holy Maiden … Remia didn't lie."
Didn't … lie.
The girl's face, which was hidden by her hands, became dazed.
I … didn't lie?
Yes.
I didn't lie.
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