"Then, let's begin the blessing." Liliana cheerfully clapped her hands, instantly attracting everyone's attention. She circled around the two cribs again and again, attracting our curiosity. Then, she stood still and scratched the back of her head as she muttered, "Speaking of which, how exactly does a blessing work?"
"Jingle doesn't know either …"
The little goddess sitting on top of her head also shook her head in confusion.
"Eh? I remember that the goddess gave me a few pamphlets about religious rituals … "
"Jingle bought them during the bookstore's sale. She didn't know what they were for, but she bought them because they were cheap. Then, she gave them to you. But Liliana, didn't you write a lot of pamphlets too? They're all about religious rituals … "
Liliana scratched her head and almost scratched her goddess off her head. "Damn, who remembers those things? Otherwise, why would I keep publishing new versions of the Holy Bible? Doesn't that mean I forgot the old ones?"
Jingle instantly exclaimed, "Wow! What exactly is Jingle's doctrine! "
"Uh, that is indeed a problem."
"… Should we go ask a heroic spirit? They should know about Jingle's doctrine, right? "
"Yep, when the time comes, we'll just say, 'Excuse me, who am I?'"
"Jingle thinks it's doable."
Liliana: "That sucks …"
Everyone was dumbfounded by this point. When Lina had excitedly rushed up to embarrass herself, I'd thought she was going to ruin things, but I'd never imagined that she and Dingdang would work together to create such a mess. It was rare to see such an unreliable God and Divine Priest, and yet they'd decided to discuss their own teachings at the last minute. That wasn't scary, what was even scarier was the fact that they hadn't come to a conclusion after their discussion!
Jingle crossed her arms and sat upright on top of Liliana's head. She had a serious expression as she thought about the first doctrine of her doctrine. But I felt that this little thing didn't seem to have any doctrine at all. Even though Liliana had written countless bibles for her, Jingle didn't even know what those bibles looked like. Yep, from the looks of it, even Liliana didn't know what those bibles looked like. The two completely unreliable master and servant discussed in whispers for several minutes. In the end, it was Liliana who made the decisive decision. She clapped her hands and ran to the baby's bed. "How about I give them a lucky pearl each? I personally blessed them."
Hearing this, the few of us couldn't bear to watch and quickly left the scene. We couldn't stay here any longer. As time went on, we didn't know to what extent the two little ones were prepared to throw people away!
After the newborns' baptism ceremony, there was a large-scale celebration in Monster Town. Many monsters took out their hand-made gadgets. The larger ones were sold, and the smaller ones were given to their relatives and friends. The streets and alleys were filled with colorful and joyous non-human creatures. Occasionally, there were a few humans who dressed up like humans. I led a group of girls in the lively and festive Monster Town. I suddenly felt that this was the reason why these monsters had volunteered to help with the baptism ceremony. They felt that they had found another reason to be lively.
After chatting with a few monsters, my conjecture was basically confirmed.
Of course, I also inquired about why the Atlanteans had such a good relationship with these monsters. I was very interested in this question because the Atlanteans were actually a race that was particularly difficult to get along with other races. This was even more serious than the citizens of the Pan-Galactic Civilization Community who were known to have low EQ. This sounded unexpected, but it was also reasonable. The Atlanteans were a race that was almost artificially bred by the Old Empire. Therefore, they believed that they were creatures created by God. They regarded the Shiring Apostles as the creator God, so they had a subconscious sense of pride about their identity. This was not a disgusting arrogance, but it had become a small obstacle when they communicated with ordinary races. They were always used to correcting the words and deeds of other ordinary races with the identity of God's servants, especially when the other party didn't show enough respect to the Shiring Apostles. They had a particularly obvious common thought, and that was, you can choose not to believe in my God, but if you speak ill of my God, I will fight you to the death. People with this kind of character would more or less be a little troublesome when communicating with the outside world. The second point was because of the Atlanteans' inflexible and strict religious life, which also made other races stay away from them. They had a strict religious class. Every member of the race was born with two identities: believers and warriors. Then, on the basis of these two identities, they followed the absolutely unquestionable "Olympus Ladder" class system. They had strict precepts that revolved around the belief in the Schilling Civilization. Every member had to strictly abide by the religious regulations passed down since ancient times. They also had a rigid mind that was difficult to change. Any Atlantean would maintain their own religious habits as the greatest meaning of life. Other than the will of the "Great God," they rejected any outsiders to criticize their living habits and way of speaking, let alone make any changes. Ares called the Shiring Apostles "Great God," called the highly radioactive water filled with psionic energy as holy water, and called the frightening biochemical modification surgery as "Divine Gift." These ideas and statements were almost unreasonable in the eyes of ordinary races, but the Atlanteans were happy to maintain these statements for another 700,000 years.
Of course, the most important reason that made it difficult for the Atlanteans to communicate with other races was their height … To be fair, I really felt that it was very stressful to talk to a humanoid creature that was almost two or three times my size. Every time I talked to Ares, I could feel the feeling of looking at the world from Pandora's point of view. When I talked to Zeus, it was even more serious, as I became Jingle's point of view … That's why when the people from the Zenith Star came to visit the City of Shadows, they had to prepare their own small bodies. Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to afford the ticket.
As I thought about it, I realized that I had gone off topic again.
"Why are the monsters so familiar with the Atlanteans?" Lin Xue accompanied me on the festive streets of Monster Town. She said thoughtfully, "Indeed, no matter how you look at it, they shouldn't have a common language. The monsters don't have any rules, and all of them are liberal, undisciplined, and willful. The Atlanteans, on the other hand, are religious fanatics from top to bottom. The entire race lives a life full of strict rules and regulations like monks. However, they still got together. In fact, it was because of fighting."
"Fighting? Could it be that there was a conflict between them? "I was shocked and quickly asked.
Over the past month or so, we had been busy fighting outside. Even Xi Weis had been pulled to the frontline by us. It was as if Lin Xue was helping to look after the Shadow City, so she knew more about the situation here than me. Now that I heard her say that, I was instantly shocked.
Lin Xue rolled her eyes at me, "Don't be so surprised. It's just that drunkard with an ice cream cone on her head who set up a ring. Originally, she wanted to compete with a few Atlantean strongmen in terms of strength, but the ring got bigger and bigger, so she decided to call it the World Martial Arts Competition. It lasted for almost half a month. There were plenty of monsters who liked to find people to spar with, but they were too strong. Usually, they couldn't find an opponent that could fight them to their heart's content. Coincidentally, the Atlanteans were born to fight. After Ares led half of the soldiers to follow you to battle, the remaining soldiers were also bored out of their wits. Thus, the two groups of people joined forces. Do you know why the monsters were scared away when we first arrived? It was because they set up a ring for themselves and were punished by the Town Security several times … …" Lin Xue rolled her eyes at me, "Don't be so surprised, it's just that drunkard with an ice cream cone on her head.
The more I listened, the more surprised I became. On one hand, I thought to myself that this was really a relationship of discord, but on the other hand, I was quite confused. "Town Security? That's half of Ling Meng's territory, she … "
"She just caught her own people to scam. It's not like you don't know about Ling Meng's integrity." Lin Xue spread her hands. "In order to collect more fines, she specifically waited until the last match was about to start before bringing her people over. Who doesn't want to watch the finals? She even paid double the fines …"
I was speechless. "… That girl is so troublesome, why didn't anyone beat her up?"
"Anyway, it's all just playing around. The monsters never care about these things. What they mean is to live and be happy. Do you believe that even if the finals were suddenly changed to Eleanor's friendly performance of breaking a rock on her chest, they would still be happy? Monsters, your values are different. Ling Meng also has this sense of propriety. She has never collected protection fees from the goblins. "
As I listened to Lin Xue tell me about the interesting things that happened in the City of Shadows in the past month, I deeply regretted that I didn't catch up on so many interesting things. I thought to myself, if Shallow Shallow knew what to do, she would probably feel even more regretful and request to host another World Martial Arts Conference on the spot — it's not like she couldn't do such a thing. After sighing, I was a little confused about Lin Xue. "Lass Lin, you seem to be quite familiar with these monsters? Do you usually stay here? "
"Where else can I go?" Lin Xue muttered. "In the City of Shadows, I can read the battle reports from the frontline at any time, but at home, I can only listen to the radio."
Hearing that, I couldn't help but feel touched. It seemed that for the past month or so, Lin Xue had been staying with Avalon in the City of Shadows. It was just like when I was at home, she would hang out with us all day. When I wasn't at home, she would wait for news from the frontline. Even though her prophetic power allowed her to know the situation in the other world at any time, it was obvious that this lass wasn't staying in the City of Shadows for information, but for some kind of security, right?
Just as I was sighing that Lin Xue had such a delicate side to her, she was also as anxious as a young girl waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield. Lin Xue added, "Of course, the most important thing is that I've bet over two hundred dollars on Apollo. I've been waiting here for the finals."
You see, you need a good heart to talk to Lin Xue.
As we walked, we unknowingly left the bustling district. Shallow Shallow and the other girls were attracted by the temple fair atmosphere, and we had no idea where they were now. Jingle's whereabouts were also unknown. We had left her and Liliana on the baptismal platform and escaped by ourselves. Pandora and her sister had been dragged by Big Sis to buy clothes. Today, the two little girls had suffered a huge blow. They had seen a creature that was almost the same size as them when they were born, so Big Sis felt that it was necessary to compensate the two unlucky short melons … In the end, only Lin Xue was still hanging out with me.
Oh, there's one more. There's a naughty little girl sitting on my shoulder.
"Lass, do you have anything that you want? I'll buy it for you. "
I weighed my shoulders and said to Mercury Lamp, who was busy plucking my white hair (first dyed it white, then plucked it out).
"No." Mercury Lamp flung her head, and her long silver hair fluttered in my face. "Boring!"
Then can you not say that while fiercely glancing at the stall selling dolls and pulling my hair with all your might?
Later, I bought a doll that was almost the same size as Mercury Lamp. I didn't know why there were people selling dolls in a monster town, but no matter what, Mercury Lamp was very satisfied with the gift. She lifted the blonde fat girl that was as tall as her up high and looked at her left and right under the sunlight. She completely forgot how noisy she was when she was being lifted up high. Looking at the doll on her shoulder (without a doubt), I felt that it was hilarious: the two of us had already started to communicate.
"I think this doll is uglier than True Red," Mercury Lamp said to me seriously. "But she should be smarter than True Red."
Do you still have a grudge against True Red? Your sister is going to cry if she hears this!
Mercury Lamp excitedly expressed her plans for her new doll on my shoulder. As a doll herself, she had unrealistic plans for this lifeless doll. For example, she planned to let the doll learn linear algebra and organic synthesis theory in the near future. She learned these two terms from the textbooks that I brought home. Even though she didn't understand what they meant, it didn't stop her from making them compulsory subjects for the doll.
"The name sounds awesome. It's probably similar to learning how to write. I'll practice writing Sandora's name, and she'll learn linear algebra next to me."
Mercury Lamp said as she pinched the doll's nose.
Should I be glad that the doll couldn't think? Otherwise, it would have already killed itself.
Just like how I usually strolled around in boredom, I followed my intuition without a destination. Unknowingly, I walked into the depths of the forest with Lin Xue. This was the unique feature of Monster Town: there was no boundary between it and the forest behind it, and it was a mix of urban and rural areas.
When I came back to my senses, I was already in front of the sparkling Fairy Lake.
"Wow, we walked so far without realizing it."
I put Mercury Lamp down from my shoulder and let her walk on her own. Then, I walked with Lin Xue to the shore of the lake.
Usually, there would be heroic spirits gathering, but now it was very quiet. This was because it wasn't time for lunch or lunch break. Most of the heroic spirits had their own part-time jobs in the City of Shadows or were out on a mission. They should be busy outside, leaving Lin Xue and me a quiet space. That's right, a space for the two of us.
Mercury Lamp began to talk to her doll about the maintenance of the titan Mercury Lamp.
I looked at Lin Xue helplessly and whispered, "That's why they say that the child is the third party of a married couple …"
Lin Xue casually picked up a small stone and threw it at me, "Who's married to you? But it's rare for it to be quiet today. How long has it been since we were alone?"
I thought for a while, "It has definitely been a long time. It's not like you don't know how noisy the people at home are usually."
Lin Xue scratched her head, "I seem to be quite noisy too."
"Second only to Shallow Shallow, and basically the same as Liliana."
I answered honestly.
The two of us chatted on and off. It was like this when I was with Lin Xue. It seemed like we didn't have a common topic to talk about, but actually, not having a topic to talk about was our greatest tacit understanding. When I was with Sandora, our hearts would throb. When I was with Shallow Shallow, there would be all kinds of joy. When I was with Lin Xue, we would constantly bicker and both of us would enjoy it. It was strange, but we both enjoyed it.
I sat next to my girlfriend on the quiet shore of Fairy Lake. Behind me was my "daughter" who was hugging a one-meter-tall doll and muttering to herself. I bickered with my girlfriend and occasionally answered some inexplicable questions from the mercury lamp. I felt that this was probably what I wanted in life. My goal of just eating and waiting to die was slightly higher than being the third-in-command of a village business, but it was basically the same as Qian Qian's. In the leisurely atmosphere, our conversation gradually extended without end. Finally, I thought of a question that I was curious about recently.
"By the way, Lin Xue, why didn't you come to help us this time when we were fighting outside?"
I randomly picked up a stone and threw it at the calm lake. I didn't control my strength well and knocked over a Pikachu that was drinking by the lake. The little monster that Jingle created on a whim ran away angrily after flashing its middle finger at me. Lin Xue looked at me strangely, "Why are you asking this?"
"Because I don't think you're the kind of person who can give me peace of mind," I replied.
Lin Xue didn't come to help us with the trouble that was right in front of us? This didn't match her identity as a troublesome amalgamation. Usually, not to mention going to war, she would bring a bunch of people over to watch if I took too long to do anything. But this time, in the Mobrador world, we almost broke the heavens, but she didn't even call me a few times. Was she still my tsundere lady?
Lin Xue lowered her head and pondered for a moment. I didn't expect her to answer my simple question so cautiously. After I couldn't hold back my curiosity and jumped out, she lifted her head and shrugged. She had an indifferent expression on her face, "Because I would die if I went there."
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