Chapter 8 Chapter VII

I have fantasized about ten thousand possibilities about how D and I met. Because he once told me that this is my home.He said I used to live here.So I started fantasizing again, I forced Murphys to let me enter his dream, his memories, I was full of 120,000 expectations in his past events, looking forward to the day when we finally meet. I even naively wondered if this was the reason why he came to the Demon Space six hundred years ago.For our first fateful encounter. Unfortunately, everything backfired.Big mistake.It's a thousand miles away.I opened my mouth wide and watched in horror as the point of the red-hot sword fell straight down and touched D's lapel. The hot temperature scalded the fabric on his chest.

"No—" I couldn't bear to watch any more, and screamed with all my strength. Echoes echoed all around.Cold, empty, no, I can't stay here! When I came back again, I saw the sharp sword resting on the skin of D's chest.There's a fresh dragon-shaped imprint in there. That's the mark of a member of the Dragon Knights. But the sword tip stopped falling not because of this brand.The point of the sword stopped falling because of me. D and the girl looked at each other.They didn't see me, but I'm sure they heard me. I'm not in the same space as them.Also more will not happen at the same time.What Murphys showed me was D's dream, his memories of six hundred years ago.There could never have been any interaction between us.

I'm not sure exactly what just happened. The tip of the sword hesitated for only a second. D quickly rolled away to one side, jumped up and grabbed his sword tightly. "If you are also a demon, then my mission is to kill you!" His hat was on fire, his beautiful brocade cloak was completely burned, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were disheveled, and he pointed his sword at the opponent and said loudly. There was such an element of uncertainty in his voice.The frail girl in front of her looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, but could she be the accomplice of that terrifying monster just now?Could she be a demon?He couldn't believe it.

But the face of the girl in black was equally astonished.She turned her head and listened quietly for a while in the raging flames, frowning slightly, as if she had fallen into some kind of contemplation. "Did you hear that voice?" she finally asked. D froze.He had expected a duel to the death, and he was ready to shed blood for his sacred beliefs.But his opponent dropped his sword. "What sound?" he answered involuntarily. "A girl's voice." The girl in black raised the corners of her lips slightly, "Is it your little lover?" D looked at her blankly. "I have no lover," he replied.

The girl smiled.Her smile was sweet and seductive, which formed a great contrast with the terrifying Shura field bursting with flames in the cave behind her. "Since you killed my spider, brave dragon knight, you shall be my spider." D wants to refute.He was surprised to find himself tempted to retort that it was his companion, Karel, who had killed the monster, and not him.He didn't understand what the other party meant.But he liked the word "brave" used by girls.He pondered countless ridiculous hypotheses in his mind, but none of them could explain his current situation.

He vaguely remembered that the other party wanted to kill him.But the girl had dropped her sword now.As a noble knight, he cannot unilaterally provoke a fight if the opponent does not draw his sword.Of course, he couldn't convince himself to draw his sword to a weak girl—even though the other party might be a demon, and it was probably something he couldn't even imagine in his worst nightmare, and other members of the knight order would never encounter it in their entire lives A mortal enemy at the level of a demon king, but no matter what, the opponent now looks like a little girl with a pretty face.

The flames raged.The interior of the cave has become a sea of ​​flames. D hurriedly extinguished the flames on his body, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.He and the girl in black stood face to face in the only area in the cave where the flames had not yet spread, but according to the surrounding situation, soon, within two minutes at most, this place would also be engulfed by the cruel fire. The other party stretched out a small white and soft hand. D looked at the hand inexplicably, and then at the girl.He wasn't sure what the other party meant. "It's so boring here," said the girl, "Let's get out!"

D stares at her in disbelief.Then he suddenly realized that the other party was not as afraid of flames as he was. "You mean..." He tentatively opened his mouth, even though he didn't want to say that word at all, "You plan to... save me?" "The barbecue dragon knight is not delicious." The girl blinked and made a face, but D was not sure if the other party was joking. "Are you going out with me?" the girl asked again. D hesitated and took the other's little hand. He watched in amazement as the raging flames retreated rapidly around them as if cowering.As if the merciful God sent a miracle to help Moses and the Israelites part the Red Sea, the girl led him out of Egypt from the exposed stone ground.

He lay on the soft, thick grass panting heavily.The luxuriant branches and leaves above the head are like emerald green canopies, and a cool and comfortable breeze blows from the forest.Insects and ants rustled in the grass, and birds chirped on the branches.If it weren't for the deep pain caused by the scars all over his body, he almost thought that what happened in the cave was just a dream.Maybe God just made a bad joke with him, maybe his companions Karel and Barcelona are still waiting for him somewhere here, maybe all of this is just a false illusion. Until he habitually rubbed the mark on his finger left by wearing the ring all the year round.

His ring is gone.Snatched by evil and greedy goblins. An intense sense of loss and regret gripped his heart.He stared blankly into the distance and let out a long sigh. The girl in black sat on a stump beside her, resting her chin on her hand, watching him with interest. "How can I find the little elf?" He glanced at the other party and asked unconsciously. "Can't you see them?" the girl asked in surprise. D looks at her suspiciously. "There is an old song among us," said the girl. "Listen carefully, for that is how you see them." She stood up from the stump, but strangely stood on one foot.Then she stretched out her right hand and curled her index finger into a small ring on the inside of her thumb.She gestured to D to do the same.

D got up from the ground, although he was full of worries, he still followed the other party's example. Next the girl squinted and looked out of the ring with one eye.She read: From within the ring, he was startled to see a change in the light around him.It seems that the invisible dark clouds above the head have faded away. At this moment, the clouds are clearing and the moon is bright, and everything around begins to become clear and bright.He saw the goblin with the beard and the goatee, cowering and watching them from behind an oak tree. "Give me back my ring!" D shouted and chased after him. The goblin trembled.He glanced at D, and then at the girl behind D, as if he had been petrified. "Give him back the ring and you can go," said the girl. The goblin dropped the ring, then disappeared into the ground in an instant. "Why did you let him go!" Picking up the ring, D jumped angrily and roared, "He set a trap and killed my two companions!" "It was my 'spider' who killed them." The girl said calmly, "You should blame me for this." D turned immediately and pointed his sword at her again, his arm shaking. The girl smiled again. "But you're not going to kill me, are you, Dragon Knight?" She blinked at him, his big, black pupils glowing orange-red, "It's a pretty smart decision." She smiled And said, "Because you know you can't beat me."