Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Four

I turned around and saw D.To be precise, when I opened my eyes, he was staring down at me with a concerned expression, and I was lying limp in his arms. I wanted to ask him "Why are you here", but I couldn't say it, because the first thing I did after regaining consciousness was suffocation. It's an amazing feeling, I mean, you know you're alive but you can't breathe because something's stuck in my throat.I sat up and coughed like hell and finally got the nasty little thing out of the back of my throat. That's a pip. A very complex core. It is burnt brown all over, flat in shape, round at one end and pointed at the other, like a large burnt almond, but its surface is covered with crooked ravines like a walnut.At first glance, these ravines are just thin lines, but if you look closely, you will find that all the straight and thin line segments are actually three-dimensional spirals.They twisted and intertwined in a way that I could not comprehend, forming the entire surface of the core.They make me dizzy.

I was forced to turn my eyes away and look at D in front of me.At the same time he was looking at me. "What happened?" he asked me. I raised my head and saw Xiao S and Emily behind him, the two standing here unscathed, plus him, the three people were calm and relaxed, just like when we parted at the hotel; but I went through a long distance Trek, muddy, skirt and socks all torn.During my journey, I not only saw Vera and confirmed her curse on me, but also was instigated by the goblins to eat a fruit that was not known to be poisonous, and finally choked on the core and almost died.

And D, my legal husband, my lover who has been in love with me for six hundred years, my soul destination, my soul mate, just asked me "what happened" in an understatement?Isn't it obvious what happened?Didn't he notice my embarrassment?His attitude overwhelmed the joy of getting out of danger and being reunited (not to mention we were arguing when we were apart), and to be honest, I wasn't very happy to see him.No one would be happy in my shoes. "What did you eat?" He stared at the freshly spat out fruit core in my hand, and asked a more obvious question. "Fairy's fruit." I answered him hoarsely.

"Where did it come from?" "At the market." I stretched out my hand and pointed behind me.Because my position has not changed, I can still see the hills and forests in the distance over his shoulder. Although I lost consciousness, I don't think any teleportation happened again during this period.I'm still on the grass where I was, in the goblin's bazaar.But there is a difference. I suddenly realized that since I opened my eyes, everything around me has been too quiet.I can't hear the cries of the goblins, they can't hear their long queues, and they can't hear those cooing pigeon-like laughter and cat-like purring.I can't smell mulled wine or roast meat, and there's no fruit in the air.I turned my head in surprise and saw that the direction of my finger was empty.

"Market? Where is there a market?" Emily leaned over her head, her eyes widened inexplicably.But she can't see anything like a blind person. It's a pity that now I have become blind and deaf like her.Along the direction of my finger, there is only a moss-covered valley, and the cool river flows slowly not far from my feet.There are no goblins there, let alone the smoky market.No one is selling fruit along the street, not only that, even the houses they built with sheds, the big crocks for boiling wine, the iron forks for roasting meat, and the heavy golden plates full of fruits are all gone. It just evaporated directly from the air without leaving any traces.

I turned my head in panic and looked at D, hoping to get some comfort from him. "You saw the goblin?" he asked in surprise. I nodded desperately, "They were there just now, there was a large crowd and the whole market, but I can't see anything now. Am I blind?" When I heard my own voice, I realized that I asked What a stupid question, since I can see D clearly now, of course my eyesight is fine. The goblin in question.Because D next told me: "Very few people can see them." This answer explained the surprise of the goblins when they first saw me, but I was still baffled. "Then why do I see them?" I pressed.

"As I said, here, you will find yourself suddenly possessing many wonderful abilities." D said to me. "But I can't see them now!" I frowned. "Maybe they're gone." D shrugged. "With the whole market?" I don't believe it. "If necessary, it's easy for them to move the whole city." D smiled slightly, "So, you ate their fruit?" My face was a little red. Although the goblins forced me to eat it at first, if the fruit itself was not so delicious, I don't think I would have let the fruit core get stuck in my throat.

"You're lucky," said D. "The goblin fruit is deadly to humans." "All of them?" I asked back.Are even those seemingly normal apples and oranges poisonous?What else is there to choose?I frowned and thought - and since they're deadly to humans, what does he mean by that - should I be glad I'm not human?This makes me uncomfortable. "All of them." D nodded, "The shape of the fruit is just an illusion used by goblins to confuse travelers. Including the market you saw." He said, "There may be no market here at all." "you do not believe me?"

"Of course I believe you. What I mean is, don't get used to relying on vision, because vision is the most easily confused of all senses. In many cases, what you see with your own eyes may not represent the truth." I stare at him.I remember the masker said the same thing to me, he taught me to use other senses to make judgments.But what great judgment can I make now, D is here, standing in front of me condescendingly and calmly.And I was that gray-faced Cinderella crawling out of the coal pile, knowing nothing but screwing up, and needing his care and help everywhere.I suddenly remembered the moment before we parted, when I stumbled and fell out of the hotel, he didn't come out to chase me.

"The door was closed after you entered." D sighed, "When I opened it again, I saw a completely different room in front of me, and the 'exit' was gone." "Then, Siegfried found another 'exit' for us." Emily interrupted suddenly, with pride in her voice. "I'm just lucky." Xiao S quickly added. "We were really lucky," D nodded to him, and continued, "Because we saw you not long after we walked out." He took my hand, "Now it's your turn, Odell. Tell me what happens when I'm not around you."