Chapter 41 Chapter Forty

After Noam finished writing, he rewound the small scroll and tied it, and handed it to D as a treasure. But D didn't answer.He pouted at me. The dwarf gave me a distrustful look, then looked back at D, hesitated for a moment, but finally handed me the scroll. "It can't be opened until the last moment." He told me again with disbelieving eyes. He doesn't trust me, but I don't trust him even more.Frowning, I took the scroll, put it in my bag, and put it with the mask D gave me earlier.I deeply doubt it will actually work.Not just this little scroll, but also that mask.

"Then, what else can I do for you?" Noam completely changed his attitude at this moment. He clasped his hands and looked at D eagerly, as if he was facing a king who ruled the world. "We need you to show us the direction." D said clearly, "How to find the other three elves." "This is the domain of the earth elves, and we generally call it the 'Field of Joy'." Noam replied immediately, "The water elves live in the 'land under the waves', and the wind elves live in the 'land of evergreens'." "Do you have a map?" Emily interrupted suddenly.

The other party looked at her with surprise on his face, as if he had heard the most incredible words in the world. "How can we find it without a map?" Emily pursed her lips and continued to mutter dissatisfiedly. Norm's mouth opened even wider. "I think..." Xiao S pondered for a moment, then he said, "Maybe there is no map here." "How could there be no map?" Emily asked inexplicably, "The earth is round, so it can be represented by a plane." "That's the problem," Little S scratched his head, "This place may not be round."

"It's not round, is it square?" Emily frowned. "It's possible, but it may also have no shape at all." Little S glanced at D again, as if seeking the other party's approval, "You forgot." He said, "Actually, all the places here are connected by different 'portals' , completely omitting the intermediate distance, as if we could enter the plains and forests directly from a window of the hotel. By the way, these 'portals' function like the bridges of Venice." My heart skipped a beat, the metaphor of Venice is excellent.Maps are not practical in Venice, no one uses a map in Venice.Because all the roads there are connected by bridges, no map can show them all. "The fog is the bridge." I remembered the head's words.For some reason, at this moment, I suddenly and somehow miss it.

"That's right." At this time D finally said, "There is a reason why we met in Venice before. Venice was built on sandy soil. It was once the most glorious and powerful republic in the world. The geographical environment is unique and has extraordinary charm in itself. For example, all the cities in our world are similar, but Venice is different from any city. Its wonderfulness can only find resonance in another world.” It occurred to me that when D was explaining the purpose of the mask to me earlier, he had mentioned Mardi Gras.The "world's only" mask shop is located in Venice.Mr. Mario, who made the mask, is of course also a Venetian.Everything originated in Venice.How many secrets are still buried in this ancient and beautiful water city that I don't know?

When I was thinking like this, Xiao S suddenly asked: "You mean, Venice can be regarded as a 'transit station' connecting our world and the devil world?" "I didn't say anything." D shook his head, revealing a secretive smile. "By the way, you just mentioned water elves and wind elves, and a fire elf, where does he live?" Emily seemed to remember something, and she directly avoided Venice (maybe she didn't hear D or didn’t understand), just kept asking the dwarf’s previous question. "I don't know," Norm said hesitantly. "Liar! How could you not know?" Emily raised her voice.

"I didn't lie to you." Noam rubbed his red nose and repeated confidently, "I really don't know." The four of us looked at the dwarf with four pairs of eyes, only to hear him say , "I've never seen him. I don't know where he lives. I haven't been to fields, waves, and beyond the sky. I don't even know if he exists." "Everything in the world is composed of four elements, and fire elves must exist." D said. "That's true in theory." Norm nodded in agreement, "but I've never actually seen him, or any of the elves from the Fire Nation. If they exist, they live in a In the 'Invisible Kingdom'." He blew his nose, shrugged his narrow shoulders, and looked at us pitifully.

"Then with the two you know, is the water elf closer to us, or the wind elf?" Emily asked again first. Norm stared at her again with wide eyes. "She means, which place is more convenient for us to go from here." Little S hurriedly smoothed things over. "Of course it's 'The Kingdom Under the Waves'." The dwarf understood, and he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "Here, just walk out of this forest." "So close?" Emily said with joy on her face. Norm stared at her. "What she meant was..." Little S was interrupted by Noam just as he spoke.

"Forget it, I'll walk with you." The dwarf sighed deeply, showing a compassionate expression.Of course, this emoji is mainly aimed at Emily. "Then I'll trouble you," D said. "Where is there, it is an honor for our earth elves to contribute a little bit to a big man like you." Noam immediately changed his expression, he spoke humbly, bowed exaggeratedly to us, and then took the lead Step out of the forest. Little S followed immediately, and D took my hand and walked behind. The water vapor at night was heavier, like the night we were in Venice, but the surroundings were not so dark.There is not a single lamp here, and there is no moon or any stars above the head, just thick cumulonimbus clouds layer upon layer, sifting through a little bit of twilight from nowhere, faintly illuminating the endless forest and the sky below. wilderness.

There are a few wisps of white mist floating in the forest, lingering around us like soft clouds.Then the fog thickened.I stepped carefully on the slippery grass under my feet. There was a ticking sound above my head. I looked up and saw water droplets dripping from the wet leaves.But when I changed the focal length and looked back, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, all the surrounding scenery instantly blurred into an opaque white.There was a white mist in front of me, and I could barely distinguish the figures of my fellow travelers. I could only see a short distance in front of me. D's trousers were soaked in mud, covered with grass blades and moss just like me.

"This is the border of the forest, I can't go any further." I heard Norm's voice vaguely in the mist.But I can't see him.I can't see Little S and Emily either. Fortunately I can hear them.I heard an accelerated breathing rate in the front left, with obvious excitement and impatience, it must be Xiao S who is eager to discover new things; and the nervous and hesitant breathing sound beside him must come from the person who has been frightened Emily. D wasn't breathing, but I could feel him because he was next to me, and he was standing closest to me holding my hand. "This is your boat," continued the invisible dwarf deep in the fog, "don't stay on the water, don't stop for a moment, row to the very center of the lake, where you will find water Fairy Undine. Good luck."