Chapter 21 Chapter Two Home

"Father...Father..." Luo Ye's body, face, and hands were covered with blood, and she was still holding the dagger in her hand, standing in the middle of the thieves and screaming, and the thieves blocked her. The line of sight prevented her from seeing Zheng Yang's current situation, so she desperately wanted to rush over, without even looking at the sword that was about to stab at her. "Crack!" Luo Ye heard the ear-piercing sound of her shoulder bone being cut into by a sword, and her last thought when she fell was: So it didn't hurt as much as she imagined...

When the elves appeared on the scene, the entire caravan was almost slaughtered. The thieves were besieging the last few resisters in order not to let go of a living person, while other thieves were piling up corpses and preparing to burn them with the carriage. When a survivor was found in it, he made up a knife. At this time, a robber found that the blood-stained fallen leaves were still wriggling, and he couldn't help but screamed in surprise, probably for these robbers who make a living by killing and stealing goods. The girl had never seen her before. Her ferocious appearance and reckless killing intent left a deep impression on the robbers, making these cruel robbers feel a little scared when they faced her, so when the robber saw her Fallen Ye was still alive, so he immediately swung the ax in his hand and struck her on the head.

With the sound of a feathered arrow piercing through the air, an elf appeared on the top of the tree, and the arrow accurately shot into the throat of the robber holding the axe. The arrow was like a signal, and the elves quickly surrounded him from all sides. Attack the thieves from a distance with bows and arrows and magic. Although the number of robbers is about three times that of these elves, these elves are the elites of Moonlight Mountain's well-trained warriors and magicians. Their opponents, when the elves quickly approached the scene while attacking, the robbers had already suffered heavy casualties under their bows and magic attacks, and the last few survivors gathered together had no fighting spirit at all, and were looking for escape path up.

"Falling leaves, falling leaves!" Jixing Yuanlin was the first to jump into the caravan strewn with corpses, picked up the fallen leaves and used magic to heal her, and kept calling her name.I don't know whether it's Jixing's magic skills or Luoye's strong willpower. Although she was seriously injured, she opened her eyes after a while and asked, "Dad? Where's my father?" Jixing Yuanlin raised his head and looked around, he didn't see Luoye's father among the surviving caravan members, so he shook his head. "Father..." Luo Ye let out a shrill cry. While screaming, she pushed Ji Xing away and rushed towards the corpses.

A few minutes later, with the help of the elves, Luo Ye finally lifted Zheng Yang out from under the corpse. Among those who were regarded as corpses by the thieves, there were indeed several who could be cured. The elf magicians were busy helping them heal However, Zhengyang did not get such luck. Although Jixing Yuanlin tried his best, he finally failed to restore his breathing. "Dad! Dad!" Luo Ye screamed like crazy one after another, and the elves around her couldn't imagine that this thin child could make such a hysterical sound.Jixing Yuanlin stood up and sighed, and now she can only make her cry.

The ashes of the victims were all incinerated, and they were put together with the goods left by them that were not taken away, waiting for their relatives to claim them. However, everyone has suffered misfortune, and the fact that the goods are preserved intact may not bring much to the relatives. comfort.The surviving merchants took on the task of waiting for the relatives of the victims in the hotel, and the elves simply assisted them to make a handover with the officials here, ensuring that the goods could be returned to the survivors in their entirety and would not be confiscated by the officials. Said to leave.During this period, Jixing Yuanlin has been honestly staying by Luoye's side. If his true identity is known by the authorities, it will definitely cause a sensation and riot, and if he is asked to dress up as an ordinary elf warrior, he really doesn't like it. , in order not to cause more trouble to his subordinates, he has not talked to humans, and only quietly followed the fallen leaves.

Fallen leaves didn't speak either.It's like becoming dumb after a lot of crying.She was holding Zhengyang's ashes and sitting on the cargo pile that belonged to Zhengyang, and no one could persuade her to get down.Zhengyang has a wife and four sons in his hometown. His eldest son is already sixteen years old and should be able to come to pick up his father's ashes and relics and this half-sister, so she must wait until she sees The half-brother who had never met before. The elves who had dealt with everything gathered at the door, and Luo Ye stared blankly at them as they walked past her. "Luo Ye, I'm leaving." Ji Xing whispered to her.

Luo Ye stared at him with black and white eyes, neither expression nor words on his face. "Luoye, your brother and family will definitely like you." Jixing didn't know how to comfort her, and said clumsily, "You will definitely like your new home." Luo Ye still doesn't speak, she doesn't care where her new home is, and she doesn't care whether her so-called brother or mother likes her. There are already too many people who don't like her in her life, she has long been used to such things, she only cares about those who like her People, people who treat her well, and such people are only Dad and Jixing.The past few days are like a dream, maybe it is not real at all, maybe I wake up in the small attic of my biological mother, have a father who loves me and know the elf is just my dream.In fact, this is also good, I can remember the most beautiful dream in my mind, and at the end of the dream, forget about those tragedies, so that my father will not die.She thought like this, repeatedly waiting for the dream to wake up, waiting for the woman's shrill voice to sound downstairs.

"Luoye, if your family can't accept you, I will find a way to take care of you, don't worry, okay?" Xing's voice was still ringing softly in her ears, but Luo Ye didn't want to hear it, it wasn't what she wanted to hear, she wanted to hear a voice that could wake her up from this dream. "Falling leaves..." "King," an elf came to Jixing and said in a low voice, "human officials are coming soon, shall we leave now?" "I see." Ji Xing agreed, but couldn't take his eyes off Luo Ye. Her father encountered misfortune before he could bring this illegitimate daughter home. His wife and children could really suffer the loss. Should the husband and father accept this child of unknown origin in the time of grief?Will they pass their resentment onto this child because of their grief?Even if he reluctantly accepts her, what about her future life?Will it fall into misfortune again?

"King." The elves, who sensed a bad omen in his eyes, whispered in unison. Ji Xing ignored them and stepped forward to pick up the fallen leaf: "Luoye, don't be afraid, I will send you back in person. If the family members don't accept you, I will take you away immediately." Although Xing didn't know how to drive a carriage at all, the four horses pulling the carriage obediently followed behind him and Luoye. Such a strange team composed of an elf man, a human little girl and two carriages full of goods was on the road. Moving slowly.Zhengyang's hometown is in a remote county in the country of Huoyou. After entering the territory of Huoyou country, he had to walk for more than ten days. Xing coaxed, deceived and ordered the elves back to Moonlight Mountain, and walked all the way with fallen leaves. down.

Luo Ye remained silent and looked confused, as if she hadn't figured out where she was yet. Xing couldn't help but feel that this child's character was too persistent. Life may not be a good thing.Xing looked at the road ahead and sighed. At present, it seems that Luoye's future life will depend more on the attitude of her family members who have never masked her face. Asking questions along the way, turning around the foot of the mountain, Xinghe Luoye finally saw the house by the river.The reason why he was able to recognize it from the row of similar-looking houses was because he could see the man who looked very similar to Masahiro standing in front of the door and watching from a distance.He saw Xing and Luoye running into the courtyard from afar, and rushed out after a while to meet them.This man who resembles Zhengyang is at most a teenager, about fifteen or six years old, with a slender figure, a tired and deeply sad face, and he can guess who he is without asking Xing and Luoye. "I'm Yuanzhi Hong, thank you for sending my father and...my sister back. I, the eldest son, should have picked them up." His voice was a little hoarse, and after bowing deeply to Xing, he stared at the fallen leaves and then Sighing, he reached out to take the reins of the carriage and led them into the house. Zhengyang's family belongs to a middle-class family, with a small courtyard and a small three-story building, and everything is kept clean.A woman in black mourning was standing at the door of the house. She was originally a plump and cheerful woman, but unfortunately, she has carved clear marks on her face. Sadness and emaciation completely occupied the face that was always ruddy and smiling.She watched Xing and Luoye come in, looked at the ashes that Luoye was holding tightly in her hand all the time, suddenly let out a wailing cry, hugged Luoye and the ashes together into her arms, and burst into tears, first non-stop Calling Zhengyang's name, and then kissing the fallen leaves vigorously: "Poor child, poor child..." In this family, except for the mistress and the young boy who has to assume the position of head of the family, the other three boys are all younger than Luoye, the older boy is one year younger than Luoye, his throat is already hoarse and he is still following. The mother kept crying, and the other pair of twins were only seven or eight years old. They still couldn't understand what major changes had happened in their lives. They just opened their eyes wide and hid behind the door to watch the strangers and mother coming and going at home. , Brothers abnormal. After Zhengyang's ashes and relics entered the door, there were waves of heartbroken cries. Only Luoye stood there blankly, letting her "mother" hug her, unable to shed a single tear.The ashes were still tightly held in her arms, and the boy couldn't take it away from her after several attempts.In this strange family, among strange relatives and strange hugs, the only thing Luo Ye can care about is her father's ashes in her hands. Because of her too much force, the joints of her fingers are turning white, and the ashes of the urn are crushed to death. Hold it to your chest. "Luo Ye, give your father's ashes to your brother, now he is the head of the family." Xing squatted beside her and whispered. Luo Ye blankly looked at the person in front of her. "Poor child, let go, you're already home." The hostess sobbed and kissed the forehead of the fallen leaves.When she received a letter from her husband, saying that she would bring such a child back, even though polygamy is a custom in Huoyou Country, this woman who loved her husband couldn't help feeling resentful, and there were several times when she felt resentful towards this old man. The anger of the unmasked child.But now she can't hate the child in front of her.This child is so helpless, she can only hug the ashes tightly, as if that is the only thing she can rely on, if she and this family do not accept her, then she will lose everything.Although I lost my beloved husband, I still want to live on, for this family, for the children, including the child who just walked into the house in front of me. They are all their own children, and only these children are left in their future... Fallen Leaf was confused by the warm kiss, she let go of the urn and the young man took it over, she reached out to snatch it back, but was hugged even harder by those warm arms. The woman hugged the fallen leaves with one arm and hugged her eldest son with the other, kissing them and her husband's ashes, and murmured: "I only have you left, only you are left. I'm leaving you..." Luo Ye blankly opened her mouth as if wanting to say something, but only uttered a groan, and then her body collapsed, Xing hurried over to take her from the woman's hands, checked her and said: "She is too tired, these few days She barely ate or closed her eyes that day." Luo Ye was wearing an ill-fitting black mourning dress, standing at the nearest place to the tomb, staring blankly at the soil being filled in one shovel after another.A woman who didn't know what kind of relative came over and took the little girl who didn't know etiquette in front of the elders to the side, and Luo Ye followed her, allowing her to place herself among the people attending the funeral. middle. She has been silent for the past few days, letting others arrange her every move without any resistance.Most of the relatives and friends in the family felt that the girl had been greatly stimulated, and maybe her spirit was a little abnormal. This made Luoye get deep sympathy from some people, but others thought that the girl who had just lost The mainstay family really shouldn't have to bear such an unexplained burden. They even secretly persuaded Zhengyang's wife to send the child away as soon as the funeral was over. Some of these words reached Luo Ye's ears, but she didn't care. Her father is gone, and it doesn't matter to her whether she stays in the family or not. The "mother" who had never met before, those brothers who were connected by blood, and that bunch of relatives who came suddenly, these were not important to her at all. Maybe she will be left behind, maybe Xing will take her away, maybe she will be sent to a temple or some other place that will take orphans, it doesn't matter to her. It is always raining in Huoyou Country in this season, even when there is a brief stop like now, the sky is still cloudy, and the air is so humid and sticky that one feels almost suffocating. Jixing Yuanlin has been standing under a tree at the end of the cemetery watching the funeral.At first, he only planned to send Luoye back. Seeing the situation of the family at that time, he decided to wait for Luoye to wake up before leaving. After Luoye woke up, he was in such a state of mind, and he decided to wait for her to calm down... Before I knew it, six days had passed. He is now in a deep self-blame, but he still has no way to leave the fallen leaves and walk away.When he saw that the funeral was over and a woman walked towards Zhengyang's wife, stroking the fallen leaf's shoulder and saying something, he made up his mind and walked over quickly. Hearing the words of this distant relative, Zhengyang's wife shook her head resolutely. "But Lisa, you have to think about the current situation of your family..." The woman was still trying to persuade her, "And this child didn't even shed a single tear for Zheng Yang, she might not be the daughter of her cousin at all. She doesn't care whether she stays in this family or not, sending her away is good for both parties, isn't it?" She actually said that in front of the child, as if Luo Ye was not a person with feelings, a burst of anger burst out of Xing's chest, and when he was about to rush over to announce that he would take Luo Ye away, the girl named Lisa The woman let out a louder roar: "No! She is our daughter! She is my daughter!" As she spoke, as if to express her determination, she held down the fallen leaves with one hand and took the leaves with the other. For the twin sons, he looked around at the relatives present. In the days since the news of Zhengyang's death came, she had listened to too many similar suggestions.Targeting defoliation is the most of them, but not the only ones.There are also people who are suggesting to adopt her two young sons; buying Zhengyang's business with a sum of money and sending their mother and son to the countryside; Some of them really have good intentions. After all, Zhengyang was not a big businessman during his lifetime. Apart from his wife, children and that house, his wealth is almost all of the goods brought back by Youshi and Luoye. His death will indeed The lives of his wife and children were in trouble in a short period of time.Everyone is worried about how Lisa, a woman and her eldest son who has just turned sixteen, can afford the life of the family. Lisa beckoned to the eldest son, and Yuanzhi immediately led another younger brother to his mother, listening to his mother's loud voice with a serious face: "Although my husband passed away, now my son Yuanzhi Hong is the head of the family." Lord, he will inherit his father's business and bear the livelihood of the family. And I, now Lisa Hong. I also declare here that I will never give up any of my husband's children, and I will let them all grow up healthy until they can leave the family and live an independent life." Ji Xing looked at the woman in front of him, and he couldn't speak out the resolution he had already made. Three days had passed since Zhengyang's funeral, and Luo Ye's life seemed to have settled down. Mrs. Lisa arranged a small bedroom for her to live in alone. Luoye sat in this small room all day in a daze. If no one called her, she would not take a step. If no one talked to her, she would Just never speak.After the funeral, the twins fell ill one after another, and Mrs. Lisa's body was also very weak due to grief and fatigue. While supporting her body to take care of her family and sick children, she could only temporarily ignore the quiet way of life. One does not feel the fallen leaves of its existence.Luoye herself lacks the enthusiasm to approach strange relatives and unfamiliar environments, she is used to being silent and alone. Xing hasn't left yet, but he has been busy helping the family negotiate with the authorities regarding Yuanzhi Hong's inheritance of the firm, and rarely comes to Luoye these days. There was a knock at the door. The fallen leaves sitting by the window did not move. Only her elder brother, Zhengyang's second son Yuanli, would come to her room at this time.This child is active and not afraid of strangers. He is full of curiosity about Luo Ye, the elder sister who appeared suddenly. He often takes the initiative to get close to her, and pesters her to tell some exotic customs.Luo Ye didn't look up, she knew that if she didn't say please come in, that child would also run in. The sound of footsteps came gradually behind her, but what Luo Ye saw when she turned her head was not the boy, but her elder brother Yuan Zhi. "Ah, it's you." Luo Ye stood up uneasy and saluted. This was the first time she met her elder brother face to face after she came to this family, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.Yuan Zhi gives the impression of being taciturn and it is difficult to see what he is thinking, which is very similar to Luo Ye.But these days, he neither accepted nor disliked Luoye, and he couldn't see how he viewed this younger sister at all.In the past few days, Luoye has accepted "father's family" somewhat, and she is somewhat afraid that her brother will drive her away. "Your name is Fallen Leaf? Then I'll call you that from now on." Fallen Leaf nodded. "I heard that Mr. Elf said that you killed the murderer yourself and avenged your father." Yuanzhi mentioned Zhengyang with a much lower tone. "I don't know..." Luo Ye lowered her head and replied honestly, "I don't know what happened at that time, I don't even know why I am still alive, and I don't know how I got here..." "But you did it, maybe we would never be able to avenge our father with our own hands." Yuan Zhi sat down and motioned Luo Ye to sit beside him, "I know you are very sad now, after all, everything here is strange to you , only your father is your relative. But don't expect me to comfort you, because I only have to bear more than you. " "No, I..." "I'm going to the neighboring county tomorrow to deliver someone else's order from my father, and you can no longer hide in the room alone like this, you go to your mother, and you must help her take care of this when I'm away Family, take care of the three younger brothers - you are the eldest daughter in the family, I can only expect you to help me and share all this with me, do you understand!" Fallen Leaf opened her eyes wide. "You're only twelve years old, maybe it's too much to ask you, but our family can only rely on us to support us." Hearing Yuanzhi say "our family" three families in an accentuated tone, Luoye suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion.It took her a long time to understand that what Yuan Zhi came to tell herself was that he trusted her.Unlike Mrs. Lisa's pity, he trusted Luo Ye as his younger sister. Luo Ye came back to her senses and saw that Yuan Zhi was already walking out. At this time, his slow steps and thin back seemed so similar to Zheng Yang. "I, I will work hard for this family!" Luo Ye shouted before Yuan Zhi went out. Yuanzhi stopped, turned around and smiled at her, and Luoye also responded with a smile.Although they all wore the sad wry smiles on their faces, the pair of half-brothers and sisters who had somewhat similar personalities finally admitted each other in this smiling response. Three days after Yuanzhi Hong went out, Xing became more and more angry with himself. He paced around under a lilac tree a little anxiously. Even the tree felt his uneasiness, and the branches and leaves trembled slightly. "Xing, don't you want to leave?" Luo Ye asked behind him. "Ah." Xing turned around.He only cared about his own concerns, so he didn't even notice the fallen leaves approaching. Luo Ye looked at him and asked, "Are you really leaving?" Xing nodded: "Your family is fine, so I'm relieved. I think I have to go back to Moonlight Mountain. Is there anything else you need me to do for you? Tell me and I will do my best." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he immediately blamed himself for making the promise casually. But Luoye didn't know what Jixing Yuanlin's promise meant. She shook her head and said, "You've done a lot for me. I'm so lucky to know you." "You talk like an adult." Xing stroked her head pityingly, "You should be a carefree age at your age." Luo Ye said solemnly: "I promised my brother to help him support this family. I can no longer treat myself as a child. Since I am also a member of this family, I have to take my responsibility." Spitting out the word "responsibility" from the mouth of a little girl dealt another blow to Polar Star Yuanlin.He put his hand on his forehead and smiled wryly. "Xing, what are you worrying about?" Luo Ye asked softly, pulling his lapel. She could see that something was bothering this elf. If possible, she would really do her best for him. "I..." Xing leaned down to her and said softly, "I just remembered my responsibility - I will not lose to your fallen leaves, so now I am going back to Moonlight Mountain to do what I should do." "Yeah." Fallen Leaf nodded, "I knew you were leaving, because all the flowers are blooming today. Everyone said that when an elf is about to leave, the plants will send him off with flowers." She said so , Tears blurred the eyes. The stars looked around, and the places in sight were full of flowers. Maybe the fallen leaves were right, these natural elves were instructing themselves to make the right choice. "Remember our agreement? When I grow up, I will be a great magician, and then I will go to Moonlight Mountain to find you!" Star plucked a lilac from the branch. There were more bright, large flowers in the garden, but he thought this one was more suitable for falling leaves.He muttered something, and gently stroked the flower branches with his hands, and a layer of strange brilliance shrouded the flower branches. "The flowers blessed by the elves will never wither." He said, pinning the flowers on the clothes of the fallen leaves. "When the time comes, bring it to Moonlight Mountain, and any elf will see who blessed it, and they will come Tell me you're here." Falling Leaf protected the flower with her hands but dared not touch it, and nodded excitedly: "Ten years is a short time for an elf, right? Within ten years, I must become a magician!" "Whether you are a magician or not, I will wait to entertain you." Xing leaned down and kissed Luoye's forehead, and then walked along the road in front of the door. When he turned the corner, a magic concealed his The figure, the fallen leaves can no longer see him... "Xing..." Luo Ye let out a sob in her throat, and she wondered why she couldn't cry out loud.After going through so many things, why didn't I cry? My father passed away, Xing also left, and I was completely cut off from everything in the past. From now on, only... She looked back at the small building and saw Looking at Mrs. Lisa who was leaning against the window and looking at her with concern, fearing that she would be taken away by the elf, an uncontrollable cry burst out of her throat. "Decided leaves, my God, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Lisa rushed into the courtyard in a hurry. Luo Ye opened her hands to meet her, threw herself into her arms and cried loudly. "Poor child, just cry, have a good cry..." Mrs. Lisa hugged her tenderly.These days her own tears have dried up, but Luo Ye has never cried. Such a heavy sadness weighs on her heart, and sooner or later this small body will be crushed. It is time for her to cry happily. Luo Ye burst into tears, this was the first time she cried like this in her life, fortunately there was a pair of such kind hands around her at this time. "Mom, mom...Mom..." Luo Ye hugged Mrs. Lisa's neck tightly and let out a hoarse cry. Mrs. Lisa froze for a moment, and tears rolled down her dry eyes. When autumn came, Yuanzhi Hong returned home. For the first time in his life, he did not gain much. Most of the profits from the exchange of goods brought back by his father were taken away by taxes, officials, and malicious businessmen in various ways. Still satisfied, at least he didn't lose money, and he also proved to other colleagues that Zhengyang's son had begun to inherit his father's business.More importantly, after leaving the capital for the next trip, he can still put a bag of money into the hands of his mother like his father every time he returns.Although the amount this time was far less than his father's income, he still saw tears in his mother's eyes. Mother was busy in the kitchen, preparing Yuan Zhi's favorite meals; Luo Ye brought a hot drink, took his luggage, and took him to the upstairs room.His three younger brothers surrounded him, pestering him with stories of the outside world and rummaging through his pockets for presents.Yuanzhi let out a sigh of relief, he finally had the mood his father felt every time he returned from a long trip. "Yuanli, how is your homework recently? Are you still being taught by the teacher often?" Eleven-year-old Yuan Li has always been a mischievous and inattentive child in school. One of Yuan Zhi’s biggest worries this time around is whether his homework will get worse because of his father’s death, and whether he will be given a lot of money. The two younger brothers who are about to enter school this year set a bad example. Yuan Li has always refused to listen to even his mother's warnings except his father, and he especially hates others nagging because of his homework, but now for some reason he feels that the elder brother in front of him is exactly like his father, so he can't help but lower his head and say honestly : "I haven't been scolded lately - except for the last fight, which they started - and I haven't made any mistakes in my studies." "Oh, is that so?" Hearing that his homework was good, Yuan Zhi couldn't believe it. "My sister checks me every day." Yuan Li immediately blamed Luoye. "Falling leaves?" Yuan Zhi raised his eyebrows in disbelief. Huoyou Country is a country that places great emphasis on male superiority and female inferiority. It is not only the only place on the mainland where the law allows men to marry more than one wife.The women here are not even qualified to receive education. Generally speaking, being able to read a few characters under the guidance of the family is already the limit of the knowledge of the women in Huoyou Country. Luoye can help Yuanli check his homework, which is almost unreasonable in Yuanzhi's eyes. possible thing.But looking back, Luoye grew up in a distant foreign country. I heard that not only female warriors, female scholars, and even women can become kings in that country. Luoye grew up in that country and accepted it like the girls there. Education is also a normal thing. Luo Ye came down from upstairs, she had already placed Yuan Zhi's luggage, and now she asked Yuan Zhi, "Is the carriage owned by Sifang Motors? I'll hurry over and pay it back now, lest I have to pay another day's rent tomorrow." She She still looks black and thin, but that shrewd and agile demeanor has replaced the original blankness. Yuanzhi came back and saw her at first glance, and felt unrecognizable. Seeing how busy she was, Evidently already familiar with the family, and very helpful to the mother. Yuan Zhi took out the rent of the carriage and handed it to her, watching her small figure drive the carriage to the other side of the town, it seems that this child knows a lot of things that girls shouldn't know. After dinner, the family sits together.Yuan Zhi silently drank tea and looked at the ledger, the two twins were chasing and frolicking on the floor, standing on the other side of the table doing their homework, while Mrs Lisa and Luo Ye were sewing and embroidering under the lamp with needles and threads. From spinning and weaving to cutting, embroidery, and clothing making, these are the jobs that the women of Huoyu Country have been very proficient in since they were young. They can even pick up needles and threads to work in any spare time without hindering them at all. Gossiping or babysitting.For Luoye, such a female worker is a hundred times more difficult than other housework. She still can't get used to the feeling of holding a needle, and she can't let the silk thread obediently draw the pattern she wants on the cloth. It won't be long. , I will be pricked by myself on my finger, and I will suck it in my mouth. "Falling leaves take your time, don't be impatient." Mrs. Lisa took the embroidery stand and instructed her patiently. "Yes." Luo Ye agreed docilely, no matter how much she disliked this kind of work, she vowed to learn as well as Mrs. Lisa. "By the way, Luoye is in Beiding, and girls go to school just like men, and they don't specialize in housework, right?" Yuanzhi will follow his father's previous route to Beiding in a few days to get acquainted with and rebuild his father. The remaining merchants, he became interested in the customs there, and asked the fallen leaves. "It seems to be." Luo Ye replied in a low voice, "But I have been locked in the house by my biological mother and never went to school." "You haven't been to school?" Yuanzhi was surprised, "Yuanli said that you can help him with his homework." Luo Ye looked at her brother who was sticking out her tongue and said: "The old woman who took care of me taught me how to read. I usually like to read when I have nothing to do. But Yuan Li's homework is my teacher and classmate who I went to ask him for- —They knew that I was here to teach Yuanli, and they were willing to tell me that I could understand a little more by combining Yuanli's textbooks." Yuanzhi knew that there was no teacher in Huoyouguo who would patiently explain to a woman. It seemed that Luoye managed to understand those homework with his own efforts. He could not help but pat Yuanli: "If you work hard like Luoye, you should How wonderful." He felt a little pity that Luo Ye was a girl, otherwise such a smart and hard-working child would definitely be more regretful than himself. "My sister also said that she wants to be a magician in the future! She must read more books if she wants to be a magician, but I will be a knight in the future, so I don't need to read so many books!" Yuan Li yelled thinking he was justified. "Do you want to be a magician?" Yuanzhi was even more surprised. Compared with the girls in the surrounding Huoyu Kingdom, Luoye was indeed very different. "I'm sorry..." Luo Ye replied a little flustered, and her finger was pricked by a needle again, "That was a thing in the past, I don't think so anymore." "That's right, girls should stay in the house quietly, how can they do such hard work." Mrs. Lisa said lovingly.After getting along these days, she likes Luoye more and more. She really believes that a woman's happiness is under the roof: she stays at her parents' house when she is unmarried, and when she becomes an adult, she will marry a good husband and have her own children.This life is the best.As for any magician or other status, it will only bring misfortune to women.The future she plans for Luoye is like the life of all the women in Huoyu Country, that is the happiest life. Luo Ye smiled and nodded, and began to seriously struggle with the needle and thread in her hand. Yuanzhi looked at his mother, then at the fallen leaves, and frowned thoughtfully. The moonlight shines into the room through the window, and the cool light adds a cool feeling to the autumn night. Luo Ye was lying on the bed unable to fall asleep, her eyes were always looking at the flower branch in the small bottle on the table.Even though it has been away from the branch for so long, even though autumn has come, this branch of lilac has not shown any signs of withering, and it still blooms so brightly, exuding a faint fragrance. Fairy magic... Fallen Leaf sighed. Magic, elves, the distant Moonlight Mountain...all these are getting farther and farther away from her.As long as she wanted to continue living in this country, in this family, she had to get that out of her mind.Only in this way can she be like the daughter of this family, like a woman from the country of Huoyu. Luo Ye fell in love with this family, she loved the mother who cared and kissed her relentlessly, loved the elder brother who trusted her without hesitation like a father, fell in love with the naughty younger brother who never stopped Like that little tail, the twins who always follow the "sister".For all of this, she can give up her dream and work hard to be a woman from the country of Huoyu. 她猛地从床上起来，从桌上拿起一个小小的首饰匣，那是丽莎夫人送给她的，里面放着一对漂亮的镯子，从来没有配带过首饰的落叶虽然很喜欢它们，但是却一直没有戴过。现在她取出了手镯，一一套在了自己手腕上，然后把自己刚刚绣出的一方手帕铺了进去。手帕的绣工当然很粗糙，可那上面有一颗星辰，绣它的时候落叶总会想起星来。 落叶从头上摘下她唯一的发饰放进匣子里，又把那枝丁香花放在了发饰上面。 静静地看着，眼泪滚落下来。 “星，我想我永远也成为不了魔法师，再也见不到你了。” 落叶喃喃自语着，她关上匣子把它塞进了柜子的最底层，然后躺回到床上，用被子盖住头，在无声的啜啼泣中慢慢入睡。 月光山的丛林中，有一株生存了近万年的大树，长青的枝叶间飞翔着无数的有翼小花妖，他们荧光闪烁的翅膀扑动间，仿佛树上挂满了繁星。这株树本就相当于月光山精灵王的王座，精灵们总是在这里接待被允许进入月光山精灵王国的客人们。神秘美丽的山林，仙境一样的环境，高贵的精灵王与优雅的精灵们，这一样的情景足以让一切来访者永生难忘。 不过现在的月光山一片宁静，并没有受到任何外来者的打挠。 精灵王正独自坐在树枝上，垂着双腿，吹着笛子，不论何时他总是显得悠然而且闲适。 “父王，你下来一下好吗！”一个精灵女孩跑到树下仰着头叫，这是一个最多相当于人类十四、五岁的女孩子，手中正拿了一大叠文件。向树上的精灵王挥动着。在她身后还站着两个精灵，手中也各自捧着一大叠东西。其中一个精灵大概过于忙碌，洁净的衣服上沾上了墨痕自己都没发觉。可见这个下午的月光山并不是一个让精灵王清闲到没事可做的时候。 极星·远林从树上跃下来，慈爱的摸摸精灵女孩的头：“月寻，早告诉你小孩子不用去做这些事，你只要去跟小伙伴们玩耍就好了。”他自己小时候总被父亲用超过年龄的责任来要求，所以现在对自己的女儿采用了相反的方式，希望她过的愉快。 月寻嘟起了嘴，用一种气鼓鼓地神情看着他。“我是在替谁做这些事情的！” “这些啊……也不急在一时吗……”极星从她手中接过文件，皱着眉头翻了翻，“我说过晚上会做去。” “然后你又会说今天太晚了明天再说，然后又说清晨空气很好，不适合工作，然后……”月寻毫不留情地指责着自己父亲的恶习。 “好好，我马上就看完它们行了吧。”极星按按额头，“月寻啊，你快象你妈妈一样唠叨了。” “你还好意思提到我妈妈么？”月寻干脆用白眼看着他。 极星叹了口气，在树下坐下来假装认真地看起了文件。对于女儿的指责他实在没有任何借口辨解。月寻的母亲和他自幼一起长大，后来在一起生活了六百多年，还有了一个女儿，极星一直认为她一定会成为自己的妻子了，可三番四次地向她求婚却都遭到了拒绝，直到十年前，她忽然离开了极星，理由只有一个：极星太散漫太没有责任感，她再也忍受不了了。 “父王，这些魔法药剂是应黑川国的请求制做的，你把文件夹到给南吏国的公文里了，你想挑起他们两国的争端吗？”极星心不在焉的工作中，耳边响起了女儿无可奈何地提醒。 “对不起，我走神了。”极星慌忙纠正。 “唉……”月寻趴在他的膝盖上叹气，“幸好妈妈痛下决心离开你，不然她有一天会被气死。” “月寻，连你也觉得你妈妈不要我了是正确的吗？”极星想起她的母亲常常会有种被抛充了的感叹。 “她不是不要你，是被你气走的！”月寻用手指敲着父亲的膝盖强调。 “唉……”极星长叹一声，勉强自己把精力集中到手中的公文上去。 表面上虽然是独处世外，其实月光山作为大陆上唯一的精灵王国与其他的国家之间有千丝万缕的联系。月光山会应各个国家的请求帮助他们制造魔法物品、武器、药剂，帮他们培训战士与魔法师，而人类的王国则无条件的为月光山提供各种资源，在自己的国度中给予精灵们各种特权。自从黑暗时代结束以来，不论大陆上的诸国之间发生过多少次大规模的战事，月光山始终能安然地置身事外不被波及就是他们与其他诸国都关系良好的缘故。 可以说精灵王对外最主要的工作，就是平衡和维持与各个国家的关系，使月光山一直处在一种卓然的地位上。 极星强打精神，一项项地仔细阅读着与各个国家的公文往来，脑子不一会就被那些讨价还价塞地没有半点空隙。月寻一直没有走开，极星每看完一份文件，她总要抓过来再看一遍，然后才递给另外两名精灵，让他们去做最后的审阅。 这种情形落在过往的精灵们眼中，总令他们露出会心的笑容。 月光山的精灵们都喜欢他们随和的王，但是他们也不得不承认，极星·远林比起他的父亲，上一任精灵王天音·远林来，有着天差地别的距离，其中最大的区别大概就在于极星没有什么王者的自觉，总是悠闲散慢地生活，而且不时会做一些任性的行为（比如独自离开月光山远游之类），虽然他每次事后都表示极度的后悔，并且发誓改正，不过天长日久下来，已经没有哪一个精灵会再相信他的保证了，不过极星仁慈而善于听取别人的意见，他是一个决不会把精灵族引领到错误的方向去的王者。而且还有他的女儿，那位年幼但聪明能干，责任感极强的月寻·远林公主在辅佐他，精灵们期待将来会出现一位风姿直追其祖父的精灵女王。 极星看到一份文件忽然停了下来，嘴角挂着微笑，似乎想起了什么。 “怎么了父王？” “火由国……”极星弹弹那份文件说，“我想起了那里的一个人。” 月寻的脑子略微一转便问：“是你帮过的那个人类女孩吗？我听令河他们说起过她。” “是啊，也不知道她现在好不好？”极星很高兴有些什么可以让他从公文中抽出脑子，向月寻说：“她叫落叶，是个很特别的女孩子，还说长大了要做个魔法师，来月光山看我呢。” “火由国的女孩子想做魔法师……”月寻思忖着自己对那个国家风俗的所知不由摇了摇头。 “也许以后有机会我还可以去看看她。”极星兴冲冲地说。 “父王……”月寻看看时间，坚持工作了两小时，看来他是到达极限了。他们身后那两各精灵也笑着放下了各自的工作，一个活动着肩膀，一个用魔法把自己的衣服弄干净。根据他们对极星·远林的了解，今天这位精灵王的工作热情就到此为止了。 极星与月寻和精灵们随意交谈着，一阵异样的波动忽然在月光山上方荡漾开去。 极星·远林比月光山担任警戒的精灵们更快一步，第一个跃上了树稍。 ——他对魔法的反应和感应显然超越了其他精灵，可是第一个冲向前方并不是一位王者应该做的事。 极星·远林站在树梢，看着天空的云层中一只飞龙的身姿渐渐降下云层。飞龙的威势与月光山的防护结界相互碰撞，在山林间激荡开了一波一波剧烈地魔法震荡。月光山的精灵们几乎全跑了出来，站在每一个山头每一棵树稍，对着飞龙指指点点。 月光山的精灵们是大陆上唯一能与飞龙王国云雾山友好往来的种族，高傲自负的飞龙们只对月光山的精灵一族另眼相看。两个种族之间相互协助，互通声息，来往不绝，但是精灵们也并不能时常看见飞龙的身影，因为这些生物不仅强大骄傲而且十分懒惰，它们大多数时候更愿意等精灵们去找它们，或者干脆使用魔法来传信，象这样的飞龙飞临月光山的次数十分罕见。 飞龙盘旋着，越飞越低，银色的鳞甲在阳光下闪闪生辉。几名精灵骑乘着有翼独角兽升空迎了上去指引着它在一处山谷停了下来。 极星已经赶到了这里，他认出这只飞龙是云雾山飞龙帝王金龙王的儿子银殿下，连忙迎上去向对方致敬。 飞龙垂下双翼，向极星还了个礼。 精灵们围在周围，纷纷在猜测究竟什么事，竟然让这位龙族王子亲自前来。 “姐姐快点走，我已经看见大哥了！”远立跑的飞快，转眼就把落叶和两个弟弟甩在了后面，落叶一手拉着一个幼弟，怕他们摔倒不敢加快步子，口中叫着：“远立慢一点。”脸上禁不住也展开了笑容。 镇子中间的广场上，刚刚远行归来的商人们都集中在那里，分配、装卸着各自的货物，落叶透过人群也看见了哥哥远志正站在马车边，和另一名商人在说着什么。 “大哥！大哥！”远立欢叫着，几下就从人缝中钻了过去，一头扑进了远志怀里。刚回到故乡还没来的及去通知家人的远志突然被弟弟抱住，所得到的惊喜比远立还要多。他平生第一次远去异国经营，跋山涉水，历尽风霜，他一只手拥住弟弟，抬头看见落叶正牵着另外两个幼弟匆匆忙忙地赶来，心头不由涌上了一股想流泪的冲动。他忙拍拍远立的肩问：“怎么知道我回来了的？你们特意来接我吗？”眨眨眼掩饰了过去。 “姐姐来接我们放学，看见有商队回来，她说马车上装的都是北缔国的货物，所以一定是哥哥的商队回来了。我们就过来接你了，有什么礼物吗？有没有给我的？”远立一边说一边就要扑进货堆里翻找。 “宁志和守志也开始上学了？”远志一一抚摩着落叶领过来的两个幼弟，“落叶还是每天接送他们吗？他们的成绩怎么样？妈妈身体还好吧？” 落叶只说了一句：“妈妈身体一直很好。”便只是抿着嘴在笑，看着弟弟们在和大哥亲热，她主动接过了哥哥手中的工作和那些商人们做着货物的交接。 “远志，你妹妹真能干，咱们镇上的人都在夸奖她，如果她到了出嫁的年龄，一定会有许多家庭抢着去向你提亲的。”镇上那个胖胖的杂货铺老板一边收货一边向远志唠叨，“可惜我儿子已经有一个妻子了，不过如果你肯让落叶嫁过来，我会说服她把管家的权力交给品落叶的。” “她还太小，这种事不用急。”远志随口应付对方。由于落叶的外表生的比同龄的女孩要瘦小单薄，远志直到刚才才意识到她已经十三岁了，而在火由国十四、五岁就让女儿出嫁是很自然的事。远志知道母亲是传统的火由国女人，对于子女的婚事她会发表自己的意见，但是决不会代替自己做主，下一步三个弟弟，落叶包括自己本身的婚姻大事，会是要靠自己来代替父亲主持了。 远志苦笑了一下。 他看着落叶忙碌的身影，回忆着在北缔国看到过的那些活跃在各个场所中自信的女性们，心里忽然觉得也许落叶并不适合成为一个象母亲，象所有火由国女性那样一生被关在屋子里生儿育女、照顾家庭的女人。 想到这些，他不禁又苦笑着摇了摇头。 落叶花了好大的功夫才把那对因为兄长归来而过度兴奋的双胞胎哄上了床，她关好房门，走出来时，发现远志正站在走廊上，似乎在等着她。 “哥哥已经很晚了，你远道归来，应该早点休息。” “是吗，回到家太兴奋了，反而一点也不困。”远志笑了笑，落叶看得出他有话要对自己说，所以跟在他身边向楼下走去举起手中的烛台为他照亮楼梯。 远志走到楼梯一半，忽然停住问：“落叶，对妈妈刚才说的事你怎么看？” “啊……”落叶听到这句话颤抖了一下。 晚餐桌上，丽莎夫人提出了两件事：一是远志的婚事。远志的未婚妻也是一位商人的女儿，今年已经年满十四岁，由于远志现在成为了一家之主，又过起了长年在外的商旅生涯，所以对方的父母希望他们能提前结婚，让女儿早些开始学习成为一名家庭主妇。 看得出来丽莎夫人对于家中举办喜事，迎进一位儿媳妇还是很期待的，可是远志都马上表示了拒绝。 对于那个只见过几次面，印象中还是小女孩的未婚妻，他谈不上有什么感情。可是她的年龄都让远志联想起了落叶，不由心生一种怜悯，让这个年龄的孩子到一个陌生的家庭中，面对陌生的家人和整年不在家的丈夫，也许太早了些。 “再过几年吧。现在家里的事落叶完全可以帮上妈妈的忙，而且我也希望自己的生意更熟悉、稳定一点之后再增加家里的人口。” 丽莎夫人点了点头，她虽然急于为儿子成家立室，但是做为一个火由国的女人，她是不会反对一家之主的决定的。 第二件事就是关于落叶的。 镇上的一位远亲看中了这个虽然并不好看美丽，却十分勤劳能干的女孩，想把她定为自己幼子的未婚妻。 这个消息令落叶大吃一惊，当丽莎夫人论叙着那个家庭与那个男孩的优劣之时，她手中的汤匙几次在碗碟上碰出了轻轻的声响，双眼一直盯在桌子边缘没有做任何移动。她知道对于火由国的女孩，也许在她这个年龄结婚还太早，订婚却是十分普遍的事了。 远志当时什么也没有说，落叶和丽莎夫人都认为他要好好评估一个那个家庭和男孩之后再表态。落叶一直为这件事忐忑不安着，没想到现在他会当面问出来。 “哥哥……这样的事……这种的事……”落叶结结巴巴地说，“应该由您来做主的。” “那么你自己没有任何看法吗？”远志很认真的看着她。 “我，我……”落叶不安地抿起了嘴唇。I do not want to!她在心里这么喊着，可是却无法说出口，为了母亲、哥哥和弟弟们，她可以放弃自己的理想，自己的个性，让自己成为一个火由国的女人，可是她这样做不是为了服侍别人，更不是为了一个素未蒙面的丈夫。 “今天妈妈说到我的婚事，我忽然觉得我的未婚妻很可怜——那样的年纪，在别的国家还是娇生惯养的孩子，却要她嫁到我们这里来——她甚至根本不认识我……”远志摇着头，“所以我主张推迟结婚，她就可以多过几年快乐的少女生涯。” 落叶眼里闪烁着感动：“她将来一定会很幸福的，哥哥决对是个好丈夫，她真幸运。” “因为我们的父亲是个商人，他自幼就对我讲叙种种异国的风情，所以我知道不是每个国家都有一样。现在我自己做了商人，我亲眼去看见了那一切，所以我更能接受它们。但是不是所有的火由国男子都象我这样的，我甚至觉得嫁进一个传统的火由国家庭你不会快乐——也许是我想的太多了，火由国的女人代代都是这样生活的，可是……”远志茫然地叹着气，此时他伪装不出一家之主的庄严气势来了，完全是个充满迷惑的少年。 落叶心里明白，他是太关心自己，太想为自己着想了，才会使他陷入这种犹豫之中的。感动的情绪充满了落叶的心房，她真想脱口而出，表示自己愿意接受哥哥的安排，无怨无悔。 “也许你应该嫁给一个商人，这样的人更能理解你的优点，可是那样一来，你就不得不面对丈夫长年在外，也许有一天再也不能归来的生活……”说到这里他叹了口气，他和落叶都想到了父亲征洋。 “落叶，你自己会选择什么样的生活呢？”远志迟疑地问。 “我想留在我们家里，我不想离开你们。”落叶带着哀求的口吻说。 远志又长叹一声，向楼下走去。 在火由国，一个女子除非献身宗教或者身有疾病、残疾，否则到了适龄还不出嫁对于她自己，她的家族来言，都将是难言的耻辱，除非…… 远志在楼梯的最后一阶停住了脚步，目光看着落叶：“你知道吗，在火由国，女人不能成为商人、学者、骑士……不能成为这一切，可是在火由国，女人可以成为魔法师。” 落叶失手把烛台掉落，火光闪动几下，四周陷入了一片漆黑。 据说拥有适合学习魔法的体质的人类，一千人中才有一个，而这其中的大部分人，又只能学习简单的法术，他们只能成为魔法武士、魔法骑士或者药剂师之类。可以修炼各种魔法成为真正魔法师的人则几万人中才有一个，这些人中的一部分又会献身宗教，成为神职人员，另一部分由于出身和身处的环境的关系，他们的潜质一生也不会被发现，所以真正有能力也有机会成为魔法师的人类显得无比稀少。 培养一个魔法师需要很长的时间和教导者巨大的精力，几乎所有的魔法师都是些把全部精力投入到研究中的人，他们当中的大部分对于培训弟子并不感兴趣，虽然各国的魔法工会都有类似于一个魔法师一生至少要培养一名弟子的规定，可是谁也无不确定一位魔法师的“一生”究竟多久，总不能在其死后再宣布由于“××魔法师”没有遵守收徒的规定，现在剥夺他的魔法师称号吧？因此这样的规定对于各国而言都形同虚设。数百年来各国虽然对魔法师的培养都下了大力气，大陆上人类魔法师的总数目却一直没有什么提高。也是因为如此，魔法师的稀少使各国无法挑剔魔法师们的出身、地位、性别。就如同在最重视地位高低的亿安国奴隶一样可以成为魔法师一样，在男尊女卑的火由国也不拒绝女性成为魔法师。 不过火由国的女性魔法师大都是贵族甚至皇族的女儿们，只有这样的家庭才有机会让女孩子自幼读书识字，并且接触到那些魔法师们，获得鉴定有没有成为魔法师的才能的机会，这是火由国的上层社会为自家的女儿提高社会地位的最快捷的办法，一位魔法师，即使是位女性也拥有与贵族平起平坐的身份。但是在那些没有门路的平民家庭，即使女子拥有魔法潜质也理所当然会一生埋没，没有人会知道。 远志想对落叶说这件事已经前思后想了很久，可是他怕给了落叶一个虚假的希望。毕竟魔法、魔法师这样的事物距离他们这样一个商人家庭太遥远了。落叶可能根本没有资格成为一个魔法师，即使她有这样的天赋，又去哪里找一个愿意教导她的老师呢？ 落叶听了远志的话，手一直停止不了颤抖，用了好几次才又把烛台点亮，目光中闪动着泪光：“哥哥，您是说我可以成为一个魔法师吗？您允许我成为一个魔法师吗？” “落叶我听说，很少有人适合成为魔法师，上万人里才会有一个。”远志担心地看着激动的落叶。 “我可以，哥哥，星说过我可以成为魔法师！他说我有那样的天赋！”落叶握紧了双手紧张地看着远志。 “星……那个精灵……”远志一下子松了口气。他想起来了，那个送落叶回来的精灵男子当时做过的种种奇迹：一挥手停止一场风雨，一句咒文治好昏迷的病人，轻易地用闪电劈开挡路的巨石……听说精灵们都是天生的魔法师，如果是一位精灵说落叶可以成为魔法师，那么应该没有什么疑问了。远志开始想像着自己家中出现一位魔法师的情景，不由露出了微笑。他伸手抚着落叶的肩头：“要先想办法结识一位魔法师才行，听说他们都是很骄傲，不轻易教学生的……” “哥哥，您的意思是我真的可以去学习魔法对吗？”落叶紧紧抓住了远志的手。 远志笑着说：“你自己愿意当然可以学，不过先不要让妈妈知道，我想她不会很赞同的。让我先去打听一下我们这里有什么样的魔法师存在吧。” 从空中俯瞰，深浅不一的绿色滑过视野，一直伸展到这个山谷才突然改变了色彩，从腐败的黑色一直扩散成灰白色，侵占了下方十余里的方圆。虽然身在高空，有翼独角兽们还是被那里散发出来的邪恶气息惊挠，不安地徘徊着发出阵阵嘶鸣。 “令河、岱野、神华，你们三个跟我下去。其他人带有翼独角兽们去边缘地带等我们的消息。”极星·远林在自己身上施展了飞行术后，从座骑背上站了起来。另外三各精灵紧紧跟着他，一起离鞍向下方降落。其他的精灵们又在上空徘徊了一会，才依照吩咐向山谷边缘退却而去。 极星·远林和部下们落到林中，警戒地向前行进。 如果不是周围的事物都变成了黑暗的色调，这里与别处的山林也没有什么不同：植物茂盛，鸟兽成群，风吹过林间还传来了阵阵花香，只是那种异常的色彩与四处飘荡着的诡异气息，使习惯了与自然共存的精灵们身处其间十分难受。他们用最轻盈无声脚步穿过树林，向着异常气息最浓烈，也就是颜色次第中逐渐伸延的深黑色的方向走去。 一只从草丛中钻出来的小兽忽闪着眼睛看着这些经过的精灵，突然一跃而起，张口向走在最前面的精灵咽喉一口咬下去，这各叫岱野的精灵战士及时搭箭引弓，将它射死在地上。 越向前走，他们受到的这里的袭击就越多，不论是食肉动物还是食草动物，甚至就连一些藤蔓植物和路边的灌木也纷纷伸长了枝叶去袭击任何经过身边的生物，在这片丛林中的一切显然都充满了恶意。虽然极星在自己和部下们身上已经施加了消除敌对意和隐藏的魔法，可是在这个邪恶、疯狂的地方前行，他的魔法似乎也渐渐失去了效果。 “看来这次龙族的消息是对的，这么强大的力量，可能真的是地狱光……”令河轻轻地说了一句。 极星·远林点点头。他看向前方黑漆漆的丛林，不知精灵族一直在寻找的邪恶之源是否真的就在前方。如果在的话，自己又能做些什么…… 地狱光是来自地狱的“太阳”。卅年战争之后，魔王刹拿的灵魂带着已经与他的灵魂牢不可分的一半地狱光沉入了地狱，而在之后的两千年中，为了避免再出现第二个刹拿，再发生另一场浩劫，精灵王天音·远林一直在致力于寻找那下落不明的另一半地狱光。不过他穷尽半生之力，至到去世也没有得到半点消息。 现在天音·远林已经过世多年，龙族传来的一个信息却告诉精灵们，地狱光有可能就在这个山谷之中。精灵们早已把寻找、消毁地狱光看做了自己的责任，一听到这个消息，极星立刻亲自带领人马前来证实。 山谷的中心地带，所有的毒物已经全部变成了腐败的黑色，树木扭曲变形，古怪而令人生怖，动物则早已失去了原有的面目，一只只瞪着充满杀机的眼睛，伺机准备向外来者发出致命的一击。空气中阴湿的气息更加浓重，几乎让精灵们喘不上气来。 当他们分开最后的那片长草，眼前那块寸草不生的地方，他们要寻找的东西展现了出来：一个巨大的半圆形光球一半躺在土中，一半露在地上，正向四周散发着黑色的诡异光芒（别问我世界上有没有黑光……我不知道……魔法，一切都是魔法……）。 落叶一边和仆人交接着物品，一边偷眼看着坐在窗边的那位中位魔法师。她在这里来往了许多次，这还是第一次亲眼看见这位魔法师本人。克阳郡一共有五位魔法师居住，可是经过远志的多打听，现在肯教导弟子的魔法师只有这位文特中位魔法师而已。 文