Chapter 17 The Secret of the Minotaur

I stared straight at him, my mind was in a mess, and I needed more time to accept this incredible truth. He is obviously an ordinary human being, and he is such a gentle person. I can't connect him with the ferocious Minotaur anyway. What's going on?What is going on in all this? He stood not far from me without moving, just lowered his head and muttered: "Why did you enter this room...why?" "How could you be a Minotaur? You are obviously a human being?" I yelled. He raised his head, as if he wanted to say something, and took a step in my direction, as if he was afraid of scaring me, he stopped soon, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, Xiaowan, I won't hurt you. "

I was shocked: "How do you know my name?" "No, you won't be afraid of me. You are neither afraid of cows nor people. You are not afraid of the whole thing, and even half of it is nothing to be afraid of." I was even more shocked when I heard him say this familiar sentence. Did I say that when I comforted Sika?How would he know?unless he— "So you can go out at any time." I immediately thought of this. He didn't deny it. There was a gentle look in the emerald eyes, like hot water in the mist of winter: "Yes, that was the first time I saw you. It was also the first time I heard someone say that. You know?" ? As long as my name is mentioned here, the children will be frightened and cry..."

"However, the Minotaur is obviously a bull-headed human, but you are an ordinary human being." I shook my head, "I don't believe you can eat people, how can a gentle and caring person like you do it!" He lowered his head, his hands trembling slightly, and said nothing. I glanced at him, turned sideways, and carefully looked at the scars on the skeletons around me, and I was even more sure of my thoughts: "Look at these skeletons, the fatal wounds are all in the heart, obviously injured by swords. , there is no trace of biting at all." "I killed those people." He looked up at me, "Because I was too ugly, I was hated from birth, but someone suggested to the king that they used my ugliness to paint me into a bull's head Human monsters, if there are such terrible monsters in Crete, other city-states will be afraid, and no enemies or spies dare to come and imprison my labyrinth. It is also safer for the king."

I don't know what to say, other than shock, I am still shocked. It turns out that there is such a secret behind the Minotaur!Since I came to Crete, I have suffered enough shocks. The alluring princess is a man, and the Minotaur is a gentle man, which completely overturned what I knew.What is the secret that I don't know? "Did you kill it all? Then why didn't you kill Xika?" I looked at him calmly. His eyes seemed to flicker for a moment: "That's because he will become my sacrifice in the future." "Since it's a sacrificial offering, he's dead anyway, why did you bandage him up so carefully?" I asked a series of questions, and finally expressed my guess, "You may not have killed those people, right? "

He stared at me blankly, trembling slightly, and suddenly roared: "I'm not the gentle person you imagined, I'm just an ugly monster! I killed everyone!" After finishing speaking, he alone Turning around, he staggered out of the room. "Minotaurus!" I called out his name and immediately chased him out.He seems to be hiding something from me, this matter is not that simple. In the dark corridor, I could only feel my way and run forward. I staggered, tripped over something, and fell to the ground with a plop.Before I got up, a pair of big hands helped me up, and his worried voice reached my ears: "Does it hurt from the fall, Xiaowan?"

I immediately grabbed his hand: "How can a person who cares about the pain of the other party be a murderer? I can't be wrong!" His hands were trembling slightly, but he didn't say a word. "Minotaur, why don't you resist?" I grabbed his hand, "Are you really willing to stay here forever?" His tone was sad and helpless: "Xiaowan, this is my destiny. So what if I don't stay here for the rest of my life? If I go out, I won't be hated and hated by others." "Not everyone will hate you." I straightened up, let go of his hand, and groped forward, just touching his mask.

He backed away as if startled. "Don't move!" I said softly, and pulled off his mask with force, he was shocked, and immediately stretched out his hand to cover his face. "Don't move, Minotaur, I can't see your face now, but can I touch your face?" After he hesitated for a while and then nodded, I touched it lightly. His face and his body began to tremble instinctively, slightly but involuntarily.My fingers slid across his cheeks, eyes, nose, lips...and finally stopped at the corner of his mouth. "I, I'm ugly..." he stammered. "At least a hundred times more handsome than your mask. You dare to wear that mask, why don't you dare to show your true colors." I immediately said.

The corner of his mouth moved, although it was very slight, I could feel that he was just smiling.Then, to my surprise, I heard a very soft singing voice coming from his mouth: where u from beautiful exotic girl You are an elf in the sky or on earth beautiful bird of paradise why are you here He is smarter than I thought, last time I just hummed it once, he remembered it, and he sang it right.I smiled and continued to sing: i'm a gypsy no one knows where i come from gypsy girl I wander the world Who knows what will happen to me tomorrow ... Halfway through the song, the back of my hand suddenly felt hot, and a drop of scorching liquid slid down his face, and then, one drop, another... Minotaur... Some soft place deep in my heart, It seems to be caught by something... The child who has been burdened with a tragic fate since he was a child has no chance to choose his fate... Growing up in this dark place, he bears the name of crime, and in the end, what awaits him is a miserable ending... …

Thinking of this, my heart tightened again. Isn't what I want to take is the sword stained with his blood? If everything goes according to history, he will be killed by Theseus soon... Why is fate so unfair? Why can't he live a simple life like ordinary people.Is it just because he is uglier than others? "Minotaur, I'm taking you out of here." I stared at him in the dark and said something I didn't believe myself.Although I couldn't see his expression, I could feel his shock. "What did you say? Get out of here?" "Yes, get out of here." I said word by word.Si Yin said that he took the sword that was stained with his blood, but did not say that he must be killed, so if he used the sword to stain a little bit of his blood later, it would still be considered as completing the task.

I thought he would have to think about it for a long time, but he agreed quickly: "If I go with you, I am willing to leave here." "Well, it's settled." I handed the mask to him, and "Where would you like to go if you left?" He hesitated: "Where are you going?" "If I were you, I would live on an island by the Aegean Sea, go fishing in my free time, play with little dolphins, wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise, and watch the sunset by the beach at night." I was immersed in my own In his imagination, he talked endlessly, "I heard that the sunrise in the Aegean Sea is very beautiful. "Homer's Epic" described that it was thousands of rays of light shooting out of the golden sea... I don't know how magnificent and magnificent it is, really I want to see it for myself."

"Can I really go?" There was uncertainty in his voice. "Of course not!" A clear voice sounded faintly behind us.As soon as his words fell, I only felt a bright light in front of my eyes, and a bright light rushed in in an instant.I turned around in surprise, and what caught my eye was a pair of familiar emerald eyes. At this moment, there was a complex look in those eyes, which seemed a little bit happy, a little angry, and a little worried... "Xiao Wan, so you are really here!" Ariadne showed a relieved expression on his face, "Do you know that I have been looking for you for several days?" He said, striding towards me In front of him, there was a smile that turned all sentient beings upside down, "Are you still angry with me?" I rolled my eyes at him and ignored him. When he turned to Minotaur, his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "If I don't come, how long do you want to keep her?" Ariadne seemed to be very familiar with Minotaur. , before he lied that he had never seen the Minotaur at all. The entire face of Minotaur has been hidden under the mask. He looked at Ariadne with complex eyes, and said in a low voice: "I have no delusions..." A stern look flashed in Ariadne's eyes: "You'd better not have any delusions! Continue to play your minotaur." As he spoke, he grabbed my hand, his tone It's completely different from the coldness just now, "Okay, don't be angry, go back with me first. Aren't you afraid to be with such a terrible monster?"' I looked at him coldly: "He is not a monster. Also, please let go of my hand." A trace of annoyance flashed across his face, he let go of my hand, and said casually: "By the way, it seems that there is another child here. If I guessed correctly, you accidentally broke in because you were looking for him." Here." Seeing me nodding, he said again, "Follow me, there is a secret passage leading to my bedroom. " Ariadne's sword has not yet been obtained, my task has not been completed, and I still have some things to do, so now I still have to get closer to the princess. Before following him, I glanced back at the Minotaur and mouthed "wait for me" to him, a gleam of delight in his eyes. As soon as Ariadne led me into the bedroom, before I could speak, he covered his head and curled up in the recliner, with a painful expression on his face. Since he had not performed the "wolf is coming" trick before, so I'm going to ignore it. "You still don't help the princess to see, do you know that the princess has been looking for you these days, can't eat, can't sleep, falls ill every day, even the method you taught before can't be suppressed, it's even stronger than before." He said. The personal maid said to me with an angry face. "Yinuo, it's none of Xiaowan's business..." he whispered. I looked up and saw that his face was pale, his body was trembling slightly, and there was a dense layer of cold sweat on his forehead, obviously he was not pretending. "Are you okay?" My tone was not very friendly. "You said, am I all right? Come and give me a massage." He showed a pitiful smile, and his eyes blinked. It reminded me of a puppy acting like a baby to its owner. There is no way, for the sake of the sword, I still have to have a good relationship with this ladyboy, I sighed, so I had to go forward and massage his head. "With Xiao Wan here, I feel much better." He curled up in the chair and said softly.At this time, he was completely different from Ariadne just now. I snorted softly, thinking of how much he took advantage of, I only had two large characters in front of my eyes——Unhappy! "I know you are still angry with me, but I didn't mean to lie to you." His eyelashes trembled slightly, "I was born and almost died because of my weakness. I was raised as a girl so that I can survive, and after I turn twenty, I can return to my original identity." So it is! "During the few days when you disappeared, I was really worried. If one day you were not by my side, I would definitely not be able to bear it." He suddenly grabbed my hand, "Xiaowan, I won't let you Those who become sacrifices will never let that monster hurt you." I withdrew my hand, with a stiff expression on my face: "The Minotaur is not a monster!" He was a little displeased: "If you had seen his face, you wouldn't say that." "The ugly appearance is not scary, only the ugly heart is disgusting." I was annoyed in my heart, and my subordinates became stronger. "Ah! It hurts!" He frowned. "Anyway, I won't let you go anywhere. You have already seen my body. You are responsible!" ah?I petrified on the spot. A gust of wind blows, so cold. With my persistence, I finally don't have to share the same bed with this ladyboy anymore. "Xiaowan, aren't you going to sleep?" His voice sounded with a trace of resentment. "What if I get sick in the middle of the night?'' I laid a carpet on the ground and said without turning my head, "Anyway, I won't die for a while." After I finished speaking, I couldn't help but feel a little strange when I didn't hear his counterattack. Lying on the bed and looking at me, he smiled slightly, like a reproach, but also like a joke, his eyes flickered like fireflies, like a dream... It's more suitable for him to pretend to be a woman.This idea suddenly appeared in my heart.However, such eyes... I seem to have seen it somewhere, I glanced at him again, and the emerald eyes of the Minotaur suddenly appeared in my mind.By the way, why haven't I noticed that the eyes of the two of them are so similar? Could it be - there is some kind of connection between them, or is it just a coincidence? "What's wrong? It's still too late to regret it now." He smiled and pointed to the seat beside him, "This seat will always belong to you." "His eyes are just like yours." I stared into his eyes. His face turned pale in an instant, and his smile froze on his lips: "What did you say?" "You know what I mean, you know, emerald eyes are not common." I don't know why I said it, maybe it's subconsciously wanting to know Minotaur's life experience, wanting to know who is so cruel, endowed with His tragic fate. "Do you really want to know?" His face has returned to calm, "Anyway, you will always be by my side, so it doesn't matter if I tell you." "So……" "Minotaur, my... half-brother."