Chapter 19 helpless

On the morning of the sacrificial day, I woke up very early.As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard Ariadne's soft voice: "Are you awake?" I opened my eyes and looked, he was standing in front of the window looking at me smiling, shrouded in the rising sun, like a red lotus in the morning mist.I rubbed my eyes: "Today is the day of offering sacrifices, shouldn't I go back to Xibei Hall?" His expression was a bit strange: "Those sacrifices will be sent to the underground labyrinth soon." He paused, "But you are not included." "Not including me?" I was taken aback.

He turned his face sideways: "You'll know later, I said before, I won't make you a sacrifice, and I won't let him hurt you." Not long after, Theseus was brought here with the rest of the dozen or so virgins.The chief guard was about to take me away, when Ariadne suddenly covered her head, curled up in pain, and kept moaning loudly: "It hurts, it hurts..." "Oops, the princess has another headache!" The maid Yinuo who had just entered the room yelled in panic, "Xiaowan, you're still here!" "But, Your Royal Highness, she is a sacrificial offering..." The chief guard seemed a little embarrassed.

"Do you want the princess to die of pain?" Enuo said angrily. "Chief of the Guard..." Ariadne struggled to speak, "I know...she is...a sacrifice...let her be the last..." He moaned softly, as if he was too painful to speak Come on. "Haven't you heard! The princess doesn't want to disobey the king's order, so let this woman massage the princess one last time, and she will be sent down later!" Enuo said aggressively. The chief guard couldn't help taking a step back: "That, that's fine." "Not yet... Xiao Wan..." Ariadne's eyes flashed with anxiety.

This guy originally wanted to use this method to prevent me from becoming a sacrifice, but he really pretended... I glanced at him again, and saw that his forehead was covered with sweat, and his teeth were clenched, it seemed that he was not pretending... ...Is it really sick? But that's none of my business. Seeing what the princess had said, the chief guard stretched out his hand and pushed me, and said harshly, "If you don't hurry over, let you live a little longer!" I was pushed hard by him, staggered, and fell right next to Ariadne, and just about to turn around, he caught my wrist quickly.

"Xiaowan, be obedient and don't move." He said softly. Watching the chief guard lead Theseus and his party into the secret passage, I broke free from his hand and was about to catch up, when I heard Enuo angrily saying, "What do you want to do? Do you know what the princess wants I don’t want you to be a sacrifice, and I specially eat those taboo foods every day, so that I can really get sick, so that people won’t be suspicious!” I was slightly taken aback, and suddenly remembered his pale face early in the morning: "Could it be that you already..." He nodded weakly: "If I'm pretending to be sick, I'm worried that the chief guard will see through. This way...it will be more appropriate..." He curled up again, and his headache seemed to be getting worse.

My mood is a bit complicated. Although I don't like this ladyboy, his desire to save me makes my heart fluctuate a little.Humans are complex creatures! I put my hand on his forehead and started to massage him. Anyway, I will take the Minotaur away in a while, so let's take it as the last farewell.His emerald eyes were full of confusion, and his long golden hair flowed through my fingers like running water. "Xiao Wan, you have to be responsible to me." The corner of my mouth twitched. The person in front of me is obviously a typical representative of "endless life, endless nausea".

Now, you can still get out of your mind to make fun of me. After I massaged him for a while, his complexion gradually improved, and he murmured, "It's really better with Xiaowan here." He curled up all over his body, looking like he was wrapped in soft cotton. The seeds are a little more gentle and lazy than usual. Seeing that he was better, I stopped: "Since I'm fine, I..." "Are you going to the Minotaur?" he interrupted me suddenly. I was taken aback for a moment, but before I could speak, he straightened up suddenly, turned around and looked at me, there was a hint of darkness in his eyes, and the obvious look on his face clearly conveyed that he was at this moment. Mood.

"But before that, do you want to hear a story?" His tone returned to calm, "One year, the queen and concubine of Crete gave birth to a beautiful child at the same time, but the second prince was weak and sick since he was a child. She was raised as a girl, but the eldest prince is healthy and smart, and he is more and more popular with the king and his wife day by day. If there is no accident, the future heir to the throne must be the eldest prince born by the queen." There was an inexplicable premonition in my heart that he would say something-terrible things. "When the eldest prince was six years old, he secretly went to the temple with his younger brother to play, and accidentally drank the poison specially prepared by the high priest. It was a kind of poison that made people ugly, and there was no cure for it. There is a time limit. The high priest originally wanted to use it to revenge others, but he was accidentally drunk by the eldest prince, so the second prince told him that he would keep it secret for him. The only condition is—”

"Forbid him to say that the poison is time-sensitive." I felt my voice tremble and looked at him in disbelief.He was only six years old at that time, but he was just a child, how could he have such scheming!Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind like lightning: Could it be that he must kill the Minotaur this time because he was afraid that he would return to his original appearance? In this way, the situation might turn around, and his The status of the heir to the throne will also be threatened. "Is the heir to the throne so important to you? So important that you would even hurt your own brother?"

"The heir to the throne?" He suddenly sneered, his eyes turned indifferent, "You can go now if you want, but when you get there, all you will see is a corpse. Theseus is fighting for himself. I'm so happy to have killed a monster." I took a deep breath: "So sorry, I don't think there will be such a picture, Theseus can't kill him." He stared at me, his eyes were dark and turbulent, like a wildfire at night, and then, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, outlining a strange arc: "Oh? So sure?" I sneered: "Yes, I'm sure, because the sword in Theseus' hand is not the only one that can kill the Minotaur."

After listening to my words, there was no surprised expression on his face, but the strange arc at the corner of his mouth was slowly deepening, making people uneasy... "Oh? Are you so sure you've changed that sword?" My body froze, and my mind went blank for a moment.How did he know about my sword exchange? "When you were led to that room by Ino that day, you had already stepped into my plan. I knew you would definitely want to save the Minotaur, so I let you hear my conversation with Theseus, and you really I took the opportunity to change the sword, but you must not know that the sword is not real." "Why do you have to go through so much trouble?" I asked through gritted teeth. "In order for you to have no chance of saving him." He smiled softly, "By the way, I forgot to tell you that after you left, I exchanged your real sword for your sword, so..." So, what Theseus is holding now is the sword that can kill the Minotaur! I didn't care about that much anymore, I jumped up suddenly and ran towards that passage. "Oh, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you. Just now, Ino has entered that passage while we were talking." He said slowly behind me, "I have ordered her to seal that passage, so, now The only way out is the room you accidentally fell into." My fingertips trembled slightly with anger, and all my sanity seemed to disappear in an instant. I turned around and grabbed his throat: "Open that secret passage immediately, immediately! Otherwise, I will kill you immediately!" He smiled slightly: "Once the secret passage is sealed, it can no longer be opened. There is nothing I can do about it." Then, he closed his eyes, "Kill me? I don't care, Xiaowan, in fact, you are very Clever, you fell into this trap just because you forgot a word - caring makes chaos." I hesitated for a moment or let him go, turned around and rushed out the door.I'm running out of time! The maze-like promenade made me lose my sense of direction.For the first time, I felt how powerless I was, and for the first time I felt that I was actually a fool.calm!Only when I calm down can I think correctly. "Master, come with me!" Xiao Kong's figure suddenly bumped into my eyes, it flapped its wings and flew forward, I hurriedly followed, and suddenly felt an urge to cry. I rushed to the room with the fastest speed, and I pressed on the shallow groove.Just like last time, the wall shrank back suddenly, revealing a dark hole, and a strange force quickly sucked me in.Just like the first time, it was still dark all around.But there was a faint sound of fighting not far away, and I was anxious, and I fumbled for the sound. As the sound got closer and closer, an extremely dim light appeared in front of my eyes. "Ah, sister!" A little boy's voice came from beside me. I looked down and saw that it was Sika. "Sister, His Royal Highness is fighting that monster inextricably!" He pointed to the two entangled figures in front of him. One of them had two horns on his head. It must be the Minotaur wearing a bull-head mask! . I breathed a sigh of relief, luckily I caught up with them... I hurried towards them, and was about to stop them when a sharp female voice suddenly interrupted me, shouting loudly as if torn apart Said: "Xiao Wan, what's the matter with you?" As soon as she finished speaking, the two who were wrestling seemed to pause.Minotaur was stunned for a moment, and seemed to glance in this direction. At this moment of lightning, Theseus raised the long and narrow sword in his right hand, facing Minotaur with a cold light... … "Don't!" My heart seemed to be frozen in an instant, and I watched the sword quickly plunge into the chest of the distracted Minotaur... The redness that spread in an instant, like an overwhelming wave, swept across the sky. My whole body, it's too late, it's too late... A corner of my heart, like a crack on an iceberg, cracks a little imperceptibly, and then expands slowly but firmly... "Sister, that monster has been killed!" Sika's excited shout echoed in my ears, I ignored him, and just walked towards the Minotaur step by step. "Xiao Wan, I killed him! We can all go back to Athens safely. From now on, we in Athens will never have to sacrifice the lives of our children again!" Theseus was immersed in great joy. I ignored him, just walked in front of Minotaur, bent down, gently held his hand, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I broke my promise." He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me, mournful and joyful: "Xiaowan, you are here..." There was a gleam in his eyes suddenly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. I held his hand tightly, and felt something echoing back and forth in my heart, and then knocked on my eardrums, spreading the sad feeling to my whole body. I wanted to break through, but I could only linger helplessly. There was a gentle smile in his eyes, and he just looked at me quietly. "Minotaur!" Ariadne's voice suddenly sounded behind us, "Why didn't you tell her that you always liked her before you died?" Minotaur was startled, and whispered: "I, I didn't..." "If not, why would you sneak into my room every night to see her?" Ariadne's words surprised me a little. It turned out that the person watching me in the dark was really him... "I, I didn't, I'm such an ugly monster, I shouldn't have such thoughts at all, I..." He clutched his chest, blood dripped down his mask. "Xiao Wan, what's wrong with you? He's a monster!" Theseus said puzzledly. "He's not a monster, he's human just like you and me." I reached out and took off the mask of Minotaur, and he immediately covered his face with his hands, his voice hoarse: "No, Xiaowan, please don't watch My face, I, I don't want to be disgusted by you before I die..." I grabbed his hand and slowly moved away. Before his face returned to its original shape, several children ran away screaming, and even Theseus gasped. "I, I'm ugly..." He was about to cry. "I know, but I don't mind." As I said that, I bent down and put my lips on his forehead lightly. Feeling his body shake, I raised my head and showed him A smile, "Thank you - like me, I am honored." After he was stunned for a few seconds, a gentle smile slowly appeared on his lips, and a strange look appeared on his face, as if the light of the whole world was gathered on him, so dazzling and warm.He suddenly sang a tune I was familiar with intermittently: ~ cocoa editable ~ where u from beautiful exotic girl You are an elf in the sky or on earth beautiful bird of paradise why are you here ... I bowed my head and smiled, gently, and then sang: i'm a gypsy no one knows where i come from gypsy girl I wander the world Who knows where I will go tomorrow ... Looking at his slowly closing emerald eyes, I suddenly felt a stinging pain in my eyes, as if the tears that could not be shed were full of gathering... It hurt... "The Minotaur—is he a human?" Theseus looked at the Minotaur's body in disbelief. "No, he is the Minotaur." Ariadne smiled faintly, "Your Highness, what your father and your subjects want you to kill is a monster." As he spoke, he walked to the Minotaur Beside the dead body, the expression on the face was complicated and difficult to discern. "What are you doing here to collect his body? I don't think you have such a kind heart." I looked at him coldly. Just now, Enuo called my name so loudly, obviously to distract the Minotaur. He bent down and said softly in my ear: "Actually, every sacrifice is made by me to help him deal with the aftermath." I was startled at first, but gradually, a relieved smile appeared on my lips. As expected, the Minotaurs would not kill people. He looked at my smile in surprise, and said softly: "Compared with any heir, my brother is more jealous of why my brother has a healthy body and why his fate is so unfair. However, what makes me jealous the most... is The woman I like, to him..." He sighed softly, "Just like now~, why is he so ugly, but can easily make you feel sorry for him...I don't understand..." I stood up and looked calm when I faced him: "Your Highness, you and him are fundamentally different extremes of good and evil. Therefore, you will never understand." He looked up at me, his face was covered by heavy shadows, and his expression could not be seen clearly: what is good? Survival, isn't it? Don't you all think so?" "You're right, everyone wants to live better, but not everyone wants to live better by hurting others, do you understand?" I said, grabbing Texiu The sword in Si's hand, the moment his fingers touched the sword, that familiar feeling came again, and the voice calling me was stronger than before... What the hell is calling me? what is it "Do you want this sword?" Ariadne looked at me. "This sword was passed down to the eldest son by every Crete king." I was taken aback, eldest son? In other words, this sword actually belonged to the Minotaur. "Princess, let's go to Athens quickly." Theseus didn't care about the sword. Ariadne smiled slightly: "Take these people back, but Xiaowan will stay because I will marry her when I turn twenty." Theseus was taken aback: "Marry her? Didn't you—" Ariadne continued to laugh: "I find myself more interested in women." There was an extremely strange expression on Theseus' face. While they were talking, I had already swallowed the color-changing dream pill: "I'm sorry, I will leave here soon, Your Highness, you can't stop me." Ariadne's expression changed, and she couldn't help but press my shoulder firmly: "You are not allowed to go anywhere, I will not let you leave here!" I looked at my gradually translucent body: "Sorry, your words seem useless." Then he panicked: "What's going on? Where are you going? Xiaowan, where are you going?" I clenched the sword in my hand and showed a bright smile: "Ariadne, do you like me?" He was slightly taken aback, and immediately nodded: "I like you! So, even if I hurt people all over the world, I will never hurt you!" I winked at him: "Very well, I'm going to a place where I'll never see you again, and I will soon forget you and completely erase you from my memory." His face turned pale all of a sudden, and he murmured, "Xiao Wan, don't be so cruel..." I just smiled and said nothing, watching my body disappear little by little... His pupils were covered by a desperate desolation, and thin silver lines slipped from the corners of his eyes, disappearing into the silent night: "Xiaowan, even if you want to leave, don't forget me, don't forget Don't be so cruel..." I shook my head, with a smile on my lips: "Absolutely, I will forget you." In his desperate expression, I only felt that my body was getting lighter and lighter, and I was gradually losing consciousness... There is a pain of loss, no less than the degree of being robbed of life, that is, one's own existence is completely forgotten by the person you like. For the sake of the Minotaur, I want to be... cruel once. just one time. (End of the fourth volume)