Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Mina

After rushing into the tunnel of light, I unknowingly came to the place with the original pattern - the ruins of the church.Ben ran over, but he didn't feel short of breath, nor did he sweat. On the rocky ground, Ki Kima stood up slowly.Beside him was the slender silhouette of Mina.In the dawn of the field and the gorgeous morning glow, the faces of the two were backlit, and their expressions could not be seen clearly. I climbed up the rock field silently.Ki Kima and Mina looked at each other, and Ki Kima turned his head silently.It probably means "it's better not to ask anything".

"Katz and Torun are going back first." Ki Kima said heartily as usual.Did he try to do this for me? "Let's go back and have breakfast!" Turning his head, he looked at the fields, grasslands and rock fields, and at the land of the "fantasy world".The wind that blows across the grassland enters the eyes. The tears are shed because of this gust of wind, Gen thought.The scenery is so beautiful that I want my mother who is lying alone on the hospital bed to take a look at it - not because of such thoughts passing through my mind and shed tears.Because I don't like to cry anymore.

But his cheeks were still wet, and there was nothing he could do about the constant stream of tears.Ki Kima paused for a while, stopped to look at Wataru, and then slowly took a step forward.Use your eyes to signal Mina, "Let him cry." Mina also followed Ki Kima for a few steps, but hesitated for a moment, and quietly returned to Gen's side. "Wen, have you seen your mother?" "Oh." Gen nodded vigorously, then used his arms to dry his face. "Ah, that's great!" Mina stroked Gen's back lightly. "Because, because I fell asleep, I didn't speak." Gen said intermittently, "It's hard to explain so many things clearly in a short time."

"I think so. But your mother must understand. Even if she is asleep, she must feel that you have been near her." Gen rubbed his eyes and looked back at Mina.She has an encouraging smile. "It's said that mother is like this. Mother and child are separated, and mother understands the child. So, you have to cheer up. If you are depressed, you will pass it on to mother, understand?" He blinked and dropped the last teardrop. "Oh!" Through the identification of the clinic doctor, it was learned that the well water in the ruins of the church was mixed with powerful crop pesticides.In addition, after hearing about the fact that Gen encountered a large number of believers' bones at the underground altar, the doctor expressed his desire to investigate those bones.

"Investigate the bones, and you should be able to find residues of pesticides. They all drank this water and died. In this way, some of the things done under the pretext of 'curing diseases' can be clarified. .” "Looks like it's too late." Gen murmured, looking scared after thinking about it.However, the doctor's ears perked up, and he said word by word: "Indeed, no matter how you investigate afterwards, the dead cannot be resurrected. However, what kind of person is Cakedas Vera, if you try to reveal as many facts as possible , when similar characters appear in the future, the public may not be deceived."

Mina's wound, which had begun to heal, was a little bit backwards due to her outstanding performance in the cave.She was reprimanded by the doctor and applied medicine for her back injury, which made her cry out in pain. However, compared to when we first met, she seemed to be a different person. Where is Mina from?Why mix with Anka teenagers who are refugees from the north?Why so agile?Also, why wear the mirror of reality as a talisman?There are so many things to know.Wataru visited Mina's ward with Ki Kima that afternoon. "You want to know my life experience, right?" Mina probably sensed that Gen came with all kinds of questions, so she mentioned my life experience a little embarrassedly.

"The so-called 'cat family' hardly existed in the Southern Continent." Three hundred years ago, when Jamma Aglias I became the victor of the long civil war in the Northern Continent and founded the current unified empire, people of many races feared that the radical Anka Central Council would oppress other races. refugees fled south much earlier. "My ancestors escaped in this way. Most of the cat clan living in the Southern Continent today are descendants of these immigrants." Mina's ancestors settled down in Boao, a commercial country.Mina's great-grandfather was very business-minded and opened a wholesale store dealing in agricultural products. The business was very successful, and the family lived a stable and prosperous life.

"Oh, so Mina is a lady." Mina smiled shyly at Ki Kima's exclamation.But the smile disappeared immediately.Her lonely pupils stared into the void, as if going back to the distant past. "During the extremely hot season when I was seven years old, five of us—grandparents, parents, and I—lived by a small lake in the town, and one night we were attacked..." Mina said that because she was still young at that time, she couldn't remember things clearly.I just remember being woken up suddenly by my mother in the middle of the night, and my mother told her with a stern expression: hide under the bed, and until your parents call you again, no matter what happens, you can’t come out, even if someone calls your name, you can’t answer.At that time, the mother's face was stern and fearful that she had never seen before.

"At that time, my mother gave me this..." Mina touched the mirror of reality hanging on her chest, and said, "She said, take this with you and keep it carefully, because it is your amulet. There is a slight smile in my mother's eyes." With tears in my eyes, I was so scared, so scared, I pestered and said I wanted to be with my mother, but my mother walked out of the room." The young Mina followed her orders and hid under the bed. From time to time, she could hear "dong dong" stomping in the big house, or someone yelling, and there were also sounds similar to screams.Although Mina was frightened to death, she still held back her tears and curled up into a ball.

Gen recalled that when his father's lover wanted to beat his mother Kuniko, he also huddled up and hid under the bed.Of course, the situation is completely different.Gen just wanted to escape the chaos in front of him, without endangering his life at all.However, he felt that he could more or less understand Mina's feelings. "During this time, the sound of three or four people running back and forth at home began to be heard." Mina continued in a low voice, "It seems that they are looking for something. It sounds like men are asking and answering loudly, and some people are going down. Order. I was even more frightened, holding my breath and hiding under the bed and curled up into a ball."

Seemingly unable to find what they were looking for, the intruder began to rummage through boxes and cabinets, smashing things in the house.Mina still tried her best not to hide, but soon, the smell of smoke began to waft. "I quietly crawled out from under the bed, spying on the movement in the corridor, and saw a fire. It was burning blazingly over there..." At this time, there was a rapid sound of bell ringing in the distance.It's the fire brigade! "I stepped out of the balcony and saw the fire brigade's car approaching. I didn't notice it at all, but it was already dawn. It was so bright that I could see the dust raised by the car." Although Mina was rescued, the house was engulfed in flames and could not be rescued.The remains of Mina's grandparents are found in the rubble, but her parents are nowhere to be found. "People told me that the robbers killed my relatives, stole the money, set fire to the house and fled. I was the only one who was lucky enough to be rescued." Unlike the city street, Mina's house has no neighbors.Because there were no witnesses, the local police station could only draw such a conclusion based on Mina's testimony. "But if this is the case, where are Mom and Dad? Although I am only a child, I can't accept this conclusion anyway, and I also feel that the person who broke into the house seems to be looking for something, which is similar to my mother entrusting me with the amulet There may be some kind of connection..." My father's relatives lived in Lanka, the capital of Boao, and they took Mina in.They are in business.But the passage of time could not make Mina forget this incident.What happened that night?How are the parents?Are you alive now?Driven by the impulse of "wanting to find out" and "wanting to pursue to the end", Mina finally left her relative's house and ran away.She was eleven years old then. "It's really reckless to do that!" Mina said with an embarrassed smile. "Really." Gen also laughed, "Have you found any clues?" "There is no clue. However, there happened to be a big circus performing in Lanka at that time. In addition to food wholesale, my relatives also opened a restaurant and invited many business customers to watch the circus performance. I also went to the circus several times. Regiment, I have spoken to Mr. Regiment Leader." Mina said that she thought about it, the circus can travel around, inquire about various news, and meet many people, but if they only stay in one place, they will never be able to solve the mysteries of the past.On the way to and fro, you may be able to catch clues by chance. "So, I went to the head of the regiment, told the situation, and asked him to keep me in the regiment to work." Fortunately, Captain Bu Buhe was very sympathetic, and accepted Mina's request after negotiating with two conditions.One condition is that she works hard in the regiment; the other is that she persists in studying and studying in the regiment. "The circus, no wonder it's so agile!" Ki Kima clapped his hands, looking suddenly enlightened.However, Wataru still has something he can't let go of. "Then, you've been staying in this circus, haven't you?" "Well, it's called 'The Trapeze Circus.' The circus sells high-altitude performances, swinging from dizzying heights or doing thrilling acrobatics. That's where the name comes from." Mina was quite pleased with herself. "I also performed thrilling aerial acrobatics using ropes, which was taught by the group leader himself, and it was very popular." "You met those Anka teenagers there? Why are you with them? It seems that you have been coerced by them." Mina suddenly looked sad: "That... I did something stupid." It is said that about a year ago, those teenagers were still staying in the refugee shelter in Boao, and the high-altitude trapeze circus went to give a condolence performance.Mina had a chance to speak to them there. "So...the children said...before they fled to the north, their parents were cadres of the 'Foreigners Administration', and they could know many inside stories that are not known to the world." The so-called "Foreigners Administration" is said to be a management agency of the Northern Empire Government.In the north, the races other than the Anka are called "foreigners", and everything in their lives is strictly controlled by this authority. "What do they manage?!" Ki Kima said angrily, "The so-called management means confiscating property, putting them in shelters, and forced labor! According to the refugees of the water people, in order to make and repair sailboats, there are almost no tools. They were asked to work twenty-four hours without eating or drinking. In less than a day, five to ten people collapsed, but not only was there no doctor, but there was no medicine. Those who weakened were ignored and died. Into the sea! According to them, the corpses of such dead water-men are piled up like mountains!" Mina lowered her eyes, nodded and said, "I've heard many similar things." "What did those two men say they knew?" "They said that the Northern Empire quietly kidnapped the descendants of foreigners who fled south and sent them back to the north." Mina's voice trembled slightly, "It has been doing this kind of thing since twenty years ago. The parents of those children, Because they work in a special facility for abductees, they know." Gen and Ki Kima looked at each other. "Those children listened to what I said and said that my parents must have been kidnapped and returned to the north in the same way, so no bodies were found in the ruins. I felt that the answer I was looking for was finally found. Mom and Dad may still be alive. In the Northern Empire." Mina's eyes lit up. "But why did the Northern Empire government do such a thing?" "I don't know. Those children said that they didn't know either. However, among the refugees who fled south first, some were originally the superiors of the parents of those children. If they could meet those people, they should be able to know more about the situation. So I... ..." "Oh oh oh." Ki Kima sighed, "So, Mina believed their words and helped them escape? Then she was trapped by their words and followed them all the time?" Mina didn't answer, her head so low that she could barely see her face.This is the answer. "Then, people from the 'Trapepe Circus' must still be worried about Mina." Gen said, "You must have sneaked away, right?" "Well. Because I figured if I said it, they'd stop me..." "I will definitely stop you! If it were me, I would stop you too, and I would take the words of that bastard seriously. After all, Mina is a pure and good child." Ki Kima Shichi said it in a joking tone, but Mina looked serious. "However, one thing is clear. Those children are not all nonsense." It is said that it was the special forces called "Sigdra" who carried out this incomprehensible and brutal task-forcibly kidnapping refugees fleeing south and sending them back. "Those people are soldiers?" "It has nothing to do with the imperial army. It is said that although the current emperor Aglias VII and the commander of the imperial army, General Yaza, have known each other since childhood, they actually have a bad relationship. This is well known in the Northern Empire, although it cannot be discussed publicly." In the Northern Empire, the equivalent of the security organization here - the Shudinger Knights or the Highland Guard, is a subordinate organization of the Imperial Army and has no independent authority.Therefore, Aglias VII established a special force so that he could control it at will without having to discuss everything with General Yaza.This is "Sigdra". Ki Kima stuck out her tongue and stroked the top of her head. "What's the matter? That's weird." "Oh? What a lousy name. What 'Sigdra'." The Northern Empire regarded the "Old God Faith" as the state religion, believing that the old gods created the fantasy world, and the goddesses were false gods who deceived the old gods. "Sigdra, is the name of a monster brought back by the old god when he knew he was deceived by the goddess. It is said that it has furry three heads and six legs. The front end of the tail is divided into two forks, each connected to a snake head. According to the legends of the water people, this Sigdra is just an ugly monster who lives in the abyss of chaos and devours the souls of those who stray into it." "Three heads... six feet..." "It is always hungry and will eat anything. Once it sees food, it will chase after it and never let it go. The so-called Sigdra, in the Anka language, means 'vicious dog'." Mina's parents were captured by such a terrible organization... "Wen, I have a request." Mina's big eyes looked at Heng, "When you start your journey, take me with you, okay?" Under Mina's earnest gaze, Gen blushed and became flustered: "Cough, travel? One, let's go together?" "Please! I'll be useful! Going with you must be faster and farther than going in a circus. Right? So..." Mina pressed on.Gen flinched in bewilderment, and finally almost rolled over from the chair. Ki Kima's face turned into a flowery smile, and he grabbed the back of Wat's neck. "Being desperately begged by a cute girl, isn't it easy to push, Gen?" "Oh, oh," Gen wiped the sweat off his face, "Besides, Mina is my savior." "very good, thank you!" To Mina who was jumping for joy, Wat said a "but": "But, Mina. Before we go, you have to tell everyone in the trapeze circus that you are fine now." "It's the trapeze circus." Mina said with a smile, "Okay, I'll do as you say." "Do you think this is good: we all go to the trapeze circus together. Mina can meet everyone, and Gen can also get new information. Isn't this a good idea?"