Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Tiazheyun Town

It's really "right ahead". In the middle of the flat and wide field, a beautiful round white stone wall was built to surround the town.On the side facing the avenue there was a gate much smaller than that of Gassala, and the big guard was smoking on the lookout. Indifferently feel that this place is different from the towns I have seen so far.As he walked, he wondered what was different, when the gatekeeper shouted at him. "Hey——, that little fellow who came over, are you here for business in Tiaz Heyun Town?" Gen not revealing the pain in his leg, thinking about how to answer.The scribbled characters just now appeared in front of my eyes.Am I happy now?

In the end, he answered frankly: "I don't know. I'm lost—I don't know what this place is. Am I still in Boao Kingdom?" The janitor put the cigarette in his mouth, jumped off the ground, and walked towards Gen. "It doesn't matter. This is the country of Aliquida. Speaking of which, Aliquida is very big. From here to the border crossing with Bo'ao, it is not far from here to the capital of Aliquida. Where are you from?" " "Come from the outskirts of Lillis." The janitor let out a "hey" sound of surprise, and even dropped the cigarette roll at his feet.He was an orc with blue eyes.

"Coming from that far? On foot? Seems to be injured." When Gen explained that he was blown to Tianshang by a tornado and fell into the Swamp of Sadness, the gatekeeper was surprised again.However, what surprised him didn't seem to be the tornado. "What did you say? Fell in the Swamp of Sadness?" He moaned, his beard trembling, as if he couldn't bear the news. "Hey, little guy, what did you see by the swamp?" Gen said that he turned to the woman in black for help.But before he could speak halfway, the janitor was already waving his hands, looking like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

"You mean a hut? You say that woman lives in a hut? No, no! That guy, Yagom, really built his own hut!" He looked up to the sky and shouted that he wanted to come back, saying that it was inconvenient because of the pain in his feet: "Little guy, you have to come to Tiaz Heyun! The mayor wants to see you." Entering the town, the reason for the uncoordinated feeling just now became clear.The buildings in the town are all one-story houses with flat roofs and extremely thick gutters, and the buildings are all close together.It seems that the combined roof area is much larger than the combined road area of ​​the whole town.

"A very rare house." He said on the janitor's back. "Ah, that's right. The little guy doesn't know anything about the situation here." The janitor laughed, "This method is to catch even one more drop of rainwater from the sky, and filter the rainwater strictly. After that, we made 'Tears'." "Tears?" "It's the clearest water in the world. It's used as a medicine for patients or as a raw material for the most advanced cosmetics." The mayor's house is located in the middle of the connected cube-like buildings.In order to get there, he had to open the door of the residents again and again to pass through, and he was always worried that he would be scolded by others.

"Because this town is built in such a way, there will be houses for passage." indeed so.Gen deeply agrees: No wonder no furniture can be seen, but soon after arriving at the "Mayor's Office", it is also unsightly empty, not much different from the usual houses, only simple desks, chairs, and small tables. "Oh, my name is Ma Gu, the mayor." Mayor Magu is a water-human tribe.He has more taste for fish than Kee Kimah.There are big red fins on the top of the head, standing there like a cockscomb.As soon as he was surprised, his round eyes rolled around. Here, other races hold important positions, not the Anka.It shouldn’t hurt to talk about the encounter with the old god believers in the Torian Kama Hospital—Gen briefly explained this, even the encounter with the woman in black in the swamp.But he followed her advice and said nothing to comfort her.

"Oh, this surprised me again." The mayor of Magu patted his head with his big webbed hands, "Mr. Gen, are you a highland guard at such a young age? Great, great. But your partner is worried about you." However, when it comes to the water people. "Turn west from here, cross the border of Boao and go west again, and you will be your partner's hometown, Sakawa. They are engaged in transportation and well-informed, so if you find there, you may find your partner's whereabouts." Gen breathed a sigh of relief, very happy. "Thank you. I'll go to Sakawa right away to see."

"Oh, you'd better wait until your injury is healed before you go. There is good medicine here. The medicine made with 'tears' is much more effective than the medicine sold in pharmacies." The mayor seems to be good at doing business. "How about this, the mayor—" The janitor who was standing aside hurriedly urged, "Is it time to call Yagom's wife?" The mayor cast a quick glance at Wataru.It's not a suspicious look, but a worried look. "Although Mr. Gen is an excellent highland guard, he is still a kid. I don't like being involved in this kind of thing."

"But, since that woman was exiled, no one has visited her, right? It will save trouble if you can ask Mr. Gen." "Exile?" Gen then asked back, "The woman was expelled from the town?" She said, "I was originally a resident of Tiaz Heyun—" "Okay." Mayor Ma Gu lowered his head sadly, said a short sentence, and stood up, "Mr. Gen, follow me, Qing will be there soon." Because there was no need to carry Gen on his back, the mayor asked the janitor to return to his post, and he went out holding Gen's hand.When passing through a passage house and opening the next door, the mayor said loudly:

"Hey ladies, how are you doing today?" It's like a hospital room.In the bright and warm room, there are six simple beds.Five of them were occupied.Although the races are different, they are all women. "Hey, Sarah, visiting mother?" On the nearest bed was a thin Anka woman with a bad complexion.Next to her was a girl the size of a kindergarten, with a gloomy expression.The mayor picked up the girl, kissed her on the cheek, and said: "Sarah's a pretty girl. Still, you gotta pull yourself together. Get some fun in the sun during the day." Girls are cute.Because their eyes met, Wataru smiled at her, but her eyes were still gloomy.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mayor," the woman on the bed slumped her head on the pillow, apologizing in a feeble voice, "I'm much better now..." "Don't worry about it, Sadami. As far as you are concerned, don't worry about it too much, okay? There is only one medicine in this world that can't be cured even by the medicine made from 'tears'." Save. That's the 'Pillion of Time'." The mayor put Sarah on the bed, stroked her head, and smiled. "Okay, I have to take this little guest out, and everyone can rest assured to recuperate according to the doctor's orders, okay?" Wataru nodded to everyone and followed the mayor back to the office.The two sat down opposite each other, and the mayor's eyes became as gloomy as Sarah's. "Mr. Gen," the mayor said, "the woman you met on the edge of the Swamp of Sadness is a resident of this town, her name is Lily Inna. Three months ago, she was expelled from this town for some reason." Without the consent of me—and the residents I represent, Lily is not allowed to return here. Nor can she move to another place. Because no village or town will accept the people exiled by Tiaz Heyun as residents. " "Was she punished so severely for something she did?" Mayor Magok sighed, and the fins on top of his head wobbled. "Before talking about this point, I have to briefly explain the establishment process and history of Tiaz Heyun." It is said that Tiazheyun was widely known as the "City of Sadness" long before the Southern Continent formed a united country. "The way of life in this town is not particularly different from other towns. The only difference is that the vast majority of residents here move here to reminisce and comfort the heart-piercing events in their hometown. Sad things. That is to say, this is a 'heart disease hospital', which is just a temporary shelter before the heart disease is cured. Therefore, housing, furniture, supplies, everything is kept simple." Feel free to leave here as soon as the sadness is gone.Every mayor must say to the departing residents: "I hope we never meet again!" It is said that such a farewell is the rule. "There are various reasons for grief. There are those who have lost something they love, and those who have been betrayed by someone they trusted. We will not go into the reasons. We just live together, support each other, and wait for the time to pass and the wounds to heal. It has been half a year There are those who leave immediately, and there are also those who don’t heal for ten years. Because the degree to which the soul is injured varies from person to person.” It is said that it is not a long time ago that "tears" were refined from rainwater to maintain the livelihood of cities and towns. "It took about 30 years to really start refining 'tears'. My former mayor was very clever. He found that the rainwater here is particularly clear and the work of refining water requires patience. Although it is a quiet and simple thing, But it can’t be treated as a side job, so people who are immersed in grief are very suitable for this job.” The town took this as a business and built the house it is today. "Tears" sold for an astonishingly high price in Aliquida, and the town was said to be financially well off. "The reason why the rain here is so pure is not clear. According to the astronomy scholar in Shashaya, the Andya Highland far to the west is shrouded in pure white mist all year round. The white mist is blown down by the wind, and it happens to turn into rain at this place." .” Andria Heights - is where the mysterious Dilla Rubesi Special Autonomous Prefecture is located.That's right, it's a place that believes in old gods. "However, no matter how pure the rainwater is, if it is not filtered, it will not become 'tears'. If it is filtered, the water will become pure, leaving unclean things. We throw these unclean things away from the town. Too far away, a dark swamp where birds and fish don't swim. That's 'Swamp of Sorrows.'" The swamp, then, is a dump.Wataru recalled the feeling of the cold mud and the calm water. "This is such a town." Mayor Magu continued, "The residents come from all over the country and the population is large. Therefore, there are many important rules. Because everyone is here for healing, so we must care for each other, take care of each other, and be considerate of each other .There must be no further quarrels or quarrels in Tiazheyun, no new source of sorrow. However, Lily Inna is the first person in the long history of our town to openly break this rule." It is said that she stole other people's husbands. "The thin, sick woman in the ward is named Sadami, and her husband is named Yagom, a businessman. I don't know when, Lily and Yagom secretly communicated with each other, and they were pregnant with a child. Two People are planning to elope." Gen's eyes were flushed, and there was a tsunami-like loud noise from the ear drums, and he couldn't hear the sound for a moment, only the sad face of Mayor Magu and the opening and closing of his lips—— That woman is Rikako Tanaka. Did the same thing as Rikako Tanaka. Like Rikako Tanaka, she is an aggressor. A beast that devours the happiness of others. "After we found out about the situation, we exiled Lily Inna immediately. Because Sadami wanted to forgive her husband and save the marriage, he kept him in the town. No matter how long it took, we hoped that they would reconcile. However, Lily Inna Yagom, who was fascinated by Na, ran away, and seemed to be running towards that woman while doing business." The mayor said that Lily Inna was exiled alone, so the hut should be built by Yagom for his lover. "Poor Sarah." Mayor Magu rubbed his eyes and said again. "Sadami and the others came to the town because of something sad?" Gen finally managed to squeeze out a voice and asked. "They are all from Boao. They lost Sadami's parents and Sarah's sister due to the epidemic. It was about a year ago that they came here." "Where's that woman—Lily Inna?" "It is said that the fiancé died of illness. My father was a star reader in Shashaya, and he was a very remarkable person. It is said that the deceased fiancé was also born with a very good star reading quality." Gen was dripping with sweat again, the back of his shirt was wet, and his heart was beating wildly, as if he was running. He thought of Sarah's dull eyes.When my mother was reprimanded by Rikako Tanaka, when she declared that she was pregnant and became dizzy with rage, when she rushed towards her when she told her she was going to go away, she must have the same look in her eyes when she cowered and hid under the bed in her room.If Lily Inna is Rikako Tanaka, Sarah is me.Sadami, who was lying emaciated on the bed, was the mother. He couldn't help blurting out: "Never allow it!" Mayor Magu tilted his head to look at Gen, and asked, "What did you say?" Gen wiped his face with his hand, and said, "We have to find a way to make Yagom wake up." The mayor stared wide-eyed: "Of course it is." "Suppose Yagom runs to Lili Inna's cabin, that is to say, he has the opportunity to meet him directly and persuade him?" "Of course it is, but we, the residents of Tiazheyun, cannot approach the 'Swamp of Sadness', because it will be contaminated with pollution." "I'll go," Gen announced resolutely, "I'm not a resident here, it doesn't matter." Mayor Ma Gu was at a loss for a while, and said, "But, you—Mr. Gen, you are a child..." "However, I am also a Highlander." "That's true." "Mayor, I am the same as Sarah. My father also abandoned me and my mother to other women. He also put on a very self-righteous reason, a face of righteousness. So , I understand the feelings of the abandoned people very well, I understand it too well. Please let me bring Yagom back. For Sarah, please let me go!" The mayor of Magu opened and closed his mouth from time to time, his red fish fins trembled wildly, and his hands sometimes hugged his shoulders and sometimes put them down. He didn't know what to do for a long time.Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Well, please. Anyway, we can't do it alone. You can express Sarah's heart—please!"