Chapter 40 Chapter 40 A Separated Heart

The port city promises. In the corner of the port, there are lonely warehouses, all of which are old wooden boards and galvanized iron roofs.The rainwater pipes are rusted by the sea breeze, curled up like dead bugs and hang down from the eaves, making a "bang bang bang bang" sound. Looking down from the city, it is black in color and has a strong smell of tide water, but the vitality of the port city has not reached Up to here, people are walking on the winding road with slow pace. Sono is a dead city.It was a step behind in attracting the great merchants with sailboats, who prospered and grew richer as the sailing lanes opened up.It only relies on small sailboat merchants to engage in medium-sized sailboat business, and transports goods by land.Sono is small in scale and was once an active fishermen's town.Although they have accumulated experience in transporting fish and fish processed food, they seem to have few ways to deal with the wide variety of commodities that the North Continent wants and correspondingly sell back to the South Continent.Food and chores cannot be handled with a warehouse concept.The antique furniture sold by the privileged classes of the Northern Empire through sailboat merchants all needed careful restoration or polishing. Knowing that the processed products could be sold at a good price, the rough hands of the men in Suo Nuo Harbor couldn't do it.If you want to get it to other cities, you don’t know much about the export procedures. During this process, you miss several business opportunities every year. The rumored businessmen with a keen sense of smell looked down on Suo Nuo, and soon they stopped paying attention. up.

People who make a living in Suo Nuo are not so much sailing men in the true sense as fishing men.When they decided that they could no longer rely on the sea to eat, they dispersed one after another and left Suo Nuo.The rest of the people depend on the increasingly barren town of Suo Nuo to live a tight life. However, with the passage of time, the famous industrial and commercial ports such as Hadaye or Dakhla flourished for a while, and of course they were placed under close surveillance by the federal government and strengthened their management.As a result, Suo Nuo Xiaogang turned around and played an ironic role.Although sailboat merchants engaged in illegal activities cannot obtain business licenses, lack funds, and cannot afford to be eaten by the federal government, their sea-crossing skills, courage, and adventurous spirit are not inferior to anyone—so if people’s expectations of "low-level brokers" are satisfied needs of this role.

Act as an intermediary for smuggling. Now, smuggling has become an underground source of funds for Suo Nuo Town.Those who don't know can't ask.But for those who desperately need to know, smuggling agents and boatmen quietly open the door.Calling it a "sideline business", the scale is too large, and it is not justifiable to call it an "industry", but for the continuation of the city, the people living in Suo Nuo Port have no choice but to play this role.There is also a special added value in it: enjoy the pleasures that cannot be met in other cities and places, as well as some thrills.

Standing side by side in the sea breeze, Warehouse Street shows a kind of sentiment: workers are killing time on the side of the road while waiting for work.Among them is a small boat company marked with a fist.On the wall of the only warehouse belonging to this company, the same sign is painted yellow, which is still conspicuous even though it is mottled.In the second-floor offices, the siding smelled and musty, and the window frames creaked, giving it a shabby feel, but everyone took it in stride.The general manager of this company, and the captain of the only dilapidated medium-sized sailboat, is an old man of the Anka tribe, who lives on the boat in the mist of the harbor.This not only saves the money of buying and renting a house, but also saves money by collecting and taking care of the boats by oneself.

The office, with no staff or customers, was a convenient hiding place for stowaways—Southerners longing for the North Continent—until it was time to sail.The captain did not intend to do so from the beginning.Hiding a person is quite troublesome in practice.But if possible, it is best to negotiate the smuggling matter, accept the advance payment, and then not meet each other until they rendezvous and go to sea.However, if the stowaways are allowed to leave before leaving the ship, they often cause troubles in lonely towns, or are caught offended by their careless actions, and are caught in the police station. Not only does the business fail, but his business is almost exposed.After several incidents, the captain learned to be good: before the stowaway boarded the ship and was sent to the vast sea, it was the safest way to put the stowaway under his own nose.

But in a year, there are only three or four times when it is suitable to sail to the north.It is impossible to help people hide all year round.Every time someone stays in the office, at best it is one or two nights, and the longest is no more than four or five days.If they receive indications that they are suitable for sailing from star readers from all over the country, they will hurriedly stuff the stowaway into the bilge, sneak out of the sea, and send them to the rendezvous large sailboat to "goodbye". However, this time the stowaways were different. It was a young man, and he was always impatient.He talked more and more vigorously in a threatening tone, and wanted to smuggle to the north as soon as possible no matter what.He found the captain a few days before he was suitable for sailing, but he insisted on "going out tonight", which finally angered the captain.

If there is no wind, you can't get out of the boat.Even if the time comes, it is necessary to avoid the eyes and ears of the police station in charge of guarding the port, so it is not easy to determine the timing of sailing.The captain, though annoyed, explained; the captain was going to send him away and send him to another go-between.As a result, the man was furious, threw the chair and kicked the board wall, and when he was about to leave the warehouse, he rolled down the stairs.He didn't fall in the air, but collapsed.It seemed that he was so excited that he fainted for a while.

The captain was in a dilemma.It's okay to just throw him by the side of the road like this, but if there are strange people lying on the side of the road nearby, it is easy to attract the highland guards from the police station to search around.In Suonuo Town, the ship owners or crew members involved in smuggling have their own way, and they know how to set up the police station so that the police station will turn a blind eye to them.But the Highland Guard is also very tough inside, and bribery is not effective, and the security station of Suoruo has to be balanced with other security stations. Due to the need to save face for the chief, sometimes they will suddenly put on a tough stance, so don't be careless.

There is no way.The captain dragged the fainted boy into his office and nursed him.The man has almost no carry-on luggage, only a paper tube-like thing, which he clings to tightly like a lifeline.The man was skinny and his clothes were in tatters.The soles of the shoes were about to fall off, the soles of the feet were blistered, and many rope scars were left on the arms.The captain was surprised and thought he went climbing? What is even more incredible is that this customer has not yet come to life, and other visitors have come to him.And it was a child.He was dressed like a star reader, or a sorcerer rarely seen in Aliquita, the country of mining and industry.He was wearing a black cloak that reached to his ankles, and he was holding a cane inlaid with a large gemstone, but no matter how you look at it, he was at best an eleven or twelve-year-old child.He also said he wanted to go north.

"You are with him?" To the captain's question, the child glanced at the pale young man lying beside him, and replied, "Not together. However, I think that with him, we can guarantee crossing the sea to the north, so I followed." From the child's indifferent tone, the captain guessed that they were not familiar with each other.The child looked at the lying young man without moving an eyebrow.No, for the child's movements, it would be more accurate to say that he didn't tremble even a single hair. Like a wizard's child saying: "I have money." After the captain confirmed it, he accepted the advance payment and wanted to ask him how he earned it, but held back, feeling a little scary.

The child who wanted to be a wizard claimed that he was not with the young man, nor was he an acquaintance, but he took the sleeping young man's paper tube and fiddled with it without authorization, and checked the contents inside.He nodded with an "oooh".The captain asked "what is that" and said "it has nothing to do with you".The captain said "you are crazy boy", and the response was "I paid you". What seems to be a blueprint inside the paper tube.At least that's how it seemed to the captain. Soon after, the young man woke up and started talking with him in a whisper like a wizard's child.As the captain brought the food and water to the office, he heard a few words, basically the boy was saying: "I heard about you from the Pope." "The mirror is destroyed." "I'm not interested in your purpose." The two of them spoke in a cold tone with some unclear words.The young man seems to be unable to compete with the children due to physical weakness or other reasons, and is completely convinced.Sometimes nodding and bowing, nodding and pleading with the other party, be sure to take yourself with you.It seemed that the young man was penniless because of his advance payment to the captain.The captain was very dissatisfied: I am almost too busy. Because of this, the captain was more careful than usual, and worked hard to keep these guests in the office, keeping his eyes on them for a moment.However, since children and young men do not plan to go out at all, it is not too much trouble.Moreover, the captain was reluctant to approach them.Every time I talk to them, the child who looks like a wizard casts a cold gaze, which is very painful. The level of horror is increasing day by day.The knight, like a wizard, looks rich, and his cane is very beautiful. The captain was attracted by these two points, and had an evil thought in his heart: put the child down, and snatch his cane... Of course, these thoughts are all hidden, they cannot be seen on the face, and people have no way of knowing.It’s just that when the captain glanced at the cane propped against the wall for the first few times, the simple office supplies—the wooden table—suddenly slipped out from the wall and blocked between the captain and the cane.No one moved it, it moved by itself.The captain was paralyzed with fright. "Hey hey" laughter came, the captain looked back, it was a child who looked like a wizard laughing.He sat on the broken couch with springs exposed, crossing his legs. "It's better not to make up your mind," said the wizard-like child. At this time, the wooden table suddenly slid up and retreated back to its original place.The old pen holders and inkwells on the table fell over and rolled to the floor. On the side of the wall, the precious jade inlaid on the head of the cane flashed and changed colors - first it was red, then light green, then blue, and finally amber, as if to indicate a certain meaning. While rushing out the door, the captain quickly chanted the goddess's eulogy, almost biting his tongue.That is the real wizard, the elusive warlock.God bless God bless. That's it—it's the fifth day including today. The captain opened the warehouse door and entered, locking it carefully.This is always done during a guest's stay.Then go up to the office on the second floor. Going out to sea after sunset tonight, he came to announce the news.Honestly, a big sigh of relief.That bastard, I hope he leaves sooner.On the other hand, when I thought about sending that weird wizard boy out to sea and spending nearly half a month together before arriving in the Northern Continent, my heart became heavy again.Perhaps, this is a chance for Jinpan to wash his hands and get rid of this kind of life... When they came to the turning point of the stairs, there was a scream of "wow" from above their heads.The captain froze on the spot.what happened?Whose voice is it?What tricks did that little furry mage come up with? The captain hesitated for a while, then turned around and went downstairs to escape?Or rush into the office and curse?At this time, there was another "Wahahah"-this time it was not so much a scream, but a cry.The frosted glass paneling in the upper half of the office shattered into shards.Then the door slammed open, hit the wall and bounced back.Shards of glass even fell to where the captain was standing. The captain was stunned.If it weren't for the shuddering cold air blowing from the crack in the glass, he might have stood still.The cold air passed by, which made the captain sober.He climbed the stairs, dropping broken glass from his face, hair, and beard. "Just, just. What happened just now?" The captain poked his head in from the door, with a look of shock on his face.But before he finished speaking, it turned into a sneeze.Because the knife-like cold air poured into the nostrils.Ouch, it's so cold!The earlobes are almost frozen over! The young wizard was standing against the wall, with one hand on his hips and the other holding a staff, and was inspecting something.At his feet squatted a—— Ice lumps. The ice lumps are in the shape of a human.It looked like a frightened person who yelled to escape but failed, then raised a hand and pressed it against the wall for help, and froze in this situation. "what is this?" The wizard boy shrugged his shoulders at the captain's question: "Your customer." "That, that, that boy?" "That's right." The captain became a babbling toddler, lying at the feet of the wizard boy. "What's going on? Why is it frozen? Where is the air-conditioning coming from?" The captain opened his eyes and looked up at the wizard boy. "Did you do it? Did you cast a spell?" "It's not me." The young mage shook his head, "Oh,... This is 'God's Punishment' after all." "Curse?" "Oh, the goddess of Dilla Rubesi must have passed the verdict. Therefore, there is nowhere for this man to escape." The young wizard lifted the hem of his black cloak, and picked up the paper tube from the bed where the young man had been lying. "You're going to put it..." "Since that's the case, this guy has no luck. Let me take over." "Son, that's someone else's property." Unknowingly, the captain changed into a tone of lecturing children.But the young wizard glanced at him with eyes that didn't look like a child, and said, "This guy," the boy pointed at the boy who had turned into an iceman with a paper tube, "he also stole it from somewhere. Miles. It's not a glorious thing." "Okay. When's the sailing?" "Well, come on." The captain shivered.Because of the cold and fear. "What should I do with this... ice cube?" "Whatever. It turns into water when it melts." However, it was originally a person. "After melting, it won't bleed." "I don't think there's anything to worry about. But if you don't like it, I can fix it for you." The captain made a "gudong" in his throat, his throat was dry.He wanted to say "please", but felt that once he said it, he didn't know what the other party would do. "Won't it be exposed...to the police station?" "Police station? Haha, those guys called Highland Guards?" The young mage looked dismissive. "That's right. If you get caught on the spot here, you won't be able to go to sea. It's bad luck to underestimate those guys." "Don't worry. I'll make it clean and clean." He smiled.The captain felt cold again.The captain regretted unceasingly: It would be fine if such customers were not picked up. At this moment, the downstairs door was slammed "bang bang", and there was a shouting voice: "Hey, Captain! Are you in the house? If you are, open the door! We are from the police station. I have something to ask you." The captain looked at the expression of the wizard boy.He knew he was shrinking pitifully.However, the wizard boy was calm and composed. "It seems that there is trouble." The captain said and stood up. "Is your ship in readiness to go to sea?" "Oh, oh. Ready." "Okay, then go out." "But, it's impossible to leave port under the police's pursuit." "No problem. I'll take care of it until it reaches the surface of the sea." The young sorcerer pressed his hand on the head of the staff, and the precious jade flickered again. The three of them broke up with Qiao Zuo at the border between Aliquida and Boao, in the woods near the pass.Qiao Zuo offered to send everyone directly to Suo Nuo Town. He once flew across the border, but only passed a few small towns before he realized that there was a lot of commotion in the lower realm.The dragon itself is a rare creature, and it is even more like a myth in the industrial country of Aliquida.According to Qiao Zuo, the air pollution in Aliquida is worse than other cities in the southern continent, so the dragons don't like it, and he and his companions hardly fly over here.People were unusually surprised, and understandably so. In the days when people's hearts are fluctuating, Gen and his party don't want to provoke unnecessary troubles, and they don't want Qiao Zuo to be involved in danger.So they came back, sent Jozo back to Dragon Island, and headed straight for the pass.Thinking that it would be troublesome to tell the story of Dilla Rubesi from the beginning, he reported the matter of the warehouse, claiming that the source was unknown but the information was accurate, and asked the giant bird tribe who met to rush to the police station of Suruo Town, and then they followed closely come. When Gen and his party arrived at the Suo Nuo Police Station, they found that except for the director and a liaison officer, the rest of the people had rushed to the warehouse in question.The other party introduced that the sailboat company with the yellow fist trademark is a micro company with only the old captain, and has been suspected of stowaways many times so far. After confirming the situation, Gen was relieved, but saw Kee Kima slightly frown .Gen asked him what was going on in a low voice, and Ji pretended to tell him in a low voice: "The police station here, so far, as long as things don't make a big fuss, it's probably laissez-faire about introducing stowaways. It's not what it looks like." There will be such a thing.When I was in this world, I also knew that there was such a thing from news reports. "However, this time I have to go all out. The chief has orders, right?" "Yes. Oh, yes." Not long after, a highland guard who had gone to the warehouse ran back.The old captain's warehouse was empty.However, there are traces of people staying in the office on the second floor, and—— "It seems unbelievable that someone froze. It was a very human-shaped lump of ice, after all." The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay.Mina took a step back in surprise, and raised her hand to press the position of her heart. "It's a fugitive..." When the goddess punished Dilla Rubesi, he also suffered.No matter how far you run, it is impossible to escape the angry goddess. However, if this can be achieved, why did the goddess come to the chiefs and order to hunt down the fugitives?If you can punish him, there should be no need for this, right? His chest twitched. "In that office, are there any unusual things left? Drawings or something, maybe paper rolls, or packed in cylinders." "Oh . . . the office is messy anyway. Anyway, our men are heading to port. Since the captain is missing, let's check his sailboat." "Then, can we go to the warehouse to investigate?" Gen begged the director. "Oh. No problem..." Before the director finished speaking, the entire police station building suddenly shook.The police station here is also a hut built only with wood and zinc iron sheets, which is quite old.The first shake, the wall has "creaked" sound.The shaking continued, the window frame fell off, the floor was uneven, and it was difficult for people to stand still. "This, what's going on here?" Thought it was an earthquake.But Mina, who was holding on to the window sill and could see the outside, let out a scream and told everyone, "It's a tornado!" Gen and others rushed to the door, but it wasn't a tornado.And not one or two.Tornadoes with a diameter of about five to ten meters are everywhere, winding and appearing in front of them like wind pillars supporting the sky. The tornadoes moved slowly in one direction, trying to gather together.As the wind passed by, the rough and old buildings in Suo Nuo Town were destroyed one by one, rolled up and scattered.The wind moves, towards a destination. It is the sea. "Is that the sea over there?" Pointing in the direction of the tornado, Gen asked with a loud voice over the sound of the wind.The chief of the police station shouted in a strange voice: "That's right, that's right. Going on like this is dangerous for the sailboat!" The scene of Torian Kama Hospital reappeared in Gen's mind.The tornado that swept away the believers, blew through the dense Shura trees, and brought Wataru to the Swamp of Sadness.The wind magic performed by Mizuru. It's Mizuru at the port. "I have to go!" Just as Heng yelled, the building in the police station collapsed. Gen watched as he rushed down the winding ramp of Sono Town.The roofs of many warehouses and residences were blown away, columns fell and windows were broken, and rainwater pipes were broken and blown away.Buildings were toppled and people rushed out of houses, clutching their heads for their lives.The drying clothes are blown into the sky with the rope.An aunt sent her clothes away with dumbfounded eyes. She muttered like nonsense: My apron... cats and dogs were also blown away, potted flowers and plants flew all over the sky, and Du Tou carried an iron pot across the sky. The town after the wind was in ruins, but the tornadoes were still moving forward.Gen and his entourage followed the tornado with Ji Kema's huge body as a shield.Wherever the tornado passed, only rubble, dazed people, and still silence remained.When they were about to approach the tornado a little bit, they were blocked by the whirlwind, and it was not easy to even take a step forward. Even so, Ki Kima was still unmoved. Open up the flying debris and open up the way forward. "Hold on to me!" Ki Zima's roar came clearly through the wind.He curled up, clasped Ji Keema's waist with both hands, and rested his head on his back.Same goes for Mina.Her tail wrapped around Wataru's body. There is also an interface from the port.The pier can be seen from the hillside—— When I came here, the strong wind suddenly disappeared.All flying things began to fall under the action of gravity. Looking up at the sky, above the port.Mina followed his example.Ki Kima still carried the door panel in front of him, and also looked up in amazement.More than a dozen tornadoes are at sea at the moment.Gathered around a sailboat moored on a pier in the harbour.Then, it lost its shape like a tornado, and turned into a swirling circular wind mass, floating up and down from time to time. The harbor is calm.The sailboat surrounded by the wind mass is old and its mast is heeling.The yellow fist logo painted on the side of the ship is also mostly tinted and rusty.The sails were folded, and the mast stood abruptly like a tree stump with all its dead leaves.However, it was only gentle waves shaking the hull that was about to fall apart.All the sailboats, tied to the pilings of the other trestles, lowered their flags and remained silent. Gen rushed to the sailboat followed by the wind group, and Mina followed closely.Ki Kima also threw away the door panel that was used as a shield, and followed behind the two. The trestle is also old, and there are gaps between the planks.Sea water can be seen from the gap.He tripped over a plank that was barbed with decay, and he fell in the middle of the trestle, breathless for a moment, and stopped. Geng cried out with all his might: "Meihe!" As a result, the small door behind the sailboat cab opened, and a small figure appeared.A man came towards the stern. The whetstone in black is Meihe.He had a cane and one hand resting on the side of the boat, with a half-surprised, half-joyed expression on his face. "Hey, it's you." The sound of waves lapping on the trestle bridge can be clearly heard.Seabirds frightened away by the tornado gather around. "What are you doing here?" "I should ask you!" While yelling and talking, you can see a head shaking behind the driver's seat, it must be the captain. "You can see it, boy. I'll take a sailboat and go out to sea." Meihe didn't yell like Gen, but she could hear her voice very clearly. "Planning to go to the Northern Empire?" Meihe didn't answer.He looked around at the group of wind clusters suspended in the air, as if observing their operation.The tornadoes that were still raging just now, as if they were sealed in a transparent ball, obediently converged, they just spun around without making any sound. "Is there any other place to go?" Meihe asked back. Step forward to the sailboat.Mina and Ki Kima also wanted to follow, but he waved his hand to stop them. "Why do you have to go to the north?" "Does it need to be said? Collect precious jade." The precious jade on the top of the cane in Meihe's hand shone, as if echoing the master's words: "That's right." At first it shone red, then light green, basket, and finally amber. It is four colors.Four colors have flashed. Wataru's Sword of the Brave and Mizuru's Staff probably have different structures for collecting gems.The sword of the brave embeds the collected precious jade in the sword, so it becomes stronger and stronger.However, it seems that Meihe's staff has a jewel inlaid on the top, and whenever Meihe finds a new jewel, the orb absorbs the energy of the new jewel and increases his strength. "There's only one left." Meihe glanced at the staff and said, "The remaining one is in the Northern Continent. So, I have to go." "You mean, because you're in such a hurry, you don't have time to listen to Pope Dilla Rubesi?" Meihe's black pupils suddenly grew bigger: "Hey, so, have you been to Dilla Rubesi?" "Yes, I have been there." "Good old man. I really went, I didn't expect it." Gen ignores his mocking tone and looks directly at Meihe. "Dilla Rubesi is destroyed. The Pope is dead." Meihe remained silent. "The fugitives are dead too, frozen alive. You know that?" Still silent.The sea breeze blew through his hair—longer than when they met at Torian Tramm Hospital. "Have you ever been with the fugitive? Knowing that he wants to go north, plan to use him?" "It's just to obtain information." Meihe said, "He begged again and again. The kid said that after paying the captain in advance, he will be penniless." Gen's eyes fixed on Meihe's face, and he asked, "Where are the blueprints carried by the fugitive?" For some reason, Meihe smiled with narrowed eyes.Gen immediately understood: "This is the answer." Wataru extended his right hand towards the stern of the sailboat. "Come back. Immediately." Before the words finished, Meihe asked back: "Why?" "If that thing falls into the hands of the Northern Unified Empire, the Southern Continent will be in danger." Meihe's smile spread: "Your speech is really weird." "What's so ridiculous?" "It's just a design drawing of a power ship, how could it be so dangerous?" I was anxious: "You don't know? Don't understand? Impossible?" "I don't know much about the unified empire in the north." Meihe evasively said, "I don't even know much about the southern continent here." His eyes suddenly penetrated to Suo Ruozhen.To the deserted port city that was shattered by his magic. "I'm not here for sightseeing. It's impossible for me to care about the fantasy country. I don't have that time. Because I want to go all out to achieve the purpose of my trip." Having said that, he smiled slightly. "You seem to be quite crazy. What is your wristband? I noticed it last time I saw you. Is that a mark like 'Highland Guard'? Are you trying to maintain law and order in the fantasy world? It's quite leisurely. " These words touched Gen's pain deeply.This was beyond Mizuru's expectation, even Wataru himself.Gen didn't want to hesitate any longer, so the feeling was even more painful. "Whether it's north or south, don't care. I'm not interested. But, heng, think about it. Even if you love the southern continent, such as Aliquida—" Meihe spread her arms, as if standing at the stern of a boat to give a speech. "——It's a country of mines and industry. Both sides are just relying on manpower to produce in an extremely primitive way. However, it won't take long for someone to invent power. It's just a matter of time. The fantasy world will also improve. No, Progress must be made. To provide the necessary conditions for this, why are you so taboo?" Gen replied without hesitation: "If it is a product of the fantasy world, the situation will be the same as what you said. However, those design drawings are different. They were brought in from the present world. This is wrong!" "Why not?" I can't answer this quick rhetorical question.Meihe seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and continued to speak. "Forget it, I don't have the heart to refute these. All in all, I need these design drawings. Therefore, it is impossible to give them to you." He couldn't help but make a pleading voice. Meihe's answer was quite calm: "In order to make a deal with Emperor Jiama Aglias VII. The fifth gem I want is inlaid on the crown passed down from generation to generation by the royal family of the Northern Unified Empire." He felt his blood pressure plummet, and the blood was flowing from his toes.Looking down, it seems as if you can see your own blood dripping from the bridge deck to the sea. "It's a crown. I won't give it to you if I just ask for it. Therefore, I must have the exchange that the other party craves. Say yes, before being called by the Pope of Dilla Rubesi, I still have to give it to you." There's nothing to do, nothing to do. So, he's in need." Gen felt that what he once had for Meihe—the trust and intimacy that he should have once had evaporated and disappeared like alcohol.And inside, the space that had been occupied by trust and intimacy was being replaced by a newborn rage. "—You said that there is something the other party is eager for?" "Oh, yes. The North wants to attack the South, doesn't it? I know that." Gen's anger exploded. "Then, in order to get the fifth gem, you want to sell the people of the southern continent to the unified empire in the north? That's what you want to do!" The mocking and complacent expression on Meihe's face disappeared.Doubt and uneasiness appeared in his eyes, as well as a hint of worry. "Sangu," Meihe called out his last name, "Are you alright?" He is really worried about me.But it is impossible to guess why.What is this guy trying to say? "You're talking nonsense in your sleep." "no." "Why not? Have you forgotten? Why did you come here through the imperial door? Is it to become a 'highland guard'? Is it to live in harmony with the people of the fantasy world? Isn't it?" This time it was Gen's turn to be silent.The defense without words swayed and vibrated in Gen's body. "You came here to change your absurd fate. The fantasy world is not where we stay. If you don't change your fate, return to the present world. There is no point in staying here. The most important point, are you all behind your head?" There is no way to refute. When recalling the things that happened so long ago, when he was scolded by his father, he couldn't accept it, and when he put forward his own reasons to refute, he always looked like this.Dad took the time to tear down Wat's foothold, and then told Wat that the fault was on Wat's side.Until Heng had to admit that he didn't even know he was wrong because he was too deep in his mistakes. "I haven't forgotten my purpose." It was hard to say that in a low voice.However, Meihe seems to have heard it.It should be said that he saw through what he was trying to defend. "No, you forgot. You calm down. Think about it." Meihe sighed, and switched the cane to his left hand. "Sorry, I'm in a hurry. I can't delay because of you. If the design blueprints are handed over to the north, it's only a matter of time before the attack starts. Although the southern continent is also in chaos now, the agitation that has intensified is about to begin. You collected How many gems are there? It’s too messy—no, with the chaos of war, will it be much harder to find than it is now, so hurry up.” Unable to control his chaotic thoughts, Gen said, "If you arrive at the Tower of Destiny first, I will lose the meaning of looking for Baoyu. The remaining one can only become a 'half body'." Meihe was pulling away from the stern, he turned his head in surprise. "'Half body'? What's going on?" Is there something Meihe doesn't know?While being surprised, he felt a sense of ridicule. "In order to rebuild the 'Great Light Boundary', human pillars from this world are also needed." Due to excitement and confusion, it was difficult for Heng to explain well, but Meihe understood very quickly. "That's right." Meihe nodded understandingly, her eyes widening. There was a very brief silence.Seabirds were chirping. Meihe continued speaking, her tone remained the same. "Since this is the case, it is even more urgent. I came here with you, and the interests are clearly opposed. Because this competition is destined to be won, it is impossible to cross the finish line at the same time. Long live the friendship. No way, we are all lucky not good." What kind of reaction do you expect Meihe to have?Even he himself didn't understand.Because even after racking his brain, he couldn't imagine Meihe's hesitant, or even cowardly expression. Therefore, his answer at this moment, more than any other response, suits him best.Mizuru becomes stronger and more like himself in Journey to the Illusory World. He was almost in tears, and he blinked, not because of sadness, but because of the sea breeze, which was caused by the dust raised by the tornado. "through." He calmed down and found that Mina had come by his side.Ky Kima was there too.Although Gen turned around, he couldn't look directly into their eyes. "What you just said...is it true?" Mina's voice trembled, and Gen nodded silently. "That's unreasonable," muttered Ki Kima.Why does his huge body make such a small sound? "I don't believe it. I don't believe it, Wat." Ki Kima took a big step, grabbed Wataru's shoulders, and turned his body around. "I don't believe that Won will be chosen as the human pillar." He looked up at Ki Kima's big face, at his always kind round eyes. "But, do you believe in the Human Pillar Rules of the Illusory Realm? If you believe it, isn't it fine?" "Different!" "Same. The difference is: choose one of many or choose one of two.": He held Ki Kima's hand. "The elder in the village of Sakawa also knew about it. So he told me that there should be no hesitation." All of a sudden, Ki Kima's body seemed to shrink by one or two circles.It was as if half of his soul had left his body. "Elder, he..." I can't go on.He felt guilty from the bottom of his heart.I'm sorry, Kee Kimah. "When did you know about this? Why...why didn't you tell us earlier? Aren't we—partners?" "It's a partner." "If you know about this, it's fine for me and Mina, no matter what, I'll hurry up and get on the road so that you can meet the goddess as soon as possible... I can do more and more things for you." Ki Kima's eyes were moist.This time, tears really came to his eyes, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the sailboat. "Meihe!" "Anything else?" "If I say..." Why bother to ask?The answer is obvious. "Now it's not for the peace of the Southern Continent, but to prevent you from obtaining the last gem, and in order to beat you in the competition, I want to take back the blueprints—then..." "So?" "—So, what will happen to you?" Meihe didn't hesitate at all, her voice remained awe-inspiring. "Fight with you." Meihe stared firmly at Gen's pupils. "And win. I'm stronger, as you should know." I'm depressed.米娜忍不住冲上来，抱住亘的肩头，怒斥美鹤： “你这算社么！你还能叫朋友吗？你这人有心肝吗？” 美鹤面无表情，双手持杖不作声。对米娜不屑一顾。 “你说话呀！” 米娜变成了哭腔。亘轻轻地推开她。 “不要紧，米娜。” "But……" 美鹤一仰头，把杖头宝玉举过头顶，开始念诵咒语。虽然声音很低听不真切，但他的做法非常地道、纯熟。 飘浮在海面上空的风球开始骚动。它们时而松懈开来，时而融合为一体，随后变成了一件特大风罩，笼罩了风船。 美鹤乘坐的风船缓缓飘离海面。在大风顶托下，悠然飘升。 亘抬起头，与在船尾俯视的美鹤目光相遇。 “再见。”美鹤说道。 风罩哗啦哗啦响，变成了通往无垠大海远方的风管道。美鹤搭乘的风船轻快地滑入其中。 渐行渐远，越来越小。在海天交接的朦胧之中，风船突然消失了。 Disappeared. “出海了……” 基·基玛茫然若失。 “那样子出外海，这边的风船追赶不上。出了大海，即便不用魔法，只要扬帆驾船，可以一直驶往北大陆。” 米娜颤抖的胳膊紧紧抱着亘。 "goodbye." 当说出这句话时，美鹤眸子深处微微闪亮了一下。亘觉得自己看见了，那是火花。无论刚刚了解的“半身”真相多吓人，无论最终结论多残酷，正因为如此，如果此刻止步于左思右想、穷根究底，就无法行动了。一半心思持这种主张；另一半心思则竭力说服自己留下来，倾听朋友的意见、不要丢下朋友——这两种心思在美鹤身上冲突，迸发出火花。 不，不对吧？也许那不是美鹤眸子深处的闪光，美鹤是对的，我错了。亘认输的半个心思，和坚持自己正确，没有输掉的半个心思搏斗起来，迸发出火花。也许是这种火花映在美鹤眸子里而已。