Looking at Ahri who bent down and breathed gently into a snow lily, Reid's mind returned to the scene of their first acquaintance.
In Ionia, on the ice sheet north of Shangzan, Reed first met Ahri. It was probably more than a hundred years ago. At that time, Ahri was still ignorant.
She lived a primitive hunting life with a group of ice foxes, but at that time she had gradually mastered vastaya magic by relying on her innate talent.
Reed went to the ice field of Shangzan not specifically to look for Ari. Shangzan is located in the northernmost part of Ionia, with the province of Navoli to the south and the province of Larin to the east.
The entire Shangzan region is divided around a towering mountain peak, which is the highest peak in Ionia and occupies most of the Shangzan area. The headquarters of the Kinkou Sect, the "Kinkou Temple", is at the foot of this mountain.
Of course, there is also a dojo of the Swift Wind Sword Sect here, and Reed received a request for help from the elders of the Sword Sect, and chased a Azakana to the Shangzan Icefield, where he met Ahri. It was just a beautiful accident.
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"A vastaya?"
At the beginning, Reed did not think that the vastaya was Ahri, because at that time, Ahri had always been with the ice fox, and there was no trace of his later appearance. He looked like a ferocious fox beast.
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"roar!"
Ahri's response to Reed was also very concise and clear. At that time, she was not called "Ari". She had no name at all. She was just a vastaya among the ice foxes. She didn't know her own history.
with the past.
"interesting."
Reed smiled and decided to take this Vastaya away. It was then that he truly confirmed Ahri's identity, so naturally he could not let this dangerous vixen do evil outside. At that time, Ahri had not yet tasted
I haven't gotten into the taste of human soul yet.
Ahri, who was still ignorant, did not reject Reed because she knew that she was not one of the ice foxes, and she clearly understood the difference between herself and the ice fox.
The most important thing is that the aura on Reed's body made her feel a strong resonance and made her want to get closer.
Reed placed Ahri in Shang Zan's Swift Wind Sword Sect dojo and began to teach her language, etiquette and morality. It was then that the name "Ari" was decided.
Ahri learns languages very quickly. She can easily understand human language and apply it.
In order to prevent Ahri from going down the wrong path, Reed told her how to get along with others, how to hide her charm, and what concepts she should use to treat humans.
Human souls are like delicious food to Ahri, with fatal temptations, but Reed forbids her to take them. In the three views established by Reed for her, it is obviously wrong to take human lives, and it is even more wrong.
What's more, it's for selfish reasons, which Reed will never allow.
What's more, Ahri's nature is actually kind, and in the process of devouring the soul, she will get part of the memory of the devoured person, and she will feel the pain of the devoured person, and that will also become the pain in her heart.
Devouring human souls can only bring a moment of pleasure, but the pain will settle in her heart forever, so Reed forbids her from devouring human souls.
Ahri, who knew enough about human language, knowledge, and traditions, began to leave the dojo of the Swift Wind Sword Sect and travel around in search of her own tribe and history.
Ahri's life experience is a mystery, and she doesn't even know it herself. She can't find the history of her vastaya tribe, nor does she know the status of her tribe among other vastayas. The only clue left to her is that she has been wearing it.
There is nothing else but twin gems.
She traveled across the land of Ionia, searching for news about other Vastaya tribes in the mountains and plains. She followed Reed's words and did not suck human souls. Instead, she continued to deepen her relationship with the forest and the spiritual realm.
Link, that is the source of vastayan magic.
In Reed's eyes, his transformation of Ahri can be said to be very successful. As for today's Ahri, he feels like he has passed the game and raised a perfect daughter, and he is very proud of it.
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It's a pity that the perfect "daughter" he raised has a deviation in her feelings for him. Ahri obviously does not regard him as a "father", and there is indeed no blood connection between her and him. Ahri
There is nothing wrong with the feelings I have for him, both emotionally and rationally.
However, Reed must have been unable to accept Ahri's true feelings for a moment, not to mention the age difference between them.
If Reed hadn't brought up Ahri little by little, Nade would never have cared about the age issue, and the key to the problem wasn't this. The key was that Reed had always raised Ahri as his goddaughter.
And this "doing" is still a very serious "doing".
"Alas~"
Reed sighed. If Ahri wanted to forget the past because of this, then he wouldn't say anything. Maybe in Ahri's view, since she couldn't get what she wanted, it would be better not to meet each other at all, so why bother with both of them?
Painful for this.
The color of the snow lily began to change, from white and holy to purple and black. It was already absorbing Ahri's memories, absorbing the memories that Ahri wanted to forget.
However, things seemed to have changed. Ahri's body began to tremble, her eyes that had been closed tightly began to shed crystal tears, and her lips opened slightly and trembled.
Reed was troubled by what he saw, and he wanted to reach out and interrupt the other party's actions, but he was actually a little angry in his heart. He was angry that Ahri had made the decision to let go of the past so easily, and he was angry that the other party chose this way to avoid the problem.
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Reed endured it. If Ahri wanted to forget, let her forget. He just hoped that she would not regret it. Once the precious memories were lost, they could never be recovered.
Ahri held her breath. She interrupted Hua'er's spell, and those past memories were stuck in the middle of her throat.
In her mind, there were images of him teaching her to read and write, images of him taking her for a walk in the mountains and forests to enjoy flowers, images of him taking her to visit the Vasta Yasi macaque tribe. Every moment of her life seemed to be...
There is that him.
All the past events are deeply imprinted in Ah Li's mind, making her unable to forget, unwilling to forget, and unable to forget.
When she forgets Reed, she also loses herself. She will return to the empty ice field and hunt like an ice fox. She will lose the most important part of her life, a century-long period of happiness and joy.