After going to the library, we came to the only restaurant in Tandava. Although it was called a restaurant, it actually only had four floors, which was not very high, and the first floor was also the front desk.
After finding a seat similar to a tatami and sitting down, the waiter placed two cups in front of Ahes and Lucia. The cups contained a light yellow liquid, and Lucia took a sniff.
"It's wine." Lucia said.
"Yes, don't you like it?"
"I don't like the kind of wine that is very strong and tastes spicy and chokes my throat. You should try it first," Lucia said.
Ahes doesn't like drinking very much, either in the previous world or in this world.
But since you’re here, it shouldn’t be a big deal if you drink a little.
After drinking it, Ahes felt a sweet taste. The alcohol made his tongue a little astringent, but only a little.
This is more like a cocktail or sake of its own world.
"This is probably some kind of drink bar." As he said that, Ahes pushed the wine glass to Lucia's hand.
While the two were drinking, the singer from the restaurant came up from the backstage. She was holding an instrument similar to a pipa, but after playing it for a while, Ahes found that the sound made by that thing was completely different from that of the pipa.
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"Don't ask about the past, for the past will be ruined.
Everything will change eventually, don’t get lost.
Things in the world are unpredictable, so don’t give up on life because of it.
Good things bring good things, bad things bring bad things, don't let hatred blind your heart..." the singer hummed.
The songs she hummed gave Ahs a feeling of ancient poetry, but unfortunately, Tandava's history is not long enough to have "ancient poetry", or in other words, not all countries in the world have it.
"It feels pretty good. The song sung by this singer is right, right?" As he said that, Ahes looked at Lucia, but when he turned around, Ahes discovered that Lucia was lying on the bed with a red face.
On the table, asleep.
Are you drunk? Just took a few sips of this drink?
Seeing that there was still about half of the wine left in the glass, Ahes felt speechless.
Although Ahes didn't want to trouble Alice anymore, the current situation forced Ahes to do that. He couldn't carry Lucia on his back until she woke up. There was still a gun girl on his shoulder, or
Throwing her on the ground or sitting on a chair and waiting for her was something Ahs couldn't do.
There was no other way, Ahes could only carry Lucia on his back and walk towards Alice's cabin.
"What's wrong with her?" Alice said in surprise after seeing Lucia on Ahs's back.
"She was drunk. She only had two sips of alcohol, but I didn't expect her to be so drunk." Ahes said, "So I'm sorry, could you please help me?"
"Of course, bring her in first."
After placing Lucia on the wicker chair, Alice took out two apples from the cupboard. After placing the apples in a silver cylindrical object, the apples were squeezed into juice.
"Apple juice can sober up and nourish the stomach. This is what a friend told me when I used to work in a pub." Alice said as she handed over the apple juice.
"Really, thank you." Ahes said as he took the apple juice.
"You guys should rest here first. I'm going to work at the bakery. If you have any questions, go find me there." Alice said, pushing the door open and leaving the cabin.
After Ahes gave Lucia some apple juice, he came to the mirror.
There is definitely something wrong with this mirror. It just so happens that there is no one there, so Ahers must study it.
He poked the mirror lightly with his finger, but this time Ahes' hand did not penetrate.
"What's going on? It must not have been an illusion last night." As he said that, Ahes took the mirror off the wall to see if there was any mechanism behind it.
But after taking it off, there is just a wall behind it.
There was no other way. Ahes could only hang the mirror back up. When he hung it back up, something fell out of the mirror. Ahes lowered his head and saw that it was a book. The title of the book was "Witches, Knights and Witches".
"The King", which is the book I saw in the library.
Ahes quickly touched the mirror again, but still found nothing.
Puzzled, Ahes opened the book.
This time, the front pages have been torn out, but the back, which is the part that is not in the book in the library, is still retained:
Her clothes were very tattered, and her long golden hair had lost its former color due to lovesickness.
Her neck and hands were bound by shackles, and many knights led her with chains, like leading a wild dog.
The leader of the knights is her husband.
She was called a mad woman by children, a bitch by drunkards, and people in the royal capital called her a witch.
Because she can use divination similar to prophecy, through divination, she helped the kingdom win a war.
However, after her victory, she was not appreciated by the king. The king and councilors of the royal capital claimed that her power was an evil force and the power of a witch. Her existence would bring disaster to the royal capital. She coveted the throne.
Waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the king.
Rumors quickly spread to the ears of the people, and she gradually began to be despised by the residents of Tandava. Even the knight who finally brought her to the royal capital abandoned her and arrested her as soon as the king ordered her execution.
she.
The sand tore her feet, and hunger brought her close to death. She was shackled and led by the knight with chains to continue moving forward.
"Kill her, kill this evil witch!"
"Burn her to death and use the flames to purify her dirty soul!"
"Put the cross through her evil heart!"
The crowd looked at the 'witch' on the execution platform and screamed under the platform.
Evil, dirty, these words caused her more pain than the eggs and tomatoes that were thrown at her.
Finally, his knight beheaded her and threw her body into the forest for wild beasts to eat.
"So, would you like to believe in fairy tales or reality." A voice came from the mirror, even though there was nothing inside.
"The girl and the knight were together beautifully. It was a fairy tale. Because she used divination, she was regarded as a witch. In the end, her body was exposed in the wilderness. That is reality. They are both the same thing, aren't they."
"The residents of Tandawa prefer to believe in fairy tales, so they tore out the pages of reality and filled them with mirrors to keep my soul bouncing around on this island."
"So boy, which side do you want to believe?"
"Me, I don't believe either of them." Ahes said, throwing the book into the stove. "But the girl in the story is miserable. This cannot be denied."
The voice disappeared, but the moment Ahes turned back, Ahes saw countless white arms stretching out from the mirror.
"Smash this mirror, hurry up!"
Ahes swallowed and realized that those white arms seemed unable to extend to touch him. After carefully avoiding them, Ahes left the wooden house.