"No, no, maybe you are stronger than her. But she is the one chosen by fate."
The dust figure interrupted the unicorn's words, but the unicorn and the hound were unwilling to give up like this. They both really wanted to sacrifice themselves in exchange for the petrified girl. This was not a fake emotion.
"You guys wait a moment."
The silver cat on Shade's shoulder said:
"Why don't you ask her for her own opinion?"
Pointing his paw at the stone statue:
"Her soul is trapped inside, but since her body has decayed, her psychic ability should be useful to her. Although it is not sure how long the soul can appear, it can at least allow you to see her temporarily. Maybe, you can ask
She knows exactly what is going on here. She knows the rules here better than we do."
What Croyin said made sense, because the unicorn state could not use undead power, and Shade's thaumaturgy channeled only incomplete reverberations, so the channeling was still done by Croyin.
The casting process went smoothly, the cat's tail swung a few times, and then Cloyin jumped onto the stone statue's shoulder. As the cat's claws emitted dim gray light, a transparent spirit body with the exact same face as the stone statue slowly floated out.
The beautiful girl opened her eyes and looked around in shock. She first looked at Shade and the animals in confusion, and then, somehow, she recognized her teacher and sister:
"Teacher, Clara, you..."
Her spirit body is extremely unstable and will soon return to the stone statue. Obviously, using a medium to temporarily free her is not allowed:
"Do not bother me!"
She raised her hand to touch the weeping unicorn:
"As long as you are happy, I will be happy."
The transparent hand touched the smooth white hair, and then disappeared. Chloe Yin jumped back on Shade's shoulder, and there was nothing she could do this time.
The parrot flew in the air and watched this scene, and the bard's soul sighed inside the parrot's body. A teardrop fell from the corner of the unicorn's eye. She raised her head again and turned to scold her maid:
"Don't cry, your sister is right here, do you want to cry in front of her?"
Then he looked at Shade:
"Sir, you must have a way, right? Please help us. No matter what the cost, please help us."
"Xia De, do you have any other ideas?"
Chloe Yin also asked, and Shade really nodded. He was all too familiar with this situation. The dusty figure at the other end of the table did not disappear, and the God of Journey guided the story here, which shows that there is a remedy. Before the journey,
God is not the "God of Tragedy" and will not let the group of people take risks and be unable to do anything in the end. They can only watch the tragedy and cannot change it:
"The question you asked just now was wrong. You should not have exchanged yourself for someone else. The correct question is - how can we save this petrified girl?"
Shade asked, and the dusty figure gave the answer:
"The choice of destiny must be redeemed by destiny. Give valuable destiny and put them on the table. If the destiny is enough, then I will give you a chance."
"How to give a destiny?"
The hound transformed into a maid in black skirt asked impatiently, but this time, she did not get an answer.
So she looked at her master, and the unicorn looked at the cat on Shade's shoulder, hoping that the demigod witch could think of something.
"Shadow."
The silver cat asked Shade again. Chloe knew that Shade must have a way. She fully believed in this magical man.
Shade also nodded:
"The story of travel ends with the meaning of travel. It is already the afternoon of the seventh day. Except for tonight, this is the last stop."
As he spoke, he took out the card representing "Moonlight Traveler":
"This is probably why a group of us traveled here."
After he placed the card into a rectangle made of notches on the table, they found that the area of the rectangle was exactly the same as the area of the card.
"So that's it."
The unicorn looked at where everyone was sitting, and everyone's cards flew over.
"Will you help me?"
She asked her companions, and the parrot was the first to express his opinion:
"We have reached the final step, and I also want to see whether fate can really be defeated."
So the Parrot card was placed parallel to the Shade card.
"Let's give it a try. I came here to investigate."
The silver cat also said, and her cards were placed on the table.
"I must save my sister."
The black hound took the initiative to stretch out his paw and pressed his own card on the table that had not yet fallen.
"Most definitely......"
Then the unicorn card also fell, and the five cards were arranged in a row. The golden and silver light flow overflowed from the surface of the card, followed the small rectangular grooves on the table, and slowly lit up the entire
desktop.
"not enough."
The dusty figure said slowly, its body illuminated by the light from the table.
"Shadow."
Chloe Yin said again, wanting to jump into Shade's arms, but Mia "caught" her up again.
Shade then asked the god who was still sitting in his original position. The god did not look at the table next to the campfire:
"Excuse me, can our experiences along the way be counted as destiny? You have guided us through seven days. Is the meaning here?"
"You need to find the meaning of travel by yourself, but those experiences are of course destiny, and it is the destiny you choose."
The god turned his back to him and said, so the old cards that had gone to unknown places after being turned over were connected in a line from the bonfire and flew towards everyone. [Candy House Witch], [Ferry Boat], [Snowy Mountain Cold]...
...Twenty cards representing various events of the seven-day trip were divided into five rows and four columns and displayed above the five identity cards, so the light flow escaping from the cards made the light on the table even brighter.
Intense.
"Is this enough?"
Shade asked the dust figure at the other end of the table. It looked at the light on the table and the total of twenty-five cards, paused briefly and said:
"Equal fate, a seven-day journey, it turns out that you are travelers from afar. Your fate is completely equal to her fate, but nothing can be changed, and someone needs to pay the price."
He pointed at everyone, and at some point, everyone turned back into human form. Maybe it was because of the identity cards they paid, or maybe because of the choice they were about to face:
"Use her in exchange for her sisters."
Of course the person he was pointing at was Clara, the maid in black dress. She was not surprised at all, but felt a sense of relief.
The maid nodded, turned to the witch with short brown hair and said:
"Miss, please allow me to do this. My sister became like this because of my jealousy and greed. Now it's my turn to pay the price in exchange for my sister. This is my salvation and the fate I deserve. The five of them have
Starting from the starting point of the trip and reaching the end of the trip with five people, the trip is meaningful."
"If you stay here, what's the point of our trip to me?"
The witch shook her head seriously:
"Remember what the angel said? I can only choose one, ruby or sapphire. I knew what it meant at that time. Clara, don't you understand me?"
She raised her right hand and clenched it into a fist:
"I want them all. If I have to keep you and exchange for your sister this time, I would rather not make a choice. Now that I know this place, as long as I don't die, I will still have decades or hundreds of years to live.
It’s time to come here again and try again. You and she are equally important to me. Sorry, I didn’t say this before, but I want to tell you now, I will not give up one person for the other, no matter what.
"
Chloe Yin held Shade's hand, and was a little lost for a moment while watching this scene. The bard was far away from the witches, and took out a pen and paper to continue writing. It seemed that he wanted to record every aspect of the story.
A detail.
The petite witch emperor with long silver hair asked Xia De in a low voice:
"Do you know what the farthest distance in the world is?"
Dorothy also asked Shade half a month ago, but obviously the answer will be changed this time:
"You are right in front of me, and I can't take you away."
"No, you are right in front of me, but I know that you will always leave."
She said to Shade, Shade also looked at her, but the demigod witch laughed again:
"So I admire that Andreana over there very much. She has enough determination. Fortunately, I have it too. We will meet again."
After finishing speaking, he said to the witch master and servant:
"One person must stay here. This is something that has been decided by fate and cannot be changed. Andreana, no matter what methods you think of, as long as you can't break fate, these methods are just like Shade's spell and my
It’s the same as spiritism, it’s effective, but it’s only effective for a moment.”
"Your Majesty, are you saying that I want to find the power to override fate?"
The brown-haired witch asked.
"You already possess the power above destiny."
Shade reminded:
"Without guidance, how could you enter the Lost Forest, how could you meet the gods, and how could you come here with us? Think about it carefully and think about the starting point of the journey. It is not the starting point of the seven-day journey, it is you and
The starting point of Miss Clara's journey to find Miss Lux. What has been guiding you all along? What has pointed the direction again and again, leading to all of us standing here?"
The answer is very simple. Put it this way, even Shade's appearance this time is because of the guidance that the witch received at the beginning:
"But you have to think carefully. The outcome of using that power may not be as beautiful as you think."
"Guide me..."
[Impermanence·Space] was taken out by her, and everyone's eyes were focused on this seemingly ordinary card.