Under the afterglow of the setting sun, one of the two people leaning against each other's foreheads was illusory and transparent, while the other seemed to be bathed in the sun and emitting a soft light. Miss Maxim was stunned for a moment, while Professor Evans looked at it with relief.
This scene.
This scene is dreamy and touching. However, the corners of Miss Teresa's mouth twitched a few times, trying to control herself from making a "tsk" sound. But even so, the maid and professor who recovered from this scene were still the first.
Time to notice her expression.
This made the young witch even more unhappy.
Shade and the girl with the illusory body did not maintain such movements for too long. When she took the initiative to let go of his hand, she turned around and looked at the setting sun again. The illusory body seemed to be contaminated by Shade's body.
Wiping represents the radiance of divinity. Her body is still transparent, but her eyes and hair seem to be solidified.
Shade clasped his hands behind his back and stared at the sunset:
"Live, and then leave your own footprints in this world little by little, and see more and more stories. The question of 'who am I' cannot be figured out by just thinking. When every child is just born
They don’t even know who they are, let alone their own meaning, but as they grow up, they will understand one day. It’s meaningless to sigh at the sunset about your own nothingness. The ocean is so big, and your journey has just begun.
."
Then there was a hint of light in the pair of blue eyes facing the setting sun. She pursed her lips but did not look at Shade again, but asked again:
"But do I really have a future? I saw destruction, I saw disaster, I saw that lightless ocean."
After the words fell, the bright sunset light around them suddenly disappeared, and then the roar of the waves returned. The rain wet the people who were warmed by the sunset. Shade, who was standing on the floating board, sighed before looking around. Miss Theresa was obviously
Some were not happy. Professor Evans was quite interested in the scene just now. Miss Maxim bent down to take care of the campfire. Miss Malone, whose hair was still black, looked at Shade with a dazed expression:
"So, I am the Glory Envoy."
"Don't be so hasty in jumping to conclusions, we haven't found the answer yet."
Shade shook his head gently. The girl pursed her lips and lowered her head and took a step closer to him, but she didn't know what to say.
So the fishing rod with the glass vial tied to it was thrown for the second time towards the undulating dark sea. According to the experience of the first three times, it would take a while before there was any movement in the second swing. Miss Theresa took advantage of this time,
He whispered beside Shade:
"So, Miss Malone is actually a ship?"
"It's not that simple. Besides, is the soul really that easy to be born?"
Shade replied. Miss Theresa's peripheral vision glanced at the lost "Miss Malone" beside her. She had received a complete college education and graduated with very high grades and nodded:
"Looking at her appearance just now, she can only be regarded as some kind of soul fragment. Although it is not clear how she was born, it is not enough to be called a real soul. You want to save her, right?"
"Yes."
Miss Teresa then encouraged her softly:
"Then just go ahead and do it, we will all help you. You don't need a reason to save innocent people. Although I don't like her very much. Of course I don't envy her figure, but I am actually very curious about her."
She pursed her lips and her voice became softer:
"But can you agree to my request? Before you leave this time, can you give me a kiss? Oh, I'm not jealous or envious of anyone, it's just... oh!"
Shade kissed the side of her face, and then continued to stare at the dark sea. The witch's face suddenly turned red, and all the words were held in her throat. She originally wanted to say, "You can think of this as I'm talking nonsense."
Nonsense, it's just that after this time, I don't know how long it will be before I see you" and the like, it seems she doesn't need to say it now.
"Meow!"
The cat that hid in the chest again suddenly meowed, and Shade immediately yanked the fishing rod and started wrestling with it. Miss Teresa, whose face turned red, came back to her senses:
"Rude man."
She complained with a smile, and then called Professor Evans and Miss Maxim to help Shade retrieve the fishing line again. Of course, the maid and professor who just saw the interaction between the two were holding back laughter.
appearance.
This time, what was tied up by the fishing line was a red high-heeled shoe. When Shade got the high-heeled shoe, the huge illusion once again swallowed up five people except God.
The dazzling light of the gas lamps above the head and on the walls of the room almost made it difficult to open one's eyes, and the sound of dance music that replaced the sound of wind and stormy waves relieved the tense spirits of the witches and Shade.
The splendid cabin hall is worthy of the name of "the unsinkable ship", but the people dancing to the dance music are completely unaware of what will happen next.
"This was the dance on the ship on the night of the shipwreck."
Miss Maxim held her hands together and hung them in front of her body. She whispered beside Miss Teresa that this was a reminder to Shade. Now everyone was standing in the dancing crowd, but no one looked at them who were soaked.
They got it.
"That night, Miss Maxim and I did not attend the prom. Not only was this prom compared to the college's graduation prom, it was much worse than an ordinary weekend prom."
Miss Teresa added.
"I didn't go to the dance either."
Professor Evans also said the same, and added some details:
"Only first- and second-class guests are invited to the ball. I think the lady who lost the valuable antique may be here too."
"Miss Malone", who had been standing with everyone just now and lost her mind, disappeared again. But it was not difficult to find her among the dancing crowd, because she was the only one dancing solo among them.
For some reason, the girl's hair turned red again, wearing a pair of high heels that Shade fished from the sea, dancing happily as if hugging someone invisible in the air.
She hugged the air with her hands forward, her eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a smile on her face. If someone did this on the city streets of the Sixth Age, I am afraid that the church would immediately intervene in the investigation, but the people here did not pay attention to her, so
It's as if she doesn't exist.
Compared with the time we met on the deck at dusk, Miss Malone not only changed the color of her hair this time, but her body was no longer transparent and became completely solid. Just looking at her back, not only
Shade, even the witches felt that although she looked similar to the girl who appeared on the bow last time, they were not the same person at all.
"They are all incomplete souls, but they are definitely not the same."
The twelfth-level Professor Evans said with certainty. Shade nodded and let them rest for a while while they were safe and warm in the illusion. He walked to the solo dancer and naturally grabbed the hand she was holding in the air.
After finding the rhythm, dance with her.
The girl who had half-closed her eyes just now also opened her eyes. Her eyes were still that beautiful azure color, but her face shape had changed again. She still had the charm of Miss Elisa, but she was still different from anyone who had appeared before.
No "Miss Malone" is the same.
Her hands were cold, too cold to be alive. And those eyes were extremely oppressive. Even if they didn't have vertical pupils, Shade could still feel the intimidation of the dragon. Of course, compared to Fiona, it was completely different.
It’s just worth mentioning.
"Meow~"
The cat barked at the girl who was trying to scare Shade, so Miss Malone lowered her head and saw the cat, and the expression on her face softened:
"Men are really rude. Even if you can notice me, you should not dance with me directly without sending an invitation. This is very ungentlemanly."
Although she said this, she did not let go of Sha De's hand, but continued to dance with him in accordance with his dance steps.
"Can I dance with you then?"
Shade then asked, and the girl holding his hand snorted:
"Don't think that I will be attracted by your beautiful face. I just want to feel the warmth of a living person. Your temperature is really good, with such strong vitality and the smell of an ancient dragon.
I guess your appearance will not change much even after a hundred or two hundred years."
"You want to discuss life with me? Then I want to discuss death with you."
Shade said to the sound of dance music. As he turned around slowly along with the music, he saw three witches who had obtained wine glasses from somewhere and were looking at them while holding the wine glasses.
"die?"
The tone of the girl dancing with Shade was obviously mocking:
"You want to discuss death with me? But you have never died."
Blue eyes looked at Shade, as if expecting him to show a shocked expression because of her next words:
"But I died."
"You are wrong, who said I never died?"
Shade said calmly, and before the girl said "You are lying", he continued to add:
"Besides, it's not considered death for you. Real death doesn't mean staying in the material world."
He stared at the pair of blue eyes, and the latter actually became a little timid because of his gaze:
"Only when you step onto the beach of the underworld, walk onto the calm waters, and see the underworld moon that guides the soul to the final place, can you be qualified to say that you have died."
The heels of the high-heeled shoes of the ladies attending the ball touched the floor, making a rhythmic sound together. At this time, Miss Malone was just being pulled by Shadra to dance according to instinct. Her thoughts had gone to a very far away place. She had no doubts.
In the words of the man dancing with her, she really saw the indifference that represented death in his eyes:
"So, I am neither a living person nor a dead person?"
She pursed her red lips and was hugged by Shade and spun around:
"I'm more pathetic than I thought."
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