Chapter 2173 The Girl’s Lie
At breakfast time.
The girl had almost finished eating the shredded carrots on her plate, but she had picked out all the onions.
"What kind of show is this?" She looked at the TV listlessly as if she didn't take it seriously at all - she found that her brother seemed to have spent too much time watching TV in the past two days?
"I don't know, it was playing when I opened it." Boss Luo said casually.
The girl took a look, and it seemed to be a story about a group of people traveling in ruins... I always feel that the recent episodes are a bit weird?
"This heroine..." the girl blinked her eyes and said, "What if she falls down halfway? And it's not scientific that such a large area of collapse didn't kill her! The protagonist's aura is not set up like this, okay? Good?”
"You seem to dislike this girl." Boss Luo suddenly said.
The girl shrugged, "I can't say whether I like it or not. Anyway, I didn't watch what happened in front of me, so I don't know what kind of person she is. Besides, who knows whether she is such a person? To put it bluntly, , what you can see is just the side that is artificially allowed for you to see, nothing more.”
Boss Luo smiled and said nothing... Children of this age, whether boys or girls, or even himself in the past, seemed to be almost like this.
"I'm full!" The girl suddenly stood up and hurriedly ran into the room, as if she was afraid that someone would force her to finish the remaining onion shreds.
Boss Luo smiled and then began to clear the table.
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The Temple of Freedom is a place built jointly by all areas within the jurisdiction of the City of Freedom, one of the seven cities, to worship the Saint of Freedom.
Of course, there are big and small, some are luxurious and exquisite, and some are simple and neat.
The Freedom Temple was not built at the beginning, but starting more than two hundred years ago, this trend began to spread from the [City of Freedom].
I heard that [the saint] liked it, so people tried their best to start building it.
The village's Freedom Temple was built fifty years ago. Over the years, it has been used as a venue for celebrations and the awakening ceremony of candidates for the Holy Maiden. Villagers are not allowed to enter on weekdays.
"Shall we... go back?"
At night, two young children were quietly avoiding the night watchers in the village.
"But Dashu, haven't you always wanted to go into the temple and have a look."
Dashu... The boy hesitated and said: "That's right, but if you enter privately, if you are discovered..."
"Okay, okay!" The younger girl raised her head and said, "The priest has confirmed that I am a candidate for the Holy Maiden. I can enter the temple at any time in the future!"
"That's just you..."
"The high priest likes me very much. Even if he is found out, the most he can do is scold him, and there will be no problem." The girl urged: "Besides, it only takes one look, doesn't it? Just treat it as your birthday. The gift is ready, let’s take a look and go back, okay?”
"Then..." The boy finally nodded in hesitation.
Because she had already entered the temple, the girl obviously knew a lot about the roads in the temple - they quickly arrived at the main hall.
The statue of the Saint of [Free City] is enshrined here.
The boy was quickly attracted by the statue of the saint. He gradually lost his senses and walked towards the statue unknowingly. "Remia, is this the saint? It's so beautiful. If I could wear something like this too." As for clothes..."
"Daxiu, what did you just say?" The little girl looked at him in confusion.
The boy immediately shook his head and waved his hands: "No, I didn't say anything...Okay, Remia, I've seen it and I'm satisfied. Let's get out of here quickly!"
"Wait a minute!" The girl suddenly approached... walked to the statue of the saint, even grabbed it with both hands, and was about to climb up the statue.
"Remia, what are you going to do?!"
I could only hear the girl looking at a gem on the forehead of the saint's statue and saying quickly: "The high priest, the more devout believers touch this gem, the more holy grace they will receive. I think Gonna give it a try.”
The boy was immediately shocked, "Remia, come down, it's too dangerous! Besides, the touching ceremony will be held when you turn fourteen and become an adult, so don't mess around!"
"I know!" The girl has climbed halfway, "I will know sooner or later... But why can't I know earlier? I'm about to meet... Dashu, listen? Someone seems to be calling me. ! ”
"Who?"
"The voice, I heard the voice... It's the saint! It must be the saint talking to me!" The girl became more and more excited, "The saint heard the prayer! The saint allowed it! Great!"
She stretched out her hand as if to pick the ripe and hanging fruits from the tree!
She's about to meet him!
At this moment, the girl's feet were empty, and she fell from the upper part of the statue in an instant... The fruit was rapidly moving away from her.
"Remia!"
The boy's frightened cry echoed in the hall... At the same time, the gems on the statue instantly released a dazzling light.
In an instant, gray-white flames filled the entire hall—the village's temple of freedom, and it instantly caught fire.
It's huge, huge, as if it's a fire that wants to swallow everything.
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"Daxiu, Daxiu——!"
She shouted something in terror... Soon, someone held her shoulders to calm her down - when Remia opened her eyes, she saw the face of a man in iron armor.
Iron Man, Mr. Kaz.
"Hey, hey! It's okay, it's okay!" Kaz slowly let go of his hands at this time, "Do you feel better, Remia?"
"What am I?"
I only heard Mr. Kaz, the armored man, whisper: "You are too tired and fell down from exhaustion. We found a place nearby and hid. After all, it is almost nightfall, and the monsters will be very active at night. And there are , I heard [Z] and [Qingtian] tell you about your heroic deeds! Thank you for saving us!”
Remia curled up, hugged her knees with her hands, and showed an unattractive smile, "Actually, I'm also very scared...and if it happens again, I probably won't do it again."
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Kaz and Taromaru looked at each other in confusion... Taromaru held a heated can in his hands and brought it to Remia.
"By the way, where are [Z] and Mr. [Sunny]? Why are they missing?" Remia looked around.
This seems to be inside a store... There are no products on the shelves anymore, and it's hard to tell what they were originally selling. Kaz got some cabinets and formed a circle around them.
"Oh, [Sunny] is supplementing [Z] right now..." Kaz was about to speak.
At this time, the little blue bird suddenly flew to Kaz's head, pecked it a few times, and said loudly: "I'm hungry! Didn't you tell me to give me hot food!"
"You can't do it yourself! Stupid bird!" Kaz waved his hand away displeased.
If the armored man's hand was real, he might not kill the bird... The little blue bird immediately flew away with a strange cry.
Seeing this, Remia picked up the can in front of her and said with a smile: "If you don't mind, let's eat together."
The little blue bird immediately flew to Remia's shoulder and made a crisp chirping sound.
"You are so nice!" Kaz looked at Remia and murmured in a low voice, "This bird will be honest after a few hungry meals!"
Remia just smiled and gently stroked the feathers of the little blue bird.
"[Z] They should be back soon." Taromaru said at this time: "Remia, please take a rest."
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Perhaps because they were once possessed by a demonic Christmas tree, Taromaru and Kaz were actually not in good spirits - not long after Remia woke up, the two of them fell asleep.
The little blue bird also fell asleep, probably because it was too comfortable being touched.
[Z] and [Sunny] haven't come back yet... The sound of wind and snow can be heard vaguely outside, but it's not very loud.
Remia gently put down the little blue bird in her arms, and then crawled out of the round pile of cabinets - she needed to solve some physical problems, so naturally it was not good to stay here.
The long sword without a blade was broken in the station square... It seems that [Z] they did not pick it up.
Remia had no choice but to take a piece of wood from the shop, hold it in her arms, and then go deep into the shop to find a suitable and convenient environment.
However, there seemed to be no bathroom design in the store - perhaps it was upstairs, but the stairs were blocked by the collapsed ceiling.
She could only go through the back door of the store and into the alley outside... It seemed that the only way to solve the problem was on the spot.
But after all, it is difficult for women to accept this approach.
The alley was unusually quiet, but at this moment Remia saw a faint light coming from the back door of another shop adjacent to it.
Remia was startled, gritted her teeth, and slowly approached - she seemed to vaguely hear voices.
It seemed to be Mr. [Sunny Sky]’s voice.
It turned out to be in the shop next to it...but what was it doing here?
Remia approached cautiously and came to the door. Hesitantly opened the door a little bit - only to see that the light here actually came from underground.
There is also a basement inside the shop, and the light source is officially revealed through the cracks in the basement.
Remia carefully opened the door to the basement a little and looked in with one eye - the space in the basement was not large, and it was very bright, and almost everything inside could be seen clearly at a glance.
In an instant, Remia's eyes froze...she even instinctively covered her mouth with her hands!
She saw [Z]!
It's just that [Z] in the basement looks like a [Z] she doesn't recognize... because this kind of [Z] is not human at all!
In the basement, [Z] was sitting against the wall.
But [Z]'s chest was open... Inside the open chest, Remia saw things like gears, pipes, cylinders... and even a heart made of mechanical parts!
At this time, two black cables were connected to the open chest of [Z] - Mr. [Sunny] was tinkering with something on the side at this time, and there were a dozen rather old ones placed on the ground. battery.
"You won't last long with these left, [Z]." Mr. [Qingtian] said abruptly: "If you don't leave here, I don't know if you can wake up next time."
【Z】But he said slowly: "As long as I can see the sun."
"Then, let's go to a place with sunshine." Mr. [Sunny] said.
"Not yet." [Z] shook his head: "Remia, there is no way to walk for several days in the wind and snow, she will freeze to death."
"We shouldn't take her with us anymore." Mr. [Qingtian] shook his head and said: "The current world is not suitable for human survival. You should not have saved her in the first place. You also saw that at that time...what Sound?”
Mr. [Sunny Sky] suddenly raised his head, frowned, and then dug out of the basement and walked all the way out, even to the back alley of the store.
It looked at both sides suspiciously. After careful observation, it found nothing, so it groaned, quickly returned to the shop, and closed the door.
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Outside the alley, the girl covered her mouth with her hands... maybe because of the cold, maybe because of fear, her body was shaking slightly.
Suddenly, the girl slid down the wall and sat down.
She felt that her pants were soaked through and soon turned into shards of ice due to the cold.
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"Don't tell Kaz and the others about my affairs for the time being." Before entering, [Z] looked at Mr. [Sunny] and whispered: "This will better maintain everyone's mental state."
"Don't worry, I know how to do it." Mr. [Qingtian] nodded.
They entered through the back door of the shop and climbed through the circle of cabinets.
I saw that everyone was sleeping soundly... [Z] glanced at Remia casually, and saw that Remia was alone at this time, huddled in the corner.
[Z] came to Remia's side, took a look, then stretched out his hand and gently pressed on Remia's shoulder.
There seemed to be a slight tremor.
[Z] then took off his coat, and then covered Remia's body... He looked at [Sunny] and said softly: "You should also take a rest, I will keep watch."
Mr. [Sunny] didn't show any pretense. After responding, he squeezed into Taromaru's arms - it was a good source of warmth.
[Z] glanced at Remia again, then sat down - he escaped from his arms with a book, the one he had been looking at, and started to flip through it with the faint light.
But soon, as if he thought of something, [Z] took out another book... This was the one Remia gave him on the train.
【Little Prince】.
In the silent night, apart from the sound of sleeping soundly, there was only the occasional sound of turning the pages of a book... Remia bit her fist lightly at this time, for fear that if she made a little sound, it would break the atmosphere here. silence.
She was still shaking, shivering from the cold.
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In front of the bed, figures floated.
The village chief, the priest of the temple, and the elders of the village were all looking with concern at this time - looking at the hope of the village, this candidate saint girl who had not appeared in the village for many years.
"Remia! Finally woke up, great!" The village chief looked excited at this time: "Last night, there was a fire in the temple. After we rescued you and your brother, neither of you woke up... After all, What happened? Why did the temple catch fire?"
The girl stared blankly at the people around her.
The village chief, the priest, the old people in the village... they are all these people.
"Yes, Remia, what happened? Did you do something to blaspheme the saint, so you will be punished!"
"I..." Seeing everyone's increasingly fierce gazes, the girl on the bed trembled.
Cold, she felt colder than ever before.
"Remia?"
"It's...it's Dashu!" The girl on the bed covered her face and cried bitterly: "It's Dashu! He wants me to take him to the temple, saying that he only needs a look! I can't say, but he... ...I'm sorry, I should have stopped him! I should have stopped him from touching the gems of the statue...I'm sorry!"
Everyone in front of the bed frowned and looked at the priest of the temple.
The priest was seen holding a crystal ball in his hand. After pondering for a moment, he slowly said: "The saint inspired... Remia, you didn't lie."
No... lies.
The girl's face, hidden under her hands, gradually lost consciousness.
I...didn't lie?
Yes.
I didn't lie. (End of chapter)