"Hey, where has your memory been restored?"

On the way to the water monster's residence, Arecio was a little surprised when he heard about the memory recovery of the neurotic.

"I thought you had to recall it a little slower. For example, it would take more than a hundred years for a memory of more than a hundred years to be restored."

Lucius smiled, "How can it be so slow? It's just picking up what you once had."

He even wanted to hurry up and retrieve that dream-like memory. There would be countless carnivals and countless Aresi in his memory. Even if fire rained down in the end, they were still harmonious at that time, just like they were together.

The flowers in the rock crevices are still growing despite the difficulties.

“I don’t know if it’s because of my renewed recollection, but some fragments that I couldn’t remember clearly in the past have become clearer again.”

"For example?" Arecio asked.

"For example, in fact, from that era, light and darkness were not completely opposite." The saint slightly closed his sky-colored eyes. His expression at the moment was very peaceful, and his walking movements were almost in a relaxed state, which was enough to see

It turns out he's in a really good mood.

"I remembered that before I was taken away and trained by the temple, my situation was not very good. I was the kind of child who was raised collectively by the village and had no father and mother. But even then, I still feel that there is a lot of trouble in life.

It is full of hope. I once knew a water demon..."

Aresio had never heard of this, so he listened particularly intently. I wonder if it was a racial hobby, but the female water demon in the memory of the psycho also liked to pick up star-shaped shells under the water and glue them together into beautiful shapes.

Arecio seemed to have seen that scene. The water demon stood up from the water and waved the ring at the young platinum-blond boy.

"Then you must not have had any prejudice against dark creatures at that time." Arecio said with a smile, "The water demon is very sensitive to emotions. If you were as afraid and disgusted with her as the adults in the village, she would have run away long ago.

Let me coax you with a ring."

"Is that considered coaxing?"

"Of course, she likes you very much and treats you as her own child."

Lucius suddenly stood still and looked sideways at Arecio.

"The water demon will coax me, when will you coax me?"

Arecio was stunned for a moment, but years of fighting with each other had honed his quick thinking, and he reacted in a second.

"The kind of father's love? I can do it now."

He showed his fangs to the madness, embraced each other for the first time every minute, and became father and son every minute.

"..."

The psycho seemed to be angry and stopped talking to him. He quickened his pace and walked forward. Arecio felt that he was particularly annoying now. He happily asked questions all the way and took advantage of him. He only stopped at the entrance of the venue where Zelita lived.

There is a huge pool here, and the awakened Zelita is resting here. At this moment, the water demon is swimming flexibly in the water. Except for a cluster of shadow roses growing on her chest, she looks nothing like other healthy young dark creatures.

the difference.

Hearing the sound on the water, the shadow of the water demon swimming in the water paused for a moment, then slowly approached the edge of the pool. When it was close to the edge of the pool, it suddenly popped up, smiled at Arecio, and shouted at the same time.

"Alessio! Sir!"

Noah on the side smiled, he happened to be here today to follow up on Zelita's recovery work.

"Zelita is still learning the language. Currently she only knows this name, but she can recognize you."

Arecio stretched out his hand, and the water demon nuzzled under his hand like a kitten, then suddenly sank into the water, then popped up again, playing with Arecio in this way.

"Are there no other physical problems?" Arecio pressed the overly active water demon and carefully checked the blooming status of the shadow rose. He found that Zelita's body was much better than when the rose was first planted. Rose should not have such a function.

The saint also leaned down beside him. The water demon seemed a little afraid of him, so he didn't reach out.

"Don't forget that the general environment has changed." He said, "The recovery of Behemoth has brought about huge changes. Not only has the frequency of haze been significantly reduced, but also various treatments for actinic diseases have The methods have also had more obvious effects."

He turned to look at Arecio with a gentle expression.

"This just shows that our commitment to changing the entire environment is a very correct choice. When the three pillars are all restored, the balance of light and darkness in this world will return to normal, and there will no longer be haze and actinic disease, just like... …the world we once had.”

Arecio was also touched in his heart. He looked at the water monster swimming happily in the water in front of him, lowered his eyes and smiled.

"Well, I'm looking forward to that day too."

The water demon Zelita was confused and couldn't understand what they were saying. She flicked her tail and dived back to the bottom of the water. When she came up, she was holding a ring made of stars and shells in her hand. She raised the ring above her head and waved it. , wanted to show it to Arecio, but he failed to control his body well, fell backwards, and spun around like a wheel in the water before refloating and blinking.

Poof, Arecio smiled unkindly. He played with Zelita for a while, and Madman watched him play with Zelita for a while. After the water demon yawned sleepily, today's visit came to an end.

But Arecio thought that he might have to come again a few more times.

He quietly looked at the crazy person next to him. The crazy person stared at the star ring several times. He also said that he had encountered a water demon when he was a child. Arecio thought that if possible, he would learn from Zelita how to stick this thing. Make your own ring and think of it as a carnival gift for the insane.

After making up their minds, Arecio remained calm. On the way back, they met Lucy who came up from the emerald inner sea. After the two sides said hello, the lich girl hurriedly left.

Arecio:...?

Not sure if it was an illusion, but he thought Lucy was holding something in her hand.

*****

Lucy hurried back to her room in the childcare center. She could basically take care of herself now. Dalph only occasionally helped her clean the room. All the cute and gorgeous decorations were taken down. Lucy planned to have a party. Give your room a new style before the holidays.

These are all digressions. The top priority now is the thing she is holding in her hand.

Lucy walked into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, filled the sink with water, and then gently put the things in her hands into the sink. As her hands loosened, the creature gradually stretched out in the water, its entire body translucent and milky white, There is a colorful flowing piping on the edge. The mysterious creature looks like a small jellyfish, floating leisurely in the pool.

【Ah, thank you, my guardian, I feel much better.】

The mysterious creature made a sound, and every word seemed to be singing. His voice sounded like a woman, but Lucy instinctively knew that this was a male god, and such a voice was just because he symbolized the sea where all living things flourished.

"I didn't do anything." Lucy shook her head slightly, not showing any merit, "I want to ask you about the deal you said before about the deal the lich made with you thousands of years ago..."

【Are you interested in that ancient story? 】

The jellyfish-like god trembled, as if he was excited.

[I can tell you, I like to tell stories, or twists and turns, or romantic stories...]

This god was much more approachable than expected, and Lucy slowly relaxed. The god began to swing his long tentacles. He exuded a strange soft light, slowly floated up from the pool, and could even float in the air.

Swimming freely. Seeing the lich looking at him with wide eyes, the god smiled.

【For me, anywhere can be the sea.】

[In fresh water, in the air, in the wind, the fragrance of flowers, even...]

He slowly approached the Lich, and the colorful rainbow around the edge kept flowing.

[Even...the Sea of ​​the Dead.]

He raised his figure and began to patrol above the lich's head. The female voice fell down, Lucy raised her head, and those words seemed to fall into her black eyes burning with soul fire one by one.

【A long time ago, there was a princess...】

Lucy knew the first half of the story told by God, which was told by Arecio during the live game. How the princess died in the dungeon and turned into a lich, and how the dragon-slaying feast was staged on the boundless sea of ​​flowers. She listened,

My emotions rose and fell with God's story, and soon God told a chapter that Arecio had never told.

[After Behemoth was destroyed, she may have realized something, that smart girl. She knew that dreams are also my sea, so she went deep into dreams to look for me. When she saw me, she knelt down. 】

God’s voice is cold and gentle.

[I can’t tell you what she wants, but I can tell you what I want her to do. I hope she will open the Sea of ​​the Dead to me for me to take refuge in, without going the way of the destroyed Behemoth.

.]

[She agreed, and those who were determined to destroy the three pillars really couldn't find me for a while. 】

【However, I finally found it.】

God stopped floating, and he hung upside down close to Lucy. Although he had no facial features or expression, Lucy felt the deep sadness.

[She is so beautiful with her determined eyes, the king of bones and the dead. She told me that she is a guardian, and she will be killed by others; but I am a god, and I should survive. The three pillars must not be completely intact.

collapse.】

[She also said that she has a powerful friend who can definitely bring everything under control and avenge her.]

[After saying this, she...went to die.]

Lucy's eyelashes trembled. She thought she had shed tears, but when she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, she found that she had not shed tears. She turned her head and looked at the mirror aside. A girl with black hair and black eyes was reflected in the mirror, and the fire of her soul slowly burned in her eyes.

Burning, the girl's expression is peaceful and resolute.

She was a little stunned for a moment. She didn't know that she could still show such an expression.

【This is the whole story, this is the story of the lich.】

The god let out a long sigh and submerged himself into the pool again, and his tentacles spread out softly.

[In the end, no one came to rescue her, and I couldn’t rescue her either...]

【Will she feel resentful in the end? 】

"No!" Lucy didn't know why she was so excited. After she finished speaking, she slowly softened her tone and said, "No, she won't do that. She said she has a friend."

"His name is Arecio, he is a powerful vampire, and he is...also my friend."

Thinking of Arecio, the lich girl's eyes gradually filled with tender feelings.

"Aresi will take the scepter from her hand and continue to move forward. Not long ago, he led us to revive Behemoth on the earth."
To be continued...