Being ironed by the past and present gaze at the same time, Arecio had that strange feeling again. He always felt that whether it was the psychopath now or ten thousand years ago, he seemed to have feelings for him.

Arecio: ...What a narcissistic mind!

He strangled this idea, and the soft sound of rain sounded outside the window, as if it was also helping him wash his mind. Aresio looked out the window, it has rained quite frequently these days, I, Lucy and Helgodon

We squeezed to the window together and watched the rain outside.

"It's been raining a lot lately..."

“Will it rain on Carnival Day?”

"No! Will outdoor shows like that be cancelled?"

Seeing that they were getting more and more frustrated as they discussed, Arecio had to clear his throat and speak out. After all, he had been following the construction of various facilities in the square during this time.

"The forecast is for light rain."

The three piled in front of the window made frustrated sounds together.

"But the corresponding measures have been taken," Arecio said. "If it rains, the transparent ceiling will be raised, which will not affect any performance inside."

Only then did the three little ones become happy again, and once again discussed intimately where they would go to play that day and what programs they would watch. They were very familiar with the various newly built facilities in the nursery center, and they could vaguely guess what would happen that day.

What programs are there?

Arecio looked at their figures, smiled, called him crazy, and said he would work a little longer and they could go home.

"When will the event process be announced?" Arecio asked, as he always had a lunatic involved in publicity.

"Don't worry, in three days, the promotional video will be released together with it." Lucius glanced at him and reminded, "Someone may ask you to shoot in these two days, and there should be other dark creatures in this department.

When I appeared on camera, I read the short script and it was very good."

"Hmm." Arecio agreed. He could probably imagine what kind of promotional video it would be.

"I'll make time. I've been busy with the water monsters moved over from the branch these past two days." Arecio yawned, "I'll go work for a while. See you at the door in three hours. After get off work. go home."

"good."

Aresio left, and Lucius watched from the spot until his figure completely disappeared around the corner, and then slowly turned his head. He was not surprised to see the lich standing far away from him, with a hesitant look on his face, as if

I have something to say to him.

In fact, he rarely interacts with the children taught by Arecio alone. Firstly, he is not interested, and secondly, the dark creatures seem to be a little afraid of him, who was born in the temple. He himself automatically keeps a certain distance from other dark creatures.

. Now the Lich took the initiative to find him, obviously having mustered up the courage, holding his cuffs tightly with his skeletal hands.

"Mr. Lucius..." the lich called him softly, "I have something to say to you."

Lucius took a look around, and there were still some staff working occasionally, so he moved to a relatively quiet corner, opened the shielding magic, and then nodded slightly to the lich.

Lucy was very nervous. She grabbed her sleeves and took a few deep breaths before speaking slowly.

"Leviathan said that you are... someone who has seen the River Styx..."

As soon as she said these words, Lucius still looked expressionless, but in fact he was already paying attention to it. Lucy didn't know the change in his heart, but saw that his expression didn't move at all, and bit his lower lip sadly.

Originally, she wanted to take the initiative in the negotiation into her own hands by telling the other party's information. This was a method taught by Arecio, but it seemed...she was not successful. Lucy felt frustrated, but

Thinking of what he wanted to say, he still braced himself and looked at the saint without hesitation.

"He also said that if there is someone who knows the entire truth of thousands of years ago, it must be you."

"I know that your memory has been recovering, and you are also very interested in things that happened thousands of years ago, but this time, I am not asking you to tell stories from the past..."

She gritted her teeth and made up her mind to speak out.

"Can you guarantee? Guarantee... that even if all memories are restored, Alessi will not be harmed?"

After saying that, Lucy felt a little more relaxed, but her nerves were still highly tense. She looked up and found that the saint still had no expression of joy or anger, except that when he heard the name "Aresi", his eyelashes flickered.

He moved slightly, but the rest of the time he was so calm that Lucy was dismayed.

Lucius quietly stared at the increasingly uneasy lich for a while, and then slowly opened his mouth, planning to say something. The lich with his head lowered in front of him suddenly turned into a switch in his memory, and flashes began to flash before his eyes.

Looking back at many scenes and characters, sometimes it was the soul butterfly on the Sea of ​​the Dead, and sometimes it was the lich of the past with his head slightly bowed as now. These pictures flashed mottled, and what finally appeared in his mind was a long river.

River Styx.

He stood on the bank of the River Styx, and the goddess stood on the river. There was a sadness on his face that he had lost two children.

[He who has seen the River Styx, I hear the seeds of doubt sprouting in your heart.]

[You no longer believe that what is good is good and what is bright is bright. You doubt and will search for it.]

[When you truly see this world clearly, go to the city where my only remaining child lives. He will help you, and you will help Him.]

These past scenes gradually faded away. Lucius took a deep breath and looked at the lich in front of him.

The lich is really suitable as a guide. The one who led him to discover the truth thousands of years ago is also the one who now reminds him of his past memories. He remembered many things again, and he felt that he was gradually approaching the end.

The end that holds the truth of everything that happened thousands of years ago.

"Mr. Lucius?" He didn't respond for a long time, and the lich couldn't help but ask in confusion. So the lich in front of her didn't learn the essence of Arecio's negotiation skills, and her emotions were too exposed.

, his heart is too soft. Fortunately, Lucius does not intend to regard these children under Arecio's wings as enemies.

"The devout faith in the temple, the last era that was destroyed by the rain of fire, and... Aresi." He whispered something that seemed to have nothing to do with the Lich's problem. In the Lich's confused eyes,

, he continued.

"These three items are my treasures."

"The first one collapsed, the second one was destroyed, and only Aresi remained."

The Lich gradually understood what he meant. She looked into the saint's sky-colored eyes and felt that the emotion that the other man was heavily concealing might be solemnity.

"So what you're saying is... Aresi is your treasure, and you promise not to hurt him, right?"

"I will not make any agreement or guarantee with anyone other than Aresi, and naturally I will not make any guarantee to you."

Although he said this, Lucy was completely relieved. Aresi was the only remaining treasure. The implication was that the resurrected saint would never harm Aresi.

"Then I have no other requests." She smiled, "I'm sorry to delay your work, I'll just..."

Lucius suddenly spoke.

"For negotiation skills, you can learn more about what Aresi does. If you are too considerate of others, you will not get what you want."

Lucy was stunned for a moment, and then a little embarrassed. Her performance in the conversation just now was indeed not very good. Her original intention was to seize the initiative and be as handsome and dashing as Arecio.

Lucius only mentioned this, saying that he had nothing else to do. Seeing the lich running away happily, Lucius knew that if he had just revealed the slightest bit of bad intentions towards Aresio,

, this immature lich girl will definitely protect Arecio from him at all costs, even if she dies.

The children Arecio raised are very well-behaved, much better than the lunatic ones like him raised by the temple.

He glanced at the corner of his clothes exposed at the corner, and the other person retracted with a "swish", pretending not to be discovered at all.

"..."

Needless to say, it's me.

I met Lucy who was running back, and I judged the result from the other person's expression, and I was a little happy. Lucy told him before that she wanted a guarantee from Mr. Lucius for Aresi, but now it seems

is successful.

"Lucy is great." I praised in a low voice, my eyes curled up, "Give me some courage."

Lucy then turned her hand on my head in a serious manner.

Courage is given to you!

"Are you still having that dream? Do you want to tell Aresi?" Lucy asked a little worriedly, and I smiled at her and shook my head.

"It's just to make Aresi worry. I still have to overcome it myself. Lucy can give me courage and it helps a lot."

I said it very easily, but on the way back to the room alone, he kept his eyes down.

He didn't like that dream. He always felt that the bird bound by silk threads in the dream was himself, and he wanted to rely on his own strength and courage to break free.

Just like Aresi.

*****

Arecio, who was being cueed one after another, sneezed several times. He was now in the large room where the water monsters were placed. Except for a circle around the edge, the place was filled with pools. Zelita from the conservation center headquarters was talking to several other animals.

The water monsters from the branch play together.

The laughter of the girls was like silver bells. It was originally a pleasant scene, but it was completely ruined by the person in charge from the southeast branch next to me.

Arecio couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted the person in charge who was trying to stuff the dark creatures from his branch into the promotional video.

"impossible."

"Wha...haha, I know you have concerns, but look at the dark creatures we raise, they are lively and healthy, I can definitely give them a few shots."

Arecio absolutely does not want to show the dark creatures from the branch. This is not discrimination, but the dark creatures from the branch still maintain their original weak appearance, need to be taken care of, and will shed tears at every turn. On the other hand, there are still

Zelita, who has a shadow rose and is still recovering from her actinic disease, can easily spin a spinning top with her tail, while some water monsters only dare to look at her in fear.

This is not in line with Arecio's ideas. In addition to being a festival that revives the previous era, the Carnival also plays the role of publicizing the dark creatures that are gradually returning to their former appearance. The dark creatures that appear in the promotional film should be shown

Its unique, cold and eerie gorgeous beauty is just right, unless the branch is willing to throw these few to him for education for a few days, but Arecio has been very busy recently, and this road was blocked from the beginning.
To be continued...