I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

"Dingling~"

"welcome."

With the crisp sound of the tavern door, a young man in uniform behind the bar spoke.

Her long white hair is simply tied back with a band, making her look very smart. But the most special thing is his temperament. Although he looks young, it is like ebony, with the precipitation left by the years.

The inside of the pub is larger than it looks from the outside. It even has a second floor, and the decoration is very stylish, at least that's what it looks like from this small place.

But there are very few customers here, or in other words, there is only one sitting in front of the bar. He must be an old customer of this store.

Because at this moment, the guy was playing a game of chess with the white-haired bartender behind the bar, and it seemed that the young man was slightly better, while the customer was frowning and thinking hard.

Nico has not passed this street many times, but he has never seen a pub here, because this street has almost nothing to do with business. It is the most peripheral corner of the city, and no one will come here to spend money.

Moreover, it was obvious at first glance that it cost a lot of money to decorate. It was simply too much money and there was nothing to spend it on.

However, Nico obviously had no time and no interest in criticizing this person, so he anxiously begged the white-haired young man.

"Hello, sir, there are a group of bad guys chasing us, can you help us?"

The white-haired young man frowned slightly and looked behind them, but he didn't hesitate and just said.

"Hide away in my wine cellar."

With that said, the young man motioned for them to come over, and then opened the door of the wine cellar under his feet.

The door was almost integrated with the floor. If he hadn't opened it, no one would have noticed it.

As soon as it was opened, a faint aroma of wine emanated from the inside. It was so dark inside that it was almost impossible to see the bottom. There was only one staircase leading down, which seemed to lead to an abyss, which made one's heart tremble.

In fact, Nico couldn't guarantee that the owner of this tavern must be a good person, but what he knew was that if Nauda was captured by those people, he would definitely die.

They were originally here to silence me.

So Nico can only treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.

He took Nauda down the stairs one after another, and Xia also silently closed the lid of the wine cellar.

He looked out at the street through the glass door. The group of men in black soon appeared on the street.

They searched door to door, but passed right past the tavern.

It's like I didn't see this pub at all.

The man sitting opposite the chessboard, thinking hard for a long time, finally raised his hand and grabbed the "bishop" in the black chess piece and took a step.

Xia Ya lifted up the "rook" in the white chess piece, gently knocked down his "queen" and placed it in the "queen" position. This move directly left the "king" with no way to go.

"General."

"Eh."

The man sighed.

"It's been getting harder and harder to win against you lately."

"Because your heart is not pure." Xia Ya said.

He was speechless and said in silence for a moment, "When do you plan to release Hypnos?"

"After all, He has been imprisoned for more than a hundred years."

Yes, the man in front of him is Thanatos, the great god of death in the underworld.

"Do you want me to let Him go?" Xiaya said.

"I just want to know the exact time." He said, "He has not been on earth these years, and humans and Hades have left a lot of troubles for Him to deal with."

"It depends on whether He really repented." Xia Ya said, "Fate will choose the best time."

Thanatos was silent for a moment, then breathed a long sigh of relief, "I understand."

"Then, I won't disturb you too much. It seems that you have your own chess to play." He slowly stood up and left here.

For a moment, he was the only one left in the entire tavern.

Xia Ya did not rush to open the wine cellar, but silently put away the chessboard, then picked up a kerosene lamp from the cabinet on the side, opened the wine cellar door and walked out.

Nico and Nauda, ​​who had been shrouded in darkness, held each other's hands tightly.

It was really too dark here, with no light at all. They didn't dare to walk around at all, and there was a faint aroma of wine all around.

They were very uneasy in their hearts, and they could hear each other's breathing and beating heart in silence.

Darkness is always the most primitive fear deep in people's hearts.

The open cellar door above apparently saved them.

They raised their heads and saw the tavern owner coming down the stairs with an oil lamp. The bright but not dazzling kerosene lamp was shining down like the radiance of the sun.

He quickly came to their side, and they finally saw part of the whole place clearly.

You can see a large row of marble stairs, and under the stairs is a corridor with many oil paintings with Greek mythology themes hung on both sides.

This is Semmerer’s wine cellar.

"They have left." Xia Ya said, "But they should still be looking for you nearby. You can wait here for a while."

"Come with me."

As he spoke, he walked forward.

Nico and Nauda looked at each other, but still followed the strange tavern owner through the corridor.

They came to a circular hall, which was not as dark as before. A beam of morning light penetrated through the glass skylight of the dome, and the cathedral-like style was still visible in the dimness.

The maze-like place is filled with wine cabinets housing various wine barrels, stretching from the ground to the spire.

This place is much larger than they imagined, like a hive of tunnels, stairs, platforms and bridges intertwining to form a huge wine storage room with an incredible geometric structure.

Nico thinks that the owner of this tavern should buy all the nearby houses.

but

He frowned slightly. In his mind, he always seemed to feel that the area of ​​the house outside was completely different from that of this place.

The tavern owner led them to the middle of the hall. There was a circular resting spot with a circle of sofas, which looked very comfortable.

There was a coffee table in the middle, and firewood was burning in the fireplace on one side, making a crackling sound. However, the fireplace was made of glass, so it was probably because they were worried that the sparks would ignite the surrounding wine cellar.

Xia motioned for them to sit down as well, while he picked up two wine glasses from the coffee table, and opened a faucet inserted in the wine barrel from the fruit wine shelf on one side.

Some crystal wine flowed from the faucet and fell into the wine glass.

After filling both glasses with fruit wine, he placed the two glasses in front of Nauda and Nico, and then sat across from them.

Nico didn't touch the wine and just said, "Thank you for saving us, sir."

Now he has understood that the person in front of him should be a very rich invisible rich man, and he opened the bar above just for fun.

Xia Ya picked up the wine placed on the table, and with a crisp "Peng" sound, the alluring aroma of wine filled the surrounding area.

He poured a little wine into the wine glass in front of him, then picked up the wine glass, shook it and said.

"Why are those people chasing you?"

Nico had anticipated this question early on and said.

"Nauda's family is very rich. Her relatives coveted her family's money, so they killed her parents and her uncle. Now they are planning to kill her to inherit her family's huge inheritance."

"Oh." Xia Ya said sympathetically, "How pitiful."

"What are you going to do next?" Xia Ya said.

"Nauda's aunt is in Beichen." Nico said.

"Take a boat?"

"By airship, they are very powerful and there may be their people at the port."

"In this day and age, you can get a lot of money by taking an empty boat." Shaar said, taking a sip of red wine.

Nico nodded, "There is an airship factory nearby. My uncle used to work there. I was wondering if they could lend us one."

"Capitalists can't afford to be early without profit." Xia Ya teased.

Nico lowered his head and was silent for a moment and said, "But this is the best way I can think of."

"I do have an empty boat." Xia Ya said.

Hearing the sound, Nico and Nauda both raised their heads.

"Don't look at me like this, I was an adventurer when I was young." Xia Ya said, "I have been to many places in the world."

"When you were young?" Nauda looked at Xia Ya, "But you look very young now."

"Have you ever seen any young man with white hair?" Xia Ya said seriously.

They shook their heads.

"I thought it was something you were born with," Nico said. "You know, there are some people in the world who are like that."

Xia drank the wine glass in one gulp and said, "I haven't used my airship for a long time, but I can lend it to you. However, one question is, do you know anyone who can fly an airship?"

"I will," Nico said.

"Oh?" Xia Ya's face showed a little interest, "It seems that you have abilities that do not match your age."

"Where have you been?" Nico asked curiously.

"More, I've been to every country in the world, and I've even been to the Arctic." Xia Ya said.

Nico raised his eyes in surprise, "It's easy to go to the North Pole by airship, but it's not easy to come back."

An expedition team once tried to cross the Arctic in an airship and land in America, but the airship crashed and no one survived. The news made headlines at the time and was widely circulated in the airboat community.

"I've always had good luck," Xia said.

"Why do you go to so many places just for adventure?" Nauda asked curiously.

Xia Ya raised his eyebrows, "Part of the reason is for adventure, and the other part is to find a legend."

Nauda and Nico looked at each other, and she continued, "Sky Island?"

"It seems that you have also heard this rumor." Xia Ya teased.

Nico lowered his eyes, "You probably didn't find it either."

"No, I actually discovered something."