caged robin

"Wait a little longer." Ou Fuliang looked at the anxious person in front of him and said.

The man scratched his head anxiously, "But..."

"what's up?"

A serious voice came from behind the mural. The man glanced at the mural and saw Aureas walking out of the opened passage without a cloak or coat.

"My lord, we found these in the back mountain. He should have escaped from there." The man immediately took out a cloth bag, and took out three pure white feathers and a dagger from it.

Oreas picked up the dagger, looked at it repeatedly, and frowned.

The man said quickly: "My lord, as you can see, this dagger is not from the four clans. We will never use this kind of material."

Oreas raised his head, thinking.

"Dong dong dong..." Quick footsteps came from inside the stone castle.

Aureas turned his head, his eyes sank, and saw Abner running over wrapped in his large coat and cloak. Although it was tightly wrapped, his slender neck and ankles were still exposed.

When people came to see Abner's attire, they instantly understood why they had waited so long.

"Let me see," Abner grabbed the dagger, flipped it over until he saw the eagle engraved on its end, and said in surprise, "This is the eagle knife!"

What Abner blurted out was the language of the four countries, and Ou Fuliang and the visitor looked at each other blankly.

Oreas' face sank, he grabbed the dagger and said, "It's just a coincidence."

Abner persisted and said, "It's the Eagle Knife! The Eagle Knife from Black Rock City! I can't admit it wrong! Oreas, people from the four countries are here!"

Abner still speaks four languages.

Oreas gave him a deep look and said, "So what?"

Abner tightly grasped Oreas' arm, and said seriously: "Someone opened the passage, we can go to Silver Bow City!"

Orreas frowned.

"My lord, what are you talking about?" Ou Fuliang asked.

There was an unconcealable smile on Abner's face, and he said, "O'Frien! I can go home now! I've seen my father! And I, Sean, Wens, Mr. Alvin, Johnny, Kee Na... Aureas, what are you doing!"

Suddenly he was picked up by Aureas, who threw the dagger to O'Frien and said, "We will discuss this matter later."

Then he walked straight back behind the mural.

The visitor swallowed his saliva and said softly, "Are the eyes of this Wang's boy shining? And they are so white..."

Ou Fuliang glanced at him and said coldly: "Stop talking."

The visitor quickly shut his mouth.

"Oreas, listen to me!"

Oreas closed the door fiercely, threw Abner on the bed, Abner rolled over, got up, and hurriedly said: "We must find this person, and then find this passage, so that we... ..."

"Put on your clothes." Aureas interrupted him, throwing a piece of clothing at him.

He froze for a moment, picked up the clothes, brand new, exactly his size, "Why are there clothes I'm wearing here?"

This is not Aureas' bedroom, but a rest room in the stone castle.

Oreas narrowed his eyes and said, "Sometimes, I will rest here."

Abner was stunned for a while, and the scene just now flashed in his mind, the roots of his ears turned red immediately, and he lowered his head and frantically smoothed his clothes.

Oreas sat on the edge of the bed, pinched his chin, gently turned his face to his face, and said, "You really want to go back to Silver Bow City so much?"

Abner swallowed and nodded, "I just want to see my father. I don't know what happened to the people there after such a big thing happened to me. Oreas, I think if the passage can be paved, People from our two worlds can travel freely..."

"No!" Oreas' face was gloomy.

Abner was taken aback.

"Why? Could it be because of an agreement with God?"

Oreas clenched his jaw, "What did you say?"

Abner looked into his eyes and said, "Alfred told me that this is a garden bestowed by God that never fades."

Orreas frowned.

"Is this true?" Abner asked.

Oreas was silent for a while, then said, "Yes."

"But... we only opened a channel, and we will not violate God's covenant."

"No." Oreas said firmly.

Abner was startled, looked at Oreas' frowning quietly, and asked slowly, "Why?"

Oreas' tone gradually softened. He gently put on Abner's clothes, tied his belt, and said, "The passage must never be opened. Once opened, it cannot be closed."

Abner looked down at Aureas's long and slender hand, and remained silent. After a while, he held Aureas's hand tightly, frowned, and asked, "You know how to get to Shikoku, don't you? It's not waiting for an opportunity, it's not a coincidence!"

Orreas didn't answer.

"Why don't you let me go back? It's not that I won't come back, I swear to the kings, I will come back soon!"

Aureas tightened his belt hard.

"After this period of time, I will take you to see your father and friends. You are not allowed to run around alone."

The sky is getting darker, and the red moon is slowly showing its shadow.

Abner's wandering destination was walking in the territory of the spirit beast clan, countless thoughts were intertwined in his mind, and his head hurt a little.

Aureas has been busy with affairs since the afternoon, but he can only watch from a distance, he faintly feels... Aureas has a lot of things to hide from himself.

He sighed softly, looked around, it was extremely strange.

He seems to have lost his way.

He frowned, looked back, trees and grass, looked forward, trees and grass.

Abner: "..."

"Damn it!" He kicked a stone in front of him hard.

Immediately afterwards, a shrill scream sent a chill down his back.

"Woooooooo..."

A gust of cold wind blew over his sweaty forehead, he shivered and stood stiffly.

For a long time, the wind rustled the leaves, but there was no cry.

He exhaled slowly, then turned around slowly.

"rustle."

The soles of the shoes grazed the dry grass.

"Woooooooo..."

Suddenly the moans sounded again.

He turned around stiffly and asked, "Who?"

"Woooooo...my child...my child..."

The cries grew louder and Abner could hear what appeared to be a very young mother crying for her child.

He breathed a sigh of relief, walked slowly towards the crying, and asked loudly as he walked, "What happened?"

Although he was not so scared anymore, he still put his hands on "Ri Lai".

Passing through the long forest, a cliff appeared, and he faintly saw a blond girl kneeling on the edge of the cliff and crying.

He hurried over, and the girl's body was very thin, she was leaning against the cliff, her whole body was shaking when she cried, her heart was broken from crying, it seemed that if the wind blows, she could fall off the cliff.He hesitated for a while, then patted the girl on the back lightly, and said, "Don't cry, it's too dangerous here."

"What do you know!" the girl shouted suddenly, "You can all wait for a child! Only I can't!"

Abner was taken aback, kid?

"Woooooo...my child...my child..."

Abner frowned and asked, "Whose child are you talking about?"

The girl paused, raised her head, her eyes were red from crying, "My child..."

Abner was startled, this girl still looks like a child, why does she already have a child?

The girl wiped away her tears, and suddenly said dumbfounded: "You, are you... God? Are you here to save my child?"

The corner of Abner's mouth twitched, and he waved his hands quickly, "No, you're mistaken, I'm not, I'm just an ordinary person..."

"But you have bright eyes and glowing skin..."

Abner: "..."

"I was born like this, but it's actually because of my poor health. Don't look at my bright eyes. In fact, I... can't see the road ahead at night." Abner looked at the red crescent moon in the sky and made up nonsense. .

The girl's eyes gradually dimmed, and she whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm so sad, my partner has already left, and I only have this one child."

"What's wrong with your child...?"

There was a trace of surprise in the girl's eyes, "As you can see, my child was buried in the belly of the beast and will never come back."

After finishing speaking, the girl pointed to the deep cliff.

Abner stared wide-eyed and said, "How could you let the child come to such a dangerous place? Are you sure the child is dead? Maybe it's hanging on a tree branch. I'll go down and look for you."

As he spoke, Abner grabbed a thick tree trunk on the edge of the cliff and wanted to climb down.

"Abner!"

Suddenly, Abner felt a heat in his ears, and a familiar voice came in a hurry. He turned around and saw Oreas turning into a black panther, running towards him at lightning speed.

"Oh..." Abner was pulled back by Aureas, "Reas..."

Oreas turned back into a human form, his face darkened terribly.

"What are you doing!" Oreas clasped his chin tightly, his angry golden eyes were bloodshot.

Abner opened his mouth, "I... will help this girl find... a child..."

Abner felt a little wronged, and glanced at the girl next to him, but what he saw was a surprised and puzzled face.

"Wang..." the girl whispered.

Oreas glanced at her coldly, then at Abner, "Let's go."

Abner was held by the shoulders and forced to walk back.He curled his lips, grabbed Oreas' hand, stared closely at the golden eyes, and said, "What happened just now?"

Oreas was silent for a while, and said: "That cliff is a place for our people to be reborn."

"Rebirth?"

"For our people, adulthood means death. Everyone who turns 18 will die if they don't jump off this cliff."

Abner was taken aback, "Jump off a cliff? Doesn't that mean you die faster?"

Oreas rubbed his head and said, "No. After falling off the cliff, there will be many wild beasts competing for this body, and the winning beast will eat up the body..."

Abner shuddered.

"In the end, man and beast merged into one. Man can freely change between the two forms and gain a long lifespan, but the form of man stays forever at the moment of rebirth. However, it is also possible that after man is eaten by beasts, There are not many cases of not being reborn," Oreas glanced back, and continued, "So, the girl you just saw is already the mother of an adult child, and her child has not been reborn."

"Woooooooooo... my child..."

There was another shrill cry, and Abner looked back, and the girl's body was already blocked by layers of trees.

"Oreas." Abner grabbed Oreas' hand and watched him closely.

"Huh?" Oreas stroked Abner's cheek.

"Did you come from here too?"

Oreas paused his hand and replied, "No."

"Where is that?"

Oreas was silent for a while, and said, "It's been too long, I can't remember."

Abner was stunned. Alfred once said that Aureas, as one of the four kings, was selected by his ancestors to help the soul reincarnate. So how many times has each soul been reincarnated, and how many times has the world restarted? ?

Oreas can't even remember where he came from, so how long should it be?

Abner reached out to caress Oreas' big hand, then turned his face slightly, kissed his palm, and said, "From now on, can you remember everything?"

Oreas was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled.

The moon rises slowly, and the gentle red light fills the path full of flowers and leaves.

"Of course I can, my little bird."