I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

D'Artagnan's story is over.

Pei Xiang showed disbelief in her eyes, raised her eyebrows, and opened her lips slightly, silently accusing her friend of the bad habit of jumping directly to the ending in the middle of a story.

D'Artagnan yawned gracefully and lazily in the sun, wagging his fluffy tail and concluded unhurriedly:

"Meow, after the hard work of the warrior He Qiu, the Great Demon King was sealed in the mysterious abyss in the deepest part of the sea. All the creatures on the land cheered. They sang and danced on the solid land. Breathe freely on the hillside, and build lovely and warm houses on the plain...

"Until 1000 years later, everyone is still extolling the heroic deeds of the warrior He Qiu. Meow, although no one knows where He Qiu and Alice went after leaving the Burleigh Kingdom, we believe that the lovers experienced life and death. After the test, they will definitely become the happiest couple in the world."

Looking at her friend who was basking comfortably in the sun, Pei Xiang took a deep breath, and she wrote "shua shua shua":

"D'Artagnan, my dearest friend! It would be better if you gave me the outline of the adventure than to skip straight to the end!

"After He Qiu yelled in front of the witch Alice's palace, what happened to him? Is the witch angry? By the way, what is the identity of the witch, why does she live in the palace under the sea? Also, the lord of the sea clan Where was Esfar then? Did he hear Hekju's lie, and how did he react?"

"Meow~"

D'Artagnan jumped off the window sill, looked at the angry little girl suspiciously with round cat eyes, and said innocently:

"I don't know, meow. It is said that after Heqiu finished shouting, a stream of icy water swept him into the witch's palace. What happened after that? Heqiu, who returned from victory, never explained it carefully. Everyone just It depends on guesswork. Meow~ D'Artagnan is a cautious and principled cat, and never spreads gossip and rumors that are not true."

Pei Xiang and the calm-looking D'Artagnan looked at each other for a moment, but found that this guy really didn't know the follow-up plot, so he couldn't help puffing his cheeks in depression.

In the end, she swallowed the last piece of cake on the table in one gulp in order to soothe her entangled and sad mood after hearing half of the story.

This time, it was finally D'Artagnan's turn to show regret and sorrow.He originally wanted to jump up and fly to stop him, but... he is the most respectable and generous General d'Artagnan, how can he compete with his good friends for a piece of cake?

So, one person and one cat quieted down in unison, each with a heartache.

It wasn't until the mellow black tea with double milk and sugar was prepared that the good friends regained their friendly and harmonious conversation atmosphere amidst the dense tea fragrance.

"Meow, are you leaving Rosetown and Willow Grove, Amy?"

Pei Xiang reluctantly nodded.

She wrote down the two sets of words "hero Hercule" and "Borley Kingdom", and silently told d'Artagnan that she was going south to find Hercule's hometown - the distant kingdom of Burleigh, to find the warriors who had won the battle. The secret of the devil.

"You will succeed," d'Artagnan solemnly raised his left paw and gently pressed Pei Xiang's forehead, "bless you, my friend. I look forward to and believe that one day, I will be able to hear Your melodious singing voice and the joyful cry of surprise after reunion."

Pei Xiang raised the corner of his mouth, kissed D'Artagnan's cat's paw, and then put the last piece of marmalade biscuit on D'Artagno's plate.

"Gulu~Amy, the gods testify, there is no more understanding girl in this world than you!" The steady and decent general black cat licked the marmalade, and happily praised his friend in Gulu.

After that day, Pei Xiang stayed in Rose Town for another three days, saying goodbye to his new friends one by one.

At the same time, she carefully planted the magic seed, loosened the soil, watered it, prayed, and dripped the blood from her fingertips on the full moon night.

In the early morning, Pei Xiang picked up his bag and hugged the flower pot, and walked briskly on the long journey to find the hometown of the hero Heqiu.

All the way to the south, trekking through mountains and rivers.

Far away from the safe place protected by the witch Maggie and the black cat general, Pei Xiang encountered various dangers during the journey.

Beast giants wandering in the wilderness, snakes and poisonous vines lurking in the woods, ghouls with human faces and snake bodies gathering in the cemetery, vampire bats and ghosts wandering in the shadows, and monsters that are more good and evil than monsters and beasts. Different human beings... All these made Pei Xiang suffer a lot.

Occasionally, she can rely on martial arts and ordinary weapons to resist dangerous crises.But most of the time, the magical creatures she encounters have extraordinary defensive ability and strong revenge. If such difficult enemies cannot be eliminated in one go, Pei Xiang will fall into endless troubles for a period of time afterwards and go into danger.

In order to reduce the number of injuries and eliminate future troubles, Pei Xiang used that strange dagger more and more times, and it became more and more comfortable to use.If she hadn't always been afraid of things from the sea witch, this powerful dagger would have been her most beloved partner.

Of course, the journey to the south is not always full of ferocious killings. The beautiful scenery, delicious food and kind and lovely creatures can always make Pei Xiang smile sincerely.

Sometimes, she will have the idea of ​​​​settling somewhere for a long time, and she can't help but stop and immerse herself in the simple and pure warmth and joy.However, every time a similar thought popped up, the strong sense of crisis in her heart would quickly wake up, allowing her to regain her calm and rationality.

In addition, Pei Xiang had to admit that the dagger that helped her solve many difficult enemies was also affecting her.Once she was too indulged in ease, the cold aura emitted by the dagger would inexplicably convey a certain sense of irony, which was very faint, but definitely not lacking in presence.

I don't know when it started, probably after fighting a group of ghouls all night, or when he dealt with an old witch with all his strength, Pei Xiang suddenly found that he and the dagger in his hand had a vague relationship. contact.

She can feel the faint emotions conveyed by the dagger, and some strong thoughts in her heart can also be perceived by the dagger.

"Are you the dagger's own consciousness?" Pei Xiang communicated with the dagger in his heart, "Well, or are you the kind of foreign soul attached to the dagger?"

The dagger didn't answer, and gave Pei Xiang a silence, as if those previous inductions were just illusions.

After so many days of observation, Pei Xiang had figured out some rules at this time, she pursed her lips, covered the dagger with a layer of faint sword intent, and asked the question in her heart again.

"No." This time, the dagger gave a concise and clear answer, its voice was calm and cold, lacking warmth and emotion.

"What are you?" Pei Xiang continued to ask tentatively, while quietly dispelling the sword intent wrapped around the dagger.

This time, Dagger was silent again.

Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows, covering his sword intent again: "What are you?"

Dagger remained silent.

There may be many explanations for this silent answer: I don't know how to answer, I don't want to answer, I can't answer, or I don't bother to answer.

But Pei Xiang's intuition told her that this was a kind of silence that showed arrogance and indifference.

With a soft snort, Pei Xiang stopped trying to communicate with the weird and unpredictable dagger, but turned around to take care of the magic seeds in the flowerpot.

By the way, it can no longer be called a seed, because it has sprouted and grown leaves into a lovely green plant.

Maybe not long after, a bulging little flower bud will emerge from its flower stem, and then, on a certain moonlit night, the velvet-like petals will slowly bloom, gradually revealing the shy and lovely elf hidden in the flower stamen...

When taking care of the young seedlings, Pei Xiang was relaxed and happy.

She was humming in her heart, with a smile on her lips, and her movements were gentle and full of care. Even the dagger in the corner exuded a faint and cold aura that could not be ignored, which could not affect the warm relationship between Pei Xiang and Xiao Lumiao.

After this day, Pei Xiang set off again.

On the way, she will still encounter some dangers from time to time.

Although the dagger continued to maintain a silent and lofty state, it never compromised on the vigor of the attack, which really gave Pei Xiang a lot of help, and also made Pei Xiang postpone the idea of ​​changing weapons.Of course, this is also related to the fact that she has never met a better Mowu.

One afternoon, large dark clouds covered the entire sky, thunder was faint, and the wind was gusty, and a heavy summer rain was about to pour down.

While protecting the little green seedling in his arms, Pei Xiang ran to a farmhouse not far away.

After knocking on the door, Pei Xiang took out a silver coin and at the same time gestured to ask for shelter from the rain and to stay overnight.

The middle-aged woman who opened the door showed vigilance at first, but when she realized that Pei Xiangkou was speechless and alone, she let her in without much hesitation.

Walking into the dark room, Pei Xiang found that the master of the house had gone out to handle errands, and only the mistress and an unusually beautiful young girl stayed at home.

"Hello, my name is Lilia." The pretty and innocent girl looked at Pei Xiang with sparkling eyes and said happily, "Have you walked a long way alone? It's hard work, but luckily you didn't get caught in the heavy rain." Here. Well, lucky guest, may I know your name?"

Pei Xiang put the luggage and the flower pot in his arms, took out the small book that he carried with him, opened the first page, pointed at the line of words on it and smiled slightly.

The pretty girl was literate, and she said cheerfully:

"Oh, so your name is Amy, and you plan to go to the nearby city of Gogar. Amy, nice to meet you! Come on, I'll show you the room we're going to share tonight. I'm sorry, there is no spare room at home I hope you don't mind."

Pei Xiang shook his head, expressing that he disturbed Lilia by his sudden appearance, and asked her not to mind.

Lilia said quickly: "It's been a long time since I had a cordial conversation with a young girl of the same age. Amy, you walked into this quiet house with a vibrant potted plant, which is the best gift given to me by the cool summer rain. , I am very happy."

Pei Xiang glanced at Lilia who was walking beside him calmly, thinking that this is a very beautiful little girl, with a caressing and charming look in her eyebrows, who occasionally speaks long and beautiful sentences With complex vocabulary, she really doesn't look like the daughter of an ordinary farmer's family.

When the two passed by the slightly bright window, Pei Xiang noticed again that Lilia's hands were white and delicate, and it was obvious that she hadn't done a lot of housework or farm work.

"Lilia, why did you say that you haven't been with your peers for a long time? Are you the only young girl in the village? This is really rare." Pei Xiang wrote in his notebook.

"No, there are quite a few unmarried girls living around here," Lilia replied unpreparedly, "but everyone is very busy, and they rarely have time to chat with me. Probably because I am fostered here Children, I didn't play with them when I was young, and when I grow up, they will think I am very strange."

Pei Xiang grasped the word "foster care" and suddenly realized that it's no wonder that Lilia feels out of place with this place.

In the evening, after a barely full dinner, Pei Xiang and Lilia returned to the bedroom.

"Amy, do you have any relatives in Gogar City?" Lilia put the "Hymn" next to the pillow back to the humble bookshelf, and placed another clean old pillow next to it, "Fortunately, I The bed is wide enough for two people to squeeze in."

Pei Xiang shook his head, saying that he had no relatives in Gogal.

She opened one of the pages of the little book and showed the little girl a sentence written in advance there.

"Hey, are you collecting stories about the hero Heqiu?" Lilia asked in surprise.

Pei Xiang nodded slightly, expressing that he was very curious about what happened 1000 years ago, and wanted to hear more about different legends from various places.

Lilia showed a thoughtful look:

"Speaking of... I remember that I also heard about Heqiu's adventures, um, when I was very young, ah, I remembered!"

Having said that, Lilia clapped her hands, revealing a bright smile hiding her thoughts:

"Amy, I had a picture book when I was a child. It was a very beautiful and magical book. The people in the picture could move, talk, and run around outside the book, but as soon as they turned a page, they would immediately Go back to the original page.

"My brothers... By the way, I have eleven brothers. They are all very beautiful and kind boys. They love me very much, and I love them too. They once said that my picture book is worth half A kingdom, very precious."

Hearing this, Pei Xiang looked at the little girl who was trying to remember the beautiful past with some surprise, and realized that he probably met a princess in the story again.

On the opposite side, Lilia continued:

"On a certain page in that book, there is a short story about the adventures of the hero Heqiu at the bottom of the sea. Well, although that story is a bit strange, it was told to me by the youngest brother, so I have always kept it in mind. Keep it in your heart."

"Why is it strange?" Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows and asked with dewy eyes.

Lilia gently rubbed her pink cheeks, feeling a little confused:

"I remember... that story was clearly about the pure friendship between Alice, the witch of the deep sea, and her human friend Helena, but my oldest brother insisted that it was the adventures of the hero He Qiu."

——Human friend Helena?

Pei Xiang immediately remembered the story of his friend d'Artagnan that ended abruptly, and the plot just stopped at the time when the warrior Heqiu disguised himself as a woman and provoked the witch Alice by mistake.

"How did Alice and Helena meet?" Pei Xiang wrote quickly.

"It originated from a misunderstanding. Helena bravely ventured into the deep sea in order to rescue her good friend Alice who grew up together. Because she got lost, she met the witch Alice. The witch admired Helena's loyalty to her friends and her courage of not being afraid of danger, and forgave Helena. Some rude words, and let her live in her own palace."

Pei Xiang exhaled slowly, feeling as if another boot had finally landed on the ground.

——It seems that Helena is He Qiu, and He Qiu insisted on the women's clothing back then.

——So... the content of that magical picture book is a follow-up?

——Very well, the drama I was following finally continued without skipping.It's not in vain. I have worked hard for half a year, but I don't know how many episodes there are in total?

The author has something to say: today's update, huh!

ps. Lilia is the heroine in "Wild Swan", the name has been changed in this article.