How to become a sea witch

This is a dream.

But very unusual.

Because in this dream, Bernice was neither being chased and tortured by Ursula or other undersea demons, nor was she leisurely hiding in her cave, happily counting how many treasures she had,? Instead, sit in a hall filled with warm light.

The light that is too full makes everything around seem to be shining, and it is impossible to even see clearly.

Bernice tried her best to identify the surrounding environment, and found that it could be seen from the architectural structure of the pointed rib vault, the colorful glass windows, and the all-seeing eye totem directly in front,? It was in the human Holy See in the original world.

And myself...

She lowered her head and saw that she was wearing a white wedding dress that dragged the floor. The overlong skirt and veil spread behind her like a river, and the sticky haze in sight was caused by the veil. caused by occlusion.

There was no one here, but Bernice could clearly hear a low voice.That is a lot of languages, elves, Sky Wing,? It seems there are sea people.

But there was not a word that she could really hear clearly.They appeared and disappeared, just slipping past Bernice's hearing, leaving no traces that could be captured.

After being dazed for a while, Bernice finally managed to regain her sanity, and began to think about why she was here.

There are many ways to get rid of dreams, but without exception, they are all related to pain and fright.She reached out and touched her slender arm wrapped in a smooth silk glove, and was about to pinch it down hard, in order to wake up from this strange dream.

"Bernese." Someone called her name in a void, ethereal and familiar, "You are beautiful. You are more beautiful than any existence I have ever seen."

So familiar...

"Your Majesty the Sea God?" She turned her head in astonishment, and saw Tiago, who was wearing a white wedding suit, smiling gently at her across the corridor of flowers and sunlight.

He seemed to be standing in the brightest place in the entire Holy See temple, the too thick and dazzling gold shrouded him, it looked as if he was burning, but the expression on his face was still gentle and warm, looking towards her There was no tremor in the gesture of reaching out, polite as if inviting: "Come with me, Bernice. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Wait for me?" Bernice repeated confusedly, but she was afraid to walk into the sea of ​​light, afraid that she would be burned into dust.

"The wedding is about to begin." He waited patiently, raised his hand to signal her forward, "Come here, let's go together."

Is this a dream?

It can only be a dream to be so weird.

But is this a dream?

She had never dreamed of such a scene, so real and fake that she lost the ability to distinguish, and could only confront the person in front of her in a long silence, procrastinating until the sun seemed to have froze.

"Bernese." He called out her name again, and the soft voice played more slowly, warm enough to whisper seductively, "We should go, everyone is waiting."

"Everyone?" she thought dully, and finally remembered about Greer.Originally, this wedding only existed to catch him and the magic lamp.

But in other words, isn't this a dream?

Bernice walked over in a daze, put her hand on his palm, was about to say something but suddenly forgot, and could only let Thiago lead her to the empty main hall.

Gradually, the unseen voices began to get louder and louder.Bernice heard someone asking Thiago some questions, words about eternity, loyalty, and love appeared repeatedly, and she couldn't help but panic.

Is Greer here?

Should this unnecessary ritual end now?

She turned around helplessly, the strong light made it difficult to see the outside world, and a feeling of being trapped captured her.

"I do," she heard Thiago answer.

"Wait." She began to try to pull back the fingers tightly held by the other party, "Greer didn't come, and there is a magic lamp, why is it like this?"

But Thiago didn't seem to hear what she said, and only urged with a smile: "It's your turn, Bernice."

"I?"

"Would you like to?" Bernice heard the unidentified voice asking her in an irresistible tone, every syllable was beating on her restless heartbeat, and even her nerves were tense .

"What do you want?" She looked at Thiago at a loss, and her back movement was stopped by the other party's arms around her waist.

His hair was so light and pure platinum, falling on Bernice's face together with the sun, it could burn her hot even through a layer of veil.

"Just say yes." He leaned too close, and his tone was mellow and sweet that no one could refuse.

Bernice was about to nod in agreement.

But then, she realized that she was about to push him away, but she saw that the light outside the window was being crushed by shadows, the all-seeing eye on the top of the church shed tears, and the totem gradually twisted and changed.

The sun withered in the sky, and the world was dragged into the abyss of the sea.

They were standing at the place where the Sea God Palace held the ceremony, surrounded by mermaids from the Abyss Sea God's Domain, staring blankly at Bernice with no expression on their faces.

At this time, I don't know who started it first, shouting loudly that the demon who intends to kill the gods should be imprisoned and executed.In the next second, all the mermaids were roaring at her, arching their backs and showing their sharp nails, ready to rush up and tear her apart at any moment.

"I didn't..." Bernice was about to argue, but a faint blush melted in front of her eyes.

She turned her head and saw that her hand was holding the screw thorn that she had abandoned for a long time, and the other end was piercing Thiago's chest, and the ominously rich blood red was scrambling to emerge from his wound come out.

"No...I'm not, I don't want to do this..." Bernice let go of her hand in a panic, and the strong sense of fear made her tremble uncontrollably.

There were also some other unknown emotions that rushed up and blocked her throat.

It's time to escape, it's time to rush out of here desperately.There are too many dangers surrounding her, and keeping alive is the most important thing to do right now.

but……

Bernice looked at Tiago, who was still holding her hand persistently behind the spreading blood red. His face was so pale that he couldn't even stand still, and he was so fragile that he would shatter at any time. The first thought that popped into my mind turned out to be:

Will he die?

will be killed by himself.

Why not resist?

She froze in place, her brain had lost the ability to think rationally, she just felt driven by an impulse that went against her nature to hug each other, shaking all over her body.

I can't tell if it's because I'm more afraid that I will be killed by the mermaid, or because I'm more afraid that Thiago will die like this.Bernice almost had the illusion of drowning, hugging the mermaid in her arms was like holding the last life-saving driftwood, and said indiscriminately: "I'm sorry...I'm sorry, I didn't want to be like this...I'm sorry, I never thought of killing you, I don't want this..."

"sorry Sorry……"

Crying hastily, it caused her to feel pain in her chest until Silvedu woke her up from this nightmare.

Seeing the mixed expression of surprise and worry on the face of the Holy Maiden of Light in front of her, Bernice could sense how bad she was sleeping just now.She tried to move her body, but her left arm, which had been oppressed all night, was so numb that she couldn't move, and even her fingertips were bluish-purple with excessive blood.

Thanks to the demon's strong resilience, she felt that she had recovered after a while, and looked at Silvedu in front of her again, her voice was a little hoarse: "Good morning."

"Did you sleep here last night?" she asked.

Bernice recalled and nodded: "I just couldn't fall asleep, so I wanted to come back and read a book or something. I didn't expect this hypnosis method to be so effective for me."

"Did you have a nightmare?" Silverdu pointed to his face, "You look in a bad state."

"Really?" Bernice reached out to touch her face, and found that it was all wet.

At first she thought it was just the water vapor condensed from her breathing, but the closer she got to her eyes, the more moist it became, and it was clearly tears.

The horror from the dream still lingered in Bernice's senses. She blinked quickly, wiped away the water marks on her fingertips, and asked nonchalantly, "Should I go? Wait for me."

She walked to the bathroom and washed her face several times with clean water. Even her bangs were a little wet, and they collapsed softly on her smooth forehead.

After arranging the folds on the dress casually, Bernice came out quickly, looking the same as usual: "I'm fine."

"Then let's go, everyone is waiting."

This sentence was very similar to the words in the dream, and Bernice was instinctively taken aback, and even had the illusion that she hadn't woken up yet.

However, the reality could no longer allow her to think too much.Rushing from the observation center to the wedding venue, Bernice hurriedly saw that the auditorium was full of seats, and before she was even surprised, she was dragged into the dressing room by Silvedu, almost bumping into the White Queen who was about to come out to look for them.

This is not the first time Bernice has seen the ruler of the underground kingdom, but it is the first time she has seen her in such a formal attire, as if she is going to participate in an extremely solemn celebration, and she has never been willful even on the battlefield The loose dark brown curly hair was coiled into a delicate bun, and a big red rose was blooming in it.

Speaking of,

Bernice looked at Sylviedo at the side, and found that she did not wear the white crystal crown today, but replaced it with a delicate tiara entwined with roses.

"Thank goodness." Queen White breathed a sigh of relief while bowing to them, "I thought it was going to be too late, and I was planning to go out to find you."

"Has Greer come?" Bernice asked slightly surprised. Before she could turn her head, the Cheshire Cat suddenly appeared and filled her arms with her wedding dress.

Pulling away the tulle that was in the way, Bernice saw that even the curly-tailed cat was wearing a rose collar, so she couldn't help blurting out: "Why are you here?"

"How can you not come to such an occasion?" Cheshire Cat said, with the same weird and gloomy smile on his face, and pretended to salute her very formally.

"But if you are like this, aren't you afraid that Greer will recognize that there is actually no human being here?" Bernice knew that things would always be different from what was expected and planned, but this was clearly beyond the scope of differences.

This is called out of control.

"Don't worry, we will disguise ourselves as humans in a while." Silvedu said lightly, pulling her up and pushing her towards the back of the curtain, "You still have 5 minutes, Bernice. The remaining 25 minutes Minutes, Queen White and I are responsible for dressing you up in the best condition, hurry up my dear."

"Nagriel..."

"The security office is watching him at all times, don't worry, he will definitely come."

Too.While changing clothes quickly, Bernice thought, even the underground kingdom was involved, so there would be no surprises in today's actions.

This is followed by the usual combing of hair, makeup, and the final veil.Bernice thanked them for not taking out any bright red rose ornaments to put on her head, otherwise...

"And your flowers, ma'am." The Cheshire Cat brought the bouquet of roses that had been prepared, and deliberately used the honorifics that made people's teeth sore.

Bernice sighed, and took it resignedly, feeling that she really had drawn a conclusion too early.

"Can we go?"

"Let's go."

Walking along the bright red carpet that was laid all the way from the entrance of the auditorium to the main hall, Bernice saw Thiago standing at the end of the road almost immediately.

He was wearing a three-piece black suit with dark silver fine lines, which was completely different from the light-colored style he usually wore, and looked more solemn and upright.A large piece of bright midsummer sunlight shines in from the long window, falls on his shoulders, blends with the long hair of the same color, and halos out a thin layer of bright light.

All of this was so similar to the dream I had just now, that for a moment, Bernice subconsciously wanted to stop, but Silvado held her arm and continued to move forward.

The carpet covered with a layer of bright red roses has an unreal soft and sunken feeling when stepped on, not to mention the little flower girl transformed into a Cheshire cat is still holding a flower basket in front, throwing the rose petals inside to Toss in the air.

Do human beings need so many flowers to get married?

Wouldn't it be a pity if someone had hay fever allergies?

And the extras sitting around, except for Rebecca who still maintains her optimistic and sincere smile, the other faces that are so forced to laugh so hard that their faces cramp are hardly familiar to Bernice, let alone seeing Greg Lille.

What to do, if Greer doesn't come at all, does she need to stop in a while?

With a mind full of messy thoughts, Bernice was brought to Tiago by Silvedu, and she heard her remind in a low voice: "It's time for you to hand over your hand, Bernice."

"Oh." She came to her senses, quickly recalled the previous rehearsal process, stretched out her hand and took the initiative to hold the other party, as if she was shaking hands to celebrate after the deal was concluded, she almost shook her head up and down before bowing, by the way A sentence of "Thank you boss for adding money to me".

Tiago was made to laugh by her handshake gesture, and then quickly corrected it, with an impeccably gentle tone: "Don't be so nervous, it's okay."

"But..." She lowered her voice so that only the two of them could hear, and took advantage of the time when Silvadu walked up to the main podium, she said quickly, "I haven't seen Greer yet, will he not come?" ?That……"

"Wait a little longer." Thiago replied calmly.

As soon as the voice fell, the musicians around the auditorium stopped playing music at the same time, waiting for Silvedu as the officiant to announce the beginning of the wedding.

Bernice was not in the mood to listen to what she had to say. She just looked at the people sitting nearby again while trying not to attract attention, but she still didn't see Greer.

Looking at Thiago again, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, as if it didn't matter whether Greer came or not, the ceremony in front of him was the most important thing.

Suppressing her anxious mood, Bernice tried her best to comfort herself. Since the insiders around her didn't respond, she shouldn't need to worry too much.

All right?

Surely nothing will happen.

Certainly not...

Thinking of this, Silvedu's voice stopped at some point and was replaced by Thiago's voice: "...so I think that for all things in the world, survival is the purpose of all actions, Selfishness is the deepest and most indelible nature of all living beings."

Bernice raised her head in a daze, thinking that she had misheard the other party's words.Although she agrees with what Thiago just said, it seems that such words should not appear at the wedding, which is too strange.

Shouldn't it be trying to extol the greatness of love?

"In addition to this, creatures that stand taller also have more complex and changeable emotions. But without exception, they all come from the selfish nature of all things, the original purpose of continuous efforts to survive, and love also Nothing special."

Bernice heard him continue in a gentle and candid tone: "It is not a perfect existence above all else, and it is not indestructible. Even in most cases, all it takes is a little lie, betrayal, or direct communication to destroy it." It can be done with time. This is actually caused by the self-nature of the creature fighting."

"Love will make us perform altruistic actions and make sacrifices, sometimes even fatal. In order to ensure that we can suffer as little harm as possible and survive forever, selfish nature will make creatures While falling in love, you also become suspicious, jealous, unreasonable, and even hysterical. You will find that the person you once loved no longer exists, and no matter how deep the love is, it will gradually die out, while rationality and escape thoughts Urges you all the time.

Therefore, compared with one's own nature, love for a particular individual is destined to be short-lived.Most of the time, it even dies out much faster than the living thing itself.

As long as you are a living, sentient being subject to the laws of nature, you cannot escape the influence of your instincts. "

If it was another occasion, Bernice would applaud him, and at the same time, she was a little surprised that they even reached a complete agreement.

But as soon as she thought that this was a wedding that should have been pretending to be perfect, she didn't know how to cooperate, so she could only stand still.

At the same time, the other people sitting in the auditorium also looked at each other in dismay, and some of the sea people even began to think about whether this was a hint, such as implying that the wedding was completely coerced by the sea witch.

But then, Thiago suddenly turned to Bernice beside him.

Even through the hazy veil, Bernice could still see the emotion in his blue eyes, pure and soft sincerity, she couldn't even look at each other, she just lowered her head subconsciously and wanted to back away , with an evasive posture away from danger, embarrassment to panic.

This is too strange, obviously the previous rehearsal was not like this.And Greer didn't seem to be here yet, so what was the use of him being so affectionate now?

It shouldn't be like this...

Bernice froze in place, with his right hand tightly held, it didn't seem like an intimate gesture between new couples, but more like one party pressing the other side step by step.

"However, only the lowest beings will allow themselves to be at the mercy of nature. They cannot make any real and effective guarantees, so they pin their hopes and witnesses on religion, heaven and earth, tokens, or anything that has nothing to do with themselves. irrelevant stuff."

Who will tell him to stop talking...

Bernice felt that she was almost unable to hold the bouquet in her hand. Those too bright reds looked like burning flames, scorching her fingers and heart.

"Therefore, here I am, voluntarily giving my life, my dignity, my future, my honor..."

He should just be reciting those pleasant speeches prepared in advance.

But he didn't look like he was simply reciting, every word was so sincere that he couldn't bear it.

"I swear to you with everything I have..."

Unable to pull back the tightly held hand, Bernice wanted to interrupt the other party, reminding him that it was okay, and maybe the rest of the words could wait until Greer pulled.Also, there's no need to make it so...

reality.

"I will go against my nature, against my instincts, beyond all laws."

"love you forever."

Because everything in the world is subject to the law, they are not qualified to say forever.For the entire space-time of the universe, the existence of all things is just an illusion that is too short to even breathe.What kind of concept is forever, they can't even understand it, let alone do it.

Only gods can.

Therefore, he is not saying this in any other false identity, but making a promise in the name of Sea God and Tiago at the same time.

Love that is not bound by laws, transcends instinct and nature, is eternal like a god itself.

After realizing this, Bernice suddenly felt a suffocating feeling as if she was stranded, her hands and feet were cold, and her mind was full of random memory fragments.

The magic mirror told her that even after suffering such deception and almost fatal injuries, Tiago still didn't hate her, but was very sad.

Silvedu told her that it was precisely because Thiago still kept some of his previous feelings after the godhood was formed, that's why he became the only god with a "heart".

There are many more...

Rose.

She looked at the flowers in her hand, which were a miserable red mass, and her brain, unable to think any more, began to give her the final struggle instructions.

"Greer...hasn't come yet." She said to Thiago in a faint voice amidst the applause, she couldn't even organize the words, and what came out was the most instinctive general of the sea tribe "So what you're saying now, do you have to say it again...again?"

It was really impossible to use the word "performance", and his attitude was so serious that Bernice was terrified.

But as long as he said "yes", it meant that everything just now was an illusion, and she just overreacted because she was too nervous.

As for what you're nervous about...

Bernice felt that her thoughts were in a mess now, and she couldn't think about such a complicated issue.But all she needs is a word from Thiago, or a nod.

But he didn't.

After a short or long silence, Bernice suddenly realized that she had made a fatal mistake.

In fact, she doesn't need the other party's answer at all, because that's what she's afraid of.

A question that shouldn't be asked and is not something she can ask.

All this is false, she knew it from the beginning, why bother to try it out.

"Bernese." He called her name with the same gentleness as in his dream, but with a depression that could not be ignored, "I..."

Bernice was stunned for a moment, and with the strength she didn't know where she threw off the opponent's hand, she stepped back quickly, and even the bouquet fell to the ground, and the petals fell off the ground.

At the same time, the giant crystal lamp on the dome of the auditorium suddenly burst open, and after the loud sound, countless bright and sharp fragments scattered in all directions.

The sky light was wiped away by an invisible external force, and all the light disappeared in an instant, and even the vision was completely useless.

Immediately afterwards, there were screams, one after another until it sounded tragically around, a not-so-familiar rancid smell gradually became clear, and there were some sounds like squirming and boiling mucus, all in all directions.

"Bernice!" She heard Tiago calling her in the blindness, but she couldn't see him anyway. There were shards of glass under her feet, and the piercing voice sounded quite scary.

In the absence of vision, she can only rely on hearing.Too many noises were disturbing her, and Bernice could only hear people around her screaming that her eyes could not see. The emerald green flame burned from her hand, but she could only flicker anxiously because she couldn't catch the target.

In the confusion, Bernice heard the voices of Silvedu and Thiago, they were talking quickly: "He used a magic lamp to take away all the light, so they won't be able to see."

"Has Greer come already?" This was Silvedu's voice, "I can feel the breath of the magic lamp, but there are no other creatures."

As soon as the words fell, a cold silver-blue light suddenly burst forth, and all the parasites that intended to approach were stabbed by this light, and began to retreat quickly.

Thiago stood in the very center of the radiance, releasing a steady stream of divine power, pushing the bright circle wider and wider, and all the creatures standing within the radiance returned to normal.

They raised their heads in shock, and saw that the top of the auditorium, which was still resplendent just now, had been covered with layers of dark red parasites at some point, as if it had been swallowed into the inside of some monster.

Although eagerly wanting to pounce down and devour all the living creatures, those parasites seemed to be extremely afraid of that layer of silver-blue light, and only wandered around trying to find a breakthrough.

The parasite in its full form is almost immune to the attacks of all ordinary angels. After discovering this, Gabriel simply revealed the original appearance of the seraphim, intending to use the cover of blue light to break out of the blockade.

"Bernice, come here." Thiago said without turning his head, the blue color on his irises was so cold that it was almost frozen, "The guest we have been waiting for for so long seems to have already been among this group of people. "

No one responded.

He immediately looked around, trying to find the girl in the white wedding dress, but he found nothing: "Bernese!"

There was a hoarse, dull laugh coming from overhead, it was those parasites.

This should not happen, after all, parasites have no self-awareness, they are just killing tools created by the magic lamp.

But now, those tumbling viscous dark reds are really laughing, their intermittent voices sound strangely broken, and occasionally there are disgusting grunts: "Cheat me... lie... I—— What you cherish, I will also... all, take away..."

"you wanna die!"

The dazzlingly dazzling light swelled and exploded, and the pale ice covered every corner of the surroundings in an instant, counterattacking more crazily and out of control than those dormant parasites.

The high-hanging dome of the auditorium was completely broken by this strong external force, leaving wreckage all over the place. Silvedu raised his head in a burst of unbearable low temperature, and saw that the sky outside had already condensed into severe ice.

The author has something to say: There is indeed a reason for the rose elements everywhere, which will be explained later.

I hope there will be a lot of comments today! [Beaten]