The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

For a moment, Cindo couldn't even understand what Sirius meant.But Siles had already expected this.

About half a month ago, he was impulsive and wanted to explain to Qin Duo that he was from Earth.But at that time, he felt that this kind of frankness was too sudden, which would surprise Qin Duo.

He originally wanted to slowly lay the groundwork and slowly make Cindo himself realize this possibility-realizing that Siles might come from another world.

However, it is not known whether Qinduo is too dull, or Sires himself has been quite integrated into Fisher's world, so, in the past period of time, Qinduo has not been able to realize Siles' hints.

...So, Siles suddenly figured it out.

He realized that this incident itself was an accident, and it could also be said to be a track of fate.He can't deny this, and he shouldn't expect Qin Duo to react to it himself one day.

——Seriously, would anyone suspect that the person next to their pillow is an alien visitor?

Qindo has never doubted the existence of Siles, and has never thought about it in this direction. Therefore, if he wants to figure it out, they may have to pass their lives.

Siles decided to take advantage of this moment, the moment he was moved by Qindo's words, to tell Qindo the secret.

He has always been rational, but he also knows that this kind of thing needs a little impulse and emotional guidance.At this moment, he chose to obey his inner thoughts - he didn't want to keep this matter a secret.

Keeping a secret can also become a burden.

Qin Duo didn't understand what Siles meant at all, he just said: "You mean, you look at these things with a more objective attitude?"

Siles couldn't deny this, he did have such an attitude, but the reason why he was able to do so objectively was another matter.

He said, "Jindo, remember the metaphor about the dice?"

The whole world is a messy dough mixed with water.And the real world is this ball of clear water.

"I am a foreigner from Fisher's world," said Siles. "I come from...another body of 'water'. A planet that is completely different from Fisher's world."

Qin Duo was stunned there.

While Siles looked at him, his heart relaxed instead.He pondered almost ironically, thinking that at this time, Qin Duo's heart might be: spirituality +1, knowledge +1, spirituality +1, swiping the screen back and forth.

After a while, Qindo said dryly: "Then...then you...I mean, you are in your hometown...outside Fisher's world...that is, before you came to Fisher's world ..."

Siles was a little curious about what Gindo wanted to ask.

Qin Duo froze for a while, and then said quickly, like a broken can, "Have you ever had a lover or someone you like?"

Siles: "..."

...he shouldn't be surprised.

He should have thought that Qin Duo would care about this matter, and he couldn't help asking.

A complex emotion appeared in Siles' heart, and he felt... a little funny, facing Qin Duo's performance like this.

Cinder's emerald green eyes gazed at him too.It has been a long time since Siles saw such a tense expression from Cendo.After their relationship was established and stabilized, it was as if Cindo had found an environment that she was used to and felt safe in.

But now, he became nervous again, with a kind of surprise that was caught off guard.He seemed to suddenly realize that the lover he was familiar with, the god he loved, and the past he had never known.That made him uneasy.

... Siles suddenly reached out and pulled Cindo into his arms, before Cindo showed a more frustrated expression.

"You are my first love." Siles whispered, "From my hometown to the world of Fisher, I have only loved that man named Cindo Playa."

Qin Duo seemed to be listening intently.Siles hugged Cyndo, and he could feel Cyndo's tense, almost trembling back muscles.After his words, Qin Duo froze suddenly, and then slowly relaxed.

"...I, I know. You are also my first love, the only one I love." Qindo said, "I'm sorry, I just... I'm not doubting you. I just feel... so far away. I Feeling a little scared."

Siles does not deny this either.At first, the Fisher world was also foreign to him.He could understand Qindo's feelings, especially, when Qindo met Siles, Siles had almost integrated into the general environment of Fisher's world.

So, Cendo would feel a more shocking, incredible emotion, a possibility he had never imagined.Of course he would be terrified.

"Don't be afraid," said Siles, leaning his head and kissing Cyndo's cheek. "I'm right here."

Qin Duo hugged Sirius hard, but he was still a little bit overwhelmed.He kissed Sirius, as if he could use this method to confirm the existence of Sirius.

After a while, he asked, "So, that's why you feel... that the identity of 'Sileus Noel' is an illusion?"

"Yes." Siles admitted this, "and it also made me breathe a sigh of relief. If this identity is not real, it means that my arrival did not kill a real person."

Jindo laughed suddenly, and he said, "Yes, it will be your idea. You are always so noble."

Siles frowned a little. He thought that his thoughts were just human nature. After all, overall, he had a better sense of substitution for his identity as "He Jiayin".

But he didn't refute Qin Duo's statement at this time, because he felt that Qin Duo's emotions had eased.

As he thought, after the initial shock, Qin Duo thought for a while, and immediately asked with great interest: "So, do you have another name?"

"Yes." Siles said, he said his name in the language of his hometown, but it made even himself feel a little strange, he paused, and then said, "The name means, 'Congratulations The good news'."

Qin Duo imitated it clumsily, but it took a while to say it perfectly: "He... Jiayin?"

Siles laughed.

"...It feels like a very complicated language." Cindo muttered, but he repeated the name contentedly, feeling as if he was getting closer to the essence of Siles to a greater extent.

Siles said, "It's a bit complicated. It's not like the few languages ​​you know."

Qin Duo said the three words "He Jiayin" again."So what did I say?" he asked.

Siles thought for a while, and said tactfully, "At least I can recognize that it's my name."

"...Your consolation is touching." Qin Duo said.

Siles tugged at Qindo's braid lightly, and he said, "I've been thinking about when I'll tell you about this. Then I realized that maybe I don't need to pick a day, just find a suitable day. It’s time, just tell you directly.”

"I'm still surprised by your origin." Qin Duo said, "However, you are you. When I met you, you have already come to this world, and I have always been with you."

He paused at this moment, thought for a while, and said, "So, I don't seem to be that surprised anymore."

Siles nodded and said, "I came to this world last July."

Qin Duo blinked his eyes, and he said, "This is a shorter time than I imagined." He thought for a while, and then said with some disbelief, "So, the Grayson incident happened from the time you came to this world, and it is also a short period of time." Not too long passed.

"...You have been too busy in the past year or so."

Siles said helplessly: "This is impossible. Besides, I also hope that I can grasp the power as soon as possible...to find a way to return to my hometown."

With that said, he looked at Qin Duo.

Qin Duo asked almost without thinking: "Can I follow you back to your hometown?"

... Siles suddenly laughed.Sometimes, it is really difficult for him to express some of his thoughts on Qinduo, because they are all dissolved in Qinduo's natural and logical thoughts.

It seems that Qindo is naturally a follower and partner of Siles, and should follow in the footsteps of Siles.

Siles said softly, "Of course, Qindo. I asked about the dice before, and we can go back to my hometown together. You can go to my house."

Qin Duo thought for a second, and then said: "Do you think your parents will like me?" He paused, and then whispered, "This question seems to have been asked once before..."

Siles laughed. He said, "Yes. You'll surprise them."

Qin Duo doubted such a statement.

Siles thought that his parents already thought he was going to die alone.For them, Qin Duo's appearance was naturally a surprise.

As far as Siles himself is concerned, he has always thought that single life is quite comfortable, while life with companions is comfortable in another sense.It's not high or low, but he knows his parents don't think so.

"Have a little faith in yourself," said Siles.

Cindo rested his forehead on Siles' shoulder, and muttered, "You probably have told your students this many times. However, whenever they face homework, they still can't help feeling nervous." .me too."

Siles: "..."

He was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Assistant Qin Duo, shouldn't your position be similar to mine?"

"why?"

"Because you have to approve your homework." Siles said quite honestly.

Qin Duo couldn't help being silent for a while.In the end, he also said quite honestly: "So, shouldn't I wish that you give your students less homework?"

... I don't know if the students will be moved by Qin Duo's efforts.Siles thought.

But he said: "But the homework that should be written will eventually be written. You will also have to meet my parents after all."

Qin Duo sighed, and finally he said: "Then, Qin Duo's teaching assistant in the new semester will be different."

Siles was taken aback, and asked, "What's the difference?"

Qin Duo pretended to be cruel and said: "I want to be as strict as you, and I can't show mercy to those students' homework."

... Siles suddenly began to think about whether he had really assigned too much homework.

The topic of homework was left alone.However, Qin Duo didn't seem to be interested in dealing with business.He flipped through the papers absently, occasionally asking Sirius a few questions about Earth.

Of course, he also asked about Siles' past experience, but it was all good and bad.Siles mentioned that he was also a novelist in his hometown, which made Cindo show a dazed expression.

He probably felt that the unfamiliar name "He Jiayin" also had a very intimate feeling.

After thinking for a while, he realized something in surprise: "So, the pseudonym 'He' you use now comes from your previous surname?"

"Yes." Siles said, "I'm not very good at naming, so I used a more familiar name."

Qin Duo was stunned, and he said complacently: "Now, I know this secret earlier than anyone else."

Siles was taken aback, but couldn't help laughing.

They spent an unfocused morning.But when this morning is over, they have to go about their business again.Cinder looked like he still had a lot of questions to ask, but Siles didn't have time to answer them.

Finally, Qin Duo said: "No matter what, I hope you can like this world."

"Of course," said Siles, "I'm already 'Siles Noel' too."

Qin Duo seemed to be relieved, he rubbed Sires' cheek affectionately, then looked into Sires' eyes seriously, and said, "I think I have to tell you something now."

"what?"

"Whether you are Siles Noel, or...uh, he...he, Jiayin." He stumbled out the name, and he was a little annoyed by his clumsy tongue.

He read it again: "He Jiayin." He said, "No matter what your name is, I love you for what you are. I believe in you and love you until the end of my life... until the end of my soul .”

He murmured, then leaned in and kissed Sirius.

After a brief moment of consternation, Sirius deepened the kiss.Perhaps, he himself didn't realize that when he chose to tell Qinduo this secret, he also let Qinduo know about another part of his life.

Qin Duo is keenly aware that Sires' frankness also requires his response—his response to He Jiayin.

Maybe Siles' maturity and reason will make him not care about this matter, but Qin Duo will care about this matter.He didn't want himself to ignore a part of his beloved god, even, a more real part.

Therefore, he had to confess at this time.If he missed this morning, he would be so slow-witted and careless in explaining his intentions at any moment in the future.

He loved Sirius so passionately and piously that he had to let Sirius understand his thoughts at the first moment.

And Siles certainly understood.Just in terms of his personality, it is also difficult for him to say such straightforward and passionate words of love.He was born reserved, but he met a passionate and calm lover like Qin Duo.Perhaps this can also be regarded as the result of fate's careful planning for him.

When the kiss was over, they were both a little breathless.But Siles glanced at the time and said, "I have to go to school."

Gyndo kissed him without saying a word.

Siles had no choice but to say, "See you tonight?"

"Then I'm really looking forward to the evening." Qin Duo said in a low and hoarse voice, "It's worthy of what you said this morning. By the way, you just said that your hometown has... Internet with very open information?"

Siles: "..."

Okay, he knows what Gyndo wants to say.

He just thought for a second, then said, "We can try."

"Then I look forward to it even more." Qin Duo laughed.

They chatted about it for a while.

Afternoon classes start at one o'clock.Siles ate lunch at home and then went to Ramifa University.

But when he entered the school, the guard at the school gate stopped him and said, "Professor Noel? There is a letter from you, and it is in your office."

Siles was taken aback for a moment, then thanked the doorman.

He was a little surprised because very few people sent letters to Ramifa University.Normally, even if someone needed to put something in his office, they would not pass by the doorman, after all, they all knew where Siles's office was.

With a little curiosity, he walked towards his office.

He found several documents placed at the door of his office, picked them up and found that most of them were reading notes from two apprentices.There was also a separate envelope from Dorothea.

Siles was also puzzled by this.This letter from Dorothea was put together with her study notes, and she probably brought it with her when she came to hand in the study notes.

What was the need for Dorothea to write a letter to Celes?

However, this is obviously not the letter mentioned by the guard, so...

Siles looked at the thin envelope at the bottom of the paper documents.

He took a look and found that the envelope was a bit tattered, as if it had been worn out during a long journey.He saw an address that was not written in Const script.

However, the sender's name was written twice, and one of them was Conster's text--Foster Langhe.

During spring break, Siles, along with other professors from the school, went to Bethune University in Middletown for a scholar visit.At that time, the university arranged for each of them a student guide who could speak Const.

Foster Longey was the student Siles met at the time.He was the great-grandson of the famous Middleton painter, Frank Longey.

More than 30 years ago, Frank Longhi went to sea with others, and finally buried his life in the ocean.One of the sailors on board was the father of Garrett Gielgud, who was busy drawing charts.

When Siles left Bethune, Foster Longey once said that he would write to Siles.

However, Siles thought it was just a polite remark before, but he didn't expect that Foster actually wrote him a letter.This surprised Silas a little.

He was very curious about the contents of the letter.However, before opening the envelope, he glanced at the time and found that it was only a few minutes before class, so he wisely chose to wait until later.

Obviously, if he reads the letter now, he will be distracted later in class.

And even if Foster's letter mentions any important information, considering the long delivery time of this letter, it is probably not an important matter, and there is no need to worry about these few hours.

The same was true of Dorothea's letter.Siles was quite curious about what it was worth Dorothea writing to him instead of saying when they met on Thursday.

Therefore, after finishing the required professional classes in the afternoon, Siles went back to the office and opened the two letters for reading.

The first thing he opened was the letter from Dorothea.

In the letter, Dorothea mentioned that she had found the information about the book "Little Cynthia's World" mentioned by Sirius.

However, her grandfather didn't want her to send that part of the information to Siles, but asked her to hand it over to him in person, which delayed a little time.

It seemed to be very precious and ancient information, as can be seen from the tone of Dorothea's letter.

Dorothea also mentioned that if Siles is more anxious to get those materials, he can go to the Grant family in person; and if he is not so anxious, he can wait until Thursday, and she will bring Siles.

The letter was placed here this morning, and Sirius knew the habits of his two apprentices.He thought about his schedule... and finally decided to wait until Dorothea brought her over on Thursday.

He might not have the time to make a special trip to the northern suburbs, and it would take half a day to go there.

...though he really wanted the information immediately.

Siles sighed helplessly, then looked at the letter from Foster Longey.

"Dear Professor Sirius Noel:

"It's a pleasure to write to you. I don't know your address in Const, so I can only send the letter to Ramifa University. I hope you can receive this letter in the end.

"While this letter may be a long way from Middleton to Const, I cannot wait to share with you what I have learned recently.

"I'm not sure if you know, but I still want to mention this first. Recently, Bethune finally made a decision that we will build a train station. This matter has been disputed for a long time, and it was finally confirmed not long ago.

"At that time, it is very likely that the capitals of the three countries - Lamifa City, Cronin City, and Bethune City - will be directly accessible by train. That will be much more convenient.

"When you came to Bethune before, it was by boat. For someone like you who came to Middleton for the first time, this is obviously not a comfortable experience. If there is a train afterwards, your journey It must be much more comfortable.

"But that could be a year or two away. Anyway, Middleton is slowly catching up with the times, which makes many Bethune students, including myself, very happy.

"I've been to other countries as well. Middleton just doesn't fit in. It frustrates me sometimes, but I still love this land.

"The Folio Sea has always been like this, always standing to the northwest of us. This feeling is completely different from other countries. When I leave Middleton, I will also think of the Folio Sea, and think of the sea to the north. .

"...Sorry, I've said so much, but I haven't gotten to the point yet.

"What I really want to say is, Professor, I don't know if you are interested in Folio Sea?

"The last time we saw you off, we met a bad guy, do you remember? He said that my family had done something bad, and he asked me to go back and ask my father if he still remembered Jill from Kingsley Good family.

"I did go home and ask, and my father's answer...surprised me. He mentioned my great-grandfather, Frank Longey. He said it was the Gielgud sailor who killed me. great-grandfather.

"...but I can't quite believe it. They've got their own opinions. Besides, how could a sailor kill a ship's passenger?

"I do know about the last time my great-grandfather went to sea. Many people know. When the bad news came, people couldn't believe it. For me, it was too far away, it was something that I hadn't been born yet The end was doomed in time.

"I always thought that it was an accident. Maybe it was a storm that overturned the ship; maybe they provoked something bad at sea; maybe it was my great-grandfather who realized something and decided to use death end it all.

"...I have said so much to pave the way for my next actions. I plan to go to the Sea of ​​Furiou to see the place where my great-grandfather died.

"I hope you don't laugh at me when I say this: I've never been at sea. It's like that in my family. We seem to have a sea-sick constitution, and we get dizzy whenever we get on a boat.

"It seems that this kind of physique will gradually disappear with age, at least that's what the elders told me. So, I have never been on a boat since I was a child. But this time, I made up my mind.

"The reason why I wrote to you is that almost everyone is against my going to sea, and you, since you have also met the man who called himself Gielgud, then I am afraid you can understand me to a certain extent.

"The second reason is that I plan to go to sea this summer. I thought that you might also be interested in Fuliou Sea, so I wrote to ask if you would like to join my travel team.

"Now I have recruited several classmates, many of whom have full confidence in going to sea. We will form a professional team and go to Fuliou Sea together.

"If you are also interested, you can write to me as soon as possible. I look forward to your reply.

"In the end, I still can't help but want to tell you that the appearance of the man who called himself Gielgud seemed to have shattered a certain mask of my life, and it seemed to make me suddenly realize that Folio and I— My great-grandfather and I have an unbreakable bond.

"I must, I deserve, to understand all this, and the truth behind it.

"So I'm going to sail this summer. Maybe I'm not even sure what this choice means. But anyway, some terrible force pushes me.

"By the way, I hope my clumsy Const text doesn't make you feel ugly.

"Foster Longey."

After reading the letter, Siles couldn't help frowning for a moment.

The letter mainly mentioned two issues: one is that Bethune intends to build a train station, which obviously means that Middleton will also get rid of the original appearance; Time to go to sea to explore the mystery of his great-grandfather's death.

The first question, combined with the situation of the Brotherhood of Asia mentioned in the previous dice, obviously has a little more subtle meaning.

Building a railway station, so that more people travel by train than by ship, will this have an impact on the legacy of Amoise, which still exists on the Sea of ​​​​Frioux at this moment?

This is obviously an uncertain question.

However, Bethune must also have members of the Brotherhood of Assi.They must have a deeper understanding of the matter than Sirius.

If it does have an impact, then they will definitely take action; if not, then it is indeed not a bad thing to let Middleton pass the train.

Therefore, what Siles cared more about was Foster's plan to go to sea.

Judging from this decision alone, Siles doesn't think it's strange.Foster Langhe suddenly learned of some of the inside story of his great-grandfather's death, part of which was learned by himself. Of course, he would be interested in Frank Langhe's experience back then.

This behavior certainly makes sense logically.

But the Fisher world is not a very sane one.This world possesses strange and mysterious powers, and until now, people are still shrouded in the shadow of the old gods.

So, is there really no weird factor involved in Foster Langhe's seemingly logical decision to go to sea?

Siles noticed a piece of information mentioned in Foster's letter: The Longey family seems to have been seasick in their youth.So, even though they lived in Middleton, they never went to sea.

...which is a rather strange thing.

The Middletons are almost as company as the ocean.The ocean is a constant in their lives.This situation is like, in the automobile age of the earth, but someone has never been in a car because of motion sickness.

Motion sickness and seasickness naturally exist, but even if you feel dizzy, sometimes you have to endure it in order to travel.But everyone in the Langhe family has never been on a boat in a place like Middleton?

Also, Foster Longey had never tried sailing himself.The thing about seasickness is what he heard from the elders.Could it be that this kind of physique must be inherited in every generation of the Langxi family, without missing a single one?

Siles was skeptical.

Of course, such a thing is not entirely impossible.It's just that Siles has more or less preconceived suspicions about the Langhe family.

Frank Longey went to sea, and finally died in the Folio Sea, and all the people on the ship were buried there. Only Enoch Gielgud, a sailor, survived; but in the end, his life and death were unknown.

The whole thing seemed rather eerie in itself.Siles thought.

Now that Foster Langhe plans to go to sea, he also brought his classmates and so on, and most likely he will go to the port to rent a boat... This seems to have reproduced the experience of his great-grandfather.

Siles felt a little worried about this.

He thought, just in time, he and Qindo were also planning to leave Const during the rainy vacation and go to the Folio Sea, maybe they could go to sea with Foster Langhe.

He had to write a letter back to Foster.However, he did not yet know how to send the letter to Middleton.Moreover, Foster did not give his address in the letter... I am afraid that Siles can only be sent to Bethune University.

...Maybe you can ask Qindo about the communication route, so as not to lose his reply on the way, that would be bad.

So, Siles packed up the things in the office, and then left Ramifa University.By the time he got back to 99 Kelly Street, Ginto had already prepared dinner.

Hearing Siles talk about Foster, he said: "If you want to send a letter to Middleton, you can give it to me. There are documents from the Praia family every week.

"When this letter arrives in Kansas, the people there can help to send it to Middleton, which is much faster than sending it directly from the Principality of Constance."

Siles nodded, he thought so too.He planned to write a reply letter at night and let Qindo bring it to the Praia family tomorrow.

At dinner, he added: "However, Foster's going to sea obviously has nothing to do with what happened in May."

"I think this might just be a young man's reckless move?" Qindo said, and then shrugged, "It's like the young people in Lamifa City want to explore the land of no embers."

Siles was stunned, and had to admit that the metaphor was quite apt—he immediately thought of Alva Gilini.

The Jilini family is engaged in the printing industry and has always had a good reputation since the beginning of the Mists.Therefore, Alva lived a good life since he was a child; at the same time, because of his ancestor's experience, his family did not let him know about the news about the Land of Embers.

Because of this, he would go to the Land of Never Embers during the winter vacation with uncontrollable curiosity.If he hadn't met Doctor Chester, Siles and Qindo, then this young man might not have been able to leave the Land of Embers so safely.

Today's Foster Long Xi is quite similar to the original Alva Jilini.

In fact, Sirius also thought of Hurd Dreyson.

These three young people, their families all have a certain secret related to this world; at the same time, they are all related to Sirius.Siles thinks this may also be a manifestation of the power of fate.

Fate covered his body like a spider web.

……cobweb.

He thought of the word again.

In fact, there was always a perplexing question for Siles.Spiders, cobwebs, what is the relationship between these two concepts and "shadow"?

Indeed, usually, spiders are found in shady corners, and the two complement each other very well.

However, after Sirius learned of the existence of "Shadow", he never really felt the relationship between the image of the spider and "Shadow".He also once saw through the fog and glimpsed the "shadow".But that glance didn't make him feel like a spider.

... Spiders and shadows are like two separate concepts.

The question puzzled him.However, it seems impossible that there is another unknown god, as can be seen from the attitude of the dice.

After thinking for a moment, Sirius shook his head.He didn't like to torture himself with these questions, and he knew that even if he did, he couldn't come up with a reliable answer, because no one would give him evidence.

That night, Siles finished his reply to Foster Runcie, and then wrote "Miss Garland's Dream Adventure".

He estimated the length of the novel and thought that in May or June, this novel will also come to an end.

...It's this time again.

Siles didn't like the feeling of everything coming together.In addition, the ending of Garland's story in the fictional novel may also mean a change in reality for Garland, and he doesn't know what it will be like.

...He reminded himself that next time he talks to Dice, he can ask Dice what he knows about this matter.

Before going to bed, he flipped through his notebook to see if there was anything he hadn't finished dealing with recently.

Then he realized that it was quite a lot, especially as he needed to follow up and wait for the results of other people's investigations.

Jimmy's investigation of the homeless, businessman Ranmeer's collection of information on the north of the land of no embers, detective Jon's investigation at the police station, Eric's results of looking through the files in the second corridor, and the artist department that Darrell joined Information about...

Edward Bellona's yet-to-be-received reply, Carroll's investigation of Forrest and the Second Corridor archive, Herd Dreyson's investigation of the Sea of ​​Folio, Garrett Gielgud's drawing of the sea Progress related to the graph...

This does not include the information about "Little Cynthia's World" from the Grant family that has already replied, nor does it include the arrival of Bishop Elizabeth and Ms. Heidi in May.

...By the way, he still has to find some time to go to the library to see if there is "Since the Little Girl Cynthia"