I really only stop

"Thank you for your hard work! Is there any progress in the research over there?"

"It should be regarded as a fruitful harvest. With the assistance of Lady Lacey Livy, I hardly encountered any difficulties in my research."

The eyes just glanced at the smile that could not be concealed on Nana's face, and the smart lady saint already knew the achievements of Lu Xi and Celica:

"Compared to me, Lu Xi's gains are not small. If you have a similar plan next time, remember to ask me to participate~"

...Is this a subtle protest against me and Celica not taking her to play?

For some reason, such thoughts popped up in his heart, Lu Xi shook his head, and nodded slightly:

"Well, definitely."

Chapter 668 Silent Night and Her

It was the dead of night at this time, and because of the vastness of the land and sparse population, the Elf Sanctuary was a little quieter than the most peaceful Laine City.The wind blowing through the treetops brought a soft rustle, and occasionally a short insect chirped in the flat grass—these sounds, which are usually easily ignored by people, are particularly obvious at this moment, making people feel as if they are in a dream Trance.

It has to be said that whether it is the holy land of the Holy See or the holy land of the elves, any place whose name is linked with the word "Holy" seems to have a magical power that makes people unconsciously calm down.Even if there is no other entertainment, just sitting quietly by the window and watching the whole process of the sun from rising to setting is enough to be called enjoyment.

After returning home, Nana excitedly pulled Celica and Yuxiya, who knew everything, to talk about her initiative and hard work today, and then quickly got into her own bed after saying good night to everyone. The room, apparently to tell the puppets about their 'brilliant deeds' again.

After all, it is a rare initiative to attack in a year, and he has received heartfelt thanks from others. It is only natural that Nana will be so excited.What's more, it's rare to show that this soft girl who looks like "the child who was praised by the teacher in the kindergarten and gave out little red flowers happily ran home to show off to her family" is also really cute, so Lu Xi just let her go .

Celica's performance was quite surprising.She thought she would habitually stay up all night, and after sitting on the sofa for a while, she said, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep."It seems that the process of secretly thinking of a way for Nana today is really too brain-intensive.For her who worked so hard, Lu Xi did not jump in the face very rarely, but carried her who was asleep on the sofa into the room, covered her with the quilt, and quietly exited the door.

When he came back to his senses, only he and Miss Saintess were left in the living room.

"Is Yuxia still asleep?"

Seeing Miss Saintess drinking tea on the sofa leisurely, Lu Xi asked with some puzzlement:

"It's very late now. If it's normal, you should have fallen asleep long ago."

"Lu Xi, don't forget my identity and occupation~"

Without answering Lu Xi's question directly, Yuxia just stretched out her hand with a smile:

"Leaving aside ordinary holy arts, as long as I have this [Saint Art - Protection of Vitality], I won't have any problems even if I don't sleep for a year."

Oh yes, our saintess still has such a skill of 'torturing people'.

Although in a literal sense, this sacred art that gives users almost unlimited vitality and makes people feel less tired and other negative emotions is definitely a super buff that social animals dream of, but only after the actual experience can we know that the kind of magic that should be sleeping How uncomfortable it feels to just stare blankly at the ceiling with your eyes wide open.

Recalling the chilling feeling, Lu Xi rarely looked down upon his own lady saint:

"Yusia, although your holy art is useful, it cannot replace real sleep after all. Maintaining the so-called [vitality protection] may keep your body healthy, but mental exhaustion is unavoidable Yes. Sleeping when it's time to sleep is the right thing to do."

"Ok, I know."

Hearing the concern hidden in Lu Xi's words, Yuxia showed a nice smile on her mouth:

"It was just an analogy. I didn't want to go to bed early tonight because of some 'special reasons'. I'm not the kind of holy art workaholic that Lu Xi imagined."

"A special reason?"

Hearing Miss Saintess' explanation, Lu Xi's eyes became even more puzzled:

"What does that mean?"

"Of course it's because I'm worried about you and Nana who won't go home at night."

Rolling her eyes reproachfully, Miss Saintess pursed her mouth on purpose:

"If I didn't get some words from Celica later, I wouldn't even know that you guys did so many things when I was working hard—it's too much! Humph!"

She was really angry that we didn't play with her!

"Ah ha ha."

Really not knowing how to explain today's complicated situation to Yuxia, Lu Xi hesitated for a long time before saying:

"I, we don't want to disturb your research. Don't forget, the main purpose of our team coming to this holy land of elves is to assist you in ascertaining the connection between the Holy Light and the World Tree as much as possible. Other things are just As for the branch line, the three of us can solve it by ourselves."

"Hmph~ The princess will reluctantly accept Lu Xi's explanation~"

It is quite rare to use the title of the only imperial daughter of the empire, and Yuxia, who has a little temper, looks extraordinarily cute and cute:

"As for now, Lu Xi, my princess hopes that you can sit by my side. The bench-style sofa of the elves is too hard, and this princess needs a person as a cushion."

It's just because the sofa is too hard that people have to be used as cushions——how come I didn't see it before, and our Miss Sheng Huang's role as a villain is quite similar.

"Obey, Your Highness the Supreme Princess."

Obviously seeing through the girl's thoughts now, Lu Xi shrugged helplessly, got up and sat beside her.After the girl showed a small smile, she also gently leaned her head on his shoulder.

As I said before, the night in the holy land of elves is always so quiet and peaceful.

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"—Phew, it's finally done."

Stretching out his hand to wipe the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, Lu Xi sighed a long time:

"Forget about Zelika, why did Yushia fall asleep on the sofa afterwards? Carrying two girls back to her room in one night, gentlemen, it is absolutely impossible to have such an experience, right? "

【Ding~ You received a message from Mr.? 】

Waving his hands and ignoring the spit screen that the system would definitely jump out of, Lu Xi threw himself heavily on the bed.

Today is a very fulfilling day.First came to the holy land of the elves, and then had to deal with the curious eyes of the elves, and then, together with Celica and Nana, dealt with the misunderstandings and contradictions in the elves that lasted for a hundred years.

Of course, the gains are not small.The three-year supplementary payment from the world is already fully worth the fare, not to mention the interesting past between the two elves.

——In general, this trip to the Holy Land of the Elf should be the most ideal adventure I have ever encountered. There is neither any shocking conspiracy, nor any bosses that are too strong to exceed the specifications.Although the process may not be enough to be called an "adventure" in retrospect, I hope that there will be more events such as communicating with different people, listening to their ideas, and finally working together with my companions to bring the story to a successful conclusion. .

To meet more interesting stories and meet more interesting people - this is Lu Mou's ideal trip to another world!

Heaving a sigh of satisfaction, Lu Xi also gradually fell asleep.

The room should have gone silent, sinking into the stillness of night like the rest.

Yes, [should be].

Not long after Lu Xi fell asleep, a light suddenly flashed in the originally dark room.

A small hand made of holy light cautiously protruded from Lu Xi's stomach. After shaking it left and right for a while to confirm that he had indeed fallen asleep, the small hand suddenly froze in place.

Immediately afterwards, a wave of holy light surged out of Lu Xi's body.

【——! 】

Under such terrifying quality and quantity, the holy light that should be no different from normal light actually 'flows' like substance.

The light interweaves to form a smooth surface, and the smooth surface surges to form a wave.

This is a sea of ​​holy light, but a touch of black appears strangely at the center where the light should be the strongest.

Dark, hopeless, crazy.

The black swelled rapidly like an uncontrolled tumor, and countless black iron thorns spiraled up like tentacles, interweaving and overlapping, and finally, a chilling bush of black iron thorns was formed in the center of the room.

In the middle of the thornbush, a beautiful figure was bound, and the rough black iron thorns mercilessly dug into her flesh and blood, but she didn't seem to notice it, just closed her eyes slightly .

wrong.

【——】

Now, she opened her eyes.

The gaze is calm and soft.

Chapter 669 Frenzy and Starry Sky

Finally, after staring at Lu Xi who was sleeping for a while, the first saint in a pure white dress with a faint white light came out of the room and closed the door as gently as possible.

It was just dark outside.The clear moonlight sprinkled softly on the elf holy land, which was as calm as ever, and the fluorescence of the dots among the trees was faintly visible.The tall pillars with complicated patterns beside it reflect a dreamy beauty under the moonlight.

Walking barefoot on the slightly cold marble floor, Hiyera's steps seemed extremely light.She didn't seem to have planned the direction to go, just like a traveler casually exploring the scenery, looking at the surrounding scene with freshness and nostalgia.

——It's just that ordinary travelers don't drag such hideous black iron chains behind them.

The huge black iron thornbushes seen in the sky city Themis did not disappear when Hiyera came to the outside world.Even at this moment, there are still countless ferocious chains running through and tightly locking every key part of Hiyera's body.If there were other people present, he would definitely marvel at the absurdity and bizarreness of the scene in front of him while feeling chills all over his body because of the ferocity of the thorn bushes.

In the front is a woman in a white dress with light steps, as if she is leisurely sightseeing.

Wrapped tightly around her body were countless black iron chains about four meters long that were broken tightly.

And the other end of the black iron chain is connected to a ferocious thornbush made of black iron, which is full of weapons and spikes.

Although the bushes of thorns give people a sense of heaviness visually, the woman in the white skirt walking in the front is dragging the bushes forward with a very natural posture.Obviously that distorted posture is extremely painful and unbearable in the eyes of outsiders, but Haiyera's face is only as calm as a windless sea, as if she has not felt the existence of thorn bushes at all.

——However, there are people who can stop her.

【…】

Without making any movement, behind a certain tall pillar, a lion doll with faint starlight on its body stood there quietly, with clear and deep eyes.

"[It's you.]"

Walking in front of the lion cub, Hiyera gently squatted down and stroked its fluffy mane:

"[I noticed your existence when I was in Little Garden, but I didn't expect that the 'most talented astrologer' would turn into such a pitiful appearance.]"

【…】

The little lion didn't make any response, it just looked at the woman in the white dress complicatedly in front of it, as if it wanted to firmly engrave her figure in its mind.

That day in Little Garden, how come I didn't notice her existence.

It's just that it's been thousands of years since the last time we met, just like that queen, I can't guess any trace of Heyera's thoughts.

—Yes, just like this time.

His eyes moved down to Hiyera's slightly raised belly, and the lion tilted his head slightly:

【…? 】

"【Ah, do you want to ask this?】"

Following the eyes of the lion, he gently touched his lower abdomen, and a playful smile appeared on Heyera's face:

"【This is my secret, I won't tell you~】"

... Just looking at this smile, the girl in front of her is still the same as she remembered, pure and beautiful.

But, why does she appear here in this posture now?What did she want to do by herself just now?

Almost instinctively, the lion wants to find answers in the stars.But the moment he raised his head, he was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.

The starry sky, which was so peaceful before, shattered and collapsed at the moment he met Hiyera.

Countless stars that should have moved according to their respective trajectories bumped around as if bewitched by demons.It was as if a small pebble symbolizing disorder had been dropped on the calm night sky, causing tiny ripples—then quickly spreading around.

Undoubtedly, this represents [chaos], a huge chaos that will spread to the whole world, and no one can stay out of it.

How could this be so? !What the hell is Hiyera going to do tonight? !

The terrified old lion immediately raised its front paws, and the more powerful star power quickly condensed in its paws in the cloudless night, and it was about to rush straight at the first-generation saint in front of it with a violent posture——

【! ! ! ! 】

——The next moment, the world in front of the lion's eyes was turned upside down.

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"【Why do you want to attack me?】"

The long and slender index finger firmly clasped the lion's neck, watching the deformed lion doll that was about to be strangled, only a trace of confusion flashed across Hiyera's delicate face:

"[Could it be that you are still angry at the fact that Mr. En Zuosi and I made fun of you together? That's an old account from ten thousand years ago. As a master astrologer, you shouldn't be so narrow-minded, right?]"

【…】

He didn't pay any attention to Heyera's leisure to ask questions knowingly, the lion just looked at the ferocious black thorn piercing into his body in astonishment.

What the hell is this thorn? !Why is it just a little bit of rubbing on the body, it will bring so much pain? !

For an existence like a lion, purely physical pain would never cause him to have such a big reaction.However, what the iron thorn brought was not only the stimulation of pain, but also poured all kinds of complex and profound negative emotions into his thoughts non-stop.

Cold, resentment, jealousy, madness, and the deepest loneliness and "despair" that seem to penetrate into the bones.