He Wen was awakened from his dream by a slight sound.
He slept soundly and deeply. When he woke up, he found that he was covered with a quilt, and Eve was placing a bowl of hot porridge on a small table.
"Eve?"
He Wen slowly sat up, and Eve smiled at him apologetically.
"Sorry, Dr. Hewen, did I wake you up?"
"It's okay, what is this bowl of porridge?"
He Wen asked, looking at the porridge on the small table.
"I originally made a bowl last night, but you were busy all the time and I didn't want to disturb you, so I reheated it in the morning. You fell asleep because you were too sleepy, so I counted the time and you were about to wake up. I made another bowl for you when I came."
In other words, this porridge was made three times in total before it was actually delivered to He Wen.
"Am I being a little nosy?"
Eve crossed her hands in front of her, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Of course not, I'm starving."
He Wen immediately picked up the bowl after getting out of bed, and drank the whole bowl of porridge in three gulps.
This is a very ordinary wild vegetable and mushroom porridge, but it tastes very delicious.
"I didn't expect you, a princess, to be so good at cooking?"
He Wen looked at Eve with some surprise. In his impression, weren't princesses always rich people who had no fingers in the spring water?
Unexpectedly, Eve said with a bitter smile.
"My father always asks me to carry out some very dangerous tasks, so I am away from the royal city most of the time. I sleep in the open, and porridge is the most convenient food."
"That's amazing too."
He Wen looked at the empty bowl with some unfulfilled interest.
"Ah, and I'll serve it to you right away."
As she spoke, Eve served another bowl of porridge to He Wen.
"Your Highness Princess, you don't have to be like this..."
To be honest, He Wen was a little embarrassed to ask a princess to cook porridge for him personally and ask her to help serve it, but Eve shook her head and said.
"When we are with everyone in the Knights, we also take care of each other, regardless of each other, and..."
Eve blushed slightly as she spoke, she lowered her head and spoke in a small voice.
"You have looked at me several times...are you just talking about this now..."
Perhaps because his power was strengthened too much last night, He Wen's senses were quite sharp. He heard Eve's words clearly. He was shocked, and then pretended not to hear the words and changed the subject.
"Where did you go last night?"
"I......"
Speaking of last night, a hint of gloom flashed across Eve's face, and He Wen also saw it. He didn't intend to force the girl to say what she didn't want to say, so he smiled and said to Eve.
"It's okay. At least you're back. I was really worried that you would just leave in a fit of anger."
"Well... I won't leave for the time being. Thank you Dr. He Wen for worrying. Have you finished eating? I will help you take it out."
When Eve left, He Wen stopped her.
"Since you asked me to call you Eve, should you also call me by my name directly?"
Eve blushed and turned her head to look at He Wen, then smiled slightly and said.
"Well, He Wen."
After leaving He Wen's room, Eve washed the dishes and returned them to the home of the person she borrowed them from. Then she squatted silently by the stream next to the village, looking at the fish in the stream and sighing.
"If only everything in this world were as simple as you."
"Fish are not simple, they know everything humans think about."
A familiar voice sounded from behind, and then Eve saw Shalia's figure in the reflection in the creek.
"Miss Shalia? Are you awake?"
Eve, Shireen and Shalia slept in the same room last night. Shalia slept very hard the whole night, and her sleeping condition was very poor.
Shireen, who originally slept with her, was kicked out of bed several times by her. Finally, Eve smiled and brought the crying Shireen to her bed, so that the elf girl could sleep peacefully.
"Well, it seems that the master was busy all night last night."
Shalia stretched and then squatted down next to Eve.
"You went out last night and what did you see?"
"Eh? Why, why do you say that."
"I feel like you've changed."
Shalia's attitude towards everyone except He Wen was a bit cold, and Eve had gotten used to it in the past two days. She slowly lowered her head and looked at her reflection in the water with a sense of loss.
"Miss Shalia, is this world... as false as the reflection in the water? It only takes a small stone to shatter the reflection."
thump--
A stone crashed into the water and splashed directly into Eve's face.
"Ugh! Miss Shalia! You, you, what are you doing?"
The cold stream water made her clothes shrink back in shock, and then she turned to look at Shalia with some dissatisfaction.
Shalia pointed to the water.
Eve doubtfully leaned over and looked at the lake again.
It was still her own reflection, and she didn't quite understand what Shalia meant.
"It was you who was reflected just now, and it's still you now. What did this stone destroy?"
Shalia said.
Eve didn't understand, and Shalia sighed.
"I don't like to talk about these big principles. In short, the real thing is you, not the water. As long as you are still here, it will always reflect your appearance and nothing else."
"...Miss Shalia, I...saw some statues last night."
"Well, keep talking."
"That's different from the statues I've seen before. In addition to Patrick and Alyssa... I also saw people of various races. Hal told me that those who defeated the devil were actually people from various races. A team of heroes..."
Shalia looked at the water quietly and said nothing.
Then Eve slowly turned her head, looked at Shalia's profile and said.
"I also... saw you... is that true? Miss Shalia, you are actually... a member of the heroic team that saved the world?"
Time seemed to stand still, and Eve was scared.
She was afraid of getting a positive answer from Shalia, because that would mean that humans had committed an unforgivable sin.
Humans have tampered with history, strangled the deeds of heroes, attributed all achievements to human heroes and saints, and used this to promote and suppress other tribes.
This behavior is simply outrageous...
So she was afraid, if Shalia nodded, then she... what she should do.
"So now, do you really hope to get the truth from other people's mouths?"
But Shalia just said it lightly.
Eve was stunned. She wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, so Shalia continued.
"It's time for you to learn to find the answer yourself, little princess. Don't live in your own world, and don't live in the dreams that others weave for you. If you really care, go find it yourself."
"...Well, Miss Shalia is right. Even if you tell me the answer now, I may not be able to accept it, so...I will definitely find the truth myself."
Shalia turned her head and looked at Eve with a faint smile and said.
"Human life is very short, I hope you can live up to your life."
"Thank you, Miss Shalia, look here."
Eve pointed to the water in front of Shalia.
"Um?"
Shalia turned to look at her reflection in the water, and then...
thump--
A stone smashed the reflection, and water splashed in Shalia's face.
"Reciprocity is reciprocal, Lady Shalia, I hold grudges very much."
Eve looked at Shalia with a look of pride.
"...You are so courageous. The little princess dares to tease me, so I have to..."
At this moment, the originally clear river was suddenly dyed red with a burst of blood, and then the corpses of various animals appeared in front of them. The little rabbits, deer and various animals floated past their eyes like vegetables on a flowing mat.
"...What's going on, who did these...?"
Looking at the blood-red stream in front of her, Eve couldn't help but open her mouth.
Shallya also frowned slightly.
Then, a woman's scream suddenly came from the upstream direction of the creek.
