The gate of the castle was pushed open, and the remaining sunlight shone into the castle.
Under the corrosion of the vines growing on the ground, the stone tile floor under the feet is no longer smooth. Stepping on it gives you a frosted texture under your feet.
Unlike the residual sunlight temperature outside, the thick walls blocked the warm sunlight. Coupled with the plants growing inside, the castle had a damp and cold feeling similar to a wet cellar.
Xifa believes that Elise and her subconscious will not harm herself.
That is to say, normally, nothing here will harm you.
But according to Luna, the Silent Beast in Elise's body has broken free of part of the seal.
Then as long as something seems incompatible with the castle, you may be attacked by it.
These vines are obviously not, but more like a means of strengthening the castle... Xifa came to the center of the hall thoughtfully.
At this moment.
Rumble——
No one controlled it, and the castle door closed by itself.
Fortunately, part of the castle roof is made of dark yellow colored glaze, and a little light can penetrate into the castle.
It won’t make Xifa’s eyes darken.
Xifa remained calm and glanced around. Suddenly, he stopped.
On the gray wall above, he noticed something amiss.
Stepping on the dusty stairs, he quickly reached the second floor of the hall.
This floor is just for exhibitions, with picture frames hanging on the walls.
One of the things I found wrong was that the other portraits on the wall were blurry, and the portrait hanging in the corner turned out to be of a woman who looked exactly like Elise.
It seems that there is a living person in front of him looking at him.
The woman in the portrait struggled to open her trembling eyelids, and her lips moved slightly to speak out.
"Elise, I forgive my mother for not being able to stay with you all the time. Have you encountered anything sad again?"
The woman's tone was very gentle, full of care for her children.
Xifa looked complicated when he heard this, but he did not reply.
Without waiting for an answer, the woman sighed.
"You know, it's better to hurry up. Every time I talk to you, it makes me disappear faster..."
Her blue eyes, which opened a slit, suddenly opened wide.
Not his daughter, but a handsome boy about the same age as his daughter?
Her surprised expression was almost exactly the same as Elise's frightened look, and Xifa's expression slowed down.
"Sorry, Mrs. Fergus."
It seems that every time the portrait is disturbed, the person who claims to be Elise's mother disappears faster.
Xifa apologized a little embarrassedly.
"Ah, it's okay. Can you tell me how you got here?"
...
After some communication with Ms. Fergus, Xifa understood that this was Elise's inner world.
It is also the place where the Silent Beast in Elise's heart is sealed.
Mrs. Fergus exists as a mother's blessing to her child after giving birth to Elise.
Due to the existence of this seal, Elise will come here as long as she falls asleep deeply, that is to say.
Elise's dream was certain, it was the almost eternal image of this old castle and the outside.
Elise was very lonely. When she was a child, she communicated with Mrs. Fergus every day to relieve her mental pressure and prevent the Silent Beast from taking advantage of her.
Until Luna appeared, Elise could endure the loneliness alone in this castle.
"Elise hasn't come to see me for a long time. What happened to her recently?"
After listening to Ms. Fergus's explanation and inquiry, Xifa quickly told her experiences outside and how she got here.
"Unexpectedly, Elise already trusts you from the bottom of her heart." Mrs. Fergus covered her mouth and smiled, "Let me help you one last time. Without my guidance, you will not be able to find Elise hiding in the castle." Silky."
"Finally, I want to say one more thing, I hope Elise didn't see the wrong person..."
As the words gradually fell, the woman in the portrait gradually became blurry.
Finally, a red carnation flower floated in front of Xifa.
After hesitating for a moment, Xifa raised his hand to take the flower.
At the same time, a secret door on the first floor opened, revealing the stairs inside.
Quickly arriving in front of the door, Xifa looked inside. It was so dark that it was so dark that he couldn't even see his fingers.
Xifa subconsciously wanted to use magic, but found that nothing could be done here without a wand.
Imagine having a flashlight in your hand and getting nothing...
How could Elise know what a Muggle flashlight is...Cyfa slapped her forehead.
Changing his mind, this time, he imagined holding an ancient oil lamp in his hand.
After succeeding, he felt his hand feel heavy. He opened his eyes and saw, sure enough, an oil lamp appeared in his hand.
Holding the oil lamp, he reached forward.
I found that the oil lamp really illuminated the way ahead.
Nodding with satisfaction, Xifa stepped into the secret door.
He climbed up the stairs step by step. There was endless darkness on both sides, as well as in front of him and behind him.
But his heart was firm and unmoved by it at all.
Wait for me, Elise...
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This is a secret room somewhere, and there is no door to get in or out.
A thin figure was guarding a candle in front of him, and the candle gave off a distinctive off-white fluorescent light.
The figure was a girl. She was wearing a simple white dress and sitting on the ground with her bare feet and hair hanging down.
She held her closed legs with both hands and buried her face deeply between her legs.
It was not difficult to tell from her twitching from time to time that she was crying at this time.
In front of her eyes, the glowing light from the candles only covered a few steps around her, and she could see that the ground here was made up of uneven stones.
Other than that, it was pitch black, but these dark things contained real ink. They rolled from time to time, revealing various ferocious faces and claws.
Because the candlelight was right in front of her, Elise's shadow stretched long before blending into them.
But as time passes by, minute by minute.
Elise's heart gradually collapsed, and the material in the darkness gradually approached Elise along the shadow.
It seems that as long as it sticks to Elise, it can control her.
I don’t know how long it took, but Elise seemed to be tired of crying.
He didn't care about the minions behind him.
She still buried her head between her legs. Based on her feeling, she tremblingly raised her jade lotus-like arm, and her green-white fingers tremblingly reached forward.
Stop your index finger and thumb around the wick, and just grit your teeth and apply force.
This light will be extinguished by itself.
And he will be completely liberated.
It seems that he is about to be released from the seal.
The surrounding matter seemed to be holding its breath and remained motionless.
It was afraid that it would irritate Elise and make her change her attention again.
The moment Elise's fingers stopped trembling and were about to close them firmly.
Snapped--
One hand firmly clasped her wrist, and at the same time pulled it up.
The air flow caused caused the candlelight to sway.
But it still emitted an off-white light stubbornly.
The heartbroken Elise exclaimed and was pulled into a familiar and warm embrace.
"Xifa?!"
She said with some disbelief.
