It was like an endless nightmare. Even though I knew it was false, my heart still shook when I saw the dark room.
But Jiang Chenchuan didn't panic too much. He calmly lit up the remaining oil lamp in the house. The messy scene unfolded in front of him. The door lock showed signs of being broken, and the only chair was smashed to pieces.
Apparently, someone discovered Dorotea's existence and came and took her away by force.
"these people……"
Jiang Chenchuan was a little angry. She obviously looked like a child, but she couldn't escape the tragic fate.
He chased the remaining traces of the scene, stopping and stopping along the way. In order to find Dorothea, he also asked some passers-by.
"I'm sorry, but I'd like to ask, have you ever seen a girl of this height and size...with injuries on her body and wearing linen clothes..."
"Are you talking about Dorothea?"
The man seemed to know something about Dorothea. Seeing Jiang Chenchuan nodding, he pointed in the direction of the city and said:
"If you want to find her, you can go there and try your luck."
"There is?"
Jiang Chenchuan looked at the winding road. He was not familiar with the terrain of Ronark City. Exploring along the way would waste a lot of time, so it was very necessary to know the destination in advance.
"Holy altar, today is the ceremony of the saint, she is the chosen one."
"Saint's festival?"
The timeline seemed to be in chaos, with blazing flames rising all around, and the faces of passers-by were obviously distorted. The light of the flames lit the path to the altar, as if it was specially guiding him, fearing that he would not be able to find the location of the altar.
"Go and have a look."
He didn't know who was saying this. After stopping for a while, Jiang Chenchuan followed his previous idea and walked on the winding path, bypassing the streets filled with flames, and walked towards the altar.
There is no need to get close at all. You can hear the cheers of the crowd and the cruelty of people's hearts from a distance. Dorothea is tied to the cross, with an expressionless face and empty eyes. She seems to be staring into the distance, but there is nothing but darkness in the distance. There is nothing in the night sky.
She was so heartbroken that she almost gave up the desire to survive. The faces of the people in the audience were blurred, but without exception, they were all filled with happy smiles and talking excitedly to each other, which was in sharp contrast to the despair on the stage.
"Dorotea..."
I don't know where a worried call came from, but the voice was too low and Dorothea didn't hear it.
Jiang Chenchuan turned around to search and found a girl about the same age as Dorothea standing in a corner. She had dark brown hair that looked like a waterfall, and her light yellow eyes showed worry.
Although she deliberately hid in a corner, it was obvious that her family was better off than everyone else.
Hidden in the crowd were a few people who looked like bodyguards, silently protecting the girl in front of them.
"Do you know Dorothea?"
Jiang Chenchuan walked over and tried to communicate with the girl. He squatted down and lowered his body to lower the guards' vigilance towards him.
"know."
The girl nodded vigorously.
"Do you have anything to say? Is there something...that no one else knows..."
From the girl's expression and hesitant words, Jiang Chenchuan saw a clue that someone was approaching, as if they didn't want him to have too much contact with the girl.
"You can tell me, maybe I can help you."
Trying to keep her tone gentle, the atmosphere here was incompatible with the excitement around her. The girl hesitated for a moment, looked around, and then slowly approached Jiang Chenchuan.
"Brother, actually... I am the saint, and I should be here..."
"Golightly! What are you doing there! I've told you not to talk to strangers."
Before the girl could finish her words, she was pulled over by a man. The man looked at Jiang Chenchuan with a vicious look, as if to warn Jiang Chenchuan to stay away from the child.
It's just that the name Golightly sounds familiar...
My name is Golightly...
The words of that night reappeared like a movie, and Jiang Chenchuan was stunned on the spot.
"Early winter."
Golightly was led away by the adults. She turned back and glanced at Jiang Chenchuan, as if she wanted to tell him,
Save Dorothea.
His mind wandered for a moment, and a violent sound suddenly rang in his ears, and the impact pulled Jiang Chenchuan back to the dreamland.
He raised his head and saw that Dorothea was all wet. The water dripped down her forehead, across her white cheeks, and touched the wounds on her body. Her brows were slightly wrinkled.
"Damn it... you all deserve to die..."
She murmured something, but the cheering people didn't pay attention to the words of a child.
A bad premonition hit, Jiang Chenchuan seemed to feel something. He noticed the hatred in Dorothea's eyes, and understood why she hated all this.
Although these are not true, it does not mean that Jiang Chenchuan intends to sit back and watch. He walked through the crowd and ignored the noisy noise in his ears. It was only at this moment that he and Dorothea on the stage looked into each other's eyes.
The empty eyes reflected the dancing firelight, and Jiang Chenchuan's figure walking towards him.
"I'm going to...curse you and the entire city of Ronark."
"Dorotea!"
Jiang Chenchuan shouted towards her.
No one else seemed to notice Jiang Chenchuan's actions. Only Dorothea slowly raised her head and showed him a perfect smile. She moved her mouth and seemed to say to Jiang Chenchuan from a distance:
"You... can't do anything."
Jiang Chenchuan was about to touch the stage, and just as he was about to turn over, a torch was thrown from the crowd and landed in front of Jiang Chenchuan.
At this moment, Jiang Chenchuan realized that what had just been poured on Dorotea was not water, but a fuel-like substance like oil.
As soon as it touched the flame, it began to burn fiercely. The flame blocked Jiang Chenchuan's progress, and also ignited Golightly along the originally paved route.
She stood in the fire, dazzling like burning madness, the crowd burst into cheers, Golightly was caught in the arms of someone in the distance, trembling with fear.
see it?
This is what happened to me.
"Dorotea!"
Jiang Chenchuan shouted loudly, and he wanted to rush into the fire to save people, but the flames suddenly exploded, and the heat wave knocked him back a few steps.
Then, he saw a mark light up on Dorothea's chest, as if something was providing her with a steady stream of power.
She struggled, leaving a deep blood mark on her wrist, and the flames burned on her face. Even so, she never gave up for a moment.
"I want...I must...live."
Click——
The wooden stick was burned, and Dorothea suddenly fell onto the stage.
