Crescent Continent and Human Society, known for their subtlety, always avoid using overly clear attributions as if to highlight the depth of their four-thousand-year civilization.
It is difficult for a new arrival to tell whether this apparently polite country really welcomes them. Their etiquette has been so deeply ingrained in their bones that sometimes even xenophobia and arrogance can be perfectly hidden.
A sentence or a word cannot be understood literally. If it is not combined with the context, your personal understanding may be very different from what the other party wants to express - and this is based on the premise that both parties are trying to understand each other.
As a typical word in Kazuto's language - "longing", a word they used many times when communicating and talking, has a similar meaning.
Lulu is a witch of the Yi people, and this fact she told herself made her colleagues in the field dumbfounded.
Rigal and his entourage who came from afar were somewhat incomprehensible, because she introduced herself as a witch and at the same time said that she was a sacrifice in the eyes of her tribe. Even Kazuto was somewhat confused.
The answerer is our wise man as always. The Yi people's belief system is obviously older than the Kazu people. In the more ancient and traditional beliefs, the existence of witches has the meaning of "sacrifice to the gods to pray for good weather". They are indeed noble, but they are not noble because of themselves.
It's like a dish for big shots. If it's not cooked well, the chef and his whole family will lose their heads.
Today's Kazuto mikos have largely faded away from this color, but when Henry explained these points, many of them still had some insights.
Lulu is an older and more traditional witch. It is not about appearance. She does not need to wear relevant costumes or follow various ritualized rules. She lives the same life as other tribesmen, but must sacrifice herself when the time comes.
But not to mention the warriors of the Qingtian family, even the great witches and their entourage did not know that the Yi tribe also had such a role as witches.
Even for neighbors who have also survived on this continent for thousands of years, the Japanese society, which is like a huge giant, cannot see the similarities between other ethnic groups that have been forced into corners. It seems that it is inevitable for humans. The sadness of.
Hair color, face, culture, language, beliefs.
A little difference can raise the butcher's knife.
Lamanite culture is the poison of Rigar continent, but Lamanite culture has never really set foot in the Crescent Continent.
But it is still not a place far away from right and wrong.
But let’s get back to where we started.
As part of the ancient and primitive shamanic belief system, women who offer their loyalty to the gods are widespread. Even in the Laman Kingdom, where the White Church is now the dominant one and is almost bound to the church, there was a similar existence called Virgin in the distant past when it was still a polytheistic religion.
Judging from the knowledge of Henry, who has had a lot of contact with the druids, in fact, this type of character was originally used as an agent to correct the social process by several other major races who deliberately concealed their bodies but wanted to retain their observation of human society. human existence.
Creatures with high magical attainments, including elves, are like gods on earth in the eyes of primitive and backward humans. The earliest saying that millions of gods and creatures are animistic may have come from those alien heroes with great abilities. And the human disciples with magical potential that they recruited and cultivated were these witches and virgins.
But at a certain point in history, several major races, except for a small number of residents and travelers, completely withdrew from the continental system dominated by humans.
The gods no longer exist, but the vacancy in faith needs to be filled, so people are looking for—or creating—new gods.
For the rulers, this is a happy outcome, because an incorporeal, silent and mute god is far more convenient than those beliefs in the past that could vaguely glimpse beings more powerful than themselves.
And the final result of all this development is the Lamanite missionaries who are also standing here.
Lulu and the Great Witch represent a more traditional and ancient belief system. Their traditions are inherited from the original mortal ancestors who undoubtedly witnessed the gods walking in the world.
The faith of the White Church is more "pure and human".
It has been refined and purified by generations of rulers, and used to spread and influence more efficiently to achieve what they want-
"Longing" scenery.
But this vision itself may have never changed.
Literally understood, longing is a beautiful word.
And people always yearn for better things.
Someone who is more beautiful than oneself; someone who is taller than oneself; someone who is richer than oneself; someone who is smarter than oneself.
But when parents impose their own unfulfilled expectations on their children, the word becomes associated with "pressure," "pain," and "involuntary control."
And if you don’t combine actual knowledge, experience and wisdom, and just want to go on a great adventure with passion and longing, then it is better to end up with personal death or return boring, in case of provoking disaster and causing disaster to Chiyu. , will become another sinner through the ages who is based on a beautiful idea but brings disaster.
The word can be synonymous with ambition when those in power act with the vision of higher status and greater territory.
The longings of the feudal kings have already brought huge disasters and bloodshed to this land.
However, what are the Yi people who have joined the feudal king's camp and whose blood and traditions are much older, what are they yearning for?
"It's revenge." The answer Lulu said was actually already in the hearts of most people.
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History is like a wheel that keeps turning. It seems to be moving forward but there is an unchanging reincarnation hidden in it.
What kind of revenge can be avenged?
The hatred of the Yi people as a minority and a foreign race being oppressed by the dominant ethnic group? Then why now, why join forces with the feudal king?
Some clues will be vaguely connected.
Some commonalities in language and culture, distant history, and paradoxical connections.
What Kazuto has forgotten is hidden in history and turned into a blood feud casually mentioned in "The Myth of the Founding of the Nation".
The Yi people are the descendants of Luo'an.
Mira finally understood, along with others.
Crescent Continent was the former home of the wandering Luoan people. They were the oldest residents on this land. When the gods were still walking in the world, they were the oldest people who served the gods.
"Moon Guard." The great witch once uttered such words when she saw her white hair when they met by chance. Now that she has become an ally, she no longer hides her secrets, and said: "The records of the temple Yes, a being who once enjoyed a high status as a servant of the Great Moon God."
"Later, he betrayed the true god and was punished and expelled by the current royal family, the descendants of the Great Moon God."
"But seeing that his heirs were young and promising, the Great Moon God returned to Gaotianyuan with peace of mind, leaving the human world to his heirs."
"The first chapter of "The Myth of Founding" tells this story." The great witch said, and the people from the Qingtian family next to her also nodded. This story is widely spread in Crescent Continent, but The original version never recorded what kind of role the Luna Guards were. Some folk paintings even painted the Luna Guards to look like ghosts and gods because the ghosts were witch guards.
Only shrine maidens who know more detailed stories can associate the characteristics of white hair with it.
The white-haired girl had mixed feelings in her heart and didn't know how to respond.
Is Xinyuezhou the homeland of the Luoan people thousands of years ago? Even if she felt a vague connection to this land, it was really hard for her to accept it completely.
But according to the great witches, after the defeat, the Roan people apparently crossed the sea to the territory that is now in the Otolo Empire and re-established the country. The branch that remained in the local area and intermarried with the locals, because the appearance of the mixed-race offspring left by the intermarriage was very different from that of Kazuto, gradually formed an isolated ethnic group that relied on fishing and hunting as its main way of survival - that is, what Kazuto called contemptuously Ezo ethnic group.
She became silent and her beautiful eyebrows knitted together.
Those Roan people from the Otolo Empire, the swordsmen of Placia, and the Yi people that Lulu belongs to. Ever since I came to this land, I have always felt that I can use the abilities.
There are so many mysteries and clues that it's hard to wrap your head around it.
The history and hatred of thousands of years ago are so far away that it is difficult to imagine. Even after the Luoan ethnic group went to Rigar, they could not continue to live a stable life and once again fell into the whirlpool of exile and hatred. Which made her feel very sad.
The world is so big, but there seems to be no place for it.
She could sometimes understand why many Loans hated the world and wanted revenge, even though she didn't agree with it.
Lulu is the daughter of the leader of one of the tribes of the Yi people. What she said before about her situation was not a complete lie. Kazuto did try to capture and massacre many foreign races in the land because of the rebellion that the missionaries tried to start. She who died took this opportunity to escape.
This may also be something Mira will never agree with those of her own race.
Let young children, let your own daughters, let young people who can create the future die.
Come to settle a feud that happened thousands of years ago.
It's like taking off one's own limbs and smashing them to death. The best outcome is that both sides are injured and destroyed together.
But just as she found all of this unreasonable, those fanatical Platinum swordsmen probably also thought it was unreasonable for her to know nothing about hatred.
With her head lowered, the Luoan girl felt like her thoughts were in a mess, and it was difficult to sort them out no matter what.
It was at this time that she felt her hair being messed up again.
"Don't think too much." Henry said to her, then turned to look at the others: "History is written by the victors, so the "Founding Myth" itself is not entirely trustworthy."
As he said, if it had been anyone else, Kazuto's powerful class would have exploded, but the witches knew deeply that the person in front of them had some connection with what they believed in, so they did not say anything.
"What we should pay attention to is that the barbarians failed before and this time they unite with the warriors to arrest people for sacrifice. What is the specific purpose and what consequences may it cause."
True to form, Henry brought the conversation back to the real point.
"Ah!" Lulu thought of something because of his words. She fumbled in her pocket for a while. The bonfire crackled on the cold autumn night, and under the reflection of the jumping firelight, the last thing the Yiren girl took out The wise men fell silent.
"Amber?" Mira was stunned for a moment. The round stone in Lulu's hand was about the size of her palm. She had seen similar ones in the previous medicine store, but it obviously felt different. It was wrapped in a small beetle that she could not recognize, but the strange thing was that for some reason it was the first time she saw it, but she felt that she had seen this stone before.
"The essence of the stars, that's it." The sage held his forehead.
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"Do you know how old it is?" The sage pointed to the piece of amber. Lulu shook her head, while everyone else waited quietly for him to continue.
"Do you know what magic is?" Henry said, but before anyone else could answer, he continued: "Druids believe that it is a power that can change reality with will. Anyone who can use magic well can It takes an extremely strong willpower.”
"Long-lived species always have stronger magical talents for humans, and it is precisely because the long years have given them a more tenacious and powerful heart."
"Those who can control the wind and waves will not be cowards or fragile people who are easily mentally defeated. If your own spirit is not strong enough, this power will only swallow you up."
"This is time itself frozen, a fragment of the stars' memories."
"To put it bluntly, it is like a spiritual carrier that is older than any humans, dwarves, or elves."
"I mean, a medium that can be used to store some extremely powerful spirit."
Others were a little confused because they had not experienced related things, but Mira understood. She looked at Lulu. Her black hair reminded the Luoan girl of many things.
Placia. Night and dawn.
The host of the body and the amber that contains the powerful spirit.
Sacrificial ritual, revenge.
Revenge launched against a country with huge national power and a long history of military power.
They found a new god they believed in.
What the barbarians, and perhaps the Platinum swordsmen who really joined forces with them, want to do is not a half-baked thing for the domain army to play with. Those defective ghouls look scary, but they are nothing in comparison. It's a drop in the bucket.
Even death is no longer eternal in front of her.
"We have to call for reinforcements." Henry concluded.
This is no longer just an internal problem between Crescent Continent and people, or a problem that can only be solved by humans.
