There were not many people in the small performance room. Heshia sat in the back row and watched the activities of the puppet on the stage. Along with the narration and dubbing, she gradually entered a fantasy and distant world.
The Third Era is a very distant era now, but people today are not unfamiliar with it. This is due to its role and appearance in various games, scripts, and movies. Compared with the Fifth Era, which is avoided, and the fourth era of peace and prosperity, the third era will undoubtedly be much more exciting.
Slowly, the performance on the stage gradually came to an end. Finally, the puppeteers and dubbing students backstage also came out to salute everyone. Although there were only seven or eight people in the audience, the applause was still very warm.
It can be seen that everyone likes this kind of performance, although it is not as gorgeous as those immersive movies.
After getting up, Heshia also walked to the stage with her companions, observing the exquisitely crafted puppets freshly and curiously, and occasionally asked these students some questions.
"Did you make the dolls yourself?" Mel spoke first.
"Yes, but some of it was completed with the help of teachers and seniors." A student explained kindly, probably because he had just finished the performance and was still feeling satisfied and happy.
"Is this expensive? I think the workmanship is more complicated and it probably requires a lot of effort." Yilin was curious about the other side.
“It does take a lot of thought and time, but it’s all worth it.”
Is everything worth it? This sentence drifted through Heshia's heart unintentionally, and then disappeared.
"Are there many people watching? Although I like it very much, I am still worried that there are not enough viewers and it will be difficult to maintain in the future." Another student asked.
"It's relatively niche, but some people will still like it."
"That's good."
After that, everyone slowly dispersed, and Heshia also left with Yilin and the others. But before finally leaving the performance room, she looked back and saw that the students were squatting in front of their puppets, inspecting them carefully and carefully. And care, like a cherished treasure.
It was already night when they came out of this venue, and Heshia and her companions decided to find a temporary capsule hotel nearby to rest. .
Because this is the venue for the 'Frozen Green Festival', several large honeycomb capsule hotels were temporarily installed for students to live in. Otherwise, hotels and hostels would not be enough.
After briefly washing up, Heshia and her companions ate something outside before going back to sleep.
Because it is a place where students gather, the capsule hotel is equipped with several security robots patrolling around it. It is relatively safe and the surroundings are brightly lit.
After getting into the circular cabin, people can sit up inside, probably because the students are not very big.
At night, lying in bed, Heshia slowly fell asleep and had a long dream. In the dream, it was when she was very young. The scene was that she was invited to play at home by her classmates, but everything in the dream gave her A rather strange feeling.
Although she has indeed experienced similar situations, everything in the dream always feels strange and weird, as if she is watching another person who has experienced a completely different life. She can no longer remember the name of that classmate, and the other person's parents were because of their height when they were young. Because of this, she could only see the lower half of her body. The words of the other party's parents were particularly unfamiliar, which made people inexplicably scared. During the whole process, she never dared to look up and never saw the other party's face.
After that, she was invited by her classmates to play games, and the atmosphere relaxed a little. Finally, the memory in her dream stayed on the building block at her classmate's house. She seemed to have seen that building block when she was a child, and it gave her a rather familiar feeling. Suddenly I was startled, and then I woke up.
Holding her forehead, Heshia sat up halfway and leaned against the side of the capsule. She turned on the warm yellow light inside and slowly settled down.
What's going on lately? She's always a little uneasy. Heshia leaned against the cabin and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
Could it be that she has been thinking too much recently? Heshia shook her head.
She didn't dare to sleep anymore for fear of having the same nightmare again, so she put on her coat, got out of the capsule, and prepared to take a walk.
It was already past 2 o'clock at night. Although the lights outside were bright, there were only a few students chatting, and occasionally someone came out to use the toilet.
Walking into the bathroom nearby, she simply washed her face. Heshia looked at herself in the mirror, which was not much different from the past. Then she closed her eyes and slowly opened them again, and the girl in the mirror appeared. Showing pale blue eyes and long black hair.
No, it probably wasn't her sister's interference, Hesia felt silently in her heart, and found no trace of Themisia.
The sisters are born twins. Although it is very likely that the sister will be resurrected in him, this feeling is also two-way, and it is impossible for the other party to hide it from him.
If it's not Themisia's influence, then why? This is an extraordinary world after all, and it's not surprising that there are secret techniques that interfere with dreams and memories.
After Heshia washed her face, she walked out of the room and came outside.
This is a cave entrance halfway up the mountain not far from Huilong Temple. Inside the cave entrance is a wide and empty grotto tunnel. Outside is a mountain forest, but there is a winding road below. There are also sporadic lights on the opposite side of the mountain not far away. with some buildings.
It is winter in the north. Although it is warmer because it is surrounded by mountains, it is only 3-4°C outside at night.
Wearing pajamas, Heshia woke up quickly after the cold wind blew. She first walked outside for a while, and then found a big stone to sit down. The moon was very full tonight, and it was not dark even at night. Or rather 'bright'.
The cold white moonlight shines all over the mountains and woods. The girl in white pajamas sits alone on the stone and looks up. Everything under the moonlight is so cold and bright.
Putting her hands behind her back, Heshia slowly closed her eyes and felt the night wind blowing by. Although it was a bit cold, it didn't have much impact because the physique of the extraordinary was far superior to that of ordinary people.
She is in an unstable state of mind, Heshia said of herself.
Although it seems that he has moved away from the timid and inferior self he once was, this leap has not yet been beaten by the fire of pure gold, and there is still some uneasiness hidden in the bottom of his heart.
It is difficult for people to rely on so-called reading or understanding spiritual enlightenment. They always need some things to verify and experience, so that they can slowly stabilize.
She thought she had looked away, but in fact she hadn't, and there was still a slight shadow in her heart that hadn't dissipated.
Does it really take a lifetime to heal the pain of childhood? Hesia couldn't help but cover her forehead, feeling a little discouraged.
Opening her eyes again, she jumped off the stone, and Heshia continued walking. However, this time she was not as 'calm' as usual, but kicked up the pebbles on the roadside.
She always thought that she was a very kind and good-tempered person, but today she subtly discovered that this was not the case. The so-called kindness was just another manifestation of 'fear'. She was just afraid of being rejected, so she used the word "everyone likes" images and ways to deal with problems.
"What, it's really disgusting." After kicking another stone away, Heshia said to herself, then raised her head and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
The moonlight was bright and quiet, which made her feel a little at ease.
Suddenly, she remembered something again, and a kind of silent panic spread from the soles of her feet to herself.
She remembered, she remembered everything. The classmate who invited her to play at home in the dream was herself, so she felt a strange and strange feeling. People are often the most familiar and least familiar with themselves. s face.
The parents of the classmates whose faces she couldn't see clearly were also her own parents. The reason why the building blocks were so familiar was because she had turned over that building block when she was packing things at home a few years ago. It was just a change of scene. Made her forget the origin of that building block.
The childhood classmate in the dream acted so well-behaved and obedient, but it made Heshia feel a kind of hidden fear and strangeness. She was afraid, but why was she afraid.
The girl stood under the moon, quietly looking at her lonely and unchanging shadow.
Slowly, she closed her eyes and then opened them, her eyes filled with a bit of reluctance and sadness.
Yes, what she fears most is actually herself. She is afraid that everything will change back to the way it was before, that her weirdly well-behaved childhood self will replace her current self, and that all the so-called growth now is just a dream.
The growth in strength came so fast that it seemed unreal to her, and a lot of uneasiness and fear accumulated in her heart unknowingly. Because of the death of her mother, the departure of her father, and the fight with her sister, she had nothing left to do. A safe haven for talking, everything can only be kept in the bottom of my heart.
"It's so fragile." Hesia knelt down, picked up a stone on the ground, and threw it out, the panic in her heart dissipated a little.
"Every little thing is magnified. I always think so much and have so many thoughts." Hesia complained to herself again, then continued to pick up a stone and flew it out.
Although I was talking to myself, I really felt better after I finished speaking.
After stamping her feet and feeling better, Heshia didn't want to throw stones anymore, so she walked back to the mountain road and prepared to return.
However, when turning around, she glanced out of the corner of her eye and felt as if there was a black figure standing in a corner not far from her. She was frightened again, but she quickly calmed down and forced herself to turn around and walk towards there. Then I realized that it was just an illusion created by the gaps between the shadows of the tree branches illuminated by the moonlight.
Breathing a sigh of relief again, Heshia did not leave, but continued to wander in the forest. She did not return to her residence until she no longer saw anything suspicious, and entered the capsule. The small environment gave her a sense of security. .
"Good night." She said to herself, then slowly closed her eyes and went to sleep, but the warm yellow night light was left on.
Heshia finally remembered something. In fact, she was quite afraid of the dark, and even more afraid of ghost stories. Now she didn't want to hide it.
Just be afraid, it's better to sleep with the light on than to have nightmares.
Although I stayed up for a while in the second half of the night before slowly falling asleep, I finally settled down tonight and stopped dreaming. I didn't wake up until dawn.
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"Morning, Hesia."
The next day, Mel rubbed her eyes and sat in front of the girl, while Yilin felt more energetic. She also bought breakfast for the two of them.
"Eat something." As she said that, she put the bread and milk on the table.
The three of them ate breakfast and talked about today's plans. After eating, Heshia tore off the remaining bread and fed it to the big spider at her feet.
"Is there any venue Hesia wants to go to?" Yilin asked at this time.
"No, let me think about it. By the way, I want to visit Sanxiangzhiyue Academy. It is said that it is a school that specializes in training witches. It is very old."
"No problem, add it to the itinerary." Yilin entered the new location and arrangements on the projection screen.
After finishing breakfast, the three of them continued to visit the on-site venues until the afternoon, when they arrived at the venue of Sanxiangzuki Academy.
After entering inside, the first thing the three of them felt was darkness. A darker environment was specially created inside the building, and a 'crescent moon' hung on the dome. A path snaked towards the hill, and you could still see it from the roadside. Go to a mushroom hut with a jack-o-lantern burning.
Following the prompts in front of the hut, the three of them prepared their inquiries and divination matters and walked into the mushroom hut. Then the door closed and the candlelight in the room was lit. They saw a masked witch sitting on a dark purple tablecloth. Behind the round table, she wore mainly black witch clothes, embellished with various gemstones and mysterious patterns.
If the witch lady wasn't sleeping, she would probably be able to scare people.
Mel shook the witch lady, and then she slowly raised her head and yawned. This greatly destroyed Heshia's imagination of the witch. From what she knew, the one who best fit the image of a witch should be Your Highness, the silver-haired sage in the forest, the omnipotent miracle witch.
"Hello, what can I do?" The witch put her hat on and finally started to work.
"It is said that divination can be done here." Yilin found a seat and sat down, then pulled Hesia over.
"Yes, it's only 600 federal coins at a time. I'm paying this price conscientiously. If it weren't for the fact that I haven't graduated yet, it would definitely be more than that." The witch lady spoke again, and taking advantage of this moment, Heshia took a good look at the other party.
Caramel red hair, burgundy eyes, slightly thick eye shadow that seems to be due to poor sleep, a tight black dress covering the whole body, and a witch dress on the outside. There are star and moon pendants in the earlobes on both sides, and on the wrists It is a bracelet woven with red rope according to a special pattern, and there are black and red night scented high-heeled shoes beside her feet. She is not wearing them now, but her feet wrapped in stockings are stepping on the paper mat, probably because it is more comfortable.
Lazy, but sleep deprived, dressed appropriately, but behaving slovenly, the girl commented in her mind.
"I want to divine the fortune for the next year." In fact, Yilin was just curious and didn't care too much about the actual results.
"This is very simple. I'll look for it." After saying that, the witch took out a deck of cards from the cabinet on the side and placed it on the table.
"Come and draw one."
"Don't you need to shuffle the cards?" Yilin was dubious.
"When I took out the cards, the wheel of fortune had already started spinning, and all the actions you and I did were included in it." Her voice suddenly became ethereal, and her body didn't know when to sit upright.
"Okay." Yilin took out one card and turned it over under the other party's instructions.
The exquisite card depicts a traveler who is on his way. He is carrying a package and walking on the dusty road. Behind him is a small village with smoke coming from the cooking pots. In front of him is a dog that is half-upturned. While barking, the traveler also took half a step back, holding up his wooden walking stick in his hand.
"'The Traveler and the Dog in the Road', this card has a lot of meanings." Miss Witch raised the card, closed one eye, and spoke in a mysterious tone.
"There is a saying, 'Where a dog walks, a stick also walks on the road.' That's right. Even if you don't want to, all kinds of difficulties will come to you."
“If a dog walks too much on the road, he will always encounter a stick, and a man with a stick will always encounter a vicious dog.”
"The traveler was just passing through the village, but the dog thought he was a thief and wanted to bite him, and the traveler had to take out a stick to defend himself."
"This indicates that your career will make progress, but you will also be jealous of some people, or evil people will get in the way and get you into trouble. Fortunately, you are not completely powerless. Don't you have a stick in your hand?"
"Of course, if it is pulled out backwards, it means it is on another level."
"You are just a puppy who wants to go home, but the traveler thinks you are going to bite him, so he picks up the stick in his hand to beat you. This indicates your innocence and also implies some possible loss, because the traveler is carrying The package is probably stolen from the village where you live."
"The overall meaning is that innocent people encounter trouble, but one is biased towards gain and the other is biased towards loss."
Yilin was thoughtful after listening to it, while Mel on the side had stars in her eyes and was filled with admiration.
"I also want to do divination."
"What are you praying for, my dear little sister?"
"I want to know when I can become a powerful breeder of Sequence 5, no, Sequence 6!" Mel said excitedly, holding up the gray moon cat in his hand.
"Then you come and draw the cards." After saying that, she tapped the table, and the cards began to swim, rotate a few times, and then fell down again, neatly stacked up.
She spread it with one hand, like a precise fan shape, which made Mel exclaim, and the witch lady opposite became even more proud.
Mel reached out, carefully pulled out one, and flipped it open.
The card depicts four young people. One of them is sitting on a horizontal tree and playing the lyre in his arms. The other is standing under the tree playing the flute with his body bowing slightly. Under the tree in the middle of the card, a man is singing loudly and playing music with one hand. chest, one hand stretched out, and the last person rested his hand under the tree, covered his eyes with a hat, and seemed to be sleeping, but there was a ring of bells hanging on his toes, shaking occasionally, and seemed to join the ensemble.
The four of them are all wearing clothes of the same style but different colors. Judging from their appearance, they should be four brothers. However, due to the performance of the picture, the young man singing under the tree in the middle is more dazzling and eye-catching.
"'Ensemble Under the Tree', this is a card with a good but unclear meaning." Miss Witch explained.
"On the screen, the four people have no worries, they are very united, and they are happily gathering together to perform. But upon closer inspection, the personalities and status of the four people are slightly different. The most dazzling one is the one singing, followed by the one on the tree. The young man playing the harp, then the man bending under the tree and playing the flute, and finally the young man lying half asleep at the root of the tree."
"Judging from this card, your future should not have many hardships, it should be very smooth, and even people around you are very good to you. But because of this, your future is also uncertain, and you may become the most dazzling one. The young man singing loudly might just be the young man lying half asleep and half awake under the tree. The existence of the big tree is not only a background, but also a kind of support, which means that you are well taken care of by your elders. "
"Well, that is to say, the future is promising, but if you don't work hard, you will become a salty fish, right?" Mel analyzed with a hint of distress.
"That's right, you're such a smart little cutie~"
"It's a card with a good meaning if you draw it head-on. If it's tail-side, it means that the building will collapse. The elders and backers will collapse upside down. The four of them are crumbling and about to be separated. The most dazzling one will also fall the hardest." The witch. The young lady shook her head and lamented the difference in life circumstances.
"Finally it's your turn, this black-haired sister, what do you pray for and want to know?" Although Heshia did not take the initiative to speak, the other party came to her, with those burgundy eyes. There is also a mysterious light shining in it.
(End of chapter)
