When she came to her senses, Karina had already walked out. She grabbed Karin, who kept looking back, and pulled her all the way outside, leaving Shangluo where she was.
Shangluo's face turned a little red.
"Hey, Apollonia. What was that one called?"
[Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. 】
"Don't tsk tsk, why do I feel weird? It seems... it seems very fuzzy, but also feels real. It's like..."
[It's like being touched by a rose on the cheek, right? 】
"Yeah, what is that?"
[That is a blessing called the Kiss of the Elf, not a kiss in the physical sense, it has a special meaning. It means you will have good luck - of course, I don’t know whether Karina is blessing with the mentality of an elf or some other mentality. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, your face is red again, it’s so cute. 】
Shangluo was the last one to appear outside the forest.
"Tsk tsk. tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk." Lu Liang crossed his arms and looked at Shangluo who was walking out. "Look at him. He has been giggling after being alone for so long. Look, he is still giggling."
"Then what?" Wen Yuan asked, "What does this mean?"
"You still don't understand? Tsk, you're so stupid."
"Of course I understand! I understand better than you. But I'm curious, how did you see it? They only stayed for three minutes."
"Women's intuition."
"Hey! So you are a woman! Don't hit anyone if you say anything! The last bottle of Qihai has not been used up yet. If you hit someone, something will happen!"
While talking, Lu Liang kicked him from above, middle and below at the same time. Wen Yuan knew at a glance that he couldn't stop him at all, so he stepped aside:
"Hey, why are you so fast again?"
"Learned it from Karin. I practiced Jekikido, and when I was sparring with her, I broke down her moves. Well, we also made an appointment to go out for a walk later. She seemed to be fine - oh, by the way, I'm warning you, don't ask him why he's giggling for a while, you know? It won't be interesting if you tell me."
"Okay, okay." The other two nodded repeatedly.
Karin and Karina had come out from the other direction before, and they walked directly to Mayor Kelso's car - Mayor Kelso's car was parked in another place, the same one they came from.
There was no need for Shangluo and his party to take the town's vehicles as required by the ceremony when they returned. Titus prepared a larger motorcade on the other side to see them off.
"Alas." The scene of the father-daughter reunion made Titus a little sad. He turned his head and looked at Shangluo who had already walked in front of him:
"You seem very happy?"
"Huh? Do I look happy?"
"Why do you say that Chinese word that sounds like spring breeze? That's what you are like. Have you encountered anything happy?"
"Well, I just feel that I have become a good person, so I am very happy. So what should we do next? Go to the town to officially crown him?"
"No need." Titus shook his head. "Although Mayor Kelso asked you to recognize you before, the Forest King and the Roman King are priest-kings with two sides. So bottom-up, or self- Any recognition from top to bottom is fine. The recognition given to you by the Nemi region is bottom-up. But now that the Senate has decided to let you carry the Golden Bough, Her Majesty the Queen will appoint you in person. Since we have to Cooperate, then I suggest you accept a top-down appointment."
"Indeed, that's fine. What about the Golden Bough Tree? What will happen to the Golden Bough Tree after I leave? It won't grow another one immediately, and then someone will break off the branches and fly to chop me down, right?"
"That's not the case. To use an analogy, the ceremony of the Golden Bough is actually similar to that of the Lion King on the grassland. They are all designed to keep the male lion sitting on the throne of the Lion King with enough 'youthful vitality'. The one who wins the battle The male lion will be regarded as the lion king and enjoy the worship of the lions, but the price of his kingship is that he will be overthrown by other lions who are younger and more powerful at any time. The same is true for the king of the forest, you have to make sure that you are the strongest , but the rules are not that rigid. You don’t really have to be there all the time, there’s a half-time.”
"Oh~~ I was scared to death. I thought I would be like that old man, staying here forever and not being able to leave. How long will this last?"
"I don't know." Titus spread his hands, "But it must be at least a year. It has happened in history. Now it is a little more than 9 years since the last time. There are long and short ones, but there will never be a vacancy. . However, this ceremony requires "escaped strangers" to participate. If the local mayor is unwilling to cooperate, the ceremony cannot be carried out at all. Considering your relationship with the Kelso family, you are very safe. Of course, The moon god is moody, I can’t say for sure.”
"Ha" Shangluo thought of the white deer lady. According to her, the god wanted a better story, not a cookie-cutter ritual—she just wanted to see rivers of blood flow.
But after all, she doesn't look like an "evil god" who just wants to torture people for fun. The final analysis of this matter is that the Romans violated the rules first, and the ritual Shangluo himself is performing now is the correct method. In response, Ms. White Deer seemed to offer a hidden reward, super doubling the Golden Bough. And to be honest, the scene was not just a river of blood, there were hundreds or hundreds of elves folded there, and even the ground was almost wet with blood. This really satisfied her.
In this case, Shangluo felt that she would not "deliberately" torment herself, at least she would wait until the intermission was over normally.
【That's right. In fact, divine individuals like them are not suitable to be described as 'good and evil', but they will definitely abide by the rules. It's a wilderness god like Elodeasha who often doesn't play by the rules. 】
"That's easy." Shangluo confirmed the schedule - it's time to go home.
"Well, now that other people's problems have been solved, it's my own. But, Mr. Titus, I have one more question to ask you before I go home. You should know that we need to make alchemy over there. Did you take it?"
"I have heard of it. And I am sorry that the Romans could never take the elixir."
Shangluo took out the hunting knife from behind: "Push this thing? How do you eat it?"
In fact, Shangluo was confused at that time. If you don't give knives to others, do you want them to swallow the knives themselves?
"Ah, this." Titus was also stunned, "Actually, it was not like this last time. You also took away the golden branch last time. It was a normal branch at that time. I don't know what you will do after you take it back. But that one is obviously edible. I don’t know about this one. We don’t make elixirs, so I suggest you ask professionals. If there’s nothing you can do, I’ll contact the Muse Palace.”
(End of chapter)
