The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 23: Early morning at the ferry (Part 1)
It was late at night, Jona in "World" fell asleep, and Gu Tie in reality fell asleep. The client noticed that he had entered the rem sleep state and automatically logged out of the game.
Room a51 is quiet, and the sturdy Toba's breathing is exceptionally slender, like a large domestic animal that is cautiously afraid of disturbing the owner's rest even when he is asleep.
Long Ji is taking turns tonight, the door is ajar, and the black-haired woman sits on the threshold with her knees, looking up at the stars. What is she thinking? Perhaps only the Star God knows.
"Thinking about that man?"
Elliott's voice sounded. Unicorns are accustomed to standing and falling asleep, so the Rose Knight usually spends the night outdoors. He is half lying on the broad back of the riding beast, he hangs his armor by the saddle, and is wrapped in a red cloak, with blond hair and two bright blue eyes.
Long Ji did not speak.
"Good luck makes people. Six months ago, we took a ferry to the Western Continent to find his traces. Who knew he crossed the Holy River at the same time, returned to the South China, and passed us by. According to Mr. Hachime, this year The Colombo people’s spring hunting festival will be held within a month. We need to get the boat tickets. We didn’t expect that because of the war, the cherry crossing gathered so many people, things would become very troublesome.” said the Rose Knight.
"I have said many times, you don't need to follow me." Long Ji shook her head and buried her small face in her arms.
"We know that this may be the most difficult silver rose to give. It may not be possible for us to do it in this life, but this is not the greatest romantic adventure in our family's hundred years of history. The knight is for this. Exist. Please don't deprive us of the meaning of life, Miss Long Ji." Elliott put his hands on his pillow, smiling with white teeth in the night.
"What are your brains made of?" Long Ji said dumbly.
"Humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, compassion, spirituality, honesty, justice. There are only these pedantic virtues in our bodies." The Rose Knight said jokingly.
Long Ji was silent for a while. "...I hate him." Her shoulders shrugged slightly, and the silver bells in her hair rang softly.
"...Who doesn't hate it." Elliott said leisurely.
Several insects croak. It is indeed spring.
When he woke up, Jonah felt full of energy. He sat up and stretched out comfortably in the sunshine. He was left alone in the room, with a set of clean clothes, a piece of hard bread, and a glass of water beside the bed. He wiped his teeth with his fingers, had breakfast, changed his clothes, walked out of the house happily, greeted others, and suddenly found that there was a layer of hard scabs on the back of his neck. He stretched out his hand and touched it, which was dry blood.
The devil reappeared, stealing a few hours of his memory from last night. Jonah immediately fell into a depression, tried hard to recall the experience of last night, and found nothing. He beat his head in pain, and his heart was full of powerlessness and humiliation. He doesn't know the connection between the devil and the prophecy of the nameless book, but only the betrayer Segles can give him firm strength. Jonah stretches his arms into his arms, touches the rough papyrus, and meditates:
"On October 29th, the flames landed and the river was polluted. Ayala said to her partner: ‘I will wait elsewhere’."
That is, April 26th in the unified calendar of the mainland, a destined event will happen at Cherry Crossing. What role will he play in it? Jonah has wondered more than once, is he the "Ayala" in the prophecy, if not, he will spend his entire life searching for the shadow of the protagonist? And if it is, why does this 17-year-old pale boy who lacks ability, charisma and spiritual strength make the world turn around itself?
Jonah does not want to and cannot share the secret of prophecy with anyone. He is determined to carry the enlightenment of the mysterious prophet on his shoulders, and go through hardships like the ascetics in knight novels, grow and find the truth. Even though he was faced with a companion who had just met in room a51 but fell in love with each other, Jonah was somewhat ashamed, he even tried to disguise himself as a demon. ——Just now, when Sibi ran over and hugged his arm and called "brother" affectionately, he understood that the devil had deceived the girl in green with the devil's rhetoric last night, and Jonah had to smile and replied "Sister, good morning."-This made his heart extremely bitter.
The male members of the a51 Pitchfork team went to help the homeless dad rebuild the cabin, leaving two women to guard the house’s personal property and the frail newcomer.
Sibi spent half an hour looking back at the battle last night, and pestering him to talk about anecdotes, Jonah responded, but his eyes followed Long Ji's figure.
The oriental woman leaned on the wall to bask in the sun, squinting her eyes slightly, looking far away, and suddenly a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. ——She must be missing that "him". Jonah remembered the words of the Rose Knight. She had traveled almost the entire world for that man. What a strong bond and a great love.
Jonah withdrew his eyes somewhat lonely, but Long Ji turned to look at him, the silver bells in her hair jingle, and the corners of her mouth smiled: "I am thinking of you. Good morning."
Jonah felt that a flower was opening in his heart and the sun was shining brightly. He waved his hand: "Hi, good morning."
"Sister Long Ji and I just talked about your brave act of eating up a whole piece of black gold gopher meat." Xibi covered her mouth and said the truth untimely next to her.
The flowers in Jona's heart are wilting.
"Here, a gift from Uncle Toba." Sibi suddenly remembered something and took out two books and handed them to him.
Jonah took over, "Five-level Astrologer Apprentice Workbook (665 Edition)", "First House 30th Star "Bear" and 7th House 7th Star-to-Star "Boat" Primary Interstellar Line Combat Application ". This is the study material that Teacher Koshava packed into his suitcase before leaving, and was confiscated by his father after the fall. This revisit is naturally intertwined with the joy of longing.
"Uncle found it in the ruins of the house in the morning, secretly took it back, and the old man said when he was not at home. Be careful not to be snatched away, rookie brother." Sibi acted like an adult and patted Jonah on the shoulder.
"Great, thank you..." Jonah didn't know what to say. He opened the exercise book and saw the teacher’s message on the title page: Life is short, always work hard, and don’t forget to have fun. Thinking of the old man's gray hair, Jonah felt his throat choked.
"Come here, let him read." Long Ji beckoned, Xibi reluctantly let go of Jona's arm and jumped over. Jonah glanced at her gratefully, sat on the threshold, and quietly read like his daily homework for the past twelve years.