Game of the World Tree

Watching the wind gradually disappearing from the crowd, Maria fell silent.

She stood there for a long time, sighed deeply, and turned to leave.

However, just as she was about to step out of Bonn Town, she suddenly stopped.

The girl's fists clenched slightly, then gradually loosened, and then gradually clenched again.

In the end, as if she had made up her mind, she turned around abruptly and walked towards the town again.

When she came to a hotel in the town, Maria took out a few silver coins:

"One night stay."

...

The next morning.

The sun rises again in the east, and the warm sunlight spreads over the earth.

When the figure of Feng reappeared on the west square of the town, Maria, who was carrying her luggage, was already waiting here.

"Good morning, Maria, it looks like you've made up your mind."

The noble elf priest said with a smile.

Maria's eyes dodged a little, but after hesitating for a moment, she gradually became firm again.

She calmly looked at the elf lady she respected and said:

"Ms. Feng, you're right, maybe... I really should learn to face the things I've been unwilling to face, as the teacher said... Moreover, after being away from my hometown for so long, I really want to say that I don't miss my hometown. fake."

"In addition, I also have some things that I want to clarify with you, or... inquire."

"Ms. Feng, have you met my teacher before? Do you know where he went?"

Hearing the girl's words, Feng sighed softly:

"I did meet your teacher, but... he has left this world to find his own way."

"Leave this world?"

Maria's expression was a little surprised.

She knew that as early as ten years ago, the plane passages in the world of Seggs were opened one after another.

However, since the Church of Life took over Seggs and the world of Seggs became part of the goddess Eve, it seems that only the believers of life and those who have been recognized by the goddess can leave this world.

"That's right, he made a deal with His Majesty the Goddess, and got the qualification to leave the world of Saiggs and embark on a journey to the endless void."

"I came here, in addition to wanting to see with my own eyes that the last area of ​​Seggs was brought under the control of the church, I was also entrusted by him to come and see you."

said the wind.

"Then do you know where he went? And... did he tell you anything?"

Maria asked eagerly.

Teaching from childhood to adulthood, she has long regarded the legendary mage Daniel as her closest elder.

When she heard the teacher's news again after a few years, she was very pleasantly surprised.

"He said...he wants you not only to be able to live happily, but also to find your true self..."

said the wind.

Saying that, she gave the girl a meaningful look:

"Instead of just imitating him and becoming a highly respected mage..."

After listening to Feng's words, Maria fell silent.

She herself, actually knew.

As early as the moment the Mania Empire fell, her dreams were shattered.

She had wanted to be a great monarch, she had wanted to bring happiness to her people, but... on that night of change, everything was ruined.

She was puzzled, she was sad, she hated...

However, in the subsequent travels with the teacher, when she gradually understood the real life of the people at the bottom, when she gradually understood the darkness of the nobles and the eternal church, those once puzzled, sad, hatred... gradually disappeared.

At the same time, what dissipated was also her former ideal.

Especially after traveling for a year and seeing people on the borders of the empire celebrating the Great Revolution and celebrating the beheading of the last queen...

"Maybe... I should be someone who doesn't exist..."

'Everyone is celebrating the destruction of Maria II, and no one will be saddened by the death of Maria II...'

"It's ridiculous to bring happiness to the people..."

Maria doesn't hate the nation, and Maria doesn't hate the Church of Life either.

She hated her young and ignorant self.

She hated those nobles who blinded her and used herself as a puppet.

From that time on, she didn't know the meaning of her existence, and she didn't know why she lived.

She only knew that she followed the teacher, walked one place after another, followed the teacher, and learned one magic after another.

Unconsciously, magic has become her spiritual support, and being praised by the teacher after learning magic has become her happiest thing.

At the same time, unknowingly, she also likes to imitate the teacher's behavior more and more.

Study magic and help those in need.

That's what teachers like to do.

Maria no longer knows whether the happiness she gets from doing these things is her own happiness, or whether she is happy by doing the same things as her teacher.

Too much dependence will lead to loss of self.

The essence of dependence is fear and cowardice.

She was afraid, she was timid, and she knew that she hadn't really come out of her past.

She has always understood this.

"Ms. Feng, how do we go?"

After a moment of silence, Maria looked at the wind again.

The wind smiled slightly:

"Of course it's the fastest."

"fly?"

Maria was stunned for a moment, while the wind whistled softly. After a while, in a burst of exclamations, accompanied by a loud dragon roar, a beautiful silver dragon flew from the sky and landed on the ground.

Feng jumped lightly, jumped up, then looked at the girl with wide eyes and a shocked face, and stretched out his hand:

"Come up, Maria."

...

This is Maria's first ride on a dragon.

Although she grew up in the palace since she was a child, she has a distinguished status and has seen many dragon knights, but she has never really stepped on the back of a dragon.

Especially, such an elegant and noble silver dragon!

Silver Dragon's attitude towards Ms. Feng seems to be quite respectful, so respectful that it is almost flattering... Maria feels this way.

This made her feel that the wind was more mysterious than she thought.

The other party... what is the status of the elves and the Church of Life?

She was really curious.

However, when she couldn't help but ask again, Feng still smiled and said the answer that was repeated time and time again:

"I'm just an ordinary Elf Chosen, a priest of the Church of Life."

Unable to ask the answer, Maria had to give up.

"Forget it, anyway... When I go to the Elf Forest, I will know sooner or later."

she muttered softly.

The dragon flies very fast.

Riding on the back of the silver dragon, the two flew over forests, strolled rivers, crossed mountains, and crossed canyons...

The vast continent of Saigos seems to be a huge oil painting spread on the ground, and the prosperous cities, the dotted villages and towns, the criss-crossed roads and the farmland after another have become the colorful embellishments on the oil painting.

Maria looked down at the ground excitedly and sang loudly, as if all the worries accumulated in her heart had vanished at this moment.

"Ms. Feng! Look! What a huge lake! This shape... Could it be the Moon Lake? I always wanted to go and see it, but the teacher never took me!"

"Mountain! What a high mountain! Lady Wind! I recognized it! This is the Ossos Mountains! I climbed it five years ago!"

"The big river! It's the big river! Madam Feng! Do you think that is the Vermur River?!"

Riding on the silver dragon, Maria was like a carefree child. Whenever she saw the magnificent or familiar scenery on the ground, she would scream with excitement.

I don't know what grade this silver dragon was, but it was faster than Maria imagined. In less than a day, a majestic castle standing among the mountains came into the girl's eyes.

The moment she saw the castle, Maria was silent.

Her eyes were complicated, and she subconsciously clenched her hand and held the corner of her clothes.

She is no stranger to this castle.

It was once the famous fortress on the eastern frontier of the Holy Mania Empire, Allsburg.

Beyond the castle is Mania's territory.

Ten years later, the former little queen of the empire will once again set foot on the land of her motherland.

It's just that it's not the empire it used to be.

"We're going in."

said the wind.

At the end of the speech, the silver dragon let out a long roar and landed on the ground.

Khan... You can't have both love and code words, and it's too short _(:з"∠)_