OBS Chapter 2728 Man, Cat and Fish
Chapter 2728 Man, Cat and Fish
Chapter 2728 Man, Cat and Fish
The lake bottom, which looked clear from above, was completely dark under the water. Xia De jumped into the water without any protective measures and felt a little tired and sleepy almost immediately. The lake water under the starlight was surprisingly warm, which reminded him of amniotic fluid for some reason. Fortunately, he could tolerate this level of sleepiness.
He had already memorized Flora's location, so he did not use his senses to explore what else was at the bottom of the lake, but instead focused on swimming in the direction of the witch.
The further he went down, the more sleepy he became. When he finally held Flora's cold hand again, he could hardly open his eyes.
He pulled the chain around his waist to inform Iluna on the shore that he had successfully reached the witch. A moment later, the chain was pulled upwards and Iluna responded with "received".
A stream of bubbles came out of Shad's mouth while he was breathing underwater. He pulled gently and found that he couldn't pull Flora away, so he gently touched Flora's sleeping face. He closed his eyes and put his forehead against hers.
The dream began again.
Shade, who was originally half floating in the water, slowly fell to the bottom of the water as if a heavy object was hung on him, until he was close to the witch as if he was hugging her.
At this moment, the battle on the lakeshore has begun, but the dim water is still calm.
Just a few seconds later, a shadow suddenly swam over the people under the water. Ten seconds later, a pair of white arms that seemed to be glowing underwater appeared from behind Shade and hugged his neck. The stunningly beautiful "mermaid" head also appeared beside his ear. The part below the head could not be seen clearly in the large shadow behind him.
It didn't dare to put its head directly on Xia De's shoulder. Its stunning face looked around, and then its red lips whispered in Xia De's ear:
"You, won't you show up to stop me?"
No one responded to it, so the pair of purple eyes that resembled Luvia's revealed a cruel and crazy look that Luvia would never show:
"Even he can sense the malice in my attempt this time. Do you trust me so much? Are you so confident that you let me appear by his side?"
The whispers in the underwater world could only be heard by the ears pressed tightly against the red lips, but there was still no response. After all, Xia De had already fallen asleep:
"The end is coming soon, so do you believe that even I will help him whom you have chosen?"
It spoke gently, but the emotion in its eyes was no longer human. The crazy, weird, and greedy look represented its true nature, and after the final inquiry, it chuckled underwater:
"Is it because you trust me too much, just like him, or do you not believe that I dare to attack him?"
It opened its mouth and bit towards Xia De's neck, but behind the two rows of white teeth were not pink flesh but densely packed tiny teeth.
But it didn't bite Shade's neck after all, because at the last moment it hugged Shade's neck and looked up, and saw a brand new figure appear in the water.
Desire saw purple eyes, which was one of the sources of its current image. It only knew of Luvia Anat's existence in the past, and this was its first close contact with her.
But when the two pairs of purple eyes met, it was the evil that originated from the most ancient times that retreated.
Most of its body was hidden in the darkness at the bottom of the lake, and the smile on its pretty face had disappeared.
The long-haired fortune teller holding the [Staff of Yggdrasil] looked at it from above the water with an expressionless face, and the long staff and eyes glowed slightly in the water. Even if it was just watching, "Desire" felt the pressure that it had not faced for a long time. That kind of indifference and calmness that appeared because of absolute madness, that kind of eyes that were born from witnessing the most terrible and desperate things, and that power.
Its long, thin tongue extended and licked its chin and nose tip:
"I knew that the girl he liked was indeed extraordinary. But, what are you?"
Long-haired Luvia pointed the tip of her staff at it, but the "mermaid" hugging Shade smiled instead:
"If you could truly manifest yourself, instead of being a shadow as you are now, I would have retreated long ago. But you are only an illusion, and he is in my hands."
It hugged Shade's neck even tighter and was about to continue whispering in his ear, but suddenly found that a glowing cat had stood on Shade's head and was looking at her.
"Meow!"
The cat's amber eyes ignited golden flames just like the tip of its tail. The cat was not angry, but just grabbed Shade's hair with its claws, and then looked at the "fish" that was very close to it. The orange lines on the cat's body emitted a faint golden glow, while the white lines were the light of the "moon fire" given by Shade.
The most beautiful human face looked at the most beautiful cat. After a moment of silence between the human, cat, and fish underwater, bubbles came out of the woman's head and it gently let go of Shade's neck:
"So you're here too. I was just wondering why cats can..."
It smiled and nodded:
"If that's the case, I roughly understand that this is indeed a sound plan, but I don't know if he can make it to the end.
As long as he completes this debt collection, I will help him until the end of the world. Actually, this is not bad. Reaping his soul once and for all is similar to watching him perform those performances about desire and greed.
It’s pretty good, isn’t it? Yes, it’s pretty good, a tragic song of desire, the struggle of human nature, a hero on the road to despair, and…”
Its eyes widened, taking in the sleeping man, the staring cat, and the indifferent purple-eyed girl.
"Do you really want to be so cruel to him?"
It murmured softly, gradually retreating until it truly disappeared into the lake. In the water, the phantom of the long-haired Luvia had quietly disappeared, while the cat continued to grab Shade's hair, then curled up on top of his head and fell asleep.
"Meow~"
A small string of bubbles came out of the cat's mouth. Just as Shad didn't know that Mia, who hated water, could swim, he also didn't know that the cat could even breathe underwater.
Previous dreams always started with a feeling of falling, but this time it started directly as if it was a jump in time and space.
The night was thick, and after recovering from his shock, Shade found himself standing in the forest by the lake, but the thick fog that he had left was gone. Only then did he have time to think about why he had just seen the "God of Mist". He was sure that this old god who was very friendly to him had left in the Fifth Epoch, and just now...
“Is it because the blessing God gave me in the desert was activated that made me wake up from the fog?”
He was not quite sure about the time ratio between dreams and reality, so he did not stay in the woods for too long, and turned back to the lake. This dream was so real that even though Shade entered it in a sober state, he could not see the moon in the night sky and could not sense the illusion here.
Back in the cabin, the girl with gray-black hair was still sleeping on the bed. The starlight from the window illuminated her profile, making the witch, who usually looked capable, look a little naive.
Xia De smiled subconsciously, then quickly patted his face to prevent himself from indulging in this moment of happiness again.
"Wake up, wake up~"
Xia De then stood by the bed and called softly. The sleepy girl finally opened her eyes, but seeing that it was still dark outside the window, she lazily turned her body to the side and ignored Xia De:
"It's not even daybreak yet, let me sleep a little longer. I know we have to repair the roof tomorrow, but wake me up to make breakfast when it's daybreak."
So Xia De pressed her shoulders and turned her over again. Seeing that she was still unwilling to open her eyes, Xia De immediately lifted the quilt off her.
"Yeah~"
The witch in the nightgown then cried out, and then sat up reluctantly:
"Really, Shade, what are you going to do? You're not going to ask me to go look at the stars now, are you?"
"We should go. Not to watch the stars or hunt, but to leave here."
Xia De held her hand, and the witch asked in confusion:
"Go? Isn't this our home? Where are we going?"
"Do you remember Miss Bell? Charlotte Bell."
Xia De stared into her golden eyes and asked. Flora said subconsciously:
"Of course I remember. She is my apprentice and assistant, the most outstanding one I selected."
She pursed her lips and frowned, obviously realizing something was wrong:
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Charlotte for a long time?"
"Do you remember who you are? What do you belong to?"
"Parliament, has it been a long time since I attended a parliamentary meeting?"
"So do you remember Carina?"
"Of course I remember. Wasn't she your lover in Tobesk?"
As these words came out of her mouth, Flora Winslet froze there as if she had been hit on the head by a huge hammer. Shade knew that she was about to wake up, and was about to wait for her to recover, but he didn't expect to see two lines of tears flowing down the witch's fair cheeks.
She sat on the bed, looking up at Xia De with tearful eyes:
"I am here, this lake, Vista City, Tobesk, from autumn to winter, our house, this home. So, our current life, everything here is... fake? No, I don't believe it, all of this, us, you and me, this home, all of this."
"Listen, even if all this is fake, I'm sure it's true."
So Xia De hugged her directly:
"It's time to wake up, Flora. We really have slept too long."