OBS Chapter 2504: The End of the Moon and the Earth
Chapter 2504: The End of the Moon and the Earth
Chapter 2504: Moon and Earth: Finale
Vanessa covered her mouth with her right hand and stared at the ring on the ring finger of her open left hand.
Shade had no choice but to look at Hillis again, wanting to ask her what to do next. Hillis, who directed all this, was unwilling to let this "opera" be interrupted even if the heroine had an unexpected condition.
She began to sing:
"Foreign knight, you have finally fallen into my trap. Without your sword, you will not be able to cut my scales. Without your weapon, you will never have the chance to take her away. Princess, you will always belong to me. And your knight will spend the rest of his life in regret."
With that, Hillis pulled Vanessa up again and tried to walk towards the mirror, but this time she failed to pull Vanessa. However, Vanessa put down her right hand that was covering her mouth, and her eyes moved from the ring on her left hand to the young knight who gave her the ring.
"Oh, come on."
The girl who planned all this said, covering her forehead, and before the heroine could not help but make other moves, she forcibly pulled her towards the mirror.
This scene is more like "a dragon kidnapped the princess" than the previous one.
And before they left, looking at Hillis's expression and gestures, she clearly wanted Shade to stay in the sacrificial site for a while longer, so that she would have time to calm Vanessa's emotions so that she could continue the show.
So the girls in the theater continued to play music, and the "adventurers" on the stage blocked the mirror, still using singing to delay time.
With nothing to do for the time being, Xia De stood in the center of the empty sacrificial site, looked up at the moon in the sky, and then realized that this was the first time he had returned here since the war.
Standing here and looking at the moon, the moon seemed exceptionally large. Of course, it was not as big as the silver moon over the endless wilderness in his dream.
When Xia De was relaxing and gazing at the night sky, "she" beside him suddenly reminded him:
[The moon sometimes needs to be worshipped.]
"What does this mean? Is it a reminder that I can gain power from the moon through sacrifice?"
This was not something particularly strange. "Sacrificing to the gods to obtain blessings or power" was common sense in this world. Shade was just curious about why "she" suddenly pointed this out, and then realized that this might be related to the fact that he had swallowed the "Eternal Light".
Light belongs to the "Ancient God of Light", but the moon can also emit light. Just as there is an overlap between the moon and death, the overlap between the moon and light is even more serious. Now that Shade has obtained the power of the ancient god that he voluntarily shared from the chosen one of light, this may be why "she" made a reminder at this time.
"So, how do I perform the sacrifice? Burn some books? Make up stories that don't exist in this world? Or how about bowing to the moon?"
"She" did not answer this question, so Shade did not continue to ask. He looked at the moon, and the moon seemed to be looking at him.
After waiting for at least five minutes, the girls on the other side of the mirror couldn't even think of new lyrics and could only repeat the previous lines twice. Finally, Shade, bathed in the moonlight, was allowed to return to the opera house in the cabin of the Glorious Messenger.
Apparently Hillis had gotten Vanessa back to normal, because the show continued.
After returning to the stage, Shad was surrounded by the "Adventurer" girls. This time, they did not rush to push Shad into the mirror again. Instead, they took off Shad's coat and tie together, then sprayed him with a very light perfume, made his neat hair a little messy, and then pushed Shad, who was only wearing a white shirt, into the mirror again.
This time, the other side of the mirror was no longer Moon Bay, but the Forgotten Church in Randall Valley.
The moon was dim, and the moonlight shone through the hole in the church roof onto the interior of the church, which was only lit by a few candles. Under that unusually bright moonlight, the blonde Vanessa Benanis lay on her back in a transparent crystal coffin.
Her long golden hair was not tied up, but spread messily under her body. She was wearing a bright red dress, and the waist part was particularly slender. She held her hands together in front of her body, and the "moonlight ring" on her left hand was shining brightly under the moonlight above her head, which was like a spotlight.
Shade appeared at the church gate, while Sirius stood next to the coffin in the center of the church:
"Knight from a foreign land, Hamilton of Regede, I acknowledge your wisdom and courage, but you will be helpless in this predicament. I have cast a fatal curse on the beautiful princess, and she has fallen into an eternal sleep.
Even if you can defeat me with your bare hands, you will never be able to wake up your beloved~"
After saying that, he looked at Xia De expectantly. At the same time, Xia De could also feel that many eyes in the mirror behind him were looking at him, expecting him to guess the "puzzle".
Anyone who has read fairy tales knows what to do at this point:
“Dragon, oh dragon, you only know the power, but you don’t know that true love’s kiss can remove any curse.
This is the blessing of love from the gods, and I will use it to wake up my princess."
As Xia De spoke, he walked forward. Xia De didn't need to look back to know that the girls on the other side of the mirror who were supposed to be the "actors" must be watching the show with excitement.
The dragon played by Hillis did not stop Shade, but watched Shade come to the other side of the crystal coffin. He touched the coffin with his right hand, and then he was very sure that it was not a whole piece of crystal, but glass:
"It's probably a prop for the troupe's performance."
He stretched out his hands, picked up Vanessa, who was nervous and trembling with her eyes closed, and let her sit in the coffin and lean against his arms - in fact, she had her eyes squinted.
Instead of kissing her directly, Xia De blew on her ears mischievously, which made Vanessa's whole face turn red.
He laughed, and then looked at Sirius on the other side of the crystal coffin:
"Are you sure you want us to do this in the Forsaken Church?"
He didn't say anything out loud, he just lip-read the words, and Hillis, who could read lips, nodded slightly and just looked at them.
Xia De looked at Vanessa, who was really shaking in his arms. They had kissed before and done even more excessive things, but at this moment she seemed more nervous than ever.
Since the other actors have become audience members and are looking forward to the next scene, Xia De, who has been pulled onto the stage and temporarily turned from an audience member into an actor, cannot disappoint them:
"May true love's kiss still work. Wake up, my princess."
He bent down and kissed her, but just touched her slightly cold lips before parting.
When he looked down again, the "cursed" Vanessa in his arms had indeed opened her eyes, and looked up at Shad with some shyness, excitement and uneasiness.
So, the blonde girl in the crystal coffin under the moonlight reached out her hand and kissed him again, and this time it was not as simple as a quick touch and separation.
The tranquil moonlight illuminated the three people under the moon. Hillis watched them from the side, feeling a little happy, a little lonely, but more of it was comforted and relieved.
At this time, there was enthusiastic applause coming from the direction of the mirror at the church entrance. Even the music had stopped. Even though it was inconvenient for Xia De to look over there, he could guess that the girls in the band were also looking at here from the other side of the mirror.
After the kiss, Shade wanted to say something to Vanessa, whose eyes seemed to have moonlight, but Hillis spoke first:
"True love's kiss actually lifted my curse? Even if I were a dragon, I couldn't stop your love at this moment."
Although she said this, she held Vanessa's hand and helped the witch jump out of the coffin:
"But I will try one last time, knight from a foreign land. I will hide the princess in a secret place where no one can find her. If you can still find the princess, I will give you my blessing!"
"It's not over yet?"
Xia De lowered his voice and asked her with some doubt, and Sirius also answered in a low voice:
"Be patient, Shad. This is the last scene and it will be over soon. Oh, Vanessa, stop looking at Shad and follow me. You are a professional actor. Don't make me teach you this."
As he said this, he forcibly dragged the witch away who was unwilling to leave.
The girls walked out of the mirror and took back the crystal coffin. Shad nodded and smiled apologetically at the holy emblem hanging on the wall of the church, then followed them back to the cabin.
The opera finally reached its final act, and the girls in the orchestra began to celebrate the final act. The "adventurers" praised the knight's true love's kiss together, and then pushed him into the mirror for the last time:
"Go find the princess, the moon will bless you, the earth will bless you, and everything in the world will bless you.
Find her, touch her, kiss her. She is in your heart, she is in your dreams.”
Unsurprisingly, the final location is the "Night Temple" in the mountains of the Randall River Valley.
The forest at night appears more lush than during the day, and the sacred temple located on the side of the cliff under the starry sky also appears more desolate than during the day.
After stepping out of the mirror, Shade immediately passed through three broken archways and came to the end of the temple. He did not see Sirius here, but only saw Vanessa standing alone in the center of the sun, moon and stars ritual array, facing the sea of trees, with her back to the cliff, looking up at the moon with her hands behind her back.
In just a few minutes she changed into another outfit, with a laurel wreath on her head, her long golden hair tied into a large braid and hanging down her back, and a loose white linen robe tied at the waist and chest to accentuate her figure and keep her comfortable.
The gown was short-sleeved, so you could see three golden hoops on each of her arms. Her bare feet were planted directly on the ground, and her toenails were painted red with pomegranate juice.
Holy yet somewhat charming, solemn yet frivolous. The moonlight made her and her shadow, together with the ritual symbols in the temple, form a sundial, ancient yet peaceful, as if time had stopped here.
(End of this chapter)