Chapter 274
Under the cub's obviously wary and nervous gaze, Lilith frowned and took a step closer, easily blocking the little guy who had transformed into a human in the corner.
Fine cold sweat began to appear in Yun Mian's palms. Her heartbeat was much faster than usual, making it difficult for her to breathe. Her pupils were slightly dilated, clearly reflecting the mysterious appearance of the witch in a black robe.
The tense confrontation made the atmosphere tense, like a straight line that could be broken in an instant with just the slightest pressure.
Yunmian was ready to escape.
Behind the witch, the mermaid who had been hiding in the bowl also took the opportunity to spread her wings, tightened her dark blue tail, and turned her fingers into claws that could easily tear apart a human body.
Her cold and deep vertical pupils were staring at the witch's back with murderous intent. If she made the slightest movement, Anriel would give her a fatal blow from behind.
In this dangerous and ambiguous atmosphere, the witch spoke again.
"I heard that forest elves reach adulthood at around 200 years old. You are so small... Could it be that you are a little fellow who escaped from the Silver Moon Forest?"
She didn't move, but leaned forward slightly, her chestnut hair falling out from her black robe. When she got closer, her fair skin and delicate jawline were exposed, as well as her full lips and small, upright nose.
She got too close, and Yunmian's body leaned back uncontrollably until her wings and back were completely pressed against the cold wall.
The witch guessed the origin of the elf cub, and after coming up with a fairly reasonable explanation, she shook her head and denied her idea.
Under the large black hood, Lilith frowned slightly. Taking advantage of her height, she could see the elf completely. Then she asked her, "You said before that you lived with your mother? Elves are born from the Mother Tree of Life. Were you stolen from the elf barrier by humans?"
Yunmian: “…”
This sister is very creative and bold in thinking.
She opened her mouth to explain, but Lilith had quickly made up her mind.
She returned the flower dew in her hand to the bewildered elf, then reached out and picked up the slender magic wand beside her, tapped the companion leaf on the little guy's head, and said thoughtfully: "If I take you back to Silver Moon Forest and return you to the group of forest elves, then it shouldn't be too much to ask them for some slightly more precious medicinal herbs later?"
Lilith seldom makes a deal that puts her at a disadvantage, although most of the time she stays alone in her own home and has no communication with those stupid, short-sighted, selfish and despicable people.
Yunmian was stunned by what she heard.
She stared blankly at the witch sister who was calculating with an abacus, and for a long while, when she was about to grab her collar, she slapped her hands away as she was about to commit a crime.
"Sister! I wasn't stolen!" The child put his hands on his hips and seriously broke all her beautiful fantasies: "Even if you take me back, buying and selling children will only make the elves hate you and drive you out of Silvermoon Forest!"
That’s right, although this sister said that she would take herself back to exchange some medicinal herbs with the elves, last night mom had already carefully educated Yunmian and Anlil about the relevant knowledge of buying and selling children.
There is no law in this world that deals with children breaking the law. Even if there is, humans cannot do anything about it over the elves.
But my mother said that the newborn Lola was sold to the witch by Galdemi. It was not enough for the witch sister to buy a child, but now she wants to take me back to Silver Moon Forest and sell me? !
Yun Mian felt that the shallow filter she had for the witch sister yesterday was shattered to pieces!
Thinking of yesterday's love and last night's fear, the child looked serious and even a little heartbroken: "Sister, didn't your parents and teachers teach you not to buy and sell children casually?"
Lilith: “…”
After your hand was slapped away, some things seemed to be running wildly in an uncontrollable direction and could not be pulled back?
She stared at the child with such seriousness that it even looked a little funny. She frowned and said in a hoarse voice, "I have no parents, and no teacher. If the black-hearted doctor in the slum whose head was smashed with a hammer by a patient and whose blood and brains were all over the floor can be considered my teacher, then he certainly didn't teach me this knowledge."
During her calm statement, Yunmian's seriousness came to an abrupt end.
Anriel quietly retracted her claws, and her tail swayed twice in the water uncomfortably, as if this could quickly shake off the momentary shock and guilt in her heart.
The system stopped at the host's head, and after a second of silence, it whispered to the child, "Mianmian, Lilith has serious social problems, and all wizards are regarded as servants of the devil by the people of this continent. People fear them, but also reject them. In addition, the laws of various countries and the laws signed by various gods and religions stipulate that all wizards must wear black robes to show their identities."
Those in black robes will have their souls forever condemned to the abyss without sunlight, despised by the gods and forbidden to enter the light.
Throughout the continent, wizards are like a plague, a disgusting yet awe-inspiring existence. No one likes them, and no one wants to take the initiative to approach and make friends with them.
Of course, this is just humans' attitude towards wizards, and the immortals are not included.
Lilith was originally just narrating calmly, and there was even a hint of realization in her tone. It turns out that cubs cannot be bought and sold casually?
But after she finished speaking, the elf cub in front of her, who had a stern and fierce face, visibly wilted a little.
Within two seconds, a small hand reached out and gently tugged at her loose black robe.
Lilith lowered her head and met the little guy's clear and bright eyes.
"elder sister……"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad..."
Yunmian looked a little wilted. She pouted and looked at the witch sister eagerly. After apologizing, she stuffed the flower dew in her hand into the witch's hand.
When Yunmian was lying on the hospital bed watching cartoons, she heard her mother say that no matter whether you are a child or an adult, you must apologize sincerely if you do something wrong or say something wrong.
An apology expressed in words often cannot heal the damage that has been done, so she took out the most precious thing in her possession, which the witch needed most urgently, and expressed her sincere apology.
"Sister, I'm sorry." Yun Mian let go of her hand and pinched her fingers. Although she felt guilty, she still looked up and said to the witch seriously, "But buying and selling children is wrong. Children cannot say anything or have any opinions. They cannot even resist or run away. You are bullying children. This is an extremely excessive and extremely disgusting behavior."
First her identity was revealed, then she faced the child trafficking as her mother had said, and later her identity as a witch and her childhood scars were accidentally revealed... The meeting became a mess, and Yun Mian no longer had the heart to buy any lettuce. After giving the flower dew to the witch sister, she hurriedly left here holding the equally quiet Princess Yuyu.
When he walked out, he did not forget to put the bowl down, turned around and closed the open door tightly again.
On the way back, Yun Mian pursed her lips with a lost look on her face. She didn't pay much attention to her steps while walking, wandering aimlessly like a little wandering ghost.
Anriel was really worried about her condition, so she simply flew out of the bowl. After growing bigger, she shook off the water droplets on her wings, then picked up the little guy, avoided all human traces, and quickly came to the woods not far from the town.
This place is not far from the temporary rented address.
Yun Mian stood firmly on the ground again. She looked around, then looked down at the little fish princess who had fallen back into the bowl. She pursed her lips and did not move forward. Instead, she sat down on the grass with the bowl in her arms.
"Sister, let me tell you a fairy tale!" The child quickly cheered up, holding the bowl and without asking Princess Yuyu's consent, he began to share another fairy tale.
The system listened to the host telling the story verbatim, and the whole system was on the verge of freezing.
Is this something that can be said?
Is this what should be said?
This is... you want to kill me?
Yun Mian, however, didn't care about so many things. Her mind was filled with so many difficult questions that were difficult to answer. Her immature thinking was completely unable to handle them. She could only temporarily fill Princess Yu Yu's head with the story plot, and then quickly began to ask questions of her own.
"Sister, why did Rapunzel's mother have to steal those lettuces to eat? She could buy them, or eat something else if she couldn't afford them. Why did she have to eat the lettuces from other people's gardens?"
"Sister, why did Princess Rapunzel's father agree so quickly when the witch asked to exchange her child for Rapunzel? Doesn't he like children? If he didn't like them, why did he give birth to one?"
"Sister, since Princess Rapunzel thought the witch was her biological mother, why did she fall in love with the prince at first sight and then betray the witch? Is there anything she couldn't discuss with mom?"
"Sister, why did the witch lock Princess Rapunzel up in a high tower, not letting her leave or see other humans? Wouldn't Princess Rapunzel be lonely without anyone to talk to? Since she was so kind to Princess Rapunzel, why did she imprison her like this?"
"Sister, how can a prince just grab someone's hair and climb up? He is not polite at all. Are all princes so rude?"
"Sister, the story says that the prince and Rapunzel fell in love at first sight. What does love at first sight mean? Does love at first sight mean getting pregnant and having a baby right after meeting? What if there are too many people who fall in love at first sight? Will they have lots and lots of babies?"
"Sister, the prince is blind and has been wandering in the forest for so many years, how can his throne be so stable? Is there no one in his country competing with him for the throne? And where are the prince's guards? Did the guards ignore him and let him wander for so many years?"
"Sister, the story says that the witch used magic to send Princess Rapunzel to a remote desert, but... Princess Rapunzel was pregnant. How did she survive in the desert and feed two babies? How did the prince find his way to the desert from this forest blindly? Didn't he get lost?"
"Sister, Rapunzel is with the prince now. The prince and his guards killed the witch. The prince helped Rapunzel find her real family, but...will they really live happily? It was her family who sold her for food, and it was the witch who raised her. Wouldn't Rapunzel be sad and angry?"
"Sister... How did Princess Rapunzel feel when she saw the witch being killed by the prince? Did she cry? Did she shed tears? Was the witch sad and shed tears? Did the witch regret it?"
"Sister, Rapunzel was originally just a child of a poor farmer. She was raised like a princess because she became the daughter of a witch. She was obviously just the witch's Rapunzel. When the witch died, she would no longer be a princess, right? She would just be a poor child sold by farmers in the future, right?"
Yunmian really has a lot of doubts and a lot of things that she can't figure out.
From the moment she heard this story, she subconsciously rejected the protagonists in this story. Her mother's meaningful words last night made Yun Mian feel uncomfortable and unwell whenever she thought about them.
It's so weird.
Not only are fairy tales strange, but the humans in the small world derived from fairy tales also seem strange.
Since Yunmian arrived in this remote village yesterday, his head has been filled with a lot of difficult to figure out doubts.
She even seemed a little anxious because of this. Even the sweet floral dew could not relieve the uncomfortable and strange feeling of suffocation in her heart.
When fairy tales become reality...
Polite Mianmian: I must call her sister at the beginning of every sentence!
Because of the power outage, the update was late, so I wrote 500 more words to compensate everyone~
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