Chapter 136 Dagger and Velvet
◎Will that strange star destroy the future you hope for?◎
The sun sank into the galaxy. Melia, tied to a wooden pole, twisted and turned like a worm, rubbing the hemp rope. "Sunny, Elena, I know I was wrong. It was just a joke before. There's no need to punish me like this, right?"
Sunny leaned against the fire, carefully turning the barbecue. "If you keep pretending, I'll let the Great Witch deal with you. We also have methods to torture souls~"
The Hun nobles next to her lowered their heads and chuckled: Haha, everyone thought that the leader who loved to laugh was good-tempered. When she impaled the enemy on the stake, he was not even half the height of the stake.
"Tsk." Daphne didn't spit, but stood still angrily. "How did I give myself away? Isn't she always so cheerful and friendly to everyone she meets?"
Elena withdrew her dagger and approached the goblin. The flames cast a shadow over her. "You should ask where I've been exposed."
"Tsk, stop humiliating people, even fairies." Daphne shook her hair. "Honestly, if you can point out my mistakes, I'll tell you the Queen's message. For example, where is Melia~"
"really?"
"I don't like lying, hehe."
The goblin stuck out his tongue, acted as if he didn't believe it, deliberately kicked off his shoes, and lifted up his bare feet - and then even his legs were tied up.
"Hmph!" Daphne huffed, leaning against the wood. She raised her head. "Don't tell me Melia doesn't do this kind of thing?! I've already reflected on it. She hugs people, too. Hugging someone by the waist is perfectly normal!"
"Hahaha." Sunny covered his mouth and laughed for a long time, almost laughing his mutton to the ground.
She simply dropped the stick and walked over to the fairy with her hands on her hips. "You're right, it's normal. It's a pity that Sister Melia won't touch my legs. If she wants to, she can go into the tent and try harder... Hahaha, just kidding~"
Sonny avoided her murderous gaze and, laughing, joined Brida, stepping aside to leave the scene.
This matter concerned Melia's safety. Elena thought seriously for a moment and asked, "Do you remember your reaction when you first saw me? Guess what the real Melia would do?"
Real humans... facing the Shura field of lovers and loved ones?
The fairy's eyes lit up. "I guess she'll just turn around and run? No, don't remind me yet... She's quick-witted and will probably say, 'It's all a misunderstanding! I was just speaking up for Sunny!'"
"Oh."
Elena laughed self-deprecatingly. “She’d ask, ‘Where’s Nini and Taffy? Are they all right?’”
"Well……"
The fairy opened her eyes in confusion, not understanding why this happened. However, her intuition told her that this was the truth.
"Huh~" Daphne shook her head. "I'm impressed. Humans are so complicated. No need to torture me. Melia is in the fairy garden right now."
"How do I get to the Fairy Garden?"
"Of course you have to be invited by the Queen~"
Daphne waited for a moment, and seeing that no one around continued to ask questions, she had no choice but to stick out her tongue honestly: "Okay, okay, I admit it, the Queen sent me here just to pass on a message~"
What do fairies strive for? For fun, to create prophecies, to change the course of history...
Daphne still remembers the moment when Her Majesty the Queen made the key. She said
"I'm going to give it to Melia."
"But, Your Majesty, didn't you say that Melia could go back in time?"
"Yes, if she breaks through again, I'll be sure of that."
"Do you want to explore the limits of her abilities? For example, how far back, and how many times?"
"That's just a side note... Daphne, you will all push fate to take a different path."
My Queen, I didn’t dare ask, will that strange star destroy the future you expect?
"Rome, the Queen hid all the answers in Rome." Daphne raised her face with a smile, and suddenly she exclaimed, the moving bright spot in the sky is... Wow, it's a dragon!
"I'm back~" Nini cheered and swooped down from the sky, with a taffy in her left paw and a pheasant in her right paw, and landed happily on the hillside.
As soon as Taffy landed, he ran a few steps towards Melia, then hesitated and stopped halfway: It seems that she is not a lady, neither of them.
"Hmm? What are you looking at?"
Nini bit the pheasant, turned back into a kitten, and hopped back. She circled Daphne twice, her tail raised in curiosity: "Where did you catch the purple man? I want to catch one too~"
Little brat, I told you to come back quickly after destroying the magic circle and not run off to play in the forest alone. You actually grabbed Taffy and ran off with him. Are you playing word games?
Elena deliberately frowned and slapped the cat's head hard: "Look, that's your mother--" body.
"Meow! Meow! You're lying!"
Nini raised her cat fur: "If she is my mother, Lentil is your mother!"
…
"Tsk tsk tsk." Sunny shook his head and lowered the curtain.
Domestic violence is not acceptable. The little dragon cub was hit on the head and flew away angrily. But tomorrow morning, she would definitely come back quietly to eat mutton.
"Wang, are we really going to Rome?" A curly-haired girl brought a basin of hot water from the side of the couch and put Sunny's feet in the basin.
If it were anyone else, they wouldn't dare to test the king's thoughts casually, but the sisters in the clan still had more face.
Sunny soaked his feet comfortably and squinted his eyes: "You don't have to go."
"Then you..."
"I—I'm not sure." In the dim candlelight, the Golden King's face seemed covered with a mask. "I won't let the goblins go, nor will I have to do what they want."
Pulling her legs out of the basin, Hongzhu picked up a towel and wiped them carefully. "Don't think I'm stupid. If not Rome, where else can I go?"
Just as Sonny was about to speak, there was a sudden commotion outside the curtain.
Hey, Elena’s camp is quite far away, and she took Melia’s body away. Who else is going to make trouble?
"I want to see the Golden King. Don't stop me. I'm your future princess!"
There was a constant noise, mixed with the voices of the Huns watching the fun. Some nobles were whispering in Hunnic, betting on whether the Roman princess or the richest man in Rome would be the main wife.
So there's no option to marry just one? Sunny listened for a few minutes, her lips twitching. Everyone assumed she, like Old Wang, would accept anyone who came. Why not accept a Roman beauty presented to you? The Golden King was so great, he could surely handle it.
Well, if we don't stop them, they will even bet on who will have the first child.
"Hongzhu, let her in."
"yes."
When Ophelia was led into the king's tent, the first thing she saw was the lazy Golden King. His long hair, a mixture of gold and red, spread out on the couch, and his white porcelain wine glass reflected his sturdy bones. "Tell me your chips."
She was so tempting that even Ophelia, who hated being surpassed by others the most, fell into the abyss in an instant.
"Huh? You don't understand anything?" The Golden King sighed softly, preparing to call Hongzhu over and ask her to see him off. After all, she was a Roman princess, she couldn't die here.
“No, no…”
Ophelia's cheeks flushed, and she was speechless. Her bloodline and beauty, so proud of her, couldn't sustain her for the last few steps. She could only stand there and timidly lift her skirt. "I—you, you want half of Rome's power?"
The golden pupils suddenly became sharp, and it was like a blade passing by when they deflected.
[How stupid] I thought so in my heart, but there was no smile on my face.
The Golden King could not laugh, because this foolish plan was exactly what she needed. She had imagined the future of the Huns more than once, and they needed a piece of fertile and vast land.
Rome, Rome is so long and narrow, and the city at the end is crumbling.
If now is not the time, what about the future?
When she completely unifies the Huns and trains a whole elite force, their whips and iron hooves will destroy them.
"Sunny, what kind of country do you most want to create?"
Melia's curious voice echoed through the memory, extinguishing the overheated flames.
It's not the right time. Taking in the Roman princess can certainly give the Huns a bargaining chip, but when the time is right, the Huns may not need such an excuse.
The long skirt fell down and soft arms wrapped around her.
The Golden King tipped the goblet, pouring the liquid onto the woman's smiling lips.
"Hongzhu, show me away." Her golden eyes reflected a coldness and oppression that Ophelia couldn't understand. "If you ever find yourself desperate, you're welcome to return to me—as a concubine."
…
With a click, Melia stepped carefully onto the crystal steps.
She looked up. Everything here seemed transparent; even the stones reflected the dim light of the candles.
The Fairy Queen is quite generous. She actually built a crystal castle for Alexandra in the gap between the worlds?
"what's on your mind?"
"I thought... you lived in a little ball." Melia swung her arms, making a throwing motion. "Swoosh, it's you, Elena!"
“…”
It was so cold. She pursed her lips in embarrassment. "I'm not being mean. Who said this army could be summoned by the key?" Now that the key was gone, the Fairy Queen would probably find another way to airdrop.
"Be careful, you can't resist the poisonous fog nearby." Alexandra took her hand indifferently and stepped up the stairs step by step.
The spiral staircase was too narrow, and the decorative railing only reached her calves. Melia kept hitting her shoulder armor and staggering.
After a few steps, Alexandra put her arms around Melia's waist and held her in her arms like a princess.
"Wow."
"What's surprising?"
"You rarely hug me like this~" Melia leaned against the breastplate like a little bird, then moved away while yelling in pain.
Alexandra walked silently to the top, and the crystal steps disappeared one by one.
She carried Melia across the corridor into the spacious bedroom and dropped her onto the bed: everything was empty, no guards, no servants, only two rows of statues in the corridor.
"Elena, where do the others live...ah!"
The wrist was grabbed by the armor, leaving a mark.
Suddenly—the magic power dissipated, and Alexandra shed most of her armor except for her right hand. She grabbed Melia's wrist with her left hand again and said, "Call me Alexandra."
"But you are Elena." Melia leaned against the pillow and reminded loudly: "Even if the apple is cut in half, each slice is still an apple."
"Alexandra, speak." The tall body pressed down. Elena was already a head taller than her, and the difference in shoulder width was even greater.
Melia bit her lip and said, "That's not necessary. Even if you don't admit it, you are... well!"
The taste of blood blossomed on the tip of my tongue, and the fish's tail split apart with a crisp crack. The candlelight swallowed up the broken sobs and went out along with the icy blue glow.
The author has something to say:
Thanks to nanaya_scarlet's Lei Lei~
Thank you for the irrigation of picking mulberry leaves, falling leaves, the end of snow, and not wanting to get up~
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