Chapter 741 The Wind Rises
Eastern coast of Plitvice Island, Tivian.
In Tivian at dusk, the sun gradually rose and the daylight shone. As the grand ceremony approached, the streets and alleys were bustling with activity. The moment of everyone's attention was approaching, and this huge city had already made preparations.
Because of the World Expo, Tivian has recently attracted a huge number of tourists, both domestic and foreign. This has made the city's catering and accommodation industries particularly popular. Many tourists have gathered in Tivian's major restaurants to enjoy meals. At this lunch time, all places are busy and full. Unless you have made a reservation in advance, you can't eat in the restaurants now. But the good news is that Dorothy will not make such a mistake with her plan.
"It's really lively... Tivian, I've never seen so many people at once in Igwent. There are so many people in such a big place. It feels... really lively."
In the upper-level box of a high-end restaurant, Anna, wearing a light-colored shirt and long skirt, was looking out the window at the endless flow of cars and people on the street. She couldn't help but sighed and said that such a huge city with so many people was something she had never experienced since she grew up in a remote city.
"There are indeed a lot of people in Tivian, but recently because of the expo, there are more people than before. To be honest, every year it is not as lively as it is now." Dorothy, who was sitting opposite Anna, wearing a purple top, a high-waisted black skirt, and a gauze hat, drank tea and responded to Anna's words leisurely, while Anna looked at Dorothy and continued.
"An expo... Indeed, for a city, or even a country, this is an event that is more difficult to hold than an annual festival. If it goes well, it will make many, many people happy, and I will be able to participate in this rare event with Teacher Meshhos.
"It's a pity... After this event is involved with a secret cult, it will probably not have a happy ending." Anna looked at the streets decorated with lights outside the window and said a little disappointedly. After arriving in Tivian and being infected by the festive atmosphere here, she seemed to have thought in her heart that this was just an ordinary festival that could be celebrated by ordinary people. How great it would be if she could enjoy such a celebration with her teacher during her precious journey.
Listening to Anna's words, Dorothy took another sip of tea, slowly placed the cup on the table, leaned on the soft sofa behind her and spoke with a little emotion.
"Actually... if it wasn't for the more secret connection, this expo probably wouldn't have been planned. Perhaps the moment it was designed, it was for some extraordinary purpose... so it probably couldn't exist as a purely mundane celebration from the beginning to the end."
Dorothy said this. Hearing Dorothy's words, Anna, who was sitting across the table, was slightly startled, and then said in disbelief.
"For some extraordinary purpose...wasn't this expo prepared by the royal government...His Majesty the King himself? What...what does His Majesty want to do? He wouldn't want to do that to the people..." Listening to Dorothy's words, Anna thought something bad in her heart. After experiencing the incident involving Lue, she would easily have bad thoughts about similar things.
"It is not clear what Charles IV wants to do, but I think he is not the same as Luer. In short, the situation at the expo tomorrow will be very complicated. At present, the information we have is still limited, and it is difficult to say what will happen. This is why I called you here. I must ensure that I have enough power to deal with various situations.
"So... I'm sorry, Anna. You originally said you wanted to travel, but now I'm asking you for help."
Looking at Anna in front of her, Dorothy spoke in a silent voice, and Anna also answered with a smile.
"There's no need to say that, Mr. Meschos. Even if you didn't come to me, the crisis hidden in this celebration would not disappear. I would always encounter it. You gave me a chance to prepare and deal with the crisis, and I should thank you. I hope we can successfully resolve this crisis..."
Listening to Anna's words, Dorothy smiled and nodded, then she began to relax and continue eating with Anna.
After having lunch with Anna, Dorothy sent her to the hotel to say goodbye. After finishing this reception, she began to move on to the next reception. After receiving Preet's domestic friends, she began to receive friends from abroad.
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Late afternoon, East Tivian, somewhere in the port area.
At the edge of the bustling port area, at the edge of a busy intersection with people coming and going and cars and horses flowing, there is a girl wearing a brown dress, long curly fluffy hair, and a big bow standing here. Next to her is a big suitcase, on which a black cat is lying, licking its paw. The girl is looking around at the bustling street in front of her, exclaiming in wonder.
"Wow... there are so many people... is this Tivian? This building seems to be taller than the one in Castile. This is the first time I've seen so many people..."
Sarah looked around with a curious look and muttered, while the little black cat beside her yawned twice and wagged its tail, then casually reached out to grab the man beside it and scratched a deep bloody mark on the hand of the man who was about to steal Sarah's gift, then ran away while ignoring the man's cry of pain.
"Hmm... even if you're a thief, you should give more..."
Turning her head and looking at the man running away in the distance, Shachenya couldn't help but say, then she took out a pocket watch from her clothes, looked at the time and couldn't help muttering.
"According to what was said before, the person who came to pick us up should be arriving soon. He said he was coming by carriage. There are so many carriages on the street, so there shouldn't be a traffic jam..."
Looking at the pocket watch in her hand, Sarah said this, and then she continued to stand there for ten minutes and waited patiently. Unable to hide her curiosity, she looked around and curiously observed the strange and huge city in front of her, looking at the huge banners with the logo of the Expo and the flag of Prit hanging everywhere on the streets, looking at many people on the street holding and wearing souvenirs that were distributed for free, Sarah, who was very interested, also took the time to go to the side and get a small umbrella souvenir for herself.
"Silly girl, it's not raining, why did you choose an umbrella as a souvenir? Is it too big to carry?"
Just as Sarah chose an umbrella from a souvenir distribution point, the black cat sitting on the gift box and wagging its tail couldn't help but mutter softly, and Sarah immediately responded in a low voice.
"Hey, Grandpa, you don't understand. I read a book before I came here. The weather in the city of Tivian is different from ours. It's unpredictable. Now it's sunny and then it rains. An umbrella is definitely the most practical souvenir for me!"
Sarah responded to the black cat lying on the box, and soon after she finished speaking, a high-end carriage with luxurious decoration and exquisite wood drove over from the other side of the road. It stopped in front of Sarah, and after the door opened, a handsome young man wearing a shirt, vest, and black trousers stepped out from behind the door, stood in front of Sarah, and spoke politely and smilingly in Castilian.
"Is this Miss Fox? Please get in the car. I'm here to pick you up on behalf of the detective." Looking at Sarah in front of him, the young man who got off the car politely made a gesture of invitation and actively offered her a gift. Sarah subconsciously glanced at the black cat beside her. At this time, the black cat jumped down and jumped into Sarah's arms. Sarah responded politely after seeing it.
"Uh... that's troublesome!"
As she spoke, Sarah got on the carriage. Not long after, the young man who had placed the gifts in the back of the carriage also got in and sat opposite Sarah who was holding the black cat. Then the whole carriage began to be driven forward and merged into the traffic on the street.
"You two from Dreamland have come all the way here, thank you for your hard work. Your rooms have been booked. I will take you to the hotel now to arrange your gifts, and then discuss with you the details of your trip to Tivian. I will have full authority to contact you two on behalf of the Rosicrucian..." The young man smiled and politely spoke as he looked out curiously to admire the street view after getting in the car. After hearing his words, Sarah turned around and thanked him profusely.
"Thank you so much... Oh, no, did you get something wrong? I'm the only one who came to Tivian this time. No one else came with me." Shachengya hurriedly explained to the young man in front of her, correcting the inappropriate use of the word "you" in his previous words. The young man did not immediately respond to Shachengya's words, but just sat there with a smile. The black cat, who was originally stretching in Shachengya's arms, couldn't help but paused slightly after hearing what the other party said, stopped his original action, and looked at the young man in front of him with a rather sharp look.
"You have such a complete way of entertaining guests. Is this the manners of the Pritt people? I have finally seen it..."
"Grandpa...Grandpa!"
The black cat, which had been silent in Sarah's arms, suddenly spoke, and Sarah was quite surprised by what she said. As for the young man opposite them, he continued talking with a smile.
"Miss Shachenya's 'grandfather'... the remnant of the Dreamland. You and Miss Shachenya are probably the last hope of the Butterfly God in this world. What do you call him?"
The young man spoke this slowly, and the black cat responded seriously and calmly.
"My real name is meaningless, and there is no need to tell it, especially in front of a puppet like you. The man behind the scenes of Rose, I want to warn you that trust is mutual. I have asked Sarah to tell you a lot of valuable information in advance, but you are still clinging to me. You say you are polite, but in fact you look down on me..."
"Hey, this is a puppet..."
The black cat looked at the young man in front of him and spoke silently, and Sarah looked at the young man in surprise after listening to him. Facing the black cat's words, the young man's expression did not change much, but continued to speak slowly with a smile.
"Mr. Cat, you are right. Facing you who are honest with us, this is indeed our inadequacy in hospitality. But don't worry, we have no intention of fooling you. We are very sincere in cooperating and communicating with you."
"If not, I wouldn't be here..."
As the young man finished his words, another clear and pleasant girl's voice sounded in the carriage. After hearing this voice, Black Cat and Sarah were both startled, and then turned their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from. Then, they saw a girl who suddenly appeared at the side of the young man and seemed to be slightly older than Sarah.
Silver long hair, a purple top, a black high waist long skirt. The dignified and beautiful girl was sitting on a seat that should have been completely invisible just now, with her legs crossed while looking at something in her hand. At this moment, she was holding a silver amulet with a sun symbol engraved on it, and a crescent moon was drawn diagonally in the middle of the sun.
"Ah... my beautiful sister. No! Who is this?! How did she suddenly appear here? This person behind the Rosicrucian... is she a sister who is about my age?" Sarah thought in surprise as she looked at the girl who appeared in front of her. The black cat in her arms was as surprised as she was.
"This... has been in this car since the beginning?! I didn't even sense it at all... What ability did it use? Among the roses... is there such a high-level 'shadow'?"
"And...her appearance..."
Looking at the girl in front of him, the black cat was surprised. On the one hand, he was extremely surprised that the girl had suddenly appeared without his perception. On the other hand, he had an indescribable sense of déjà vu about the girl's appearance. He always felt that he had seen her somewhere before. Thinking of what Rose had said about the moon when she asked him to rush to Tivian, all kinds of fantasies appeared in the black cat's mind.
"Sister, you are..."
"You, Miss Fox, I am the person who is in contact with you, the person behind the scenes as you mentioned before. You can call me 'Bachelor'..."
Looking at Dorothy in front of her, Sarah couldn't help but speak slowly, and Dorothy put the silver amulet in her hand away, and smiled at the black cat and Sarah, grandpa and granddaughter, in front of her, just as they had said before.
Since Shatiana had given a lot of important information about the Black Dream Hunters and herself in the past few days, it would be unreasonable for Dorothy not to show some sincerity. Therefore, this time she chose to contact Shatiana and the others in the form of her real body, instead of choosing a corpse as usual.
"Bachelor?... I never thought that a big figure in the Rosicrucian would be a young girl like you. The young are really formidable..."
"Yes, yes, the sister looks very young, and she looks not much different from Sarah..."
Looking at Dorothy in front of him, the black cat spoke slowly, and Sarah on the other side also echoed, and Dorothy opposite them also spoke with a smile.
"Thank you for the compliment, but in this extraordinary world, appearance is not everything. Just like you, Mr. Cat, are hiding next to Miss Fox. Although I look like this, I might actually be an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years..."
"Hey! Can it be like this?"
Listening to Dorothy's slightly joking words, Sarah said with some surprise, while the black cat on the other side blew a breath and spoke seriously.
"Since you have shown up like this, Miss Scholar, let's not talk about jokes any more. Let's get straight to the point...
"You asked us to come to Tivian because the Black Dream Hunters were about to make some big moves here, and they might be with the followers of the Lady of Pain... Now that some time has passed, have you investigated the specific situation?"
The Black Cat spoke to Dorothy in a very serious tone, saying that since no one who could make decisions had passed by here, he did not want to wait any longer, and what he wanted to do next was to learn more information from Dorothy.
"Our investigation has been ongoing, but although we have achieved some results, they are not enough to determine their specific intentions. However, we can now confirm that Heimeng and Bajian have indeed reached a certain degree of agreement and joined forces.
"Just yesterday, one of my friends encountered the leader of the Black Dream Hunters, Gu Mian, and is now trapped in the divine fog in the woods. Do you have any way to rescue him from the fog?"
Looking at the black cat in front of her, Dorothy spoke her words seriously. Listening to Dorothy's words, the black cat couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.
"Gu Mian... You said your friend was bewitched?! How could he survive like this? And he was trapped in a maze specially designed for Gu Mian!?"
Black Cat said with an incredible look on his face. After fighting the Black Dream Hunters for such a long time, he obviously knew the leader of the Black Dream Hunters, Gu Mian. He was very clear about the strength of the powerful veteran Chi Cheng, and it was very difficult for him to survive after encountering Gu Mian without any powerful life-saving trump card. Now the girl in front of him said that she had a friend who not only survived after encountering Gu Mian, but was also trapped in a maze designed by Gu Mian. It was like Gu Mian couldn't deal with her friend for a while, and couldn't gain a clear advantage in the battle and needed to design a trap.
What kind of friend is this? So strong? Could it be the golden strongman in the Rosicrucian? The girl in front of him called the golden being a "friend" who seemed to be of the same generation, so what was she herself...
For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through the Black Cat's mind. After a moment of calm, he looked at Dorothy and asked solemnly.
"Your friend... is he also in your group? Who is he? How did he get bewitched?"
"As for these questions... I don't mean that I can't fully answer you. I can only say that the friend is in a cooperative relationship with us but not a member of our alliance. According to her request, I can't reveal more to you. You just need to know that she is very powerful. If we can rescue her, it will add a lot of help to us.
"We now need more information about Black Dream and the so-called maze of the Dream Realm River. If possible, please tell us as much as possible. Don't worry, I have already done some poison prevention, so you can tell me as much as you want."
Dorothy spoke in silence while looking at the black cat in front of her. After a brief silence, the black cat spoke slowly with a serious expression.
"Gu Mian... was one of the three most respected 'Great Dream Awakeners' in Huanmeng Township. He was the first person to be influenced by the moth and the one who was most deeply influenced by it. He was also the core figure of the moth faction during the Black Dream Rebellion. It was because of his betrayal that Huanmeng Township was destroyed.
"Gu Mian was originally a devout follower of 'Butterfly', but for some unknown reason, he crossed the red line in the process of connecting with the Holy Cocoon Meditation, and came into contact with the will of the sleeping 'Moth', which should not have come into contact with him, and was passively eroded. After being eroded, Gu Mian still maintained his normal appearance during the day, but secretly transformed into Butterfly Dreamland. Cultivating his own power, he used his status and prestige to teach other middle and lower-level members of Butterfly Dreamland with wrong theories, so that they would accidentally come into contact with the Moth and be eroded into Gu Mian's secret companions.
"After a long period of operation, Gu Mian almost secretly controlled most of the Dreamland, and even many Castilian nobles related to the Dreamland. After the preparations were completed, Gu Mian led his followers to launch a large-scale Black Dream Rebellion, trying to seize control of the Dreamland. The sudden attack by the Moth Clan had a huge advantage. Many members of the Dreamland who were not corrupted died because of the premeditated sudden attack. Gu Mian and his men had a great advantage from the beginning. On the secular side, the nobles in Castilian who were influenced by the Dreamland also started a war, but the Moth Clan still had greater suppression power.
"Under the sudden attack of Gu Mian, one of the other two Great Dream Awakeners of Butterfly Dreamland was defeated. After the other one was injured, he saw that the situation was serious. In order to prevent him from using the branch connection as a channel to contaminate the Holy Cocoon and other people in the Dreamland on a large scale and assist the moth's erosion, he sacrificed himself and briefly awakened the will of the 'Butterfly' in the Holy Cocoon.
"Relying on the temporary awakening of the butterfly, the remnants of the Butterfly Dreamland repelled the Gu Sleep, and the Dream-Eating Path was destructively "sealed". The entire branch was attacked by the powerful divine power from the source, causing most of the extraordinary people on this branch to die instantly due to the violent spiritual power. When the Butterfly Dreamland was destroyed, all the polluted Moth Sects were buried with it. The originally prosperous Butterfly Dreamland was destroyed in a few moments... At first glance, it seems that there is no winner in this war.
"We originally thought that Gu Mian would die along with his followers due to the backlash of Zhitu, but what was shocking was that he actually abandoned Zhitu in his final moments and used some ancient secret method to transform himself into an extraordinary creature similar to an apostle, outside of Zhitu...
"A few decades after the end of the war, he recovered his vitality. After decades of searching, he found the weak remnants of the Butterfly Dreamland and destroyed it to completely control the Holy Cocoon. Then, he began to cultivate the false scale moth based on the secret method in his hands, and gradually established the Black Dream Hunting Group to help realize his vision of welcoming the arrival of the 'moth'..."
With a serious tone, the black cat spoke in a deep voice to Dorothy in front of him about the past of Dreamland and Gumian. Listening to the black cat's narration, Dorothy showed some interest in her eyes.
'Is this... the old grudge between the Little Fox Organization and the Black Dream Hunters? So that's what happened... That is to say, the current Dream Eater Road is extremely desolate, and the reason why Black Dream adopts a special pseudo-moth rebirth method to pass on the Dream of Butterfly Town is the destruction plan launched at the last moment of the Black Dream Rebellion... By summoning divine power to attack the source of the branch road, all the extraordinary people on the branch road were destroyed by shock... In that case, it is indeed the best way to scare both the enemy and the enemy to death, it is really cruel.
"But the people of Butterfly Dreamland didn't expect that Gumian had no way to escape to another branch. So although they destroyed almost all of the rebellious Moth Sect, they failed to destroy the most critical Gumian. After Gumian made a comeback, he faced the weak remnants of Butterfly Dreamland and easily seized the 'Cocoon'... Where did he get that secret method?"
Dorothy thought like this in her heart, and after thinking for a while, she looked at Gu Mian seriously again and said.
"I understand the specific situation... but I still have some small questions, for example... did you know about the existence of the moth's will in the cocoon before the Dreamland? How did Gu Mian get the secret method to transform himself into an extraordinary creature?"
"The existence of the dangerous will outside the butterfly in the holy cocoon was known to the upper echelons of Butterfly Dreamland at that time. Therefore, when they entered into a meditation connection with the holy cocoon, they would strictly restrain themselves and draw a red line to avoid touching the unknown areas in the holy cocoon. In theory, as one of the Great Dream Awakening Priests, Gu Mian should not make the mistake of accidentally crossing the line, because the process of his corruption is still a mystery. This is the same as the ancient secret method he said he mastered. Maybe only he knows the secret..."
The black cat continued to speak to Dorothy in a serious manner, and Dorothy nodded slightly after hearing it, and then continued to speak.
"Since the Holy Cocoon has been in Black Dream's hands for hundreds of years, can you confirm its current situation? Is Pan Moth about to emerge?"
After hearing Dorothy's question, the black cat paused for a moment, then continued in response.
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