Chapter 609: Helpless Flowers Fall (7,000-word chapter)
[Chapter Heading Serialization·Heart Pirates 17·"Heading to Swallow Island"]
[Luo (Rosinante) and Rosinante (Luo) explained that their souls were swapped by the Operation Fruit, but Baby5 was still shocked - do you think that if you just explain it casually, others will accept it? ! ? However, the two of them did not seem to consider whether she could accept it or not, and calmly rowed the spare boat stolen from the warship...] -
"Here comes with bad intentions."
In the underground cave, the headless Xingtian sat on the ground, listening to Xianglian's story of thirty years ago. After hearing that Lily failed to assassinate the previous king, the previous king actually invited Lily to the palace for a talk...
"I'm afraid this banquet is not a good one." Robin's slightly dull voice came from under Xing Tian's clothes.
Xianglian had a blank expression on her face. “I advised her like this, but she didn’t listen and went anyway.”
Bang! Bang! Bang! ... There were crashing sounds in the cave. Xiangchun frowned and looked at the mute who was banging his head against the stone wall. The mute was already bleeding profusely, and suddenly his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
"What's wrong with him?" Xing Tian turned around and took a look.
Xiang Chun said disdainfully: "Who cares! Maybe he has done too many bad things around Black Dragon and his brain has gone bad."
Xianglian lowered his eyes and continued to tell the story from thirty years ago...
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[The kingdom of flowers, the capital of water, the imperial palace. ]
[Lily and her adopted sister Xianglian came to the palace for a banquet. ]
[Wherever they went, no palace warrior dared to approach within twenty steps, as if they were not two beautiful women, but a beautiful woman and a beast covered in the skin of a beautiful woman.]
[Lily holds the long sword at her waist with one hand and supports her slender waist with the other, walking calmly.]
【Xiang Lian had a blank expression on his face, always alert to everything around him. When he saw those nervous black-armored warriors, he looked disdainful, but also somewhat pleased.】
[Seeing that the female assassin actually came as promised, the king breathed a sigh of relief. ]
[However, the first thing the female assassin said when they met was not about the topic of the banquet, but she asked with interest: "Can I see the God Infant Fruit Tree?"]
[The king said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid that won't work."]
[Xiang Lian said sarcastically: "Do you really think of this as your own home?"]
[“Why are you still so obsessed with something that happened three hundred years ago?” The king sighed, “If there is another dispute, the only ones who will suffer are ordinary people!”]
[Lily looked at the king and frankly admitted: "You are not much stronger than me, but I can't kill you either."]
[The king bowed and complimented, "Women are just as good as men. Lady Lily is a true hero."]
[“But, you should have brought the ‘Colorful World’ here as well, right?” Lily said, “I want to see it with my own eyes.”]
【“The colorful world?” The king was puzzled. 】
[Xiang Lian gave him a cold look, "It's the 'Feng Yue Palace'!"]
[“Oh, that’s it.” The king understood, but was even more confused. He shook his head and said, “It’s just a place full of withered bones and statues. It can’t be considered a palace. There are no flowers or grass, so it can’t be considered a world of luxury.”]
[Lily said: "In the story I heard, Princess Lily from more than 300 years ago loved that place, so I want to see it with my own eyes. Is that not possible?"]
[“Yes, of course.” The king touched the scar on his face. There was still a wound on his head left by Lily when the dragon horn was cut off. He smiled and said, “Please follow your wishes.”]
[In the corner, Prince Jin's eyes showed fear.]
[“Prince, why did you lie to me!?” At this time, a short middle-aged man came running over from a distance, crying. Prince Jin kicked him over, stepped on him, pulled out the short middle-aged man’s tongue, and said viciously: “What are you yelling about? You don’t want to live anymore, right?!”]
[The short middle-aged man tried to yell but couldn't speak clearly. Prince Jin became impatient and pulled out a dagger from his bosom, cutting off the short middle-aged man's tongue with one blow.]
[A drop of blood splashed onto Prince Jin's vicious cheek and slowly slid down.]
[He looked at the figure leaving with his father, his eyes full of dissatisfaction... This woman must not be allowed to stay! ]
[If I leave this woman behind, and wait until my father dies, I will be the one who suffers in the future...]
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〖Water City——〗
A black dragon was tumbling in the dark cloudy sky. Common people were kneeling in the streets and alleys in fear. The Dragon Flag Army was passing by everywhere.
"The remnants of the Demon Alliance are still ruthless..."
A ferocious dragon head poked out from the dark clouds and said coldly, "This time I swear to kill all these evildoers to prevent the lives of the people in the Flower Kingdom from being destroyed again..."
"The Lord is wise..."
"The Lord's grace is immense..."
There were bursts of shouts from the streets and alleys.
Among the people kneeling on the street, a little boy was shaking with fear and was about to cry out.
"Um?"
A soldier from the Dragon Flag Army was walking down the street and noticed something strange in the crowd.
The mother next to the little boy covered his mouth tightly and shouted even louder: "The king is wise! The king's grace is great..."
The Dragon Flag Army saw nothing unusual and passed by.
"The Lord is wise..."
The pious voices on the ground did not calm the anger in the king's heart.
He thought that since he had gotten rid of that woman named Lily, he could rest easy! Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? There were still those remnants of the demon alliance who not only did not give up completely, but were so bold as to burn down the divine infant fruit tree...
These people are really crazy! I can't use the God Infant Fruit Tree after burning it, but what about you? Even if you have a one in a billion chance of overthrowing the Black Dragon's rule, then what? This God Tree left over from the previous dynasty, if it's destroyed, it's really destroyed!
Hateful! Hateful! ...
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[Hateful woman...]
[At the banquet, Prince Jin sat quietly beside his father, listening to his father's conversation while eating silently. From time to time, he secretly glanced at the female assassin who was eating heartily, sneering in his heart.]
[Xiang Lian seemed to have heard something ridiculous. He leaned on the dining table in front of him and glared at the king. “Did I hear it right? What did you just say?!”]
[Lily ate cheerfully while looking at the king. ]
[The king took a sip from the cup, and hit the edge of the gilded bowl with his chopsticks, making a crisp sound. He sighed and said, "I mean, continuing to be entangled in this life-and-death feud will not benefit you. For us, it will be worrying and distressing for generations. For the people of the entire Flower Kingdom, it is even more miserable..."]
[“You guys are to blame for all this!!” Xianglian scolded, “Excessive taxes, corrupt officials, and allowing the Dragon Flag Army to harm the people! More than three hundred years ago, it was you who plotted against the Flower Kingdom’s royal family and stole the treasure! Now it’s us who are causing you trouble… What is this so-called ‘fear’? The people are suffering…” She sneered, “Are they living well now?!”]
[“Okay, okay, what’s the point of talking about this now? We’re just sticking to our own opinions!” The king waved his sleeves and sighed, “The past is gone, who can tell right from wrong?”]
[Xiang Lian slammed the table and angrily said: "Bullshit! How can there be no right or wrong?!"]
[A pair of chopsticks stopped Xianglian, who wanted to overturn the table and kill the king. She glared angrily at Lily, who was holding chopsticks beside her.]
[Pah, pah, Lily Sora picked up her chopsticks twice, looked at the king and said, "Let him finish what he is saying."]
[The king smiled slightly, sighed, and said, "I am afraid of the heroine's overwhelming power. I don't want to fight you anymore... I am also tired. The grievances of the past three hundred years must come to an end. Therefore, this king proposed..."]
[He raised a finger, "As long as you can find the symbol of this country, the national treasure - flowers and fruits," pointing to the heroic and extraordinary lily, "then I will respectfully abdicate and return the great treasure to..."]
[The king looked between Lily and Xianglian and asked with a smile: "Princess Lily's bloodline should still be alive, right?"]
[“Maybe, maybe not.” Xianglian looked at him coldly and said disdainfully, “Do you think we will believe this kind of bullshit agreement? Don’t dream——”]
[“Okay.” Lily smiled and said, “I’ll go and retrieve the national treasure, and Black Dragon will get out of that position. Is that a deal?”]
【“How about we high-five to swear an oath?” The king said with a smile. 】
[Lily stood up, waved her hand, and left with Xianglian...]
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[After leaving the palace, Xianglian could no longer bear it. With tears in his eyes, he stared at Baihe and pushed her hard, cursing, “Have you lost your mind? Do you believe that nonsense?!”]
【Lily fell to the ground and didn't answer for a long time. Xianglian was sad and disappointed, and turned away in anger.】
【"hiss……"】
[Lily lies on the ground, clutching her broken bones that have yet to heal, and mutters, "It still hurts... Hey, where's the person?"]
[She sat up and found that Xianglian had disappeared.]
【Lily sat alone for a long time.】
[Xiang Lian was alone and sulking, and when he came to his senses, he found that his sister was nowhere to be found. ]
[She...she really left the Kingdom of Flowers?!]
【Xiang Lian couldn't believe it.】
[The feud between us and the Black Dragon is endless! Can we resolve the conflict with just an agreement? How naive do you have to be to believe in such a fantasy?! ]
[In the Burial Flower Valley, Xianglian was alone and angry, cursing at his sister-in-law for having a brain problem under the cold moonlight.]
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“This is it.”
As the night deepened, the psychic grandma and Ayu brought Lynch and Robin to a valley.
The valley was in such a state of disrepair that there wasn't even a blade of grass.
The cold wind is faint and weeping, chilling me to the bone.
Robin glanced at the bottom of the valley and said in amazement: "Where is this place?"
Ayu hugged her arms and trembled a little. Seeing this, Robin squatted down and gently embraced her.
"It's here..." Ah Yu closed her eyes tightly, but finally opened them again. Soon, a phantom flew out of her body. It was the ghosts, bones, and rotten corpses... piled up like a mountain, filled with an atmosphere of great terror, great desolation, great sorrow, and great desolation. In Robin's eyes, these piled-up souls and the valley in front of him were perfectly matched, as if they were already here.
The psychic grandma sighed, "This is the Buried Flower Valley. The place where everything is buried..."
Robin looked at the thin little girl in his arms and asked, "Did you come here out of curiosity after hearing the stories here, and accidentally stimulate the shadows of those ghosts?"
Ayu nodded.
The psychic grandmother walked to the bottom of the valley. "More than three hundred years ago, there was a city here. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Flowers at that time, that is, the Capital of Flowers..."
Lynch and Robin, who was holding Yu's hand, followed behind. Passing by them were barren rocks, ruins, embers, and the gradually disappearing phantoms of bones, rotting corpses, and ghosts created by Yu.
"Later, the black dragon destroyed everything here, and moved away everything..." The psychic grandmother sighed as she walked, "It's gone, nothing is left. In the end, only this barren valley is left. There is also the blood and corpses of countless heroes of the Bamboo League buried here over the past three hundred years... and perhaps the aspirations they sacrificed for. Everything is buried here."
"That's why this place is called Buried Flower Valley..." Robin followed behind, "But, 'move away'? Can the black dragon move a city?"
"It's not a city. It's mainly because the palace was moved." The psychic grandma looked into the distance in the dim night, "It's now the palace of the Water City..."
She shook her head and said, "For mortals, it is impossible to move mountains. But for a mythical creature like a black dragon, it seems that even moving an island into the air is nothing."
Robin nodded wordlessly.
Looking at the quiet Flower Burial Valley in the night, she couldn't help but take Lin Qi's hand and hold it gently.
Lynch didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't say much along the way. Robin couldn't even see much sadness in his eyes. It seemed as if he was just a bystander.
"Let's go down and take a look." Lynch said after reaching the bottom of the valley.
The psychic grandma was a little surprised. After carefully sensing the energy underground, she discovered something and nodded and sighed, "They are indeed here... This is the only place where they can stay."
Only Ayu looked puzzled. Robin looked down at their feet and saw that dozens of meters below the ground was the underground cave where the Headless Xingtian, whom she controlled, was currently located.
At this moment, through the flower ear in Xingtian's collarbone, Robin clearly heard Xianglian's angry and resentful scolding in the underground cave...
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"Idiot! Idiot! Such an idiot!"
Xianglian finished recounting what happened in the past. When he mentioned Lily's leaving without saying goodbye, he was still furious and his face turned red. He cursed angrily, "You are so stupid and naive! You actually believed that bullshit agreement. It's been 30 years and you never came back. You are such a bastard!"
Xiangchun advised: "Okay, big sister, it's been so long, don't be angry..."
Xianglian glared at Xiangchun angrily, and the latter immediately shut up.
The underground cave fell silent again, leaving only Xianglian's angry panting and the groaning of the mute as he slowly woke up in a pool of solidified blood.
No one paid any attention to the mute for the time being.
Robin sighed softly, controlled the flower mouth in Xingtian's abdomen, and slowly said to Xianglian: "Lily is dead."
All sounds stopped abruptly.
Xiangchun turned his head to look at the headless monster. Xianglian was completely stunned, as if struck by lightning, and then her eyes gradually turned red, with bloodshot eyes appearing. Her teeth creaked, her breathing became heavier, and she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth: "This, can't, be--"
Xing Tian stood up and sighed, "He died of illness. That was almost ten years ago."
“This is impossible!!”
Xianglian blurted out, took a deep breath, and looked at the headless weirdo coldly, "Died of illness? Who are you fooling? She is like that - she will never get sick, how could she die of illness?!"
Xing Tian said: "She was buried in Lasgapu, the island closest to the Grand Route in the West Sea..."
After telling Xianglian the address of the small village, Xingtian said, "Her tomb is over there. There are some wild flowers around it. She would probably like it very much."
"I told you, I don't believe it." Xianglian's expression was cold. "Who are you?"
"Sister..." At this time, Xiangchun suddenly spoke, his voice trembling a little.
Xianglian stared at her, but saw that her second sister's face was pale, staring blankly at the dumb old man sitting in a pool of coagulated and sticky blood, sighing and beating his bloody head...
"Sister, why would he help us?" Xiangchun murmured, "I thought he was just afraid of death...but since a while ago, every time we talked about lilies, he hurt himself like crazy..."
“……!?” Xianglian’s pupils suddenly contracted.
"Ah ah!" Upon hearing this, the mute old man shrank his body and tried to hit the ground with his head again.
Suddenly, an arm emerged from the ground and pressed down on the mute's head to stop him.
The mute looked as if he had seen a ghost. He looked at the hand growing out of the ground and screamed “Ahhh” in panic.
Xianglian seemed to have seen something incredible and stood there in disbelief.
"National treasure, flowers and fruits..."
Such a sound came from under Xingtian's clothes, and then his whole body disintegrated and turned into petals all over the sky, which fluttered in this underground cave.
"Lily has indeed been found." The second half of the sentence came from somewhere else.
In the secret passage leading to the Buried Flower Valley, the psychic grandma, Ayu, Lin Qi and Robin walked down slowly, and the second half of the sentence was said by Robin himself.
The petals fluttered in all directions. The mute looked panicked. Xiangchun was stunned. Xianglian's lips trembled and tears suddenly welled up. Ah Yu was also stunned and looked up at Robin, who just smiled and touched her head. Lin Qi didn't react. The psychic grandmother looked at the fluttering petals and burst into tears. She sighed and said, "Flower-Flower Fruit, Flower-Flower Fruit... National treasure, it has finally returned to the land of the Kingdom of Flowers. Flower-Flower Fruit... Princess Lily, did you see it?"
The old lady knelt down tremblingly, crying sadly.
Xianglian and Xiangchun looked in a daze at Kujo Xu Lun who had emerged from the crowd. The latter raised her hand and many petals emerged, and several white and slender arms grew out from her elbows.
Robin said: "As you can see, I am the user of the Flower-Flower Fruit."
Without waiting for everyone to react, she pointed at the panic-stricken mute over there, and next to the mute, a large group of petals rose from the ground and condensed into another identical mute old man.
"Thank God, it really is the Flower Fruit!" The psychic grandma cried, "This is the power of the national treasure... the colorful world..."
"His tongue was broken a long time ago, so there is no way to reproduce the complete one..."
Robin said, removing the severed tongue from the mouth of the mute of his Hua Zizai clone and flying it into the mouth of the dumb person who was stunned. "But in this case, you can still speak again."
The psychic grandmother wiped her eyes and sighed, "Xianglian, I think I understand why you hate Lily... I can't ask you not to hate her for leaving and never coming back, but what I can tell you is that she has been a little beggar begging for food everywhere since she was a child. When she was as old as Ah Yu, she had already seen the warmth and coldness of the world... I only raised her for a year, but I know very well that she is not the kind of naive girl who would put her hopes on someone who is obviously not trustworthy..."
“……” Xianglian’s lips trembled, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn’t help but take two steps back.
Xiangchun asked the mute, "Why on earth are you willing to help us?"
The mute's mouth was trembling and he was in pain.
"I noticed it when I first met you..." Lin Qi spoke for the first time. Everyone in the cave turned their eyes to him. He pointed at the dumb old man and asked curiously, "You seem to be scared when you see my face?"
The mute's body was shaking, and he was about to bang his head against the wall, but Xianglian appeared and grabbed him.
Xianglian's ferocious expression was as if he wanted to eat someone. He glared at the mute viciously and asked with gritted teeth: "What on earth... happened... Tell me now!!"
“I…I…”
The mute actually spoke. Although the half tongue that had been connected didn't fit properly and his speech was a little lisp, he did speak clearly, "It's pollen...it's pollen..."
"pollen?"
Robin was surprised, as far as she knew, that was the secret medicine used by the Dragon Flag Army to fight for their lives, a poison that overdrafted vitality in exchange for explosive power.
The former imperial physician, the mute, shed tears of blood, holding his head in agony and saying, "The prince said that it was for research, in order to prevent the soldiers from suffering such sacrifices... so he asked me to reduce the toxicity of the pollen... In the end, I produced a failed product, which not only failed to stimulate a stronger power, but was also a chronic poison... After taking it, you will definitely die after a few years..."
"What did you say!?"
Xianglian was struck by lightning. His body swayed twice, and he staggered backwards, falling to the ground, muttering to himself, "But... at that time... I also ate those..."
"It was on..." The mute pounded his bloody head in pain, "on her cutlery..."
"Sister..." Xiangchun looked at Xianglian worriedly. The latter sat on the ground with empty eyes and remained silent for a long time, as if her soul was drained out.
At this moment, Robin picked up a piece of broken stone and quickly drew on the ground, stroke by stroke, the image of a woman laughing brightly.
Xianglian, who was sitting in a daze, moved his eyes at this time. When he saw the woman sketched with just a few strokes on the ground, he let out a sad whimper from deep in his throat and choked.
"This is what Lily looked like in the photo on her tombstone..."
Robin leaned over and touched Yu's head. "Can you please use your ability to summon her phantom? If it is the Phantom Fruit, it should be able to bring back Lily's shadow briefly, even if it's only for a few seconds..."
A Yu silently looked at the laughing woman's face which was outlined with a few strokes on the ground and nodded vigorously.
She squatted down, gently reached out to touch it, and then pursed her lips...
Suddenly, a phantom, like moonlight, flew out of her body and appeared in this underground cave.
The mute was so scared that he screamed and rubbed his feet on the ground.
Xiangchun was stunned, "This is my sister's sister..."
The psychic grandma looked at the phantom and sighed.
"Thank you." Robin hugged Ayu, who looked up with wide eyes at the phantom of the woman he had summoned.
Lily in her phantom form was much younger than the one Robin had seen on the tombstone. She had more youthful energy and looked more energetic... However, she didn't seem to be in a good mood.
Lily in the illusion seemed to be looking back at something, and she raised her foot and stepped on something in the air. Judging from the amplitude of the shaking, it seemed to be the edge of a small boat.
This was a replay of the moment she left the Flower Kingdom...and realization dawned on Robin.
Phantom Lily looked back, scratched her head and said to herself, "Really... Xiao Lianlian has no confidence in me?"
"Of course I won't believe the black dragon's lies... But, I can't improve my strength if I stay in the Kingdom of Flowers. I have to go out and try my luck!"
She clenched her fist and snorted, "Just wait for me, damn black dragon! When I come back, I will definitely beat you to a pulp!"
"But..." Phantom Lily jumped to the side and seemed to board a boat. She opened her arms and looked into the distance with a bright smile. "What kind of national treasure is it that Princess Lily couldn't find? I am indeed interested in it! Hehe... Maybe next time I come back, I will bring back a handsome and powerful son. Who knows what will happen in the future! Right?"
"Ranger Lily..."
The flower-like woman looked back, pointed her finger at her forehead and waved it gently, "Today I'm going to go somewhere farther to do justice! Hehehe..."
The last smile on her face gradually faded away as the phantom...
Behind the dissipated phantom was Xianglian, whose face was already in tears. She was crying so hard that she had difficulty breathing. Xiangchun, who was beside her, wiped her eyes, hurriedly supported her elder sister, and gently patted her back.
“Sister Lily… Sister Lily…” Xianglian burst into tears. Xiangchun had never seen her elder sister so fragile, so helpless, and crying so pitifully, like a little girl who regretted doing something wrong. She cried bitterly, “I’m so sorry! Ahhhhhhhh!!!”
Xianglian pounded his head desperately, wishing he could slap himself to death with one blow.
The sound of weeping blood and crying echoed in this underground cave.
The psychic grandma wiped her tears, sighed deeply, and murmured: "My good girl..."
Bang, bang, bang! Xianglian slapped his head, and Xiangchun was at a loss. At this time, Robin reached out and grabbed Xianglian's wrist, sighing: "Don't do this..."
Xianglian cried so hard that she was unrecognizable and let her hold her.
Robin wiped his eyes and turned back to say, "Lin——"
She was startled to find that Lynch was no longer in the underground cave.
Ayu said timidly: "He went out just now when you were drawing her... Brother Giorno, doesn't he want to know these things?"
"No……"
Robin showed a complicated smile, "I think that's because he and Lily are very similar... so he can know what Lily was thinking at the time without seeing the apparition appear..."
"Huh?" Ah Yu was surprised. "Why is that?"
"Because..." Robin said softly, "His name is actually Lynch, and he's Lily's child."
I wrote this paragraph in one go, and I think it would be better to read it all at once, so I won’t divide it into chapters…
(End of this chapter)