Chapter 4: Twisted Wonderland
Zhou Yin ran behind the phantom beast for a while until he stopped deep in the dense and gloomy forest.
It was quiet here, and there were tall trees everywhere with dense leaves, which were so huddled together that they were dull and heavy, and not even light could penetrate.
Even the day is like night.
The phantom beast stopped panting, lay on the ground and began to rest, waiting for Zhou Yin behind him.
Who would have thought that as soon as it turned its head, it would meet Zhou Yin's eyes. "You, how come you are so fast? This shouldn't be the case. Are you also a lightning fairy?"
The Phantom Beast was very surprised. It walked up to Zhou Yin, circled around him a few times, and asked in surprise.
Zhou Yin did not answer in a hurry, but found a place with less weeds, sat down leisurely, and sighed comfortably.
"It was just a little trick. But who are you? Why did those fairies attack us?"
"Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Lightning, and as you can tell from the name, I am the embodiment of lightning disaster."
Lightning straightened his back with a serious look, trying to show the power of the lightning attribute.
But where he couldn't see, the tail was wagging like a rattle.
Zhou Yin was stunned. It seemed that apart from the fairies who were turned into phantom beasts by the queen, there were real phantom beasts in the fairyland, but Zhou Yin was not too surprised.
After all, what the River of Destiny passes on to the main body is only the plot of the entire Ye Luoli world, and does not include the plots that are not shown in the anime.
Zhou Yin sat cross-legged, controlling the urge to catch Lightning's tail, and coughed twice, "My name is Zhou Yin, born from the resentment of humans before death."
Lightning nodded, she was indeed a typical fairy of the night.
But Lightning was even more confused.
"Don't you know that the Dark Night Fairies are hostile to ordinary fairies? Have you never encountered this during your cultivation to become a fairy?"
“Ah, this…”
"I have been practicing in a remote area of the fairyland with some good friends, and I came out recently because of some things."
"So I don't know much about the current situation in Wonderland. I'm asking you to tell me about it."
Zhou Yin laughed and spoke evasively.
Perhaps it was because of the revolutionary friendship they had just experienced while escaping together, Lightning did not doubt him, but instead felt a little envious.
"You are so lucky. I wish I could be born in one of those places..."
Zhou Yin sat up a little straighter and became interested.
It seems that this so-called wonderland is not as beautiful as described in the anime.
"Since you don't know, I must give you some basic knowledge."
It was as if I had finally found a point where I could stand up straight in front of Funajima.
Lightning coughed twice and narrated slowly in the tone of Big Brother, revealing the unknown dark side of Wonderland for thousands of years.
“No one knows when the fairyland was born. But I heard that the newly born fairyland was different from the current one and was very harmonious.
At that time, there were all kinds of fairies, and everyone lived happily together.
But I don’t know when things started to become completely different.”
Lightning looked a little lonely, with his head slightly lowered.
“Everyone is in the form of an elf when they are first born, but as time goes by, the fairies born from the power of nature become more and more powerful.
As the environment changes, some plant fairies disappear as the plants that gave birth to them die...
It didn't take long for a strict hierarchy to take shape in Wonderland.
The big fairy is superior to the small fairy, and the small fairy is superior to the elf.
The big fairies don't care about the lives of the little fairies, and the little fairies oppress the elves wantonly.
On the contrary, during the ice age in the human world, the Ice Princess's power was well-known in Wonderland.
Even though the ice age caused the extinction of many plant fairies and elves, the fairies still respected the Ice Princess very much.
On the other hand, although many fairies possessed convenient magical powers, they still enslaved many elves to go to their manors as servants.
But this is not terrible. What is terrible is that most elves are proud to be able to enter the manor of a powerful fairy and serve as slaves.
I really don't understand why anyone would be proud to be someone else's slave and live a precarious life. "
The sound of lightning was full of anger and helplessness.
“Wonderland is supposed to be a fairytale world, but I don’t know when it became so distorted, and everyone agrees with this rule.”
For self-protection and for peace of mind.
Zhou Yin didn't say anything, but he came to a conclusion in his heart.
The fairies and elves have no way to resist the accidents brought by the powerful fairies, so they must choose a strong safe haven for themselves.
Knowing that her behavior was not recognized by others, it so happened that many fairies made the same choice as her.
So they gathered together to tell more fairies how wonderful their choice was.
Because of being a slave, he gained security.
Because of being a slave, he gained dignity.
Because he was a slave, he was superior to others.
Gradually, the fairies no longer thought there was anything wrong with this.
There is nothing wrong with self-protection, but it is wrong to wantonly publicize this behavior of abandoning dignity.
"There is another kind of fairy in the fairyland, just like us..."
Lightning looked at Zhouyin, then raised his paw and looked at it again.
"Born from the power of disaster."
“We are different from pure nature fairies.
Compared to the purity and complexity of the power of nature fairies, our power is more about destruction.
So we are also called the Night Fairies.
Dark night fairies like us are naturally stronger than ordinary fairies because of the power of our birth.
And because they possess the power of destruction, they can easily cause horrific damage.
So those ordinary fairies are both afraid of our power and hate our existence.
They misinterpreted us as dark fairies, considered us aliens, and excluded us.
But they themselves are also ignored by the arrogant fairies.
Everyone is discriminated against and hates discrimination, but they still enjoy discriminating against others. "
The lightning paused.
“No one wants to be discriminated against, some people choose to remain silent, while others choose to resist.
It’s a pity that although we are strong, we are not strong enough.
It is neither strong enough to suppress all voices of dissatisfaction, nor weak enough to calmly accept the fate of being excluded.
In the end, we only had one choice - to move to a deserted corner of wonderland."
Lightning looked around, his heart filled with sadness.
The dense and gloomy forest where not even the sun can penetrate, the air is damp and cold, and filled with fog. Every step I take makes me wonder where the future will lead.
It's hard to imagine any living thing living in a place like this.
"As you can see, the depths of the forest, the underground mines, and the uninhabited desert have become our last refuges."
"But even so, those fairies who claim to be noble still refuse to let us go."
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