When Ashley finished speaking, you could hear a pin drop.
Seeing the adults suddenly become so serious, the little tree people didn't dare to move. They leaned against the person closest to them and stayed quiet.
Lingling, who was at the center of the conversation, stared blankly at her grandmother with her eyes wide open. Ashley's slightly serious face was reflected in her clear pupils.
Love Lingling? Protect Lingling? Her own child?
Little Dumpling suddenly felt his eyes sore and swollen.
"Hmm?"
Tears rolled down Lingling's little face, and she hurriedly stretched out her little hand to wipe them away.
The little girl felt the teardrop and frantically tugged at the branch of Ashley in front of her and cried, "Grandma, Lingling's eyes are watering."
The adults came back to their senses and saw that the little girl had her eyes wide open and tears were rolling down her face.
Ashley's heart tightened, thinking that her tough attitude had frightened the child. She quickly picked up Lingling and gently wiped away her tears.
"Oh, baby, what happened? Did grandma scare you?"
Lingling leaned against Ashley obediently, tilted her wet little face up, and gave Ashley a sweet smile:
"No, Lingling seems very happy. But, for some reason, water is flowing out."
"promise--"
The little guy stretched out his little hands to show Ashley, and his pink palms were wet with tears.
This smiling look through tears made the adults feel so distressed, as if their hearts were stabbed by something sharp.
Thor didn't hesitate at all. While Lingling was in Ashley's arms and not looking at him, he recited the magic formula softly.
A few seconds later, a small, complex silver-white magic circle appeared on the ground.
Thor took out a small knife and cut his palm, letting the blood drip onto the magic circle.
Seeing this, Damon and Triton also directly formed sharp claws to cut their palms, and the blood from their palms dripped onto the magic circle summoned by Thor.
Seeing the blood being absorbed, the three began to repeat the oath that Ashley requested.
"I'm Thor the Elf/Treaton the Merman/Damon the Orc!"
"I swear on my life!"
"Throughout his life, he loved and protected Lingling, restrained and guided his people from harming her, and doted on her like his own child, until his death."
The magic circle flickered, becoming brighter and brighter.
Suddenly, there was a burst of dazzling light and then it disappeared.
The tree people elders knew that this was the fulfillment of the blood oath, and from now on these three people would be bound by this blood oath.
If they break their oath, they will be attacked by the magic circle and lose their lives.
Ashley also watched the actions of the three people quietly.
However, she blocked Lingling's view the entire time, and only revealed the little guy's face after the three of them completed the blood oath ceremony.
Lingling has stopped crying. The silent crying just now came and went quickly. Her heart is now full of happiness and touching.
Although Ashley blocked her view, she didn't cover her ears.
Therefore, Lingling still heard the oath of the three people clearly.
I heard that there was no movement around me and I could see everyone.
Little Dumpling did something that shocked everyone.
Lingling looked at the people behind her, raised four chubby fingers, and said seriously:
"Wo, Hua Lingling, send four!"
"I will be very, very, very good to everyone who loves Lingling! Very good!"
The little dumpling had a stern face, trying his best to convey his seriousness.
However, everyone stared at Lingling for a while, then smiled, a very bright smile.
Thor looked at Lingling tenderly and said, "Okay, okay, uncle will wait for Lingling to treat uncle well~"
Even Triton couldn't help but say, "I... no, the uncles will treat you well too."
Perhaps because it was rare for him to say such cheesy words, Triton's face turned slightly red.
Thor, who had discovered a new world, was so amused that he pointed at his face and laughed.
Everyone laughed along, and for a moment, the atmosphere, which had been somewhat serious due to the blood oath, instantly became warm.
Lingling also looked at her grandparents, uncles and brothers, who were the best people in the world, and smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed.
“Oh my!”
Lingling suddenly thought of something and kicked her little legs to signal Ashley to put her down.
Ashley was a little confused and asked softly, "Baby, what's wrong?"
Lingling pointed at the lake, looking eager to try, and said softly, "Lingling, let's perform for the uncles and Grandpa Damon~"
Ashley understood immediately, chuckled, put her on the ground, and said lovingly, "Okay, okay, I'll go see your Grandma Irene and the others by the way."
Damon had no idea what they were talking about, so he looked at Lingling and asked, "Lingling, what are you going to perform for Grandpa? No need to perform, Grandpa just needs to enjoy the scenery."
Damon subconsciously thought Lingling was going to sing and dance.
Thor understood something because he heard a familiar name.
Irene, a tree person from the western continent.
He looked at the short and stocky Lingling with complicated eyes.
After the little dumpling landed, she ran excitedly towards the stone platform in front, with Alphonse and Huhu chasing after her.
"Sister, slow down."
"Awoo! (I can definitely run faster than you!)"
Lingling rushed to the stone platform, giggling and hugging Huhu who rushed towards her, rubbing Huhu's furry head, then squatted down and shouted loudly to the adults who were stunned in their place:
"Uncles, grandpa and grandma, come quickly~ Lingling's performance is about to begin~"
The tree people, big and small, walked over leisurely.
Blue even pretentiously nudged Thor, who was still standing there, and said calmly, "Elf King, please let me pass."
Then he walked away in Thor's astonished eyes.
Orton followed, apologized to Thor, and walked up to the stone platform with some pride.
The proud tree people walked by one by one, and Thor, Triton and Damon also reacted and hurried to follow.
What's going on? It's weird.
They walked onto the stone platform and looked at Lingling, who was surrounded by the treeman elders.
Lingling poked her head out from between the tree people's trunks and greeted them cheerfully, "Uncle, you guys are so slow! Come on, stand in the middle."
The three of them looked at each other, wondering what the tree people were doing with Lingling, and why the performance was so mysterious.
"Okay, okay, grandpa will be right there." Damon responded loudly.
He, who had previously declined Lingling's performance, was the first to step forward.
No matter what, Lingling will perform if she wants to. Even if she doesn’t perform well, he will definitely praise her loudly.
Finally, only Thor and Triton were left.
Thor had already made some guesses, but Triton was as calm as ever.
Seeing that everyone was waiting for them, they didn't want to delay any longer, so they walked towards the center with their long legs.
Then, Lingling's little voice rang out: "Ready, set, start!"
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