The starry kingdom, Galaxia.
Seven o'clock in the evening was the busiest time on the Central Avenue Pedestrian Street, with people thronging and jostling each other. Felix saw children in battle uniforms running past him, and then he suddenly realized that today was the Battle Dance Festival.
The origin of the War Dance Festival is the first Duke of Vosloda. As the chief legend of the Golden Star Dynasty, the first Duke is not only an undefeated commander and a brave general, but also the source of courage for millions of soldiers on the battlefield.
On the eve of every war, the first Duke would build a high platform, put on a ferocious ghost mask, and cover his body with armor. As the military band beat the war drums and the war songs resounded through the starry sky, the Duke would stand on the high platform holding two swords, dancing with weapons, promising victory, and inspiring the whole army to fight with his sword dance!
From then on, the war dance became a traditional art of the Star Army. The people also celebrated the decisive battle day of the last war of the Golden Star Dynasty as a festival. On this day, there were war dance performances all over the country. On the 100th anniversary of the Golden Star Dynasty, the War Dance Festival was officially designated as an official holiday. Later, because many children liked to dance the war dance with the performers, parents gradually began to dress their children in exquisite and beautiful war clothes on this day, allowing them to play as much as they wanted on this day. Over the past hundreds of years, it has become a traditional custom.
Not only children, but also many young boys, girls and adults would put on battle uniforms. For ordinary people and most magicians, they might never have the chance to wear battle uniforms and fight in their lifetime. The War Dance Festival was one of the few opportunities for them to experience war.
Recalling last year's War Dance Festival, Felix was still taking care of the comatose Ash, while Sonia and the others were planning to shatter the starry sky. It was then that she realized that only one year had passed. Looking back now, she felt that the peaceful life she had spent in the stars was like a lifetime ago.
Perhaps it was because what happened this year was more exciting than what she had experienced in the past twenty years. It was as if she was born into this world just for this year. After seeing the most brilliant fireworks, even the twinkling stars seemed dim.
"Are you so disappointed that the expected thing didn't happen?" The veiled Deda Rose suddenly asked.
"What?"
"Last night, you were pulled into the realm of thought that they mentioned so many times. You were actually looking forward to it, right? When you saw Ash, if I hadn't supported you..."
"No way!" Felix retorted anxiously, "I was just scared when I saw him! He dragged us in without even saying hello...even including you, Miss Lena, the trash can!"
"In fact, when you found out that I was here, you should have realized that nothing would happen." Deda Rose said slowly, "It would be better if something happened, so that you wouldn't be as upset as you are now."
Last night, Freya, Shifrin, Annan, Tamashi, Felix and Deda Rose were all pulled into the realm of thoughts by Ash and established a bond with him.
However, this time Ash was very serious. After explaining the World Devouring Serpent, the stars, and the content of the mission to them in detail, he ended the long-awaited conversation, and nothing that they had long expected happened.
According to Ash, he and Sword Princess had not rested for a minute these days. All their time, energy and resources were spent on constructing the spell. It was not completed until last night, and everyone had to continue to check for deficiencies and make up for them. He did not promise anything, because even if this incident did not happen, Freya and the others would still be able to get Ash's help when they were promoted to demigods.
He simply held out his palms to everyone and said, "Please be my strength once again, just like before."
When the seven hands were put together, Felix and the others returned to reality. The sorceresses from different countries gathered together again because of this promise.
Felix wanted to continue to refute Deda Rose, but at this time Deda Rose dragged him to the store next door to buy two cups of taro bubble milk tea. Miss Vosloda held the warm milk tea, lowered her head and bit the straw, and the impatience in her heart gradually dissipated, replaced by annoyance for some reason, and said sullenly: "Only Miss Lena will find it."
"Is it just me who noticed?"
Deda Rose's expression was quite subtle:
"There were only two people with glaring eyes in the field of longing last night. One was Miss Freya who rushed over and hugged Ash at the beginning. I won't say who the other one was."
"Really?" Felix felt the blood vessels on his face getting hot. "Not really, right?"
"Why do you think you have the same jewelry marks as them? And you happen to have the habit of wearing necklaces." Deda Rose smiled and said, "Even Ash can see it."
“Even Ash can see it…” Felix weakly covered his face and said, “What’s the difference between this and writing it on their faces! They must be laughing at me in their hearts!”
“The milk tea in this shop is pretty good.”
“Forget it.” Felix quickly calmed down and sipped his milk tea fiercely. “Anyway, I will just complete his mission honestly, and then redeem this favor when I become a demigod in the future. Then I will have nothing to do with him anymore.”
"There is no trace of hell now. If you want to be promoted to demigod, you can only enter the Seventh Heaven and become an angel." Deda Rose glanced at her: "Let's not talk about whether there will be other gods in the future, but if Ash invites you to be his angel, will you refuse?"
"...Even if I become his angel, it doesn't mean I will have anything to do with him. I will just continue to work for him like before." Felix glanced at the lanterns hanging on the street: "I have made up my mind to pursue power, dedicate my life to magic, and explore the limits of truth. No matter how those emotions arise, I will suppress them. Anyway...he has so many lovers, he won't notice me."
I couldn't hear the determination, but I could hear the love mixed with grievance... Deda Rose thought for a moment and asked, "Then can your child with him also be nameless and have no status?"
"Even if I have no name or status, I will be good... What child!?"
Felix suddenly realized what he was saying halfway through, and said with a red face, "I've already said that I won't have any relationship with him, let alone have any children! And it should be difficult for a high-level magician to reproduce!"
"I don't doubt that you are serious about your vows now, but it is helpless to lose control of yourself when you are confused by love." Deda Rose glanced at her: "When Ash disappeared before, you always regretted that you couldn't follow Sword Princess and the others into the Seventh Heaven, right? Even if you repeatedly denied your feelings, you still couldn't help but long for a chance to burn for love... Only in this way can you feel the meaning of your life."
"I thought you were different from Irina, but it turns out you're both the type who throw yourself into a flame, knowing that the fire will burn you, yet you're fascinated by the pain."
"Mother?" Felix was startled.
"Have you ever thought about this question?" Deda Rose said, "Beverly and your father were childhood sweethearts. Before they met Irina, they were the model couple that everyone in Galashi admired. Irina is not unaware of your father's identity, which means...she is very clear that she is the third party."
"But it's also the man's fault," Felix said immediately. "If he hadn't been so indecisive—"
"In fact, there was a period of time when Irina and Beverly were very good friends." Deda Rose suddenly revealed a bombshell: "The three of them studied together, traveled together, whispered in the library, and talked under the stars... Vosloda and Irina once tried to keep their distance and tried to regard each other as good friends who had lived and died together."
Felix was fascinated. "And then?"
Deda Rose said: "I don't know the specific details, but Irina told me that when she and Vosloda decided to be together, Beverly personally asked her, "Can you really feel happy from the bottom of your heart if you take happiness away from me and take it for yourself?"
"Mother...how do you answer?"
"She told Vosloda about it and said, 'Of course I can't do such a thing and feel happy from the bottom of my heart.'"
"So they separated?"
"If they broke up, how could you still be there?" Deda Rose smiled: "Vosloda also thought she refused, but Irina continued, "As long as I can be with you, I don't care even if this happens." "
Felix was stunned, feeling mixed emotions for a moment.
Although she always blamed her father, didn't she hate her mother at all? How could it be possible? She always called Deda Rose Miss Lena instead of Aunt, which implicitly showed her resistance to her mother.
On countless sleepless nights, she pulled up the quilt to cover herself, as if she was lying in her mother's arms, until her tears soaked the pillow. Why did you give birth to me, why did you leave me, why don't you love me, those screams echoed in the quilt, and gradually she stopped making any sound; the pillow was filled with tears that never dried up, and gradually she stopped crying.
She gradually became a quiet adult, but her hatred for her father became deeper and deeper, and she even joined the Four Pillars of God just to destroy the Starry Kingdom that her father valued. But did she also add her hatred for her mother to her father? Even she herself couldn't tell.
但随着黛达萝丝的娓娓道来，菲利克斯仿佛能看见一位明眸皓齿的少女，她古灵精怪，灵动可爱，像太阳一样热情炽烈，连掩饰自己都做不到……她曾经想过接受意难平的命运，但最终还是宁愿对抗一切也要死死抓住自己的幸福，她就是那种倔强到自己选择的路跪着也要走完的人。
她的母亲，曾经跟她一样年轻。
“伏斯洛达跟伊莉娜曾经抛下一切私奔过，”黛达萝丝继续用若无其事的语气爆出猛料：“可惜后面发生了两件小事。”
“什么小事？”
“第一件事是你从未见过的叔叔死了，第二件事你从未见过的爷爷病危了。”黛达萝丝说道：“本来就算他跑了，伏斯洛达还有你叔叔当继承人，然而你的叔叔在深渊冒险里意外遇险了，然后你的爷爷老公爵在虚境探索里受到重创，灵魂近乎寂灭，躺在**几乎什么都做不了。”
“伏斯洛达是实在没办法才回来，他回到迦乐世当天老公爵就让他跟贝弗莉成婚，然而他坚持不继承爵位，一直拖延到三年后老公爵寿终正寝。”
菲利克斯若有所思：“帝弥大我三岁……”
“我其实怀疑过你叔叔的遇害是不是跟贝弗莉有关，毕竟只有这样才能逼你父亲回去。”黛达萝丝感叹道：“贝弗莉也是那种飞蛾扑火的女人，不燃烧殆尽都不甘心。”
手里的奶茶只余下淡淡的温暖，菲利克斯抬头看向星空，漫天星光仿佛往她眼眸坠落。
她想起母亲小时候给她说过的童话，死去的人没有离开，而是化作星辰在夜空庇佑着地上的亲人。
所以，父亲，母亲，你们在注视着我吗……？
菲利克斯忽然噗嗤一声笑了，自言自语道：“术师可不能这么幼稚啊。”
她长长呼出一口气，收回视线看向眼前人声鼎沸的街道，嘴角微微上翘，一口气将奶茶喝光。
总有些人是你不得不和解的，因为不跟他们和解，你的人生根本无从谈起。
“那么，我该怎么办才好？”她看向黛达萝丝：“小姨。”
星空下第一美人微微一怔，旋即面纱下笑容绽放，亲昵地挽住菲利克斯的手，“放心，我会帮你的。”
“现在我们先完成任务，”她抬头看向矗立在步行街尽头的大教堂，戴紧亚修送的白手套：“七重天堂，才是我们的战场。”
虚翼，展开！
菲利克斯与黛达萝丝飞到教堂顶端的钟堂上，街上行人无一不抬起头仰望她们。本来传奇虚翼和圣域虚翼对普通人来说就难得一见，而她们斑斓尾羽，更是令天上地下黯然失色。
众人呆呆注视她们，被妖冶灵动的至高虚翼摄取心神。
黛达萝丝揭下面纱，随着绝世歌姬的献唱，经过奇迹强化的天籁之音行走在天上，如同行走在地上！菲利克斯掌心浮现一片白羽，随着她轻轻吹动羽毛，方圆千里的气流也随之流动，将黛达萝丝的歌声传达到繁星大地最遥远的角落。
当众生迷失在空灵飘渺的歌声里，菲利克斯的命令穿透他们的耳膜，直达他们的灵魂：“我将繁星献予伟大的虚境之主，他是至尊、至力、至德、至善的存在，以羁绊统治整个世界，以术师手册联系众生命运！”
她抬起头，看见璀璨星空在斑斓色彩的步步紧逼下逐渐溶解。
“世界，臣服于虚境之主的荣光！”
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“我将福音献予伟大的虚境之主，他是至尊、至力、至德、至善的存在，以羁绊统治整个世界，以术师手册联系众生命运！”
依苏皇宫，女巫办事处，一身紫纱的安楠坐在椅子上，借助福音系统向全国下达最高指令：
“以笛音之名，祈求虚境之主的庇护！”
黑鸦坐在她对面，语气里流露出一丝难以置信：“这样就可以了？”
“如果这还不可以，那我这两年统治福音是白忙活了？”安楠打开冰柜拿出红酒和冰水，黑鸦表示只喝水便将冰水给她，然后自己随手弹开红酒的软木塞，对着嘴咕咚咕咚地灌起来。
末了她擦了擦嘴角滑落的酒液，笑道：“以前我还会倒进杯子里慢慢醒酒，但有一天嫌太麻烦了直接喝，忽然觉得这样也挺有意思。”
“如果这样就能征服福音，那我根本没必要来。”黑鸦说道：“我应该去其他国度帮忙。”
“你又不是不知道她们的实力，没问题的。而且你去也没用，征服世界需要的是广域威慑，你擅长的近战搏杀不能说没用，但只能用来预防突**况。”安楠拿着酒瓶冰了冰自己的脸颊：“而且你不觉得这样分组很有意思吗？芙瑞雅和希芙琳，菲利克斯和黛达萝丝，我和你。”
“你是不是有话要跟我说？”塔玛希皱眉：“我不太适应这种拐弯抹角的谈话方式……跟伊古拉和塔诺慕一样麻烦。”
“如果不出意外，从此之后亚修就是至高无上的虚境之主。”安楠站起来拉开窗帘，说道：“以他的能力，庇护我们晋升半神简直是轻而易举。不过，我猜你应该不会急着踏入七重天堂吧？”
塔玛希点点头：“我想在人间完善我的理念，坚定我的信仰，在此之前我不会踏入天堂。”
“我也差不多。”安楠说道：“我的女皇陛下肯定是不打算回人间了，我至少得在福音培养好下一代首席女巫，并且彻底落实我的施政纲领才能安心晋升。”
“你发现了吗黑鸦，你和我都是异类。”她转头看向塔玛希，“虽然不是不喜欢亚修，但对我们来说，喜欢只是这段关系最华丽的包装，我们想在亚修身上寻求的东西，跟其他人都不一样。”
“对你来说，亚修与其说是恋人，不如说是最亲密的战友，你想追随他到时间尽头，想跟他一起实践你鸦杀尽的理念。”
“对我来说，亚修是我实现理想的捷径，通过征服他就能征服这个世界，攫取至高无上的权力。”
“如果有喜欢亚修的排行榜，我们可能连前十都进不去。”
塔玛希歪了歪脑袋：“好像是这样，所以呢？”
“等我们踏入天堂的时候，天国内部多半已经完成势力划分。”安楠靠近塔玛希，伸手搭着她的肩膀：“我们或许会被排斥在外。”
“我不在乎。”
“你真的不在乎吗？”安楠双手按摩塔玛希的肩膀，凑近她的耳边低声说道：“无论你有什么想法，无论你想实验什么，无论你需求什么，或许虚境之主一个念头都能帮你实现哦。”
“我会直接问他要。”
“亚修当然会满足你的要求，但你不会觉得不好意思吗？如果说是等价交换，我们是不是也该付出点什么呢？”
塔玛希迟疑了一下：“他可以提——”
安楠笑道：“如果他愿意无条件满足你，那你就能心安理得享受他的好意吗？”
塔玛希沉默片刻，面具下传出郁闷的声音：“我真的不适应这种谈话方式，你直接说出你的想法吧。”
“我们结为同盟吧。”安楠坐回自己座位上，朝她伸出手：“作为同样对亚修有所需求的人，我们一起努力让亚修获得幸福吧。”
塔玛希深深看了安楠一眼，握住她的手。
窗外的星空，已经被斑斓浪潮侵蚀了一小半。
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“我将血月献予伟大的虚境之主，他是至尊、至力、至德、至善的存在，以羁绊统治整个世界，以术师手册联系众生命运！”
血月国度，芙瑞雅展开虚翼在夜空下飞翔，像是唱歌一样持续不断复述这句话。凡是声音所及，大地鲜花锦簇，生灵迷醉欢笑，就连夜色都变得温柔。
“芙瑞雅，等等我啊！”
希芙琳跟在后面，心里产生难以言喻的挫败感——她可是以飞行著称的血圣族，结果居然飞得还不够一只媚娃快！
而且明明是两个人的任务，结果芙瑞雅一个人就将全部活干了，不过十几分钟她就已经征服了三个血月城市，希芙琳一点忙都没帮上！
芙瑞雅稍微降低速度等她追上来，催促道：“快快快，我们要以最快速度征服血月国度！”
“最快速度肯定是安楠她们，我们就别想了。”希芙琳又好气又好笑：“你就这么急着见亚修啊？我还是第一次见你这么努力。”
“你在说什么啊？”芙瑞雅一脸莫名其妙：“亚修在拯救世界，能帮助他的只有我们，我们怎么可以不用心？这可是关乎世界命运的大事！”
希芙琳被她说得哑口无言，甚至都觉得自己格局小了：“对不起。”
“而且亚修说要我帮他哎！”芙瑞雅握紧双拳，瞳孔化为爱心的形状：“需要帮助的亚修也好可爱啊！而且这件事结束后他应该就能帮我晋升半神，到时候我就可以去七重天堂永远跟他在一起啦，哎嘿，嘿嘿嘿～”
Watching the flowers blooming around the Veela, indulging in an indescribable erotic fantasy, Shiffrin held her forehead and felt that the Veela who was wholeheartedly saving the world was more adorable.
She hesitated for a moment and asked, "So Freya, will you be promoted to demigod as soon as possible and become Ash's angel?"
"Of course!" Freya waved her fist wildly: "I don't want to stay in a world without Ash for even a moment!"
"But have you ever thought about this," Shiffrin said carefully, "You actually spent a relatively short time with Ash before, and you didn't have much contact with him. Once you really live with Ash, he might -"
"Are you asking me if I've ever thought about him hating me? I have." Freya shook her head and said, "I actually know that I'm not cute and boring, just like an advertisement. If Ash spends more time with me, he'll definitely get bored of me and choose someone cuter and better—"
"No!" Shivlin pressed her snow-white shoulders and retorted loudly: "You are the cutest and most interesting Veela!"
"Hehe, Sif is also the cutest and funniest little bat." Freya smiled silly, "So don't worry, I've thought about it seriously."
"But if Ash really doesn't like you anymore, won't you be... sad?"
"I'm definitely sad, but as long as I can be with Ash, that's all."
Shivlin was stunned: "Why? He obviously doesn't like you anymore, why do you still want to be with him?"
"What does it have to do with me if he doesn't like me?" Freya blinked and reached out to touch Shivlin's face: "The most important thing Ash taught me is the ability to love."
“We deserve to be loved and we deserve to love.”
"Whether Ash likes me or not, the fact that I like him already makes me very happy."
Freya took Shivlin's hand and said cheerfully, "Let's go, let's continue to help Ash conquer the world!"
Shivlin looked at her stupidly, being dragged forward by her. The Blood Saint Legend suddenly reached out and hugged the Veela's waist tightly. The Veela was surprised and happy: "Wow~ Shiv actually acted like a spoiled child, how strange!"
"You just need to follow your heart and continue to love Ash," Shiffrin said seriously, "I will help you grasp happiness."
"We will all grasp happiness." Freya rubbed Shifrin's head and said gently, "Because we are pioneering the future of this world, how can fate treat us unfairly?"
They looked up and saw the sea of stars that could not be obscured by the blood moon, which was now nearly half covered by the colorful waves. The stars and the colorful waves complemented each other, weaving a dreamlike night sky and together shedding the supreme glory.
The scales of victory began to tilt.