The direction chosen by Signy leads to the foothills of the Near Abyss Mountains.
When talking about the Abyss Mountains, we have to mention the rumor about Sigourney, the one who killed all the wizards and magical creatures in the mountains, leaving corpses piled up on the mountain.
The Near Abyss Mountains are a mountain range that runs through the entire territory of the Pale Throne. It is majestic and magnificent, and the depths are rarely visited by people. It is one of the choices for many wild wizards to settle down. It is too exaggerated to say that Sigourney killed all the people and magical creatures in this mountain range.
Along the way, Sigourney was extremely silent, and Ash also followed his footsteps quietly, passing through the thin mist and gradually approaching the towering mountains standing in front.
The mountain is covered with snow, with only a few places revealing a corner of gray-brown rock with sharp and rugged outlines, as if it is about to pierce through the sky.
Looking up, the view was blocked by the endless clouds and mist, and I couldn't see the whole picture of the mountain. At first glance, the most impressive thing was its coldness and steepness.
But fortunately, the place they were going to was the foothills, where the terrain was much flatter and there were large tracts of pine forests covered with snow.
Sigourney knew the terrain of this area like the back of her hand, as if it were her own backyard. She led Ash into the dim woods, stepping on the snow and fallen pine needles, moving straight forward in a clear direction until they came to a place where the pine trees suddenly became sparse, and their destination was within sight.
What appeared in front of Ash was a three-story wooden house surrounded by a courtyard, but the fence had long since decayed and the courtyard was desolate and deserted.
At this point, Sigourney was finally willing to speak: "I was teleported out of Rachel's wizard tower and landed in a dark wizard's territory in the Near Abyss Mountains. That place is deep in the mountains, sparsely populated and isolated from the outside world. Many dark wizards who were avoiding the pursuit of the Wizard Association hid in that area to continue their experiments and research that were not tolerated by the world. I left there after some twists and turns."
He spoke in a calm tone, walking into the deserted courtyard without hesitation: "After leaving, he fell into a coma until he was found and rescued by Meng - you know all this?"
Ash said "hmm", "You told me."
He followed Sigourney and walked towards the wooden house which seemed to have been unvisited for a long time.
"At that time..." Sigourney stretched out his hand to push the door of the wooden house, but as soon as his hand touched the door, it made a teeth-grinding groan and fell to the ground with a "bang", raising a large cloud of dust. He was stunned for a moment, then slowly lowered his raised arm, waiting for the raised dust to settle again.
He stood at the door, looking into the room through the gray air, and continued with the unfinished words: "At that time, I was more ..." He turned his head slightly away from Ash, as if he couldn't find a proper way to explain, and seemed unwilling to confess to Ash that he once had such a timid side. After a long while, he lowered his eyelashes and whispered, "A bit like Quentin."
As if thinking of Quentin's constant comments about "despicable humans", "humans are not good", and "it would be great if all humans disappeared", he frowned in disdain and corrected himself: "Just a little bit like them."
What is Quentin like?
He was originally a human, but after being transformed into a vampire, he was hurt and tortured by the humans he trusted, so he hated humans and no longer had any trust in all humans.
Did Sigourney also go through a period like this?
Ash reached out and hooked his fingers around Sigourney's and murmured "hmm" again, indicating that he understood what Sigourney meant.
Sigourney turned her gaze back to Ash's face, who was listening attentively. Her light blue eyes were clear and bright, as if she could see through everything. He pulled the corners of his lips as if giving up, no longer trying to maintain his image, and said frankly: "At that time, I didn't want to contact humans anymore. After being rescued by Meng, I left quietly without fully recovering from my injuries."
The dust in the room has died down.
Sigourney walked in and looked around casually: "Tsk, it's all emptied."
He turned around and walked towards the wooden stairs inside the house.
Ash looked around the room and indeed there were only four empty walls. But when he saw Sigourney continue to walk upstairs, he blinked and didn't say his guess - would the people who emptied the first floor let go of the upstairs?
Impossible.
He walked up to the second floor of the wooden house, following the creaking stairs that seemed about to collapse at any second.
The empty corridor and three rooms with doors wide open confirmed his guess.
Sigourney went up to the third floor slowly.
After clearing out the people on the first and second floors, will they leave the third floor alone?
Obviously not.
Sigourney and Ash stood in the attic on the third floor. The glass window in front of them was covered with thick dust and was broken. Through the broken hole, they could still see the pine forest not far away.
"Although there is nothing worth remembering anymore..." Sigourney turned to Ash and spread her hands elegantly, as if she was standing in a palace showing off the magnificent decorations to guests, "This was my former home."
Ash's eyes moved slightly as he noticed that Sigourney used the word "home".
"After I left Meng, I was injured again and was too...hungry..." Sigourney paused, and under Ash's helpless yet understanding gaze of "You've always been so picky about food", she said awkwardly, "...I fainted again."
The weakness and frequent comas during that period can be regarded as one of the few dark moments in his history.
"Then it was picked up by the owner of this wooden house." Sigourney said, as if he was lost in distant memories, as if he was recalling good things. His face, which always looked a little cold and distant because of his overly delicate features, suddenly softened.
"He is a wizard, but he is not very talented. He is quite old and is only a mid-level wizard, um, the same level as you are now." There was a hint of lightness and softness in Sigourney's tone. "He is weak and old. In my opinion, he poses no threat. I did not refuse his help and recovered from my injuries here. I thought I had nowhere else to go for the time being, so I just stayed here after I recovered from my injuries."
“He took me in.”
"He is a typical scholar, simple and pure, who has been pursuing truth all his life - even though his talent is not high."
“I lived with him for a while.”
"Not long after... he collapsed in his own laboratory. Because he was too old and had neglected sleep and food, his body couldn't hold on, so he collapsed."
Ash's fingertips trembled as he finally remembered what Sigourney had said just now. It was in Rachel's wizard tower that he stayed up late to prepare potions and was caught by Sigourney. He was then severely spanked. At that time, Sigourney told him in a slow and inexplicably heavy voice, "Many of them are wizards worthy of respect. They are simple and pure, and they have been pursuing the truth all their lives. However, the truth is so beautiful that it makes them obsessed and obsessed, until they follow the truth silently."
When Sigourney said this, was she thinking of the wizard who had taken him in?
Sigourney's tone became slow again: "He was too old. After he fell down, he could never stand up again. He was bedridden and no potion could cure him. He contacted his good friend Nance, but even Nance, a potion master, could not save him."
"However, he did not call Nance to save him. Instead, he entrusted me to Nance."
"After that, he passed away."
Sigourney raised her head and looked at the pointed ceiling of the attic, filling in the last blank of this past: "With the help of Nance, I destroyed the base of the dark wizards from where I had escaped. Then, Nance and I left the Near Abyss Mountains and looked for the next place to stay."
Ash blinked his sore eyes, walked over and hugged Sigourney, buried his head in Sigourney's chest, and said in a muffled voice: "He...what's the old man's name?"
"Mogo." Signe put her arms around him, rested her chin on the top of his head, and murmured softly, "This is Mogo's cabin."
"Grandpa Mogo is a very good person."
"Um."
"Sigourney, I'm very grateful to him." It was this person who helped Sigourney rebuild her perception of human beings, right?
"Um."
"...I'm so glad that I met him." Sigourney looked at the hole in the window, and at the pine forest outside the window. The wooden house was so dilapidated, but the scenery seen from this angle had not changed much in the past ten years.
…
At night, due to Ash's suggestion, he and Sigourney decided not to go back to join everyone. After contacting Yolande and briefly explaining the reason, they planned to spend the night in the cabin.
After using the portable water and food, Ash watched Sigourney fly to the roof of the wooden house and sat on the ridge in a daze. He found a corner and routinely asked Nans, who was far away in the Brilliant King City, about his study problems.
After the study came to an end, Nance asked about their current situation. Ash mentioned the location of their current mission. Nance was very sensitive and asked immediately, isn't that close to Mogo's home?
Ash said it was very close, he and Sigourney were at Mogo's cabin.
Nance suddenly became excited, and words popped up quickly on the notebook in Ash's hand that was used to communicate with Nance.
Nance: "Did he take you to Mogo?"
Ash: "Yeah."
Nance: "Did he tell you about him being taken in by Mogo?"
Ash: "Yeah."
Nance: "But there is one thing he must not have told you!"
Ash: “?”
Nance: "The name Sigourney was given to him by Mogo!"
Ash's eyes widened.
Nance: "Mogo is old and his eyesight is blurry. When he saw Sigourney for the first time, he mistook her for a girl. He asked Sigourney's name, but Sigourney's attitude was so cold when they first met. He remained silent and refused to say anything. Mogo couldn't keep calling him "Hey Hey", so he simply gave Sigourney the name "Sigourney". When Sigourney's attitude softened, he didn't tell her his real name, and seemed to have accepted the name Sigourney."
Nance: "Well, maybe he doesn't want to use his elf name anymore?"
Ash pondered for a moment, then slowly wrote a line in his notebook: "Teacher, I think the reason why Sigourney uses the name Sigourney is because this name was given to him by Grandpa Mogo."
It was a name given to him by his elders during his new life as a vampire, a name full of care, tolerance and expectation.
…
Mogo's cabin eleven years ago.
"Hey, why don't you say anything?"
“…”
"What is your name?"
“…”
The old man, who was treated with a sharp and indifferent attitude, asked repeatedly without any results, and then said cheerfully to himself: "Then can I call you Sigourney? My late wife always said that if she could have her own daughter, she would give her this name."
"Sigourney, it's time to take your medicine."
"Sigourney, girls look better when they smile."
"Sigourney, can't sleep? Do you need me to sing a lullaby for you? My wife taught me... Mr. Seawater fell and lost the water elf baby in his arms... Uh! Okay, okay, I won't sing anymore. Go to sleep! Go to sleep!"
…
"Sigourney, this is my good friend Nance. If you have nowhere to go in the future, just follow him. Walk around and you will always find something to be happy about. And smile more, and you will look better."
…
On the roof of Mogo's hut, Signy sat with her knees together, her arms around her calves, and her chin resting on her knees.
He stared at the dark pine forest not far away. The mountain breeze blew through the pines, making a rustling sound.
He listened attentively, and seemed to hear the nagging, trembling voice again -
"Hey, Sigourney..."
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