After Sigourney and her companions had left for a long time, the two mermaid guards who had already dived into the seabed finally realized what was happening.
"The few people just now seemed to be a combination of elves and vampires?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that elves and vampires could be friends. It's really rare."
"Come to think of it, Freya, that vampire named Sigourney, it seems that... she was once an elf?"
"Ah! Now that you put it that way..."
"Is it an elf?"
"I remember now! Those ears must belong to the elves!"
"Are there actually elves that have successfully transformed into vampires?"
"Such an unprecedented event, how come I haven't heard the vampires mention it before?"
The two looked at each other in bewilderment: "I forgot to ask, which family of the vampires is he from!"
Sigourney, who had caused a lot of confusion to the merman guards, had now used the magic carpet to carry her companions to the outskirts of the nearest town and settled down.
Since she and Ash fell into the underground river in the Snow Demon's Lair, Sigourney's space ring has been storing all kinds of daily necessities, food and medicines at all times. He found a secret valley, put the three of them down, and took out two magic tents, giving one to Quentin and Jane, and one for himself and Ash.
Perhaps because Sigourney saw their embarrassing side and they were saved by him once, Jane and Quentin were extremely silent the whole way, feeling embarrassed and awkward. They knew they should thank him but were too suffocated to say it.
Especially Jane.
He already knew that Sigourney was Mr. Wandering Soul of the Secret Alliance, so his past reasons for being hostile to Sigourney were no longer tenable.
And thanks to Sigourney and the others, he was able to reunite with Uncle Joshua. Uncle Joshua's life was also saved by the people of the Third Wizard Tower...
Although he still harbors hostility towards humans, he will no longer kill Sigourney and Ash halfway as he did in the past.
However, his long-standing hatred for Sigourney and his hatred for humans had already formed a conditioned reflex, making it impossible for him to reconcile with the two of them openly.
What he did before was to find a corner and stay away from the two of them.
But now, they were suddenly teleported to this damn place, and were rescued by Sigourney, so they had to stay together in close proximity.
I also have to face my own contradictory inner self.
Should I say thank you?
Jane thought silently.
Unfortunately, Sigourney didn't give him any time to hesitate or struggle. After setting up the magic tent, she carried the dizzy Ash and hurried inside. She only said one sentence to Jane: "This is Red Iluv. You should have heard a lot. If there is anything that Quentin doesn't understand, explain it to him."
Jane: “…Okay.”
Quentin was stunned for a moment, then he jumped up and said, "Who is the fool? Scarlet Moon... Ugh!" He suddenly looked up at the night sky, and felt that it was a bit weird to say bad things about Scarlet Moon under the Scarlet Moon, so he turned around abruptly, "Sigourney, come out! Explain yourself to me!"
On this side, Sigourney opened the soundproof barrier, blocking Quentin's voice with extreme coldness. Then she put Ash on the soft bed, and touched Ash's forehead again with concern. After drinking the potion, the temperature seemed to have eased.
"Get some sleep." He rubbed Ash's smooth forehead with his fingertips, and said in a low voice.
"Sigourney." The person lying down refused to sleep and stared at him with her light blue eyes.
Sigourney sat nearby: "Hmm?"
"Just now, a merman asked you out?"
Sigourney: “…” You’re so dizzy, how can you still notice these details?
His tone was cold: "Mermaid? Have we ever encountered one? I don't remember."
Ash smiled with his eyes crooked: "Well, I haven't encountered it before."
Sigourney reached out and covered his eyes: "Can we go to sleep now?"
Ash slid his cold palms, closed his eyes, and groaned. He knew that his condition was not very good. In this strange world, he had better get better quickly so that he could deal with various situations.
Sigourney felt the itch of her eyelashes brushing against the palm of her hand and raised her eyebrows slightly. The sick little guy was still very well behaved.
As a reward, he bent down, covered her eyes, and kissed her lips that were dry due to the high fever.
It’s just… so hot.
Outside the tent, Quentin was still furious.
Jane put up the tent and greeted Jane coldly: "Come in."
When Quentin saw the only tent, he became even angrier: "Why did he only give us one tent? He must have done it on purpose!"
The Pseudo-Scarlet, who was known for his cruelty, had no intention of trying to comfort him. He simply opened the tent and walked in, leaving it to him to come in or not.
Quentin, who lost his last audience: "..."
Suddenly I felt lonely.
He shut his mouth silently and walked towards the tent dejectedly.
He argued fiercely in his heart: No, that's right! He went in just to find out where Red Ilufu was!
The next day, when he woke up, Ash, who usually slept in a dignified posture, was unusually like an octopus, tightly wrapped around the vampire.
Most of the time, it’s because people with fever subconsciously approach cool things.
Another small part was because he had a dream last night that he and Sigourney were teleported into the sea, surrounded by a group of fish, staring at Sigourney with dead eyes, looking particularly eager. So Ash held Sigourney tightly in his dream to prevent her from being dragged away by the school of fish.
Although it was a dream, seeing how hard he used all four limbs to hold Sigourney, one could imagine that it was an extremely difficult struggle.
Sigourney, who had almost not slept all night, was held so tightly by Ash that she couldn't get up early. She could only close her eyes and wait for Ash to wake up.
Ash, who had just woken up, was stunned for a few seconds by his bold posture, then blushed and retracted his hands and feet: "Sigourney, good morning."
Sigourney: "How does it feel?"
Ash sat up and stretched his body to regain his energy, "I'm fine. Nothing's wrong."
The potion was very effective and when I woke up, I was almost back to health.
Sigourney nodded slightly. It seemed that she was just suffering from a brief period of acclimatization. After a night of adjustment, she was full of energy as usual the next day.
It was a sunny day.
It was only early morning, the sun's rays were already spreading all over the earth, and the temperature in the air continued to rise.
As there were two vampires among them who could not move during the day, they did not rush to the town. Instead, they stayed there for another day until the sun set before taking action.
A whole day is enough for Jane and Quentin to understand the background of this world.
Humans are of low status, and their rulers are magical creatures. Upon learning this, Quentin laughed arrogantly and said grimly, "I'm really looking forward to seeing the miserable scene of humans wailing."
Ash looked at him and asked, "Are you really looking forward to it?"
Quentin choked and stopped talking again.
But Jane fell silent, no doubt remembering what Sigourney had asked him in return.
——"If humans are weak and magical creatures rule Iluv, how will the magical creatures treat humans? Trample on them at will, drive them around at will, trample on their personality and dignity, and make their families destroyed and homeless?"
So...is this how the world is?
Overthrow the Wizarding Association, let magical creatures rule over humans, and return to humans double all the suffering inflicted by humans... He once longed for this.
This world can be said to be the world after his ideal is realized.
But now that he was in the world of dreams, why couldn't he still feel happy?
I always feel like...it shouldn't be like this.
His real dream...is not like this.
When night fell, Sigourney folded up the magic tent and said, "Let's go into the city."
He was the one who felt the subversive difference between the two worlds the most.
I also struggled with this confusion and contradiction for a long time.
Therefore, he could more or less understand Jane and Quentin's confusion at this time.
However, before they truly see the world clearly, they cannot come up with any answers.
Only when they truly enter this world and experience firsthand the environment where "humans have a low status and are ruled by magical creatures" will they make their own choices in their hearts.
Just like him.
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