Chapter 9 Walk into the Fire--

Generally speaking, no matter where you go in the fog forest, the most afraid thing is to get lost. All the trees are alive and moving at any time. However, now, Meggie doesn't need to use the star compass to know that she is approaching*.

Where they passed, many trees have withered and burned marks everywhere. It turned out that the gloomy atmosphere had disappeared, and it was desolate and lifeless everywhere.

They walked for most of the day, and this phenomenon became more and more serious.

"There has been ** before, but it has never caused such serious damage." Meiji can't figure it out.

"Maybe there is something special." Sophia said lightly.

Meggie saw that she didn't seem to want to talk more, so she had to calm down.

They walked to a huge stone. Meggie suddenly stopped, looked around doubtfully, then took out the star compass and opened his eyes for a while.

"What's wrong?" Sophia felt that his face had become ugly.

"There used to be a stream here." Meiji ran for a while and looked at a pit. In the past, the pit should have been overflowing with spring water, but now it has dried up. He looked around with a pale face.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Ningfu!" Megsy's voice trembled a little.

Sofia saw him around the boulder and shouted "Sister Ningfu", but there was no response. Although he doesn't know who he is calling, he is obviously anxious.

"Maybe she has left..."

"No, it's impossible!" Meiji said, "Ningfu is the banshee transformed from the mountain spring here, and she can't leave. As long as the mountain spring is still there, she will always be here..."

He stared at the stream, not to mention the spring, where even the soil was roasted to crack.

Obviously, Ningfu can't appear again...

Meggie stood there in despair.

They had to continue to move forward, and this time, Meggie became very silent. Sophia looked at him and was a little worried. She stretched out her hand, held Megid and smiled at him. Meiji was stunned and held her hand back.

They went under a dead tree and sat there to rest. Although the moonlight is still beautiful, the scene in front of us is too sad. * Obviously, it has ravaged here, and there is no sign of life around.

Mage lay down and put his head on Sophia's lap. He looked at the deep scar on Sophia's face. Although it had been several months since the battle of Wangcheng, the sword wound was still shocking.

"Isn't I ugly now?" Sophia smiled.

"No, it's still beautiful."

"It's strange," Sophia stroked his face with her right hand. "If someone answers like this, I will immediately think he is lying to me. I can even always see the sympathy and regret in their eyes. Although I have to pretend to smile, my heart has always been painful. But when you say this, I have no reason to believe that you really think I haven't become ugly. This feeling is really strange and makes people...happy!"

Meggie scratched his head: "Beautiful is beautiful. If you are not beautiful, you are not beautiful. What's so deceptive?"

"But my current appearance should be very ugly."

"Is that right?" Meiji sat up and paid attention to her face.

Under his fascinated eyes, Sophia suddenly felt a little shy. Although this is unreasonable, Megina's frank and childish eyes are as transparent as glass and can see his feelings for himself without hindrance.

"Suffia, you are different to me." Meiji moved over, kissed the princess's lips, and slowly pushed her down.

Sofia let him do something bad to herself, the feeling of being sucked by him, and the shyness of being slowly entered by him all gave her an incredible comfort. It seems that only when you are with him can all the heavy load accumulated in your heart be thrown away and your heart can be released at this moment.

And the kind of numbness gradually born in Meiji's delivery, the kind of loss that is constantly intertwined between fullness and emptiness makes her feel that she is not a princess who needs to bear the shackles of responsibility at this time, but just an ordinary woman who wants her lover to care about her care about her.

Gentling, fierce impact, every layer of hard shell bound to the spirit seems to be knocked away with the ** of the body. Her breathing gradually synchronized with Meiji's movements until Meiji's movements became faster and faster, making her unable to keep up, so she subconsciously raised her buttocks in the strong pleasure to welcome the hot essence of life.

Maybe one day, I can really put down everything, follow my little husband to a place where no one knows him, give birth to a few children, learn some life knowledge such as cooking or mending clothes, and live carefree.

Although Meji's desire has been vented, he is still gently touching Sophia's body.

Sfia likes the feeling of being stroked after the end. She doesn't know if other women are the same.

Suddenly, there was a shrill cry in the distance, which was so sharp that it almost pierced people's ears.

A giant bird flew over them.

It is a beautiful big bird with golden wings but attached to the flames of bears. Wherever it flew, there was an inexplicable heat wave, and Mars fell like rain and fell around them. Meiji opened his hand and tried to protect Sophia completely. A spark fell on his back, which made him clenched his teeth.

The dead wood around them burned.

Suffia quickly rolled aside with Meiji in her arms, and the dead wood fell with a whistling sound. The flames and ashes rolled, almost burning her hair.

The giant bird circled over them and flew far away.

Mars will no longer fall.

Meggie jumped up, and a big hole in the clothes on her back had been made.

"That's *?" Sophia stared at the direction of the giant bird's disappearance.

"Hmm."

"Let's catch up." Sophia said resolutely.

Do you really want to catch up? Meiji looked at the princess and felt that she was really serious. But why catch up? Kill* to kill the fog girl forest?

Meji doesn't understand, but it doesn't seem to matter at all. The important thing is that Sofia has caught up.

Really! Meiji had to follow her while complaining.

They saw it again in front of a palm tree*.

* stopped on the branches and stared at them. At that moment, Megji felt that it was about to fly over and burn them to death.

However, no.

The golden-winged giant bird stared at Sophia, with red cold light in its eyes. Its feathers are falling off and turning into Mars.

It was black around, and only this thick palm tree stood there.

The falling fire feathers ignited the palm trees and made the old tree trunks burn. The flame was getting bigger and bigger, and finally surrounded the giant bird. The feathered giant bird screamed and looked no longer beautiful, but as ugly as a plucked grouse.

This is its 500-year rebirth.

The burnt meat emits a sweet frankincense, then peels off and burns into ashes before landing. The fire became more and more popular, shining the sky red.

"Meggie," Sophia whispered, "I'm going to go."

"What?" Meiji looked at her in surprise.

"I must go there and be reborn with it."

"Are you crazy?" Meiji opened her eyes wide. Although * is called the undead bird, no one knows whether it will really be reborn. Even if it can really be reborn, Sophia is just an ordinary human.

"Listen to me." Sophia stroked Meiji's face with her only hand, "I don't know if I can really be reborn with it, but I have understood that this choice is indeed part of my life."

"Is that what Deliad said?" Meiji was furious. "She let Druiy in the village burn the living people and sacrifice to her all day long. How can she take human lives seriously? She wants to burn people, so let her burn herself. I won't let you pass..."

"No, I don't believe her," Sophia slowly smiled. "I just believe in myself."

Meggie looked at her in a daze and didn't understand what she meant.

"When I was a child, an old man once told me that I would be the only hope of the kingdom." Sophia looked at him and said, "So, I took that prophecy as the belief of my life. Now think about it, in fact, it's not because of how hard or capable I think I can really save everyone. But because I am so vulnerable that I need a reason to have the courage to live. When I was eleven or twelve years old, although I was a princess, my whole life was dark. My father was seriously ill and my mother was not there, and even the two brothers who used to play together became strange. I always hide secretly in the corner, crying while longing for my crying to be heard, but no, although I am a princess, I am not needed by others... Until Mr. Uno appeared in front of me and told me that I would save my people..."

Meggie listened quietly.

"Meggie, that's why I've been working hard, not because I want to be a hero of salvation, but because I want to be noticed by many people. I long for the feeling of being cared for and needed." Sophia continued, "However, after escaping from the royal city, my belief suddenly collapsed. Although there are still people around me who continue to support me, I have lost the courage to live. All I see in the eyes of those people is sympathy. For them, I am just a disabled princess who has lost her beauty. I want to prove that I am still capable, but deep in my heart, it seems that I have returned to the time when I cried secretly. The difference is that at that time, I can still hide and cry secretly, but now, I can only cry quietly in the bottom of my heart and pretend to be strong and smiling..."

Meggie's heart hurts. He looked at Sophia and only felt that the heartache made him unbearable: "It's all my fault. If I had arrived in Wangcheng earlier at that time, you wouldn't have..."

"Fool." Sophia hugged him with that arm, "Since I left the royal city, I have only cried once. That was in the White Sand Castle in front of you. Meiji, your existence is much more important to me than for yourself. Without you, I really don't know how I can support you until now..."

"But I didn't do anything."

"Really?" Princess Sophia stepped back and looked at him, "Meggie, when did you start calling my name directly instead of calling me Your Highness like others?"

"I don't remember." Meiji scratched her head.

"So, on that night in Wangcheng, how dare you secretly take off my clothes and do that to me when I'm tired? I'm a princess, and I can kill you easily..."

"It has nothing to do with whether you are a princess or not, right?" Meiji continued to scratch her head, "I like you and want you to be my woman, and then I did that..."

"What did you do without thinking?"

"What should I consider?" Meiji doesn't understand.

"What about after I became ugly?"

"I still like you and want you to be my woman." Meiji spread his hands and said, "Moreover, you haven't become ugly."

"That's what you mean to me," Sophia looked at him with a smile. "Your idea is so strange and even a little difficult to understand. However, when I am with you, I really feel that I still have a lot of beautiful things. This should have made no sense, but as long as you think that even if you can't hold on, you can throw away everything and run away with you at most, everything around you will not feel so bad. When I'm tired and when I can't hold on, I will say to myself that it's no big deal. After finishing this thing in my hand, I will run away tomorrow and run away with my little lover. I can also wash and cook for him and have a bunch of stingy children... So I feel that I'm not so unfortunate. ......”

"Well, let's run away now." Meiji said excitedly, "We can go to New Asia. Anna and Alina are both there. We can also go to the seaside, where there are many..."

His voice is getting smaller and smaller.

And Sophia just smiled and looked at him quietly.

Gradually, he also became silent.

Sofia will not escape. Maybe she has been weak, and maybe she has been timid and scared. But in the end, she walked all the way.

She has never been the kind of person who will escape when others need her!

And now, everyone in the Gull Fortress is waiting for her...

"Meggie," Sophia stroked his face again, "Wait for me, okay? After all, there will be a day when I will be by your side. Whether you need me or not, I will be with you.

"But now..." Meiji turned his eyes to the burning fire.

"Now, I have to walk in." Sophia slowly retreated, "Meggie, believe me, I won't die like this. I have been burned once, but I didn't die because you saved me. And now, I will be burned by the fire again, but I will still survive, because you are waiting for me here... Will you wait for me?"

"...I will!"

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