Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 31
Because of this sudden canonization ceremony, it was already late at night when the dinner party ended.Queen Malika had already arranged for Lucia's dormitory, but she couldn't stand Marenia's earnest prayer, so she had to readjust after consulting Lucia's own opinion, and placed him in a place far away from Marenia and Michaela. The Sacred Tree Hall where he lived was only separated by a wall from the Valyrian Hall, and even the task of sending him there was given to the brothers and sisters.

In addition, except for some necessary court maids, the Queen did not arrange any garrison troops in the Valyrian Palace, but entrusted the guarding work to Lance Shanks and the Ancient Dragon Temple under her command. After the ancient dragon envoy entered the royal city, the storm knights would take over as guards—in general, if the factual "proton" status was ignored, the queen had already shown full respect for Lucia in all aspects, and the greatest To a certain extent, his autonomy in activities within the capital is guaranteed.

At this moment, Lucia and Mikaela were walking side by side on the avenue inside the royal court. The attendants held colored glass lamps to illuminate the nearby road for them. A maid pushed Marenia to walk behind, and more than a dozen Luo Del knight guards are at the head and tail of the queue.

"Marenia has been cursed with scarlet corruption since she was born." Mikaela sighed softly, with a deep tiredness showing between her handsome brows.

Behind them, the white fox that had just signed a soul contract with Lucia was held in Marenia's arms. From behind, the little fox's whispers when it was being teased sometimes came from behind, and sometimes the girl's melodious laughter like silver bells came from behind. .

"Corruption has gradually eroded her limbs. Before she was five years old, she could barely move around with her prosthetic limbs, and later she could only sit in a wheelchair," Mikaela said bitterly, "The corruption disease on her body occurred once every few years. More frequently than once, the suppression effect of the golden prayer on corruption is getting weaker and weaker. For some reason, only my divine power can barely alleviate the disease, even my father, mother and elder brother are helpless."

"That's because this matter is not necessarily related to the strength of the divine power. The only thing that can really help her suppress the curse of corruption is the pure golden law you will create in the future!" Lucia secretly said in her heart.

But having said that, the flowing water swordsmanship practiced by Malinia in memory also has a certain effect on suppressing corruption. The blind swordsman who taught her the flowing water sword was taught by a mysterious dancer in blue, who also made a seal of scarlet corruption. feat.

However, at this point in time, Mikaela hasn't even had the idea of ​​creating a new law, and seeing how difficult it is for Marenia to walk, how can she practice swordsmanship?
Lucia pondered for a moment, and said: "I have seen some records about corruption diseases in Sky City. There should be many corruption patients within the Golden Dynasty. I heard that their diseases can be suppressed with simple golden prayers. ?”

"That's right, this is exactly what I don't understand," Mikaela replied, "I have investigated the prevalence of corruption diseases in the entire Golden Dynasty in the past two years, and found two extremely abnormal phenomena—— One is that in the 46 years since the founding of the dynasty, the growth rate of corrupted patients has obviously become faster and faster; the other is that within the entire continent, the closer to the Altan Plateau, the denser the distribution of corrupted patients, and the more severe their symptoms are. more serious."

"Up to now, no corruption disease has been found to spread from person to person. Every patient is born with a curse, and then it becomes more serious as time goes by until it is completely corrupted. Therefore, this abnormal distribution Not because of the spontaneous migration of patients, but the closer to the center of the dynasty, the greater the possibility of being cursed."

"In the extreme arctic ice sheet, the Weeping Peninsula, and even some remote areas of Gelid, only a devout monk who has received the most basic gold prayer training can effectively cure corruption, and there have even been many cases of complete cure. In Nimgfu and Lienia, the patients need at least one divinely powerful bishop of the Golden Church to suppress their deteriorating conditions. As for the Altar Plateau and even the suburbs of Rodel in the past few decades, there has never been such a situation. Any corrupt patient is healed."

Mikaela shook her head heavily, "Marenia's condition is more serious than all of them, if it wasn't for being in the Golden Temple and blessed with the power of the Golden Tree, we might have lost her a lot of times very early, Even I would be terrified, what happened to her is not like a rotten disease, like a vicious curse cast down by the god himself."

Hearing this, Lucia couldn't help but feel his heart tense, he knew too well what kind of existence Mikaela said "that god".

Scarlet corruption—a god that is almost as old as the Supreme Will, even though it has been invisible for many years, Lucia knows that there is still a corrupt lake as vast as a sea of ​​blood at the end of the Ansel River, and the corrupt believers A new corrupt temple was built on the ruins of the Ulu Dynasty, worshiping a mysterious short sword called the scorpion-tailed needle, and piously waiting for the coming of the gods.

And the god they prayed for. Lucia turned her head and looked at the girl behind her. Marenia was holding the little fox's arms, and the two little heads played together. , she suddenly unloaded her strength, and the little fox staggered and fell into her arms, making a cry of excitement.

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, maybe there is still a solution." Mikaela suddenly remembered something, and his tone was filled with hope, "Father said that after my tenth birthday, my divine power will become stronger." Finally, I will teach you the most original power of the Golden Law—then there will be a way!"

Michaela's words echoed in her ears, and Lucia stared at Marenia's clear and crystal eyes. There was no fear of pain or submission to corruption in the dark red pupils. What lingered in them was only A light full of life, for a moment, he couldn't tell whether the source of the light was the blessing of the golden tree or the girl's soul itself.

In a trance, he seemed to see a long-lost old friend in the light.

It was many, many years later, in the middle of the decayed sacred tree, beside the scarlet and rotten pool, among the colorful rain of fallen flowers, the dying red-haired girl looked tenderly at the dispirited faded girl. Those who said softly:
"It seems that my journey has come to an end, and it is really hard for you to tell me. I have already pulled out the needle, please tell the source of the malice--wanting me to turn into something that is not me, to bloom into a flower, I It would rather be corrupt."

In the dark night, Lucia raised his head slightly to the side. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, there must be a way—"

He didn't want to suppress Scarlet Corruption, he wanted to end the curse on her once and for all.

Even if that method does not exist in the world, he has to create it.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the Valyrian Palace. Marenia reluctantly handed the little fox back to Lucia, and carefully probed: "Lucia, can I come and play with her tomorrow?"

"Of course." Lucia smiled and touched the soft hair on the top of her head, and said, "His Royal Highness has already ordered His Majesty to move my bedroll to your next door, so how dare I not be ignorant?"

"Really?" Marianne's eyes lit up, and she said, "Then it's settled!"

The little fox also seemed to be very satisfied with Lucia's answer, turned somersault on his shoulder excitedly, and then licked his cheek with his soft tongue.

"Well, that's it."

(End of this chapter)