Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 17: hope
The bright moon hangs high, the lake is swaying, and the clear water reflects the moon and stars in the sky.
The white-haired boy looked at the silent man.
- Curious.
Others may think this term is nonsense and confusing, and may even think that Ian, who dissects people for this reason, is very scary.
But the old knight knew that this was a legitimate reason.
Especially for him, for all sublimates who practice the power of 'true shape' and 'bloodline', being curious about their own body structure can even be regarded as a bonus.
"Anatomy, I can understand." With a slight nod, the old man continued to ask: "But why are you here?"
"You made such a mess at home?"
Ian shook his head and complained: "Is it obvious that I killed everyone? Don't talk about the need for water to wash the knives and hands. After tossing like this, the smell of blood is so strong that the neighbors next door can smell it."
There was no pause, and the old man asked again: "Is it a whim, or did you have a plan?"
Ian didn't hesitate to think: "I have both. I only had this idea after I killed my uncle. After all, such a big piece of meat is a waste to throw away. Why don't you let me study it."
At this moment, the old knight is quite satisfied.
But he still raised his eyebrows and asked the last question: "Even if the lake forest is safe, wouldn't you be afraid of attracting wild animals if you dissect it like this?"
He said meaningfully: "If I am not here, what will you do to help you drive away the beasts?"
"Yi Lai also eats the offal first."
Looking sideways at the **** corpse, Ian turned his head and smiled casually: "What's more, I don't have the means, it doesn't matter who eats who."
He still has sleeping powder in his arms, and the ordinary beast is just delivering food.
Even if a large pack of wolves or tigers and leopards came, at least it was enough for him to leave the corpse and run to a safe place by himself.
The old knight was silent.
At this moment, he has made a decision in his heart.
"Why dare you invite me?"
But the old man still lowered his eyes, and he said lightly: "Ian, even if your psychic ability can really see that I have good intentions, you can also know it with your intelligence. If necessary, I will not let you worry about a child." life."
"It's not a thank you, it's not a win-win situation. When you saw me, you already planned to invite and fail in your heart—please tell me the reason behind this adventure."
And Ian raised his head silently.
He looked at the starry sky above him.
The sky of the Terra world is extremely dark compared to the earth. Except for a moon that is too bright, there are only a small area of the entire sky with stars, and it is also very dim.
This is obviously not a normal starry sky. The secrets above the sky of Terra are just as incomprehensible as the secrets above the land of Terra.
Equally curious.
——Just like a question yearns for an answer, he just yearns for it without reason, wants to know.
"Except for one uncle."
Lowing his head, Ian stared at the face of the old knight seriously, and the boy explained his thoughts smoothly: "I still need a guardian, a teacher who can tell me more knowledge."
"My uncle is a scumbag, but without him, no one can teach me words and other knowledge in this world. Besides, there are no adults in the family, so it is very troublesome in Port Harrison."
"Indeed." The old knight nodded and agreed, "It's bad if there are only children in the family."
The customs of the empire are like this. After the parents of a child in the border area die, the inheritance of the family will be taken away and the fields will be distributed. Even the child itself is property, and no one knows the future fate.
"You can replace him——from the first moment I saw it, I knew that this was my best chance, and it was also a chance that could change my future life."
"A chance to gain more knowledge."
Ian smiled at the serious old man. He has found a suitable area at this moment and started digging and shoveling: "And this requires your consent."
Originally the boy planned to bury his uncle, but because of an accident, he needed to bury an extra native and a forest leopard, which not only doubled the workload.
However, just when Ian had just dug a few shovels, a hand stretched out and took the shovel from Ian's hand.
The frowning old knight beckoned Ian to stand aside, and then started, fluently showing how to use a farm shovel to dig soil correctly—the movements were obviously better than that of a boy who had never used a farm shovel in his previous life. It is much more skillful, and one can tell that he is proficient in farming chores.
After five or six minutes of demonstration, the old knight has already begun to take shape of the pit.
Afterwards, he handed the shovel back to Ian, and Ian took over the shovel smoothly, imitating the old knight's previous actions to continue digging.
"In the empire, there are very few children like you who want to read and write. They don't even know what knowledge means."
Observing Ian's movements, and opening his mouth to point out the boy's strength skills and correcting unqualified movements, the old knight said in a deep voice: "Even the children of nobles and bachelors are like this. They regard knowledge as boring and useless." Compared with reading and learning to write their own names, they want to practice martial arts, make contributions, and become a member of the empire's government.”
—Even so, they do not allow the transmission and diffusion of knowledge. He meditated in his heart.
"Understanding a civilization begins with words."
The pit is big enough to hold several corpses. The boy pushed the corpses of his uncle, the natives and Lin Bao into it, and then shoveled the earth to bury these guys who intended to kill him: "Learn to read and write, and you can truly understand One civilization, one world.”
Heaving a little weary panting, Ian said lightly: "Similarly, they are also needed for the journey of exploring the unknown, whether it is interpretation or recording, recovery or development."
"Your name? My teacher, if you agree, my exploration of the future will start with the knowledge you imparted."
He raised his head and looked at the man, and the old man met the pair of light blue eyes again.
He heard the childish and clear voice: "I want to know."
- Curiosity.
The knight stared at the light in Ian's eyes.
Pure, want to know something, want to explore something, want to go to the distance, to explain the unknown curiosity.
This is a child with endless possibilities.
Or in other words, human beings.
He may become an adventurer who slays evil beasts, buries monsters, and walks in the wilderness; he may also become an explorer who travels across thousands of mountains and rivers and travels throughout the continent of Terra.
He may study the mysteries of psychic powers and explore the truth of the world left in the dust for mankind; he may also dig out the source of human genes and analyze and find out the divine power bestowed on all beings by the civilization of the previous era.
May be a hero, may be an explorer, may also be a pioneer of a generation, more likely to be unknown, just an ignorant child on the frontier, stained with the blood of his relatives, and the future is uncertain.
Even worse. Be a crazy monster driven solely by your own curiosity.
The future and possibility of all these depend on one's own choices.
Just like what my own king entrusted to me fifty years ago.
—— Hilliard, my knight takes 'it' away, the farther the better, leave the imperial capital, leave the Quinnor Plain
——When everything is over, you can use it yourself, or give it to anyone, it doesn’t matter if you bury it, as long as the group of rebels don’t get it, there is hope for everything in the future
——Mankind still has the hope of returning to the starry sky
hope
Curiosity
And, the courage to choose.
"My name is Hilliard. Hilliard Lucy."
Master, knight.
The tired man raised his head, his gray-brown eyes faced the blue ones.
Hilliard looked at Ian seriously, and answered his student's question: "Don't worry. After all this is over, I will teach you whatever you want to learn."
"Thank you!"
So he saw that the boy was smiling happily, and Ian didn't hide his expression at all. He laughed when he wanted to, because he was really happy.
A golden halo reflected in the boy's eyes, a color that only Ian could see.
The wind blows across the land by the lake, causing the waves to roll, reflecting the trivial and dim stars.
The hot summer wind is still surging among the forests, and the brilliance above the sky dissipates one by one, just like the torch that lights up and then goes out suddenly on the earth.
Looking up, Hilliard saw only the dark sky and the bright moon in his sight. Although there were no dark clouds, the dark shadows were still covering the stars. in deprivation.
In the year 766 of Terra, most of the stars that can be observed in the star field of Terra were blocked. Except for the sun, the moon and the few remaining planets, when humans looked up at the sky, they could only see darkness.
Fourteen great star warlocks from the Star Observatory of the Capital of Knowledge committed suicide by jumping off the Yunjingqiongtian Tower; The nobles and all forces stood still on the border, and the undercurrent was surging.
The Huaiguang Church's expedition team returned from the Endless Ocean and the New World, bringing ominous omens, while the farmers in the Quinnor Plain complained about the lack of rainfall, and the sea descendants of Whale Song Cliff were awakened from their dreams, looking towards the deep In the depths of the sea, my heart is full of vigilance and fear.
The fishermen in the frontier celebrated a good harvest, and the old Khan of the Heavenly Court began to hold a birthday banquet for his 90th birthday.
The sorrows and joys of all people in the world are not connected, and the Prisoner Star Prison has already taken shape.
The passage for human beings to return to the high heavens is gradually being blocked, but no one knows it.
But there are still people who look to the stars.
"I don't know if this is right."
Help Ian shovel the soil and bury the body. Hilliard closed his eyes.
But those eyes reflected in his mind, the flame burning in Ian's water-colored pupils is not just the brilliance of spiritual energy, but a curiosity that is more dazzling than the sun, more glaring than anything else. Dangerous desire.
Just like him in the past, and His Majesty in the past
That is, the light of hope.
If he meets the conditions, then I will give him all my knowledge and the key to the future
"If I do something wrong, I won't say I'm sorry." Only Xingkong could hear his words.
Port Harrison, next to Ian's house.
The moist and warm night wind blows through the street, and the permanent lights at the intersection shake slightly, making the light of firefly algae oil in the lights uncertain.
A small figure emerged from the shadow of the house, and walked out from the cover of vegetation. He had an obsidian knife in his waist, and there were dark lines on his dark brown skin, faintly shining with a strange luster.
And there are several blurred figures following him.
Before they came to the door of Ian's house, there was no sound.
The door of the room was opened, and the figures stepped into it.