Lost Narrative Poetry

Chaohu Lake is vast, and the sky and water are the same color. Let’s not talk about the scenery during the day. At night, the lake surface is sparkling, reflecting the stars and the moon.

It's a pity that Han Lingsha was uneasy today, her mind was full of other things, and she had no intention to enjoy the scenery. Yuntianhe was even more like a savage on the top of the mountain. She didn't know all the words, so naturally she didn't have that kind of taste.

According to the former, it is to the extent that "this person never leaves the wild boar and is hopeless."

The vast stretches of reeds by the lake are generally more than ten feet high. The cool night breeze blows from the lake, and suddenly thousands of them are moving, creating regular waves. From the depths of the reeds, there was a dazzling firelight.

There is a large flat open space that has been cleared. A handsome young man wearing an animal skin coat with a hair style as rough as a bird's nest, and a handsome girl in red clothes are dressed in neat clothes for traveling around the world. They are eating dry food and discussing around the campfire. What are you wearing? The scene is warm and harmonious.

"This dry food is not delicious at all, it is dry and hard..." The mountaintop savage, who likes fragrant barbecue the most and dreams of eating all kinds of game, was not satisfied and looked at the dry food in his hand and frowned.

Do all the people at the foot of the mountain eat this kind of food?

No wonder it doesn't look strong at all.

"Don't be so picky. If it weren't for your father offending everyone in Taiping Village and you being such a lively person, why would we be eating dry food in the wild tonight..." Han Lingsha rolled her eyes at him.

"It's obvious that they are bad. One moment they want money, and the next they talk nonsense. I don't even think clearly about whether to kill the bird or not. Dad must not be able to stand them, so he lives in the mountains."

Yun Tianhe shook his head and said without any awareness of whose problem it was.

This man has no introspection at all!

The girl in red took a hard bite of the dry food: "Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why should people give you things for free? The foot of the mountain is different from the mountain. Whether it is food or use, if you want it, you have to exchange it with money..."

"What exactly is money? Can't you take it if you don't have money?" The savage on the top of the mountain looked confused. This was an area he had never been exposed to.

"Money is... just... Oh, it's so annoying! You don't understand it anyway! Just remember, if someone tells you that something is for sale, you have to exchange it with money if you want it! No money Ask me for help, but if it’s too much, I won’t help you.”

The girl wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to explain for a while. She suddenly stared at the troublesome savage with some annoyance.

"If you don't have money, you must not take other people's things. You are lucky this time. If you are eating and drinking for free in the city and you encounter an official, we will catch you and lock you up in the Yamen. Let's see what you do! "

"What is a jackal? What are teeth? Can they beat me?" Yun Tianhe scratched his messy short hair in confusion, feeling that he had encountered too many strange new concepts today. I couldn't accept it for a while.

"Don't always think about someone else's fist being stronger. If you are going up against the government, you alone won't have enough life."

Han Lingsha replied with a headache and scolded this troublesome guy angrily. She suddenly felt that the future was a bit bleak. On the first day they went down the mountain together, she felt exhausted.

I always feel that if I continue like this, I may really meet my fate in advance - but it's not some kind of retribution, but I am angry to death by the guy in front of me...

"Alone? Isn't there you? Together, we have two lives." Yun Tianhe giggled happily and corrected Han Lingsha's statement.

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"You... stop talking nonsense, I have nothing to do with you, why should I help you..." The girl in red was stunned for a long time, and then she realized what she was doing. She blushed rarely and stammered.

"Lingsha, why are you blushing?"

"This is fire!" the girl said sternly, glaring at him hard.

"Oh." Yun Tianhe subconsciously shrank his neck, without suspecting anything. He thought it might be like this. After all, how could a person blush for no reason? I think it must have come from the fire.

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On the other side of the reed marsh, the blond-haired and blue-eyed girl swordsman relies on the latent protective stone she wears to restrain all her aura, as if she is integrated with the surrounding environment and cannot be noticed by others.

She didn't light a fire, but she was holding a strange portable lantern in her hand. The soft light emitted illuminated a small area of ​​reeds around her. It was a gift given to her by the Master a few years ago. Well, the head maid also had one. ——

In Artoria's eyes, the so-called lanterns are actually easy to understand. They are just cage-shaped lamps like lanterns. They are a unique classical oriental style in this world.

And because it is made by Master, it is naturally not a simple lamp, but a magic lantern with various magical effects.

Needless to say, the most basic lighting function is, as long as the user inputs a small amount of special energy, the soft candlelight can be lit directly inside the lantern, illuminating the surrounding area of ​​several feet in radius. And if the user wants, he can make it so that only he who is holding the lantern can see the candlelight.

Others cannot see the light unless they are in physical contact with the user.

Artoria is currently using this function, observing the boys and girls over there from a distance that is neither far nor close.

Of course, if it were just like this, it would be a bit strange at best and nothing. So in fact, this lantern also has many strange functions.

For example, it allows the holder to track the whereabouts of the target object within the candlelight range through a ray of breath locked in advance; it can also make the ghost appear directly through the candlelight reflection... and so on.

The most important effect is that when the ability of this lantern is activated through specific rituals and usage methods, it can help the holder to channel spirits and travel to the underworld, transiting through the cracks in space, and passing from the yang world to the underworld.

It is a very powerful auxiliary item. The reason why it is so powerful is mainly because Xia Ran has superb tool making skills and has integrated the advantages of manufacturing skills such as alchemy, enchantment, spirit injection, etc.

Secondly, because... the lantern itself is a living thing, essentially a kind of ghost unique to this world, and its name is "Fake Moon".

It is said to be a guiding light used by ghosts to travel between the human and ghost realms. On the seventh day after the death of a human, the false moon will appear to guide the soul to leave the body and enter the ghost realm; otherwise, the soul will wander around the human world forever and become a ghost. A lonely ghost cannot be reincarnated.

There is also a saying that whenever the gate of hell opens, the ghosts will return to the world through the guidance of the false moon and enjoy the offerings of their families... Even because the false moon usually appears in cemeteries, some people with higher spiritual vision will see it. It has a green light, so it is also called "will-o'-the-wisp".

According to these legends, it must be possible to directly see that although it is not strong, it has very good characteristics and capabilities.

Xia Ran happened to meet a group of them a few years ago, so he caught them all, refined and infused spirits, affixed charms to them, and used them as lanterns.

Anyway, for this peculiar ghost, they are originally lanterns used by ghosts.

Xia Ran just turned them into the same appliances that living people can see, touch and use. Basically, nothing has changed in other aspects. They were lanterns before, and they are still lanterns now.

Arturia held the lantern in her hand and maintained this posture, quietly paying attention to the two people in the firelight on the other side. Although she was very patient, she still couldn't help but complain at this moment:

"That girl is very nice, but it's a pity that the boy is too slow and seems a little ignorant..."

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"Master? Are you listening? Is nothing wrong?" Because she didn't hear any answer, there was only silence in the mental network. Saber subconsciously tilted her head, and then she heard a familiar voice in her consciousness. sounded.

"Oh, this... I'm listening, but I just encountered something shocking, so I didn't respond to you..." Xia Ran's tone was a little weird.

"What happened?" Artoria was slightly shocked. Even her Master would be shocked. Could it be that an accident had happened? She subconsciously became concerned.

"My maid just told me a cold joke, so I couldn't react for a while and was a little shocked..." Xia Ran laughed and replied with a dry smile. In a sense, he was very honest.

"Charlotte? Telling a joke?"

Saber was also stunned, and her expression became weird. If this was really the case, she would be able to understand her Master all of a sudden.

Maybe it's because she is fundamentally different from Irisviel. Charlotte has been cold and cold for so many years and has not been shown to have any feelings. Even though she has always been loyal to her duties, she has become more and more like an all-purpose maid. .

Moreover, Xia Ran's original intention of creating her in the first place was originally planned differently——

But later I met two lost people who were easy to talk to and insisted on making friends, so instead of the original arrangement of the head maid, the two twins were able to pay attention to two or even three protagonists at the same time in Shouyang City. trend.

So the maid has always stayed with the Master. After such a long time, maybe she actually has the function of emotion, but her personality has always been cold, and it is difficult for others to be sure?

Artoria thought this subconsciously, feeling that she seemed to have found a reasonable explanation, but she couldn't figure out the situation where the head maid would take the initiative to tell a cold joke.

"Yes, yes, but let's not talk about it anymore. Pay attention to the pair of happy enemies..." Xia Ran laughed again and changed the subject without leaving any trace. "The two of them are like this, one is arrogant and the other is slow. …”

"Like you and Ms. Yukinoshita?" Saber blinked and remembered the portrait the other party drew a few days ago. She didn't know what her psychology was, so she asked subconsciously.

"no."

The boy opposite him flatly denied it.

"Yun Tianhe is really stupid, and I am pretending to be stupid. Why do you think I am as slow as him?"

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How are you so proud? Arturia silently closed the channel to speak.