flower and big devil

Luo Xiu dreamed that he was floating in mid-air, and the "crane tail" transformed himself without being invited and got out from his neckline, surrounded him, and the black-haired young man was surrounded by meat balls He made a strange sound of "babbling and babbling", and he grew bigger and carried him down slowly from mid-air—the wind blew past his face, the ends of his hair, and the bottom of his skirt... …Huh?The black-haired young man froze for a moment, and lowered his head with difficulty while maintaining the posture of floating in mid-air. Then he found helplessly that the chanting robe on his body was missing again, and he changed into that damned, vicious one again. Maid outfit.

The black-haired young man touched his neck subconsciously, and he let out a long breath when he touched the purple crystal ball hanging on the red rope... At this moment, his descending speed became faster and faster. Slow—passing through the cold and wet clouds, now he can see the scenery under his feet when he lowers his head, colorful and strange-shaped plants are all over the whole green land, and the cold armor of the patrolling Tarot soldiers can be vaguely seen Reflecting the icy metallic luster in the sun, the black-haired young man lowered his head and looked almost fascinated. Occasionally, colorful birds with long tail feathers would fly past him.

Everything in Luo Xiu's eyes grew bigger and bigger as he approached, and the land got closer and closer. Finally, at the end of the crane, he tried to open up and landed first, caught the owner firmly and gently "poofed" him to the ground. Throw it on the thick grass with a bang, and look around at the scene.

Luo Xiu knew that he had once again accidentally fallen into the place that the NPCs called "illusion".

The first time is raw and the second time is familiar, this time there is not even any surprise or uneasiness in my heart.The black-haired young man got up from the ground and began to look around. When his eyes hurriedly scanned the surrounding scenery, he even wondered for a moment whether he had returned to the abandoned back garden of Buddha Luomen——

Weeds with small white flowers are growing wantonly at the feet. Whenever Luo Xiu takes a step outside, these weeds will fly and make a pleasant "rustling" sound... not far from him is an exquisite fountain, the fountain is rushing Clear spring water flowed out from the ground, and the black-haired young man narrowed his eyes slightly and walked into the fountain, only to find that there were two mermaids carved back to back on the huge fountain, but their appearances were different.

The mermaid on the left has long wet curly hair, which hangs down on her upturned chest. Her facial features are extremely delicate, and she holds a lotus flower in full bloom in her hand.

The mermaid on the right has neat short hair. She has her eyes closed, her head bowed, and her hands folded in front of her chest. In her hand, she is holding a huge lotus leaf.

Withdrawing his gaze from the mermaid statue, the black-haired young man narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his head. The surrounding hedges full of wild roses almost completely surrounded the surrounding area—those flower vines were very tall on top of his head. The very high vault-like places are entangled together to form a sealed space, only the very top where he fell has a small opening just enough to accommodate his fall...

Luo Xiu only felt that the place he was in at this moment seemed like an exquisite birdcage wrapped with flower vines.

Just when the black-haired young man was wondering where this was, suddenly there was a "rustling" sound from behind him, and the black-haired young man turned his head, just in time to see a Tarot soldier in armor all over his body moving stiffly. Blossoming vine——Under the armor, he also seemed to feel Luo Xiu's gaze. With the sound of "click, click" from the armor, the Tarot soldier raised his head, and met Luo Xiu's inadvertent silent gaze. .

Under the cover of the armor, Luo Xiu certainly couldn't see what this guy looked like—however, he didn't forget that the caterpillar said that the Tarot soldiers were chasing him everywhere... subconsciously grabbed it and hung it around his neck. But when he saw the golden pupils in the gap of the armor clearly, he suddenly stopped the action of tearing off the teeth and turning them into weapons, and the action seemed awkward and stiff. In mid-air.

"Who are you?" The black-haired young man asked with a vigilant face.

The Tarot soldiers didn't speak—in fact, Luo Xiu didn't seem to expect him to answer himself. In his opinion, these Tarot soldiers were a group of lifeless walking dead... But the guy in front of him didn't seem to rush forward to attack What he meant, so Luo Xiu also temporarily gave up the urge to attack the opponent, he put down his hand, and watched the guy in full armor clumsily liberate himself from the flower vine——

He walked towards Luo Xiu with heavy steps, and then stopped at a safe distance that Luo Xiu could accept—then he made a move that surprised Luo Xiu a little. Action——The Tarot soldier actually raised his hand, silently pointing to the red mark on his cheek on his helmet.

There is a small sickle painted with bright red paint, and the lower right side of the sickle is not painted with Arabic numerals like other Tarot soldiers. There is nothing there.

"What does the sickle symbolize? You are the Major Arcana card?" Luo Xiu blurted out subconsciously.

The Tarot soldier paused for three seconds, then he nodded heavily.

"What's that? The Hanged Man? A Chariot? The Pope? Or... Death?"

Hearing the black-haired young man's name, the Tarot soldier raised his hand, and when the black-haired young man standing not far from him widened his eyes slightly in surprise, he almost did not hesitate, Removed the heavy armor from his head——

The man under the armor showed his true colors.

It was a plain, ordinary face.

Only the pair of golden pupils seemed too sharp—the golden pupils with restrained sharpness still became the only redeeming feature of the whole face, and even made the tall Tarot soldier in front of him look energetic Many... As if seeing the black-haired young man in front of him who was too surprised to speak, "Reaper" chuckled with the most common simple smile: "You called my name, so I think , it’s not impossible to let you see what I look like.”

Luo Xiu pointed at the other party, and pointed at himself - in the end, even he himself didn't know what he wanted to do, he could only squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth, dumbfounded: "...you...can talk? "

The tall Tarot soldier smiled because of the strange and impolite question of the black-haired young man: "Of course I can talk."

Luo Xiu felt that the world was simply miraculous.

He's actually standing right here, having a daily conversation with the Dark Lord's lackeys like a polite stranger!Frowning slightly, the black-haired young man was troubled by the sudden huge amount of information—in fact, from the first time he met the Duke of Darkness and the butler of the sheep-headed monster, he never thought about these things he regarded as "NPCs" People actually have such a down-to-earth independent personality.

Luo Xiu felt that he could almost understand why Heller sometimes stuttered when speaking, because now he also faced such a problem: "I thought... I thought... Forget it—you said, I called your name?"

"Yes."

"Don't the Duke of Darkness call your names?"

"I miss it. It's been a long time since anyone called me by my name. The Duke of Darkness usually just calls us 'Hello' or 'That one over there' or 'This one over here'... More often than not, he used to be direct Give orders, and then we consciously carry out, rather than he to designate who to do what - because it is messed up, it is obvious that we are waiting for a dead end, and the Dark Duke calls it a 'flush and guilty'." "Big Brother Karna Reaper" replied.

Luo Xiu pursed his lips: "The Duke of Darkness is a pervert."

After listening to Luo Xiu's words, "Reaper" smiled, which instantly made his ordinary face come alive - in fact, when his golden eyes slightly bent when he smiled, Luo Xiu almost felt He saw the most beautiful eyes in the world, yes, even he himself was surprised why he had to define such a high level so easily.

"I know your name is Alice, and I know you are bold, but you'd better keep your voice down now, you know, we are all standing on the territory of the Duke of Darkness right now—you are his newly appointed gardener, and I It was the Tarot soldiers who happened to pass by here on patrol, in fact, we shouldn't even be having any conversations."

gardener?I am not!

Just passing by?Liar you!

Luo Xiu raised his eyebrows, and nodded as if writing the words "I don't believe your nonsense" on his face: "Oh."

Square old K didn't seem to understand the mocking expression on the face of the black-haired young man, and said, "You should know, right? This is the garden of the Dark Duke."

Luo Xiu honestly exclaimed: "What?!"

Those damn butterflies threw Lao Tzu into this perverted birdcage after all kinds of choices?

"Are you surprised? As a gardener, the place you should be in is of course the garden-oh, although it looks a bit like a birdcage to me, but that's the Duke of Darkness's taste, I dare not comment... ...Actually, I didn't mean to interrupt your work just now, I just happened to pass by-but I think you look like if you don't come out and explain something, you will do something to me'..."

"..."

"I heard from the housekeeper this morning that the Duke of Darkness has ordered the garden to prepare freshly picked lotus flowers to put into his bath," the Tarot soldier Death said while looking up at the sky, "The Duke of Darkness likes to bathe in his bath The place is full of bright red lotuses in perfect bloom... Oh, Alice, you're not ready for this, are you?"

"……what?"

Prepare an egg?I just got here.

"It's about time for the housekeeper to check the fruits of your labor—Alice, I shouldn't be nosy, I've heard your story too, looking at the whole fairyland, how many times can I escape from the Duke of Darkness? You are the only person this time...but what's the difference? Maybe you have the spirit of resistance, but in the end you still stand here, becoming a bird in the exquisite birdcage of the Duke of Darkness."

"..."

"The Duke of Darkness's interest in you has not disappeared, so he didn't cut off your wings with scissors. I don't think this is a good time to take advantage of the fire. It is not a wise choice to go against the Duke of Darkness... You didn't come here The first gardener of the garden, and won't be the last, but until then, since you called my name and made me take off the helmet, I personally hope you can hold on for at least a few more days - don't resist , before you think about escaping from the shackles of the Duke of Darkness, the first thing you should think about is how to survive, Alice, to be alive is to be free."

The voice of the Tarot soldier Death God became lower and lower, and finally the voice was almost crushed in the air by the wind blowing from all directions. Luo Xiu had to be very careful to hear what he was saying.

However, even so, the last sentence in his words was still deeply settled in the dark-haired young man's chest, as if something heavy.

To be alive is to be free.

Don't piss off the Dark Lord.

Only when you have full wings can you spread your wings and fly high.

Is this the truth?

Oh, that's probably why.

The consequences of rebellion are usually not so optimistic-so what happens once in a while?

"Where is the place where the lotus is collected?"

When the Tarot soldier looked worriedly at the black-haired young man in front of him who had fallen into silence, at this moment, the other party suddenly raised his head and asked such a question abruptly—he raised his hand and straightened himself The clothes and skirts on his body, and when he raised his head to look at the Tarot soldiers, the rebellious emotions in those pure black pupils like black pearls were swept away like this. At this moment, only There was silence.

The Tarot Soldier Paused for a few seconds—as if he didn't even know whether his words had moved the black-haired young man in front of him, but under the firm gaze of the other party, he still raised his hand and followed Pointing in the direction of the mermaid fountain: "Go around this fountain, and then walk through the bushes, and you will see two huge pools—the two pools are separated from the left and right, and both of them are full of lotus flowers. , in the pool lived a pair of sisters, in the pool on the left lived the elder sister named Livia, in the pool on the right lived the younger sister named Livini. They were the guardians of the two pools, They will give you the lotus they planted, and you just need to tidy it up and bring it back to the housekeeper."

Luo Xiu: "Huh? Twins?"

"Yes." Tarot Soldier Death nodded, "That statue was carved according to the appearance of their sisters—ah, before that, their sisters were also favored by the Duke of Darkness for a long time .”

"kindness?"

"The Duke of Darkness likes to stuff his favorite things into his garden." The Tarot soldier Death laughed, "Just like you, Alice, today you are a gardener, no one knows whether you will be a gardener tomorrow. Appeared in the bed of the Dark Lord—"

While talking, the tall Tarot soldier put the helmet back on his head—it was like a language switch. When he put on the lifeless helmet, the honest and honest ordinary man The image of the man disappeared, and he turned back into a silent, cold Tarot soldier. With stiff and slow movements, he slowly nodded to the black-haired young man in front of him who was chilling because of his words, and then he turned around. Turning around, with the sound of "cracking" at the joints of the armor, the Tarot soldier clumsily pushed away the roses and thorns just like when he came. After a rustling sound, his back slowly Slowly disappeared from Luo Xiu's sight.

Luo Xiu stood in a daze for a while, then turned around and walked in the direction of the statue.

Walking around the statue fountain, as expected, he immediately saw a cobblestone-paved path covered by the statue.

Walking along the cobblestone path, pushing away the bushes that blocked his vision, when his vision suddenly widened, the scene in front of him made him mistakenly think that he had entered some kind of fairyland——

The surrounding area was foggy, and even the grass under his feet looked wet.

Two pools on the left and one on the right occupy most of the open space. In the pool on the left, there is a large pool of blue lotus leaves. The growth of the lotus leaves is long and tall. The top of the flower stem is full of unusually bright red lotuses. The red roses are like fiery red roses, but they have a shocking smell when placed on such a huge lotus flower. Some lotus flowers have already bloomed to the extreme. Some are still in the state of budding; and in sharp contrast with this pool of blood lotus, in the pool on the right, the big lotus flowers are completely white. Layers of white snow fell on the water in the pond, the whiteness was so spotless that even the light powder on the shorted part of the normal lotus petals could not be seen.

By the pond, the dark green branches are hidden in the milky white mist. When you get closer, you can see that the branches are full of all kinds of out-of-season flowers, red, white, purple, a cluster of flowers... From above the bushes near the edge of the pool, the branches are also covered with heavy fruits. A large bunch of those fruits hang neatly in a row like lanterns. Those fruits are completely transparent. When the wind blows, they can even I saw the sap inside was flowing slowly, some were still half-green yellow-green, and those that were ripe turned into an attractive cherry red.

There was the sound of rhythmic water flow in his ears, and Luo Xiu subconsciously lightened his steps. When he came to the pool on the left, through the thick mist, he saw at a glance that he was naked from the upper body, lazy A young woman lying on the edge of the pool with her neck outstretched and approaching the bushes complacently.

The woman has long fiery red curly hair, and the fiery red makes her fair skin even whiter. Her facial features are almost as delicate as the beautiful mermaid statue outside. When Luo Xiu walked in, she was half dozing. Focusing, stretched his neck, opened his cherry mouth, went to the edge of the bush, and took a transparent lantern-shaped fruit hanging on the water with his mouth——

It seemed that the black-haired young man's footsteps frightened her, the fruit exploded between her lips and tongue, and at the same time as the bright red juice splashed, the young girl suddenly turned around and plunged into the floating pool behind her. In the unusually bright red lotus pond, Luo Xiu only had time to see a huge fish tail resembling a golden-red koi slapping hard on the water surface, accompanied by a "plop" sound accompanied by With the sound of splashing water, the fish tail sank heavily to the bottom of the water, leaving only a turbulent pool of blood lotus and bubbles bubbling up from the bottom of the water.

The black-haired young man was almost in a daze staring at the bright red lotus flower swaying on the water.

Until he heard the sound of water coming from behind him, and then, a few drops of cold water broke through the cocoon from behind him, and a few drops even got into his neckline mischievously—you can almost see it here. In the temperature environment of a greenhouse, the cold pool water suddenly penetrated into the neckline and touched the warm skin, which made the black-haired young man shiver uncontrollably. Smiling amber pupils.

"Are you the new gardener?"

The short-haired young woman lying on the pool on the right showed her white teeth with a smile. She was lying on the edge of the pool wet all over, and her chin was supported by a pair of arms that were almost fluorescent because of the wet water. Compared with the woman with long curly hair that Luo Xiu saw before, she looked much inferior—but that was only in comparison. Luo Xiu believed that it was wrong to demand others because of a rare and stunning existence in the world. of.

At this moment, the short-haired woman lying on the edge of the pool moved her head and seemed to be a little curious as to why the black-haired young man in front of her didn't answer her question. Her amber eyeballs rolled in their sockets, and the smile on her face became even stronger. After being a little brighter, she repeated her question again, and she took the initiative to say: "I am the caretaker of the lotus pond, and my name is Livini."

"I……"

"I know your name is Alice." Livini chuckled and covered her lips, "Everyone here knows your story."

Luo Xiu thinks... This girl has a good personality, at least compared to that beautiful girl who saw a ghost and ran away without a trace after seeing him, this girl seems to be barely able to communicate.

Livini propped herself up slightly away from the water surface, generously exposing her snow-white chest—when she completely left the water surface and came to the edge of the large bluestone bricks piled up by the pool, Luo Xiu opened his eyes slightly—— For a while, he couldn't move his eyes and looked at the huge fish tail with beautiful curves and neat scales attached to the woman's navel.

The transparent fins are naturally attached to the blue-black, thumbnail-sized scaled fish tail because of the wet water.When Livini laughs, the giant fish tail pats the water in rhythm.

mermaid.

Live!

Luo Xiu's eyes widened, and he guessed that his dumbfounded appearance probably looked like a bumpkin.

But that's not the point at all, at this moment, seeing the legendary creature, he just wants to find a place to yell at the moment - compared to the sheep-headed monster Lord of the Flies, mermaids are the benefits for men Ah, is there—the painting style suddenly became normal, the happiness came so suddenly that he couldn't believe it! ! !

But at this moment, looking at the black-haired young man in front of him who was so shocked that he only had time to blink his eyes, Livini laughed happily: "Oh, Alice, if you want to see clearly, you can come and approach me , just so I can see you... The panicked girl you saw just now is my sister, she is Livia... Oh, don't blame her for reacting so much, except for the Duke of Darkness, we rarely See other people."

Luo Xiu blinked, and the four big characters of the Duke of Darkness brought him back to his senses: "The Duke of Darkness has been here?"

"Come here often." Livini said, under the cover of the mist, her amber pupils seemed to be dimmed, but she quickly returned to the original cheerful expression, "The Duke of Darkness likes to be beautiful." stuff—so usually, he’d come over to Livia’s and sit and talk to her and walk away with some lotuses that were in full bloom.”

Livini said, pointing to the pool opposite her - Luo Xiu followed her fingertips, and saw at a glance that there seemed to be a delicate wooden boat parked beside Livia's pool, The oars were placed in the small boat——at this moment, the elder sister of the mermaid sisters was hiding behind the small wooden boat, showing half of her exquisite face, looking at them cautiously.

As if he felt the eyes of the black-haired young man and the short-haired mermaid focus on him, the beautiful mermaid shrank back timidly—but just when Luo Xiu thought she was going to hide in the water again , but saw the mermaid nodded slightly to him in an almost invisible arc.

Luo Xiu also nodded in Livia's direction almost subconsciously in response.

"Beautiful things are always worth cherishing." Behind Luo Xiu, Livini said meaningfully, "You must have never imagined that when the Duke of Darkness found our sisters in the swamp, he almost hugged my sister all the way. I was waiting to come back—but I stayed in the big water tank he prepared in advance from the beginning to the end."

"Hold it back?" Luo Xiu subconsciously withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the younger sister of the mermaid sisters behind him.

"Yeah," Livini brushed her drooping forehead hair, and used this action to cover up the flash of light in her eyes, "I carried you back—Alice, did the Duke of Darkness hug you?"

In my mind, the man smiled softly, and the lightly raised corners of his lips flashed past... I imagined the posture of the tall man holding the beautiful mermaid in his arms like a princess, the black-haired young man With a sudden jump in my heart, I almost subconsciously denied it: "...No."

"Don't pretend, we all know that man who is as handsome as a god likes to put all his collections in his garden." Livini giggled, stretched out her slender fingertips, before the former had time to react Under the circumstances, he gently poked his Adam's apple, "My dear sister Livia, and the pool of blood lotus that she planted herself—oh, now, the new collection is right in front of our eyes: you."

Luo Xiu felt a little uncomfortable and took a half step back: "Why don't you count yourself?"

"I'm just an incidental." Livini withdrew her smile, turned around and returned to the water lightly and gracefully. After swimming around, she returned to Luo Xiu's side. She sneered and said indifferently, "I And Livia are twin sisters-neither of us can live without the other, one dies, and the other must die with him, of course that man can't take such a risk to leave me as a safety hazard in the swamp, I heard When spring comes, there will be piranhas in there."

"..."

"So there are two opposite pools - if I am also a collectible, he will not deliberately separate the two of us into two pools, oh, to be honest, the last time the man looked at me and I didn't even Remember when it happened."

"Well?"

"Later, he asked us to take care of the lotus seeds he brought back in the pool - how ridiculous, we took the same seeds from that man's hand, but grew two completely different colors, my pale as It's the corpse of a dead person, but Livia's is as red as blood, which happens to be the color the Duke of Darkness likes, which makes her almost the Duke of Darkness's favorite toy for a while."

"..."

"Now you're here, Alice, I'm so glad you're here." Lying on the edge of the water, Livini looked at the bewildered black-haired young man in front of her with a smile, lowered her voice, and slowly spoke in an ethereal voice. Said, "Alice, bring him the lotus flower that the Duke of Darkness wants, and let him hug you."

"what?"

"In this way, he can never forget that there are two mermaids in captivity in this cold pool."

"..."

In the silence of the black-haired young man, the short-haired mermaid laughed softly: "We are twins, one shouldn't be lifted up in the sky, and the other should be trampled underfoot...it's not fair, not at all." Fair, Alice, do you think I'm right? If twin grasses and twin flowers are going to wither, we should be together."

The author has something to say: Sister (beautiful): Livia

Sister (not pretty): Livini