Angel on earth

"It's nothing." Mikhail said sullenly, "I killed a few villains, and it became like this. I would kill them without you, and I will kill more!"

"You said you wouldn't lie, Misha. You don't like killing people at all." Aaron gently lifted his foot into his arms, entrusted his little weight to his hands, and smiled dryly Twice, "After a few days in Chalek, you complained to me about this."

Mikhail snorted twice, lowered his head and rubbed against his chest, bit the button of the cloak, and a gust of wind blew, unfolding the already dim snow-white cloak embroidered by six noble girls on the ground. on the ground.He hugged Aaron and sat on a thick, soft cushion with the box next to him still open, as if he was here for an outing.

"It's nothing to see, I'm healthy." Aaron crawled out of his arms and sat aside, Mikhail puffed up his cheeks and turned his head away, "Besides, in this way, you can't leave me and run away .”

Aaron laughed helplessly: "What, Misha. In this way, the two of us only have one eye to use!"

Mikhail never laughed at such things, so Aaron leaned close to him and said, "Good Misha, I will cure you. How could I leave you? You see, although it is selfish to have you all to yourself, But sorry, the last Dr. Edwards in the world is such a selfish guy. I take money from the rich and donate to the poor, but I keep the most for myself; I give women money, knowledge and jobs, and quickly abandon them cruelly ;I make highly effective concentrated pills, but emit Morpheus, which is more terrible than marijuana; Jewelry made by Iris; there are many poor people in the world, Mikhail who could save them ran away with me, and I don't plan to return them. Will you be disappointed, Misha?"

Mikhail took off the water jug ​​on his waist, unscrewed the lid and handed it to him.Aaron knew that he had talked too much, and after not speaking for so long, his voice quickly became hoarse, and he didn't realize it.

While Aaron was drinking, Mikhail bent his knees, put his hands on his cheeks, opened his blue-purple eyes with vertical pupils, and looked at him motionlessly.After he absently handed the kettle to Mikhail, the latter spoke seriously:

"No matter what you do, I will forgive you. In my heart, you are the best person in the world. If you are still guilty and sad about the past, I will replace the sun god and forgive you with the supreme authority. "

The scorched old sycamore tree behind it looked bare, with a weak branch sticking out stubbornly from the top side, the last small leaf had just fallen, and there was still a touch of tender green on the petiole.The green, facing the setting sun, reflected light and clear light, like the eyes of some old Edwards.

Aaron wiped his glasses and suddenly laughed.

"What's so funny!" Mikhail was in a hurry, and turned around abruptly, his whole body shrouded like a huge shadow.Aaron pinched his cheek and said, "The first time you told me this was also under a big tree. What kind of tree is it... I forgot!"

Mikhail blushed: "I, I didn't mean that. Besides, you haven't recovered yet."

"Those who can recover will have recovered long ago." Aaron grabbed his hand and put it on his chest, and leaned over to kiss his lips, "Good Misha, stand up, I will show you the place where I grew up, I He used to be a nice guy."

Mikhail wanted to argue again, but Aaron had already stood up, happily took his hand, and walked towards the huge ruins of the Emerald City.

The Emerald City was founded in the time of Arnold Calvin Edwards, who only spent the last year of his life here.After nearly 200 years of renovation and expansion, when it was set on fire by the "King of War" David, it was already a behemoth occupying the entire hill.

Aaron led Mikhail to walk among the weeds and rocks, and told him that this was the gate of the castle, but there was only one door frame, not even an iron gate, because the lords and citizens of the Emerald City were good people; On the left is the bakery. The Emerald City does not force citizens to come to the castle to bake bread. It is lent to the poor for free. There are very few farmers here, and most of them grow medicinal materials in exchange for money and food; Sand, don’t touch it, it’s too dirty, well, someone must have been there, because this is the castle vestibule, a pipe organ said to have [-] pipes occupies an entire wall, we counted it a few times when we were kids, I can't figure it out... No matter what, scrap iron is also valuable. Someone probably took it away and sold it.

Mikhail looked left and right with a serious face, as if he was not surrounded by weeds and broken walls, but the tall and solemn ancient castle described by Aaron. In front of him were Aaron's relatives and friends and a resplendent and magnificent pipe organ. Waiting for the saints to visit - Sun Cathedral has the highest specification pipe organ in the world. At that time, the Emerald City was probably second only to it and the monastery on the mountain.In fact, according to the laws of the Church and Noren, Arnold Calvin Edwards was not qualified to build such a luxurious instrument.

"Misha, Misha, do you know?" Aaron let go of Mikhail's hand, climbed up the stacked blackened boulders, closed his eyes and breathed in the gentle evening wind, "The building built by Arnold's grandfather in that era In the bottom part of the castle, apart from the death cell, there is also a treasure room, where the nobles lock their most precious treasures. Mikhail, Mikhail, there is no one better than you in the world, how can I Do it?"

Mikhail looked up, Aaron was looking at him.He folded his hands on his chest and said: "I will follow you, I will be your John. The castle will fall, the treasure room will be emptied, the treasure inside will have no legs, and you will never see you all year round. fall into the hands of others."

"Don't be John." Aaron's shoulders trembled slightly with laughter, and Mikhail also laughed, "You are so kind, Misha, many, many people will come to me and say, 'Give me John's head![2]'"

Mikhail curled his lips: "Who can throw me into the lion's den? If I go in, the lion will bow down and fight for me."

"Okay, Misha, you have committed a sin of pride, and God the Father will punish you."

"Just forgive me, besides, you obviously like it when I say that."

Aaron clapped his hands, condescendingly rubbed Mikhail's snow-white and soft short hair, jumped down lightly, and led Mikhail to continue strolling leisurely.

They walked through the scorched earth and weeds, and Aaron looked down at the road, reminding Mikhail to lift his feet from time to time.The sun warmly reflected the entire hillside in front of the side, and it was warm in the cool autumn wind.

You can already see Mirror Lake from here.At the bottom of the cliff, there are many moss-covered rocks protruding from the water. They are the walls of the Emerald City on the side of the cliff.There are still some walls that can be described as "decay" intermittently on the mountain, and the ambivalence of the designer of the Emerald City can be clearly seen: there is no gate, but there are two layers of walls.

Aaron faced Mikhail, walked backwards, and introduced: "This is a house dedicated to cultivating rare medicinal materials. At that time, there was no glass. There was an entire Crystal Palace in the southeast corner of the third floor, which was used as a greenhouse. There are rumors that Edwards buried living people in the soil to nourish the medicine, so the medicine is so effective that it can bloom in winter..."

Mikhail shrugged his nose, and Aaron turned away, eyes widening.

Among the layers of wood, weeds, wall bricks and rocks, there is a lavender flower with a red core growing in dots.Light and shadows straddle the vast cliffs, and when the cold evening wind blows, they sway gently in the majestic sunset, rustling with the weeds.

Aaron adjusted his glasses, picked a flower for careful observation, squatted on the ground and said in surprise: "Damn, isn't this 'Red Micah'?"

Mikhail let out a strange grunt from his throat.Although it was only for a moment, Aaron stood up, and while matching the "Red Micah" on his chest, he explained:

"This is a kind of herbal medicine that Arnold's grandfather brought back from the Kingdom of Baal. It promotes blood circulation and soothes the nerves. Because the stigma part with the main medicinal effect is the same color as the hair of Saint Micah, it is called 'Red Micah', and it is also called 'Red Micah' in some places. 'Micah's eyelashes'. Ah, nothing like Micah, as delicate as hell. We've been taking care of them for 200 years, and now they're as tenacious as weeds."

The flower was at the height of his head. Aaron pulled Mikhail's clothes and said with a smile, "It's windy now, can you hear it, Misha? The sound of flowers and grass is different."

Mikhail said sullenly: "Now I don't like 'Misha' a bit."

Aaron laughed.

After being silent for a while, he spoke softly in the rustling wind:

"My father Roberto was a good doctor and my mother Catherine was a good nurse. My father's father, my grandfather was also a doctor, and so was my mother's father. My grandfather's father, and fourteen generations later Both. From King Arthur to Queen Michelia, to Edgar II 300 years ago and Queen Olivia today, the Edwards family has produced many bad guys, but many more good ones. We delve into magic and mortal craft , prevent smallpox, stop the plague, and let soldiers who lost their hands and feet stand up and embrace their wives. Emerald City does not allow girls in the territory to marry before the age of 20, and prohibits boys from marrying wives before the age of 20, because it is harmful to health and soul. Much more beneficial, though it would in turn be evidence of witchcraft."

His voice was slightly hoarse, and when it was low, it was like some kind of temptation itself, but now he proudly and loudly told a saint the history of a family's demise:

"My grandmother, she is so thin, maybe half your size, Misha, it is said that she was a good doctor before she got sick, and my father learned how to make medicine from her. When I was 17 years old, she still told me stories, The soldiers dragged her out of the hospital bed and threw her through the window. I saw it outside, I saw it... She didn't die right away. I could save her, I was a Professional doctors, we are all... But I couldn't save her. Did I survive because I was strong? Because I didn't resist, I didn't have the chance and I didn't have the courage.

"And my brothers and sisters..."

His sister Lily jumped from the top of the clock tower after killing a priest and several soldiers, and then her head was chopped off and brought back to Lieyang City, where it was burned by eternal fire; father Roberto's head was a war The king knocked on the key to the gate of the manor, and his mother Catherine was executed in the courtyard.The eldest brother Harry was escorted back to Lieyang City together with him, several cousins ​​and servants, half died on the road, half died in the dungeon.

Harry's fiancée, Dinah, the most wanton second princess of the Noren Empire, pledged her title, honor and life that the Edwards family would never rebel, let alone do such a terrible thing as a deal with the devil.Princess Dinah knelt in the snow and begged for three days under the wall of San Valentino Cathedral in the capital of Nolon, but what the bishop took out from the fire on the altar was Harry Edwards in prison. A document for committing suicide.Dinah probably died of pneumonia a month later. The church has never paid much attention to such insignificant details, and it is only because of her status as a princess that Noren is strong enough.

The author says:

In another context, Misha may be playing Stalin's organ (hey)

[2] Salome and John the Baptist are recorded in the New Testament, and there is a scene where they were thrown into the lion’s den by King Herod. The lines from Oscar Wilde’s Salome are quoted here, which have now been added to the sun god’s hodgepodge . (At the beginning, it was Knight Commander John)

The prototype of "Red Micah" is saffron (the stigma and other parts are saffron, and Micah's hair is that color), and the bulb has been modified for convenience. (The following is Baidu Encyclopedia) The native species in southwest Asia was first cultivated by the Greeks.It is mainly distributed in Europe, the Mediterranean and Central Asia, etc. It was introduced into China during the Ming Dynasty, and it was planted in Spain by the Arabs in 961, and it was recorded in English medical books in the 10th century.The language of flowers is happiness (although Micah is not happy)