[The Chronicles of Narnia] Sin

Edmund didn't know whether Mona had succeeded in finding the Supreme King, but he knew that he was going to be unlucky. The "red-haired devil" version of Edith approached him with a smile on her face, knowing what she was planning without waiting for her to speak.

"...I would rather meet you in the arena than here." King Justice said as he retreated to the dance floor.

"Lucy said you dance very well, I just want to see it." The girl raised her auburn eyebrows maliciously.

"Can you believe what Lucy said?" Edmund felt his calf touching the edge of the sofa, sat down quickly, and tried to change the subject, "The color of your eyebrows...is pretty good."

There was a large audience, and Edith couldn't force him to the dance floor, so she sat down next to him and picked a strawberry to eat: "It seems that you two like to talk irony."

The last foxtrot was about to begin, but the Justice King didn't intend to get up.Edith finally sneaked into the ballroom, not wanting to waste the most precious time, she stood up and wanted to grab someone who was alone as a dance partner.

Seeing this, Edmund finally made a concession: "Wait a minute," he sighed as if he had been greatly wronged, "sacrifice the ego to help everyone."

Edith glared at him hard from the brown eyes hidden under the mask.But as the melodious music sounded, she still obediently supported King Justice's shoulders: "Don't cry out if your feet are stepped on."

Edmund rolled his eyes up in despair: "Can't you take a smaller step?"

The two reluctantly danced for a while with their hands tied, but no tragedy happened for the time being.Lucy, who was dancing with a braided nobleman, happened to turn around, stretched out her head and praised, "That's right, it's quite plausible."

Yet Edmund was still uncomfortable.He is still more used to the two people's usual verbal battle like a debate. Once they do something seriously, the scene will be cold and awkward.

"Chat." He said commandingly.

"I'm afraid I don't have enough brains," replied Edith.Just memorizing the three dance steps is already difficult, and it is impossible for her to have brain cells to satirize the Justice King or resist the Justice King's irony.

"You are not born to dance, why do you force yourself like this..." Edmund said helplessly, "The task of pretending to be a nobleman cannot be assigned to you."

Edith frowned and answered, "It's just learning skills, it doesn't matter whether you are noble or not."

At the end of the dance song, the two were finally able to talk more relaxedly while dancing.

"Thank you Lucy for me and the people in the Intelligence Bureau." Edith said suddenly and seriously, "She doesn't care about class, which is rare."

Hearing what she said, Edmund realized that he had offended the other party just now.After immersing himself in the court for seven or eight years, he himself accidentally contracted the aristocratic disease that separates people into different categories.

"I'm sorry." The dance ended just as he needed to bow, and he expressed his apology by the way, "I'm too narrow-minded. Every executive of the intelligence agency deserves the best dance."

Edith curtseyed to him: "I don't mind, you're telling the truth. Happy birthday!"

Under the light, the girl's hair shone brightly, her figure was tall and straight, and there was an infectious smile at the corner of her mouth.Exaggerated makeup and hair, blunt dancing skills, and more shortcomings seem insignificant at this moment; those things that he has suppressed and struggled in his heart for a long time, and he is unwilling to admit and dare not imagine gradually become irrefutable facts.

He likes the sincere and tenacious soul in the other party's body that yearns for freedom and equality.No matter how funny, playful or ordinary the body is hidden in, he can't refuse it, and even wants to spend the rest of his life with it.

·

The peaceful spring of Narnia was broken by a mermaid's distress letter.It came with the urgent letter in a huge, heavy wooden box sealed with wax.

"The head of the mermaid asks Your Majesty not to open it above the court hall." The goat messenger said.

The Supreme King and his younger brothers and sisters looked at each other for a moment, then nodded slightly: "We will choose the right time."

After the crowd dispersed, the four rulers came to their exclusive small council hall.After the Supreme King finished reading the letter, his face changed slightly.

He passed the letter to the rest of the Pevensies, and he quickly drew his sword and pried open the edge of the wooden box.

The familiar fishy smell of the ocean hits the face, mixed with a strange and stale smell.The dense bones of a mermaid are impressively visible.From the skull, to the spine, to the ribs, to the arms, to the tail of the fish... It is completely and curled up in the box.

"Can'tbe!" Lucy was the first to exclaim.

The white bone is different from ordinary corpses, it is too clean, smooth and complete, without any scratches or residues attached to it, and the bone is extremely fresh, without calcification and discoloration, as if it belonged to it alive and kicking a few days ago Owner.

"This is not a natural death." Edmund concluded in a deep voice, "If what the mermaids said is true, there must be an evil force from the East China Sea far away."

"The mermaids said that she was not the first to die." Susan read the letters carefully, "In a week, three mermaids have mysteriously disappeared, and when the bones were found a few days later, without exception, all the skin and flesh disappeared. ..."

"This is really scary." The queen closed the letter paper in shock, her chest heaving violently, "How could we have a way to fight against this kind of magic?"

"But they are our people." Supreme King Peter said seriously, "Even if there is no chance of winning, we must help."

"Will Lord River God and other aquariums have a solution?" Lucy thought of asking for help first.

The Supreme King's light brown eyebrows were deeply knit together: "Maybe. Ed and I will investigate this matter carefully. You and Susan go to the coast to appease the mermaids, they must be terrified."

·

Brothers Peter and Edmund took a medium-sized fishing boat and went to the sea near the scene of the crime under the guidance of the mermaid.

The blue-green sea sparkled under the refraction of the sun, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"We might need to dive in," Peter said to his brother, taking off his silk coat.He also threw his sword into the cabin, leaving only a dagger—it was too heavy to do much in the water.

Edmund followed his brother's actions and only brought a self-defense dagger. After everything was ready, he jumped into the water.The two don't dive often, and need to float up to take a breath from time to time, so they can only search at a shallower depth.

The salty sea water was a bit stinging to the eyes, and Supreme Wang Qiang swam concentratingly while holding on to the tingling sensation, and finally found something unusual in the waters to the east - there seemed to be some long light red objects floating there.

He held his breath and winked at Edmund and the mermaids behind him, and they all swam towards the direction he commanded.

As the thing got closer and closer to him, Peter's heart began to panic inexplicably.He didn't know why he was so irritable, so he quickly surfaced to take a breath.The King of Justice then also appeared on the water: "You may not believe it, Pete," he shook Dripping's hair, "I just wanted to duel with you."

"What?" The Supreme King was simply baffled, "What kind of nerves are you getting?"

"This is not a joke." The black-haired young man gasped, "When I was closest to that red thing just now... I couldn't resist pulling out my dagger and stabbing you."

Peter realizes that the red thing underwater might be carrying a powerful spell, but a sense of duty forces him to find out.

"Can you still go down?" He asked Edmund with concern, "The mermaids should still be waiting for us near that thing."

"I may try again." The Justice King threw his dagger to Peter, "as long as you are not afraid of being beaten by my fist."

The two dived into the water again, and gradually approached the mysterious translucent red object that swayed with the waves.

That thing is very long, and it has been winding towards the extreme east, with no end in sight.And the end closest to the territorial waters of Narnia, just two meters away from the two kings and the mermaid guide, was like silk, with the end gradually fading red and disappearing in the water.

It is like a red ribbon without substance, beautiful and evil.Edmund concluded in his heart.His mood was disturbed by the magic power, and he became irritable again. ——Looking around, the expressions of the other few were not very good, as if they were suppressing inexplicable anger; even the Supreme King, who was usually gentle and stable, and showed no signs of emotion or anger, frowned.

Everyone stood vigilantly two meters away from the "red ribbon", and no one dared to take a step forward.

Edmund knew the nature of magic well - the more you fear it, the more it can control you.He tried his best to overcome the strong sense of resistance all over his body, and swam about thirty centimeters forward.

The first time he got close to the evil thing, he felt a strong suction force—the sea water around him seemed to be alive, pushing him towards the ribbon!His right hand also seemed to be possessed by a demon, desperately wanting to touch the bright red color, and slowly poked out towards the end of the ribbon.Inch by inch, getting closer...

A sharp, heavy object suddenly hit his arm.Edmund woke up from the nightmare in pain, and found that it was Peter next to him who had just thrown the dagger wrapped in a scabbard at him.

He paddled backward belatedly, realizing with horror that if Peter hadn't hit him just now, he might have died.

Unable to speak in the water, the Supreme King stared at his younger brother angrily and motioned for him to come up again.

"Are you crazy?!" As soon as he got the air, the Supreme King scolded his younger brother, "Don't move around before you are sure!"

Edmund had nothing to say, and let his brother get angry with him.

"Those mermaids from before... that's probably how they died." Peter's blue eyes were full of worry.

"Maybe we should try again with inanimate things." The Justice King persisted and wanted to find out.

Knowing his brother's stubborn nature, Peter pulled out the remaining dagger, handed the hilt to Edmund, and left the wooden scabbard for himself: "I'll throw this thing in later and see what happens.— Also, don't stab me!" he warned half-jokingly.

The two dived underwater for the last time.

Peter took a deep breath, calmed his extremely restless heart, slightly approached the end of the ribbon, pointed the direction and threw out the scabbard steadily——

As soon as the thing touched the red/area wrapped by the ribbon, it quickly melted into a pool of yellow water as if corroded, and dissolved and dissipated in the deep sea.

All the witnesses present widened their eyes and took a few steps back subconsciously.This is a powerful sorcery capable of absorbing the energy of all living things, even wood that has long been separated from its roots.

Edmund imitated his elder brother and threw out the remaining metal dagger in his hand—this time the spell didn't work. The cold metal object drew an arc in the sea water and gradually sank to the bottom of the sea.

Edmund felt that he probably figured out where this "red ribbon" was sacred—it was a medium of energy transmission.No matter how magical the world is, energy always obeys the law of conservation.The other end of the ribbon is probably a powerful wizard, relying on this medium to plunder the energy of innocent creatures in the sea of ​​Narnia in an attempt to achieve his own goals.

Thoughtful in his thoughts, he followed the High King aboard the fishing boat back to Cair Paravel.