[The Chronicles of Narnia] Sin

On the second day of arriving at Danbaston Island, the young magician had a premonition that his life was about to come to an end.

"I finally understand why you did that." Elvis smiled at his father beside the bed, "Freedom and ideals... always have a price. But at least I proved one thing that you and I have misunderstood Thing—not all royal families are selfish and narrow-minded.”

The Justice King he was talking about was waiting outside the door with many Narnia warriors at the moment, his face was heavy.

"Your Majesty." The old blacksmith walked out of the house and saluted Edmund, "El has something to tell you."

The black-haired youth nodded with a sigh, and stepped into the stone house.

The two friends who have known each other for a short time but have a deep friendship stare at each other, neither knowing where to start.

"I owe you too much." Edmund pulled out the long sword at his waist, knelt down on one knee, and put the tip of the sword on the ground with both hands.Its magic power to cut off evil spirits has long since disappeared, but every inch of the blade records many great feats against evil magic warriors.

"Don't be like this..." Elvis coughed, "I can't bear His Majesty's kneeling."

King Justice's head was still lying deeply on the ground, unwilling to lift it up.

"Can I become a knight—if I can go back to Narnia, the country you rule." The old magician whispered, his eyes full of yearning.

The Justice King raised his eyes from the gloomy earth, and solemnly promised: "Of course. The people of Narnia will remember the name of Elvis Hawke...Knight of Excalibur, the noble son of magic."

"Hahahaha...don't swear to each other here," Elvis laughed wrinkledly. "Back at Red Island, you couldn't even remember my last name."

Edmund stood up and put away his sword. Seeing him laughing so happily, he couldn't bear to continue to be depressed in front of him: "That was a momentary mistake, you idiot!"

Elvis exerted all his strength and slowly sat up from the sick bed, motioning for the Justice King to shake hands with him.One young and one old, one warm and one cold palm tightly clenched together, conveying wordless reluctance and gratitude.

"When you and 'Luo Pan' drink wedding wine, don't forget to leave a glass for me."

The Justice King was the second last person to talk to Elvis.The last person to enter his room was a slim brunette girl, Mona the Cedar Spirit.

She rushed in almost the second Edmund left the room.The "old goblin", who had lived for more than 200 years, felt lost, with a dazed expression, and almost tripped over the stone sill at the door.

"Be careful..." The magician smiled sweetly when he saw the exquisite face that he had been thinking about day and night.

The woman just sat silently beside his bed, looking at him with angry, sad brown eyes.

"Don't you want me, 'Qiu Shui'." Elvis couldn't open his eyelids, and he could barely speak in a breathy voice.

"Mona," the dryad girl corrected him with a reddened nose, "my real name is Mona. And I'm not human...I'm—"

"Elf." The magician snapped at the right time.

The brunette girl was surprised: "You already knew?"

Elvis nodded slightly, a silver light flashed in his eyes suddenly.He rubbed his fingers slightly, and a delicate and beautiful rose suddenly appeared in his palm.

He slowly stuffed the red rose into Mona's palm, and said in his familiar and rebellious tone: "A beautiful thing matches a beautiful woman, and so does a good name——Mona."

He didn't wait for the dryad girl to respond, and pushed her towards the door with all his remaining strength: "You go quickly...the process of the dead is not very good."

The Dryad gave him a last look of nostalgia, and tears welled up in her eyes the moment she turned around and stepped out of the room.

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After adding all the supplies on Danbaston Island and burying Elvis, the Narnia fleet, after too many baptisms, embarked on the return journey back to Cair Paravel.

The Just King and Valiant Queen of Narnia, the titular captain and deputy captain of the "Soul Slayer", stand side by side on the bow of the ship, looking towards the far west where the water and the sky meet.

"This is another new route." Edmund took out the palm-sized navigation record booklet and dip pen in the inner pocket of his coat, and simply recorded the position, weather and wind direction.

"We will definitely be able to go back smoothly." Lucy straightened her messy long hair and said firmly.Having experienced fierce battles, separations and farewells, this girl who has just turned 16 has a calmness beyond her age in her eyes.

"Aslan..." She paused for a long time, trying to get rid of the uneasiness and doubts in her heart, "He didn't help us this time."

"Maybe he has already helped—" Edmund closed the notebook and looked at his sister, "it's just that we can't see it."

"Nael and Edie..." the girl said in a voice as thin as a mosquito gnat, but did not finish the whole sentence.Edmund knew what she was thinking: she felt that these friends were giving too much.The magical battle of the Red Isle is too cruel, far from being as beautiful as a fairy tale like the original Wardrobe Adventure, which is mixed with forced lies, conflicts of ethics and morals, and struggles between the living and the dead.

He didn't know how to continue to comfort Lucy, and turned aside the topic: "You said what will happen to the Claude family... We will never return to Red Island again, in every sense."

The girl has always been optimistic: "Maybe he can be a bit more open under the guidance of the new bachelor and let his children marry ordinary people normally."

Hearing what she said, Edmund felt much less guilty about not being able to keep his promise.

"I was forced to tell a lot of lies along the way." He laughed at himself, "It's almost changed back to the annoying appearance I was in when I was a child."

Lucy insulted him cleverly, hoping that he could relax: "Aren't you always annoying, Edmund Pevensie?"

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The journey back to Cair Paravel was a long one, at least seven days in the most favorable weather and wind direction. "Soul Slayer" is as insignificant as a dead leaf in the vast East China Sea, floating and floating, carrying the longing for the Pevensie family and the sadness of cruel sacrifice.

What comforted everyone most was the urgent letter sent by the best messenger sent by the Supreme King: the red ribbon disappeared in the middle of the night four days ago, and the aquarium mermaids huddled in fear at the edge of the sea can finally wander freely since then. He believes that It must be the work of the Narnia fleet.

Edmund read every word on the letter to the many soldiers on board.The sailors and executives who had lost their relatives and comrades-in-arms couldn't help crying at sea when they heard the Supreme King's personal commendation.

After reading the letter, the Justice King really wanted to imitate his elder brother and speak some noble and inspiring words, but soon he found that he was not good at this.

Let actions speak louder than words.He put away the letter paper and returned to the cabin in silence. Two minutes later, the young man himself carried the last barrel of spirits brought out from the palace on the ship, and raised the huge wooden cover.

"The strongest wine, to every soldier; whether they are on the ship or rest in peace on the Red Island."

While everyone was drinking strong wine, he saw Lucy distribute her wine to the silent Edith in the corner.The girl cautiously estimated the height of the wine in the glass, carefully tilted the glass, and was blinded by the unexpected spiciness.She chatted and laughed with Lucy perfunctorily, but she was obviously absent-minded.

She still looked sad.Edmund didn't know whether her preoccupied appearance had anything to do with the confession he took advantage of; but he knew that Edith was stronger than ordinary people imagined at the moment when she found out that she was blind, and she must be so depressed now. There are other reasons behind it.

After everyone dispersed to rest, he knocked on Edith's room again.The girl has a strong ability to adapt to the dark, and she can already walk to the door and open the door for him.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to ask you for an answer." He said this, and took Edith's hand; Lucy and Mona, who lived with her, understood it and threw him "Come on, I Watching you" look.

Edith was pulled by the Justice King to the poop deck under the moonlight.The young man supported her shoulders to signal her to sit down, and soon sat cross-legged beside her.The distance between the two was so close that Edith could hear each other's long and even breathing.

"Aren't there few stars today?" She asked softly, "It seems to be sunny during the day."

King Justice replied seriously: "That's right. But the blue star we use to identify the course is still very bright."

Edith put her arms around her knees, and chuckled in the sea breeze: "It seems that I have a pair of conscientious eyes."

"You...are you hiding something from me?" Edmund moved closer. If Edith could see it, the soul at this moment would definitely be sucked away by his star-like eyes.

The girl was just silent, far from her usual straightforward and candid personality.

"Aside from the eyes... did the grand maester tell you something else? According to El, you two have been to the tower one after the other."

Edith buried her cheeks in her palms and pursed her thin lips lightly.After a while, she put down her hands that kept rubbing her face and said, "He said I can't tell other people, it's good for everyone.——Can you believe me?"

Edmund hesitated, stretched out his right hand, and ran his fingertips through her soft hair: "I'm just worried that you can't solve it alone. You seem to be in a bad mental state these days."

The girl's heroic eyebrows frowned slightly: "Is there? That must be because I'm not used to taking care of myself in the dark." She used her fingers to smooth out the short hair at the temples.

"It's stupid of you to bore yourself like this..."

Edith didn't expect the eloquent King Justice to pick and choose, and finally used a stupid word to describe herself.She didn't talk back, and she didn't utter those prophecies about Narnia and her own fate-in fact, even she herself didn't want to believe in negative fatalism.

"I can reply to you now." She said suddenly, "Actually, I'm already ready to find you... I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so many days."

"Although I'm very insensitive to politics, I'm not that naive either." She bit her lips lightly, "We can talk in a dark and sneaky way at best, it's impossible to have any results, isn't it?"

"And... as far as I know, there is no royal family other than the Four Kings in this period of Narnia's history."

Edmund thought she would at most despise herself because of blindness, but he didn't expect her to see so long and realistically-this was not at all like her usual personality.

He didn't know how to reply, because this was also a question that bothered him.

"Why are we so tired... Obviously the biggest battle is over." He sighed quietly, without further words.

Edith didn't speak, and the two just sat there with their own thoughts, not feeling sleepy at all.After a while, the girl suddenly boldly stretched out her arm and touched the young man's shoulder smoothly.

"I'll just enjoy myself for one night... for one night, it should be fine." She muttered in her mouth, and she turned around, wrapping her arms around Edmund's neck. "For those who have seen the light, every minute and every second in the dark is very difficult..." As she spoke, she finally couldn't restrain herself, and lay on his shoulder and sobbed loudly.