[The Chronicles of Narnia] Sin

The day I reached the northern coastline happened to be the first morning of December.Standing on the last hill at the edge of the plain, Edith looked towards the ice field at the foot of the mountain through the heavy winter graupel.In the extreme north is a dark crowd, all standing quietly, motionless, neither sitting, lying, resting, nor walking back and forth, like solidified sculptures.

"...Are they still alive?" Saknur beside him couldn't help asking.

With the only remaining woods as cover, King Justice's men and horses have not been discovered by the group of people.But if they want to get a closer look at those faces, the chances of exposing the target are very high.

"The big troops will observe here for a while," Edmund decided, "Let the mouse swordsmen go to the bottom first."

Deling's few little talking beasts quickly lurked out and returned safely soon.

"I can't say whether they are alive or dead," said the leader of the mice, "They look like living people. They can blink and talk. But they don't seem to be afraid of the cold or tired."

"They looked like they were from all over the world, in different costumes, and they were not uniformly armed, as if they were waiting for someone," another mouse added.

The Justice King didn't know if Elvis and Finch were among the crowd, and he couldn't send someone who knew them to investigate.But soon, the situation became more difficult, leaving him no time to take care of his two old friends.

A tall, cold and arrogant figure dragged a long snow-white cloak and walked slowly from the distant ice.This person looks like a woman, but her figure is extremely tall. When walking through the crowd, her head always sticks out of the crowd.

Edmund's heart seemed to be pierced by an ice cone in an instant.The only thing they were waiting for was Jantis—only she was taller than most men.

The most urgent task now is to inform Peter and discuss with him where to choose a site to fight in order to better hold the position.Edmund's fingers were frozen stiff, and it took a lot of effort to write the note, which was brought back to the west of the mainland by the Griffin soldiers accompanying the team.

"Before meeting with the main force, I think we should temporarily retreat to the south to prevent early exposure." Edith stepped forward and suggested.Dashes of white air came out from the gaps in the scarf covering her mouth and nose, and the girl's face had been frozen purple. "And I feel like I'm turning into an ice sculpture, maybe it's going to warm up a bit in the south."

King Justice nodded, and ordered the two cold-resistant tauren to continue guarding in the forest on the top of the mountain to observe the enemy's situation. He led the rest of the people down the south slope and stopped halfway up the hill to wait for news.

Along the way, Edith was getting colder and colder, and she almost managed to walk to the temporary camp.Although the troops had retreated a little to the south and found a warmer windward slope, she still couldn't recover from the bone-chilling chill.

"Idie?" The Justice King noticed that her eyebrows and eyelashes were frozen.

"My eyes hurt..." Edith forced her eyes open and said, "It looks like two ice balls have been stuffed into my eye sockets. I suspect that the evil magic that revived my eyesight is like the power to revive El and Finch. .”

"Don't think about it, we just need to wait for Pete." Edmund wrapped the scarf around her face several times.

"Your Majesty—" Within a few minutes, the tauren soldiers who had just stayed on guard ran down the mountain in a hurry. "They seem to have spotted us and are coming in this direction!"

Edith groaned inwardly.She was afraid that everyone would be exposed because of her eyes controlled by evil forces.

"Continue to evacuate to the south!" There are at least 1000 people on the opposite side, which is too different from the number of our own.The King of Justice knew that he couldn't go head-to-head, so he ordered without hesitation.

Everyone had to march in a hurry, and Edith tried to keep up with the team with all her strength.Her legs were as heavy as a rock, and her body was getting farther and farther away from the soldiers in front of her, gradually leaving only a vast expanse of whiteness in her field of vision.In her eyes, the entire army turned into chaotic overlapping ink lines, dragging across the land like white paper, and all the surrounding sounds faded away.

"Leave me alone!" Before throwing herself down in the snow, she shouted with all her strength, "I bet Jantis doesn't want to kill me!"

For the first time, Edmund and Saknur rushed over in perfect harmony, one on each side, and lifted her shoulders neatly.

"It's not a matter of walking or not!" She explained with difficulty with her frozen tongue, "It's the eyes...either leave me here or destroy my eyes—you choose!"

The army of undead was pressing on her every step of the way, and there was really no choice. Edmund was so angry that he leaned over and hugged her horizontally: "Anyway, they have already been discovered, and it's not too late!"

Everyone stumbled and continued to run south, their bodies gradually warmed up; but Edmund felt that Edith's body was still getting colder.In a trance, he felt that the person in his arms wanted to touch the dagger in his pocket.

"Don't be stupid!" He didn't have a free hand to stop her, he could only squeeze the pair of ice cubes that were about to move towards his chest.

In fact, Edith has basically lost her ability to move, and she can't even dig her own eyes.She wanted to cry, but those magical eyes were not obedient, and nothing could be secreted.

On the vast ice field, the distance between the undead army and the 200-man squad is getting closer and closer.Jandis waved his hand lightly, and suddenly heavy snow flew between the sky and the earth, covering the remaining greenery in every corner.

"Change to me." Seeing that Edmund was gradually exhausted, Saknur emphasized.

After a long howl, the boy turned into a wolf, turned his head and stared at the other party with red eyes while running.The Justice King couldn't hold back the opponent, so he had to put Edith firmly on his back and watch him easily carry the girl towards the front of the team.

Is this fate... In the snowflakes, Edith thought in a daze.She didn't help Ed and them at all, she exposed everyone.

"Goug out my eyes," she said to Saknur weakly but commandingly.

The werewolf boy raised his head and let out a mournful whine, but he didn't stop.

"Don't do this, I'll freeze to death...please." She almost begged.

Saknur still didn't stop.He just drove her to run faster and faster, as if he wanted to break through the end of the world.Dimly, Edith heard the familiar shouts of the Narnia army—Peter and Jordan finally came.

Apart from the Narnia Northern Army, the Army of the Seven Isles, and the army under the Supreme King, the armies of Telmar, Galmar, Tribinia, and Archenland came one after another.Suzanne's charismatic international instrument paid for all of this.In the face of the great enemy, only by uniting all forces can we gain a chance of survival.

In the majestic crowd of cavalry, King Justice turned around in grief and anger, and drew his sword angrily.

"For Narnia!"

The battle between the living and the undead may be lost, but it is better than losing a hundred times without fighting.

·

When Edith opened her eyes again, the chill all over her body faded away, replaced by a new-born force.The warm fur feeling filled the neck and arms, but it wasn't Saknur.

"Aslan?!" She exclaimed and sat up straight.

"For Narnia, you are willing to give your eyes again." The lion ran swiftly amidst the whistling wind, and all the blue or white winter scenery turned into strips of light, quickly disappearing behind.

"I'm guilty—" Edith said hastily, "my father, and the future I accidentally revealed..."

"Now, there is such an opportunity to pay off everything." The Lion King's voice was forceful and steady, calming her restless heart for no reason.

"We're almost there, the crack that connects different time and space."

When Aslan stopped, Edith found that she had returned to the ice field in the extreme north.She jumped off the lion's back in a hurry, drew out her sword, and knelt down in front of the belief of all sentient beings.

"Get up, warriors of Narnia." The Lion King said softly, "Peter and the others are still fighting hard. I hope you can complete your mission as soon as possible."

Following the direction indicated by Aslan's gaze, Edith saw a towering and straight city wall of ice and snow.It stretches across the boundless sea in the northeast, seemingly without end.There is an imperceptible crack on the top of the city wall, which spreads vertically and gradually widens, reaching the broken ice under the feet, connecting with the deep sea.

"This is a fringe of the world of Narnia," explained the Lion, "but five years ago, something seemed to go wrong here, causing many people from the future or the past to pass through."

Five years ago... exactly the year I drowned in the Gulf of Mexico and drifted to Archenland.

"I came from here too? As the first 'experiment' of the rift?" She remembered the obscure words spoken by the green-robed prophet on the Red Isle.

Aslan didn't answer her, and continued: "You kept your life a secret for four years. During those four years, the world of Narnia was very stable; but last August, you told Ed your story about the future. When it is dark, the cracks are disturbed, and many souls in the chaotic time and space emerge."

"Those undead, they all come from here?" Edith thought of the witch who relied on Jadis's broken staff to commit crimes, and the black robe wizard Clotho's extraordinary powerful mana.It turned out that they didn't kill themselves because they were to some extent the source of their strength.

"No, don't call them that," Aslan corrected her, "They are people from the past. They are no different from you in essence, they just live in the memory and don't want to dissipate, and they want to fight for a place to stay."

The lion king let out a low whistle, his mane fluttered slightly with the airflow, and images of armies from various countries fighting hard appeared on a complete ice and snow city wall.Edith saw that the Justice King hesitated for a moment when facing the undead Elvis in front of him, and was injured by magic; Duke Jordan looked at the illegitimate son Finch in front of him, and burst into tears again; Nuer is fighting hard with the black robe Clotho, showing sharp fangs; Susan is drawing a bow to aim at the revived Taro in the distance, knowing that the undead are immune to ordinary swords, but her eyes are still very serious; The young Lei Liz swung the dagger well; Peter stared at Jantis alone, and he was extremely cautious with every sword he cut.

The camera flashed, and Mona, who hadn't seen her for a long time, was haggard and dazed in the fighting crowd.The revived Elvis is no longer the same him, I don't know if she can wake up.

"Go." Aslan said softly, "When you return to the crack, all souls that shouldn't exist here will disappear."

Edith hesitated, and approached the edge of the deep sea step by step.

"A crack might be a mistake, but for you it's an opportunity. Past, present, and future."

The girl walked to the last step, still nostalgic for this world.

"Can I have a chance to say goodbye to them?" she asked.

"You have left many precious things here, and Narnia will not forget them."

At this moment she was finally relieved.

The girl took a deep breath and jumped into the blue abyss.Sure enough, only the cold and fair sea can embrace itself at the last moment.

·

All the undead, including the effects of their spells, disappeared the moment Edith jumped into the sea.The soldiers with the belief of mortal danger found that their opponents had mutated into powder, so they stopped their swords and looked at each other in blank dismay.In this battle, except Saknur, no one else has seen Aslan, and the werewolf boy promised the Lion King that he would keep his mouth shut.

No one knows exactly how this doomsday-like crisis was resolved. The Narnia/Intelligence Agency's "Compass" name, as well as the real name "Edith Onassis", gradually disappeared along with her disappearance. in memory.

In the days that followed, the Justice King insisted on writing to Edith.One letter per month when he is busy, and one letter every day when he misses it especially; stacks of thick letter paper are neatly placed in a cardboard box to accompany him through the remaining seven years of his reign.He doesn't know if it's possible for her to come back, but it's always good to keep in touch - even if it's one-way.

He told her that both "Compass" and "Qiu Shui" were canonized as knights; he told her that Mona looked down on everything about Elvis and became a workaholic again; he told her that Snow Lun gave birth to a little prince in 1010, and he is collecting names from all over the country; he told her that Furiel officially joined the Intelligence Bureau when she was 16 years old, and became a partner with her mentor Saknur... Supreme King Met a very smart female politician, but the two ended up having nothing to do with each other; Susan cast a shadow on her marriage and was determined to be her strong queen; as for Lucy, she seemed to have never grown up, and talked about other people's gossip with relish , but he has no idea.Narnia is getting better and better every year, and the courage shown in the face of the catastrophe of the undead has been recognized by the world.

In the inner pocket of his shirt, he has always pinned the brooch in the shape of an anchor, no matter in spring, autumn, winter or summer.He often wondered if she lost the queen chess piece he gave to Edith, and if not, was it lying in the pocket of a sailor suit, or was it hidden in a girl's dress?

Later, as Edith said, he returned to the original world with his brothers and sisters.He was vaguely looking forward to something.Maybe one day on Earth, brooches and chess pieces can meet again.