Chapter 153 Hidden Main Mission

Author: Carp Immortal

Chapter 153 Hidden Main Mission

Two hours after dinner, Shangluo lay in his room.

In fact, the meal was really good, using top-quality ingredients from all over the Western Hemisphere. The town of Aricea was just a small town, but because it was just outside Rome, it was able to collect such rich ingredients.

If it weren't for the real Mayor Kelso's speech in the anatomy room, he could have eaten twice as much. While eating, he also confirmed that the standard would be the same from morning to night tomorrow, and he was still looking forward to tomorrow's breakfast.

- if no one is singing next door.

The singing started two hours ago, and the voice came from Mayor Kelso's daughter, Karin Kelso, the Roman girl with long black hair. Shangluo still remembers her voice at that time, just like now:

"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon. You drive the silver carriage in the night sky, you let the farmers see their crops, you make the lovers - they - they - they -."

The singing stopped suddenly. It was like the record was stuck, stuck on the last syllable. After a while, the singing started again:

"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon."

Following the singing, Mayor Kelso walked in at the door:

"This foreigner, please forgive me for calling you this. I know that you are a professional, far more than the professional of the inner guard. I once asked the inner guard for help, but they"

"Can't the inner guards help you?"

"Of course they can help. But they are not willing to make trouble. Their tactics are too clumsy. They are afraid of the power from myths and dare not make any changes. They also don't care about the opinions of a small person like me - as you can see

, although I am the mayor here. But in front of the empire that rules the entire Western Hemisphere, I am just a nobody. So, a stranger from Cathay, I want to beg you in the name of a father to help my daughter.

."

"So your daughter, she's just going to sing here and there again?"

"No, no, no." Mayor Kelso shook his head, "If the problem was just that simple, even the inner guard would have helped me. The key to the problem is that it was not Karin at all. It was just Karin's silhouette.

An afterimage. Or according to them, it is just an imitation, a substitute for Karin."

"They, you mean?"

"Have you played "Heroes' Parade-Elf Hill Expansion Pack"?"

"Um, no." Shangluo shook his head. Although he did know that the "Pilgrimage of Heroes" sold by the Romans was very popular, he had been busy in Yangzhou, so he didn't have time to play it.

"If you have played it, you will know that this is an expansion pack with a Celtic mythology theme. The expansion pack adds a profession called 'Changeling', which is included in the "Grimm's Fairy Tales" published by Tech Barbarians

There is also an absurd and uninhibited "The Stolen Child", which has the same theme. I once thought it was just the ravings of barbarians, but I didn't expect it to happen to me. The legend goes like this."

He sighed: "According to legend, there is a kind of fairy spirit living on the British Isles, a kind of fairy spirit that cannot use human concepts to judge good and evil. They are beautiful and noble, and they often protect passers-by who are lost in the forest, but their actions

But they are extremely cruel. They are called Issi people, or according to their own language, Loyansu people - these people in the forest

The elves will replace the human child with an 'imitation' and kidnap the real child to become a member of the fairies. This child will learn the magic of the Issi fairy and grow up like a fairy.

They forget that they are human beings. And the imitations they leave behind often have many shortcomings, because they are not real humans, they are just imitations.”

While talking, the singing sound next door got stuck again.

"Beautiful Diana, goddess of the moon."

After the pause, the singing voice that was destined to be incomplete began to sound again.

Shangluo looked at the wall and thought for a while.

"When did this happen?"

Mayor Kelso looked at the ceiling: "It was when she was 7 years old. Yes, I am sure that was that day. I remember that afternoon, I asked her to go out to buy some ingredients, but the store did not sell her favorite food.

White mushrooms - the mushrooms called mushrooms. Karin, like other children in Rome, thought that the products were on the shelves.

Maybe it’s because of the growth of noodles. It was the first time she discovered that she couldn’t buy her favorite food in the store. Later, after asking, I found out that she went to the library and borrowed books about mushrooms. Only then did she know that mushrooms are in the woods.

It grew out. So, she walked into the sacred grove by Lake Nemi and what came out again was not her."

"When did you first know about it? On the same day?"

"It was only a long, long time later that I found out. But from that day on, Karin somehow suddenly became much more well-behaved. She studied hard in class and went home early every day to help the maid at home with some housework.

Her mother helped Karin's mother with the garden. She became more and more diligent and perfect, unlike the lazy Karin before. I once thought she was a treasure given to me by God, until now.

."

The singing was repeated again, still stuck in the same position without any change.

"She has been stuck like this since 3 months ago. She has to sing until 12 o'clock sharp, and then she will go to bed after a new day starts."

"."

Shangluo listened quietly to the singing next door.

The singing was impeccable every time, but it got stuck at the end of the song. The singing stayed stuck there and could never move forward one step further.

"So, have you checked the reason?"

"After we repeatedly appealed to the Legion, Mr. Titus came to our home. After checking Karin's eyes, he told us about the changeling."

"But that's a Celtic myth. Why does it appear here?"

"No, that's not just a Celtic myth. It doesn't just appear in the British Isles. The same myth also appears in the myths of Iberia, the Germans, and the Slavs. Similar myths appeared in all the places conquered by Rome.

The myth. Mr. Titus does not hide the truth from us: This is Rome

The karma of a person being an invader is something that really happened. The root of this myth comes from the resistance of the indigenous people to the invaders. Barbarians across Europe were displaced and in hiding because of the Roman conquest. They once gave birth to sick and dying children.

Swapping healthy children with Roman invaders.”

"Like the golden boughs of Lake Nemi?"

"Yes. Myth is history presented through stories and is the eternal continuation of history - this is also what Mr. Titus said. The myth of the changelings is exactly the karma of the Romans as invaders. But no matter what, I can't

Unexpectedly, this kind of retribution should not happen to me, let alone my daughter. I did not invade anyone, and this is Rome, where are the barbarians? The only ones here are those in the sacred grove."

The following words are self-explanatory. As for his own karma, it is that as a local, he became an "accomplice" of the internal guards and offended the Holy Forest. To the Holy Forest, he was indeed a "Roman invader".

"So, you thought of me?"

"Yes. I am wondering if I have offended the king of the forest. Are you going to perform the Golden Bough Ceremony? If you become the new king of the forest, can you put my daughter back? This is just a simple task for the king. As

In return, I am willing to truly carry out the history of the Golden Bough myth and regard you as the secular lord of this place, the 'real'

Priest King - Yes, the reward the Romans promised you, although precious, is incomplete. The real king of the forest should also be the lord of this place, because the mythical king needs a secular coronation. The Romans were afraid of the real king of the forest.

The authority falls into the hands of outsiders. But as long as you are willing to rescue my daughter, the authority will be yours."

He paused and said seriously:

"In other words - the hidden mission I am releasing for you here is the real main mission! This is a father's request, and this is my last request as the lord of this place. After everything is over, everything here will be

It will be yours."
Chapter completed!