Chapter 80 The Queen’s Inheritance (19)

It's late at night.

After dealing with the bodies of the four Virgins of the Holy Fire, the three of them changed to a place to settle down.

Aya didn't dare to look directly at Qi Leren along the way, and walked silently with her head down. At this time, Qi Leren seemed very embarrassed. He didn't know how to chat with the girl friendly and liven up the atmosphere, so he had to walk forward silently.

The little queen took the two to a hidden courtyard. Qi Leren went to wash and clean up the demonic slime on her body. Aya sat quietly by the terrace, looking at the sky outside the window, and fell into long contemplation.

Although she was a virgin of the Holy Fire for a short time, she once thought that after wearing a blindfold, she would never see this colorful world. She didn't expect that she would take off her blindfold so soon.

The severe pain around her eyes had stopped. She stroked the slightly raised ring marks on the corners of her eyes, and her eyes became wet again.

"Why should I take off my blindfold for me?" The voice of the little queen came from behind.

Aya stood up in panic and looked at her. In the faint light, the little queen stared at her, with a deep look in her eyes.

"I have sworn to be loyal to you... You gave me a comfortable life. I, I want to repay you, and I cannot let them hurt you." Aya said in a trembling voice.

"But you fear me, and even hate me." said the little queen.

Aya was silent for a while, lowered her head and whispered: "I dare not deceive you, I am indeed afraid of you...the rumors about you."

The secret of the dragon ant queen's bloodthirsty and cruelty are circulating in the entire Jinghai desert. Most of the sacrifices sent by various tribes to the underground ant city to sacrifice to the queen were made into honey ants that provide blood. A small number of lucky people were appointed as virgins who served the holy fire, but no matter which one they were, they would never be able to return to their hometowns to reunite with their families for the rest of their lives.

"You made me fear and awe. I... I am very grateful to you. If you hadn't personally selected me as the Virgin of the Holy Fire, I would have only become a honey ant and died quickly..." Aya murmured.

"So you are grateful for the kindness a murderer gave you?" the little queen asked sneerly.

Aya was silent, silent, and finally murmured: "I don't know... But if it weren't for you, I would have died long ago in the mouth of the demon. It was you who protected me and you who protected us, the people living in the desert of Jinghai."

The corners of the Dragon Ant Queen's mouth curled gently, and her smile was filled with mockery and a faint sadness: "Then do you know where these demons came from?"

Aya looked at her blankly and shook her head. No one had ever answered this question, whether it was a demon or a human. The people in the underground Ant City were bothered by the monthly tide of demons, but they didn't know where these demons came from.

"Then I tell you, they come from my heart." said the little queen.

Aya stood on the terrace, as if she couldn't understand her words.

"You also know what the Dragon Ant Queen looks like. Every Dragon Ant Queen's body is torn apart and will suffer inhuman pain for the rest of her life. This pain of losing half of her body also tore their souls and turned them into a devil full of resentment. In the pain of twenty years, everyone was distorted, and countless negative emotions squeezed into their souls, and eventually formed a demon lingering in the tomb. As long as the queen is alive, the demons in the tomb will continue to proliferate until they die and close their tombs. But this blockade cannot prevent new demons from being produced, so there will be a monthly demon tide. These demons pass through the sealed barrier and come to the underground ant city, slaughtering humans and demons. Now you know why the Dragon Ant Queen can't stop the demon from entering the realm of the underground ant city, right? Because these monsters were born in this field!"

The little queen looked straight into Aya's eyes and said, "Look, everything you have suffered now is completely caused by me. Do you hate me?"

Aya stroked the ring marks around her eyes, and tears fell silently.

She nodded.

The little queen smiled faintly: "I knew... one day, the holy fire in the crack of the ground will be extinguished, so let it sink quietly underground."

"Then...what will happen to the people living here?" Aya asked.

"I don't know." said the little queen, "There will always be someone to take over all this. Look at these virgins, aren't they just here? The power demon king has long been eyeing the underground ant city. When it is incorporated into the ideal country, everything will be over. No one will bear all the pain that the dragon ant queen has endured, and there will be no demon tides. You will live in a carefree ideal country..."

Looking at the sarcastic smile on the little queen's face, Aya shook her head and said tremblingly: "I don't believe it, how can there be comfort and happiness in this world that can be obtained without effort? I don't believe it!"

This surprised the little queen. She once again looked at this ordinary human girl seriously. She always surprised her again and again: "You always surprised me. I thought you would believe this easily like them."

"I don't believe it, Your Majesty, I don't believe it. I believe in you more than an illusory ideal country." Aya said crying.

The little queen smiled: "Then are you willing to be the Dragon Ant Queen?"

"I never thought..." Aya replied almost in horror.

She didn't dare to think about this kind of thought.

"Then let me change my question. If one day you become the Dragon Ant Queen, what kind of world do you want to create?" the little queen asked.

Aya fell into deep thought and could not give the answer for a long time.

Once again, she remembered the traveler in the vast Gobi Desert. He had asked such a question.

"I want...I want an equal and peaceful world. I was born in the Valentine tribe. Because my skin color has always been discriminated against by people from the tribes around me, I don't know why they did this, just because we moved here? But aren't we all humans? If I were asked to create a world, I hope it is an equal world. Demons do not harm humans, and humans do not harm demons. Everyone can understand each other; whether men or women, whether they have faith or not, as long as they are willing to work for the underground ant city, everyone should be equal and everyone should be happy. But such happiness should not be gained without effort, nor should it be an ideal country." Aya said intermittently. Her culture made her unable to speak too profound words, but such a simple yearning made her ideals purer.

After hearing this, the little queen said softly: "You are a very amazing person."

Aya smiled shyly and asked timidly: "I want to ask something."

"you say."

"Why does Your Majesty need to raise honey ants? Because you have to rely on blood to maintain your life?" Aya asked worriedly.

"The girl's blood can maintain her life, but it is not necessary. But when you reach that position, you will naturally want to ask for more. Since you have the right to have it, it will be difficult for you to restrain your desires and rely on morality to maintain your persistence, because morality is just a layer of fragile white paper in the face of power." said the little queen.

Aya couldn't understand the profound words, but she still understood them, so she breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that she can't drink the solution."

"Of course, but in this way, you may not be able to survive even twenty years."

"It's okay." Aya smiled, her beautiful eyes curled into two crescent moons, "It's okay."

Hearing her answer, the little queen understood her choice: "It seems you are ready to become a queen."

Aya looked at the fog outside the window, where they were when they came. At that time, the man with a gentle voice walked in front of her, and she stared at his back all the way, a familiar longing sprouted quietly in her heart. She stroked the ring marks at the corner of her eyes, and an unconscious smile appeared on her face.

"I want to give it a try," she said.

"Okay, come with me after dawn. I'll take you to see the holy fire." said the little queen.

"Holy Fire? But the eyes of mortals will be blinded when they see the Holy Fire..." Aya said timidly.

"If you don't even have the courage to look directly at the flames, how can you protect your people?" asked the little queen.

Aya lowered her head in shame.

"It's very late, let's take a break early." The little queen nodded slightly, walked towards Qileren standing behind the pillars, and gave him a smile.

Qile people are inexplicably confused.

After washing the demon blood on his body, he came here. When he heard the conversation between Aya and the little queen, he had to say that Aya had touched him a lot.

This tribal girl from a poor family actually has such a great dream hidden in her heart.

"Zhou Ning?" Aya felt something, turned around and saw Qi Leren standing behind the pillar from afar. The distance was too far and the light was too dark to see his face clearly. However, just a standing figure made Aya's breathing stagnate.

She suddenly felt her blood rushing on her face. She was glad that the light was dim and that her skin was dark, so Qi Leren should not see it. She turned her face and looked at the scenery outside the terrace, not daring to look at the person again.

The heartbeats faster, and the girl's longing sprouted silently in this quiet night.

She felt her throat dry and so astringent that she couldn't speak, but her ears were listening attentively to the sound of the man walking up, feeling panic-in and unable to express.

"Why stand here?" Qi Leren asked.

"I... look... see the scenery." Aya said.

Qi Leren smiled, walked to Aya's side, and looked at the scenery outside with her, even though it was an invisible fog.

"Have you...well... read the sect?" Aya asked timidly.

"I've seen it, what's wrong?" Qi Leren was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Aya would ask such a question.

"Then can you teach me to recognize words? I don't know many words in the Scriptures." Aya opened the bag she carried with her, took out the Scriptures in her bag, and held them in her hand.

She still didn't dare to look at Qi Leren's face, for fear of refusal.

Qi Leren turned his face and looked at the scriptures that were opened in Aya's hand. Every sentence in this ancient scripture made him feel countless.

"I didn't expect you to have this." Qi Leren said with emotion.

Aya lowered her head and whispered: "It was given to me by someone else."

Qi Leren lit the lantern, sat down on the chair next to him, held up the teachings and looked up and asked Aya: "Where do you want to start?"

Aya's heartbeats like thunder, and her head seems to have weighed thousands of pounds, which makes her dare not look up.

She opened her mouth and closed her eyes again, trying to look up, but she didn't dare. It was not until he asked the second time that she hurriedly raised her face from the panic.

With the soft light of the lantern, she saw his face clearly for the first time.

A young and handsome face, her figure reflected in her brown eyes, was as gentle as a dream that could not wake up.

But at this moment, Aya suddenly forgot to breathe.

"Qi...Leren." Aya murmured, tears suddenly fell from her eyes, "You are not called Zhou Ning, you are called Qileren, right?"

Qi Leren's shocked eyes gave her the answer.

The strong wind in the vast Gobi desert swept away the portrait sandwiched in the scriptures. At that time, she chased all the way for the stories that the traveler had never told and the longing that she dared not say in her heart. But in the end, she could not find the lost portrait and could only fall to the ground and cry out loudly - just like her now.

Now, the person in the portrait was sitting in front of her, but she vaguely knew that this person would not belong to her anymore.

Once again, something sharp was stalking into her heart, so sharp and painful that it made her tears flow down.

At this moment, she didn't resent anyone, she just hated herself, why did she always fall in love with strangers so easily, but there was someone else in the stranger's heart, and she didn't even dare to express her admiration.

She could only let tears fall down, venting the sadness of a girl's heart, for a love that no one knew about, and was alive and dying.
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