Chapter 71: Forget-Me-Not Garden
The two people walked across a mountain and crossed a canyon in silence.
Although they were getting farther and farther away from the town, Li Ke said before he came out that he might not be able to go back for two or three days, so there was no need to worry about anyone getting anxious.
Fortunately, the Forget-Your-Troubles Garden was not very far away. After crossing the canyon, Li Ke followed Ali over several hills and woods and finally reached their destination.
A field full of lilies.
Looking at this place, Li Ke clenched the sword in his hand with some caution, because when he came to the front of the garden, Li Ke felt a strong sense of crisis.
Not only that, as the road got closer and closer to here, Ali also felt a strange sense of crisis.
Li Ke always felt that this sense of crisis was familiar to him, but his complicated heart made it difficult for him to identify and think well.
"Here we are."
Ahri looked at the garden in front of her silently. This garden was more like a lily garden surrounded by trees with golden and silver leaves than a garden.
The beautiful appearance of snow lilies continued to appear before their eyes through the thorns: everything here was made of plants, whether it was the gate decorated with flowers or the fences covered with thorns, they were all grown from the thorns of these snow lilies.
This was not considered a particularly miraculous thing in Ionia. Skilled carpenters could even bring trees to life and turn them into houses, simply by using thorns to build fences. Something that could be done on Earth was not worth mentioning in this world.
The sunlight could not completely penetrate the tall trees and dense canopy, so only silvery-white rays of sunlight were projected downwards , making this place look as if it were under the moon.
What's even more strange is that these thorns and flowers are still very lush and beautiful, as if they don't need sunlight, which is somewhat unreasonable.
Li Ke frowned slightly. For some reason, he could feel that the garden seemed to be craving for his approach.
And Ahri's breathing became more and more rapid. After coming here, she suddenly realized that if she could forget everything, forget her feelings, forget her will, then would she not have to be tortured by this guilt anymore?
"Then you will die too."
These words flashed through her mind, sounding somewhat urgent. Ali did not doubt anything, for she also felt fear. She murmured to herself, but her tone sounded as if she wanted to tell something to Li Ke.
"Here, you can take away the memories you don't need, the memories that make you painful."
Li Ke raised his eyebrows slightly. He had not thought much about it before because of his complicated mood. Now it seems that this place might be useful to him? But his intuition told him that this place was definitely not that simple. The strange feeling just now was a warning sign.
"Sounds like a good thing."
Li Ke strode towards the gate of the garden. Just as Ahri had turned her back to him before, he also turned his back to Ahri.
But his hand was still on the hilt.
Striding into the garden composed of thorns, Li Ke did not feel Ahri's attack. Instead, a snow lily grew towards his arm. The snow-white flower made Li Ke strangely feel a hint of greed.
He narrowed his eyes and slowly pulled out the sword in his hand. A hot breath instantly appeared beside him, and the lilies that were about to approach him and Ahri shrank back as if they had been electrocuted.
"They don't like fire. It seems you are a bad guest to them."
Following the voice, an old woman holding a pair of scissors appeared in front of Li Ke and A Li. She had gray hair , and was wearing a gray robe and a mottled shawl.
"Igilya, I don't mean to disturb you, I just want to know one thing."
Igilya means great-grandmother.
Li Ke bowed his head and showed absolute respect to the old woman, because he had also heard of the old woman's reputation in rumors.
The Gardener, the Witch, the Forgotten, these are all names of the other party, which are more or less negative.
But this time he came to ask for help.
The old woman looked at Li Ke with some surprise, and an unpredictable smile appeared on her face.
"Interesting. Countless people come here, including the little one behind you, to forget something, but you are here to find something."
She looked at Li Ke, as if she wanted to see clearly what Li Ke wanted to do.
"Normally, I wouldn't agree to a request other than to forget something, but you're a polite child, so tell me and see if I know."
Li Ke took a deep breath. In his heart, he actually believed that Ahri was not lying: whether the other party showed his back to him without any precautions, or did not attack when his back was exposed, it already explained a lot of things.
"About ten years ago, was there a man with this bell on him who came here?"
Li Ke pointed at the bell on Ali's body, and the old woman narrowed her eyes, even walked over and grabbed the bell on Ali's skirt.
Then, Li Ke nodded with some trepidation in his heart.
"I remember him. He did come, but he didn't come in. Instead, he wandered outside the garden for a long time... I rarely saw such people, so I remember it very clearly."
An expression of exclamation appeared on the old woman's face, and then she let go of the bell.
"Unfortunately, just when he was about to live with his painful memories, his neck was bitten off by a hungry shadow wolf. And then..."
The old woman laughed.
"The girl behind you arrived and took away his most painful memory, making him leave with a smile."
Li Ke subconsciously gripped the hilt of the sword. He didn't know whether he should relax or something else. It was a rather complicated feeling.
"Thank you very much, Igilya, is there anything I can help you with?"
He wanted to return the favor, but the old lady just shook her head.
"No need. Nothing is needed here except memories. You'd better leave quickly. The children here care about you very much. You'd better leave quickly."
Li Ke was silent. The old woman in front of him was definitely not a human being. He was very clear about this because the legend of the Forget-Your-Troubles Garden had been passed down for hundreds of years.
"But thank you anyway."
He thanked her again and planned to leave with Ali.
But the moment he turned his head, he saw a lily wrapped around Ahri's hand and her eyes closed.
Li Ke frowned and wanted to grab Ahri, but at this moment, the lilies at his feet also moved, quickly wrapping around his fingers and scabbard, trying to take away his sword.
He looked at the old woman in astonishment, but the old woman just sighed.
"It seems like you also have memories you want to forget."
“It’s really not a good place.”
This is Li Ke’s mentality.
"Igilya, let us go. I can still maintain my courtesy."
But he did not get angry immediately. Instead, he spoke to the old woman sincerely, but the old woman's tone was quite emotional.
"This is not something I can decide. You chose the flowers. If you don't want to forget something, the flowers won't cling to you."
"So there's nothing to talk about?"
The old woman shook her head and said nothing, but turned around and disappeared into the sea of flowers. Li Ke also saw that Ahri had completely fallen into the sea of flowers and was being drowned by countless flowers.
It's time to fight hard.
Li Ke took a deep breath, ignoring the scratches on his fingers from the thorns, and instead gathered all the energy in his body.
Of course, it is necessary to attach Qi to the sharp blade of the sword to make a powerful weapon. Now that the sword is in the sheath, let alone playing the function of cutting, it is just a fire stick and can only be used as a blunt weapon.
but……
How could a sword be such an inconvenient thing!
The air spread rapidly on the scabbard, constantly forming sharp air blades that cut off the vines tightly wrapped around the scabbard.
Li Ke roared and tore at the vines on his body, not caring how many bloody marks the thorns left on his body. The sword in his hand was about to be pulled out, and a trace of fire appeared beside his hand.
However, things always seemed to collide with each other. Just as Li Ke was struggling to break free from the thorns, an angry voice came from the direction of Ahri.
"Gardener! How dare you steal my prey!"
As the angry voice rang out, the place where Ahri fell quickly bulged up, and then a strong arm penetrated the vines that bound Ahri and tore into pieces these vines that could devour memories.
Then a hideous ghost face appeared in front of Li Ke, making Li Ke understand why the sense of threat he sensed from Ahri was so familiar.
Because that is the demon in your heart that absorbs negative emotions!
Its name is.
Azakana!
