Path of light

Chapter 67 68. Past events

There are countless marble stones piled in the corner of the wall. These stones are of different shapes and sizes and are very messy.

There is also a statue of a human being placed on the wooden platform in the middle of the studio. Only the face is carved out, and the rest is still full of angular rock.

The floor was covered with a thick layer of gravel and powder, which gave it a gritty feeling when you stepped on it.

Roy heard Moira's exclamation, and turned to look. Moira was standing next to the shelf near the door. There was a row of sculptures covered with silk. In the studio, there were sculptures covered with silk. Sculptures are very common, and when Ms. Belinda works, there is still a lot of dust here.

Many finished sculptures are covered with silk to protect them from dust.

There was a row of statues placed under the piece of silk that Moira lifted up. Roy usually didn't notice this side, so he walked over curiously...

This row of stone sculptures is placed on the second floor of the wooden frame. If you want to see it clearly, you have to bend down or squat down.

Looking from left to right, the first marble sculpture is a pair of women's hands holding a newborn baby. The gentle hands are carved a bit rough, but the baby in the hands is round and round, and every part of the body is beautiful. The polished shine is discernible.

The second marble statue is of a woman holding a baby who has just stood up. The baby looks up to the sky...

The third marble statue is of a little boy standing in a small wooden boat. His hands are holding the sides of the small wooden boat. A pair of women's big hands are wrapped around the little boy's waist to prevent him from falling into the sea.

At this time, the face of the little boy on the statue looked very similar to Roy...

Roy also knew that these big female hands should be Ms. Belinda's hands, but there are no statues with big female hands here.

The fourth statue is a little boy who looks exactly like Roy sitting on a rock by the sea and looking into the distance...

The fifth statue shows a little boy surrounded by a group of elf children, all pointing at him.

The sixth statue is a boy sitting lonely on the swing under the tree, watching the elf children playing not far away.

The seventh statue is a boy who opened a door with infinite surprise. The door is almost exactly the same as the door at home.

This statue finally overlapped with the scene in Roy's memory, and he clearly remembered the joy of moving to the new house here.

The eighth statue is of a boy lying next to the wall, peeking at two mixed-race elf girls from his neighbor washing clothes in the yard. The two elf girls were Sabrina and Moira. At that time, they looked like It's almost the same now, not like a little girl.

"Yes! I still remember that you were only this tall when you came here. Your favorite thing to do was to hide over the wall and watch my sister and I working in the yard. Roy... you grow up so fast! "Moira squatted next to Roy and said softly.

Now Roy is a head taller than her, but she hasn't changed much yet.

The ninth statue is a boy running on the beach, with sand, waves, and shells. Roy has grown bigger.

Roy, the tenth statue, began to lift up Sabrina's skirt, and Sabrina glared at Roy sullenly.

Statue Eleven: Roy took a wooden stick to puke the night saber at Mrs. Winnie's house. The night saber cub opened its mouth and showed its sharp teeth, which scared Roy's face.

The twelfth statue, Roy, became as tall as Moira, and the two stood back to back to compare their heights.

Moira touched herself in the stone sculpture and exclaimed: "Two years ago we were about the same height, Roy, but now you are a head taller than me!"

The thirteenth statue, Roy, was pushed to the ground and beaten violently by Sabrina. It looked like he was beaten badly and was unable to fight back.

The fourteenth statue is Roy sitting on the reef fishing. The figure and appearance are almost the same now. The work is only half completed, and the face is still a little blurry...

Roy didn't even know when Ms. Belinda carved them. Moira covered the statues with the piece of silk again, stood up straight and looked at Roy seriously, and said with a surprised look on her face:

"Speaking of it, Roy Ni seems to have grown up overnight..."

"Let me think about it, probably after you peeked at Sabrina taking a shower... and got beaten, you suddenly became much more mature and stopped playing with us. You often went to the beach to fish alone. ." Moira muttered to Roy.

At this time, Sabrina shouted from the yard next door:

"Moira..."

Moira quickly stretched her neck and agreed: "Oh, I got it, I'll come right away..."

After saying that, she ran two steps outside, as nimble as a night saber, stepped onto the balcony railing, jumped lightly onto the grass, then jumped over the fence and returned to her yard.

The movements are coherent and done in one go...

Seeing that Moira had returned home, Roy was not in a hurry to leave Belinda's studio. He moved a small stool, sat down in front of the wooden frame, and opened the silk cloth again.

Starting from the seventh statue, Roy had some memories in his mind, and the memories became clearer as he went on.

Looking at these statues, Roy knew that each sculpture was Ms. Belinda’s deepest memory:

Those gentle hands raised Roy little by little...

Roy moved because he couldn't make friends...

Watching Roy grow up rapidly...

From tenderness at the beginning, to worry in the middle, to anxiety watching Roy grow up rapidly.

Roy could clearly feel the mood of his mother Belinda from this row of statues.

He grew up too fast for an elf.

She didn't know what to do when faced with Roy's rapid growth.

In the eyes of Ms. Belinda, Roy may be like a five-year-old child now.

But he has just begun to enter puberty, and has entered the Elf Academy happily. He can occasionally wash Ms. Belinda's skirts, clean her shoes, and make delicious fried fish...

This feeling could not be expressed in words, so she carved the love, worry and anxiety in her heart on the stone.

It’s the kind of helplessness that ‘I haven’t learned how to be a good mother yet, but my son has grown up’...

Sure enough, Roy found a few more books on the bottom floor of the wooden shelf...

"Human Growth", "Adolescent Restlessness" and "Toward Maturity".

They all analyze humans, or half-elves, from the perspective of elves.

Roy finally knew that everyone around him had been aware of it since he woke up, but he had Roy's previous memories.

Plus he just got a little duller.

In the eyes of Ms. Belinda, Roy has just matured from his rebellious stage.

Roy put everything back in place before exiting Ms. Belinda's studio.

…

Back in the room, instead of lighting the candle, he cast the Glimmer Illumination spell.

Then there was a shimmering light floating between his hands.

Under Roy's control, this sacred light floated above his head.

The light was like a dimmed desk lamp.

Roy sat on the bedside and opened Windsor's diary.

The paper quality of this diary is very poor. The pages are yellowed and even brittle to the touch. The pages will be damaged if you are not careful.

However, the pages inside are well preserved, which shows that Windsor must cherish them very much...

The first page was Peleus's blessing, but when Roy turned to the next page, he saw the neatly written Elvish language:

'On July 3, 1399, Peleus stole the apples from the Just family's orchard. Instead of taking them back to eat, he took them to the market to exchange for money, just to use the exchanged Kohler to buy me a diary. , if I knew that he would steal something for my birthday gift, I would rather have nothing for this birthday. ’

The rest of the diary is also full of long-winded words about disdain for Peleus.

I don’t write every day, sometimes it’s just one sentence, sometimes it’s a short paragraph.

It almost writes about the difficult rural life of two people.

Sure enough, something changed after turning a few pages later. Windsor wrote on the next page:

‘On October 8, 1399, no one wanted to hire Peleus. Everyone knew that he liked to steal. No one believed him, and no one wanted to be friends with him. He only had me, and I will not abandon him. ’

‘November 30, 1399, it’s too cold here. We want to leave here and live a new life in a place where no one knows us. Peleus plans to go south. No matter where he goes, I will be with him. ’

Roy flipped through it casually, intending to take a look.

There were many difficulties in the journey, until there was a page that said:

‘On June 13, 1400, the city was called Castletown. There were fish and fruits here. We finally found a strange and livable city. ’

'On September 18, 1400, Peleus met Jefferson in the city, who also came here from the Evernight Forest to make a living. He was very nice and familiar with the place, and he could also introduce Peleus to a job. ’

It turned out that they had known each other for more than four years, and Roy was finally sure of one thing. When Peleus went to the tavern that day, there was a high probability that he was looking for Jefferson.

…

‘On June 6, 1402, Peleus went to steal things again. Why can’t he get rid of his bad habits? Maybe I should find a job. ’

‘On February 5, 1403, I will be able to work in the library right away. I hope the salary I earn can support both of us. The fruits here are very cheap, but the rent is a bit expensive. ’

…

From here on, Windsor's handwriting became much better, probably because working in the library brought her many changes.

It was not until the last few chapters that Roy finally discovered Windsor's helplessness, restlessness and anger.

'On March 12, 1404, Peleus said that he could not look back. That person was always behind his back and would always let him steal something. Goddess of Liberty, can you tell me... what should I do? ’

'On July 3, 1404, Peleus did something stupid today. He may have stolen something very precious. He was afraid of involving me, and now I can't even find him. ’

This is the last page of the diary.

Roy sighed and put the diary on the bedside.

I have known for a long time that there must be some connection between Peleus and Jefferson, but now Jefferson, like their brothers and sisters, has been buried in the Elf Cemetery in the western suburbs...

Jefferson is dead, Peleus is dead, the Holy Grail is missing, and even Windsor is dead.

Obviously the other party wanted to cut off all clues. Roy pressed his swollen temples with his hand, waved his hand to extinguish the sacred light, and lay in bed unable to fall asleep for a long time...