Chapter 11 — Christmas Fairy Tale at Ma Palace

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When we fall into the black well, we don't fall painfully. Because there is no bottom in the well. There was just a shiny black body of water. I float on the water, my body is still a small baby. However, the shadow reflected on the water was the young girl wearing a red dress. She stood facing me, the peach blossom between her eyebrows had blossomed into a brilliant half-yellow, half-black flower. I look at her. She also looked at me. She asked me: "Are you the current me?" I don't understand too many words. Just blinked. She squatted down, reached out and gently touched my cheek. Her hands were cold.

“They raised her so petite.”

“So clean.”

“So pitiful.”

I don't like the word pitiful. I frowned. She smiled.

"Now I have a father and a mother, someone to hug me, someone to protect me."

“But when you grow up, they will force you to make a choice.”

“The Heavenly Clan wants me to repay my debt to Thanh Thai.”

“The demon race wants me to repay the debt to the protege.”

“The unjust souls behind that door want me to pay for my life.”

“Theu Dieu wants me to live.”

“As for my parents, they just want me to be free.”

Every sentence she said, a face was reflected on the surface of the well water. Father. Mother Queen. Thieu Dieu. White-bearded old man. Heavenly army. And countless souls of babies who have never met. Finally, the woman in the black peach blossom stepped out of the water. She stood behind the cardinal girl, gently placing her hand on her shoulder.

“Look.”

“In the future, they will tear me apart like this.”

The young cardinal girl closed her eyes. When she opened it, the bottom of her eyes was a dark area without light.

“Then it would be best for you to open the door now.”

“Let those in debt enter.”

“Let them pay for their own debt.”

Outside the main hall, the royal father's angry screams echoed.

“Chieu Chieu!”

The Queen Mother's voice also echoed in her ears.

“Look at this mother, don't sleep!”

Thien Dieu also seemed to jump into the well. We hear the sound of moving water. But he is very far away from us. The black chain wrapped around the person, not allowing anyone to get close. The black peach blossom woman bent down to look at me. Her face was now clearly visible. She has three similarities to the cardinal girl. It's very similar to the dark crack between our eyebrows.

“A Chieu.”

“I just need to nod.”

“I will bear the pain for you.”

I looked at her. Her voice was strangely gentle. It's countless times easier than being in the main hall. But behind her were silhouettes of people crying and sobbing. Those shadows don't have eyes. There were only black, empty eye sockets. I suddenly raised my hand and pointed behind her.

“They hurt.”

The black peach blossom woman paused.

“That's right.”

“They all hurt.”

“So you should let them out.”

I pointed at myself again.

"I'm in pain too."

The woman's smile gradually faded. I continued to point outside the water.

“Dad is in pain.”

“Rely on pain.”

“Mornings also hurt.”

Thieu Dieu in the distance faintly heard the sound of "Morning" and his steps immediately staggered. The young cardinal girl was stunned.

“Morning?”

I nodded.

“He is bright.”

The young cardinal girl suddenly burst into laughter. That laugh was not like that of a black peach girl. Just a bit bitter. A little soft again.

“It turned out to be a hundred years Before, I called him that."

The peach blossom woman's face darkened.

“Don't be fooled by these meaningless constraints.”

“Bindings will turn into chains.”

“And the chains will strangle you to death.”

I thought for a moment, then lowered my head to look at the black chain tied around my body. Then, I took a very serious bite. The black peach blossom woman was stunned. The young cardinal girl was also stunned. The black chain was bitten by me, letting out a shrill scream. I stuck out my tongue.

“Bitter.”

Outside, the royal father seemed to hear something, the screams fell silent. The next moment, a black blade of light slashed along the well water. The figure of the royal father appeared above the black well. Half of his body was tightly wrapped in Devil's chains, but he still resolutely stepped straight down. Behind the queen's back, she used blood to spread out a huge rose lotus flower to protect her. From another corner, Thieu Dieu stretched himself out through the water and rushed forward. The Kim Van in his hand broke off a piece, turning into a bridge of light stretching to my heels.

“Chieu Chieu.”

The mother's voice trembled.

“Come back, child.”

I looked at the young cardinal. She was also looking at the three people outside. The darkness in her eyes suddenly stirred.

“It turns out that at that time, they actually came to pick me up.”

The black peach blossom woman shouted harshly: "Don't believe it."

“They can only pick me up for a while, they can't take me in for the rest of my life.”

The young cardinal girl lowered her head.

“But just a little while is good.”

She raised her hand and gently pushed me. My small body followed the Kim Van bridge and slid out. The black peach woman's face changed and she reached out to grab me. But the cardinal girl was in front of her. Two identical shadows collided with the deep black peach blossoms at the bottom of the well. In my ears, I heard the last words of the young cardinal girl: "Tieu Chieu Chieu."

“Grow a little slower.”

“Don't be too hasty to become me.”

I was carried into my arms by my father. The person hugged me tightly, so tightly that my face was pressed against each armor scale. But this time I don't feel any pain. I smelled the scent of blood on him. Father is injured. The mother's red lotus also broke in half. Thieu Dieu knelt on the edge of the well, the corners of his lips were bleeding, and the Kim Van on his wrist disappeared again. The black well of Demon Hell slowly closed. On the surface of the well appears the last text. The problem has been seen. The guardian can stay. The subject has not yet been determined. When Thieu Dieu stepped out of the well, he seemed unable to stand. Thien Quan tried to reach out to help, but he dodged. His father coldly looked at him.

“One hundred years.”

“Three meters away from the battlefield.”

“If you take one more step, I will cut you to death.”

Thieu Dieu lowered his voice and replied: "Okay." The white-bearded old man trembled and asked: "So Tran Uyen Moc..." Father hugged me and turned around.

“Seven days.”

“The Heavenly Clan must hand over the entire whereabouts of Tran Uyen Moc.”

“If one place is missing, this deity will personally destroy a heavenly palace.”

Thien Quan's face was dark. At this moment, outside the palace suddenly came the panicked voice of the palace leader.

“Your Majesty!”

“Nam Thien Mon issued a report.”

"Tran Uyen Moc was hidden under the Dong Hai dragon vein, which just now automatically cracked."

“From inside came out a child, with the word Chieu engraved on his forehead.”

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That sentence of the palace leader just finished, The wind in the main hall was as if it had been cut in half by a knife. Dong Hai dragon vein. Tran Uyen Moc. The child carved the word Chieu. These three things combined together, causing even the faces of several High Gods of the Celestial Clan to turn pale. Father hugged me and slowly turned his head.

“Say it again.”

The palace leader knelt outside the palace, his forehead glued to the ground.

“Dong Hai Than Provides Newspaper.”

"The Dragon Vein of Moc Town cracked, and a black tide arose at the bottom of the sea."

“From the core of the wood came a child.”

"That child's forehead was engraved with the word Chieu. As soon as he went out, he bowed his head in the direction of the Demon Palace."

“Never stop calling, your highness.”

I leaned on my father's shoulder, my eyebrows starting to burn again. It wasn't the intense pain like when being dragged away by the black chain. It was like someone was gently knocking on the door in the distance. Every hour. Every hour. Knock until my eyes sting. The mother reached out and patted my back.

“Chieu Chieu?”

I raised my tiny hand and pointed to the outside of the palace.

“Cry.”

His father's face darkened to the extreme.