Night World Players

Chapter 32 Go see for me the mountains and rivers of another world
"The Library of Fools?"

Amys was slightly stunned, and the movement of putting the pudding on the fork into her mouth stopped in mid-air.

She frowned and thought carefully, with memories flashing in her eyes: "It seems... this word sounds familiar."

"Ah, I remembered it."

After a long time, Amys clapped her hands gently and said, "I remember that Sister Guardian seemed to have mentioned it before."

"Shore guard?"

Last repeated the name silently and felt inexplicably familiar.

He glanced at the blond girl in front of him, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and couldn't help but smile: "I'm fine, Xiao Ai, just say it directly."

"Some things, some mysteries must be figured out... Even if the final truth is not what I want, it doesn't matter."

"Yeah." Amys nodded slightly.

She cleared the remaining dishes on the dining table and then opened the curtains not far away.

Outside the window, the bright moon is in the sky.

The whole of Canaan was shrouded in a quiet night, with the occasional light of a kerosene lamp lighting up, like a lonely lighthouse on the vast ocean.

"I know, Rust, that you have spent a very long time in that world called Deep Blue Harbor, so much so that you have forgotten a lot of things."

"So... you probably don't remember the fire in Canaan ten years ago."

Amys stood by the window, looking at the town in the night, the candlelight on the table illuminating her eyes.

"It was so long ago that I can't remember the exact cause...but it was a very big fire. I heard from the old people in the town that it was probably the biggest disaster Canaan had ever encountered. It almost burned the entire Canaan to ruins."

"It was at that time that Sister Shore Keeper appeared."

"No one knows her real name, and no one knows where she came from. All we know is that she calls herself the Shore Keeper."

"Sister Shorekeeper saved many people in the fire and helped us rebuild the entire Canaan town after the disaster."

"It's strange. The fire was so severe, but Canaan was rebuilt in just a few months. It's exactly the same as before the fire. It's like the magic in the storybook."

Amys narrated in a pleasant voice, and her sky-blue eyes suddenly moved slightly: "By the way, at that time, you, Last, pushed me out of the fire first, and you were buried by the collapsed house in the fire."

"I was kneeling on the burning ruins, trying to dig through the bricks and rubble, but there was nothing I could do..."

"In the end, it was the shore keeper sister who rescued you from the rubble."

She smiled as if she recalled something. "Perhaps it was because of that incident that you, Rust, admired the shore keeper sister so much at that time. You even said something like you wanted to be a shore keeper when you grew up."

"The Library of Fools. I remember that Sister Shore Keeper mentioned it when she was chatting with us."

"However, Sister Shorekeeper did not stay in Canaan for too long. She left after the town was rebuilt."

Amys paused for a moment and said, "By the way, it seems that since Sister Guardian left, you, Last, have started to suffer from frequent drowsiness..."

"Including the dream called Deep Blue Harbor, it should have started from this time."

The stabbing pain in my mind became more intense.

Collapsed walls, falling floors, hot winds carrying smoke and dust, metal pipes twisted and deformed in the high temperature... and the sky burned black and red by thick smoke and fire.

And the woman who smiled sincerely after finding herself still alive in the burning ruins.

In the incomplete memories, the woman's face has become blurred, but Rast still remembers that smile——

That was perhaps the most beautiful smile he had ever seen in his life.

But it's still the same as before.

When Last wanted to explore his memory deeper, the scenes shattered again and fell into the darkness of nothingness.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ai. I asked you to talk so much, but I still can't remember it." "It's okay, Rust, you don't have to apologize."

Amys shook her head slightly. She stared at the flickering lights outside the window with her sky-blue eyes. "It doesn't matter even if you can't remember it, Rust."

"If the past could never be traced back..."

"Then, all we need to do is create new memories together and fill that void with new colors."

"Okay, let's not talk about those annoying things, let's talk about something happy."

As if to divert Rust's attention, the blonde girl clapped her hands lightly.

"According to Miss Hiltina, the Deep Blue Harbor where you were trapped before, Rust, is actually a remnant of history that keeps looping and restarting in the night world?"

"And this time, you have successfully cleared the historical echoes of Deep Blue Harbor."

"Does this mean that you, Last, have been liberated from Deep Blue Harbor? After that, you can go to the real world where Miss Hiltina is?"

"Ah."

Rust nodded: "According to what Hiltyna said, that should be the case."

"But my understanding of the so-called real world is limited to the few words that Hiltyna said. I don't know what kind of place it is."

"is it?"

Amys tilted her head: "If that's the case, then I hope there is a golden, endless grassland in that world."

"Huh? Why?" asked Luster.

"Because whether in Canaan or Deep Blue Harbor, you, Last, will never have the chance to see such scenery... No matter how beautiful the harbor scenery is, you, Last, will get tired of seeing it a hundred or a thousand times."

"I also saw it in the travel book I borrowed from the mayor's house. The book said there are many places in this world that you must visit once in your lifetime."

"For example, the golden grassland where the grass is as tall as a person and cattle and sheep can only be seen when the wind blows through; for example, the island floating in the sky; and for example, all the buildings are in the water, and even going out requires rowing a boat in a water city..."

Amys lifted her skirt and spun around briskly: "So, Rust, can you promise me?"

“If there are such landscapes in another world, please go there and see them.”

"Then, tell me about that world's thousands of mountains and rivers, floating islands, water cities, and golden grasslands..."

Looking at the girl in front of him with hope in her eyes, Last nodded slightly.

"Yes, I promise you."

Compared to those big cities that are brightly lit all night long, the night comes very early in the border towns.

Not long after night fell, Luster and Amys said good night to each other and returned to their own rooms.

Luster lay on his bed, staring at the dark sky outside the window.

This time he did not use mental suggestion to force himself to fall asleep, but just closed his eyes quietly, waiting for sleepiness to come over him little by little.

……

When Last regained consciousness, he saw a completely different scene.

Beside him was a dark illusory door, shrouded in the night, and ripples like water waves were constantly rippling through the door.

As Rast appeared, the illusory door slowly disappeared into the night.

Then he heard hurried footsteps and saw figures in uniforms appearing around him, all with the same school badge on the collars of their uniforms.

The school emblem is engraved with twinkling stars.

(End of this chapter)