When Julius and Rei woke up, they found that they were no longer in the Treasure Vault, which was actually a junkyard.
They were lying on the ground where they could see the sky, and it was close to the sea.
Other than the two of them, there was no one else here, only the sound of the sea breeze.
When the two of them opened their eyes, they saw the blue sky.
The blue light shrouded the entire sky, and the shining stars turned into blue starlight, shining in their eyes.
"Why are we here..." Julius touched his forehead, feeling a little dizzy and a little painful because the scenery he saw after opening his eyes was too different. He felt like he was in a dream, a dream about underground adventures, treasures, and battles.
But after seeing the wounds on Rei's face covered by glowing moss, he did not think it was just a dream.
"What happened? I remember there was a blue light in front of me, and then I don't know anything."
Rei looked around and exclaimed, "Why are we back on the ground? And it seems like we didn't get anything valuable!"
Compared to why they were here, Rei seemed to be more concerned about other things, such as whether they had gained anything from this trip — at least, they had plundered the two Black Robes' belongings.
"Someone moved us up." Julius helped Rei up. "The wounds on your face don't hurt anymore, right?"
"Whether it hurts or not, we'll know when we wash my face," Rei said.
Then she looked at the sea. "Of course, I won't wash my face with seawater... The wounds are already ugly, and I don't want to become a monster."
Washing their faces with seawater was not a good idea, especially now.
The sea at night was supposed to be black, but at this night, the sea was not black, but blue.
The blue sky was reflected on the sea, turning the sea into a glowing blue ocean. Even Julius and Rei's faces were dyed blue by the light.
"What the hell is going on?" Julius found that not only the strait in front of him had changed, but also the lighthouse in the distance, the town on the other side, and the faint blue light behind them, all made the King's Castle look completely different.
"I don't know. It seems that only a day has passed, but this place looks like another world." Rei looked at the blue starry sky in the sky, and her pupils were dilating, turning back into snake eyes.
This time, her snake eyes were no longer golden, but blue because of the sky. Her eyes seemed to contain a small piece of the starry sky, and starlight flashed in it.
"It's quite beautiful on such a night."
Julius noticed that Rei's eyes had changed again, but he did not tell Rei about it. Since Lulunaka did not want him to tell her, then he had better be honest — Lulunaka would not have any bad intentions in this matter, he thought, or at least that was what he wanted to believe.
"What a strange sky."
Rei said, then turned her back to the sea and walked into the city. "But if this is a treasure, it seems to be not bad. At least it is much more beautiful than those junk."
Julius also raised his head and looked at the blue starry sky. As Rei said, although the sky was strange, it was indeed very beautiful.
He followed behind her and left the place. "Very beautiful … but also very strange."
There was something rolling in his body, as if it was going to leave his body and be sucked away by the blue starry sky.
The discomfort was there, but it was not too strong.
And he did not think that the city would be indifferent to such an anomaly. Looking at the fire that belonged to the city turning blue, he could imagine what kind of chaos it would cause, unless the people in the city could even turn a blind eye to such a change.
In the north, far away from the King's Castle, on the west coast of the Sea of Darkness, east of the Forest of the Dead, the sky there was no different from the King's Castle, and it was even more so tonight.
In the chapel on the cape, the blue sky had spread to here, shrouding the forest and the sea in its own light.
On the beach, far away from the chapel, Apo sat on the beach, silently looking at the blue starry sky.
Olga was not feeling well, so he had already rested. Romuona had been taking care of him by his side, and now she was probably still waiting by his side.
Under the starry sky, Abo was the only one who was appreciating this wondrous scenery.
Perhaps, he was not the only one.
Apo looked up at the starry sky, and after a long time, he stood up and turned around, looking at the familiar yet strange guest.
It was a woman, her body was in the dark, and her face could not be seen.
Her skin was originally black, which made her even more difficult to see in the dark night, even if her body was covered with a layer of blue light.
"Long time no see, Apo." The woman said to Apo, "You are old."
"You haven't changed at all.
Should I call you Black Water Cavalry, or... "
"Little Black, this is enough." The woman in front of Apo, the Black Water Cavalry, said so.
Apo was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, "That is the nickname she gave you, it is something very important."
Apo did not intend to approach her, but just stood there.
"When I am old, you are still so young... This is the difference between a long-lived species and a mortal."
"Don't forget that half of my body is elven blood." The Black Water Cavalry said to Apo, "I am half the same as you."
"We are not the same."
Apo sat on a stone beside him, the stone was eroded by the tide, and the bottom had become smooth and flat. "You are very strong, I am just a coward."
The two were silent for a long time, then the Black Water Cavalry spoke first, "Danna is dead."
"Yes." Apo said, "She was the one who accompanied Danna through her last days." He was only talking about Lulunaka, and the Black Water Cavalry also understood.
"She was free, what about you?"
"I don't know if someone like me can live with peace of mind."
The Black Water Cavalry looked up at the blue starry sky, "Teacher took away the Infinite Rubik's Cube... This was originally a gift to the emperor, but if she didn't want to, it seemed that no one could take anything away from her."
"To which emperor?"
"You should understand, Apo," the Black Water Cavalry continued, her voice became cold, "The emperor of the New Moon."
Apo understood what it meant to give something that belonged to the underground of the King's Castle to the emperor of another country.
But the Black Water Cavalry disappeared, just like how she came, coming and going without a trace.
That was just her incarnation, it was very easy for her to disappear if she wanted to. This also made Apo unable to ask her what she meant.
Apo closed his eyes.
He understood what his former friend meant. When the King's Castle also belonged to the emperor of the New Moon, then everything in the King's Castle, in the end, belonged to who, there was no need to guess too much.
Under the night sky, his body was bent even more, like a dying man who had been crushed by a heavy object.
In the morning of the second day, Apo said something to Romuona that she did not expect.
"Go south, go back to your hometown, feel everything along the way, and then find her... find Lulunaka." Apo said to Romuona, who had a shocked expression.