角色故事·其三
(解锁条件:角色等级60)
奥赫玛,英雄汇聚之地,末世最后的希望所在。
「逐火之旅」,「火种」,「泰坦」…即便已熟悉那些酷烈灼热的名词,当别人称她为英雄时,她仍是挥挥手。
「我只是一名医师而已。」
她对每个来到庭院的人都那么说。
悲伤的少女来询问那被死亡之泰坦波及的「顽疾」。
「蝶宝,那才不是病呢!你还有很多事可以尝试!」
她常常和少女一同观鸟观星,制作标本和奇美拉玩偶。看到少女脸上的笑容,她也会感到温暖。
她知晓冷冽的织者和高傲的学者之间的不和。
在那崭新的调解室,她为织者准备了最爱的燕麦粥,学者批改论文时必备的气泡山葵醋,并请来资历最老的半神——
「如果他们不来,我就…派小伊卡天天在他们耳边嘟嘟嘟!」
她在昏光庭院播下石榴的种子,种下一方麦草,开辟一片花海,让每一位从远方来到奥赫玛的异乡人,都能在此放下心结,畅所欲言。
「希望点滴的善意,能消融族群之间长久的心病。」
她总放心不下那不断磨损的半神。
「小风堇…踏上逐火之旅的第一天,*我们*就已经想到这一天啦……」
她们总是如此说。
「即便能为你们减少一丝痛苦也好…我再去树庭的图书馆查查资料吧……」
她也总是如此做。
……
天空的后裔,悬锋的族人,奥赫玛的原贵族,哀地里亚的圣女,哀丽秘榭的战士,雅努萨波利斯的圣女…小小的庭院中,各色融汇成一道虹光。
但闲暇的片刻,她也会想到旅途的尽头。
「到那时候,我…还能做些什么呢?」
Character Story: Part III
• Unlocked at Character Level 60
Okhema, the gathering place of heroes, the last hope in the end times.
"The Flame-Chase Journey," "The Coreflame," "The Titans"... Even though she had long grown familiar with these fierce and burning names, when others called her a hero, she would simply wave it off.
"I'm just a physician."
That was what she told everyone who came to the courtyard.
The sorrowful girl came seeking answers about the "incurable ailment" inflicted by the Death Titan.
"Cassie, that's not an illness at all! There's still so much for you to experience!"
She often accompanied the girl in birdwatching and stargazing, crafting specimens and chimera plush toys. Seeing the smile on the girl's face, she, too, felt warmth.
She was well aware of the discord between the cold weaver and the proud scholar.
In the newly established mediation room, she prepared the weaver's favorite oatmeal, the scholar's essential fizzy horseradish vinegar for grading papers, and invited the eldest demigod.
"If they refuse to come, then... I'll have Little Ica du-du-du in their ears every single day!"
She sowed pomegranate seeds in the Twilight Courtyard, planted a field of wheatgrass, and cultivated a sea of flowers, creating a place where every traveler arriving in Okhema could set down their burdens and speak freely.
"I hope that small acts of kindness can melt away the long-standing wounds between our peoples."
She could never stop worrying about that ever-corroding demigod.
"Cinny... From the very first day we set out on the Flame-Chase Journey, we already knew this day would come..."
That was what they always said.
"Even if I can ease just a fraction of your pain... I'll go check the library in the Grove again..."
And that was what she always did.
...
The Heirs of the Sky, the Kremnoans, the original aristocrats of Okhema, the Holy Maiden of Aidonia, the warrior of Aedes Elysiae, the Holy Maiden of Janusopolis... In the small courtyard, all their colors merged into a radiant rainbow.
Yet in rare moments of leisure, she would also ponder the journey's end.
"When that time comes... what else will I be able to do?"