角色故事·其三
(解鎖條件:角色等級60)
奧赫瑪,英雄匯聚之地,末世最後的希望所在。
「逐火之旅」,「火種」,「泰坦」…即便已熟悉那些酷烈灼熱的名詞,當別人稱她為英雄時,她仍是揮揮手。
「我只是一名醫師而已。」
她對每個來到庭院的人都那麼說。
悲傷的少女來詢問那被死亡之泰坦波及的「頑疾」。
「蝶寶,那才不是病呢!你還有很多事可以嘗試!」
她常常和少女一同觀鳥觀星,製作標本和奇美拉玩偶。看到少女臉上的笑容,她也會感到溫暖。
她知曉冷冽的織者和高傲的學者之間的不和。
在那嶄新的調解室,她為織者準備了最愛的燕麥粥,學者批改論文時必備的氣泡山葵醋,並請來資歷最老的半神——
「如果他們不來,我就…派小伊卡天天在他們耳邊嘟嘟嘟!」
她在昏光庭院播下石榴的種子,種下一方麥草,開闢一片花海,讓每一位從遠方來到奧赫瑪的異鄉人,都能在此放下心結,暢所欲言。
「希望點滴的善意,能消融族群之間長久的心病。」
她總放心不下那不斷磨損的半神。
「小風堇…踏上逐火之旅的第一天,*我們*就已經想到這一天啦……」
她們總是如此說。
「即便能為你們減少一絲痛苦也好…我再去樹庭的圖書館查查資料吧……」
她也總是如此做。
……
天空的後裔,懸鋒的族人,奧赫瑪的原貴族,哀地里亞的聖女,哀麗秘榭的戰士,雅努薩波利斯的聖女…小小的庭院中,各色融匯成一道虹光。
但閒暇的片刻,她也會想到旅途的盡頭。
「到那時候,我…還能做些什麼呢?」
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?"