Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 76 The Kingdom on the Cliff
Having obtained the intestines, the legless bird continued its flight and arrived at an island where a bustling kingdom resided on a cliff.

The castle here is magnificent, and the angels live in peace and contentment.

On the distant cliffs, siren sings their song, guiding passing ships.

The bird without feet landed on the castle windowsill, looking at the angel king who ruled the country, and a sea siren.

They are a couple.

The angel had six arms as white as jade and wore a golden crown.

But this angel king was also in a state of dementia and confusion.

The Pearl Fairy looked at the king, who had fallen into a daze, with doting eyes and said:
"This angel king is called Vairocana. He has six arms and is incredibly strong. His test is to make you identify one of the flawless arms."

His tribe was responsible for the arms.

The Pearl Fairy held a pearl in her hand and said:
"My name is Lisa. Our pearl crystal ball has the strongest eyesight and can see distant scenery."

"Here are three thousand pearls. My test is for you to choose the pair that is most similar to use as an eyeball."

Her tribe was responsible for the eyes.

The bird without feet knew this trial was extremely difficult, but she had no reason to back down.

However, Lisa spoke up:

"Although you are harsh on us, I will not test you. We both admire your love."

"So we're giving up on testing you, just so you can hear our story."

Beside him, the senile angel king Vairocana instinctively plays his accordion, gazing at the beach with doting affection.

The footless bird then began to listen to their story.

Their love story begins with their first meeting.

In the century following the disasters of fire and water, this land underwent various changes, and gradually, following the trend, men and women truly emerged.

The royal palace of the Kingdom of Pilu is located on a cliff. A prince plays the accordion every day by the cliffside. His hands are clean, slender, and very beautiful.

Below the cliff, a siren princess listened to the accordion every day in the sea, and gradually developed feelings for the prince above.

So she started singing too.

They had a great understanding and gradually developed feelings of ambiguity and affection, a beautiful and innocent bond.

However, both of them were shy and dared not meet.

The Siren Princess invented a crystal ball, allowing her to see more clearly the hands playing the piano on the cliff above—hands that were fair and beautiful.

The angel prince felt the other person watching him, and blushed with embarrassment. He played even more diligently, and even figured out how to use more hands to play the music.

They were all expressing their love in their own naive and innocent ways.

However, things took a turn for the better.

Because the angel prince kept studying his hands and researching better organ music, he developed physical problems during his next cocoon-breaking weaving session. His left brain was damaged, and he began to fall into dementia.

That day, in despair, Vairocana sat on the cliff for an entire day.

The next day, he contacted the second prince, Lushena, who secretly loved the Siren Princess, and asked him to take his place.

Because he never showed his face, he could have someone else love her in his place.

Although the second prince likes the Siren Princess, he doesn't want to separate them and wants to help the couple, but he doesn't know how.

They could only follow the other's instructions and gradually replace the other, taking over the other's piano playing skills and weaving the same hands as the other.

Finally, the second prince and the princess met for the first time, while the eldest prince, hiding in the shadows, was very confused and heartbroken.

"I want to ensure her happiness for the rest of her life before she completely falls into madness."

As time went by, with his continued help, the second prince and the princess held a grand wedding.

However, the second prince harbored resentment, and the marriage remained only in name, as he knew he was not the one she truly loved.

The Siren Princess, seeing that the man didn't share a room with her, felt he didn't love her and became anxious and insecure. Until one day, the melancholy queen saw the eldest prince on the beach. He was in a daze, yet instinctively did the most profound thing he had ever done: played music on the beach.

She knew the truth as soon as she heard it.

Just then, a maid ran up to him and said, "Your Highness, why have you come here again?"

Can you tell me what happened?

The maid felt sorry for the prince and told him the whole truth. After learning about everything, Lisa cried uncontrollably.

After recounting the whole story, Lisa looked at the angel beside her and said, "I hate him."

Vairocana was almost demented and rarely came to his senses.

He was still playing music in a daze, facing the sea breeze, looking down at the ocean, his face full of doting and pampering.

Although the other person was looking down the cliff, Lisa knew they were looking at her, and smiled slightly as she said to the footless bird:
"Back then, we were separated by a cliff; I was underwater, and he was on the cliff."

“Right now, we’re separated by a mind; I’m on this side, and he’s on the other.”

"We're still as reserved as ever."

“We both have a lover with dementia. I understand you, so I choose to help you. I can't cure his dementia, but I hope your story can have a happy ending.”

The footless bird sighed, "You hate him?"

"Of course I hate him!"

"He deceived me, I will curse him, I will cast the most vicious curse upon him!"

Even if we become part of the same body at the same time, we must separate.

As sirens, they are very fond of cursing: "I will curse him even more, so that even if I become a part of his body, he will always want to touch me, but dare not touch me."

There were no trials.

They chose to die for love.

The Siren Princess and the Angel Prince became part of the Saint's organs.

The Siren Princess left only a will, for the little angels and sirens who loved to hear her sing:
I'm sorry, I must go and pursue my own beauty, and I can no longer play music for you or guide the sails.

After their suicide pact, the bird, now temporarily given new hands and eyes, remained silent for a moment.

For some reason, she suddenly felt like crying.

For some reason, she suddenly had an instinctive urge to touch her eyes, but she didn't dare.

I want to touch it, but I don't dare to.

It's like two people who were too shy to meet in life, and they remain just as shy in death.

I want to wipe it.

It is because of Alzheimer's that the hands still retain that instinct to care for their loved ones, even if they have forgotten everything, they still want to protect the singing princess.

I want to cry.

Was it because the Siren Princess wanted to punish those hands, wanting to see them helplessly worried about her yet afraid to touch her? Or was she deep down yearning for the touch of hands?

"I can't tell the difference."

The legless bird rubbed its eyes with its hands.

It hurts, but it feels good.

She adapted to her hands and eyes, and then had Vedama pull the two treasures back to the Ocean of Milk with a raft.

She then embarked on her journey again.

"I have witnessed your stories."

The Butterfly Clan, the Elephant-Domo Mythology, Hand and Eye Chapter

[Legend has it that there is a pair of organs in the body that will never meet; if they do, it will cause pain.]
[Vairocana and Lisa were lovers, but conflicts and resentment arose between them. A curse was placed upon them, causing pain upon any contact. Vairocana's hands would always be at a loss, wanting to wipe away tears, yet afraid to touch her.]
[Therefore, Elephant Dhamma had his first weakness: he must not touch his eyes with his hands.]
(End of this chapter)