Talulah, I'm still a child.

"Hmm... Tell me, Sister Remy, and I'll definitely be good later!"

Faced with the blushing, surrendering little fox, Remian temporarily forgot the Lateran rules. Anyway, there was no one else here, and it wouldn't matter if she told anyone.

"Okay, actually there's another type of person who's born a fallen angel, usually the children of Sarkaz and Sarkaz. Wait a minute, Mei Xue, you wouldn't happen to be..."

Remian suddenly realized why the little fox was asking her these questions. She had initially thought the little fox was just curious about Mostima, but now it seemed that things might be more complicated than she had imagined.

"No, I was just curious about Sister Mostima."

"...Dear Meixue, your tail wags really fast when you lie."

Mei Xue stopped wagging her tail immediately. The little fox scratched her head a little embarrassedly, thinking to herself that she must restrain her tail when she got back, and then nodded helplessly.

"So, you met a little fallen angel today?"

"Yes, we even had dinner together, but her mother told me not to tell anyone about it."

"Then their lives must not be easy. Fallen angels cannot empathize with us, and it is easy for people to notice their abnormality. How do you always manage to get involved with such strange things?"

Remien just couldn't understand it. Mei Xue had only been in Laterano for half a day and had already encountered such a thing. This little fox was just too outrageous.

"I do not know either."

The little fox came to the window to put on his shoes and go back, but Remi'an grabbed his tail and pulled him back to Mei Xue.

"You promised you'd be very obedient!"

"It's...it's already very late, sister, you should get some rest."

Mei Xue realized that Remian's eyes were exactly like Mostima's when she barged into her bathroom that night.

"Wishing you a speedy recovery, sister. I'm leaving now!"

What a joke! Even if Mei Xue is stupid, she should know how much these older sisters love playing that game. It always takes them at least an hour. It's so late now, if they don't go to sleep, they won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow.

This time, Remianne didn't try to stop Mei Xue. After all, you can't force a relationship, and if Mei Xue wasn't willing, then so be it.

On the other hand, when Mei Xue finished speaking, she felt that something was wrong. Well, it didn't seem to be a big deal, except that she felt like she had lost feeling in her legs.

"What exactly is going on..."

Watching the little fox wag its tail and leave from outside, Remian tapped her leg in surprise. Although the sensation was faint, it was indeed a little painful.

Mei Xue had no idea what she had done. The little fox was on his way back, and on the way back he could clearly feel that the gazes of the people around him were a little different from before, but the little fox did not suspect anything.

There were also some people standing on the houses on both sides of the street, mostly Liboli, but one Sakota with a halo on his head stood out.

"Leader, do we really not need to do anything? Are we just going to let an ordinary outsider know Cecilia's secret like this?"

"...No, he's not ordinary."

Andorn held the Holy Scripture in his hand. In truth, he shouldn't have come to this event, but he realized something after hearing that the person who had made contact with Cecilia was a white Volpo.

"Yes, if he's considered ordinary, then no one in this world is special."

Mostima's voice made everyone except Andorn grip their weapons and turn around, only to find that she was already standing behind Andorn, for reasons unknown.

"Long time no see, Andorn. Looks like you're doing well, daring to come back. Aren't you afraid Fiameta will blast you with her gun?"

"Mostima, is he the answer you've chosen?"

"Of course not, and strictly speaking, they chose me."

With her black and white staffs intertwined in her hands, Mostima completely ignored everyone except Andorn, because the only person who posed a threat to her was the man in front of her, her former comrade-in-arms.

"And you, after wandering in the wilderness for so many years, have you found your own answer?"

"No disrespect for our pioneers is permitted!"

"Wow, she's really angry... Are all Liboli these days like Fiameta, or does she like you?"

Mostima glanced at the Liberian woman beside Andorn, who was clearly furious at Mostima's words and even wished she could pierce her heart with her crossbow.

"You bastard!"

"Don't be like that, I know, I know. Andorn is quite handsome, and he used to have quite a few suitors. It's a pity he's a bit too old. My Meixue is much cuter."

Faced with Mostima's sharp tongue, Patia was almost driven mad with anger. Sure enough, none of the Sarkaz were good... no, apart from Andorn Vanguard, none of them were any good!

"Are you his bodyguard?"

“Being a bodyguard is just a part-time job; my main job is to be his girlfriend and fiancée.”

Mostima tapped his head lightly with his staff, seemingly relaxed and ignoring the unpleasant expressions on Patia's and the others' faces.

"Ah, you'd better avoid our wedding in the future, otherwise I dare not say whether Remuel will kill you first and then deal with me, but I am sure that Fiameta will not let you go."

"...You're still the same as always."

"Yes, nothing has changed. My life is still pretty much the same after I became a fallen angel, but it's always a good thing that I don't have to wear an eye mask to sleep at night."

As Mostima finished speaking, an arrow flew toward her head, but a gust of wind blew it away, deflecting it just past her.

"Looks like I'm having a lucky day."

Those vixens weren't to be trifled with this afternoon. Mostima licked his lips. He should go see Mei Xue tonight. Even if he didn't replenish his luck, enduring too much wouldn't be good for his health.

"Patia, stop."

"But Pioneer, she..."

Just as Patia was about to say something more, she discovered that Mostima had disappeared without a trace, just as he had when he arrived. This made her very unhappy, because they all knew that it was Mostima who had injured Andorn back then.

"She just came to give us a warning; in fact, she has changed a lot."

Andorn sighed. In truth, if Mostima had tried to kill Patia, he probably wouldn't have been able to save her either.

“It’s okay. Cecilia is just a seven-year-old girl. She deserves to have more friends instead of spending her childhood in a cramped home.”

"But if those Sarkaz find out about Cecilia's existence, she will be executed!"

"I understand, so I'll leave Cecilia to everyone's protection."

After saying this, Andorn disappeared into the night. Cecilia and Meixue, the central figures in the incident, were unaware that a battle could have broken out right beside them at any moment.

Cecilia simply nestled in her mother's arms and listened to her tell stories. Because she was too young to recognize many words, she mostly looked at the pictures in the books, but that was enough for her.

"So that's how it is. The Little Mermaid met the white nine-tailed fox, and they became good friends."

"The little fox longed for the beautiful scenery of the sea that the mermaid had described, but it couldn't swim."

"The Little Mermaid also longed to see the mountains and plains he described, but she could only live in the water. For them, the stars in the sky were the most beautiful sight they could both see."

Felia read aloud from the book. She had taken this storybook from her husband's bookshelf when she and Cecilia visited him some time ago. It was said to contain some Sarkaz folk tales.

"One day, the little fox said to the mermaid, 'I have traveled all over the land... I know that the world beneath my feet is nothing but sand, but if possible, could you bury me in the sea after I die?'"

"That's the end of the story."

"Mom, is there no follow-up?"

Cecilia looked at her mother with some confusion, while Felia simply shook her head.

“Your dad said that this is the only part of the story, because there seem to be many different versions of the ending, but he doesn’t think any of them are suitable for children.”

"Well……"

"Alright, alright, it's so late, we should go to sleep. We have guests coming tomorrow."

"Yes! But Mom, I don't have to stay in the basement this time, right?"

Felia looked at her daughter, whose eyes were shining, and nodded in approval. She also sincerely felt that her daughter had become more cheerful after meeting Meixue. Indeed, it is necessary to have some suitable playmates.

What the mother and daughter didn't know was that most of the Sarkaz stories came from history, and only the most secretive ones were not fully recorded. Neither legends nor history were buried under the yellow sands or submerged in the sea.

Chapter 233 Plum Blossom Snow's... Grave?

The ocean, the vast and boundless ocean, the Sirens traversed freely in the cold ocean currents, the resistance of the water seemingly nonexistent for them. The sea creatures did not pay much attention to these unusual "compatriots," but instead helped point out a direction when Amaya and the others asked for directions.

The sirens swam deeper and deeper, their brows furrowing with increasing worry. Just as they had imagined, the power displayed by the Sea Siren was only the tip of the iceberg. Countless unrecorded individuals lurked in the depths of this ocean. If these creatures were to surge ashore, Terra would be utterly doomed.

After swimming for a long time, the sirens saw a light in their eyes that was a mixture of dark blue and crimson.

"I see, everyone! Spread out and take notes. Don't make any big noise!"

The fluctuations of the mental network spread throughout the entire swarm, and the sirens scattered. The mental network swept across everything within a radius of several kilometers, and a clear model appeared simultaneously in the minds of all the sirens, even including the location of each of them.

This is the heart of the ocean, where the remains of a being named Isamara lie quietly on the seabed. Even after many years of death, it remains vibrant, its flesh not decaying, as if it were simply asleep. However, occasionally, sea creatures feed on its corpse, thus obtaining the evolutionary means to ensure the survival of their large groups.

"Isamara..."

Amaya murmured the name, which had left a deep impression on her memory, on her past as the Sea Heir and the Deep Sea Bishop Amaya. He was the being who drove the sea to engulf the land, and was a rather special one among many. He could not die in a physical sense.

Perhaps the original sea creature in front of you is already dead, but Isamara is still alive, living in another body, and could wake up at any time.

In fact, even if the Sea Kings conquer the land and occupy Terra, it won't have much of an impact on the Sirens, because these girls have plenty of ways to deal with them. The Sea Kings evolve very quickly, but the Sirens evolve even faster. They have already adapted to the land and will soon be heading to the stars.

"These guys are really disgusting."

"Stop nagging, you weren't much better looking than them before."

The Siren Lolis chatted amongst themselves while searching for information. Just as they had predicted, this was the graveyard of a civilization, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, and ancient stone tablets engraved with text.

In this city, the sirens found a tombstone, the material of which they did not know, but many of the inscriptions had been lost due to years of erosion.

(Can read)

The thought echoed in the minds of all the sirens. This unfamiliar script felt as familiar as their mother tongue. Gatanjah read it aloud softly.

“Ancient civilization, newborn gods, we have violated the taboo and deserve the divine punishment of destruction… Samara, that is what we call Him, He is evolution, He is life itself.”

"Let time bear witness to all things. Civilization is buried here, but a new civilization will surely be born. Creators, be our witnesses..."

The inscription on the stone tablet ended there, the rest eroded by time. Amaya suddenly realized something: Haisi didn't know this language, because it was of no help to the large group. In other words, the reason they could read the inscription on the stone tablet was because of Meixue behind them.

"Keep searching and see if there's anything else!"

Amaya realized that the secrets buried here might be bigger than she had imagined, but digging things up the grave of someone's leader in front of a group of sea monsters seemed like a provocation.

"Is it really okay for us to just dig up someone's grave like this?"

"It's good enough that we didn't dance at His grave. Besides, we're doing archaeology, so why should we have so many concerns?"

As Siren No. 16 spoke, she analyzed the seabed model she had just obtained. For some reason, she felt something was wrong. Certain parts of the city were always higher, especially the area in front where there was a huge mountain. What kind of city would be built on such strange terrain? Was it due to crustal movement?

Wow... is this a monument?