Evetrona's old stories

"Yes, I haven't made a wish yet..." Eve closed her eyes and said with a smile, "I hope Maoqi is safe and well, I hope Nanfen is still beautiful, I hope my friends are healthy and healthy, and I hope Fugemanning is happy."

"Hmm..." Fuge Manning raised his head and said, "Thank you."

There was a clattering sound coming from the well, and a pair of golden-green eyes were looking up at this moment.

"Hi, hello!" Eve bravely waved at the Sky Dragon in the well, and with Gemanning by her side, she wasn't particularly afraid of the dragon.

Tianke Annisi ignored the one man and one dragon above him, he lowered his head and continued to dream of his dreams.

The Great Library of the Knights Academy is a very famous library, and its location is located in the center of the main castle of Runlong Castle—that is, the central area of ​​Runlong Castle before the expansion.It has been more than three centuries since the Great Library was established, even earlier than the history of the Knight Kingdom. During this period, the Saint Fengyue Knights expanded and renovated it many times. Now it covers a large area and has about 400 million books. It is larger than the Bomeng Great Library. It is second only to the newly established Great Core Library in the Eastern City four years ago, and is the second largest library in the Republic.The Knights of Saint Fengyue who used to be in the Knight Kingdom were all intellectuals, and their love for books was the same as their love for their state religion, Zheng Yujiao.During the war of more than two centuries, they burned down the libraries of many pagan countries and cities, looting countless books, and many of them are world-famous fragments.But from another point of view, they burned and soaked the books of pagans, and their actions were criticized, and their impact on future generations was also incalculable.But in any case, the former Shengfengyue Library and today's Knight Academy Library are veritable world cultural treasures.

Eve pushed open the heavy library door, holding the soaked book in her hand, feeling a little apprehensive.

The dome and walls of the library are equipped with huge light golden glazed windows, the interior is well lit, and you can vaguely feel the shadow of the interior style that once symbolized the Holy See.

The librarian was sitting behind a tall dark red wooden counter, reading an old book in the ancient Franto language.This person is about 26 seven years old, wearing a black shirt and gray vest, with short brown straight hair parted in the middle, and a large light blue medium water curse ring on the slender right middle finger.At this time, his eyes were slightly closed, his head was lowered, as if he was immersed in a book, and he seemed to be asleep, and his long eyelashes were clearly visible.Due to staying indoors all year round, his skin is as white as paper, and his figure is thin, as handsome as a boy; his face is soft, and his movements are light and slow when he turns the pages of the book; The catalog wall is all written by him.Every time Eve saw him, she felt a strange feeling—as if there was a layer of mist between her and this man, and his figure blended with this building.

The administrator's name was Gloria Monroe, a man of few words. He worked here as a librarian during his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and stayed here after graduation. He loved books, especially the ancient manuscripts in the great library.

"Excuse me." It was very quiet in the library.Eve approached him and greeted him with an inaudible voice.

"Oh, it's you." Golta seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He raised his head and straightened his back.Seeing that Eve seemed to be troubled, he asked her with a smile, "What happened?"

Eve put the brief history of Hanji's philosophy hidden behind her on the table.When Golta saw this fluffy flower-like book, he couldn't help frowning.For someone who loves books like him, this fact is intolerable.

"What happened?" Golta took the book and checked the contents.

"Falled into the lake." Eve lowered her head.

"It's the first time I've seen a book wrinkled like this. Has it been dried in the sun?" Gorola asked.

"It's indeed sunburned."

Gloria sighed.Eve often came to the library and knew him well, but this was the first time he saw his frowning face.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it. I can compensate according to the regulations, or you tell me where I can buy it, and I will buy a new one."

Golta looked at her, then shook his head, and said, "This set of books has twenty volumes in total. The inner pages are custom-made in the printing house, and the library arranges and binds them into volumes according to the school's requirements. Maybe you can buy books with the same content, but the volumes are definitely different from this set. If you follow the library's regulations, if a single book is severely damaged, you will be compensated at two to three times the price of the entire set..."

"How much do I have to pay?" Eve held her breath.

"If it's doubled, it's about... 36 gold coins. So..."

"It's okay, I can pay for it." Eve's attitude was quite sincere.To her, this amount of money was quite a fortune, money that many people would not be able to earn after years of tossing—but she could indeed get it out, and she could get it out now.

Seeing that she was flipping through her bag, Golta couldn't help opening her mouth.Even a calm person like him was also taken aback by Eve's actions.

"Wait a minute, there are other ways, don't worry." Golta quickly advised her, "Maybe this book can make up for it."

"Really?" Eve stopped and looked at him expectantly.

"Well, wait for me first." Golada walked out of the counter, walked towards the bookshelf, and came back with a book in his hand - "A Brief Reading of the History of Hanji Philosophy (Catalogue Volume)".This book was relatively thin, and Golta put it together with the damaged book. He tore off another page of paper from the side, wrote down a string of addresses and names, and handed it to Eve.

Golada's handwriting is elegant and neat, as if it was printed.It reads: No. 115-1 Anleika Street, Golden Sailboat Town, Old Depp Bookstore, Stetson Dongti.

"Go find this person." Golta said, "Sterson works part-time in this bookstore, every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This person is ingenious, and he may have a way to restore this book."

"Such a book... can be restored?" Eve looked at the first volume on the table, which was a full circle larger than the catalog volume, and couldn't believe it in her heart.

"I'm not sure, try it, you take this book as well, let him use it as a reference." Gloria looked at her, and then instructed, "Be sure to keep this book, if he says no, then I'll help you think of another way."

Eve was a little embarrassed by what he said. She put away two books and left the big library.After having lunch in the college restaurant, she hired a car to go to Jinfanchuan Town in the afternoon. Today was Thursday. There was originally a swordsmanship class, which was a practical class, but she skipped it now.After skipping a few courses in the training center, the general teachers would not say anything, because they all know that Eve should give priority to the college courses; in addition, they also know what level the girl is.

Jinfanchuan Town is not far from Benlong Castle. It takes about 10 minutes to get there by car. This place is located near the railway line. The town operates agriculture, fishery and animal husbandry. The population is estimated to be [-] to [-]. In this era, this place can be counted as It's a small regional city.Like other Klicking local towns, most of the bustling streets in the town are not in good condition.Most of the sewage and waste produced by leather goods stores, fish markets, and horse dealers are accumulated in the streets and alleys, and people need to be hired to deal with them at a fixed time.

Eve clutched her nose and got out of the carriage, looking up at the bookstore in front of her.The bookstore has no signboard, in fact most of the storefronts on this street do not.The entrance of the bookstore was cleaned very cleanly. Some of the stone bricks on the steps had fallen off, and the orange paint on the door had dried and cracked into small pieces. The store looked old.

Eve pushed open the door, and the bell at the door made a crisp sound. An old man at the counter who was reading a newspaper raised his head, half-removed his glasses from the bridge of his nose, and squinted his eyes to look at the guests at the door.

"Buy books, borrow newspapers, or write letters for you?" the old man asked.

"I want to repair this book." Eve took out the two books in the backpack together.

"What... what happened?" The old man picked up the book, glanced at it with disgust, and shouted loudly behind him: "Sterson, come to work, come out and have a look!"

"Here we come!" A man's voice came from the inner courtyard, and soon a young man ran out with a broom in his hand.

When the young man saw Eve, he had a surprised expression on his face. He scratched his messy hair with his fingers, and said to Eve, "Hello, teacher."

When Eve saw him, she also recognized him. It was the young man who attended the night school, so she smiled at him.

The old man glanced at Studson, then at Eve, then patted the books on the table and said, "It's not cheap to restore books, especially books like this."

The smile on Eve's face couldn't hold back anymore. The old man's mind was spinning really fast. From the sentence "teacher" by Sederson, it can be deduced that this guest may be a poor student who works as a part-time teacher in an evening school.On the other hand, this person seems to know the situation of the Knights Academy very well.

"Money is not a problem. Repairing a book is not as expensive as a whole set of books." Eve said.

"Is this a library book?" Studson picked up the two books and took a look, and continued: "It shouldn't be serious. The inner pages and the cover need to be separated, and the spine of the inner pages should be re-glued and fixed. The cover has been deformed, and the inside has been damaged and degummed.

"Can it really be fixed?" Eve asked in surprise.

"It's impossible to restore it completely, but it shouldn't be troublesome to restore the appearance." Stetson said, "If the book is soaked in water, try to flatten it as much as possible, and then dry it slowly, so that it will not be damaged. It deforms badly, and you're doing it wrong on the first step."

"Well, I will pay attention next time." Eve nodded quickly.

"However, I think the most effective way is to avoid soaking the book in water, what do you think?" Sederson turned his head and glanced at her, his tone very serious.

"Yes, you're right." Eve had a bitter face, blushing from what he said, and was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in.

"This one is also a book lover." The old man burst out laughing, "He has a fight with that little administrator, that one named Golta...is he the one who sent you here to find Sederson?"

Eve nodded.

"Don't worry, if Stutson says he can fix it, then there will be no problem." The old man patted Stutson on the shoulder, "Hey, Stutson, you're 26 this year, right? How can you talk to a girl like this? You're almost crying."

"Who's about to cry?" Eve muttered, frowning. This old guy doesn't seem to be very talkative.

I can't stand this place anymore.

[58] Cage of Destiny (Part [-])

This novella has been written for nearly half a year.

Whenever she is free, Eve will sit on top of his head and fly with him in the clouds, by the lake, or above the sea.She put a notebook on her lap and leaned against the cone scales of the Proto-Dragon, looking at the blue sky, the mountains and rivers, his back and his flapping wings, and wrote down large sections of the plot on paper as he narrated.

The creation process of Fu Ge Manning is also the process of Eve's creation. In the story, there are the whims and wonderful ideas of the ancestor dragon, and there are also Eve's supplements and corrections.The background of the story is set in the Empion period of the Second Age.It is generally believed that the Empion period was the most prosperous period for the development of magic and alchemy. In that era, any miracle was possible; because of this, most of the adventure-themed novels on the market today have their stories set in this era.It is not only because of the above reasons that Fuge Manning chose the story to be in the period of Enbain, but there is also a more important point - the period of Enpeien is also the era when the dragons can compete with the civilization of the human race.

The process of co-creation was inspiring, and Eve also consulted a large number of books in the reference area of ​​the library in order to understand the Enbain period.Most of these non-loaned manuscript books are tied with chains, and some books even contain curse words related to the prohibition of stealing books; I heard from the administrator, Gloda, that these curse words were indeed effective in the past, and even caused a fire. For safety reasons, most of the current curse words have been partially obliterated to make them invalid.

Eve and Fuge Manning thought about the context of the story together, controlling thoughts, inciting events, foreshadowing and conclusions, etc., and changed the content of the story again and again.During the period, the two also had several big disputes, and even had a verbal fight. Eve suffered a lot during the quarrel, because the voice of Fu Gemanning was really too loud.However, there is one interesting point—adventure novels that can be read today will somewhat involve descriptions of sex scenes, but both Eve and Vegmanning agree that such things are not needed.

In general, conflicts are temporary.They were immersed in their fictional stories and characters. From mid-June to early September, they had completed the first draft; and from then until mid-November before the holidays, Eve spent her free time in the library looking up materials, doing polishing work, and re-reading the newly compiled texts to Fudge Manning.Her level of rhetoric is improving, her handwriting has become more beautiful, and even the level of ancient Flanto has improved a lot; and from Vegmanning's mouth, she also realized that this dragon is not as idle as it seems on the surface, and his knowledge is very profound, which surprised Eve a little.

The protagonist of the story is Hodek Hyde, a handsome, mighty and tall man-obviously, this is directional.Fuge Manning is portraying the protagonist based on himself, or in other words, based on his imagined self; but about this, he himself does not admit it. Sometimes Eve uses the name "Hodeck" to tease him, and he is a little unhappy.

Eve also asked him if he wanted to become a person like Hordek, but he vetoed it; and in his story, the ancient dragon Hordek was tricked and forced to become After the humans, they also showed hatred for the magician, and they kept saying that they wanted to seek revenge from him.Everything seems to indicate that Vegmanning has no interest in becoming a human, but is that really the case?Why would he write such a story if he didn't want to?In fact, Eve knew his thoughts very well in her heart. Sometimes she also felt that she might be of the same type as Vegmanning, with the same disagreement, but she never told others about her inner thoughts.

"Oh, it's a ridiculous idea to become a human being." Sometimes, when Fugemanning dictated stories, such a sentence often popped up.Eve could feel his emotional ups and downs, and maybe Vegmanning didn't think this idea was ridiculous, but that he himself was ridiculous.

"Do you want to write down this sentence too?" Eve asked knowingly.

"No, this is my exclamation, let's continue..."

Huo Deke became a human being, but he is still as powerful as before. He punished the evil, promoted the good, and supported justice during his journey, and gradually became famous in human society; he drove away the evil dragon and was invited by the Supreme King of the Empire , attended the royal dinner, and met a slim girl at the banquet - she is the youngest daughter of the current emperor, named Aimang.Aimang invited him out for a walk.After the two talked alone, Huo Deke knew that she was a little girl he had saved, and now she was born so beautiful.

Eve sometimes wondered if this princess named Emman was modeled after herself in the first place, but she didn't dare to ask Fuge Manning, because with the character of this dragon, he would never admit whether it was true or not, and might even laugh at herself for it.

After that, the plot seems to become conflicted.Soon after the two met, they fell in love.Aimang proposed to let Huodeke marry him, but the old emperor firmly disagreed, and during the disputes between father and daughter, Huodeke left without saying goodbye.

Huodeke didn't want to see Aimang turn against his relatives for himself.He concealed his identity and continued to live and travel in the human world. However, by accident, he finally found the magician who turned him into a human, and beheaded him with a single sword.Hodek wiped the sword in his hand, and he succeeded in revenge, but what he said afterwards was: "In this way, no one will know my past." It seems that after meeting Aimang, the past of starving and staggering forward in human form is not important anymore. He pocketed the spell core, and it seems that he does not intend to restore the dragon body immediately.

Five years later, the world has changed again.The once weak and lovely girl has now become the queen who dominates the world. Her cold-blooded methods are known to everyone, and those who know her are silent: her clan relatives dare not confront her directly;

Aimang is so dazzling now, but all the changes are caused by Hodek.Sitting alone in the palace, she often thinks like this: I am willing to give up my country and everything outside of me. I only want to exchange for a good horse so that I can meet him again and go away.

When Eve heard Vogelmanning talk about this passage, she sat on his head and laughed from ear to ear.Sometimes she also admires this dragon. It seems that Fugemanning understands human feelings better than herself. When talking about love, she is sincere and sincere when she sighs about fate. Is this also the talent of dragons?

The climax of the story took place during the all-out war between the human race and the dragon race. As the supreme leader of the human race, Aimang was very concerned about this and gave almost everything; it was at this time that Hodek, who had been hiding in the dark, finally met her.The two never forgot each other, and they talked happily, from the afternoon to the next morning.Hodek wanted her to give up the fight with the Dragon Clan, but judging from the current situation, just like a sharp arrow in the bow, the situation is no longer under the control of one party.In the end, the mighty Huodeke was faced with a difficult choice - to help Aimang or to help the Dragon Clan.

After this episode, Eve and Foggmanning had some big and small differences.Fuge Manning believes that Holdek should help Aimang without hesitation; but Eve thinks that Holdek should return to the Dragon Clan and confess his identity to persuade the Dragon Clan to start a new round of negotiations with humans, and even add more contradictions and conflicts here—for example, the Dragon Clan showed great righteousness and kindness to Holdek, promised him a noble status, and promised to let his beloved one go. , he can help the Dragon Clan easily defeat humans.

At first, Vegmanning vehemently objected to the arrangement, but when Eve wrote the passage out and read it to him, he agreed.

The Dragon Clan's offensive was like a broken bamboo, and when Huo Deke saw the bloody human corpse under the Dragon Clan's claws, he couldn't help but think of his lover, and he was still worried about her.When the dragon clan was about to capture the royal city, he crushed the spell core in his arms in desperation, reincarnated into a dragon, and killed the master of the dragon clan who had not yet had time to react with the supreme ability of the ancient dragon, becoming the new dragon clan master. the emperor.Aimang stood on the crumbling castle, looking at the flying dragon covering the sky under the setting sun, holding a dagger in her hand, thinking of committing suicide here.It was also at this time that a loud dragon chant came from a distance, which aroused the cries of the flying dragons one after another, and the dragon army all searched for the sound and left.In the distance, the new emperor flew into the clouds and shadows with his minions and disappeared.

Originally, the end of the story was designed like this.

"Is this how the Dragon Clan chooses their leaders?" Eve asked.

After this question, Fuge Manning was stunned. He asked Eve back: "Isn't it like this? The novels I read before were written like this."

"That's because they don't understand dragons." Eve said, "I think it's unreasonable for an intelligent race to choose a leader hastily based on the level of personal force."

"Then what should we do?"

If this plot is illogical, how can the subsequent development be justified?

"Then change the ending," Eve said.

"Hmm..." Vegmanning writhed in the air without any rules, making Eve dizzy.Finally, he said: "Then, Huodeke turned into a dragon, rushed into the battle circle, blocked the breath of the dragon clan that covered the sky with his huge dragon wings, and protected all the subjects of Aimang. Finally, Hodek died on the spot, and his behavior made both warring parties mourn, and finally reached a reconciliation between the alien races?"

"This..." Eve felt uncomfortable when she heard the ending. She stood up from Vegmanning's head, supported his long scales and asked him, "Do you like tragic endings so much? Can't you see yourself well?"

"It's not me, it's Hodek." Fugemanning replied: "A tragic ending is easier for readers to remember, and it is easier to satisfy their own creative desires."

"But I don't like it," Eve said.

"But this is a novel I wrote." Fugemanning still insisted on his own opinion.

Therefore, the ending of the first draft was created with the second ending of Fuge Manning as the epilogue.Eve always felt that this ending was a bit anticlimactic, and it was a bit awkward for one person and one dragon.At that time, it was November and winter was coming. Eve packed her bags and returned to Bomeng in mid-November. They didn't see each other until March of the next year.

Time flows quietly like a stream, and before you know it, how many rivers and mountains have been crossed.

After Eve went back, she started the creation of the second draft.The process of self-examination is painful. Looking at the long paragraphs of text, the once whimsical and witty words seem to have become unreliable, childish and ridiculous under her stern gaze, and have become worthless.Excessive correction will make the style of writing too serious, but too indulgent will lose the sense of power of the text. How should the balance be grasped?

Stories are like fine wine in fermentation, only at the right temperature will it become more intense and mellow.

Eve and Gemanning haven't seen each other for several months, and they finally began to calm down to conceive, think, and think about the ending they really wanted, as well as the real and unique destiny of the people in the play.

At the beginning of the second year of school, Eve, wearing a fluffy white rabbit hat, went to find Fuge Manning with the roughly finished novel.This person and Yilong didn't mention the dispute at the beginning, they listened patiently to each other's new viewpoints and ideas, and made a conclusion.

And in the end, the story ends like this:

Hodek did not sit back and watch the incident continue to deteriorate.He returned to Aimang when the dragon clan was about to attack the imperial fortress. Even if the defeat of human beings was already certain, he would live and die with his lover.He couldn't betray his race, and he couldn't abandon the one he loved, but when the dragons descended and burned the city with their breath, he couldn't bear to see his lover's death, so he liberated the core of the spell.Hodek gradually changed his appearance in front of his lover. Sharp teeth grew out of his mouth, big horns emerged from his head, his skin was covered with scales, his hands and feet turned into sharp claws, and his shoulder blades grew wings... The ancient dragon's loud and clear dragon chant shocked all directions, and the weak flying dragons were all trembling, bowing their heads and ears.

The dragon emperor was surprised to find that he was his own brother who had disappeared for many years.

"Why does it sound like a mechanical descendant?" Eve was still a little dissatisfied when she wrote this paragraph.

"There's drama to tell the story," says Fudge Manning. "I think it's acceptable, and it makes sense that the main character is as strong as ever."

"Ok."

Under Huodeker's terrifying roar, the dragon army, which was like dark clouds covering the sun, receded like a tide, and no longer dared to attack easily.

Hodek's huge dragon wings drew an arc over the city, and went straight into the sky without looking back.Aimang watched her lover fly away into the distance, and disappeared under the horizon together with the setting sun.Since then, no one has ever seen this ancient dragon, whether it is a human or a dragon.

A month later, humans rebuilt their defenses.So far, the temporary crisis has been resolved, and perhaps in the next two or three decades, there will be no large-scale wars again.

Just when people thought the dust had settled, the empress disappeared, leaving only a letter behind.

Aimang rode a horse, holding the restored spell core tightly in her hand, and embarked on a long journey to find her lover.

Destiny is like a cage, imprisoning the soul longing for freedom, what size the cage is-this time he chooses it himself.Whether he is a dragon or a man, no matter how he chooses to live, Emman will accept him, live with him, and remain anonymous.

If only she could find the dragon. (over)

"Do you think Emmanuel will find Holdek? Or, do you want her to find it?" Eve asked Fuge Manning while recording.

"Since the moment I spoke, the fate of these people has been out of control, at least not what I expected." Fuge Manning closed his eyes, "However, I hope she can find it."

"Will Hodek choose to turn back into a human?"

"Eve, I'm not him, so I don't know."

"What if Aimang wants him to turn back into a human?"

Fuge Manning opened his eyes, looked at the girl's radiant look, and replied helplessly: "He will definitely agree."

[59] Cage of Destiny (Part [-])

Since the text is not too long, Eve and Fudge Manning completed the revision of the final draft together.

With the final touch, Eve finally asked the question she had always wanted to ask: "Fauge, who are you going to show this book to? Or are you going to sell it to a publisher?"