"Stop, don't talk any more." Talia suddenly covered his ears with his hands.
"There must be something very sad later. Needless to say, I can guess it. I haven't seen my grandma since I was a child, and I have even forgotten what my father looked like. I don't want to know about their subsequent lives."
"You kid..." The old man shook his head, but he didn't insist. He just looked at the candlelight on the table, and in his eyes with the flickering firelight, the scene from many years ago seemed to be reflected again.
In the evening, Sylutia and Talia returned to their familiar rooms to stay and spent the night peacefully.
The next day.
After breakfast, Sylutia wanted to go for a walk to the mountains next to the village, where she came from.
"It's not safe on the mountain, especially when food is in short supply." The old man reminded, preparing to ask several Sturdy guys from the village to accompany the girl up the mountain.
"No need, I have the ability to protect myself." Sylutia picked up the dagger at hand, drew it out, and waved it in the air, creating a cold arc of light.
"Oh, now that you have practiced to this level?" When the old man was in his prime, he was a second-level adventurer. He was well-informed and quickly realized that Sylutia's strength was extraordinary.
"In this case, I'm probably relieved, but let Talia follow you, she knows the way." The old man ordered.
"I'll go too." Hearing his grandfather calling him, Talia raised his hand.
So, the two teamed up and walked towards the mountains and forests outside the village.
Sylutia can't remember exactly how he got out of this mountainous area a few months ago. He just followed the vague direction and shuttled through the mountains.
"Tia are you looking for the place where you woke up?" Talia asked.
"Yes, actually I can't figure out why I woke up in that place." The girl replied.
The two of them used wooden sticks to push aside the thick bushes that blocked the area while walking on the rugged mountainous terrain. The forest in winter was quite quiet, there were not many animal activities, and there were even fewer insects in the fallen leaves.
Estimating the distance and time traveled at that time, Sylutia vaguely searched for the forest at that time. Unfortunately, the two wandered around the mountains for a long time and did not find the place in their memory.
In the afternoon, the two people who searched to no avail returned to Linden Village.
"Go again tomorrow. If you still can't find it, forget it." Sylutia feels that some things cannot be forced.
On the third day, Sylutia and Talia set off again. Today there was light snow again and the sky was gray.
The Woodland is a bit cold in the mountains. The rabbits and wolves we usually encounter have not been seen in the past two days. They may be hiding somewhere to hibernate.
They set off again, heading in a different direction than yesterday.
This time, Sylutia had a vague feeling. Some passing rocks and trees began to give her a slight sense of familiarity.
"It should be in this direction." She spoke to Talia with some anticipation.
"It's good if I can find it." Talia nodded, but it seemed that he had something on his mind today.
"What's wrong, Talia." Sylutia asked.
"Yesterday, when Tia was away, I secretly asked my grandpa about what happened back then." Talia recalled with a hint of sadness.
"After my father got married to his mother, he first lived in Scorched Stone City for a period of time, and then moved back to the village. He did not inherit his grandfather's talent. He just herded sheep and did simple things on weekdays."
"One day, my father didn't come back at night. My mother was very anxious, so she went to tell her grandma, who was also in the village at that time."
"So grandma went up the mountain to find dad."
"After searching for about three days, grandma came back. She only found the wine bottle and basket left by dad and said that dad would never come back. At that time, I seemed to be only 3 years old."
"Did this, it was carried away by a wolf or wild beast?" Sylutia comforted her.
"That may be true, but grandpa said that grandma seemed to have something on her mind and became dull since then."
"Later, grandma went to the mountains several times, until she was injured one time and stumbled back."
"Oh, does she always go alone?" Sylutia was curious and confused.
"Yes, grandma didn't let grandpa follow her. In fact, grandpa wasn't old yet at that time, so he definitely had some strength."
"Although she was injured, grandma seemed to have given up after that time and did not continue to search up the mountain."
"It's a pity that since then, grandma's health has gotten worse and worse. As a result, grandma passed away before I was 5 years old." Talia looked at the gray snowy sky sadly.
"According to grandpa's description, grandma should have encountered some kind of powerful enemy, and her body was eroded by the high-level "Aspect Power" power. The kind of injury cannot be cured by ordinary herbal medicine."
"Tia, do you know that if the Aspect Power level exceeds three, it will cause crushing and erosion to ordinary people."
"I heard Scholar Heide talk about it." In the girl's memory class, Scholar Heide used Knight's combat power as a metaphor.
"That is a very scary thing. If a third-level Winter Beast is running in the forest, the insects and birds along the way will be eroded to death by the breath of "Winter Slumber", and even the trees will freeze."
"Needless to say fighting, even if such Winter Beast is breathing beside you, you will gradually fall down. This is the terrifying crushing of low-level people by high-level "Aspect Power"." Talia bit his lip and replied.
"Can it actually reach this level?" Sylutia It's hard to imagine.
"Yes, it's very scary." Talia shook his head.
"So, you basically won't see third-level adventurers or professionals. They generally won't live in crowded places, unless they have very strong control and can stabilize their Aspect Power power without affecting the people around them."
"The requirements in the city will probably be lower, because the power of "Castle" itself will suppress the diffuse erosion of other Aspect Power."
You can imagine how crazy and chaotic the world was before "Swan King" Moransa established Royal Authority.
"However, since that kind of thing happened in the past, why is the village chief so confident in letting you go up the mountain?" Sylutia is a little confused.
"This is our family's special talent, hehe." Talia patted his chest.
"Not only me, but also my sister Winnie. We have a very good sense of direction in the mountains and have never lost our way. It is said that grandma was like this back then, so grandpa felt free to let her go into the mountains to search."
"It's just that dad didn't seem to inherit this talent. He occasionally gets lost in the mountains, which makes grandpa and the others worried."
"Are there still male and female inheritances?" The girl tilted her head.
"It's probably like this, grandpa said, grandma's ancestor might be Witch." Talia's words made Sylutia particularly curious.
"Witch?"
"That's right, Witch is the same as a formal bachelor. It is a powerful profession of at least the third level. Most of those who practice it are the three major Aspect Power of the moon attribute."
"Do you still remember the fortune teller that grandpa talked about the day before yesterday? She is grandma's aunt. She is a practitioner of "Radiant Moon" and "Aspect Power."
"Witchs rarely appear in the eyes of the world, and are rarely recorded in history. It is said that they have an agreement with the bachelors of "Candle Keep" and are not allowed to record traces of Witch in books, so they can only pass down some stories orally."
"Then where does Witch live? Since we live, we must need some basic supplies." Sylutia thought for a while.
"Of course they live in the forest. It is said that the source of Witch Path has made a covenant with the Fairy in the forest, allowing the forest to protect Witch. Therefore, the Witchs will not get lost in the forest, and they can also build some kind of the Lost Illusion Realm so that outsiders cannot break in." Talia talked about this with great interest.
"My sister told me all this. She was also very interested in Witch back then. Unfortunately, she said her talent was limited and she couldn't pursue Witch's path."
Lost Illusion Realm, forest, Radiant Moon, Moon Aspect, Sylutia pieced together these pieces of information like a puzzle and slowly outlined them in their minds.