Dick was about to resist when he suddenly felt that the entire basement around him was enveloped in a blinding white light.
He subconsciously covered his eyes with his remaining hand. After feeling that the light had weakened a lot, he slowly lowered his hand and looked around.
But seeing the blue sky, white clouds, green mountains and green water, I was standing on a lush green grassland.
"Where is this?" Dick asked in surprise.
"This is my spiritual space."
A majestic and cold female voice came from the sky, with an endless sense of superiority.
Dick followed the sound and saw a three-meter-tall female giant floating in the air.
She looks absolutely beautiful, wearing golden armor that covers her important parts of the body just right. Three pairs of white broad wings behind her are gently fluttering, exuding a holy and inviolable aura.
Then she slowly landed in front of Dick. The wind pressure from the six wings made the entire sea of grass ripple. Her golden eyes looked down at the man, "I pity you, Dick, just like a mortal pities the fleeing worker ants when they crush the ant nest."
"Are you that monster Gabriel?"
The muscles on his face were twisted into a scowl, and his eyes were covered with forked bloodshot eyes.
Dick punched out desperately.
But he found that his left fist easily penetrated the body of Gabriel in front of him.
He hit Gabriel quickly and continuously, but Gabriel was like an illusory bubble and had no response to his attacks.
It wasn't until Dick was sweating profusely and panting, that Gabriel lowered his head slightly, and his tone was still the same as before:
"Stop it, Demon Hunter Dick. I said, this is my spiritual space. In my case, you are just a powerless mortal and cannot cause any harm to me."
Dick knows that what the being in front of him says is true:
His missing arm was intact, and there were no fatal injuries on his chest. No matter what he did, it was all in vain, so he slowly withdrew his hand.
He closed his eyes again and lowered his head deeply. After a while, he opened his eyes and raised his head. His face was full of pain and remorse, and his voice was hoarse and he said calmly:
"Can you tell me about Ruiwen? Why did she do that?"
"Witcher Dick, don't you know that you were once a killer? Don't you know that your hands are stained with the blood of countless innocent people?
"But I can't blame you. After killing so many people, how can you remember every one of them?"
Dick was shocked in his heart, suddenly realized, and at the same time he was very angry. Now he has to bear the responsibility for the wrong things his damn original body did.
He took a long breath and then slowly spoke:
"No wonder when Misty Mountains Ruiwen said he had seen my ruthless appearance.
"No wonder she had such a big reaction when I accidentally touched her for the first time. She was very hostile to me."
"I have indeed killed many small nobles and wealthy businessmen. Is Ruiwen their orphan?"
Gabriel showed a mocking smile, nodded slightly, shook his head again, waited for a while, until he saw that Dick was getting anxious, and then slowly explained like a beggar giving alms:
"It's very simple. You'll know what's going on as soon as you see it."
A golden light lit up between the fingers of her right hand. Dick looked in that direction. In an instant, several pictures flooded into his mind like a 3D movie.
And he and Gabriel were like indifferent bystanders, watching a video composed of scenes and dramas. The protagonist was a little girl named Ruiwen, and the content was the wonderful story of her short life.
The scene in front of me flashed quickly:
In a luxurious mansion in a small southern country, a family of young nobles lived an extremely luxurious life.
His eyes focused on the courtyard of the noble house. A beautiful little black-haired girl who looked like a porcelain doll was riding on the back of a little girl about her age with a sallow face and skinny skin. She shouted childishly, "Drive, pony, run fast."
The silver-thread embroidered skirt of the porcelain doll girl swept across the soil, and the little girl's frayed knees beneath her were bleeding.
"I didn't expect that Ruiwen would be so beautiful when I was little, but a little naughty."
Dick focused his eyes on the porcelain doll-like little girl's face. He knew that although the two were playing around and Ruiwen's behavior was a bit excessive, it was a normal thing between masters and servants in this era.
It seems that Ruiwen is really a young lady from a noble family.
"Haha," Gabriel's contemptuous chuckle came from beside him,
"Dick, do you really think Ruiwen is a young lady from a noble family?
"Do you think that what Ruiwen has been waiting for so many years to perform is just a scene about the revenge of a princess?
"You mortals always judge everything based on your own shallow experience.
"Why do only princes or princesses have the right to avenge their families?
"Why do only princes or princesses have the right to avenge their families? "I tell you clearly that the dirty little girl being ridden is Ruiwen. She is just the eldest daughter of the groom kept by this little baron.
"They are said to be grooms, but in fact they are no different from slaves. To be precise, their family is considered slaves of this noble family."
Dick was startled when he heard this, and looked at the little girl Ruiwen with a flattering smile on her lips, feeling a burst of pity and pain in her heart.
The picture flashed by again, Ruiwen was always playing fawningly, flatteringly, and extremely respectfully with this rich young lady.
From time to time, the aristocratic lady would use her young hands to grab Ruiwen's short hair and tear it hard. A few strands of her shoulder-length hair fell to the ground;
At this time, the noble lady would show off the hair that Ruiwen had torn off to show it to the servants around her, and then quickly throw it to the ground in disgust.
And Ruiwen gritted his teeth in pain, tears welling up in his eyes.
There were clapping and shouting from other people around, and a fat woman wearing elegant clothes actually clapped and laughed and said:
"My daughter is really energetic. She will definitely marry a noble of a similar family in the future. She must teach this little thing a lesson and let her know the difference between a master and a servant. Don't be like her mother when she grows up and seduce men everywhere!"
Next to a stable not far away from them, there were several figures standing:
A skinny middle-aged man, with no emotion in his dull eyes, but his clenched fists showed that he was not as calm as he appeared on the surface after seeing Ruiwen being bullied;
A delicate woman in patchwork and tattered clothes, who looked somewhat similar to Ruiwen, looked at Ruiwen with red eyes, and cowardly tried to stop her several times, but finally turned her head away and wiped the corners of her eyes with her rough fingers, leaving a dark water mark on her patched skirt.
On the left and right of them, there are two younger boys and girls of three or four years old, who are also dressed very frugally. They hold one of their fingers in their mouths and watch in confusion as Ruiwen is bullied. They don't understand anything at this age.
Dick knew at a glance that this was Ruiwen's family, and also understood that Ruiwen had not had a good life when he was a child.
To be precise, it is extremely difficult.
Gabriel stretched out his finger and pointed at the skinny man casually, and another picture appeared:
Ruiwen's father led a tall horse to the entrance of the courtyard, and then he knelt on the ground. A middle-aged man in elegant and luxurious clothes stepped on his back with his proud feet, making his spine crack slightly.
Finally, the man exerted a little effort, sat on the horse's back, and slowly drove the horse away.
The screen changes again:
In the corner of the stable, Ruiwen's mother was sitting on a haystack under the bright Moonlight, carefully using needle and thread to mend the tattered clothes of several children. From time to time she stopped what she was doing and looked lovingly at the three little guys sleeping soundly beside her.
"This woman is the wet nurse of a noble family, but she is often harassed by her male master. Although the mistress knows this, look at her neck."
Gabriel spoke in a calm tone, as if she was telling an insignificant matter. She casually pointed at the bruises and obvious scratches on the woman's neck.
"The mistress is jealous and doesn't dare to cause trouble for her man, so she can only vent her anger on this poor woman."
Dick remained silent, his face became more solemn, and the picture slowly changed:
The little girl Ruiwen also grew up slowly. Over the past few years, she continued to play with the noble lady, during which she suffered countless malicious pranks.
"Mom said, just smile when it hurts and it will get better. The lady also gave me two pieces of Free City's specialty candies this time. When my family comes back from working for me, I can give them to my younger brothers and sisters."
Little Ruiwen was sitting alone on the haystack of the stable, holding two red candies as big as two thumbs tightly in his hands. A slap mark was clearly visible on his swollen left cheek. It must be another Tiny prank by the young lady.
Crystal tears welled up in her eyes, but a smile from the bottom of her heart gleamed at the corner of her mouth.
"Ruiwen feels that she is very happy. This silly girl, she feels that as long as her family lives in peace and stability and her younger brothers and sisters grow up slowly, no matter how much hardship they endure and how many beatings they receive, it will all be worth it."