SFS Chapter 798 was nothing but a farce.
Chapter 798 was nothing but a farce.
"Of course we do. If the adventure team only consists of me and Little Cabbage, wouldn't that be overestimating ourselves?"
Ann patted the little cabbage's head. "When the two of us retreated, Al stayed behind to cover us. He must be trapped over there. Now that the bad water has disappeared and the dragon's power has weakened, let's go back and help him."
"Al, An, Little Cabbage... Brother, Sister..."
Katarpira seemed a little confused about the relationships between the pure water sprites in front of her.
Xu Ning stood beside him, took a sip of wine, and said, "As the saying goes, a thousand people can see a story in a thousand different ways. To me, what does what's happening here seem like a fairy tale? What does it seem like to you?"
Caterpillar gritted her teeth slightly. "I need to observe more before I can make a judgment..."
In the subsequent rescue operation for Al, Carter almost took the lead, directly blowing the heads off the two arrogant little water sprites, and then rescuing a water sprite that looked like a duck.
"Why is Al a duck, and the duck's sister a magpie?" Paimon asked curiously, circling around the two little creatures.
Al remained calm. "Does it matter whether I'm a duck or not? Artificial definitions and classifications are meaningless. I'm proud of my supple body and iron will, and that's enough. Just like the shape of a little cabbage, round is the closest to perfection yet the most complex shape, and I'm proud of that too."
Caterpillar countered, "Classification and definition are how we understand the world. If you don't use them, you won't be able to recognize the essence of things, and you'll make the mistake of mistaking a pure water sprite for a dragon!"
Al shook his head. "What determines the essence is the purpose. If we are heroes who challenge the dragon, then he is the dragon, and that is enough."
"Alright, alright, if we keep arguing here, we won't be able to move forward. Anyway, the tower where Princess Lilith is imprisoned is just ahead, and the one coiled up on top is the evil dragon Narcissus, right?"
Xu Ning stepped forward and persuaded both sides to temporarily set aside their philosophical discussions and focus on rescuing Princess Lilith.
Kong and Paimon also strongly agreed with Xu Ning's suggestion.
However, when they reached the main entrance of the tower and encountered the blue frog, they realized that something even noisier was yet to come.
This frog named Jacques wouldn't even call Lilith a princess, insisting instead on calling her Miss.
"The title of 'princess' is an inherent class title under an oppressive system. It is not acquired through labor and wisdom, but is given at birth, which is unreasonable. If a more rational world exists in the universe, there would naturally be no gods, no kings, no princes and princesses, and no mysterious powers possessed only by a select few..."
Xu Ning nudged Caterpillar lightly. "Can you tell who it is from that tone?"
Caterpillar gave a wry smile. "It's obviously that Jacob guy... Why is there a place like this? I can't tell anymore whether this is a fairy tale or a memory."
Xu Ning laughed and said, "Then let's keep watching. Don't you think it's quite fun?"
While the two of them were talking, Jacques was already inviting Kong and Paimon over.
"You two seem to be capable and pragmatic knights. Why don't you join my 'Jacques Orchestra'?"
Kong was a little curious. "Aren't you part of the Narcissus Cross Adventurer's Guild? And what's the Jacques Orchestra? To be honest, I don't know much about musical instruments and music..."
Jacques the Frog refuted Empty's words, "The name is just a metaphor, describing how each of us is like a member of an orchestra, each playing our part, together weaving a symphony of resistance against Narcissus and the rescue of Miss Lilith..."
"Weaving a symphony, rebelling against Narcissus... It sounds familiar. Weaving... fate? Rebelling against... the laws of nature?"
Kong suddenly turned around and glanced at Xu Ning, but then immediately lowered his head, hiding his gaze.
“How would Big Brother know what’s happening here… Why do you say this is the end of the story? He’s been acting strange lately, and it seems many people are calling him Lord Saigong. What does he know?”
Jacques failed to get Kong to join him, and after exchanging only a few words with Al, the two started arguing again. Anne and Little Cabbage rushed to mediate, and soon the argument was noisy again.
Caterpillar was visibly dazed as he watched this scene.
"In the eyes of onlookers, were our breakups, struggles, and even life-or-death battles back then just like these little creatures bickering?"
Xu Ning stroked his chin and chuckled, "Most things in this world are probably like this. No matter how heartbroken or devastated you are at the time, in the end it's just a farce."
After the two men's argument was stopped, they finally began to seriously explain the current situation.
Kong realized that what he was seeing was definitely not an ordinary fairy tale play. Seeing them earnestly explaining the battle situation, he immediately leaned over to listen carefully.
"Our princess sleeps in this tower. The reason why the dragon Narcissus could not conquer this tower is that when everything was almost beyond saving, Princess Lilith entrusted us with her most precious treasure, which was her 'time'..."
A big question mark immediately appeared on Paimon's head. Just as she was about to ask a question, Kong gently tugged at her, asking her to listen quietly with him.
"Because time was lost, Princess Lilith and the tower where she lived fell into a stagnant, dreamless slumber. In remembrance of her, we call the fallen royal land the Place of Rest."
"Because it has come to a complete standstill, even Narcissus is unable to touch anything in the tower. That's roughly the situation."
Kong silently compared the tower's setting with the current situation in Teyvat in his mind, and then asked, "If the reality is as you say, then we won't be able to enter the tower, right? Unless you return the time artifact she gave you?"
Al nodded. “You’re very clever, that’s right. So for a long time, the dragon has been searching for this treasure. Only the treasure can make time flow again in the tower and open the locked doors. So he summoned a flood of evil water to submerge the kingdom and created countless minions and evil magical mechanisms to hunt down us, who may be carrying the treasure.”
"You who 'might' be carrying treasure? Don't you even know whether you brought it or not?"
Little Cabbage said sadly, "Before, we had a brother named Nai. He took the treasure and ran away with us, but in order to cover us, he dissolved in the water."