Chapter 82 'To the elusive moonlight' (1)
[Once upon a time, there was a paradise with eternal daylight, where creatures of all colors grew and played. They took the best of heaven and earth and transformed into whatever they wanted.] The book floating in the air on the stage turned a page, and a peaceful and ethereal female voice came from the book, [Beasts, birds, fish, creatures constantly changed their forms, and finally gave birth to two human-shaped illusions.]
[They have absorbed the spirit of heaven and earth, and their eyes are always filled with ripples of lake light. They sing in the ethereal paradise, and all their emotions are hidden in their graceful voices.]
The narration stopped, and Zabini, who was in the center of the stage, took a step forward. A blue dot of light with a fluorescent tail flew out from his open collar. In the darkness, everyone held their breath, watching the blue dot constantly transform into various palm-sized animals. Those blue creatures danced around the two illusions, and ethereal chants also emanated.
There were several streaks of fluorescent paint painted on Zabini's shirt, and he, as Jocelyn Mejia, took Dela's hand, and they danced simply to Yinglan's movements.
"Fatima, look here, friends and the sun never stops shining. There's no better place to be." Zabini opened his arms and faced the audience.
"Yes, Jocelyn, there won't be a better place, eh--" Fatima Leonard, played by Della, was speaking, her skirt was also painted with glow-in-the-dark paint, and a fluttering red ribbon fell on her outstretched hand with the wind.
[The naughty wind rolled up the fetters between lovers, sending the unspeakable lingering love into the pure paradise. The illusory girl held the scented ribbon, and unreasonable worries sprouted in her heart. ]
Hiding in the darkness, Nott waved his wand, summoned the breeze, and turned the pages of the book.
[The handsome painter Tracy Amos and his knight Rob Martins came here to collect materials.] The book continued to tell the story. Zabini and Della took the blue flowers to the side. Draco walked onto the stage, his hair hanging down obediently. Behind him was Nott, who was holding his wand and making a defensive posture. [The fragrance along the way was their signpost, and the bright moonlight paved the way for them. They avoided countless dangers and wandered all the way to the garden.]
[They wandered in front of the paradise but couldn't find the entrance. Tracy laid out the painting tools and saw Fatima fiddling with the ribbon.]
The blues were divided into two circles, one circle surrounded the two illusions, and the other circle separated the two travelers. Draco made a painting gesture and praised loudly, "Beautiful person! You are so ethereal! You are brighter than the moonlight that I love. Please come and see me!"
【Fatima leaned forward and stretched out her hand to Teresi. The ribbon fluttering behind her was the trail of her desire to step out of the eternal day. Fatima walked forward step by step. The land she stepped on was no longer the land of paradise, but the beating heart of Teresi.】
[As the two of them got closer and closer, with their fingertips about to touch, Joslan ran over. ]
"No, Fatima, you can't." Zabini said in a dignified voice. He lowered his fluorescent eyebrows and took two steps back. "We are creatures born in eternal daylight. The darkness of the mortal world will corrode your will."
"But the moonlight looks as warm as the one in this paradise." Della clutched the ribbon tightly. Although she was pulled over by Zabini, her body still leaned to the other side, and her eyes were glued to the person who was still painting.
"Fatima, don't be fooled by that..." Zabini forcefully led Della aside. During her slight struggle, the red ribbon escaped from her hands and fell directly into Draco's hands.
[Tracy, who was isolated outside, looked inside anxiously with the ribbon in his hand, but he could no longer see the graceful figure that haunted his dreams. The painting he drew had already taken shape, of a girl dancing in the moonlight.]
The pages of the book turned again as Nott waved his wand. He raised his wand and knelt on one knee beside Draco in a protective manner. "My friend, are you still worried about that short-lived figure?"
"No, Rob, I'm not worried. Her beauty has already absorbed my soul." Draco's hand holding the ribbon loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened, and finally let out a painful wail. "If I can't have her, I will be a walking corpse."
"Only once? I don't understand where your deep feelings come from." Nott stood up and said, "Tracy, that is the legendary Paradise of Eternal Daylight. It is weird and unreal. Please don't indulge in this fantasy."
"A most wonderful and attainable dream!" Draco suddenly clenched the ribbon in his hand and held his head in pain. "Rob, I can't leave. I want to watch from outside this paradise forever. It's a pity that I can't convey my feelings."
"My lord, my friend, my brother," Nott half-knelt down again, "If your soul is withered, then I, as a knight, have failed in my duty. Please do not refuse. Let me lead the way for you with my warmest sincerity."
"Oh! Rob! My loyal knight! I will always keep you in my heart!" Draco held Nott's hand with emotion. At this moment, the bright blue surrounding them also dissipated, and the light returned to the two phantoms.
"You are still thinking about him? Fatima, you know the rules of Eternal Day. Eternal Day accepts all sincerity. If his feelings for you were as strong as the sunlight of Eternal Day, you would have met each other long ago." Zabini admonished Della. His eyebrows painted with bright blue paint were bent even more with deep worry.
"He was busy painting for me and that's why he didn't come forward. I believe him, Jocelyn." Dela clasped her hands in front of her chest, turned her back and stopped communicating with Zabini.
"Then I beg you in the name of your companions. Unless he comes in, you must not go out. As long as he can stay in there for a full three quarters of an hour, I will allow you to be willful." The bright blue jumped violently and finally turned into a membrane-like blue flame that bloomed behind them.
"I promise you, Joslan, I promise you, I won't look at him again." Della said this with her back to the stage, and the blue flame representing emotion behind her died out in an instant.
The stage returned to darkness, and Nott walked onto the stage. Faint spots of light gathered as he waved his wand. He held the wand with his arms open, "Eternal Day, oh Eternal Day, please look at my loyalty! Absorb me! Please give my master a chance to speak his mind."
[The light of the trial was attached to Rob, and his inner loyalty covered his whole body like a flame. This knight used his soul to give outsiders the opportunity to enter the eternal day.]
Della, who had stepped aside with Zabini, waved her wand, and when she saw Nott retreat under the cover of flames, she hid the wand back into her clothes.
While everyone was still marveling at Nott's realistic tricks, Draco walked to the center of the stage. The blue light formed a wall of isolation in front of him. He touched the wall and tried to push it twice. When he was pushed back, the white flame representing Rob covered his palms.
"My brother, my friend, my master, you have only a quarter of an hour—"
Rob's last voice echoed on the stage. Before the sound faded away, Tracy, feeling no hindrance, eagerly entered the paradise, leaving only Rob's unfinished words disappearing outside the wall of light.
"Don't try to get together, Tracy. That would be a mistake you can't pay back—"
[The loyal knight saw through his master's character at the last moment of returning to paradise. He gave advice, but his friend, for whom he devoted his soul, did not even pause for a word.]