Rise of the blood elves

559【Maiev's invitation】

"Tomorrow is the Bi-Month Festival, and I would like to invite... uh, the children would like to invite you to the orphanage to celebrate the festival. Um... everyone is very grateful for your previous generosity."

After saying that, Maiev let out a sigh of relief, as if she had let go of some heavy psychological burden.She tried her best to hide the expectant look in her eyes, pretending to be natural and waiting for his answer.

Double Moon Festival?Time flies...so fast?

After a brief moment of astonishment, Angmar fell into long memories.

The Double Moon Festival is an important festival on the first day of June every year. Its importance is almost equal to the Spring Festival in Angmar's previous life. It is a day that symbolizes reunion and reunion.

The arrival of the Double Moon Festival means that he has been staying in this timeline for nearly four years.

After coming to this timeline, he spent almost every day calculating carefully.This is true when learning to control the two original powers in the body, it is true when practicing the state of mind in Pandaria, and it is true when returning to the Night Elf Empire to lay out and design for the smooth arrival of the War of the Ancients.

People always say that time is like fine sand, no matter how tight you hold it, it will always slip away quietly through your fingers.He never thought that he would be away from home for so long.

Looking back on his experiences in the past four years, Angmar couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and even recalled the more than twenty same festivals he spent in Quel'Thalas with his adoptive father Anselon and his sister Leah.

When talking about the origins of the Double Moon Festival and why it has such a consistent symbolic meaning among different races with very different cultural backgrounds, we have to talk about the two moons of Azeroth.

There are two moons in Azeroth, one big and one small. The big and bright moon, which climbs up the night sky every night on time and illuminates everything, is called the White Lady. The small, slightly blue moon, whose whereabouts are erratic, is called the Blue Child.

Night elves generally believe that Elune, the moon goddess they believe in, lives on the White Lady, and that the blue children are her naughty children.

In fact, the reason why "Blue Boy" is erratic is entirely due to its orbit.

In this beautiful and magical world, all kinds of weird things can happen.Due to the Titan soul gestating in the body, the gravity of the planet Azeroth is not constant, but constantly fluctuates within a small range.

This gravitational fluctuation makes the orbit of the "Blue Child" orbiting Azeroth as a satellite completely unpredictable. Even with the help of magic, it is difficult for astrologers to accurately predict the time when it will next appear in the night sky.

From this perspective, the "White Lady" who can ignore Azeroth's gravitational fluctuations and operate in a constant orbit for hundreds of millions of years is particularly extraordinary.For the night elves, this is the best proof that the "White Lady" is protected by Elune, or that Elune lives in her.

However, every year at sunset on the first day of June, the Blue Child will appear in the night sky on time.Looking at each other from a distance to the east and west with Ms. Bai, they will meet at midnight, reunited for a brief moment, and then they will drive to one end and be separated for a long time.

A scene like this only happens once a year.

The night elves believe that this is a symbol of "the reunion of mother and child, and the reunion of the family", so they regard this day as the most important holiday.Whenever the Double Moon Festival comes, whether they are travelers traveling far away or people tired from busy work, they will put aside everything and return home to reunite with their loved ones and spend quality time together.

In addition, after the leader of the blue dragon clan, Magic Guardian Malygos, died in the Battle of the Demon Nexus, the ceremony for the blue dragon to select a new leader was held on this day.

Moreover, due to the coexistence of double moons, it has greatly affected the magic network in various parts of Azeroth, causing the magic network tidal events to occur one after another. This day is particularly suitable for conducting magic research related to astrology.

Trolls who believe in the Loa god will even perform sacrificial rituals on the occasion of the double moon.The tauren regard the sun "Anshe" and the moon "White Lady" as the two eyes of Mother Earth. They will also hold religious ceremonies on this day to get close to nature and worship Mother Earth...

It also includes humans, dwarves, and gnomes who have evolved from Titan creations, and even many natural spirits who are born in nature and are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment...

In short, this day means too much to all the creatures living on this planet.

Although the high elves no longer believe in Elune, they have inherited the culture of the ancient night elves to a certain extent. In their culture, the Double Moon Festival is also one of the most important festivals of the year.

When Angmar was young, every Double Moon Festival, her adoptive father Anselon, who was engaged in popularizing magic education, would often take advantage of the rare sight of the Double Moon to explain obscure astrology to civilian apprentices from poor backgrounds. I stay busy until very late.

His sister Leah would secretly take him to Starwind Village to watch the bonfire being built.Because Midsummer Festival will be in more than half a month, people will prepare long in advance.Sometimes the two festivals are even celebrated at the same time, with bonfires lit in advance so that the bimonthly celebrations continue until Midsummer.

Angmar still remembered the Double Moon Festival when she was ten years old.

That year was the 7th year of the Black Gate Calendar, the second year after the old tribe was defeated at the Battle of Blackrock Tower.As a time traveler, Angmar still prefers to use this calendar to express time.

In order to commemorate the dead and injured in the southern Eversong Forest - in the previous war, the red dragons enslaved by the Dragon Roar clan burned that forest and killed many innocent high elves - the Double Moon Festival that year was held with great grandeur. .The same is true for all member states and member families of the alliance.

Although the Silver Moon Council, which has a high self-esteem, disdains association with the Alliance, the relationship between the two parties has improved greatly because Alleria led a group of rangers to volunteer for the war.In other words, this improvement is limited to the private sector, not the official level.

That year, Sunsail Port often welcomed private merchant ships departing from the Lordaeron region and Menethil Port, and the high elven commoners living in Eversong Forest were able to experience a variety of exotic and rare products, including Dwarven spirits.

During the bimonthly celebration, Yonge Forest was completely immersed in the joy of the festival that day.Her sister Leah wanted to see what a human merchant captain looked like, so she and Angmar took a chocobo car and ran all the way from Fairwind Village to Sunsail Port.

Celebrations are also being held in Yangfan Port, and there are even human caravans stranded in the port sharing the celebration.During the celebration, Angmar used his extraordinary brain power to win a pot of dwarf liquor from the Khaz Modan region from a group of human crew members using a chicken and rabbit cage problem.

The crew members laughed at him for not daring to drink it, and Angmar responded with disdain, thinking that no matter how much this so-called strong drink could be compared to the high-altitude liquor he drank frequently in his previous life, he drank a pound of it?I drank it all in one gulp. After wiping my mouth, I was about to say something sarcastic when I collapsed to the ground amidst the laughter of the crew. I was drunk and fell unconscious.

After waking up with a splitting headache, the first thing he saw was his sister Leah.That beautiful face full of concern and hint of sullenness is still fresh in Angmar's memory.

With this in mind, Leah, her adoptive father, Lanathil, and Prince Kael'thas...

One by one, faces that were 1 years away from him, yet extremely vivid, passed before his eyes... He sighed, are you all okay?

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time and was still staring at the horizon with a longing look, Maiev suddenly became anxious and subconsciously asked worriedly: "Are you... okay?"

Angmar woke up with a start and replied: "It's nothing. When the lady mentioned the reunion festival, I couldn't help but think of my family."

"family?"

Angmar blinked and said gently: "Of course, I am not some distant and lonely god. I also have a family, just like you, madam."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to be disrespectful, but I didn't expect that your family would also celebrate the Double Moon Festival." Maiev stroked the hair beside her ears uneasily.

"In our culture, the Double Moon Festival also symbolizes reunion, which is no different from the night elves," Angmar said. "By the way...Ms. Shadowsong, if you wish, call me 'Angmar. Just Ma'. Don't you think the word prophet is too distant?"

"Ah?" Maiev didn't expect him to say that, and after a long time she said uncertainly: "Okay, okay, then please don't always call me madam, just call me... Maiev. "

"I obey your wishes." Following the example of the upper elf nobles, Angmar held his belly with his left hand and performed a very formal manly salute. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand, as if waiting for something.

Maiev was stunned.

She understood that according to etiquette, she should put her left hand into the other person's hand, and what was waiting for her would be a gentle kiss on the back of the hand.

Even though she realized it was a joke, Angmar kept her salute and did not get up.

Maiev suddenly became embarrassed, blushed and put her hand up.She could even feel the warmth coming from her skin. Feeling uneasy, she whispered softly according to the etiquette procedure: "An...Mr. Angmar."

Angmar gently held her left hand.

Due to years of practicing holding a bow, the skin at the tiger's mouth of this delicate palm has been rubbed very tough.Angmar knew that the condition of the other hand might be even worse. The index finger, middle finger and the second knuckle of the ring finger that pulled the bowstring might all have thick calluses.

This is Maiev Shadowsong.

Angmar kissed the back of her hand gently, stood up and nodded: "Ms. Maiev."

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "ma'am".Maiev, whose pretty face turned red, opened her mouth, then realized that this was another joke, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

When Yingge, who had always been aloof, smiled, even the bright moonlight lit up.

"Tomorrow...will you come?"

Angmar readily agreed: "Of course."

"Then...see you tomorrow." Maiev said goodbye softly, then turned and left.

Did you forget to send burn medicine to Brooks? ... Seeing Maiev walking away, who was obviously not here for this, Angmar felt doubly amused.

To avoid embarrassment, he thought it was best not to remind the other party of this incident.After calculating the schedule for the past two days, it should be no problem to squeeze out a day and a half to go to the appointment.

Since you can't escape, let's face it, and...

Maiev has a really nice smile.

……

Brush, brush, brush...

The soft soles of the shoes made a rhythmic sound as they stepped on the grass.Maiev only felt that the experience of this day was a bit incredible.

Ever since Elune gave her a revelation in her sleep, whenever she came to the western suburbs these days, she would quickly complete the treatment and then leave in a hurry, for fear of saying another word to Angama.

But she couldn't explain what she was thinking. If she really wanted to escape, she could just entrust the work to other priestesses. Why should she take on such work personally?

Encouraged by the chief priest Dijana, she finally made up her mind to contact the person in the revelation, because in any case, this could always further interpret the revelation of the Moon Goddess.

She came to the western suburbs with unprecedented anxiety, but when she saw the other party, she was so excited that she invited him to spend the holiday together...

Just when she tried to ease her embarrassment by saying that the other person had funded an orphanage and the children really liked him, she discovered that Angmar, who was regarded as a god by outsiders, was not as difficult to contact as she had imagined.

Her gentle conversation, decent manners, and timely jokes made Maiev's long-standing anxiety disappear completely without her realizing it.

She didn't know which direction the relationship between the two would take, and she couldn't even sort out her thoughts. She was completely unaccustomed to this strange feeling that she had never had before.

But at least Elune's revelation would become clearer... she thought.

After walking a long way, she felt something, and subconsciously looked back in the direction of the small courtyard, only to find that Angama had been standing there watching her.

When their eyes met, the thin figure waved to her.Maiev blushed and did not dare to respond. She turned around quickly and quickened her pace.

That man's eyes were as bright as stars, and they contained an indescribable sense of time, as if he had lived for countless years, had gone through many ups and downs in the long river of history, and had already gone through many vicissitudes in his long life.

Whenever she looked into those eyes, Maiev always felt that the changes of time were weighing on her heart, and she felt even more stressed.But when she was far away, when she couldn't see the other person's eyes clearly, she found that there seemed to be a young and energetic soul hidden in that tall and thin body.

Two completely opposite perceptions coexisted in the same body, as if there was an inexplicable but tantalizing mysterious veil covering each other's body, giving her a desire to explore.

It's weird, isn't it?

Maiev felt that it was best not to look too strange, lest the other party notice something.She took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to look back again, and then waved to the tall and thin figure who was watching her.

The man smiled.