Book2:KigdomIteDreams (第224/246页)

eurolookforher,shehaddisappeared.ThefactwaswhenViosawthathersurpriseattacktosaveCyclopshadfailed,sheimmediatelyshranktothesizeofafiocealherselfmoreeasily.Cyclopspickeduphisseveredlefthand,hastilyreattacheditandwasrushedbacktohisboatbyhissoldiers.Withtheirleadersinfullretreat,hebarbariansoldiershadthehearttofighton,soallscrambledtowardstheirboats.KingDimitri’ssoldierswouldhemoffsoeasily.Theyrushedtocutofftheirmassiveretreat,evenjumpingintothewaterafterthem.Achaoticfightensuedonallfronts.Dornathought,

    “SolongasQueenAishaissafeandMedusa’swoundishealing,thedaywouldeillmakeaeback.Weshouldpreserveourstrength”Soshegavetheordertoceasefighting.WhenCyclopsandhisfleethadsailedfaraway,Dornaorderedhersoldierstotidyupthebattlefield.Theytreatedthewoundedandburiedthedeado,markingthegravessothattertheywouldeandmovethemtotheireteringpdsetupamoasmemorialtothedeadsoldiers.TherestofthesoldierswenttojoinQueenAishaandMedusa.

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    Dayandnightintergeintheskies.Nowtheever-rotatihwasgraduallyturningtowardsnight.Thesunhadjustsetandthemoonrose.Fromtheearliesttimes,whenthesuhemoo;whenthemoohesuhisalternationfromsuntomoonwaslikeanintricateinstrumentoftheuniverse,movingsilentlyandsoundlessly,showingthatthegreatearthwastumultuousaless.KingDimitri’spacewasedihisgrandandmagnifitpacecrackledasitburned.Whenthepilrscrasheddown,therewereearth-shakingnoisesandthegroundshivered.

    Highintheskiesthetwobeautifulnymphs,ClementineandCharmaine,livedinthepathemoon,oftenthinkingofKingDimitriandtheiroldpanionsintheKingdomofDreams.Musiotesfromtheharpfilledthepacewhichwasbuiltofsnowwhitejadeandpureclearcrystal.Notfarawaytherewasayounggirl,dressedinawhitetunic,withonlyabeltatherwaist,dispyingherbeautifulfigure.Herlusciouslonghairfelltohershouldersasshehadjustbeenbathinginthenearbyriver.Inherhandwasabamboobasketofmulticoloredfreshflowersshehadjustpicked,addingbrightnessandgaietytotheeretchofpurewhiteofthemoon.ThegirlwasCharmaiheonepyingtheharpwastheothermistressofthemooine.Charmainewalkedbarefootedonthesmoothwhiteground.Shewentupthestep,pushedopenthedoorain.Pigaflowerfromherbasket,shestuckitinthehairofthegirlpyingtheharp.Clemeoppedpying.Sheloweredherhandstoherpandwasstill.

    “What’swyou,Clementine?”askedhersister.“Fromyourmusihearyouareperturbedandupset.”

    “Yes,yht.SomehowIfeeltense,nervousandafraidtodayandIdon’tknowwhy.IamafraidsomethinghashappeoKingDimitriandhisKingdom.”

    “No,Idon’tthinkso.Perhapsit’sbecausetheyarealwaysonyourmind.Whydooyourmirroraheyaredoing?Thatwillsetyourmindatrest.Wehaven’tseenoursistersinthepaceforquitesometimenow.”

    “Yht”noddedClemehetwoofthemwalkedovertothewindowsandlookedintothemirroronthedressingtable.TheyweregreatlyarmedtoseethatKingDimitri’spacewasinfmesandhebeautieswereanywhereinsight.Theysawthatgoldpacehadbeenstrippedofitsironcoatingandwasglowingbrightlyuhemoon.I,alotofbarbariansoldiersweremovingabout,talking,ughiinganddrinkingiion.

    “Ohno!”saidCleme’sjustasIthought.Thingshavegoerriblywrohepacehasbeenburntdown.Iwonderwhathash