Chapter 3 Falling snow buried in valleys and turning into deep waters, heartbreaking and painful parting
The rocks rolling down, the snow piles running wildly. The entire valley was already shrouded in a sense of fear and panic. But at this moment, I seemed extremely calm. I knew that these were the ladders we left.
Soon, Viliaco Umu gathered in the square with people coming out of the pottery and vault, and Marinaly arrived with the people who collected food. But at this moment, the avalanche stopped and the snow piles had piled up at our feet.
"The unique king, the snow piles are beginning to melt." Villac Umu exclaimed. The snow piles under our feet began to melt at an extremely fast speed as if they were placed on fire. At this time, we seemed to feel the temperature of the earth, warming our feet. When I came to my senses, the water had already overwhelmed our feet.
It was almost noon, and the snow water had already spread across our chests. The waist was very warm. The water was warm. Above the waist, there was a mixture of snow water, which was very cold. Everyone's teeth were clattering. So we endured it and slowly floated up.
The sun still had the last ray of light, and I floated on the water surface and looked around. Now a rope was exposed on everyone's body, tightly tied on their shoulders, and the pottery jars should be still there. The wooden boxes filled with food were also floating on the water surface, with Marinaly pulling one end of the rope. Everyone was working hard to swim. After I finished watching all this, the last ray of sunlight disappeared.
Now the water level is rising higher and higher, and it is approaching the direction of the hole. Everyone is swimming harder than the direction of the hole. Although an afternoon passed and everyone is exhausted, they still gritted their teeth and persevered. That is because we saw hope at the hole.
The moon came out, the water level was very close to the entrance of the cave, and the snow water seemed to stop melting and slowly became warmer. I went to the entrance of the cave first, climbed into the cave, and then took a deep breath, and saw hope in the first step of leaving.
Not daring to hesitate, I stood up, reached out and grabbed Marinaly at the entrance of the cave, then took the rope in her hand, followed by Viliaco Umu also arrived at the entrance of the cave... One after another, everyone reached the entrance of the cave one by one in an orderly manner and gathered into the cave. Finally, a few young and middle-aged people were left behind, and they pulled up the food floating in the water with force. At this point, everyone breathed a long sigh.
The night always brings inexplicable panic. At this time, we need to ignite a fire, not to mention whether there are any insects, ants, snakes and scorpions in this cave. "Villiaco Umu, is there any possibility of fire?" I asked slowly.
"The unique king, I just looked at it. This cave is not airtight. There must be traces of others who have been here. I will go and explore. I hope the sun god will help us." After saying that, he wiped one foot and slid forward, followed by the other foot, and then walked towards the depths of the cave step by step. And I was eagerly looking forward to him bringing good news.
After a long time, it was difficult to calculate the time in the night, and we could not see the sun. Viliako Umu came back with a surprise face. He told me in an anxious voice: "The unique king, the sun god is willing to help us. Not far ahead, I discovered a deep pit in the cave. The pit was made of red rocks, and the surroundings were very hot, and it was very wide, enough for us to gather there."
"Okay, let's go together, Marinaly, follow me." I didn't hear Marinaly's answer. Maybe she was unwilling to speak, or maybe she was very hungry.
In this way, after a long time, we finally arrived at the very hot pit that Viliako Umu mentioned. The temperature around the pit was very high, and the whistling hot wind made our nostrils unable to breathe. This is a good place, which not only brought warm temperatures, but also brought a circle of vague light. People who approached were very red in their faces. The melting snow water and the water temperature should be the role of this hot pit.
"Put some food on the hotter rocks nearby. When the roast is hot, we will warm up our stomachs." I said this. I was soaked in water all afternoon, and now everyone is hungry. Several young people covered their mouths and noses with wet clothes, put some mutton and raw corn very close to the fire pit. The corn and mutton made a "squeak" sound, and the white smoke rose. I breathed slowly and felt relieved again. It seemed that I had smelled the food.
"Marinale?" After all this was arranged, I remembered that I had not heard Marinaly's voice during this period.
No one answered me.
"Malinali?" I raised my voice. I was in my 30s and still liked to play hide and seek. I muttered to myself. Since the Sun God told me to leave, I have forgotten all that dream.
Still no one answered me.
"Malinali?" At this moment, I suddenly thought of that dream. I was about to leave in the sky. She waved her hand on the ground and burst into tears. She exhaled my voice anxiously and roared.
"Malinali! Marinali! Marinali!" I was crazy. It was the first one I pulled her into this cave. She couldn't be here. "Yes, she must be playing hide-and-seek with me!" I had to find her. I got up and walked around, and everyone stood up slowly when they saw me.
After walking around, no! Didn’t she come here at the entrance of the cave? No, I have to go find her! I said that I want to give her the king’s love! The unique love in this world!
"Villiaco Umu, and everyone else, follow me to the entrance of the cave. I'm going to find Marinali!" Koviliaco Umu did not move, and no one moved, and looked at me with fear and unbearable eyes.
"Villiako Umu, and you, don't you listen to my king's order?" My eyes were already filled with anger.
"The unique king, Marinaly did not come with us!" Viliaco Umu suddenly squatted down, opened his arms and cried to me.
"You are lying to me, I personally pulled her to the hole." I yelled at Viliaco Umu!
"The unique king, the first one you pulled up to the hole was your brother-me!" Villac Umu shouted in tears.
"Impossible, who is the one who pulls the food rope in the water? Before the sun sets, I also looked at all of you, Marinaly, Marinaly, and she pulls the rope at one end. She has been pulling and protecting the food. This is what I saw in person!" I shouted in almost hysterical anger. "Also, in the square, she led the person who took the food back in person, stood by me, and stood by me, by my side, and I saw in person!"
"The unique king is her soul. She doesn't let me tell you. In fact, I met her soul on the way from the vault to the square. Her soul told me that the ghost had come to him for a long time. In addition to telling you something, she also told her that we are about to leave here, but she cannot leave here. She also told me that our Maurta (philosopher) said that if our soul is not dead, she will be reborn to meet you!" After saying these words, Viliaco Umu was already in tears.
"Puff!" A mouthful of blood came out. My mouth and heart were bleeding, my eyes and heart were full of tears, my teeth and my heart were full of anger! At this time, I really wanted to pounce on it, grab someone, and bite it! But who should I bite? "Puff!" Another mouthful of blood, I poked the king's staff on the ground in the hole, and the whole hole was shaken!
"The unique king, please extinguish your anger!" I only saw everyone squatting down and then fainted in the cave.
When I woke up, I was lying in the arms of Viliaco Umu.
"Has she really not come?" A line of clear tears burst out from her eyes and flowed to my face.
"No." Viliaco Umu didn't dare to look at me, he just looked into the distance.
"So, what about her soul? Don't you have a way to find human souls and place them in a pottery jar?" I suddenly thought that we could seal our souls. At this moment, I really thought that the reason why my father asked us to bring pottery jars was that many people were about to die along the way? Even for souls, do we still want to bring them back?
"I can do the souls of other people, but her soul, I can't do it. This is the will of the Sun God brought by the ghost! But she really said that she will be resurrected and meet the unique king."
"My brother, is this comfort?" I only have such a relative, and I don't want to call him Viliaco Umu anymore.
"Wang, this is true!" My younger brother is still looking into the distance like this.
At this moment, I sat up, looked at the people around me, and said, "From today on, you no longer have a unique king, you only have your Ata Valpa. Starting immediately, let's call him by his name. Marinaly left me, and the pain in my heart was indescribable. You are my relatives now. In the world of relatives, especially in the world where relatives wander, there should be no more kings." Without waiting for the others to answer, I sat down again.
"Is my decision right?" I asked my brother, whose name is Garcia Inca.
"Brother, wear another piece of clothing. It's a bit cold outside." He knew that I would go to the cave entrance to say goodbye. I could bear my kingdom, but I couldn't bear my queen.
I got up again and slowly came to the entrance of the cave. I didn’t know where the water had gone, and the entire canyon was covered with snow. In addition to my kingdom, I also had my queen! Marinaly, I will find you!
Goodbye, Great Valley! Goodbye, my kingdom! Goodbye, my queen, and your soul!
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!