caged robin

The tables and chairs in the dining room have been pushed to the corner, and fresh and hearty food is placed, decorated by clusters of mountain lotus.

People were wearing decent clothes and chatting in low voices. Abner and Oreas walked through the crowd, and saw Christo wearing a goose yellow dress, quiet and slim, her face was no longer stiff and indifferent.

A long-haired girl in a long white dress is sitting alone on the steps, with downcast eyebrows and a distant face, playing the lute. superior.

Dim candles, dark purple mountain lotus, peeling walls, uneven floors, the crimson moon outside the house sprinkled a faint red light, and the faces of the people inside the house were calm.

Abner was tired from dancing, so he rested his head on Aureas's chest, hugged Aureas, and Aureas's hand lightly rested on his waist, and the two of them followed the crowd, swaying slowly come and go.

"I seem to have grown taller," Abner said.

Oreas looked down at him, touched the back of his head, and said, "Yes."

"Really?"

"Ah."

Abner's ear was pressed against Oreas' chest, and he heard an extremely deep and powerful voice, which made his ears numb.

"I have grown taller in such a short time since I came here. Is it because the water and soil here support people?"

Oreas stroked his soft hair and said softly, "Because you belong here."

Abner's hand tightened, his eyes were in a trance, and some distracting thoughts arose in his mind: Lance was born in this place, lived in this place, even though I don't want to admit it, I always share a soul with Lance.Even though I have the Apocatheri manor in Silverbow, I long for the woods and the soft beds here.Is Lance really me?Should I admit Lance?Who is Lance?Who am I?

Abner felt disturbed, the shiqin was slowly playing clean and gentle music, finally he didn't want to pay attention to it, rubbed Oreas's hand, and continued: "Maybe I will stay here for a while. I'm taller than you haha, then you have to pay attention, I will push you against the wall, on the table, on the bed, on the window sill..."

Oreas lightly pinched the hand on his waist, and said in a low voice, "You can try."

Abner: "..."

Then he yelled in a low voice, "Hey, hey, yo", his face flushed with laughter, and he said, "I give up, I give up, stop scratching, I'm ticklish."

Only then did Aureas stop his hand, and Abner suddenly raised his head, put his arms around Aureas' neck, raised his head and asked for a kiss, and Aureas kissed his plump lips.

"Everyone—" Beverly's cheerful voice suddenly sounded, and the crowd dispersed to both sides.

Abner saw Beverly standing in the middle of the crowd, wearing a long lavender dress. Time had not left many marks on her body, and the long skirt was decorated with wild lotus flowers made of gauze.

Beverly laughed strongly, and said loudly: "Thank you all for coming to this dance, because today is the anniversary of my union with Zas, please allow us two to present a dance for everyone!"

The guests froze for a moment, then applauded.

"Hasn't his partner been traveling for a long time?" A woman next to him asked in a low voice.

"Who knows, maybe he's back?" Another woman replied.

Abner was startled, as if he had a premonition, but Aureas grabbed his hand and motioned him not to move.

"Boom—boom—boom—" heavy and slow footsteps came from the aisle, and people looked at the aisle entrance curiously.Until a person whose whole body was wrapped in white cloth appeared in the candlelight, people exclaimed.

"Mother!" Krista turned pale and ran towards Beverly, "Mother! What are you doing!"

Beverly grabbed Christo, then pointed to Zas who was walking slowly, and said, "My dear daughter, that's your father, how can you have such an attitude?"

Christo watched tremblingly as her father staggered towards her. At this time, people had already seen the hollow eye sockets through the dim candlelight, and fled one after another, only to find that the doors and windows had been locked.

Abner saw Zas' undead attached to his body, with a sad face. It was a handsome man who was a bit childish.

Beverly stepped forward to take Zath's hand, and sent Crystal's hand to Zath's other hand.

Kristo broke free in horror, "Mother! No! I beg you...don't do this...go beg you..."

Beverly asked calmly: "Christopher, your father loves you so much, how can you do this? He is just burned now, how can you deny him? Are you our daughter? ?”

Abner frowned.

Christo listened to her mother's words, and calmed down, her hand trembling slightly touched Zas's hand, and tears of panic flowed from her red eyes.

"Bang bang bang—open the door—help—" At this time, people were slamming on the door of the hotel frantically and shouting for help in horror. The girl on the steps is still playing the piano with her eyebrows lowered.

Beverly turned to look at Abner and Oreas, smiled lightly and said, "Thank you two guests for your support."

Oreas caught a glimpse of the bone of the Son of God hanging in front of Zas, and said, "You should know that you are very dangerous at this time, and the hatred of the undead will erupt at any time."

"Ah..." Beverly held Zas's face in his hands, stared at him intently, and said, "I just like his dangerous energy."

Orreas frowned.

At this moment, Christo broke free and hid behind Abner.Beverly takes one look at her, sighs, and puts her hands on Zath's chest, and the two actually start dancing slowly.

Abner felt that Christo was trembling all the time, so he handed her a hand, and she held it gratefully, and the cold tremor went to Abner's hand.

Orreas glanced at him heavily, his other hand quickly hugged Orreas' arm, and leaned forward.

The sound of help, the sound of slapping the door panel, the sound of chaotic footsteps... and the faint sound of the piano.

Abner looked over the two dancing people and looked at the girl playing the piano calmly, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with her.

"Who's that?" Abner asked.

Aureas frowned, "...a ghost."

"Is it the undead?"

"Different."

"..."

Abner asked, "Is there any difference between undead and ghosts?"

"Undead can be reincarnated continuously, but ghosts cannot be reincarnated."

Abner was taken aback.

"Ghosts shouldn't appear in this world. There must be a gap somewhere!" Oreas said, then hurriedly pushed aside the crowd, grabbed the big lock, twisted it hard, and the lock was twisted open. People froze for a moment, and then swarmed out.

Abner watched Oreas evacuate the crowd in a hurry, and had a premonition that something was wrong, and suddenly Zas grabbed Beverly and lifted her up high.

"Mother!" Krisdo rushed over in horror, and pushed her father's hand away vigorously. Fortunately, the corpse's ability to move was not strong, so Krisdo quickly pushed it away.

Christo hurried over to help her mother up, but saw blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, and her lips were purple. Kristo was stunned, "Mom... what's wrong with you..."

"I've already drank the dead soul soup, let me accompany your father..." Beverly crawled towards Zas, and Christo trembled in bewilderment.

Beverly hugged Zas who was lying on the ground, and said intermittently: "Zas...my dear Zas...you see, so many people attended...our union anniversary, so many people blessed us... "

Beverly collapsed, sleeping beside Zath.

"Ah—no—" Kristo held her head and screamed, "No—why—no—"

Christo knelt beside her mother, holding her and screaming in pain.

Abner couldn't bear to watch it, so he walked up to her and patted her on the back, but he knew it was useless.

He saw the bone of the Son of God in front of Zas, and went to remove it.

He walked to the door of the hotel and handed the bone of the Son of God to Orreas. Orreas had already dispersed the crowd, and said to Abner, "I'll be back in a while, be careful."

Abner nodded.

Crystal was still screaming and sobbing.

Suddenly Zas stood up convulsively, one of the gauzes had been scattered, revealing the black and rotting skin, and staggered forward.

Abner looked at the back of Zas, at a loss. It was not until Zas reached for a candle under the curtain that he realized what Zas was going to do... An undead has no feelings, he only clings to The cause of his death, even if his most beloved person died in front of him, he didn't know about it!

But it was too late, Zas had already got the candle, but to Abner's surprise, he didn't push the fire on the curtain, but ignited the gauze on his body, and instantly he was engulfed in flames.

"Zas..." Abner was startled, and the undead of Zas showed a solemn expression like a living person in the fire, which Abner had never seen before.

Zas walked towards Beverly step by step, and Abner quickly pulled Christo behind him.

But when Zas came to Abner's side, he paused, as if staring at Christo.Then slowly raise your arms, like pushing Krystal through the window.

"Father..." Christo murmured, tears had already wet her face badly.

Then, with a "boom", Zas fell to the ground and hugged Beverly, and their bodies burned together in the fire.

Christo trembled all over and fainted. Abner quickly picked her up. At this time, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly. The girl stood up holding the piano, her face was alienated, and Abner could not see her body clearly. looks.

She bowed slightly and walked into the darkness.

Only then did Abner recover, and carried Christo out of the hotel.

At this time, there were people standing outside the door, leaning forward to look into the hotel from time to time, and seeing Abner carrying Krisdo out, they whispered even more.

Abner put her on a chair outside, pushed the crowd away, and said, "All right, all right, don't look around, who can give this poor girl a glass of wine to calm her mind?"

Only then did someone slow down and pour her a glass of warm wine when she got home.A few more bold people went in with wooden barrels to put out the fire for the two corpses.

Not long after, Oreas and the two spirit envoys rushed over, and when they arrived at the house, the two corpses were already charred, lying on the ground, hugging each other.

A soul envoy stepped forward to investigate the situation, his eyes sank, and he said, "They have no choice/reincarnation."

"Why?" Oreas asked.

"This woman drank the dead soul soup before she died. As you know, the dead soul soup can preserve the corpse, but after the living person drinks it, it will destroy the undead. If the undead is destroyed, it cannot turn back into a soul... This man's corpse was originally The damage is serious, and too much dead soul soup has been used, it can no longer be used to cleanse the undead, although his undead is still intact, but it is meaningless." said the Soul Resurrection Envoy.

Oreas' face was extremely gloomy. He glanced at the two corpses and said coldly, "Let's deal with it."

"As you wish." The wraith expert put on gloves skillfully, and transported the two corpses out of the hotel. There was already a special carriage waiting outside the hotel.

After seeing the wraiths carry the corpse away, the people dispersed one after another. Although Kristal was awake, she was still unconscious. Newt came from nowhere and picked her up.In front of the hotel, there were only Abner and Aureas, and the hotel signboard engraved with "Wild Mountain Lotus" stood alone in front of the empty hotel, with the door wide open.

"Beverly and Zas can't / reincarnate?" Abner asked.

"Yeah." Oreyas replied.

Abner looked at the mountain lotus blooming in the night, "Beverly should know the consequences of the dead soul soup, right?"

Orreas didn't answer.

Abner held Oreas' hand tightly.