Do not disturb the evil spirits [Unlimited]

In the manor, the days seemed to pass quickly.

Zhaolin separated from the awakened ones and walked up the stone steps to a higher place in the castle.The sun has fallen to the horizon, and the twilight shines on his body through the gap of the small window, bringing a faint warmth.

This is one of the very few moments after he entered this illusion, when he was somewhat unable to distinguish the difference between illusion and reality.

Since entering the illusion, his cognition has been subverted.At first he felt that the illusion was a dream, and what happened in it was all false; later he felt that the illusion was like a small world independent of reality, and the characters he saw were "living people".

——This feeling is especially strong after seeing Master Morandon who looks like Si Qingxuan.

Zhaolin had already planned that he would not see Si Qingxuan for ten or eight years.He felt that he could just continue to carry out his purge mission peacefully without thinking about it.But in fact, after receiving the "greeting message" from Si Qingxuan a few days ago, the line of defense he had been holding on to had already begun to collapse.

He understood that Si Qingxuan was a proud and vigilant person.When he left Si Qingxuan's side, it took a lot of effort to reject all kinds of investigations and temptations from Si Qingxuan.He knew that Si Qingxuan had used various contacts to find his traces—but all of these were stopped by the forces from the Disaster Prevention and Control Bureau under the signal of Zhao Lin.

The hardest thing to bear was the questioning from Si Qingxuan.

Si Qingxuan persisted for three full months in order to contact Zhaolin.

After Zhaolin canceled his own phone number, only the contact accounts of each platform remained unregistered.But he didn't.

He watched Si Qingxuan send him various messages every day: reserved, calm, angry, and indifferent... He watched Si Qingxuan gradually lose his strength because he couldn't get a response from him, until Si Qingxuan took the initiative Block and delete all his contact information.

Because Zhao Lin knew that only when Si Qingxuan completely classified him as garbage and threw him into the trash can would he stop wasting energy on him.

At the same time, this is also a small test that Zhao Lian has set for himself.

If he couldn't bear it and replied to Si Qingxuan's message—then he would still be unable to bear it one day in the future and intervene in Si Qingxuan's life again: maybe it was on Si Qingxuan's birthday, or maybe it was Si Qingxuan's birthday. The day Xuan made a new boyfriend, or the day he was about to enter the marriage hall... "That day" could be any day in Si Qingxuan's stable and happy life.

Zhaolin would never allow herself to pass on her bad luck to him.

But now, things seem to have gotten out of his control.

From the greeting message sent by Si Qingxuan, to the time when he entered the first illusion and met an NPC very similar to Si Qingxuan, Zhaolin felt that all of this was not a coincidence.

The previous confrontation in front of the window, as well as the kick in the head by the other party, made Zhaolin even more certain: that was Si Qingxuan.

And it was the sober Si Qingxuan.

——He once heard that some people will stray into the illusion, be swallowed by the illusion, and get lost in the illusion all their lives, as if they are stuck in a quagmire and cannot escape.

He didn't know why Si Qingxuan appeared here... But just thinking of "Si Qingxuan has been swallowed by the illusion", he felt chills all over his body.

He had to determine what was going on with Si Qingxuan.This goal even takes precedence over fulfilling the quest to clear the illusion.

When Zhao Lin walked to the third floor, he happened to meet the maid Lucia who was cleaning with a basin of water.

Zhao Lin used a little concealment skills when moving in the stairwell, so Lucia didn't see him.The maid in the black dress turned her head to look at the twilight outside the window with a contented expression, and then turned her face back—there was no scar at all on that young and white face.

Obviously when they saw Lucia in the morning, they saw old and new wounds on her face and wrists!In just a few hours, there was no trace of her face at all?

Zhao Lin secretly sneered.

He saw Lucia put down the basin and knocked on the door of the master bedroom: "Master, can I come in and clean the room?"

There is no echo in the room.

"...Master?" Lucia was a little puzzled, and asked again with a raised voice.Only then did a slow response come from the room: "Come in. I just woke up too."

So Lucia lowered her head slightly, a little shy joy appeared on her rosy cheeks.She tidied up her hair and petticoat, touched the small pearl earrings with her fingers, and then picked up the basin with confidence, opened the door and walked in.

Zhaolin: "..."

He stepped lightly and gradually approached the door.The sound insulation of the wooden door is not very good. With his superior hearing, he can clearly hear the conversations from the bedroom.

"Master, what you ordered me has been done. As you expected, the steward seems to be very happy to see the scars on my body today. He didn't reprimand me, and he didn't come to trouble you, master." Maid He replied in a gentle and full voice, "They put all the suspicion on you."

"...That's good." For some reason, the matter was clearly settled, but the young master's tone was a little sluggish, and even a little crazy, "You go out."

"It's like this, master." The maid lowered her voice and continued, "In the past, I did come to work in this castle because of my livelihood. But now, although I sometimes can't read your thoughts, I deeply understand I am deeply impressed by your wisdom and mind-the oath I made to you before is still valid now."

"As long as you need me, I can give you everything at any time. Even if I dedicate my whole self to you, I am..."

Then, there was an ambiguous rubbing sound in the room, which seemed to be the sound of clothes peeling off the skin and sliding to the ground.

"??? No, wait a minute, who allowed you to do this—" The young master's shocking and dry refusal came from inside the room, "When did I ask you to do such a thing?"

"I understand you, sir. I can hear those strange noises that roam the castle every night, and I'm afraid too. But I understand now that you're up against those things, against the steward and his followers, and you want to Let this castle return to normal...is that right?" The maid said, letting out a loving sigh, "In the beginning, you frightened me with the whip just to get me out of this dangerous place quickly, didn't you?"

Young Master: "..." The young master fell silent.

"Of course you are doing it for my own good. But you may not understand that this castle is a hellish place, but for a weak young woman like me, the outside world is also cruel and terrifying." The maid murmured Said, "So I don't dare to leave. I don't have the courage to leave. But you, only you are different—as long as I'm with you, whether it's staying here or running away, I dare to do it. As long as I can stay By your side..."

"Stop it!" The young master suddenly stiffened, and said angrily, "Get out—don't make me repeat it a second time!"

The maid froze for a moment: "But the young master—"

"Stop talking, get out quickly." The young master said, "Do you think that all you see is the real me? The real me...is just a coward. Whether you fight against the housekeeper or take you away, it's all your wishful thinking Just imagine. Put on your clothes and leave immediately, unless I summon you, you are not allowed to step into my room again!"

There was a dead silence.

Zhao Lin didn't continue to listen.He turned and left.

The "young master" in the bedroom is obviously not Si Qingxuan anymore.

Although this is puzzling, it is surprisingly reasonable - there are two young masters, the real one is in the bedroom, and the one Si Qingxuan pretended to go out for activities often.

But Zhaolin had never heard that the young masters of this castle were twins.

In other words, Si Qingxuan's identity is still independent of this illusion.He was not swallowed by the illusion, and acted according to his own wishes from beginning to end.This means that Si Qingxuan is free, even safer than the awakened ones who play the role of "consulting detectives".

——In this case, it is enough for him to concentrate on conquering this illusion.

……

In the secret room of the study.

After confirming that the big bug was not aggressive, Si Qingxuan began to tame it, trying to force it to speak.

He made the Weeping Thrush circle up and down with the pieces of meat in its mouth, like a donkey being lured with a carrot.

"What's your name?" Si Qingxuan asked solemnly.

"Yi———" The bug ignored Si Qingxuan, raised its head and happily chased the crying thrush, completely unaware that Si Qingxuan was threatening it with food, and even thought that the crying thrush was playing with it.

Si Qingxuan took a deep breath, rolled his eyes, and suppressed the discomfort to give Ghost Crying Thrush an order.

The ghost crying thrush devoured all the meat it could get.

The bug that lost its food was finally dumbfounded.

"Hey, hey!"

It started rolling over and crying.The cacophony of chirping is a nightmare, as maddening as chalk scribbling on a blackboard.

"What's the matter with this worm? Will all people who are wormed become mentally retarded?" Si Qingxuan asked through gritted teeth.

[No... Even if you lower your intelligence, it won't drop to this level. 】The system seems to be a little bit overwhelmed, 【It is not so much that it has been wormed and its IQ has been lowered, I prefer it to be like this ghost when it was still a human.It's almost like—]

The system suddenly fell silent.Because Si Qingxuan also noticed it.

"It's like a child who doesn't know much about the world." Si Qingxuan frowned, and said word by word, "Before, those awakened people went to investigate in the black forest, did they only see Sophie's grave and not To the grave and body of her child?"

【Yes. 】

Si Qingxuan paused.

He turned his head, looked at the writhing worm in front of him, venting his dissatisfaction with the loss of food, looked at the fuzzy human features on the worm's face, and suddenly something was about to overflow from his heart.

Si Qingxuan understood that it was his anger.

"The sacrifice got the child's head, didn't it?" Si Qingxuan said in a low voice, "These guys really know what it means to pick a soft persimmon."

【... High Priest, I understand your anger now. Cubs are indeed very precious resources that need to be protected, no matter which race they are.but!You have to do something first.Let him cry like this again, and others will be brought here! 】

Si Qingxuan: "I don't know how to coax children."

[But I won't either!Would you like to give the child a whole meal?Kill the Weeping Thrush, anyway, if this one is gone, you can summon a new one. 】

The Ghost Crying Thrush circling on the side seemed to understand, and tremblingly hissed in protest.

Si Qingxuan: "..."

He sighed, took a few steps in the direction of the worm, and said in a low voice, "Don't cry."

The worm went its own way, continued to roll, distressed, and splashed the mucus around it, making it difficult for people to look directly at it.

"I'll take you to find mom."

The worm paused.

It seems that a certain keyword touched it and made it behaved.It no longer made sharp noises, but with a little joy and expectation in doubt, it spoke the first human words that Si Qingxuan heard from its mouth:

"mom, Mom, Mom."

Not so standard pronunciation.

It's not a soft and delicate voice that is exclusive to human children.

Not far from the castle, in the terrifying black forest, a bony branch seemed to shake slightly.