Confess [Black Carnival of Cassendra]

When walking side by side with Loria on the streets of Cassandra under the darkness of night, Constantine was still quiet.He has always been so quiet that sometimes people wonder if things like life are still circulating in him.

He really seemed to be a detached existence. Although he existed in this small town as an agent of God, he didn't seem to have established more contact with anyone.

It just exists so quietly and coldly.

There was no moon in this night, and the rustling sound of the wind passed through the streets and alleys, which seemed to be mixed with some fine noises, as if something was quickly scraping the sandy land.

Loria didn't know if there was really something passing by on the invisible street corner, maybe it was a bug, maybe it was a stray cat, but whatever it was, they couldn't attract her more attention at this moment.

Out of the corner of her eye, she focused on the people around her.

Konstantin's steps were steady and slow, so the time the two spent together was a little longer—this made Loria jump with joy.

But the familiar house appeared in her vision not long after.

The lights in the room were dark, and Loria, who had sneaked out, did not intend to go back through the main entrance.

This is her current residence, the ancestral home owned by Loria's mother during her lifetime.After his mother passed away, the man took this house as his own as a matter of course, and he was away on business all the year round, so he didn't stay in this house for a few days all year round, and the people who lived here with Loria were usually The nameless woman that the man brought back from outside.

He would always promise to marry them and trick them into taking care of his dilapidated Cassandra home, but he would never keep that promise, because in less than a year, at most two, he would have the others The woman brought back to take the place of the previous man.

Most of those women have bad temperaments, some even drink heavily, and they have always been perfunctory in their so-called care for Loria—it is better to say that they are kind if they are perfunctory and indifferent, and very few of them even He will vent his dissatisfaction by humiliating and scolding the child.

When encountering those things, Constantine was the one who helped Loria get rid of them.

Loria didn't like that "home".It wasn't really a "home" at all.

The woman who took care of her this year had a fiery temper. Although she was usually at peace, if Loria did something that displeased her, she would definitely yell and curse all night.Loria didn't want to provoke her, so she usually went in and out through the window—so she didn't have to go through that woman's room.

"Then, I'm going back."

Lolia stood by the courtyard wall, looking up at Constantine.

Constantine nodded without moving, as if intending to watch her go upstairs.

So Lolia tied the skirt around her waist as she did when she came here, and skillfully climbed to her window along the water pipe.

When she rolled over and went in, she turned her head and glanced in Constantine's direction——

It was also at this moment that she saw a figure... let's call it a figure, passing behind Constantine in a strange posture.

Lolia screamed involuntarily, her eyes widened, her expression full of panic.

It was an instinctive worry, she was afraid that Constantine would really be in danger because of her willfulness.

"That's... what..." She tremblingly said, "Father Constantine, it's really dangerous outside, outside, otherwise you...you..."

She almost said "Please stay here for the night" out of her mouth.

Just the next second, the shadow disappeared at the corner of the street as if it had never appeared before.And Constantine still maintained his previous posture, facing her eyes.

"It's okay." He said: "It will be fine. God will bless me to go back safely, please don't worry about my affairs."

There was no panic in his voice, but it made Loria feel a little relieved.

However, the lights in the next room suddenly turned on, and harsh curses followed.

A heart that had just been let go was lifted into the throat again.The situation seemed to be worse than before, and the woman was woken up, which meant that she couldn't think of peace for the whole night.

"I will explain to that lady." Constantine was still very calm: "Please rest at ease. Lock the doors and windows, draw the curtains, and please don't come out again tonight."

"May you have a good dream."

His words always seemed to carry a special kind of magic power, they were obviously just in a tone as light as water, but when they came out of his mouth, they always made people calm down.

Loria's hand gently held the window sill, she was silent for a moment, and then said softly:

"I see"

"Good night, then, Father Constantine."

Constantine nodded, then walked towards the door, apparently to negotiate with the furious woman.

Loria was actually a little curious about what he had said to that woman, but Constantine told her not to go out, so she had to lie obediently on her bed.

It didn't take long for the yelling outside to subside gradually. It seemed that Constantine's appeasement was very effective.As the night deepened, Loria, who had calmed down, soon fell into a dream.

——It's just that she didn't expect that in this dream, everything in her body changed completely.

She was awakened by a knock on the door.The person standing at the door was Lukes, a young policeman.He took off the hat on his head, put it on his chest, and then said in a rare sad tone:

"Miss Loria, I'm sorry to inform you..."

"Last night, an unexpected tragedy happened on the outskirts of Cassandra. This morning, we found a few wild dogs eating a dead body on the side of the road outside the formation. The guy seemed to have been killed the night before. It was attacked by animals, and the overly strong smell of blood attracted those things. And the person who was killed was identified and confirmed to be..."

Lukes paused for a moment before uttering the name slowly:

"Mr. Tracy."

Loria was stunned for a while, she couldn't tell if she was more sad or thankful. In fact, she had always only hated and feared that well-dressed beast, but when she learned that a guy who was supposed to be her guardian died so tragically Fortunately, it seems a little immoral.

And more importantly, after hearing the news that Teresi was attacked and killed by a wild beast, Loria thought for no reason of the black shadow that passed behind Constantine the night before—the weird, distorted shadow. , like the shadow of a man and a monster.

Maybe she was thinking too much.Loria thought so.

The next period of time was like a fast-forward shot of a compressed movie, and Loria couldn't find the slightest sense of reality in the middle.On the morning after Teresi died, the woman he had brought back to Cassandra the year before had disappeared without a trace, and Loria had become an orphan completely—

The mayor of the town, Pagridge, is very sympathetic to what happened to her, so he has been helping her find a family who can take care of her.At that time, Loria even had a little fantasy in her heart, imagining that she could be taken in by Father Constantine of the church.

But such a wish did not come true.About a week later, Loria was led into a bungalow in the high-end villa area, which was said to be the home of a philanthropist who had taken care of Teresi.

"Hello, my poor lady, the mayor and I both sympathize with your situation, so I propose to provide the minimum support for your life on my own initiative. Please don't be nervous, I am not coveting anything."

The man was tall and thin, with long black hair tied in a bundle, hanging down naturally along his shoulders.He was wearing an elegant dress, and there was a sly look in his narrow eyes.

"It's a little late to introduce myself. My name is Adolf."