Following Miss Lindsay's request to send her away, the flame cores of the nine candles shook very neatly. Darkness descended on this small space for a short time, and when the fire came on again, the woman showed a complex expression: she saw an evil spirit.
The evil spirit opened its arms, and black mist emerged from all parts of its body. Three women, including Miss Michael, happened to be surrounded by these arms, but none of them noticed anything wrong.
The man kicked down by Miss Mihail also screamed in struggle, like a castrated rooster. Yes, only he and Miss Lindsay saw it.
His eyes widened in horror, his beautiful and colorful clothes were rubbing against the dirty dirt, and his trembling right hand was raised to point at the ghost, but only Miss Lindsay knew what he was pointing at.
Before Miss Lindsay could say the word "no", there was the sound of boots trampling on the boards. She was taken aback for a moment, and then she remembered that these women and the wild dog-like man on the ground were not the only ones in this house.
"Saint Cecia shepherds the flocks of the sages and presides over the libraries of the sages.
One day, he led his flock to the field, and when he arrived at the mountain of God, he raised a book and asked the sage a question.
The sage appeared to Saint Cecia from the splendor and fire of the mountaintop. Cecia watched, but unexpectedly, her body was burned, but not burned.
Cecia said, I know enough, enough, why don't you open up to me the knowledge of God
I will not be greedy or forceful, and continue to hold knowledge for you.
Seeing her like this, the sage called out from the top of the mountain, Cecia, Cecia, do you know why your body is still here after being burned by fire.
God said, don't come near. Look to me, and I will protect my Son forever.
The flame is only a warning to the unknown greedy touch and punishment. I love you so I spare you from punishment.
God said again, I am your God, the God of knowledge, the God of books, and the God of mankind. Saint Cecia covered her face, for fear of looking at God.
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This is a very famous passage in the "Gospel of the Sages", which warns believers not to pursue knowledge that does not belong to them.
But being recited by Jenkins who walked out of the darkness at this time, it has an unexpected calming effect.
His young face seemed to be shining with golden brilliance in the dim light of the candle, and that serious and handsome face was more like a statue in a temple.
"Oh, please God forgive me."
At least three women are having that thought at this moment.
"Ladies, come here tonight. If it was fifty years ago, you could all be directly convicted by the Inquisition!"
He began chanting sentences from religious scriptures again, to the effect that they were all related to blasphemy, ignorance, and recklessness.
Ms. Lindsay opened her mouth halfway, watching the horrific undead standing in front of Mr. William, constantly trying to hug him with his rotten arms, but the man still stood there with his chest upright and reprimanded the woman them.
He didn't suffer any harm. On the contrary, as the man chanted scriptures loudly and piously, the evil spirit let out a low growl as if he was injured.
And Jenkins, who pretended to be pious, was actually cursing in his heart that the evil spirit was too close, and that terrible appearance caused great damage to his eyes. But even so, pretend that there is only a cloud of air in front of you.
He is unwilling to show his abilities in front of a group of ordinary people, so he can only use this method. No matter how pious he is, he is still a great righteous god-the holy son who has been blessed by the sages of inheritance. He can sanctify the son/tan through a simple blessing, so it is of course not a problem to chant scriptures to exorcise demons.
The women still put their fingers on the plank, or turned around, or looked back, watching Jenkins standing in front of them and loudly scolding them for their current behavior.
He also knew that he couldn't act too much, otherwise it would be bad to be self-defeating.
After reciting the fifth paragraph of "The Gospel of the Sages", he took a step forward and roughly took the women's hands off the shackles.
Miss Lindsay: "..."
Inexplicable forces surged in the darkness, and Jenkins' movement of pulling the women's hands off the plank seemed to be a switch, and everything began to change.
Of course, only the shivering man lying on the ground and Miss Lindsay could see these.
In her eyes, the nun's clothes began to change, and red blood spots appeared on the originally neat clothes. It finally raised its head. On its dry and wrinkled face like bark, it had a rotten mouth like an apple core and two terrifying black eyes.
It turned around and slid towards Jenkins carrying the black mist. The continuous and terrifying growl made Miss Lindsay almost vomit.
She opened her mouth to warn Mr. Williams to be careful.
But before the words could be uttered, an astonishing golden light emanated from Jenkins' chest. The evil spirit uttered a terrifying cry again, covered its face and backed away.
That kind of light quickly ignited the evil spirit. It wanted to extinguish the fire on itself, but it was useless as it struggled and rolled on the ground.
Gradually, the evil spirit's body became transparent. For a split second before it disappeared completely, the terrifying face returned to Carly Alex's youthful appearance.
In the flames, she smiled lightly at Miss Lindsay, and then her body was broken into pieces and completely disappeared.
Miss Lindsay looked at this scene in shock, and looked towards the place where Carly disappeared with tears in her eyes. But turning their heads to look at the others, the ladies' faces were only disturbed and puzzled by Jenkins' actions.
"Lola, will it be okay if we just end it like this?"
someone asked her.
"Won't… "
She still didn't accept what happened, and quietly wiped away her tears. But after all, she was a lady from a noble family, so she took a few breaths and understood what to do now.
She loudly announced to everyone that the game was over, and also embarrassedly declared that the abnormal movement of the shackle just now was caused by her use of magnets.
She actually took out the magnet and matching iron powder from her pocket. It seems that if the evil spirit did not appear, Miss Lindsay would really do this.
But now that the purpose has been achieved, there is no need to frighten one's friends with these horrible things.
Miss Lindsay asked the servants to grab the man who was rolling on the ground. He was thought to be greatly frightened because Miss Lindsay manipulated the plank and thought that the soul of the dead had really returned.
No one will sympathize with him. This performance has made everyone understand the truth of the young girl's death.
PS: This is the most famous exorcism plot in American dramas: Mouth Cannon Exorcism.
Another: The passage that Jenkins read in this chapter was edited by me from the Bible. I hope I didn’t offend anyone.