Xia De panted and squatted beside Miss Louisa. He waited for a while before withdrawing his shaking hand. He didn't care about healing his scratched wrist. He poured four-fifths of the water in the small bottle he carried on Miss Louisa's face after treating it with "satiating food" and helped her up to feed her the rest.
The weak girl slowly drank the water that glowed with a strange silver aura. Her lips were a little chapped, but she was fully conscious:
"It's like waking up from a short nightmare... Detective, does my face look scary?"
His voice was unusually hoarse, and his emerald green eyes revealed a haggard look.
"It's all right now. You have to trust my magic."
Xia De comforted him quietly. He looked around anxiously. Something was wrong with this place.
Helping Miss Louisa to stand up, the blonde girl reached into her pocket and took out a small mirror while taking a deep breath. After confirming that her face was still the same, she almost sobbed.
At the door of the Dice family, when Miss Louisa observed the first person through the crack in the door, the whispering sound had already repeated the "whispering" and "blasphemy" elements in Shad's ears. At that time, he thought Miss Louisa had also discovered this, so she wanted to fool the things in the house, but when the second and third people appeared in front of the crack in the door one after another, he was completely sure that Miss Louisa had been tricked and Miss Louisa was no longer Miss Louisa.
Neither of them expected that the Drowned Man's scales would go out of control and not be controlled. Unlike the lucky Professor Manning, something terrible happened in this alley.
Because he didn't know what was in the house, Shade didn't dare to expose it all in the alley. When he and Miss Louisa came to the alley entrance and saw that "she" wanted to drive him away, he suddenly attacked the girl who had changed.
Fortunately, after being infected by the fish scales and losing her will, Miss Louisa seems unable to use the power of the ring wizard, otherwise this matter would definitely not be so easy to deal with.
"What did you see?"
Shade got some water and dripped it on the scratch on his wrist. The blonde girl was a little weak, which was mainly due to mental problems. She helped Shade stand up and looked at his scars apologetically:
"I can't remember clearly. The last thing I remember is that I put my eyes close to the crack in the door and saw... Oh!"
She covered her head in pain.
"Don't think about it, don't recall it. Open your eyes and look at me!"
Shade said hurriedly. Miss Louisa squinted her eyes and looked at Shade. The silver moonlight flickered in front of her eyes. This was the silver moon gift from Cynthia.
"I'm afraid things are worse than we thought. Leave here now. This is not something we can handle. Go inform the True God Church. I suspect something terrible has come to that house... something more terrible than the relic getting out of control."
The loss of control of a relic is no joke. Even if it wasn't the girl who lost control, she was just touched by the person who lost control, which caused such a consequence. Professor Manning, who also experienced the loss of control of a relic, is one of the very few lucky ones.
Miss Louisa, who was still not fully conscious, was supported by Shade, and the two walked along the riverside street towards the street corner, thinking of finding a carriage. The nearest place to this area was the Church of the Lady of Creation of the True God. Miss Louisa was quite good at reporting accidents to the True God Church.
But after walking for a long time in the thick fog, he still didn't see the intersection. The alert Shade stopped and first saw Miss Louisa squinting her eyes, almost unable to open them, and then saw the surrounding scenery, almost back to the alley where the Dais family was.
“Is it the original location?”
He asked in his heart.
The thick fog blocked most of the view and also prevented my observation.
“Are there many elements nearby?”
Xia De changed his mind.
This fog is very strange, and seems to be able to block the perception of "another me". Now, take a deep breath and get closer to the fog.
So Shade opened his mouth and took a deep breath, and even though he choked, he didn't cough. This inhalation analysis worked very well, and he got the answer:
There are strong elements of whispering and profanity, more of the latter.
"How could there be more blasphemous elements? Could it be that the ichthyosis has attracted some evil god?"
He said incredulously, and then patted Miss Louisa's wrist:
"Ms. Louisa, wake up quickly. We can't seem to get out."
After all, Xia De is still inexperienced and he needs the help of the blond writer.
"I can't get out... Oh, Detective, I'm so sleepy... so sleepy."
The mental trauma she suffered was not so easy to heal. Even if she tried to stay awake, she still inevitably slid towards the edge of coma:
"Detective, don't stop me from sleeping. I have a little gift that can replace hours of sleep for others in just a few seconds."
This sounded like a lie no matter how you looked at it. The blond writer leaning against Shade forced a smile, then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Xia De pursed his lips and watched all this. After confirming that she was unconscious, he took a deep breath and summoned the life ring behind him:
"If there is really no other way, I can't be stingy with that drop... I want to see what it is..."
"Detective, I have an idea."
The unconscious Miss Louisa suddenly opened her eyes and left Shade's arms. She twisted her neck, yawned, and looked at the stunned stranger in front of her with her beautiful green eyes:
"What's wrong? I told you, I just need some sleep."
Her face was ruddy and her eyes were bright, completely different from what she looked like a few seconds ago:
"Thank you for your care, Detective. I'm much better now."
"Um?"
If it weren't for her tone and demeanor, Xia De would have almost thought that she was controlled by something again. He asked hesitantly:
"Excuse me, when we first met, you said not to let me choose..."
Miss Louisa touched her earlobe:
"Don't choose the Chemical Academy. You looked really interesting back then, as if you had just arrived in this world, uneasy but angry about everything. But you had just woken up from your stupidity, so I can understand it. Do you believe that I am me now?"
She smiled and Shad nodded, but still had doubts about the so-called "rapid sleep".
The blonde pointed in the direction of the alley where the Dais's house was:
"Based on past experience, I think this time, Sophie's ichthyosis is more serious than we thought. This disease not only infected her family, but also attracted the attention of evil gods or void evil creatures. Since we can't go in other directions, the exit must be here."
"Wait, you mean we have to face what's in the house?"
Xia De looked towards the alley entrance hesitantly. He always avoided entering that alley again.
"'It' just wanted to drive you away instead of transforming you. This means that no matter what it is, its power in the material world is not particularly strong. Even if we can't deal with it, at least we can find a chance to escape."
She threw the pages of her manuscript into the air, and the pages burned, and the figure of the match girl appeared in the aura of enlightenment. The element seemed to be able to dispel the surrounding fog, and with the appearance of the match girl, the surrounding vision became clear.
They were indeed at the entrance of the alley where Dai Si lived.
"Detective, follow me closely. I will get you out safely."