Maria Edwards' specific hiding place is on the south shore of Green Lake. Just as the witches once mentioned to Shad, the soul that escaped from the island entered a pre-existing spatial anomaly area, which is why it has not been discovered by anyone for so many years.
The characteristic of that abnormal space is "hidden space", that is, another space that cannot be normally observed is overlapped on the normal space itself, and it can only be entered through special means.
This sounds very similar to the Central Island in Green Lake and the "other island", except that the latter involves the spatial balance of the entire material world and is therefore completely different in nature.
Miss Sylvia's followers discovered that area, and after repeated confirmation, they found that even if Miss Sylvia did it herself, she could not enter the hidden space. Therefore, she found Shad through Miss Carina and asked Shad to bring Rust Edwards with him.
After all, Rusty Edwards is also a spirit, so maybe he can find a way to get in.
Little Mia was left to Tifa to take care of at Rose Manor to prevent it from disturbing Dorothy's creative enthusiasm. Duruto Giles finally had a day of "holiday" today, and did not follow Shad and Rust to the other side of the lake.
The unhappy girl kept complaining to Shad about separating her from Durrut Giles during the carriage trip. Shad was not angry at her nagging, but instead sympathized with Durrut Giles.
If the Green Lake incident was resolved peacefully and everyone survived, then the former tomb robber and current history lecturer would probably live with the girl's soul for the rest of his life and would not be able to get rid of her even in death. This is the most stable soul relationship.
Coincidentally, the location identified by Miss Sylvia as the "hiding space" was not far from the location of the Great Flynn Village Tomb where Shad, the priest, and the doctor had dug graves the night before. The carriage even passed by the big oak tree from last night.
The girl from the Central Ring Road, who acted as the coachman, finally stopped the carriage next to a flower field. This was not a wild meadow, but a lavender field planted by local flower farmers. It was now May, the best season for these pale purple flowers to bloom.
A few of Miss Sylvia's followers were still surveying the surrounding area with compass-like instruments, and only the black-haired witch stood in the lavender field, facing the direction of the sun. She had her back to the group of people who had just arrived, her hands behind her back, the white sleeves under her red coat rolled up, and her right hand grasped her slender left wrist.
When Emma Sylvia realized Shad's arrival and looked back at him and smiled in the blooming lavender field, that scene once again confirmed the charm of the great witches.
"It's here. There was a rumor about the 'flower field ghost' among the local villagers. It is said that someone once saw the soul of a transparent lady in a gorgeous long dress floating among the flowers on a moonlit night. After repeated investigations, I was sure that this is our target. At present, it seems that the hidden space is nearby, but we have not found a way to open the exit."
When Xia De came closer, she introduced the situation:
"In addition to the flower field ghost, coincidentally, someone saw a sneaky figure in the village cemetery over there last night. We also went to investigate. Maybe the real entrance is in that cemetery."
"Hmm... It probably has nothing to do with that place. Miss Rusty Edwards, can you see anything?"
The weather today was also exceptionally good. In the spring sunshine, the ghost of Rust Edwards happily floated above the lavender bushes. Suddenly, she found that Shade and Miss Sylvia were looking at her, so the little girl's soul slightly straightened her chest:
"You still have to rely on me!"
She floated to the center of the flowers, trying to rely on her senses to detect the entrance to the abnormal space. Shade also summoned the Staff of Yggdrasil and used the magic of powerful spatial perception to determine the situation nearby.
But just like what the Great Witch of Space said, he could also sense that there was another hidden space nearby, but he just couldn't find a way to enter it.
"The hiding place isn't that big. If I use brute force to crack it, it's not impossible to find the soul hidden in it. But since we want to ask Maria Edwards questions, we'd better behave ourselves and not be a bad guest."
The black-haired witch said, hiding her thoughts, and suggested:
"Let's go deeper into the flower fields. Maybe we can find something. Since that soul has been seen before, it may have left some traces."
But before Shade could agree, Rast, who had already drifted away under the care of the two Central Ring girls, turned around and waved at Shade:
"Come on! Come on! I found it."
"So fast? This bloodline is really powerful."
Miss Sylvia said that although she regretted losing the good opportunity for a tryst, she knew very well what was most important now.
The strange location that the little girl Last discovered was just a place in the flower field that was completely normal in the eyes of others. And the way she discovered this place was not based on feeling, but on knowledge:
"I've read about similar situations in my father's books."
She pinched her waist and explained to everyone proudly:
"The space anomaly zone can be divided into three categories according to its characteristics, and the 'configuration space' can be divided into five subcategories. This is an atypical auxiliary space. In addition to relying on luck, the way to open it is also related to the surrounding environment."
This was the first time that Xia De heard her speak such a long paragraph at one time without any repetition.
"So how do we open this place?"
Seeing that she stopped halfway through her speech and looked at him with sharp eyes, Xia De asked according to her meaning.
The girl laughed and clapped her hands:
"I can't see the exit now. It's because the power of the family has blocked the entrance and exit. But I also have the power of the family. As long as I determine the situation nearby when the space was formed, and then simply simulate the situation at that time, I can find the entrance and exit."
Xia De then looked at Miss Sylvia, who nodded and told the girls around her to ask the owner of the flower field what he had planted before. Xia De didn't know how they asked, but she got the answer in just ten minutes:
"This has always been a flower field, but in addition to lavender, we have planted many other plants, depending on what sold best the previous year. Black-spotted daisies, golden-edged sunflowers, red amaryllis, white carnations, and Green Lake's special pink roses, these five have been the most popular in the past thirty years."
Shad was glad that no roses had ever been planted here, otherwise his friend, the demonologist Mr. Sean Asmon might show up again... Shad could not imagine the scene of Sean Asmon appearing in the sunny flower field.
They couldn't pull out the purple lavender and plant other flowers, but Luster only asked for a simple simulation. So Shade took out the five flowers from his pocket and Miss Sylvia held them herself and dangled them in front of the little girl's soul.
This scene is a bit ridiculous.
Although it was ridiculous, it did work. When Miss Sylvia waved the carnation in front of the soul for the fifth time, Xia De immediately sensed something was wrong:
"Look over there."
In the direction leading deeper into the flower field, a path appeared among the closely packed lavenders. The alchemy equipment in the hands of the girls probing in the nearby flower fields also gave corresponding feedback:
"Miss, this is it, the entrance is open."
For safety reasons, not everyone could go in. In the end, only Shade and the witch followed Rust Edwards into the hidden space. The other girls, led by the witch's assistant Miss Decket, stood guard outside and were ready to find someone to rescue them at any time if they couldn't get out.
Going deeper into the purple lavender path, the flower fields seemed to have turned into a truly boundless sea of flowers. Looking into the distance on a clear day, you could only see flowers spreading all the way to the horizon.
But as they continued to move forward, other kinds of flowers gradually appeared among the purple lavender, and the types of flowers became more and more diverse. When they saw the small wooden house standing in the open space of the flower field at the end of the path, it was already surrounded by various colorful flowers.
This special hidden space looked no different from the normal world. When Shade and the witch followed Rast to approach the cabin, a soul that was also not afraid of the sun floated out of the cabin.
The transparent milky white soul was wearing a gorgeous banquet dress, and that face was undoubtedly Maria Edwards, whom Shade had been looking for for a long time. However, when Mr. Nicholas Green buried her in water, the youngest girl of the fourth generation, who had already entered old age, looked only about thirty years old.
She was holding an invitation letter that looked very familiar to Shade, and looked at the group of people with great vigilance. When Rast jumped towards her happily, she instinctively wanted to dodge, but she still caught the little girl who was also her soul.
The two were two generations apart and had never met before. But when Maria Edwards touched the girl's soul, she suddenly understood her identity:
"You are... Great Aunt Luster?"
Her affinity with the girl was consistent with that of Resia and Miss Carina.
Because they were all souls, the little girl who had never been close to anyone except Durrut Giles was actually quite friendly to Maria Edwards. After throwing herself into her arms, she acted like a spoiled child and refused to let go.
Maria Edwards was helpless, but she soon showed a gentle, motherly smile. She stood at the door of the wooden house in the flower field holding Last and looked at the two living people. After a moment's hesitation, she invited them into the house.