Anne Julian, standing at the door, had a transparent body. She was not wearing that very beautiful wedding dress, nor was she wearing a veil, so the marks on her neck were very obvious.
"Soul?"
If a soul wants to stay and not continue to move on, it often needs some special conditions. The corpse being affected by relics is also a special case.
The lady at the door did not look at Shade and Iluna, but looked sadly at the decapitated body of Toby Julian on the ground. But unfortunately, this gentleman was only killed by the undead, and his soul did not stay.
Shade didn't know whether he continued to walk or was absorbed by the relics. But in short, Toby Ullian committed so many crimes in order to see his sister again. But in the end, when the soul really returned, he himself left.
“This is an ordinary soul.”
Shade said that this kind of soul was similar to the soul he had seen who died in the attic and possessed illegal magazines. Even if left alone, it would be fine and would leave on its own after a period of time.
But Iluna thought about it and walked over:
"Do you want to say something?"
The seventeen-year-old girl asked seriously. Miss Anne Julian's soul seemed to still have a certain amount of wisdom. She looked at Iluna who was covering one eye:
"I... am sorry for causing you so much trouble."
Her voice was very gentle, and she must have been a very gentle person when she was alive.
"This isn't your fault. Now, please keep walking."
Iluna said that under the gaze of that strange eye, the soul was becoming transparent.
"I actually know that my brother has complicated feelings for me, but there is no way we can be together..."
The intermittent voices seemed to be making the final addition to this tragedy. Shad didn't know what Iluna's expression was.
“It’s not your fault.”
Iluna said softly. The 17-year-old girl seemed to be very touched by this kind of thing:
"What's past is past."
"My brother died because of me."
Miss Julian's soul seemed to want to cry, but unfortunately, unless the soul power could be controlled, a normal soul did not have this function.
Iluna took a deep breath:
"The boundary between the dead and the living cannot be broken. This is the basic rule of this world. Now everything is over. This is his sin. Please leave, Miss Julian."
"Is it fate's fault? If we are not brother and sister, if he could tell me, he..."
The soul looked at Iluna, and Iluna shook her head:
"We have no ifs, we can only look forward. Go away, this story is over."
She seemed exceptionally mature when handling this kind of thing, at least more mature than Shade thought.
The girl with long brown hair stretched out her left hand that was covering her eyes, trying to touch the soul in front of her. The soul scattered into tiny dots of light at her fingertips and eventually disappeared.
Iluna sighed and turned to look at Shade who was standing between the two corpses. He didn't seem to be in a good mood.
"Detective, whose fault do you think this is?"
"Of course it was Toby Ullion's fault. Even without the relic he would have done something else."
The stranger had a very clear understanding of this matter that had nothing to do with him, at least he thought so:
“I’ve seen this kind of tragedy many times in stories. Isn’t that what tragedy is
The wrong person doing the wrong thing, the right person doing the wrong thing, the wrong person doing the right thing, or even the right person doing the right thing can all lead to tragedy. But wrong is wrong, and Toby Ullian caused this tragedy, there is no doubt about that.”
"It's a good thing I didn't let you talk to Anne Julian just now, otherwise she would have turned into an evil spirit."
Iluna said, looking at the two bodies on the ground with a slight smile on her face:
"But you're right, this is the tragedy..."
He then looked down at the parchment scroll in his right hand and sighed softly;
"Death, tragedy, these things really take a toll on the mood."
"Yes."
Shad was still thinking about telling this story to Dorothy as material for a novel.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a whistle. Shade looked up and saw the golden life ring behind Iluna emerging from the steam mist. The faint spiritual light gathered on the life ring, and the black iron spiritual light finally formed a new spiritual rune tragedy. Iluna Beiyas's three rings and four spiritual runes were complete, and she could prepare to be promoted to the fourth ring.
(Mi Mia is running...)
"You look so listless, did you not get enough rest?"
This is what Miss Carina said to Shad with a smile while sitting at No. 6 St. Teresa's Square on Wednesday morning.
Shad was sitting on the sofa opposite the coffee table, holding Mia in his arms. Tifa was standing behind Miss Carina, and the other two personal maids who came with the Duchess were preparing tea.
"I had a nightmare last night."
Shade said, yawning and petting the soft cat.
"I always thought you were very bold. What did you dream about?"
Miss Carina was very curious.
"I dreamed of the bride."
Although the adventure last night was not particularly dangerous, the scene of the corpse bride sliding out in the dark holding her head did leave a deep shadow on Shade.
"Oh? The bride?"
The witch raised her eyebrows:
"You dreamed that you were killed by several girls in wedding dresses at your wedding?"
Xia De thought about the scene and immediately shook his head:
"You may have misunderstood. It's not me who wants to get married, it's the corpse bride."
He yawned again:
"I dreamed that the corpse brides surrounded 6 St. Teresa's Place. I kept running and hiding in this big house, but I was finally found. Then I woke up."
"Woke up by fright?"
Tifa took the tray brought by the maid, poured tea for the two of them, and asked with a casual smile.
"No, it was woken up by Mia. It wants to have breakfast."
He recounted what happened last night, and then took out the letter that Iluna had sent this morning. Unfortunately, Iluna's vacation was ruined, and now their team needed to investigate the origin of the marriage contract.
"It's incredible. Judging from the specific characteristics, this can be regarded as the most dangerous of the Secret Keeper-level relics."
The Dawn Church has a record of the Secret Keeper-level relic "Ancient Luo Winston Marriage Contract", which is a contract that appeared in the Second Epoch. The Church and the Academy have a big disagreement on what the prototype is. The Church believes that this is the contract of the ancient Old God Church, while the Academy believes that this is the marriage code of the ancient kingdom.
Miss Carina looked at the letter and said with a smile:
"You see, writing the names of two living people on it can make them love each other forever; writing the names of a living person and a dead person on it can break the boundary between life and death; and writing the names of humans and non-humans on it can actually..."
"How about it?"
Xia De asked curiously while holding Mia in his arms. He had just read half of the letter when Miss Carina came, so he didn't see the second half of the letter.
"The information released by the church is definitely incomplete. I bet this relic can be used as the core of the god-summoning ritual."
Miss Carina closed the letter and returned it to Shade:
"Writing the names of humans and non-humans, the names of two dead people, or the names of more than two people will cause the relic to go out of control. You are really lucky that you didn't encounter a situation where it went out of control. But going out of control does not mean that the effect of 'together' will not be exerted. It's really interesting. Could this item really be a contract signed by the priests or priestesses of a god in the Third Epoch when they joined the church?"
Xia De once again remembered what Miss Felena had said - never underestimate the power of a relic, and don't be fooled by its superficial properties.
"What if I wrote 'Another Me'?"
Xia De proposed a bolder idea. Miss Carina looked at him in surprise, unable to understand how he came up with this question:
"'Another me' is not a real name. The real name of the other me is ourselves. Writing two names of ourselves will not have any effect."
Xia De nodded in understanding, and somehow the word "Su Lun" popped up in his mind.
After talking about what happened last night, we talked about the purpose of Miss Carina's visit. She came specifically to give Shade a new time key.
Knowing that Shade could truly travel through time, she was looking forward to seeing Miss Feliana again.
The time key that the Duchess found this time corresponds to the year 3014 of the Fifth Epoch, which is 12 years after Shade met Miss Feliana in the Thousand Trees Forest. Miss Feliana was still young at that time, because the St. Byrons Comprehensive College was established around 3050. According to records, the founder Mana Feliana looked like she was 23 or 24 years old, so even after 12 years of separation, the Miss Feliana that Shade saw should still be the same as before.
Miss Carina handed the key to Shade, who took it and held it in his hand:
"But I can't guarantee that I will meet that lady again."
"It's okay. If you try again and again, you'll always have a chance to find it. It's not easy to acquire a time key, and it's a key for a specific time. But as long as you have gold pounds, you can always find it. I can't guarantee how often I'll provide you with keys, so I hope your luck will be better."
The Duchess said, looking at Shade, and reminded:
"There's no rush for this matter, just take your time, and you don't have to tire yourself out."
"Safety first, I understand that. But how am I going to pay for these keys?"
Shade handed the key in his hand to the curious cat. The cat didn't see what Shade got and thought it was food. But when it saw the key, it lost interest. It had seen this kind of thing in Shade's hand before.
"When you meet Miss Feliana, just ask me a question. You don't have to be so polite to me. In my heart, you are different from others."
The red-haired Duchess said lightly, looking at Shade teasingly, and Tifa standing behind her also smiled.
"That won't do. Asking questions is simple, but keys are very precious... I have a handwriting book written by Miss Felena here. Please copy one and take it away."
Xia De had already flipped through the notebook almost twice, and there was nothing in it that only he knew.
"oh?"
Miss Carina narrowed her eyes slightly:
"You still have this? Detective, do you know how much it's worth?"
"Just don't show the contents of the notebook to anyone other than you and Tifa. You don't have to be so polite to me..."
Shade looked up at the witch and repeated her words:
"... ...You are different from others in my heart."
The witch touched her smooth chin and looked at Shade.
Time seemed to have stopped in this leisurely morning. The floating dust in the air solidified, the sun shone on the maids' skirts, the cat's eyes were fixed on the teacup on the table, and the fluff on its cheeks was trembling evenly.
The young man opposite her was sitting on the old-fashioned sofa with a smile in his eyes, and her reflection was in his eyes.
The years were good and life was comfortable. For a moment, Carina Cavendish, who thought she had experienced love, actually thought that she was moved by a simple sentence.
“But I also said this.”
She smiled back at Shade.
But no matter what, this vivid, real and chilling scene will definitely become the most important memory in the witch's life.