Because it is close to the Bot Sea in the east, the monsoon in Celephis is always accompanied by the refreshing breath of the sea.
It's already mid-summer, and the frequent rainfall makes people always carry umbrellas when traveling to prevent the nasty water falling from the sky from waltzing on their already sticky scalp.
In such weather, most middle-class families who do not need to run for a living choose to sip a glass of mellow red wine on a comfortable chair and feel the inner peace amidst the patter of rain.
In the third-floor room of the Requiem Church, Kane leaned over the ground and did push-ups with all his strength.
Next to Kane, a little brown-haired girl combing her sister's hair was looking at her sweaty brother with interest.
"Thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two...Brother Kane, brother Kane, you are so weak, you can't even do fifty."
He leaned on the wooden floor with his arms and took a few breaths, but Kane was not angry at Anna's words.
"Yes, my brother is not in good health, so he needs to exercise more, and he also needs Anna's company.
Without Anna, my brother wouldn’t even be able to make thirty-two, and Anna is the source of motivation for him to persevere.”
Facing Kane's doting smile, Anna's little baby face was stunned, then she quickly pouted her lips and turned her head away, lowering her voice a bit.
"Hmph! I'm not my brother's source of motivation..."
After a small retort, Anna handed the towel in her hand to Kane, who was sitting up. Anna quickly regained her cheerful and naughty look, staring at Kane intently.
"You didn't feel this strong when you were recuperating in bed before, but today I am very sure that Brother Kane, you have changed!"
With a thump in his heart, Kane tried his best to suppress his rapidly beating heart, but smiled calmly on his face.
"Then Anna, tell me, why has your brother changed?"
After looking up and down at Brother Kane in front of her again, Anna's little face showed some uncertainty.
"Unlike the boring gourd-like brother before, I have learned to say nice things to deceive girls, and what's more! My brother no longer feels as depressed as before, he is just like...well...how should I put it...
Yes! It’s like a different person!”
"Kane! Anna! Come down for breakfast! Grandpa Herague is coming back today to perform the resting ceremony, so you two have to prepare early!"
Jessica's loud voice came from downstairs, Anna stuck out her tongue and waved to Kane.
"I'm going down first~ Brother Kane, who is thin, remember to wear clothes~"
The renovated wooden door was closed by Anna. Kane pursed his lips and stood up, opened the door, and walked to the bathroom mirror.
A handsome but somewhat gloomy face appeared in the mirror.
"I thought that a serious illness could be an opportunity for personality change, but I didn't expect that Anna would see it at a glance. Is it so obvious?"
He patted his face, his brows softened, and the curve of his lips curled up.
The gloomy face became calm and supple, the corners of the lips turned down, and the muscles on both sides of the cheeks tightened slightly.
The gentle face in the mirror suddenly took on a hint of coldness and the immature aloofness typical of a rebellious teenager.
It's not difficult to look like someone who hasn't been beaten up by society, after all, Kane also lived through it in his previous life.
"I am Kane. I am a rebellious sixteen-year-old boy who is proud of the identity of the Constantine family and hates socializing and socializing."
"Gugu~Gugu~"
Kane suddenly turned his head when he heard the sound. On the bathroom window sill, the white-faced owl, which had always been invisible to dragons, flapped its wings and flew away.
"Bai Gugu? When did you come?"
Withdrawing his wary gaze, Kane sighed.
"No one really suspects that their loved ones are possessed by other people's souls, right? This is not a fantasy world where one can seize the body. I just want to be a stable psychological priest who can enlighten others."
…
In the church garden, Herage walked out of the tunnel, pressed the right eye of the bat stone sculpture, and the marble door behind him slowly closed.
Its wings fluttered and landed on the tall old man's right shoulder. The white-faced owl tilted its head and smoothed its feathers with its beak.
"Your grandson is possessed by an unknown demon. The real Kane is probably dead."
His body, which had never wavered before, trembled slightly. The old man's right hand held the silver staff tightly, but his expression remained calm.
"I will confirm whether he is dead or not."
The white-faced owl on the shoulder was still unwilling to give up, and his words were quite dissatisfied.
"I check the front door of your house every day, but you don't believe me?"
"I believe you. If he is really a monster, I will personally end his life."
…
When it was almost 8 o'clock, the rain stopped.
Kane, who ate in a hurry and put on the trainee priest's robe, walked out of the church with his younger brothers and sisters. The trainee nun Kelly, who had just finished washing the pots and dishes, followed Jessica and looked at her worriedly.
Kane's face returned to its former cold expression.
Ramos greeted more than a dozen family members of the deceased with forms in their hands, while Fern and Taylor placed the corpse on the green lawn covered with a thick shroud in the cemetery early, waiting for Herague who had not yet arrived.
Complete the resting ceremony.
"Family members, the preparations for the burial ceremony have been completed. Please follow me to the cemetery. After the ceremony is completed, you can choose further services or take the body away according to the package content."
Following Jessica, Kane found several young women among the deceased's family members wiping away tears while secretly looking at him. He couldn't help feeling that no matter whether it was in the past life or this life, the appearance that was too outstanding always...
It will bring you all kinds of troubles.
Occasionally, I also long to experience the life of ordinary people.
The cemetery in the north is not far from the church, and it only took people walking on the stone path more than 20 minutes to reach their destination.
Walking into the cemetery, dark cross granite tombstones were neatly arranged in the cemetery. Feeling the solemn atmosphere of death, the young Fries and Anna seemed a little embarrassed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thirteen corpses that have long been processed by the undertakers of the funeral home lie quietly on the shroud, waiting for a true rest.
Generally speaking, the deceased will first try to be sent to the hospital for rescue. After the hospital declares that rescue efforts are ineffective, the church will record the deceased.
After that, someone from the funeral home will take the initiative to contact the family of the deceased. After confirming whether to cremate or bury him, the funeral home's undertaker will make decent repairs to the deceased's appearance. Finally, a qualified priest will come to bury or cremate the deceased.
A resting ceremony was held before.
After the resting ceremony is completed, only the family members of the deceased who hold the certificate form issued by the church can bury the deceased's coffin or urn through the church's application.
Otherwise, once the church finds out that the family members of the deceased do not have a certificate form for the burial ceremony, they will face high fines. In serious cases, they will also face criminal imprisonment by the Inquisition.
In France, the Inquisition had much greater power than the police.
Even though everything in front of him was novel, Kane was still attracted by the old man standing outside the cemetery with his back to him.
This was the 'first time' for him to see his grandfather, whom he had never met before, but he found that he was just staring at him, and a vague pressure came to his mind.
This 'grandpa' seems to be very simple.
"Wow, Grandpa Herrag is still so scary!"
"Fris, do you feel like grandpa is unhappy?"
"Have it?"
"Stop gossiping, you two, be as serious as your brother Kane!"
Fourteen-year-old Anna and fifteen-year-old Fries communicated quietly, and Jessica patted the two children's heads, successfully making the brother and sister shut their unwilling mouths.
The old man holding the holy book turned around, glanced flatly at the crowd who dared not breathe, paused for a moment on Kane's face, and then nodded to signal Fern and Taylor to retreat.
Slowly walking to the corpse, the old man's silver short staff tapped the stone slab on the ground, making a heavy hitting sound.
"Welcome everyone, thank the three gods. We are gathered here to bathe in the light of the three gods and witness the rest."
"grateful……"
"grateful……"
Inspired by the three gods, Herage opened the holy book and recited the prayer of rest revealed in the holy book.
"His Lamb rests in heaven, but on earth fools still suffer because of strife..."
The family members of the deceased put their hands together in front of them, and everyone else lowered their heads and closed their eyes, listening to the scriptures spoken by the old man.
"...May all glory and praise be given to the three gods, and may the departed souls rest in peace, amen."
Recalling the 'plain' French words spoken by the old man, Kane opened his eyes and looked at the thirteen corpses that had never changed in any way. He always felt that there seemed to be something on the corpses that he could not see.
Gone.
Kane shook his head and dismissed it as an illusion.
After the ceremony, the old man took out the seal from his arms, and the family members of the deceased stepped forward to stamp the certificate with red seals.
After the shroud is re-covered, the deceased will go away when they should, stay when they should, and cremate when they should be cremated. Death will be more polite and moral than when they were alive.
"Kelly, take care of your brothers and sisters."
Jessica said something to Kelly, and then she and her husband Fern went to deal with the customers who wanted to be buried in the church cemetery.
Ramos was responsible for accompanying the family members who wanted to remove the bodies for burial or cremation elsewhere, waiting for Taylor in the van to drive into the cemetery.
After the silent passengers get on the bus, they will be pulled directly by the truck to the parking lot outside the church to change vehicles, and then take a hearse from the funeral home or crematorium to be completely laid to rest underground.
Adults have their own things to do, and children have their own fun.
"I am the Lord Inquisitor! I declare you guilty! You are guilty, even if you run away, you are also guilty! The crime... the crime... the crime is not to respect the great Lord Judge Fries! Death penalty! Death penalty for all!"
Gathered in front of the ant nest under the tree, Anna saw that she could not stop Fris from doing evil to the poor ants, so she had to pretend not to see it, turned around and whispered to Kelly.
"Sister Kelly, I heard from my classmates that nuns are really pitiful and cannot experience the pleasure of women in their entire lives. Is this true? What exactly is the pleasure of women? Sister Kelly, who wants to become a real nun, must know this, right?
?”
Avoiding the curious girl's probing gaze, Kelly's ears and neck turned pink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she was speechless for a long time.
"Well! It's... it's... this... me, me too..."
"Sister Kelly, you don't know, don't you? No, no, no?"
"Anna, come here."
Kane, who looked cold, found that he could no longer remain silent. What kind of school was this, and what happened to Anna's classmates?
Is this something kids should discuss?
"Brother Kane? I always feel that you have evil intentions? Is your face stuck with glue again? It's as stretched as tree bark."
"come over."
"oh."
Staring down at the cute little girl who was a head and a half shorter than him with a dull face, Kane couldn't help but sigh that the genes of the Constantine family were really strong.
Bending slightly, Kane looked at his somewhat timid cousin seriously and organized his words.
"Which classmate told you this? Male or female? What is your relationship?"
"Yes...it's a female classmate named Sylvia. She is in the same class as me and is a good friend of mine."
Anna responded carefully, only feeling that the brother in front of her was a bit strange. Compared with that time in the morning, he was completely different. It was not appropriate to say that it was similar to the cold and gloomy style before getting sick. Anyway, it was very awkward.
"Anna, let me tell you, good girls shouldn't discuss these issues, let alone use such issues to embarrass their sisters."
Kane said something extremely serious, but found that the little girl seemed a little disinterested, and in turn began to question himself.
"I'm just curious. Is there anything I can't ask? The teacher also said in class that if you don't understand something, you have to understand it. If you and your sister don't want to tell me, then I'll go find someone else, hum.
!”
"Okay Kane, leave Anna to me, and I'll explain to her."
Although Kelly stepped forward in time to try to ease the atmosphere between the two, Anna still spoke reluctantly.
"I really thought you had changed. You knew it but refused to tell your sister. Kane, you are such a terrible brother! I hate you!"
Watching the aggrieved Anna running towards the church, Kelly glanced helplessly at Kane and quickly followed her. Only Fries stood up from the roots of the tree blankly.
"Huh? Why did sister Anna and Kelly run away? Brother Kane?"
Looking at the 'brother' in front of him with complicated eyes, Kane found that it was simply unrealistic to say that he really recognized and accepted these relatives who had come to occupy 'Kane's' body.
For me, the memories inherited from the original body are more like a damaged external hard drive of the computer. I can only read some important memories that have not dissipated from it, but I cannot receive any emotions from the hard drive.
His love for his relatives, his pride in his family, his dissatisfaction with himself, the feelings that 'Kane' once had are like a piece of pale paper to him.
