Lily was struggling to move in the heavy snowstorm.
The chill spreads from the skin inward, penetrating deep into the flesh, blood, and bone marrow.
Her body was as stiff as a puppet, but the burning desire was smoldering in her heart. Like a piece of wood that was ignited and then extinguished, it quietly emitted a large amount of heat and black smoke, scorching her heart.
Lily felt that her blood had become viscous, like glue or mud. They bound her body, wrapping around her flesh and blood like a rope... making herself a prisoner.
——I am a prisoner locked in a body!
The scarlet fire ignited in the depths of Lily's pupils again.
The regret of losing the book, the rage of being angered by the rabbit, the grievance of walking alone in the snow...the negative emotions turned into fuel, burning her soul and making her blood thicker.
And the big white rabbit jumped with great agility in the snowstorm. Every time when Lily was about to catch up, it stopped and looked back mockingly; and when Lily was about to catch up with it, it jumped again.
Jumping away, Lily felt her blood pressure getting higher and higher.
At first, her rationality still prevented her from calming down.
But as she chased her, her rationality also said: Go to hell, catch up quickly!
However, the cold wind outside was so biting, and her body was so stiff. Now she could hear sour crunching sounds coming from all over her body just by running... Her body had reached its limit.
At this moment, Lily subconsciously glanced back.
As a result, she found that the path she came from had turned into a piece of white snow without footprints. She looked down and found that she was surrounded by messy footprints... as if she was just spinning in circles.
how so?
【You are bound by mortal clothes】
An ethereal female voice sounded.
[You cannot approach the Night Rabbit unless you give up your clothes]
Lily gritted her teeth and took off her clothes without thinking.
Strangely enough, she seemed to feel a liberating nature after that - a brand new power injected into her body.
Even though she had removed all the warm clothes, she felt that her skin was gradually getting warmer. The blizzard could not hurt her in the slightest.
She chased after the big white rabbit called "Night Rabbit" again.
Her body was no longer stiff, and her skin was no longer cold... After she took off her clothes, she ran with all her strength on all fours like a beast, with white heat steaming all over her body in the snowy night. But even so, she still couldn't run there.
rabbit.
【You are bound by material flesh and blood】
The voice sounded again.
Like a wind chime, like a crystal. Like a spring in a deep valley, clear and calm.
【You cannot approach the Night Rabbit unless you give up your flesh and blood】
Only the rabbit remained in Lily's scarlet pupils, and she continued to run wildly.
This time she finally broke away from the shackles of the devil and rushed towards the rabbit fiercely.
The rabbit didn't react and was pushed to the ground by her.
The intense hunger made Lily bite the rabbit's throat and suck the rabbit's blood. The rabbit's legs kicked violently, but even so, Lily could not be kicked away, but instead made her push harder like a ferocious lover.
He hugged the rabbit, knelt on the ground, hugged it in his arms, and buried his head in the knee-deep snow.
After she drank the rabbit's blood, she began to devour the rabbit's flesh.
As Lily ate and drank, the bones throughout her body creaked - gray-white hair grew out of her skin, and her beautiful appearance gradually turned into a ferocious wolf head.
In the end, only a few remains of the rabbit were left.
Lily, who turned into a gray wolf, was spinning around in confusion, her long wolf kiss covered in blood.
Just then, she suddenly saw the rabbit——
——Isn’t the big white rabbit hanging in the sky?
She howled loudly at the moon above her head, wanting to fly to the moon.
At this moment, wolves emerged one after another from nowhere in the snow.
The wolves responded to Lily's howl, raising their heads and howling at the moon together. A strong sense of joy surged into her heart.
[You are bound by the shadow beneath you]
The female voice sounded for the third time.
【You can't get close to the Night Rabbit, unless you throw away the shadow】
Lily looked down at her own shadow in confusion. Her scarlet eyes stared at the shadow, and she wanted to lower her head and bite her shadow.
But at this moment, she was suddenly bound and hung up by a few threads coming out of her shadow.
Lily in wolf form kept struggling in her bound posture, but she could never break free of the gray thread.
She struggled and struggled, gradually turning into a human form.
The white rabbit in the sky looked back at her and then left again towards the other side of the sky.
Lily, who was bound in place, stared at the Night Rabbit leaving her, almost howling sadly. But in the end, she still couldn't break free from the shackles of the gray silk thread.
When the moon set, Lily suddenly woke up.
——I am still in the young master’s study.
Her clothes were thrown aside, while she stood there. There was no white rabbit in the cage in front of her, only a book lying quietly in the cage.
"Great...the book is not lost..."
Lily subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but felt that her voice had become so hoarse.
She was stunned for a moment, and then realized that there seemed to be something in her throat. She couldn't help coughing, and then spit out a ball of blood-stained rabbit fur.
...Isn't that an illusion?
Lily recalled the clear feeling of chewing and swallowing the rabbit, and suddenly felt horrified.
And when she remembered the joy of biting flesh and blood, she was horrified to find wolf hair growing on her skin, and she gradually crouched down, eventually turning into a gray wolf.
...Is it the curse of wolf transformation?!
Lily was startled and recalled the knowledge in the witch's inheritance book.
But soon, she realized something didn't seem right.
Because unlike the situation where he was possessed by the wolf-transformation spell, he seemed to be able to change back at any time...
Her heart moved, and the wolf fur on her body disappeared. She crouched on the ground, but returned to her human appearance.
"...The Tantra of the Path of Love?"
Lily murmured in a low voice, feeling a little scared that she had lost her mind. If she had chosen to throw away the shadow at that time, would she not be able to come back?
And after she turned into a wolf, the eager desire to eat flesh and blood that surged from the bottom of her heart frightened her even more.
——The closer the person is, the more she loves, the more she admires, the more she wants to eat it. The human form is okay, but if she turns into a wolf...if Aiwass is right in front of her
, she may not be able to restrain her bloodthirsty impulse.
This form is too dangerous.
It's better to seal it and pretend that you have never obtained this ability.
Lily thought so in her heart.
...Even so, she still felt a little regretful.
Because the wolf seemed to be no ordinary beast. She vaguely felt that she seemed to have some special abilities...
But in order to avoid getting sick, let’s just pretend that the ability doesn’t exist.
She no longer had the leisure to pack her things, but that kind of worry also made her afraid to sleep. She was worried that if she accidentally fell asleep, she would have such a dream again... turning into a wolf and returning to the snowy field.
As a result, she lay in bed and tossed and turned all night without falling asleep.
On the other side, Aiwass and Sherlock were not sleeping either.
Aiwass has prepared the ceremony.
It's just that there seems to be some problem with Sherlock.
"How do I know if we move around the sun or the moon? In my past life, I have never used the knowledge of astronomy - I don't mean that I can't learn it, but my brain is used to it.
I don’t want to accept this knowledge that is useless to me. Of course, I know it is useful now, but it still takes some time for me to adapt.”
Sherlock became angry and threw the "Introduction to Astronomy" aside and stacked it with "Introduction to Astrology": "And I've been graduating for so long, and astronomy is still my freshman subject-"
"But my father still likes you."
Aiwass interrupted and said.
The "father" he mentioned here refers to Professor James.
The "Asteroid Mechanics" he wrote is of a rare height in the field of pure mathematics, and not many people in the entire scientific community can criticize it. In the field of astronomy, James is undoubtedly a first-tier professor.
"How do I know why!"
Shylock shouted.
He sighed, and then explained: "I often asked the professor about astronomy and mathematics. But that was because my grades in those two courses were not good. I just wanted to pass... But the professor was really good to me.
.When I graduated, he recommended me to join the Inspectorate, but I declined him."
Aiwass thought for a while: "Since you could pass at that time, you should be able to pass now."
"……maybe."
Sherlock was a little helpless: "But now my mind is like a fog, and I can't remember anything here at all..."
"It seems that the retarded curse is quite retarded."
Aiwass commented: "Not spiritual enough."
Then Sherlock threw the two tomes in his hand at Aiwass' head one after another, and Aiwass easily grabbed them with both hands.
"What should we do?"
Sherlock was a little worried: "Are you almost done here? I see you have been busy for a long time... How about you undo my curse first, and then I can go back to it after I finish learning?"
"That's not necessary. It seems that you really can't get in one night...but it doesn't matter. I can help you with this ritual. If you don't know how, I'll help you cheat first."
Aiwass replied briskly: "But you must read these two books before you are promoted next time. When you advance and change jobs, you will be in the promotion ceremony. I can't help you at that time."
"must."
Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and vowed: "I will definitely finish reading it before I get promoted next time."
——It’s unclear when he will be promoted next.
The third level to the fourth level cannot be completed in one month of accumulation.
And if he doesn't work, he can start learning by himself in just over a week. There should be plenty of time.
"Then when we leave, please take these two books with you."
Sherlock didn't want to waste time: "I'll take a look after the investigation... I will definitely learn it."
"Okay. If you think you've almost learned it, come to me and I'll give you a test paper."
Aiwass said with a smile: "I have received astronomy education since I was a child... Let's go, it's almost dawn."
"By the way," Sherlock followed Aiwass and asked casually, "Who are you praying to during the ceremony? Is it Weizhe? I'll bring some tributes there..."
"No, please bring some black pearls."
Aiwass replied: "What this ceremony is praying for is the gaze of the Eternal Self."
Update completed! Please vote at the beginning of the month!!
Thanks to Remi W for being the leader!
I still feel uncomfortable, but I can code... I don't have a fever. After sleeping for three hours yesterday afternoon, my body temperature became normal and I didn't go to the hospital.
If I hadn’t asked for leave yesterday, today’s update would have happened to be on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it would have been a perfect match (thump the ground)
