The violent wind and rain slapped against the windows, and lightning like tree branches extended deep in the clouds.
A sudden bright white light broke into the corridor.
The approaching dark shadow was like an abyss, wiping out the light falling on him.
"What's going on?" The butler's tone was urgent.
"What did you see?" Lu Li tilted his head slightly.
"It's David, he... he seems to be dead."
"David, he is soaked all over, and there are wounds on his neck. He looks like a dead man."
Anna's and the housekeeper's voices came to my ears at the same time.
"How could this happen... It shouldn't happen like this..." Laura couldn't help but take a few steps back and looked at David walking towards them in disbelief.
"Obviously we have been alone with her before..."
Laura was shocked not because of how good her relationship with David was, but because David was a more professional exorcist than him.
And now, this exorcist who was more powerful than him died without any warning during the ritual of the Shadow of the Thread, and his body was played with.
"Calm down, Lola," Petra whispered, reminding him that they were still in the story of the evil spirit.
The obscure ancient voice approaches everyone with "David".
[The servants watched David coming. He looked strange, and his stiff movements seemed to be rusty. "Are you okay, buddy?" the servant Lu Li asked.]
"Are you okay, buddy?" Lu Li said to "David" who was obviously dead and was pulled into the story.
The shocking scene where "David" opened his mouth to answer did not happen, only the obscure ancient voice sounded.
["It's my fault, David was accidentally...injured." Sara behind everyone said at this moment. The servants had no reason not to believe the eldest lady, so they all looked at the silent David with sympathy.
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["Miss, dinner is ready." Maid Irene said to Sara. Sarah nodded and followed the maid Irene out of the corridor, and David also left alone. 】
["David doesn't look right..." The servant Lu Li subconsciously looked at the retreating figure of the servant David and felt a bump on his shoulder. He looked at the servant Petra, whose smile was full of mockery: "Quietly
What did our respected valet Lu Li of the Viscount Mansion find out?"]
["Nothing..." After a brief silence, the servant Lu Li replied.]
The housekeeper followed the baron away, and a courageous maid was assigned to follow David. After a while, she brought news that David's body returned to the street lamp beside the agate lake in the back garden.
That corresponds to the tree house in the story.
It is difficult for everyone to judge whether David still has self-awareness or whether he has become a puppet with strings.
The latter is more likely.
After dinner at six o'clock in the afternoon, "Sarah" went back to the bedroom to hibernate, and the crisis was temporarily away from them.
The restaurant is brightly lit, and the lightning and thunder outside the window cannot affect the place at all.
While the food was steaming, people were silent, saying nothing and motionless.
Only Lu Li was eating with a knife and fork.
"The murderer is already obvious... As for her purpose of doing this... it has something to do with resurrection. She is using us for experiments." Petra rubbed her eyebrows and said. "I suggest that you try not to act alone in the future."
The Shadow of the Thread had been foreshadowing for too long, and it took several days to wear down their inner vigilance. Everyone had been alone with Sara more or less, and then suddenly attacked at a certain moment, and the effect was remarkable.
David died unexpectedly.
"What if it doesn't want us to get out alive..." Laura whispered pessimistically.
"If Sarah wants to do something to us, there will always be some signs, so in short..." Petra looked at Lu Li, seeing that he was eating non-stop, looked around everyone and said, "If one of us is unfortunate enough to be alone,
Get alone with others as soon as possible, and pay attention to the plot. We can take the initiative to change, as Lu Li has already demonstrated. Baron——"
Petra's eyes fell on Sara: "If possible, I suggest you find an exorcist who has experience in facing the shadow of the string as soon as possible."
"I will contact you as soon as possible." Baron Lulu, the butler, replied.
The baron was busy doing other things.
Holding the goblet with his white fingers and supporting his chin with his other hand, the baron raised his hand to Lu Li and his narrow eyes fell on him: "Mr. Lu Li, are you going back to the detective agency tonight? If you go back alone, you might be picked on by that person.
An evil spirit is watching, and the weather outside is very—"
"Return."
"——No, so let the carriage take you back." The baron changed his words temporarily and said with a careless smile.
"Thanks."
Half an hour later, Lu Li left the manor in the Baron's carriage.
There were almost no pedestrians on the street, and the street lights illuminated a small area to a limited extent. The sound of the heavy rain covered up the sound of ruts, as if there was only this heavy rain and thunder in the whole world.
The water was blocked by the sandbags at the door, but it was too difficult to stay dry in this weather. As we stepped into the corridor, the strong smell of damp wood hit us, and the smell intensified after we returned to the detective agency.
After all, this is just a simple wooden longhouse. It is considered very strong without leaking or blowing apart in strong winds.
Lu Li brought his hands to his mouth and coughed softly. After his throat felt better, Lu Li walked into the kitchen to light the fire.
It's not about cooking, it's about making the detective agency less humid.
After lighting a flame and waiting for the added firewood to burn vigorously, Lu Li threw a few pieces of anthracite into the stove. Most of the chimney was sealed, so the smoke would be difficult to disperse if ordinary coal or firewood was used.
The firelight licked Lu Li's face, and the warmth dispelled the coldness and dampness in the room.
"Lu Li."
Anna's soft call came from beside him. Lu Li raised his head and calmly stared at the illusory figure of Anna.
"Will you die in the Ritual of the Threaded Shadow?"
David's death deeply touched Anna.
Lu Li was silent and thought for a while before answering her: "With you here, maybe not."
…
[When the bright moonlight shines into the balcony, Sara wakes up from the bed.]
[The servants in the manor have gone to sleep, Sara quietly leaves the bedroom and comes to the tree house in the back garden. 】
[Rich darkness surrounded her, and something seemed to exist in the darkness, exuding a frowning rotten smell. There was no fear on Sarah's cheeks, and she lit the candle on the desk with the faint moonlight. 】
[The firelight dimly lit up, and apart from Sara at the desk, another expressionless face appeared on the edge of the light. 】
[Sara ordered the dead David to carry Adam's body out from under the bed and move it to the basement of the woodshed. Not long after doing this, David's body lost strength and became a corpse again. 】
[Sara watched all this happen indifferently and recorded it: "The ceremony still needs improvement. David only 'lived' for more than ten hours, and his body is still decaying. I wonder if it's because I am the host.
For reasons, David obeyed my words, but this doesn’t work, I need a complete resurrection..."]
[Sara thought of those servants, and this time, she didn’t feel any unbearable.]
