Early the next morning, the whine of the wind still came from the fireplace, and the rain curtain outside the cave turned into a curtain of water.
Anna no longer felt anything strange, as if Sarah's shadow had left her. Only when there was no one around did she urge Lu Li to leave early, even in a storm.
So before the storm disappeared from the sea, Lu Li and Anna left the clifftop and headed to Shadow Swamp.
This was not a long journey. Even if the wind and rain blocked the view and Anna had to slow down, they arrived at the ruins of Shadow Town at noon.
Under abundant rainfall, the swamps turned into swamps, and when they dried up, the exposed roots of the knotted trees were submerged.
The Mother of the Swamp sensed their arrival the moment Lu Lianna stepped into the swamp. The silhouette of a shadowy figure appeared behind the dead tree, standing in the stagnant water to guide the way.
The stream widened due to the storm, and rushed downstream in a turbid and turbid manner.
Once again, we came under the huge banyan tree. The cover of the tree crown made the dark surroundings only the drizzle falling into the black earth.
A small wooden house was built between the knotted roots of the giant banyan tree in the southeast corner, vaguely integrated with the tree roots.
"Your Excellency Lu Li, Miss Anna." Lilia, who had received the news of Lu Li's arrival, was waiting for them in front of the hut.
And the outline of the man in black robe.
Stopping in front of the hut, Lu Li said straight to the point, "It's your turn to help us."
The outline of the black robe seemed to be listening to something, and it sounded from under the black robe as it relayed the words of the Swamp Mother: "What do you want..."
"Anna has an extra memory that is not hers. We heard that the evil god has the ability to seal and forget memories."
"I can indeed..." Swamp Mother replied after a short pause. The outline of her black robe also turned slightly: "Please come with me."
Lilia followed, and the outline of the black robe led Lu Li and Anna through the twisted and ferocious tree roots to the back of the huge banyan tree.
The earth cracked and the soil arched.
An altar-like stone platform seemed to have been squeezed out of the ground not long ago, with fresh black mud scattered around it.
"Lie on it...I will seal the memory of outsiders..." The murmurs of men, women, old and young came from under the black robe.
Anna stepped forward and lay on the cold and damp stone platform, but she couldn't feel it at all.
"Please step back." The silhouette in black robe whispered. Lu Li and Lilia took a few steps back.
Suddenly, a substantial piece of black mist filled the air from the cracked soil. They did not spread outwards, but slowly swam towards Anna on the stone platform, but were blocked from Anna's soul.
"Wraith spirit, don't resist..." The silhouette in black robe relayed the words of the Swamp Mother.
Anna didn't answer, just looked at Lu Li.
"You can trust the Mother of the Swamp," Lu Li said to her.
Anna believed in Lu Li, so she dispersed her aura and allowed the black mist to cover her figure.
Although Anna longs for a body more than forgetting Sara's memory.
But without Sarah's memory, I wouldn't be so eager to have a body, and I wouldn't hurt Lu Li.
Anna thought and closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again a few seconds later, she was standing in a bedroom covered with velvet blankets. Bright sunlight poured in from the balcony. In addition to the clear and melodious chirping of birds, there was also a figure in a purple dress standing there.
"You are finally willing to show up..." Anna's eyes turned cold, like ice to the bone. "You are a dirty rat who hides his head and shows his tail."
"I have never been hiding, it's just that you have been avoiding me." The figure slowly turned around, revealing a stunning face and red eyes. "I'm glad to see you again."
"I am the opposite of you, Sarah." Anna walked towards Sarah coldly, not even the warm sunshine on the balcony could melt her.
"That woman is looking for us." Sara ignored Ana who approached her and looked outside.
The flowers under the balcony were in full bloom, and the sun shone with dew.
The manor was lush and green, but that was not the case outside the walls. The twisted and terrifying black mist turned into darkness, encroaching on the manor bit by bit.
"I'm looking for you." Anna corrected her.
"But you brought me back to life." Sara said with a chuckle, as if she didn't care about the approaching black mist.
"What do you want to say."
Sara lowered her eyes and looked at the flowers under the balcony. The approaching black mist made them more vivid and beautiful: "I just want to help someone who is more sad and pitiful than me before."
"I never left the one I loved." Anna replied coldly.
"Do you really think so?" Sarah's tone made Anna feel a little uncomfortable, and she remembered something.
"The short life gives human beings complex emotions." Sara stretched out her white arms, and the singing blue-feathered bird on the eaves landed on her slender fingers. "But everything will eventually decay, whether it is matter or consciousness."
The blue-feathered bird's smart eyes were covered with dim yellow and turbidity, and it fell stiffly into the withered flowers.
Anna was silent.
"You still don't understand, or you don't want to understand." Sara's red eyes stared at Anna. "Sara didn't exist from the beginning. She died with Adam long ago, and I who are talking to you are just an afterimage.
, an obsession, a...you."
The black mist was getting closer and closer, surrounding the mansion. Anna seemed to be immersed in her words and those red eyes. When she came back to her senses, those eyes were still red, but her face became her own
The appearance of...
"Recall the thoughts deep in your mind...the barren senses, the brief experience of King Allen's city, and the desire for the living that was born spontaneously." She gently stroked Anna's cheek. "I could have endured the darkness, if I
I have never seen the light..."
"It's not me who possesses you."
"But you woke me up..."
The black mist enveloped them together at this moment.
…
The black mist on the stone platform dispersed quietly like a dense mist.
Under the huge banyan tree, a beautiful and white girl lay on a dark and dirty stone platform.
"Anna?"
Lu Li asked the girl who was waking up.
"It's me."
Anna raised her eyes, looked at Lu Li for a few seconds, then left the stone platform and returned to his side. Then, as if feeling something, she looked up at the tree crown covering the sky.
A dark shadow passed through the air and landed on Lu Li's shoulder. It had bamboo tubes tied to its feet.
Lu Li took out the note brought by the messenger and rolled it open. There was only one sentence in it.
[The ghost prison was maliciously damaged, the warden disappeared, and the prisoners escaped]
The crow on his shoulder spread its wings and left. Lu Li said to Lilia and the silhouette in black robe: "Thank you for your help, it's time for us to leave."
The prisoners in the ghost prison are freed, and the stable situation in Belfast will become chaotic again.
Weirdness and eccentricity do not live in harmony, let alone the conspiracies harbored by the heretics who took the initiative to destroy the prison.
Lu Li and Anna left, and Lilia walked towards the wooden house.
"Your Highness, they just have urgent matters to deal with." Lilia didn't want Princess Roland to be angry because Lu Li left in a hurry.
"Lilia..." the mother of the swamp called the old man softly.