"The teacher just left like that?" Nina came to the first floor and opened her eyes in surprise when she heard the news that Morris had left. Then she complained, "Uncle, why don't you stay for a while? It's such a bad weather.
And asked the teacher to leave..."
"It will get dark if it gets later," Duncan turned around and locked the door, then said casually as he walked towards the stairs, "He drove here, so a little rain won't have much impact."
"But the teacher doesn't seem to be feeling well," Nina followed, muttering as she went upstairs, "He should take a little more rest..."
Duncan thought for a while, thinking that if the old man really rested here for a while, he would probably be not feeling well. Otherwise, he would have failed ten consecutive Will Tests. Not to mention the sun tomorrow, the creation of the world tonight would not be visible.
…
But he couldn't explain this to Nina, so he could only mutter a few words and then came to the dining table on the second floor.
Nina had prepared a hot meal - beet soup, toast, vegetable rolls, and sliced ham.
There is obviously more weight than one person.
"If you can't finish eating, leave it until tomorrow morning," Nina muttered, and then looked up at Duncan with some curiosity, "What did you say to the teacher? I didn't hear it clearly from above, but it felt like you guys had a good conversation.
It’s quite lively…”
Duncan looked at Nina quietly, as he had done since just now, watching the girl's busy appearance.
She was just like always, always smiling, even when she was complaining, she didn't really look angry. She was always busy here and there, as if there were always things she could do, endless energy, and she was always looking forward to tomorrow.
.
Duncan can only see Nina like this. He does not have the "eyes to see through reality" like Morris, nor can he see the flames gushing out of Nina's body.
If he hadn't just heard it with his own ears, he would never have imagined that the sun fragments that affected countless people's nerves were "sleeping" here so quietly, under his nose.
Sun Shard...what exactly is it?
Duncan once thought that it was a tangible and extraordinary object, and later confirmed through various clues that it was a stripped ear. However, now, he discovered that this thing was probably sleeping in Nina's body...
If that thing really comes from the "star" he is familiar with, then what kind of changes must happen to a star to peel off such a weird... "fragment"?
"Uncle Duncan?" Nina noticed the gaze from across the table and turned around awkwardly, "Is there something stuck on my face?"
"...No, nothing," Duncan shook his head gently, lowering his head to break open the bread and asking inadvertently, "By the way, have you been feeling sick lately? The strange dream from before... still appears.
Have you passed?"
"No," Nina waved her hand, "The hypnosis Miss Heidi gave me last time was quite effective. I haven't had any weird dreams since then, and I feel very energetic every day."
She paused, and then looked at Duncan with a little worry: "Uncle, what's wrong with you? I think... you are a little weird, just after you and Mr. Morris finished talking... Ah, could it be?
The results of my last exam..."...
"No, don't think blindly that your teacher is not here to complain." Duncan raised an eyebrow immediately, "Eat first, eat first."
Nina responded and then lowered her head to eat. At this moment, Duncan seemed to sense something and looked out the window in a certain direction with some confusion.
…
In the lower city, deep in the dilapidated and dim alleys, the hastily turned on gas lamps finally dispelled the surrounding darkness before night completely enveloped the streets. Under the dim light brought by the gas lamps, Shirley lay in front of the window sill, watching in some trance. Looking at the dark street outside.
The sound of the chain rubbing against each other came from behind, and Agou's voice followed: "Are you looking outside again? Is there anything good to see?"
"I can't sleep. It's so early and there's nothing to do," Shirley muttered, "It's so boring..."
"...Why don't you go out tomorrow and continue to cause trouble for the cultists?"
"...I still feel like I will get nothing," Shirley thought for a while and shook her head, "I don't know if those guys from the church have suddenly become more capable. Correct update@? Recently, the cultists in the city-state seem to have been... It’s like they’ve been caught cleanly, and you can’t even smell their stink…”
"It is true that there are no Sun Cultists operating in the city recently. Maybe they have all been caught." Agou came over and lay lazily at Shirley's feet, "But I don't think you are because of this at all. I'm bored..."
Shirley rolled her eyes immediately: "What else could it be because of?"
"...Are you thinking about 'over there?'" Agou raised his head, with a glimmer of light dancing in his empty blood-colored eyes, "Thinking about that warm house, that bright room, the hot meals,... The days when someone wakes you up and urges you to eat, or... think about that subspace character named Nina? Or even think about that Deng..."
"Shut up, NMD! I'm so annoying!" Shirley suddenly pushed the chain in her hand and roughly interrupted Agou, "I'm not a crybaby, how could I be so weak!"
Agou didn't care about Shirley's rude reaction: "... yearning for light and warmth is not weakness, it only proves that you are still human."
"I mean..." Shirley suddenly shuddered, and then said with a look of disgust, "Why the hell are you so stupid all of a sudden? Are you so polite when you speak? It also proves that I am still a human being... Are you praising me, or are you? Are you saying I haven’t made any progress over the years?”
"...Don't think that after eleven years of fusion with me, a deep demon, you have really become a demon. There is nothing wrong with admitting your human side frankly." Agou shook his ugly head, "More Besides, don't forget, it's not just this chain that connects me to you - I can't understand any changes in your mood?"
"...Shut up," Shirley turned her face and looked outside a little irritably, "If you continue to push, I will really take you to play with Nina tomorrow. I will accompany Nina then, and you With Mr. Duncan, we both have a bright future - I won't scare you!"
Agou finally fell silent.
However, after a moment of silence, Shirley couldn't help but kick the Dark Hound beside her with her toes, and took the initiative to break the silence: "Don't worry about it, you are still with me, right?"...
"You feel more numb than me." Agou moved a little, and the chain rattled. "Stop talking, I'm going to vomit - then there will be a new hole on the floor."
The deep hound was chattering, but through the interconnected spirit, Shirley could feel that the "Agou" who had almost eaten her alive and raised her into a human being was suddenly in a better mood.
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That's good, everything is back on track, the familiar days are back, just continue to live - don't think about the peace and warmth that don't belong to you, especially that peaceful and warm place with a person from subspace. shadow.
That warmth is too dangerous.
Shirley breathed out softly.
However, the next second she frowned slightly, as if she felt something with malicious intent was approaching, and felt the hairs on her back stand up slightly.
Agou also suddenly stood up from his lying position. The huge deep hound was suddenly filled with black smoke and flames, and the blood-colored hollow eyes were filled with red light, scanning the room with vigilance and hostility.
The room was dark. In order to save money, Shirley turned off the oil lamp on the table when the street light came on. Now only the street light shining in from the window illuminates the room. The light is not very bright, and the simple home is filled with light. The furnishings cast odd, mottled shadows on the floors and walls.
Everything in the simple home is clear at a glance, familiar and intuitive.
However, for some reason, Shirley suddenly felt that the furnishings in her home were a bit strange - between the light and dark light and shadow, between the corners of the tables and chairs and the gaps at the end of the bed, a strange and inconsistent atmosphere was constantly seeping out!
Shirley subconsciously tightened the chain in her hand: "Agou!"
"I know," Agou let out a low growl at the same time, "I'm watching! Something is coming in here...surrounding us...fuck! What the hell, my eyes are dazzled!"
Before the Dark Hound finished speaking, Shirley suddenly noticed that the light from the street lights pouring into the room from the window began to become distorted and dim!
It was as if a thick black curtain suddenly enveloped the entire house. The street scene that was clearly visible in the field of vision a second ago suddenly turned into a lake. The light of the street lamp was cut into pieces and turned into a pale shimmer. After falling in the room, the pale light and the ubiquitous black shadows began to squirm together. Along with a series of disgusting low murmurs, several figures suddenly emerged from the light and shadow. ——
They were wearing tattered black robes, and their arms exposed under the robes were as skinny as wood. There were dark books hanging on their waists. The books seemed to be soaked with ink-like filth, and dark suspicious liquids were constantly flowing from them. The book seeped and dripped down, and on each of their chests hung an iron emblem that seemed to be surrounded by thorns. In the center of the emblem, pale and turbid flames danced.
The leader, a man in black robe, raised his hand and pointed at Shirley, and vague hoarse syllables that humans could not pronounce came from under the hood of the robe: "You will be defeated..."
Agou's exclamation finally reached Shirley's ears: "M is the final preacher!!!"