Madeleine didn't know what was going on—or she knew, she was just too scared to remember the events of that night.

It wasn't going well, and at noon the venerable gentleman, her mentor, Zack, took her to the fancy French restaurant, a place that Madeleine never thought she would enter in her life. As much as she loved that place in her bones, countless times she had passed by the door of the restaurant, looking through the small square handmade glass at the slightly distorted figure inside, and if someone happened to come out at that time, the clean and fragrant smell would permeate the air flow carried by people as they walked.

If Madeleine was the little girl who bought matches, then this restaurant was her turkey, the place of her dreams, the paradise she knew in reality.

She had never spoken to anyone else about her heart's desires, and she knew what the ridicule would be like until she joined the Adventists. The church gave her a safe and welcoming home, as well as her sisters, who were also tormented, and she found a home here once and for all. At a mutual aid meeting, she whispered about the dining room, the emaciated maid with a black bow tie behind the glass door, the language she didn't understand, and the fresh champagne-colored roses in the doorway...... Pastor Zara Barrick happened to be the one who presided over the mutual aid meeting.

She and several times she offered her body to him to prove that she was ready both mentally and physically, that she would be the most humble and faithful servant of the angels, and that she would do her best to wash away her sins. Eventually, her efforts paid off, and she ended her observation period sooner than all the other women in the shelter.

(Despite some disrespect, no one can deny the difficulty of the observation period: they have to fast and abstain from water to expel the dirt from their bodies, which over the course of time has completely invaded their bodies to the point that their expulsion is physically painful, and in some ways a test of their souls.) However, after surviving this period, everything will be fine, and they will repair themselves by breathing holy air, and some will even receive some revelations and holy signs from the Children of Light in the process - the only pain is the high price of those silver compressed air canisters - Madeleine will even have to increase the frequency of receiving guests to get more repairs).

When she becomes a full-fledged congregation, her salvation begins, and she receives free prayers and attends higher Masses......

As a celebration of becoming an official Christian, Zara Barrick brought her to the restaurant of her dreams, and although Madeleine was still in a five-day fast for the evening baptism, the priest had done enough for her to be grateful—not to mention that he had graciously allowed her to bring Isha with her.

Oh, what a happy little girl, Madeleine was even jealous of her own daughter, who was still being beaten by her father and brothers at this age of Isha, and Isha was able to sit upright in that beautiful little chair and have lunch with the noble priest.

Madeleine couldn't help crying in the toilet for a while, but she couldn't cry any tears, only that her nose and eyes hurt as if they had been burned by fire, so she went back to the restaurant.

Then she saw the horrible and disgusting man, the "Helen".

Madeleine had countless guests who used to drool on her body and talk about him, oh, that pretty boy, that lovely face.

Obviously many people were confused by that guy, but Madeleine didn't, she knew who they really were, and she knew Calvin's—she swore that guy was interested in Isa, his closeness to Isa...... No one would treat a little girl so kindly, unless they wanted to pull that little girl into bed.

And Madeleine would never allow such a disgusting creature to hurt Isa.

Absolutely, yes, no.

Oh, oh, where did she go...... She met Calvin in the dining room, and as she had believed, the holy light of the priest made this nasty scum unashamed, and Calvin soon fled.

Zara Barrick, however, seemed a little strange, and he frequently asked Madeleine about the prostitute, and he seemed more agitated than ever, and mixed emotions alternately dominated his body, and for a moment he seemed extremely nervous, but after a few minutes he became very happy again at the thought of something. He had been on the phone in his office all afternoon, and when he walked out the door, he felt like he was drunk, and even mistaken about the time of Madeleine's baptism tonight.

As in all the movies and depictions, the official Adventist hand baptism takes place in a "mysterious and mysterious" location, where no one can find unless there is a leader of high standing - and it is because of this that when the priest leads Madeleine through the dark alleys, Madeleine has no hesitation or doubt in her heart. In fact, she was still a little excited, her black robe, the special cross (only official Christians could wear it), the brisk walking leader in front of her...... At this moment, she seems to have another identity, the protagonist of a book, the protagonist of a movie, and everything is like the beginning of an adventure, and her pathetic and lowly identity is moving away from her.

But just as Madeleine was immersed in her own hidden thoughts, Zara Barrick's actions became strange.

He shuddered at the strange sound of a noose turning (Madeleine did not find the source of the sound, she asked the priest what it was, but he ignored her). Then he began to dance and shout, and he looked like a addict who had smoked too much powder. Madeleine was so frightened that she called out to the priest many times, but the other party was completely immersed in her hallucinations. He was screaming and whimpering, and it wasn't long before Madeleine saw him pull out his gun.

Everything he did acted like someone was talking to him very closely, and Madeleine wrapped herself tightly in her robe and stepped back.

Something is wrong, oh, everything is wrong.

Madeleine's eyes widened at the air in front of Zara Barrick, where there was nothing.

A broken mirror against the wall reflected the red glow of the neon sign on the priest's body, and Madeleine felt her leg cramp - Zara Barrick looked like she was bleeding from her body.

A moment later, maybe a few seconds, maybe a few minutes, maybe a century, at that moment Madeleine could hardly judge the passage of time...... Zara Barrick suddenly muttered the gun on herself.

"Oh, no—"

Madeleine cried out in horror, thinking that her high-decibel scream would be enough to wake up a dead man who had been buried in the ground for thirty years, but in reality she muttered the word like a newborn kitten.

Then she saw Zara Barrick use the gun to turn her head into a burst watermelon.

"Poof......

"Puff ......"

"Poof......

……

Warm blood and brains, bone residue and minced flesh fell in all directions.

Madeleine stood stiff as she looked down and saw a few patches of white slime on her black robe.

It took her a moment more to realize that it was actually the shattered brain of Mr. Reverend.

Her mind went blank, and even running away and crying became a matter of another world.

She just stood there, dumbfounded, her face pale, and the bitter and hot bile rushed up her throat, and she felt like she was going to faint in the next second.

Then, she saw a man walking slowly over.

There was a terrible smell on him, familiar to Madeleine, the fishy smell of body fluids and the sweetness of blood, he was naked, unusually tall and toned, and as he walked, every muscle took on a beautiful form. However, there was a huge and terrifying wound in his chest, perhaps a burn, and blood was oozing from the edge of the wound during the movement.

But the man looked as if he hadn't noticed his wound at all, and his expression was calm and relaxed. He had curly hair, and underneath the curly hair was an extremely handsome face.

Madeleine looked at him in a trance, a face that made her feel familiar and even more frightened. For no reason, Madeleine was convinced that the man wasn't there before—he had come out of the darkness, the darkness mixed with the blood of Zara Barrick.

"Good evening, ma'am. ”

The man smiled gracefully at Madeleine.

He had thin, bright red lips and a pair of shiny white canine teeth.

Madeleine shuddered, and she thought the man would probably spread his arms and lunge at her like a vampire monster in the next second—but she was wrong.

After greeting Madeleine, the man turned to Zara Barrick, "Zara Barrick without a head" to be exact. He bent down and picked up one of Mr. Reverend's hands, blood trickling down the edge of his blood-soaked jacket.

Then the man dragged Mr. Reverend's body to the side of the alley, and with a blank face he lifted the mirror that had been placed on the wall. Behind the mirror is a black hole.

It's like someone has neatly ripped off the bricks on the wall, and the hole appears there, no purpose for it, and no idea where it came from. It was only a thin wall, but the corridor behind the hole was extraordinarily long.

A whimper came from the depths of the cave......

Madeleine had heard this sound in the canyon, it was the sound of the wind, and it was the sound of the wind passing through the long, narrow canyon.

The man lifted the priest's body, he lowered its shoulder to the edge of the hole, and then straightened out the position of Mr. Corpse's arm. Zara Barrick's body slowly slid towards the hole, and the man shoved its ass as if it were throwing a large bag of trash into a garbage aisle.

"Poof".

Zara Barrick's body was completely engulfed in the hole.

The hole was just right for the corpse, not an inch wider, not an inch narrower, it was designed to engulf the corpse.

The man clapped his hands, and he moved the mirror back to its original position, then turned his face to Madeleine.

"Phew, this is disgusting. ”

He said with a smile.

Madeleine couldn't say a word, her vision blurred with tears, but she didn't miss the man's chest—the terrible wound was gone.

"Go away...... Go away a little...... Woowoo...... Demonic ......"

Madeleine wept bitterly when she saw the man approaching.

She believed that she was the next one to die, and the feeling was so strong that it was as if she was dead now.

The man crouched in front of the limp woman, and he stared at the other with some distress.

To be precise, he stared at the necklace that the woman had slid over her robe.

In addition to the pendant she had paid for two hundred dollars for an official Adventist, there was another necklace around her neck, the latter of which was of course a little less valuable.

In fact, it's just a dime: it's a handicraft assignment at Issa's school. The little girl made the necklace out of a thin, rusty chain and a mint-green glass bead (from a worn glass tassel on a stripper's panties).

She had some trouble assembling the necklace, and Calvin happened to be by her side at the time, so Calvin frowned and helped Isha finish her homework with a hairpin and wire. It was clear that Isha admired Calvin's craft, and it wasn't long before she gave the simple necklace to her mother, who very cunningly concealed Calvin's help and told her that it was a gift.

"I love you, Mom. She said sweetly to Madeleine.

Madeleine, who loved the little girl more than anyone else, wore the necklace around her neck, with the very precious Child of Light.

"He has dexterous hands and patience. ”

Red Deer rubbed his fingers against the glass beads around Madeleine's neck, muttering as if he were talking to himself or to someone, and he sighed.

He then rudely ripped the necklace straight from Madeleine's neck.

"Hmm-"

Madeleine clutched her neck and screamed in pain, the chain cut a long cut in her neck, blood gushing out, and the sharp pain made her eyes blacken for a while.

On the other side, Red Deer had carefully placed the necklace around his neck.

The rough lady's necklace hung on his body like that, and it looked particularly abrupt and ridiculous, but Red Deer himself didn't care at all. He even affectionately put the glass bead to his mouth and kissed it.

"Ah......" he inhaled contentedly, "this is what he touched." ”

It was a long time before he looked down at Madeleine.

"Just think it's the price you pay. I should have killed you, but this time I will allow you to live. ”

He said, stroking the necklace around his neck.

"You are a lucky woman, very lucky. ”

The sound of the red deer gradually dissipated in the alley.

But Madeleine was no longer able to respond to this—she had already fainted from blood loss and extreme panic. 166 Reading Network