Chapter 8: The Ice Coffin
Outside the window, torrential rain trickled through the cracks in the walls and dripped down the stems and leaves of the vines, eroding the already dilapidated wooden floor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
When Leo Lu and Ikki walked in, Masaaki was already rummaging through the house for effective resources that he could use.
The interior of the house is also the same as it looks from the outside, made of wood, and it is also dilapidated.
The house is divided into two floors, connected by a huge circular staircase. The walls of the hallway were densely packed with books of all kinds, but they were all tattered from the fact that they had not been turned and protected for a long time, and the words and pictures on them were completely illegible.
"It looks like the house has really been abandoned, and we're lucky enough to get through the evening. “
Zhenghui leaned on the windowsill, looking at the rain that was not going to stop at all, and quipped.
"There's no way, that's the only way. “
Natsu shook off the remaining water stains from her hair, used her superpowers to remove the thick dust nearby, and threw her backpack to the ground.
"Before we do that, let's go and see if there's any information we can use!"
Zhenghui took the book from the wall and flipped through it haphazardly, trying to find a vaguely recognizable book.
"Where's Leolu, do you want to have fun?"
Kazuki jokingly said to Leolu, throwing the Poké Ball out and asking the little fire horse to help dry the clothes.
"It's not impossible for me to ......."
Somehow, he always felt that the scene in this house was a little familiar, but it was definitely the first time he had been in a place like this.
[Nazi, what do you think?]
Just when Zhenghui put things away, Nazi used her superpowers to talk to him. Leolu was surprised to learn that she had such strange feelings, because he felt that way too, but not as strongly as Nazi.
[I think so.] There must be a reason why this house is so abruptly here. Besides, with Dr. Zhenghui here, you can't talk to Ikki properly, right?]
[…… All right. ]
Asking the elves to stay in the hall and not run around, Leolu tugged at Ikki's sleeve and walked with Nazi towards the door facing the stairs.
I have to say that this house has been around for many years, not to mention the dust on the ground, and everything is in tatters, but fortunately, there is no spider elf web, at least I can feel better.
"No, these houses are so dirty, there's a rotten smell wafting around, it's so bad. “
Nazi pinched her nose, and every time she opened the door, she didn't even dare to take a breath of air, so she moved forward cautiously.
Yihui smiled helplessly, and opened the door in front of him that looked a little different.
"Nazi, come and see!"
Kazuki suddenly ran up to Natsu and tugged hard at her sleeve towards the door.
"Okay, okay, I can go, your clothes are going to be ruined by you. “
Leo Lu also walked in front of the other door: "What's the matter?
Yihui nodded: "Anyway, you guys just come and see!"
Seeing him so mysterious, Nazi and Leolu had no choice but to look at each other, smiled, and walked into the room with this Hui.
Once inside, Natsu and Leolu rubbed their eyes at the same time, suspecting that they were hallucinating.
"Nazi, this ......"
"I don't know, it's incredible!"
It is a dining room, in the style of the Middle Ages, with a large table nearly five meters long, and a fireplace installed at the end of the room, except for all that the kitchen should have, all of which are modern and modern.
That's right, Hyundai!
Refrigerators, microwaves, ovens and even gas stoves are all available, and the whole room is cleaned, which is clearly a man-made scene.
This also means that this house is actually occupied by people.
Only, who lives here?
Nazi opened the refrigerator, and the food in it was all fresh, and there were all types of food from vegetables to snacks, and the stove also had traces of regular use, and the oil stains on it that had not been washed were not dusty.
"I think it's time to explore this house!" said Natsu, closing the refrigerator and turning to Leolu.
"yes, it's not easy to figure it out, and it's hard to explain it to the owner of the house. “
As for Ikki, although Naki asked him to help clean up where he slept tonight, he still wanted to explore with him.
There are a lot of rooms, and the first floor alone makes them tired and half dead, climb the stairs to say hello to Zhenghui, and start exploring the second floor.
It's just that when they went upstairs, Zhenghui had already flipped through half of the books on the wall, piled them all over the floor, and it took a lot of time to turn them over.
The situation on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor, although there were no rooms as large as the dining room, they still found a few rooms that were also very clean, namely the bedroom, the bathroom, and the study.
There was a bed in the study, and there was a letter on the bedside table, and Kazuki picked it up and looked at it, and found that it was not written in ordinary words, and he didn't recognize it, and then he was called out by Nazi and Leolu, and continued to open the other doors.
"Huh~ Who is so rich and can't live in such a big house, it's really a waste!"
Nazi rested against the wall, the door in front of her was the last room, and next to the window, the wind and rain poured in through the cracks, dripping from time to time on the door and its handle.
"Okay, don't complain, if there's no one here, then something has happened or you haven't come back yet. “
Leo Lu came to the door and stretched out his claws to unscrew the doorknob, but the claws slipped on the metal handle and couldn't even twist it.
"That's right, but it's pitiful, but we can get some benefit from it, at least we don't have to sleep in a dusty place, can we?"
If there really isn't anyone here, then they can use those clean rooms to sleep. Who wouldn't want to sleep in a clean, soft bed?
As Natsu slowly twisted, the door gradually opened.
A cold air flow quickly poured out outside, making Leolu, who was standing in front of him, almost sit on the ground from the cold, but he barely managed to hold on with Ikki's help.
Nazi frowned and looked at Leo Lu with some distress: "Aren't you from the martial arts department, why are you so afraid of the cold?"
Leolu's claws rubbed against his body quickly, and he gave Nazi a blank look: "How do I know!"
In any case, it is important to determine the source of this chill first.
Leo Lu was the first to enter, his paws rubbing more quickly, but before he could take a few steps, his movements froze in place, and Nazi and Kazuki came in as well.
There was nothing else in this last house, only one thing in what was almost the smallest room.
"That's ...... An ice coffin?!" Ikki cried out in surprise.