"I know, I know you're actually in pain...... It was that Helbo who made you like this, didn't he? Hey, can you hear me? I'm talking to you......"

In a basement, Luna, whom everyone hadn't seen all afternoon, was talking to something strange.

With a magic lantern hanging from every corner of the basement, the small space was almost filled with even a little dazzling light, and not even a shadow existed.

And in the middle of the little basement, where Luna was looking, a mass of golden chains were tightly wrapped around a strange creature with dark skin and a mantis-like appearance, but the upper half of its body was human-like.

The human's arms were two long, black blades, with a slight arc, which looked extremely sharp. It's just that at the moment, let alone swing them, it is not easy for it to even move under the binding of chains.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, it struggled so hard that the chains rattled. But Luna, who was standing in front of it, was not afraid at all, and still looked at it steadily, with even a little pity on her face.

There is no doubt that this is the guy who secretly pursued them, but was later captured by Sarah and brought back to the church, the high-ranking living corpse that can hide in the shadows.

Only now, locked in this basement full of light, it is clear that it has no way to harness the power of the rules of shadow.

"I can feel the pain and sorrow that lies beneath your chaotic desires," Luna leaned in front of it, unconcerned by its ugly appearance, still whispering softly, "Feel it yourself!" Don't be defeated by lust and try struggling again. ”

The mind of the living corpse is chaotic, with no concept of self, only instinctive killing and destruction—that's what Luna herself said.

However, after sneaking up on the living corpse in the basement where Sarah had warned her not to approach, she suddenly felt that she should not give up.

It's not because she can "hear" the faint sorrow in the depths of the other person's soul - in fact, even her empathy rules can't reach that deep, and she can't even be sure if the other person can hear herself.

She only suddenly realized that these living corpses were originally transformed by the power of demons after people died. If she could clearly feel the pain of the other party, but gave up because she thought she couldn't save it, wouldn't the other party be too pitiful?

"Can you hear me talking to you? If you can hear that, then please don't worry, I will definitely find a way to help you! ”

As she spoke, Luna lowered her head slightly, raised her hands and held a card with a rule rune in front of her.

The next moment, a faint blue light slowly floated up on the rune, and two wandering rays of light stretched towards her and the other party's living corpses at the same time.

It can be seen that Luna wants to connect her with the heart of the living corpse through the rules of empathy - she knows that the root of the soul is the soul, and if she can touch the other person's broken soul through the heart in this way, then maybe she can really draw out the faint and not completely lost "humanity" of the other party.

However, this practice is undoubtedly very dangerous for her, who has only mastered some of the mysteries of the rules.

You know, most of the remnants of the soul of the living corpse are awakened desires, and it is very difficult to find a trace of humanity from the pile of sins. If she wasn't careful, she might even be polluted by her own soul.

It's a pity that when no one reminds or dissuades her at this time, Luna herself obviously doesn't have any concerns about this risk.

"Hmm-"

As the brilliance of the rules gradually approached the foreheads of the two, the moment their hearts connected to each other, Luna snorted.

It must be said that Luna really picked the most inopportune time - Helbo's anger caused a riot of living corpses, and the guy in front of her was naturally one of them.

Sarah trapped it with alchemy-forged chains and a large amount of light, but these methods could not cut off the connection between it and Helbo.

Luna should be glad for now, because Helmo never cared about the living corpses he created, or else...... The consequences of actively exposing her mind to Helmo are not something Luna can afford!

However, even without Helpo's own intervention, Luna would already be in pain now.

The chaotic mind of the living corpse, which is filled with a huge amount of desire, is almost the opposite of the pure her, and the feeling of being hit by sin in turn is not pleasant.

Luna, who forcibly endured under the invasion of riot desires, her originally fair face became bloodshot and red little by little, bloodshot slowly crawled up in her eyes, and drops of cold sweat flowed down her cheeks.

But Luna is also extremely stubborn, sometimes paranoid, and even Hermione has to back down.

At this moment, I saw that she was holding back the feeling of a splitting headache, bearing all kinds of crazy desires that she had never felt in her life, and constantly searching for something in the chaos...... Something mixed with pain, but incomparably pure human brilliance.

Just as Maca's research has come to the speculation that love and sin may be one, and these living corpses are just the product of Helbo's infinite magnification of the "sin" side.

But no matter how big it is, there must be another side to it.

Luna didn't know any of these theories, but she could faintly feel the last glimmer of fruit through the power of empathy rules, and that was what she was looking forward to trying to awaken.

"Don't give up, I'm looking for you...... Can you feel it? ”

Even though she was in pain, Luna, who had her eyes slightly closed, still said so softly.

……

"Hannah, will it be in Sarah's room? Didn't Luna say that Sarah told her to tell us not to let us into this room? ”

"She said it all, it shouldn't be...... Forget it, anyway, go and see it first! ”

"Bang!"

The door was pushed open, and Ginny and the others rushed in from the outside.

"No one."

Hannah, who was walking in the front, looked left and right, but although Sarah's room was large, it was the kind that could be seen at a glance, and there was no way to hide people.

"Wait, look here—"

Ginny soon discovers that a large number of doll parts that had been piled up near the rocking chair have been partially removed, and the carpet underneath has also been torn off, making it look suspicious in a neat room.