Chapter 14: A Hazy Portrait
The door to the mansion was opened by Lulunaka, and the doorway crunched as they recounted to the new guests the fact that no one had entered it in years. As Lulunaka entered with the lantern, the other three followed. Jessica hesitated, but seeing that Junia and Zhendina had followed, she thought that she had nothing to worry about, so she followed behind.
The manor is already in the middle of the mountains and forests, almost out of reach of the sun, and the interior of this mansion naturally does not have any warm light. When they entered, it was dark and unrealistic, except for the lantern in Lunaka's hand to provide some light. Jessica held out her hand and whispered, and a ball of light landed on top of them, making it easier to see.
Now they were in a hall with two staircases almost snapping together leading to the second floor, and in the middle of the two stairs was a passage that led to another closed door. You can see the portrait on the wall around the hall, but at this distance, you can't see the contents of the portrait clearly, but if you get closer, you may be able to see it clearly.
If Jessica were to say, this luxurious mansion really didn't have any good first impressions, and if she had to say it directly, there was only one feeling for her here. "I don't think there's anything else to be done here other than a haunted mansion. β
In front of Jessica, Zhendina sneezed, looking like she couldn't adapt - no matter how brave a child is, he is still afraid of ghosts. "It's a little cold in here, can't it really be dirty......" she muttered under her breath, looking around, but afraid to see something terrible.
Lulunaka stopped, looking around. "It's a shame, I've danced here before. There were a lot of people here, everyone dressed up in costumes, laughing and laughing, men and women dancing, chatting about inconsequential things, enjoying food and wine...... But it doesn't have anything to do with it now. As she spoke, she lifted the lantern in her hand, opened the lid on it, and pulled out a cylindrical glass lid with a transparent green shape from her bosom. She stuck the glass lid into the flames of the lantern, covering the flames in the lantern. "But I'm not here to remember the dead, so I'll leave the dregs gone. β
The flames covered by the glass lid did not go out, but erupted into a dazzling burst of bright light, enveloping the entire hall in an instant. The light was so dazzling that Jindina blocked her eyes. The bright light was only for a moment, but everyone present could faintly hear some screams, and then the sound gradually faded away, and some seemed to be directly annihilated in the light, and the sound of thin firewood cutting could be heard.
After the bright light passed, Lulunaka's lantern, which burned with turquoise flames, swayed up and down restlessly in the transparent glass cover, as if it had life, and it was a restless life.
The cold and gray feeling in the hall disappeared a lot for a while, as if the tide had receded, and those things that could make people uneasy were fading around, even giving people the illusion of seeing their surroundings clearly.
"Hah, it's finally quiet. Lulunaka held the lantern high to illuminate the surroundings, and Jessica's ball of light turned into a star against the full moon in the light of the lantern. "It's time to stop the centuries of dancing, folks. β
No one responds to Lulunaka, as if she were talking to herself. The hall seemed to suddenly become a lot more reassuring, so that Zhendina dared to poke her head out from behind Junia and walked aside. She happened to walk up to a portrait hanging on the wall. The portrait shows a richly dressed lady, but it is covered with dust and does not look real. Zhendina stared at it for a long time, becoming more and more curious, and continued to move closer......
Then Junia grabbed her shoulder, "Stop." β
Zhendina was startled as if she had been awakened. When she turned around, she saw that Junia's face was not very good, and she was also looking at the portrait, and as for Jessica, who was not far away, her face was even worse.
Lulunaka walked over, the smile on her face that looked a little eerie in the light of the lantern. "Look at the portrait again, cutie. β
Zhendina turned her head, and in the light of the turquoise fire, she finally saw the appearance of the noble lady in the portraitβthe painted human face, covered with a screaming face, changing the expression of the noble lady in the painting. That vague and terrible face, which was wailing in pain, also made Zhendina almost weak in fright and fell to the ground. If Junia hadn't caught her, she might have fallen.
The shadow on the portrait quickly dissipated under the illumination of the light, as if the ashes on the portrait had been wiped away. The terrifying portrait has turned back into an ordinary portrait, but the terrifying scene just now has remained in the hearts of Zhendina and Jessica, even if the portrait has returned to its ordinary appearance and there is no longer anything suspicious, but the noble lady's blurred eyes can still give people goosebumps.
"Even the necromancer's crypt doesn't make me feel so bad. Jessica said, "Can I burn this place?"
"It's not hard for you to burn down here, but that's a shame. Lulunaka laughed, "This is a place with a long history, doesn't it feel a little rude to be reduced to ashes like this? β
"The malice they display is very uncomfortable. "It reminds me of the ghost stories I used to read when I was a kid." β
Zhendina raised her hand, "Can I wait outside?"
Lulunaka shook her head, "No, you have to stay with me, or you'll be punished for not having anything to eat for two days." β
Zhendina covered her head, "I wish I couldn't see anything with my eyes......"
At this time, Junia walked up to another portrait and stood there without walking away. Lulunaka came to his side, noticing what Junia was looking at, and let out a chuckle, "Interested?" Junia stared at the portrait of a man in armor with a sword in his hand. When Lulunaka approached, the wriggling shadows on the portrait quickly dissipated.
"Aren't you going to draw souls and just destroy them?" asked Junia.
"The dregs are not souls, they are just some malicious impurities. Lulunaka replied, "Can there be a half-intact spirit left in this place?" β
"You didn't bring me here to study history, did you?"
Lulunaka grinned at Junia, "Of course not, I've got a surprise waiting for you." β