Chapter XVII: The Interior of the Manor
The stay in the study was not long, Lulunaka only flipped through a few books, tossed them aside, and left the place...... There are also two women who are also eager to leave this disgusting space. Fear and nausea are two completely different emotions, and the feelings derived from the feeling of nausea, although similar to fear, are not exactly the same thing. For Jessica and Gendina, bloody and terrible things have been seen a lot, whether as knights or as alchemists' nominal apprentices, they have seen more intuitive things. But that doesn't mean they can ignore elaborate human skin books as if they were looking at them. It was the overly delicate binding of the book that made them feel sick and uneasy.
There are probably not many people in the world like Lulunaka who can always look through the human skin book with a smile on her face, and if there is, it is probably a cultist, a madman, or the devil incarnate...... And this self-proclaimed alchemist gives people the feeling that they are stained on either side.
As for Junia, it's a stark contrast to the grinning Lulunaka. His face was as hard as stone, and few more emotions were revealed, and only disgust for these evil things was the only emotion that could be felt.
"Don't keep a face, it's a bit disgusting, but it also gave me a lot of valuable information, and it's not a trip for nothing, right?" Lulunaka continued to walk in front, walking down the stairs step by step, "If you care too much, your mood will become very bad, and some things are better left behind for the time being." ”
"It's hard to forget that image. Jessica, who was following her, said. Luluna's lantern was bright, and her eyes were good, so she could clearly see the human skin cover and take all the details into her eyes. If it was a little rougher, Jessica wouldn't care so much, but the carefully bound cover was really unforgettable, and the disgusting feeling was also very plump, so plump that it made people want to vomit. Zhendina didn't speak, and what Lulunaka had just shown her made her silent for a long time, as if she was forcing herself to delete the image in her mind. If this continues, these two women with normal likes and dislikes will first be tossed into mental exhaustion by the alchemist who likes to play pranks.
The four of them formed a small group and returned to the hall. This time, Lulunaka approached the closed door between the two stairs leading to the second floor, pushed it open, and stepped inside.
Led by Lulunaka, the two of them arrived in another dimension. The old mansion of this manor was not small, and after leaving the hall, behind this door, there was a long corridor, and after walking for a while, they came to a courtyard-like place. Speaking of the courtyard, it is too desolate to be anything but wild and deformed shrubs and vines. The fountain in the center of the courtyard had no more water to gush out, only an empty shell wrapped in thorny vines, and the pool had a filthy green liquid that made people reluctant to approach it.
"Where the hell have the people here?" asked Zhendina, who felt that this eerie place was too uncomfortable for her, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Where the hell have the people gone, let me think. Lulunaka responded, "When was the last time I saw the people of this manor, when the number of people had already begun to dwindle, and I didn't bother to ask where they went. If you want to say where you disappeared, you probably fled, or ...... It's right at your feet. ”
Zhendina looked down at her feet and saw something white. The thing was pale and stained with dirt, but it couldn't hide its porcelain-like surface. The thing at her feet should have been part of someone's body, but the flesh was gone, and only the bones remained.
This is the arm bone of a human being.
Zhendina didn't scream like a child, but her face became worse, and her foot on the bone of her arm moved away, and she lifted it aside with a kick. Unfortunately, the kick didn't kick the pale bone away, but only took it to the side - and then the half of the white bone attached to the arm bone was pulled out of the bushes. The white bones of the half of the body did not have a skull, just a headless skeleton.
"It's disrespectful to the dead. Lulunaka didn't look back, but she knew what was going on behind her, "But dead people in this kind of place don't deserve much respect, and their conscience is not disturbed." ”
It was just a little episode that didn't stop them all, it's just that some people's spirits get worse. Halfway down the corridor at the edge of the courtyard, Lulunaka stopped, holding a lantern and looking at the fountain, "It's so dirty, no one can take care of it?"
She's talking about the impossible, this place has been abandoned for at least a hundred years, and now, even if you hire someone here, I'm afraid you'll be driven crazy by this environment. Bones, skin books, bizarre portraits, everything has a maddening element.
"It's a pity that my fire-baking thing doesn't work. Lulunaka sighed. Her device, which spewed flames like the breath of a fiery dragon, was casually thrown near the gate, and she entered the ancient mansion of the manor. Carrying that heavy and unusable piece of equipment on your back was really not a good choice.
"In that case, you'll have to walk a little further and find something. Lulunaka turned and walked on. After walking for a while, Junia came to her side, and neither of them had anything to say, but Junia finally found something he was willing to say, "Where's your dog?"
It's been ten years since she's seen Lulunaka, and Lulunaka's impressive alchemy dog, as she remembers, was Ward. But now that they are reunited, he doesn't see the black dog. There were many things in his mind that he wanted to find answers to from Lulunaka, but none of them were suitable topics to bring up in such a place, and Ward was the only one who could say.
"It's gone. Lulunaka's answer was straightforward, "It's artificial, stronger than flesh and blood, but that doesn't mean it won't break." Inanimate things will be damaged as well. ”
Junia didn't expect such an answer, and didn't answer immediately, not knowing what was going on in his mind right now. For him, that dog can be regarded as an existence that has been with him for a long time, and the original people and things have disappeared, and the remaining ones ......
"But maybe it's circling around you right now, so don't be too sad. Lulunaka suddenly said something very strange, leaving Junia at a loss for what she was thinking.