The ritual went smoothly, and Zhou Yao chanted the special spell of the corpse contract, slitting his fingers and dripping his own blood onto the séance magic array on the altar floor.

The séance array lit up with a bright red light, and the red thread that loomed in Zhou Yao's perception was liberated from the séance array, one was wrapped around his hand, and the other end was wrapped around Lei Ruxue's body, establishing a contract connection.

At the same time, Yuya who was standing beside him quietly used necromancy to cooperate with the contract process, and there were no special phenomena or significant changes, some were just fleeting strange fluctuations, attached to the red line of nothingness and hidden inside.

Zhou Yao didn't feel this subtle abnormality, but Li Mengde under the altar frowned, and then stretched out again and shook his head.

After a while, the contract ceremony came to an end, the light of the séance array dissipated, and Zhou Yao stared at Lei Ruxue's changes with wide eyes.

The fingers trembled slightly, and the vibrating rhythm was transmitted from the fingertips to the arm and finally to the brain.

Then, Lei Ruxue slowly opened her eyes, and her slightly cloudy eyeballs gradually became clear, and she turned a circle a little stiffly until she successfully focused.

"Ru Xue?"

Zhou Yao suppressed the excitement in his heart and called softly, for fear of frightening Lei Ruxue.

Although he has known the result for a long time, when he really sees his childhood sweetheart open his eyes, he still has an urge to tears.

"Yao...... Elder brother? Lei Ruxue twisted her neck stiffly when she heard the call, and her cold face immediately melted after seeing Zhou Yao.

She sat up from the stone platform suddenly, stretched out her arms and was about to pounce on Zhou Yao, but the strange feeling and sluggishness transmitted by her body made her unable to control her movements, and the upper body that leaned out lost her balance and fell down.

"Be careful. You've just been resurrected, and your body may still need to adapt. ”

Zhou Yao reached out in time to catch Lei Ruxue, and said with a little helplessness in his smile.

"Brother Yao, am I dreaming?!"

Lei Ruxue steadied herself, her face filled with panic and joy, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

The familiar voice, the familiar breath, is indeed her brother Yao, but it is ...... She was dead, she was clearly dead, that was certain before her consciousness descended into endless darkness. On the avenue at the gate of the city, a hand pierced his chest, taking away his heart and time.

The pain of wringing the soul is still there, and the unwillingness and attachment at that time have not dissipated. Lei Ruxue could clearly remember everything that happened before, but now Zhou Yao did appear in front of her again.

Lei Ruxue's little head was confused, and Zhou Yao, who saw her reaction, chuckled and said, "Of course not, silly girl." ”

"But, but, I'm clearly dead, and this is it...... By...... Ahh ”

Lei Ruxue excitedly pulled open the top of the white dress she was wearing, the chest that should have been empty had been filled at the moment, if it weren't for the stitching marks still clearly left on the skin, Lei Ruxue would really suspect that her memory was confused.

"Don't worry, although the corpse doesn't need a heartbeat, the heart is an indispensable part of it as a whole, so it can't be filled with clones in advance. Of course, not me, but the other female staff in the department. ”

Li Mond, who was observing the situation here, explained aloud, and added another sentence when the words came.

"As he said, although you died before, you are now resurrected as a corpse."

Zhou Yao stroked Lei Ruxue's head and explained in order to make her feel at ease.

After a long absence, the feeling was transmitted from the palm of his hand, which was slightly cold, but in fact, he should really be at ease.

Lei Ruxue came back to life, opened her eyes again, looked at him, and talked to him. Although he is not a human being, but at least he can see the sunshine outside again, and he can continue to appreciate the scenery of the world, so his self-pity and regret are finally relieved.

"Brother Yao, Brother Yao! Great, Brother Yao! Together again! ”

Hearing Zhou Yao's affirmative words, Lei Ruxue threw away all her doubts, faithfully followed her heart's feelings, and vented her joy and excitement.

"Well, we'll always be together in the future."

Zhou Yao made words that were close to confession, and at the same time suffered the hug that Lei Ruxue showed with a wry smile.

Why did he smile bitterly, of course, because Lei Ruxue's strength was too great, and Zhou Yao could clearly feel that his bones were sobbing and screaming.

"Brother Yao......" Lei Ruxue rested her head on Zhou Yao's shoulder and continued to call his name.

"Okay, okay, I know you're excited, but can you let me go first. If I hold it again, I'll fall apart. ”

Relying on his own strength to resist for a while, Zhou Yao was finally defeated and surrendered with a white flag.

She had become a Dead Apostle and her strength was strengthened, and under the dual effects of corpse transformation and excellent necromancy, its upper limit not only did not decrease but rose to a new height, especially after the resurrection, she could not completely control the strength, so it caused Zhou Yao's suffering.

"Brother Yao, I want to eat~off~ you!"

Lei Ruxue, who let go of her hand, suddenly showed an intoxicated flush on her face, and her eyes looked directly at Zhou Yao with a bit of confusion, and let out bold words.

"Huh! Belch...... No way! ”

Zhou Yao was stunned for a moment, then his face changed, he took a step back, and refused strongly.

His first reaction when he heard Lei Ruxue's words was that the symptoms of the Dead Apostle period were still there, and it seemed that he had heard similar statements when he was in Yode City.

But in an instant, he denied it again, because he remembered the side effects of the Dead Apostle's transformation into a corpse concubine that Mondstad had mentioned earlier, replacing another impulse of the blood-sucking impulse, the impulse to replenish demons.

"So, let's eat~kill~ me?"

Lei Ruxue, who was rejected, turned pale, but immediately regained her vitality and tilted her head and proposed.

"Shut up, I won't eat you."

Zhou Yao calmed down, straightened his face, and struck Lei Ruxue on the head with a knife, stopping her from speaking.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Lei Ruxue, who had taken a move, hugged her head with tears in her eyes, but she couldn't dissipate her "obsession" in her pitiful embarrassment.

Reading the true body of this obsession, Zhou Yao felt that he would have to bear it in the future.

Obviously he was such a pure and innocent good boy at the beginning, but now he has become a trend of developing towards an idiot?

Zhou Yao pinched his Qingming acupoint tiredly, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that Lei Ruxue was staring at his face motionlessly.

"What's wrong?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Yao, what's wrong with your eyes?" Lei Ruxue stretched out her fingers and asked.

"Ah, this, don't worry about a little injury."

Zhou Yao reached out and touched the position of his left eye, and replied in a casual tone.

The bandages there had long since been removed, leaving only tightly closed eyelids. As for the supplement to his left eye, he has found a solution for the time being, and it will not take long to fill the hole in his left eye.

Looking at the worry still on Lei Ruxue's face, Zhou Yao sighed and rubbed her head.

"Rather than asking these questions, you should think more about your future path."