A group marched in the pouring rain, and the horses were temporarily deposited in the open space under Valrhona's eaves. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info everyone didn't speak along the way, because the rain was too heavy. Alicia's gaze swept over the countless villagers who had been reduced to stone along the road, thinking that it was no wonder that their expressions were portrayed vividly, it was because they were living people in the first place!

Valrhona frowned thoughtfully, seemingly thinking about something ever since she heard what Kyllloa said in the room.

The village chief's house was not difficult to find, and it didn't take a while to arrive. Everyone knocked on the door, and it was a green moth with seaweed-like hair that came to open the door.

"Welcome, welcome, I've been waiting for you for a long time. From the tone of the green Jiao, it sounded as if she was the owner of the house.

They took off their cloth to protect them from the rain, put them at the door, and went into the room. Although the village chief's house is also a stone house, it does seem to be larger than other houses. Firewood was burning on a stove in the hall, and all the choking smoke was sucked into the chimney pipe above. The temperature of the whole hall was very comfortable, so that everyone who had just rushed from the rain felt warm and comfortable in body and heart.

Alicia's gaze glanced at a long table in the corner, and she was stunned. Because that table was filled with all kinds of bottles and jars, different test tubes and measuring cups with colorful solutions, and some things such as hair, internal organs, paws and the like were packed in jars, soaked in potions that I don't know what they were.

Those were clearly Lu Jiao's personal belongings, but now she was arbitrarily arranging them on the village chief's table.

"Isn't the village chief at home?" asked Alicia when she saw that the other rooms were empty, and asked Green Jiao.

"Oh, I gave him a little money to let him go out, I don't like to live with other people. Lu Jiao replied casually.

Alicia always felt that something was wrong, and she had a strong urge to complain, but what she wanted to say was interrupted by Kyeloa.

"Green Jiao has always been a person who does things his own way...... Well, it doesn't matter, I'm here to ask you a question. ”

"I already knew you were coming to me, say, what do you want to ask?" asked Lu Jiao, putting his hands behind his back and putting on a calm and relaxed attitude.

"Can it be cured?"

"No, you can't. ”

Before everyone could react, the question and answer between the two people was over. Valrhona was the first to show a little disappointed, until now, she was full of hope that the strange-looking woman in front of her would find a way to cure her brother.

"In your opinion, is this a contagion?"

"Infectious diseases must have both the source of infection and the route of infection. Normally, finding the source of infection, that is, the first person to get sick, can know the cause of the disease, but obviously even if this person exists, he has long been turned to stone. As for the route of infection, it is even more difficult to find, and the healthy people in the village stay in the same room with the sick every day, breathe the same air and drink the same water, but they do not get sick. So many people can't be born with antibodies, so I suspect it may not be a contagious disease at all. Green Jiao analyzed in an orderly manner, and what he said made Dalong nod his head in praise.

"Then it's safe for us to stay here. Kylloa said.

"Not necessarily, although it is not a contagious disease, there is no way to explain the cause of their illness, and even some strange rumors have begun to appear in the village. ”

"Strange rumors?" asked Alicia.

"Some people say that it was the witch's singing that made everyone like this. Lu Jiao said with a smile, obviously even she didn't believe it.

"The witch's song?!" Alicia suddenly felt a chill down her spine for some reason, and unconsciously listened to the sounds outside, but all she could hear was nothing but the sound of the rain.

"It must be the auditory hallucinations of some sick people, anyway, I haven't heard any witches' songs since I entered the village. Lu Jiao shook his head and said with a smile.

"Actually, I've heard that song too......" Everyone looked at the speaker in unison, only to see Valrhona frowning slightly, her finely shaped eyebrows, and said carefully.

"Really?!What kind of song is it??, is it really the witch's singing?" said Alicia, frightened, hugging the diminutive Melusa.

It was indeed a song sung by women, but it sounded far away, as if it were coming from the nearby mountains. Valrhona said with some uncertainty.

"How many times has Miss Valrhona heard such a song?" asked Kyrloya.

"Two or three times, and each time in the middle of the night...... But when I heard the singing, it started last month, so it shouldn't have anything to do with petrification, right?" But she felt that the singing should have nothing to do with the illness contracted by the villagers, so she didn't say anything at the time.

"Whether it's closed or not! Hearing a woman singing in the middle of the night is terrifying in itself?!" It seems that Alicia has been frightened a lot, and the whole person is not well.

Kyeloa held his chin and thought for a while, then said:

"In any case, the mana in the village is so disordered, it must be artificial, so I still care about the singing. ”

"What did you say happened to Mana in the village?" asked Green Jiao.

"This village is full of signs of people casting spells, but the petrified people don't feel any magic on them. Kyloa replied.

"It's funny. A smile flashed in Lu Jiao's emerald eyes, "I stayed here purely because I was interested in the situation in this village, so it seems that things may really not be simple." ”

Kyeloa frowned and looked at his friend, who seemed to be interested in the strange phenomena in the village.

"Lujiao, you've been here for a while, haven't you? I don't believe you haven't analyzed anything. ”

Green Jiao turned his head to look at Kyllloa, snorted haughtily, turned to the long table, picked up a tube of bright red liquid, and handed it to Kyllloa.

"It's ...... Blood?" Kelloa stared at the color of the liquid in the test tube, and found that the bright red color was very similar to blood.

"That's right, and it's from the blood of the village's patients. You look closely into the blood to see what's in it?"

Kyeloa did as Green Jiao instructed, and brought his face closer to the test tube.

“......！”

Kyeloa's face changed, the tube contained blood that had been separated from the patient's body, but there were many small stones floating in the tube, and all the stones were attracting each other, gradually growing larger at a very slow pace.

"The blood that has been separated from the main body continues to petrify?" asked Kyeloa, somewhat surprised.

The curious Alicia hurriedly rushed up and grabbed the test tube to observe. Sure enough, there were many suspended particles visible to the naked eye.

"The beginning of groupers on the body is a sign of the beginning of petrification. And once the petrification starts, it seems impossible to stop. Lu Jiao's words made a gust of wind blow in everyone's hearts. Outside, the wind and rain were shaking, like the poignant laughter of demons. This small mountain village called Peramo is like a place where demons have descended, and everyone suddenly falls ill with a strange disease that cannot be cured overnight. The village that Kylloa said was full of traces of spell casting, could it be a ritual to summon demons to descend?

"It's just ...... It's like a curse. Kylloa said with a solemn face.

"It's like a curse, maybe it's some kind of curse. Unlike Kyllloa, Green Jiao's attitude is much more understated.

"You mean, this village ...... Cursed?" asked Alicia shuddered. Mei Lufa behind her was like a hamster who had been frightened, trembling non-stop. Zazacha was not so afraid, and when he heard this, he instinctively showed a contemptuous expression.

"Miss Valrhona. "Has anything strange happened in the village lately?"

Valrhona lowered her head and pondered for a while, then said:

"If you mean to ask if there's anything weird besides this weird illness and that weird singing, I don't think so. ”

"What about before you got sick, did anything strange happen? like someone's sudden change of temperament or something. ”

"This ...... Probably not. ”

"Did any strangers visit your village before the onset of the disease?"

"Stranger ......" Valrhona's expression changed noticeably this time.

"There are two. ”

Alicia's eyes widened.

"Who?" asked Kyeloa, after that.

"Two people wrapped in cloaks, their faces hidden under the cloaks, looked rather gloomy. One was a man, very gloomy, I only saw the lower half of his face, not his eyes. The other is a woman, who is quite charming, with snow-white skin and violet curly hair. Valrhona recalled.

"What are they doing in the village?" asked Kyeloa.

"I heard from them that they were family planning commissioners sent by the royal capital, so they came to investigate the total number of people in the village and the ratio of men to women. ”

"Did you only ask about the ratio of men to women?" Kelloa wondered.

"Yes. ”

"Then they shouldn't be from the Family Planning Agency. "If they are really commissioners of the Family Planning Bureau, they should investigate the ratio of men and women." ”

Valrhona nodded and said:

"I thought it was weird, but they didn't stay a few days before they left, so people didn't pay much attention. ”

"How long after they left?" Kyeloa continued.

"After they walked for five days, some of the villagers became ill. Valrhona thought for a moment and said.

Kyeloa looked at everyone else. In any case, these two people are the most suspicious now.

"Do they have any other characteristics?" asked Darron.

"It's gone, the man has always been gloomy, and the whole person gives people a gloomy feeling. The woman also hid her face in her cloak, but she was always smiling seductively, oh yes, her hands! her right hand was always wearing black leather gloves for some unknown reason. Valrhona, with her own memory, was able to describe the woman's outline clearly. Hearing Valrhona's description, two words immediately popped into Alicia's mind for some reason, "witch".