"This longing, which had lost the soil in which it had taken root, is now replanted in a parched remnant, longing to regain abundant nourishment. But now it will drink up what is left of it, until it can no longer be satisfied. ”

"He will always be on extreme alert under the influence of this desire, but it is eager for you to pick it up again and get a new watering."

The living corpse opened its eyes in Agnes's gaze, and looked straight at Agnes with scarlet eyes, the muscles under the purple-blue skin were stiff and tight, and the edges of the flesh that could not be recovered were turned out with a water-soaked whiteness, and the complexion had the stiffness and numbness characteristic of living corpses.

Agnes carefully observed the state of the living corpse's whole body, and picked up the suture needle from the iron plate on the side with needle forceps, the tip of the needle pierced the turned flesh, the stiff touch made her frown and look up at the eyes of the living corpse, the scarlet eyes were cloudy and indifferent, and no change could be seen.

"Relax." Agnes spoke.

The flesh under the needle slackened for a moment, and Agnes pressed a little, and the tip of the needle smoothly passed through the still stiff flesh, and was pulled out from the other side by the needle forceps.

"Your stiffness and knee-jerk muscle tension aren't much to me," Agnes said casually, her eyes fixed on the stitches that ran under her hands, her eyes focused on the eyes of the living corpses, "but the needles can't withstand too much force. ”

She felt the flesh under her hands loosen a little again, and Agnes nodded slightly.

In this ritual, she chose to bind half of the spirit to the body of a living corpse by planting the seeds of desire, as if she had done it many times before, but the effects were unclear.

The information that appears in the mind is also more skewed towards the effect of craving, and the description of the possible effects is only the sentence "always on extreme alert".

Judging from the fact that the living corpse made its muscles that were already stiff enough under the influence of the mortis even tighter after the ceremony, the so-called "state of extreme vigilance" was not entirely accurate, and in her judgment, this state was more like "extreme fear".

If you combine this with the source of this desire...... To be honest, Agnes originally thought that the desire corresponded to the desire to live, and of course it makes sense to say that this fear was born from the desire to live, but this is obviously more similar to the state of the pirate captain who produced this desire before his death, and the owner of this corpse may not have such a strong fear at the time - the seed of longing may be more affected by the generator than she originally thought.

Judging from the reaction of the living corpse before, he will subconsciously obey his orders, even enough to fight against the instinct in the subconscious; When she doesn't give a direct order, he will also react according to the meaning of the words.

In this way, she left more spirits in the corpse than she expected, and even retained a certain ability to think.

Agnes cut the threads under her hand, and there was no sign of stitching except for the cracks that had been revealed by the whitening edges of the wounds.

"I didn't expect the skills taught by Rhaenys to be used here," she suddenly laughed as she looked at the wound that no longer looked so hideous, "I'm afraid I'll use it a lot in the future." ”

She looked up at the scarlet, cloudy eyes of the living corpse, who sat up in the gaze of Agnes.

"Come down, I'll call you Karpas later." Agnes turned and walked towards the cellar exit, "I need to put on some makeup, or you'll be too conspicuous right now." ”

"Although Olavi Island is only a colony of Rune, I am not prepared to force you to become a real corpse again as soon as I get my first living corpse."

......

"When can I return to Fenerport?" Stitch handed over the suitcase in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and asked.

"This needs to wait for the order of the Holy See." The young man with curly black hair, a dark complexion, and a high nose and deep eyes replied.

"Then if I encounter something that needs to be reported......" The incongruous face twitched almost imperceptibly, and asked aloud.

"If it's something unimportant, the message can be sent back to the church through a point of contact; And if the matter is urgent or serious...... "the young man's face is a little serious," immediately contact His Excellency Utravsky. ”

"Your Excellency Utravsky?" Stitch hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but repeat it.

"Yes, he is the Divine Servant of the Church on the Sea of Sunia who is in charge of the affairs here." The young man nodded and explained.

He thought about it for a while, and then couldn't help but ask, "Don't contact the priesthood except for Your Excellency. ”

"I understand." Stitch nodded, "How do I contact His Excellency Utravsky?" ”

"You don't need to worry about that," the young man began, "Your Excellency Utravsky will be here in the near future, and you will be informed from the point of contact. ”

"Okay, I see." Stitch made a prayer gesture on his chest, "May Mother God bless you, Loreto." ”

With a smile on his lips, the young man nodded, and also made a prayer gesture on his chest, "May the Mother Goddess wish you all the best, Stitch." ”

Stitch stood silently on the dock and watched the ship go away, the morning glow turning the normally turquoise sea golden.

"The Blighter will pass away and come back to life; And the new ones will be convinced that life is precious and that the harvest is gratifying. ”

He reverently drew a prayer gesture on his chest again, turned and left the docks.

......

Agnes surveyed the face of the living corpse, her fingers hooking up a little of the liquid from the bottle and rubbing it on the side of the bridge of the corpse's nose.

The sound of slight footsteps came from outside the door, and Agnes clearly noticed that the body of the living corpse instantly tensed.

"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Agnes closed the cap and raised her voice.

The doorknob is pressed, and Lani's figure emerges from behind the door that has been pushed open.

"Shall we go out today?" Lani glanced at the living corpse, didn't take a step, stood still and looked up at Agnes.

Agnes glanced at the living corpse and said, "Of course you go out." ”

Lani nodded, turned and closed the door.

Agnes retracted her gaze and looked at the living corpse, just at that moment, if Lani took another step forward, she had no doubt that the living corpse, not Karpaz, would directly attack Lani.

And judging by Lani's reaction, there is no doubt that her always sharp intuition also gave her a premonition that she could not move forward.

With Karpass's body transformed by mid-sequence potions and his current state as a living corpse, Agnes didn't think Lani would be able to dodge Karpass's attacks.

"Looks like I'm going to have to let you stay here and guard the door first."

Agnes put the bottles and cans back on the table and said casually.