The sky is a melancholy deep blue.

Due to its proximity to the Bot Sea to the east, the monsoon winds in Seleface are always accompanied by the refreshing smell of the sea.

It's the middle of summer, and the rains are so frequent that people always carry umbrellas when they travel, just in case the naughty water falling from the sky waltzes on their already slimy scalps.

In such weather, most middle-class families who don't need to struggle to make a living choose to sip a glass of wine in a comfortable chair and feel the peace of mind in the sound of the rain.

In the third-floor room of the Requiem Chapel, Kane leaned over the ground, doing push-ups as best he could.

Next to Kane, a little brown-haired girl with her sister's hair combed was looking at her sweaty brother with great interest.

"Thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two...... Brother KaneBrother Kane, you're so weak, you can't even do fifty. ”

He gasped twice on the wooden floor with his arms propped up, but Kane was not angry at Anna's words.

"Yes, my brother is not in good health, so he needs to exercise more, and he needs Anna's company even more.

If it weren't for Anna, my brother wouldn't be able to do even thirty-two, and Anna was the source of my brother's motivation to persevere. ”

Facing Kane's doting smile, Anna's somewhat baby-fat little face was stunned, and then she quickly pursed her lips and turned her head, her voice a little lowered.

"Humph! I'm not my brother's source of motivation......"

With a small retort and handing the towel to Kane who sat up, Anna quickly regained her cheerful and mischievous look again, staring intently at Kane.

"I didn't feel it so strong when you were recuperating in bed before, but today I'm very sure that Brother Kane has changed!"

With a chuckle in his heart, Kane struggled to suppress his fast-beating heart, but smiled casually.

"Then Anna should tell me, how did my brother change?"

Glancing up and down Kane's brother in front of her again, Anna's little face was a little more uncertain.

"It's not like the wooden brother who was like a stuffy gourd before, and he has learned to say good things to deceive girls, and there are more! My brother has lost his previous sense of depression, and it's like a ...... Well...... How do you say good...... Right! It's like a different person! ”

"Kane! Anna! Come down for breakfast! Grandpa Herag is coming back today for the resting ceremony, you two need to prepare early! ”

Jessica's loud voice came from downstairs, and Anna stuck out her little tongue and waved at Kane.

"I'll go down first~Thin Kane's brother remembers to get dressed~"

The rebuilt wooden door was piggyback closed by Anna, and Kane pursed her lips and stood up and pulled the door open, walking to the bathroom mirror.

A handsome but somewhat gloomy face appeared in the mirror.

"I thought that a serious illness could be used as an opportunity for personality change, but I didn't expect to be seen by Anna at a glance, is it so obvious?"

He patted his face, his brows softened, and the curvature of his lips curled.

The gloomy face became calm and supple, the corners of the lips were downturned, and the muscles on both sides of the cheeks were slightly strained.

The gentle face in the mirror suddenly became a little more cold and the immature arrogance unique to the rebellious teenager.

It's not difficult to make this look that hasn't been beaten by society, after all, Kane was also from his previous life.

"I'm Kane, and I'm a sixteen-year-old rebellious teenager who is proud of his identity as the Konstantin family and hates socializing and socializing."

"Goo~Goo~"

Kane, who heard the voice, turned his head sharply, and on the windowsill of the bathroom, the white-faced owl, which had always seen the dragon without a head and tail, flapped its wings and flew away.

"White coo? When did it come? ”

Retracting his wary gaze, Kane sighed.

"There is no real suspicion that their loved ones are possessed by other people's spirits, right? This is not a fantasy world that can be taken away, I just want to be a psychology priest who can explain others. ”

……

In the church garden, Herag stepped out of the tunnel, pressed the right eye of the bat, and the marble door behind him slowly closed.

Vibrating its wings and landing on the tall old man's right shoulder, the white-faced owl tilted its head and brushed its feathers with its beak.

"Your grandson has been possessed by an unknown demon, and the real Kane is probably dead."

The body that had never wavered trembled slightly, and the old man's right hand holding the silver staff tightened, but his face was still indifferent.

"Whether he's dead or not, I'll make sure."

The white-faced owl on his shoulder still refused to give up, and his words were quite dissatisfied.

"I show you the door every day, don't you believe me?"

"I believe you, if he is really a demon, I will personally end his life."

……

It was almost 8 o'clock when the rain stopped.

After eating in a hurry, Kane, who had changed into a probationary priest's robe, walked out of the church with his younger siblings, and Kelly, a probationary nun who had just finished washing pots and dishes, followed Jessica and looked at Kane, whose face had returned to his cold past, with some concern.

Ramos beckoned to a dozen family members of the deceased with sheets in hand, while Fern and Taylor placed the bodies on the cemetery's green lawn covered with thick shrouds, waiting for the yet-to-be-arrived Herag to complete his resting ceremony.

"Families, the preparations for the dormition ceremony have been completed, please follow me to the cemetery, and when the ceremony is completed, you can choose further services or take the body away according to the contents of the package."

Following Jessica, Kane found that several young women in the family of the deceased were wiping tears while looking at him secretly, and he couldn't help but feel that whether it was in his past life or in this life, his overly outstanding appearance would always bring him one kind of trouble.

Occasionally, I want to experience the life of ordinary people.

The cemetery to the north is not far from the church, and it took only more than twenty minutes for the people walking along the stone path to reach their destination.

Walking into the cemetery, dark crosses and granite tombstones are neatly arranged in the cemetery, feeling the solemn atmosphere of death, and the young Fries and Anna look a little cramped.

Thirteen corpses, which had long been disposed of by the funeral director, lay peacefully on the shroud, waiting for true rest.

Generally speaking, the deceased will first try to be sent to the hospital for rescue, and after the hospital declares that the rescue is ineffective, the church will record the deceased.

After that, the funeral society will take the initiative to contact the family of the deceased, and after the cremation or burial is confirmed, the funeral director of the funeral society will carry out a decent repair of the deceased's appearance, and finally the qualified pastor will hold a resting ceremony before the burial or cremation.

After the dormition service is completed, the family of the deceased with the certificate issued by the church can apply by the church to bury the deceased's coffin or urn.

Otherwise, if the Church finds out that the family of the deceased does not have a proof of the repositorial rites, they will face a hefty fine, and in serious cases, they will face criminal imprisonment in the Inquisition.

In France, the powers of the Inquisition were much greater than those of the police.

Even though everything in front of him was new, Kane was attracted by the old man standing on the outskirts of the cemetery with his back to him.

It was the 'first time' for him to see his grandfather, whom he had never met, but he found that he was just looking at the other party, and a kind of pressure came to his heart.

This 'grandfather' seems to be very simple.

"Wow, Grandpa Herag is still so scary!"

"Fries, do you have any sense that Grandpa seems to be unhappy?"

"Is there one?"

"Stop gossiping, you two, be as serious as your brother Kane!"

Fourteen-year-old Anna and fifteen-year-old Friese whispered, and Jessica patted the two children on the head, successfully making the siblings shut their reluctant little mouths.

The old man with the holy book in his hand turned around, glanced at the crowd who didn't dare to breathe, paused on Kane's face as if he didn't have anything, and then nodded and motioned for Fern and Taylor to retreat.

Walking slowly to the corpse, the old man's short silver staff tapped the stone slab on the ground with a heavy thumping sound.

"Welcome, thank you to the three gods, we are gathered here, bathed in the light of the three gods to witness the rest."

"Thanksgiving ......"

"Thanksgiving ......"

Moved by the three gods, Gerag opened the holy book and read the prayer of rest revealed by the holy book in a heavy manner.

"His Lamb rests in heaven, but there are fools on earth who suffer because of strife......

The family members of the deceased put their hands together in front of them, and the rest of the people also bowed their heads and closed their eyes, listening to the scriptures spoken by the old man.

“…… May all glory and praise be to the three gods, and rest for departed souls, amen. ”

Recalling the 'rustic' French words of the old man's mouth, Kane opened his eyes and looked at the thirteen corpses that had never changed in any way, and always felt that something on the corpses seemed to be missing where he couldn't see.

Shaking his head, Kane dismissed it as a delusion.

After the ceremony, the old man took out the seal from his arms, and the family members of the deceased stepped forward in turn to stamp the certificate with a red seal.

When the shroud is re-covered, the deceased should go, stay, and cremat, and die with more etiquette and morality than when they were alive.

"Kelly, take care of your younger siblings."

Jessica said a word to Kelly, and went with her husband Fern to deal with the customers who were going to be buried in the churchyard.

Ramos was in charge of accompanying the families who were going to remove the bodies and wanted to go elsewhere for burial or cremation, waiting for Taylor to drive into the cemetery in a van.

Silent passengers are pulled directly to the parking lot outside the church to change vehicles, and they are completely buried in hearses from funeral homes or crematoriums.

Adults have their own things, and children have their own fun.

"I'm the Inquisitor! I declare you guilty! You are guilty, what to run, you are also guilty! Accusation...... Accusation...... The crime is to revere the great Inquisitor of Fries! Death penalty! All are subject to death! ”

Gathering in front of the ant nest under the tree, Anna saw that she could not stop Fries's evil deeds to the poor ants, so she pretended not to see it, and turned her head to whisper to Kelly.

"Sister Kelly, I heard from my classmates that nuns are really pitiful and can't experience the pleasure of women in their lives, is it true? What exactly is a woman's pleasure? Sister Kelly, who wants to become a real nun, must know, right? ”

Avoiding the inquisitive gaze of the curious girl, Kelly's ears and neck turned pink at a visible rate, and she was speechless for a long time.

"Hmm! Be...... Be...... This one...... I, I'm ...... too"

"Sister Kelly, you don't know, do you? Wouldn't it, wouldn't it? ”

"Anna, come here."

Kane, who had a cold face, found that he couldn't continue to be silent, what kind of school was this, and what was going on with Anna's classmates?

Is this something that little ones should discuss?

"Brother Kane? I always feel that you have bad intentions? Is your face stuck with glue again? It was as stretched as the bark of a tree. ”

"Come here."

"Oh."

Looking down at the cute little girl who was a head and a half shorter than himself, Kane couldn't help but sigh that the genes of the Constantine family were really strong.

Bending slightly, Kane looked solemnly at his somewhat timid cousin and organized his words.

"Which classmate told you that? Male or female? What is your relationship? ”

"Yes...... It was a female classmate named Sylvia, who was in the same class as me and was a good friend of mine. ”

Anna responded cautiously, only to feel that the brother in front of her was a little strange, compared to the early morning, it was almost like two people, to say that it was similar to the cold and gloomy style before the illness, it was not very appropriate, anyway, it was very awkward.

"Anna, let me tell you, a good girl shouldn't discuss these issues, and she shouldn't use such questions to embarrass her sister."

Speaking very seriously, Kane noticed that the little girl seemed a little unimpressed, and began to question himself in turn.

"I'm just curious, is there anything I can't ask? The teacher also said in class, if you don't understand the problem, you have to understand it, and you and your sister are not willing to tell me, then I will go to someone else, hum! ”

"Okay Kane, leave it to me Anna, I'll explain it to her."

Although Kelly stepped forward in time to try to ease the atmosphere between the two, Anna still relentlessly spoke.

"I really thought you had changed, you knew it but you wouldn't tell your sister, Kane, you're such a terrible brother! I hate you! ”

Seeing the indignant Anna running in the direction of the church, Kelly glanced helplessly at Kane and quickly followed, only Fries stood up from the root of the tree in a daze.

"Huh? What happened to Anna and Sister Kelly? Brother Kane? ”

Looking at the 'younger brother' in front of him with complicated eyes, Kane found that it was simply unrealistic to say that he really recognized and accepted these relatives who occupied the body of 'Kane'.

For myself, those memories inherited from the original body are more like an external hard drive damaged by the computer, and I can only read some important memories from it that have not yet dissipated, but I cannot receive any emotions from the hard drive.

The love for his loved ones, the pride of his family, and his dissatisfaction with himself, the feelings that 'Kane' once had were like a pale piece of paper to himself, not only meaningless, but also at the right time to give himself a sense of deranged nothingness and disgust. (End of chapter)