「………………………」

I have to say that in a stormy broken house, it is indeed a bit awkward to sit like this.

The crowd sat together, and the woman in the red cloak sat on the other side, just looking at them without saying a word.

"Are you planning to go to the castle too?" This young lady?"

Mysterina broke the silence first, grinning as she watched the woman ask, but the other person shuddered and shrunk back.

"No......... I'm just a coward......... I don't dare ................"

As she spoke, the woman lowered her head.

「……… Everybody's been grafted."

「？？？」

Hearing the woman's dazed conversation, everyone was stunned, and the woman just stared at the bonfire and whispered.

"The people who came with me to the Junction and fought for me......... The hands, feet, and head were all cut off and became part of the spider."

"Uh..............."

"Woo.........

"Wow......"

Although I don't know what she is talking about, the content alone makes the girls turn blue, Mistrina looks confused, not knowing how to talk about it, and Lorena is also confused, Bambi screams in fright and gets into Duanmu Huai's arms. Seeing this scene, Ogis thought for a moment, then put down the book in her hand and got into Duanmu Huai's arms.

However, the woman didn't care about this, she just raised her head and looked at everyone with a pair of godless eyes.

"You know what? After being attached to a spider, a person will look like a chrysalis, right? It's amazing, isn't it?"

"That......... It's amazing."

Imagining a giant spider with the body of a person whose limbs and head had been cut off, Duanmu Huai's face twitched. Could it be that the castle they're going to next has something like this in it?

If that's the case, it's disgusting.

"Hehehe..............."

The woman chuckled, her appearance made Duanmu Huai feel a little like Alzheimer's, her two eyes stared ahead without focus, looking at something, and it seemed that she didn't see anything. Although she raised her head and faced Duanmu Huai and the others, the woman's eyes seemed to penetrate them, looking directly at the void behind them.

"Are you heading towards Stonewell? Is it because you listened to the kind words of Mr. White Mask? Or do you want to be part of a spider? If so, then it's the same as me."

"Uh......... This young lady, what do you want to become......... Connecting the limbs?"

Hearing this, Lorena couldn't help but ask, and her inquiry seemed to pierce the pain in the woman's heart, she lowered her head, looked at the ground, and muttered to herself.

"But I don't have the courage to have my hands and feet cut off and my head cut off ——— it's terrible. I'd love to be like everyone else, but I'm so scared, I'm too cowardly."

Well, that's more or less a common sense person.

In other words, normal people don't accept that kind of limb.

"Ah, yes."

At this time, the woman seemed to hear something, she lowered her head, then took out a small bottle from her arms and handed it to Duanmu Huai.

"Can you please take this child with you?" It's so pitiful to ask her to accompany me with such a coward.........

"It's ............... What?"

Duanmu Huai took the small glass bottle and looked at it, and there seemed to be some kind of dust inside. At the same time, his system also made a hint.

[Obtain the special item "Soul Jellyfish's Ashes"]

[Soul Jellyfish's Ashes: The ashes that lodge the soul, can summon the soul of the soul jellyfish, float in the air, illuminate the souls around it, the crying girl jellyfish is looking for a distant hometown, and will try to spew venom, the girl jellyfish is named Kurala]

Jellyfish? Girlish? Soul?

this

How should things be used?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai thought for a while, then grasped the glass bottle tightly, injected a trace of spiritual energy, and soon, I saw a huge jellyfish quietly emerge out of thin air, it exudes purple light, just suspended in the air, and the gentle tentacles are slowly dancing, looking very beautiful.

"Wow, that's beautiful!!"

Seeing this jellyfish, Bambi suddenly emerged from Duanmu Huai's arms and stared at it with wide eyes. And Lorena also looked at the soul jellyfish in front of her curiously, and gently stretched out her hand, only to see that the soul jellyfish seemed to understand Lorena's meaning, and also stretched out her tentacle and touched Lorena's fingers.

"It's so cute, Knight-sama."

"It's cute."

Duanmu Huai also stretched out his hand and poked the jellyfish in front of him, who shook slightly, and then returned to Duanmu Huai's side again. Although it is said to be a jellyfish, it is so beautiful and glows, it is already a pretty cute pet.

You see, there are still pets.

Looking at the soul jellyfish in front of him, Duanmu Huai was in a good mood, didn't he say before that sooner or later he would catch a small animal as a pet, now look at this, isn't it coming? This soul jellyfish is pretty cute, isn't it?

"Thank you, young lady."

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai also saluted the woman, who waved his hand.

"It's okay, and the soul likes you too, and I think this kid will be happy with you."

"Thank you anyway......... I wonder if there's anything we can do for you?"

"In that case...............

Hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, the woman hesitated and thought for a moment.

"If you're going to Stonewell City, please help convey it to everyone who has become a chrysalis: I love you, and I'm still scared, but sooner or later you'll become exactly like everyone else......... I'm finally less afraid of pain."

…………… Is it necessary?

Hearing the woman's words, everyone was speechless for a while, and Duanmu Huai had no choice but to nod. After getting Duanmu Huai's answer, the woman seemed to be relieved, and then she saluted to everyone, curled up in the corner next to her, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Looking at the sleeping woman, everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

"Knight, don't you really want to tell those people.........

"It sees."

In the face of Lorena's inquiry, Duanmu Huai also scratched her hair helplessly.

"Just listening to her, I don't think anything good will happen in this Stonewell City......... Anyway, let's rest first."

Soon, everyone also fell into a deep sleep, and Duanmu Huai sat in place, staring ahead, at this time, suddenly, Ogis's voice sounded.

"Master."

"Huh? What's wrong? Ogis?"

"Pain......... What does it feel like?"

"Hey......... Ah.........h

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai reacted at this time, Auis is a puppet, and there will be no pain, for her, whether it is dismantling her limbs or her head, I am afraid she will not have this feeling. Perhaps it was the fear that the woman had said about the grafting that aroused Ogis's curiosity, so she had such thoughts.

"What about it......... How can I put this to say, for ordinary living beings, pain is an instinctive expression, and when it is hurt, it will feel pain, and pain will remind you of danger.........

「……………？？？」

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Ogis still looked at him with unimaginable eyes, which made Duanmu Huai not know how to explain for a while.

It's like if you explain color to a blind person and tell him what is blue and what is red, he can't imagine it.

Or if she asks herself what it feels like to breathe, I'm afraid Duanmu Huai won't be able to answer either.

"Do you remember the flail?"

「……………

…… Hmm."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Okis's expression sank slightly and nodded.

"How do you feel when you think of her?"

"I don't know."

Ogis said as she reached out and placed it on her chest.

"I just feel that there is something strange here, and besides, the whole person seems to have become weak, and I don't want to move, and I don't want to think about it...............

"That's called sadness."

Duanmu Huai reached out and touched Ogis's head.

"That's what happens when people feel sad, how did you feel when your father died?"

"It's about the same time as the flail, but it seems to be ......... It's a little bit stronger."

Saying this, Ogis frowned slightly.

"More intense ......... It felt as if the whole body was being torn apart......... There is an indescribable feeling.........

"That's the pain."

"But I'm not hurt, am I?"

"It's a mental pain, and it's about the same as a physical pain."

"I see, that's the pain.........

Ogis pressed her chest and muttered to herself, and then she leaned against Duanmu Huai's side.

"But......... That way, it feels so much better."

As she spoke, Ogis closed her eyes.

"Will you please let me stay like this for a while? Master?"

"Of course, get some rest."

Duanmu Huai touched Ogis's hair, then leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.

Deep darkness, silky smooth, soft to the touch.

When Duanmu Huai opened his eyes again, he was not wearing clothes, but lying on a bed, and beside him, a white shadow was hugging him.

"Ah......... My King ........."

There was only one light in the dimly lit room, and the soft touch came, mixed with the woman's soft breathing and whispering, which appeared in Duanmu Huai's ears.

"Please let me hold you tight and feel your warmth......... My King......... I can feel your power, the power of destruction and death......... Please wake up......... Be our ........."

The sound gradually faded away, and the next moment, Duanmu Huai fell into a deep sleep again.