"How?" Seeing Ryan, Leah and Valentine asked in unison.

Although they had believed Lumian's words, people were always lucky, and they still had the expectation that maybe the problem was not so serious, but that the kid was not knowledgeable enough to exaggerate it.

Ryan looked around, and saw that there was no one else around the elm tree, and said in a deep voice:

"I don't dare to ask too directly, I only know that the real date is late April, and the specific date is not clear."

Leah and Valentine fell silent at the same time.

I and the others are indeed stuck in a weird time loop!

And judging by various files and materials, this is definitely not something that the three of them should face, nor is it something they can handle.

They are all veterans who have been through many extraordinary events, and this is the first time they have encountered such a serious and abnormal situation.

Leah couldn't help but turn her head sideways and look at Lumian:

"What the hell is your village of Cordu?"

Abnormalities are everywhere, one is more exaggerated than the other!

"I don't know." Lumian looked "innocent": "Before the cycle, the environment here was beautiful, the people were simple, everyone was normal and hospitable. ”

He didn't tell the three outsiders that the man standing in front of them was also one of the anomalous ones.

Ryan sighed and said:

"I've never encountered so many anomalies at once, and each one is severe."

"It's the most dangerous situation I've ever faced." Valentine chimed in.

In this regard, Lumian was a little numb, and sneered:

"It's normal that you haven't encountered it before, because all the people who have encountered it have died."

"......," Leah smiled at him, "don't talk if you can't speak, people like you don't grow up anywhere else." ”

"Strangled in the cradle?" Lumian laughed at himself, and turned to Ryan to ask, "Did you ask for an answer to the priest of the Duplicate Hall?" ”

Ryan nodded:

"In recent years, some very similar legends have appeared in different places in the north and south continents.

"Legend has it that Heaven has banished a group of sinful elves and sent them to the earth, where they can only live in the bodies of humans, hoping that one day they will be able to atone for their sins, be forgiven, and return to Heaven.

"In some legends, those elves are transparent lizards.

"Well, I'm talking about elves not the elves of ancient times, it's closer to the mixed concept of goblins and various spirits."

In recent years? Lumien remembers that the legend of the "Night Lady" has only appeared in recent years.

What's wrong with the world?

He thought for a moment and asked:

"Is it the heavenly kingdom of any god?"

Ryan shook his head:

"It's amazing that everyone who claims to have seen an elf thinks it's from the realm of the local gods."

Local deities refer to the righteous gods of the local faith.

A kingdom of heaven with different gods? Lumian raised his head and looked at the blue sky.

That lizard-like elf from the sky?

But according to Aurel, above the sky is the starry sky, and each star represents a world.

So, alien creatures?

Or, from the astral plane on the occult?

As thoughts echoed, Lumian asked with a little curiosity:

"In some legends, those elves are transparent lizards, but what about others?"

Ryan shook his head again:

"They can only find out these in a short period of time, and the specific situation may have to communicate with the headquarters to find out."

At this time, Lia said thoughtfully:

"I've heard a little bit of elf legends.

"The last time I met a man from Lemburg, he said that farmers in many parts of the South-Central have believed in the existence of mischievous elves for several years, who make a mess of their homes and fields, or do all kinds of pranks, which are called 'funny'." (Note 1)

The south-central zone refers to the region where the small states of Lemburg, Marcy, and Segal are located, and also includes a few areas of the Republic of Intius, the Kingdom of Rune, and the Kingdom of Fenerport.

Most of it is located on a plateau, mountainous, forested, with numerous ruins and legends.

It's really not an independent phenomenon...... Lumian listened attentively.

"Different elves seem to behave differently." Ryan said as if he was thinking, "And the 'lizard' that inhabits the human body is probably the most evil one, and it's not sure if it's the most dangerous, well, with so many anomalies in Kordu, the parasitism of the elves shouldn't be an isolated phenomenon, maybe someone wants to use it to control the priest of the dungeon hall." ”

Thinking clearly...... Lumian glanced at the villagers who had returned home after various things, and said to Liya and the others.

"See you at half past three in the afternoon, behind the hill where the Administrator's castle stood.

"You're going to go with me to search for clues, right?"

"Yes." Ryan agreed.

Seeing that Lumian was leaving, Leah hurriedly called out to him:

"That's it?

"You must at least tell us more about the state of the castle, the people in it, and the anomalies that Madame Poalis is exhibiting, we can't explore and search for them unprepared."

Although Lumien was reluctant to think about Madame Pualis, he had to admit that Leah's request was very reasonable, so he had to endure the discomfort and explain it in its entirety.

Ryan and the others, who had known what was going on before, were still shocked even if they were mentally prepared, and their expressions became more or less sluggish.

Soon, Leah laughed loudly:

"It doesn't matter to me, anyway, it's likely to experience something like that in the future, and you, this is an opportunity that other men can't meet in their lives, so you have to cherish it."

Valentine ignored her joke and whispered with a grim expression:

"It's all supposed to be purified, it's supposed to be purified!"

Lumian didn't want to irritate this guy, so he waved his hand and said:

"See you in the afternoon."

After taking a few steps, he turned his body, looked at Ryan, and asked vigilantly:

"Did Bertrand know the contents of your telegram?"

Bertrand was the telegraph operator in charge of the corresponding affairs, and if he knew the date and the legend of the elves, it would mean that the magistrate knew it, and the magistrate knew it, and the administrator knew it, and if the magistrate knew it, he knew it.

"Don't worry." Ryan said gently, "We have the agreed code word, which he can't understand. ”

Lumian breathed a sigh of relief and left the village square and headed back to his own building.

After walking some distance, he saw Ava. Lizier was driving a flock of white geese home.

"Yo, isn't this our 'spring elf'?" Lumien struggled to make himself forget the bloody and brutal scene at the end of the Lent celebration, greeting Ava with his usual jokes.

Ava was a little embarrassed:

"I haven't chosen it yet!"

Her delicate facial features set off the off-white long dress on her body that was not so rustic.

"Surely." Lumien smiled and said, "Raymond and I will help you canvass for votes." ”

Ava suddenly showed a surprised expression:

"You don't know?"

"Know what?" Lumian chuckled inexplicably.

Could it be that something happened in the village that was not part of the "historical" process?

Ava observed his expression, suspecting that he was teasing herself.

After a few seconds, the girl frowned slightly and said:

"Raymond is missing, you don't know?"

"Huh?" Lumian was too shocked to hide his expression as he normally would.

In the last loop, he and Raymond. Clegg met almost every day from the next day, March 30, until April 5, Lent.

At that time, they followed the process of the waterside ritual, and Raymond, who had thrown the last sacrifice, up and threw him into the river, and Raymond, like the previous people, swam farther away, and could not go ashore until he left the ritual site, and did not go out until night.

From that day on, in the next two cycles, Lumian had too much to do to play with Raymond.

Who knows, today, Ava suddenly told him that Raymond was missing!

This is something that didn't happen in the last cycle!

Seeing Lumian's expression, the doubts in Ava's aqua blue eyes dissipated:

"You don't know......

"Raymond's dad might come to you today and ask where Raymond went."

Lumian pressed the turbulent waves in his heart and asked:

"When did Raymond disappear?"

Could it be that I didn't go to him according to the "historical" process, so something happened?

"Two days ago." Ava recalled, "He said that he never came back after going out on the afternoon of the 29th, and his family originally thought that he was drunk in the old tavern or chatting with the 'young man', but he only started looking for it last night, and he should have come to ask you today......

She paused and lowered her voice:

"They suspected that Raymond didn't want to learn how to shepherd sheep and ran away."

Think I instigated it, wait and question me? Lumian probably understood what had happened.

And this point in the afternoon of the 29th reminded him of the beginning of the cycle.

The last two cycles started on the afternoon of the 29th!

That is, Raymond disappeared at the beginning of the loop? This means that perhaps no one deliberately changes the course of "history" because it is too late to ...... So why are there such mutations and differences? Lumien fell into deep thought.

Ava glanced at him and asked in a low voice:

"Do you know where Raymond went?"

"I haven't seen him in the past few days." Lumien was telling the truth.

He began to suspect that Raymond's disappearance had something to do with being thrown into the river during the last cycle.

But there's no way Raymond can leave the village of Cordur because of this, that would trigger the loop.

Saying goodbye to Ava, Lumian forced his composure and made his way home.

He didn't care about anything else, and first told Raymond about Saurore's disappearance.

Aurel's expression sank, frowned slightly, and whispered:

"If you don't mention it, I've forgotten this person a little bit......"

She paced back and forth in a simple pink dress, and Lumian began to think about possible reasons.

After a while, Aurore looked at his brother and said solemnly:

"I remember that the essence of the Lenten waterside ritual was to offer sacrifices to the concept of 'water' represented by the river, is there a possibility that Raymond, who was thrown into the water, was also a sacrifice and was taken away by a certain being?

"After that, because there is no substance corresponding to him, the cycle manifests itself as missing."

Lumian shook his head:

"That's going to trigger the loop."

Humans leaving the village of Koldu and the surrounding area should trigger.

Aurore asked in a deep voice:

"What if it's in the form of a corpse?"

Note: In Swiss folklore, a type of elf is called "funny".

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