Because of the words of Arrodus in the dream, Crane quickly woke up and made up his mind to immediately concoct potions to advance to Sequence Six.

He glanced at the time, and there were still three hours left before the morning.

After performing the ritual of praying to himself, Crane walked into the kitchen with the ingredients, the cauldron he had bought new yesterday, in preparation for the potion he had recently brewed.

After cleaning and burning the surface dry with flames, Crane carefully proofread the potion recipe for the "Faceling" in his mind.

The brain mutation pituitary and blood of the Thousand-Face Hunter needed in the materials, Crane had already made a deal through the vampire Emlyn White of the Harvest Chapel, and he had collected it before, and now that he even had the last hair of the Deep Sea Naga in his hands, he could be promoted at any time.

But Klein felt that there was no need to wait, the sooner the better, the sooner he could master the gray mist and control the ball of light, maybe the sooner he could restore Esther's safe free body.

Although both men are now "resurrected" in their own ways, Klein will never forget Esther's tragic call when he fell that day in Tingen.

He didn't want the day when he had to call her by name.

Strength, strength is everything that lays the foundation of the extraordinary world, and it must go further.

Holding the glass bottle containing the freshly brewed potion, Crane took a few seconds to calm down after divination to confirm the extent of the damage, and then he tilted his head and poured the black-green liquid with the bubbles of the human face into his mouth.

The feedback of the extraordinary potion instantly caused Crane's body to dissolve, and after he tried his best to meditate and try to keep his body stable, he finally got through the most difficult loss of control of his promotion.

He was successfully promoted to become the "Faceling" of Sequence 6.

Klein turned back into the appearance of "Zhou Mingrui" in the mirror and smiled at himself.

Fortunately, I haven't been left too far by my fellow countrymen, and I must share this good news with her next time we meet and surprise her.

As Klein reached out and wiped it lightly on his face, it instantly changed to Emlyn's face, and then he changed again, and the mirror reflected Captain Dunn's face.

Is this the "Faceling"...... Hopefully it won't scare her.

Klein's smile deepened as he imagined Esther's surprise reaction.

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New day, new morning.

Esther didn't sleep particularly well that night, and she always felt a constant stirring in her head, which made her wake up soon after she fell asleep. But what the "spiritual intuition" gave back to her was not a warning about danger, but more like a stress response after sensing some kind of abnormality.

Because the "alarm clock" was blaring the alarm, Esther climbed out of bed early and went into the bathroom in a state of exhaustion.

"It's noisy, I can't turn it off yet, I can't open my brain......"

Esther washed her face with water for a while before she gradually regained her composure and refreshed herself from her annoying wake-up gas.

Soon, she left the hotel again, and Xiao Qi also went out with her, but soon flew in the direction of the West District.

Instead of asking what it was going to do, Esther took the steam subway and headed to Hilston for today's "wandering show". Esther's explanations to the shops change a little each time, and although they are all inconsequential, she is becoming more and more adept at using lies.

Today she played a very light cuckoo waltz, which made the drizzle outside the café less gloomy.

A carriage passed by the door of the café when it suddenly stopped for some reason, and a well-dressed lady stepped down from it, followed by a personal maid holding up an umbrella for her.

The lady clasped her hands on her lower abdomen, and when Esther raised her eyes, her hands suddenly twisted together, as if awakened from a play, and hurried back to the carriage without looking again.

Esther did not stop playing, but kept her eyes on the direction in which the carriage had departed.

At that moment, she smelled something seductive.

Like a freshly baked hot cake and freshly brewed thick cocoa, it is very sweet and attractive.

However, the lady was not extraordinary, and Esther could see this, so she was even less sure where this feeling was coming from, and the other party was probably hiding her presence.

"Fate"? What a wonderful fate.

After Esther finished playing, she put down the harmonica, and the shopkeeper smiled and applauded her: "That's good!" I agree that you will stay and play. At noon and evening, there will definitely be many guests who are willing to come here and eat with music. ”

"Thank you for your generosity," Esther replied with a smile, "I'll give you half of the tip when the time comes, and I'll pay for the venue, and it's not for me to perform on the streets on a rainy day." ”

"Hahaha, you should learn some professional instruments, kid! Like a violin or a piano or something, go to a big concert hall or something like that to make better use of your talents. ”

Esther smiled and chatted with the other party, perfunctory the topic, but in her heart she was still wondering about the identity of the lady just now, and she was very curious about what attracted her.

——

Friday, December 24.

After two days of light rain, there are only clouds and haze left in Beckland today, but everyone who lives here still brings an umbrella to go out.

The cold, damp air sticks to the skin, and no one knows when the raindrops will fall again.

As Crane explored the Grey Mist, he found a staircase leading to the top, but he couldn't climb it with his current Sequence Six, which made him even more curious about what was up there.

Back in the hall propped up by the stone pillars, Crane raised his hand to summon the ball of light down.

This time, he could even clearly sense the power it contained, unusually pure but full of dead silence, as if the withered giant tree had lost all its vitality.

The nature of the power inside is very ethereal, and it is not the same as the gray fog that Klein feels, but it seems to have been eroded by the gray fog for too long, and has lost its autonomy, and can only be suppressed in the container where the gray fog is condensed.

Crane had a hunch that he would have to continue to improve himself in order to uncover the secrets hidden by this ball of light, just like the staircase on the Grey Mist.

Since the time hadn't come yet, and he couldn't think of a reason, Crane didn't bother with it anymore.

He left the gray fog and returned to the real world, and began to prepare dinner for himself.

Just as Klein tossed the potatoes and carrots into the saucepan and fastened the lids, his spiritual instinct moved, and the doorbell rang quickly.

Crane smiled and opened the door, seeing Esther's smiling face again.

"Welcome, it's a goulash with potatoes tonight. You come so punctually every time, do you have a monitor in my kitchen? ”

Esther shook her head repeatedly: "How is it possible! I believe it's just my luck that I can always rub on your craft. ”

In fact, Esther does like to pick a dinner time to find Klein, after all, he is more likely to be at home at this time.

Rubbing rice is just by the way, huh.

Esther certainly didn't come empty-handed, except for a white umbrella, and she carried a paper bag with a jar of hard fruit candy and carrot cake, as well as two pieces of crème brûlée that had been slightly distorted by the bumps.

But...... Klein seems to be something different today, especially relatable. Esther glanced at Klein a few times, but didn't directly see anything unusual.

As soon as Esther walked in the door, a light rain fell outside, slamming lightly against the window.

Both of them were a little surprised, but Klein quickly reacted and looked at Esther funny: "Should I say it or not, your good luck is indeed enviable." ”

Esther smirked and put the things in her hand on the table: "Luck is also part of strength, right?" ”

Crane went back to the saucepan to check it out, snapped his fingers to make the flame smaller, and simmered, the aroma of the cooked beef wafting through the room.

"It's so convenient, and you can directly adjust the fire like this." Esther stared at the boiler curiously, then turned to Klein, "But I always feel like there's something wrong with you?" ”

Before Crane could answer Esther's words, the doorbell rang again.

"There's a lot of guests tonight."

"Do you need me to recuse myself?" Esther asked.

Klein shook his head: "It's okay, if the official extraordinary person comes to visit, I will kick the coat rack as a signal, and you go upstairs to avoid it." ”

Esther nodded, and retreated back into the kitchen, not wondering who was coming.

It didn't take long for Klein to return to the living room, and after putting down the postcard in his hand, he called out to Esther: "It's okay, it's my lawyer friend, you can come out." ”

"Did he come to you to investigate?" Esther asked casually.

"No, he's going to take his family on vacation to the south next week, so he came to talk to me. Just in case, he came over and handed me a colleague's business card. ”

"Next week......" Esther picked up the dishes from the cupboard and set them up on the table, "it's good, the weather in the south should be much better than in Beckland." ”

"It's almost the New Year, after all."

"And what are your New Year's plans?"

When Esther asked, the two were enjoying the steaming pot of potato goulash over Esther's slices of white bread lightly fried with crushed garlic and olive oil.

"No, probably just stay in Beckland, I may go to sea again in the next year to seek promotion, and I will remember to tell you when the time comes. What about you? ”

Esther gestured twice on the slices of bread with her hand, pondering that the time would come to cut out two "Fu" characters on red paper, one for each person: "If you want to stay, we may be able to spend the New Year together." Idle is idle, we can make dumplings! I still will. ”

Klein liked the idea, and his eyes lit up: "Good! What would you like to eat at that time? I went to buy materials. ”

Esther hesitated for two seconds and whispered, "...... Strawberry cream? ”

Silent.

Immediately after, the two broke out into laughter at the same time.

Klein covered his face helplessly, and waved his hand again and again while laughing: "This doesn't work, this really doesn't work!" It's pure dark cuisine! ”

The warm fireplace dispels the chill in the house, leaving the cold night outside in the drizzle.