When Oswald pushed Ivus through the door, it wasn't just the houseservant who came to greet them.

Yulia was holding her puppet in her pajamas and stood quietly in front of the window.

She watched as Oswald pushed his wheelchair slowly down the front door. Then he trotted to the door to greet him.

"Miss Yulia is waiting for you."

Oswald whispered behind Ivus.

Ivus nodded, also lowering his voice, "I think Yuri is just a little lonely. After all, those children who are the same age as her are playing with their classmates at school. But the only person Yuri could see was me. ”

The old butler sighed and said nothing.

Just brought it to the door when Yulia came up. Keep the cold winter wind out of the evening.

He frowned and said solemnly, "Miss Yulia, it's cool in winter. Please also do not get too close to the main entrance. ”

“…… I'm fine. ”

Yulia whispered a little stubbornly, "I've already taken the medicine twice. ”

"That's not going to work either."

The old housekeeper said without hesitation: "You are already weak, if you catch a cold, it will be even more troublesome......"

“…… It's all right, Mr. Oswald. Now if Yuri is sick, I can help her with it. ”

Ivas interrupted gently, "I think the sacred skill that Bishop Mathers taught me should be used at this moment. ”

As he spoke, he took off his coat first. Reveal the sweater inside.

Ivas put his hand in his sweater, using his body heat to try to warm it.

He had just returned from outside, and his coat and hands were covered with cold. For Yulia, whose body temperature is higher than normal, it will be very uncomfortable. It's like a person with a fever who is afraid of cold.

This is also Yulia's old problem.

From a very young age, Yulia has been housed in her body, the young Illusion Demon Flame Butterfly.

For example, this kind of qualified person who has a young ecological illusion in his body is called the "phantom egg".

Their mental power, physical strength, and even life force will be continuously withdrawn and supplied to the illusion in their body. When they die due to weakness or external forces, the demons in their bodies will awaken and cause disaster. But if you can safely develop the illusion to a certain extent, you can borrow part of the power of the illusion in your body without even embarking on the transcendent path.

With the further development of the illusion, the strength of the illusion egg will gradually increase, and the nutrients required for growth will become higher and more demanding. When the phantom grows to the point where he has attained a full personality, he is considered fully developed. They can choose to be forcibly awakened, or they can become symbiotic partners with their hosts.

The initiative of choice is in the hands of the phantom, not the host. That's why the host is called the Phantom Egg - because the majority of Phantoms choose the former.

But even though the illusion in Yulia's body hadn't awakened yet, it had already given her some of her strength. It also gave her a higher burden.

Yulia's body temperature will be several degrees higher than that of ordinary people.

Specifically, it's like being in a fever state for perpetuity. Her body temperature is a little higher than normal...... At the age of six or seven, he is half a degree higher than ordinary people; And now it's two degrees higher than the average person.

The body temperature is around 38 degrees 5 degrees all year round...... If she hadn't been treated regularly by the pastor of the church, she would have died long ago.

And the worst thing is that this high fever has nothing to do with disease and curses, so it cannot be cured by supernatural means. She can only heal her nerves and organs through illumination, and use potions to help her body replenish the nutrients needed by the illusions.

Yulia is also not James' biological daughter. The same is his adopted daughter.

The reason she is so close to Ivus is because they were in the same orphanage as children.

When Iwass was four years old, his biological parents died in an accident. He was too young at the time and had a vague memory. I don't know exactly what happened.

After that, Eivas entered an orphanage and met Yulia.

At that time, Yulia was still an infant foundling.

Yulia, who is still a baby, has an almost demonic power, often injuring the nurses. At that time, there were not many people who could easily approach her, only the dean's mother-in-law, Aunt Misu, who cooked, and Aihuas. So the work of taking care of her fell to the dean's mother-in-law...... But when her mother-in-law is old, Ivus, who has been extremely sensible since she was a child, will take the initiative to help.

Ivas was only three and a half years older than Yulia, but she was unusually mature. Not only did he not have the childish habits of his peers, but he was unusually calm and never panicked, like a well-informed adult—if he were not indeed as innocent as a child, and indeed did not understand anything, I am afraid that some people would suspect that another soul was lodged in him.

It's not impossible.

The preservators of the way of twilight, the amber craftsmen, can stuff one person's soul into another. Eivas was even frightening to the point of being frightened.

The orphanage brought in a pastor from the church to check whether his soul belonged to him.

The relationship between the two children, who are also abnormal, is getting better and better. Yulia almost always stuck to Ivus's side and never left.

At that time, in the orphanage, they were very thinly dressed. Yulia, whose body is like a furnace, can make Ivus very comfortable in winter, and Ivas at that time was holding Yulia to sleep peacefully without shivering from the cold.

It wasn't until the year Ivas was six years old that the two of them were adopted by James Moriarty.

Here Ivus remembers very well-

In fact, at first, James wanted to adopt only Yulia, not Aihuas.

But as soon as Yulia was pulled away from Ehuas, she cried very violently, heartbreaking, and mentally unstable. And her strength at that time was unusually huge - completely different from the weakness and powerlessness of now, there was an innate terrifying power.

She was only three years old at the time, but even several adults couldn't pull her.

Some people were even dragged to the ground directly by her, and the scene was chaotic. The whole orphanage was in a commotion for a long time, and many things were pulled down and broken by the crazy Yulia.

Later, James asked the dean's mother-in-law about something, and suddenly changed his mind and took the two of them together. Only then did Yulia calm down.

And as Yulia gradually became literate and her personality gradually became gentle and introverted, the innate weird power gradually faded. To this day, her body is so weak that she is inferior to even a girl of her age. Relying on priests and potions, he can barely stay alive.

Ivas had always been grateful to Yulia.

It is because of her that she has the opportunity to change her original fate. Born in an orphanage with no father and no mother, and the noble son surnamed "Moriarty", they must have a completely different future. And he was originally not adopted, just Yulia's "head". Despite James' kindness to Ewas, he never forgot that he was not needed in the first place.

For Ehuas, who lost his parents at a very young age, Yulia was the person he had really been in contact with the longest. Two years longer than his adoptive father and eldest brother.

And Yulia is also very dependent on Ehuas.

She has no feelings for her biological parents. For her, who had no parents for as long as she can remember, Eivas was her real family. The second is the dean's mother-in-law, Aunt Misu, James and the eldest brother Edward.

Ivas finished warming his hands before reaching out and motioning for Yulia to come over.

The white-haired and red-eyed girl obediently hugged Ivus's neck from the front. Her left knee knelt beside Ivus's lap, careful not to let her weight weigh on Ivus.

"Don't worry, Yuri. I'm not that vulnerable. ”

Ivas couldn't help but laugh.

He stretched out his right hand and gently pressed Yulia's left back, behind her heart.

With a little fire attribute mana as an inducement, the palm of his right hand bloomed with a fused light.

As a soft light seeped through Ivus's fingers, Yulia's body relaxed. The slow, shallow breathing gradually became calmer—the pain was easily dispelled by Ivus.

Although she had been ill for a long time, James was not seriously ill with continued treatment, as he would call in a priest to treat various injuries before his physical condition deteriorated. It only took two points of light attribute mana for Aihuas to heal her body.

Immediately, Ivus removed his right, which was still shining, from his back and pressed it against Yulia's forehead.

As the light nourished her spirit, her sluggish mental state immediately improved. This time, Aihuas didn't even spend a little mana.

Yulia's body was still hot. But apparently she was able to get a good night's sleep today.

"Good girl," the corners of Aihuas's mouth rose slightly, "Let's go, let's go to dinner......"

At this moment, Ivas casually touched the "Pastor's Tantra" on his lap.

His movements paused slightly.

Because I had never touched Yulia's "Shepherd's Tantra" at all, at this moment, there was a scorching heat that was as hot as Yulia's body, and a strange feeling that was completely different from before.

It's like Ivus wasn't stroking the cover of a book. Rather, it was touching the skin of Yulia's back.

Without the barrier of clothing, its heat was even better than the heat that Eivas had felt when he had just touched Yulia. It's burning to the point of almost hot hands.

But the strange sense of disobedience made Ivus look down.

The air did not heat up, and its material did not change in any way. It's still the same cowhide-like material.

Then Ivus suddenly realized that it was so hot, but he didn't feel the heat on his legs. Only his right hand, which had just used the illumination technique, had this illusion, and even the temperature of the left hand was normal.

So Ivas quietly handed the hot tantric book to Yulia: "Help my brother go and put this book in his study, okay?" ”

"Hmm."

Yulia nodded lightly.

She didn't have any special reaction when she took the book.

It's as if you don't feel the heat at all.

Ivas asked with concern, "Do you feel a little cold?" It's been exposed to the outside for a long time. ”

"A little, but it's okay," Yulia asked with a snort, "where to put it, brother?" ”

"Put it at your desk. This is the book that my brother will read after eating for a while. ”

"Okay."

Yulia nodded in response, then took the book and left.

Ivus confirmed one thing.

It seems that only I can feel the change in the temperature and touch of "Shepherd Tantra".

Interesting, he thought to himself.

Let's study it after eating.