Chapter 14: The Psychic
A true psychic...... Klein silently read the description, did not speak again, and followed Dunn Smith out of the carriage.
Welch's residence in Tingen was a single-family house with a garden, a hollowed-out iron gate that allowed four horse-drawn carriages to travel at the same time, and street lamps every fifty meters on either side of the road, which were different from those Klein had seen in his previous life, they were gas lamps, and the height of the pillars was slightly equal to that of an adult man, so that they could be lit by fire.
The black metal clings to the glass, enclosing the grid, casting a classical "work of art" like a lantern, dancing with cold and warmth, shadow and light.
Treading on the darkened road, Crane and Dunn Smith entered Welch's rented place through a half-covered iron gate.
Directly opposite the gate is a two-carriage walkway, paved with cement that leads to the two-storey house.
With a garden on the left and a lawn on the right, the faint floral scent and refreshing smell are intertwined to make it feel refreshed.
As soon as he stepped in, Crane suddenly stood on his hair and looked left and right.
He felt that in the garden, in the shade of the lawn, on the top floor of the house, behind the swing, in the dim corners, there were pairs of eyes watching him!
It was empty, but Klein felt like he was on a busy street.
This strange contrast, this strange feeling, made his body tense, and there was a chill from the tail vertebrae upwards.
"There's a problem!" he couldn't help but remind Dunn.
Dunn walked to the side with the same expression, and replied flatly:
"Don't worry. ”
Seeing that the "night watchman" said this, Klein endured the creepy feeling of being followed, spied on, and looked at but could not find the target, and came to the main entrance of the single-family house step by step.
I'm going to get nervous if I stay like this for a long time...... When Dunn reached out and knocked on the door, Klein quickly looked back again, the flowers swaying in the wind, and there was no figure.
"Come in, gentlemen. A slightly ethereal voice came from inside the room.
Dunn twisted the handle, pushed the door in, and said to the woman sitting on the sofa:
"Dali, is there a result?"
The chandelier in the living room is not lit, and the main and two leather sofas surround the marble coffee table.
A candle burns on top of the coffee table, but the flame glows blue, casting a flickering eerie hue in the semi-open layout of the living room, dining room and kitchen.
In the center of the couch sat a woman, dressed in a hooded black robe, with blue eyeshadow and blush, and a silver chain with a white crystal pendant wrapped around her exposed wrist.
The first time he saw her, Klein had an inexplicable feeling: dressed like a real psychic......
Is this playing yourself?
Daly, the "psychic" with a bewitching beauty, swept over Klein with her twinkling green eyes, and looked at Dunn Smith and said:
"The original spirits are gone, including Welch and Naya's, and the little ones here now don't know anything. ”
Psychic...... The people who couldn't see it just now were spirits? There were so many spirits? Klein took off his hat, put it on his chest, bowed slightly, and said:
"Good evening, ma'am. ”
Dunn Smith sighed and said:
"It's tricky......"
"Daly, this is Klein Moretti, try to find something from him. ”
"Psychic" Dai Li's gaze suddenly turned to Klein, and she pointed to the single sofa in the sub-seat and said:
"You may be seated. ”
"Thank you. Klein nodded, took a few steps, sat down honestly, and his heart unconsciously lifted.
Whether it is life or death, whether it is successfully passed, or the secret is exposed, it depends on the next development!
And the most powerless thing is that he lacks something to rely on, so he can only hope for special ......
It's a really bad feeling...... Klein thought bitterly.
As Dunn sat down on the two-seater sofa across from him, Daly the "Psychic" took out two thumb-sized glass bottles from the pocket around his waist.
Her green eyes smiled at Klein and said:
"I need a little help, after all, you are not an enemy, you can't be treated so directly and roughly, that will make you uncomfortable, feel pain, and even leave serious sequelae, I will give you some fragrance, give you enough tenderness and lubrication, let you let go of yourself a little bit, and really immerse yourself in that feeling. ”
That doesn't sound right...... Klein was stunned for a moment, his eyes were surprised.
Dunn on the other side smiled and said:
"Don't be surprised, unlike the guys at the Church of the Storm Lord, ladies are also allowed to verbally flirt with men in our place. You should be able to understand that your mother is a devout believer in the Goddess, and you and your brother also attended the church's Sunday school. ”
"I understand, I just didn't expect it to be so, so ......" Klein gestured, couldn't find the right adjective, and almost blurted out the corresponding translation of "old driver".
The corners of Dunn's mouth turned up:
"Don't worry, Dali rarely does this, she just wants to calm and relax you in this way, she likes corpses more than men. ”
"You're talking like a pervert. "Psychic," Dali interjected with a smile.
She opened one of the vials and sprinkled a few drops into the bright blue candle flame:
"The hydrosol of night vanilla, deep sleep flowers, chamomile, distilled and extracted, I call it 'Amanda,' which means serene in Hermes, and it smells good. ”
As he spoke, the candle flame shook a few times, and the few drops of hydrosol quickly evaporated and filled the room.
A delicate and enchanting scent entered Klein's nose, his emotions were no longer tense, and his mind quickly calmed, as if looking down into the darkness in the dead of night.
"This bottle is called 'Spirit Eye', and it is made from the bark and leaves of the dragon and poplar trees for seven days, boiled three times, soaked in Lonzi, and of course, with a few incantations in between......" The amber liquid dripped onto the bright blue candle flame with the description of Daly the "Psychic".
Klein smelled the wine, the ethereal and ethereal aroma of wine, he saw the candle flame shaking violently, and saw Dalie's blue eyeshadow and blush shimmering with an eerie sheen, and even ghosting.
"It's a good helper for psychics, and it's also charming enough to ......"
As Daly spoke, Klein felt her voice coming from all directions.
Looking around in confusion, Crane found that everything was shaking, blurring, like a thick fog covering layer after layer, and even his body was shaking, blurring, fluttering, and losing weight.
The red is redder, the blue is bluer, the black is blacker, the colors are mixed like an impressionist oil painting, blurry and dreamy, and the murmurs of the surrounding fragments overlap one after another, as if there are countless invisible people discussing.
"It's similar to how I did the 'Transit Ritual' before, but it doesn't have that crazy smell that makes you want to explode......," Crane thought as he watched it all.
At this moment, his eyes were attracted by a pair of eyes that were as clear as emeralds, and Dali, who was wearing a black robe, sat on the blurred "sofa", her eyes were strangely focused on the top of Klein's head, and she smiled softly:
"Officially, me, 'Psychic' Daly. ”
This...... I can still think calmly and rationally...... It's like the 'transit ceremony' and the 'party'...... Clay's mind moved, and he deliberately showed a state of confusion: "Hello ......"
"The human mind is very broad, and there are many secrets hidden, and behold, the sea, all we can understand is the islands that are exposed to the sea, but in fact, under the surface of the sea, there are larger parts of the islands, but in fact, in addition to the islands, there is also the whole sea, and the boundless sky that symbolizes the spiritual world......"
"You are the spirit of the body, and you know not only the islands that are exposed to the sea, but also the parts of the islands that are hidden under the sea, and the whole sea......
"Where there exists, traces must be left behind, and the memory of the surface of the island can be erased, but the part beneath the surface of the sea and the whole sea must have its remaining corresponding projections......"
Daly induced over and over again, and the vague wind and shadow around her changed similar shapes, as if Crane's psychic sea was completely unfolded here, waiting for him to find and discover it himself.
Klein looked calmly, "churning" the sea from time to time, and finally replied in an ethereal tone:
"No...... I can't remember...... I forgot ......"
He showed the pain just right.
Daly tried to induce it again, but the sober Crane was unaffected.
"Alright, that's the end of it, let's go back. ”
"Let's go back. ”
"Let's go back......"
As the ethereal voice lingered, Dali vanished, the wind and shadow began to subside, and the faint smell and faint aroma of wine became apparent again.
All the colors returned to normal, the fuzzy and confused feeling was no longer present, and Crane's body shuddered a little, regaining his weight.
He opened his eyes, which he had closed at some point, and found that there was still the candle in front of him, Dunn Smith sitting comfortably, and Daly the "psychic" wearing a hooded black robe.
"Why did you use the theory of the Psychological Alchemy Society's evil madmen?" Dunn frowned slightly and looked at Dali.
Dai Li put away the two small bottles and replied calmly:
"I think it's right, at least in line with some of the things I've seen and touched......"
Without waiting for Dunn to speak again, she spread her hands and said:
"He's a tricky guy and doesn't leave a trace. ”
Hearing this, Crane next to him breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked pretending to be ignorant:
"It's over, what just happened, I feel like I've slept ......."
That's a pass, right?
Fortunately, there is a "drill" of the "transfer ceremony"!
"Just think so. Dunn interrupted him and looked at Daly the Psychic, "Have you examined Welch and Naya's bodies?"
"The corpse can tell us more than you think, but unfortunately, Welch and Naya did commit suicide, and it can only be said that the power that affects them is terrifying, and there is no trace left. Daly stood up and reached for the candle, "I'm going to rest." ”
The brilliant blue light vanished, and the house was instantly flooded with a blurred crimson.
............
"Congratulations, you can go home, but you must remember that you can't tell your family and friends about it, you have to make sure it. Dunn led Klein all the way to the door.
Crane was surprised and asked, "Don't you need to check for traces of curses or evil spirits?"
"Dali didn't say it, it just didn't. Dunn replied briefly.
Klein put his mind at ease, thought of his previous worries, and hurriedly asked:
"How do I make sure there's no trouble in the back?"
"Don't worry too much. Dunn moved the corners of his mouth and said, "According to statistics, in similar situations, eighty percent of the living parties have not suffered terrible follow-ups, well, this data is what I said based on impressions, probably, almost." ”
"Then there are twenty percent of the unlucky ones...... Klein didn't dare to spell "face".
"Then you can consider joining us as a civilian, so that we can find out in time if there are any warnings. Dunn said casually as he approached the carriage, "Or just become extraordinary, after all, we are not your nanny, and we can't watch over you all night and night, even what you and the woman do." ”
"Can I?" Klein asked, along with the words.
Of course, he had little hope, after all, how could he join the Night Watch team so easily and gain extraordinary power!
That's a lot of power!
Dunn paused and glanced sideways at him:
“...... It's not impossible, it depends on the situation......"
This turn of events startled Klein, and he was stunned for a moment by the carriage before he said:
"Really?"
What are you kidding? How easy it is to become extraordinary?
Dunn chuckled, his grey eyes obscured by the shadow of the carriage:
"Don't believe it? Actually, you lose a lot by becoming a night watchman, such as freedom. ”
"Even if you don't mention this first, there are other problems, first, you are not a meritorious clergyman or a devout believer, you can't pick and choose, you can't choose the safest way. ”
"Second ......," Dunn grabbed the handrail and stepped onto the carriageway, "We, the Punister, the Machine Heart, and the rest of the inquisitors like that, a quarter of the events we deal with each year are out of control of the Extraordinary. ”
Quarter...... The Extraordinary is out of control...... Crane froze.
At this time, Dunn half-turned his body, his gray eyes were deep, and the corners of his mouth moved without a smile:
"And a big part of that quarter are our team-mates. ”