Lord of the Mysteries v5c32

Chapter 32 Gifts
On a moonlit night, in the garden at 160 Berklund Street.
A grey rat climbed out of the cave and ran under the balcony of the master bedroom.
A very small mass of black things drifted down, and the mouse acted acrobatically on its head.
It turned quickly and ran out of 160 Berklund Street to the entrance of the nearby sewer.
At that moment, the grey mouse raised its front half and protruded two paws.
Its claws protruded strangely, and a visible mass of muscles appeared on its forelegs!
Then, relying on its mutant front paws, it moved the cap stiffly, making little noise!
Without pausing, the grey mouse got into the sewer and went all the way to the hiding place of the original devil Terice.
It planed and planed in the corner and turned out a mirror fragment from the soil.
After doing all this, the grey mouse threw the pasty black things on its head to a cleaner place next to it, retreated to the corner of the wall and let its body grow and widen slowly like an invisible person. It became a middle-aged man wearing an old triangular cap with dark infrared. It was like a "blood general" who was active in the sea in the past.
However, the Senior had only a thin layer of clothes on his body, like a dummy cut out of paper.
"The rat is fat..." Paper-man-like "blood generals" raised their hands and touched their chins. They were almost blown by the cold wind in the sewer.
It was Klein who was speaking. He manipulated the "spiritual line" in the master bedroom, transformed a mouse into a secret spouse, sent it with "ritual material" and tried to contact the witch girl Teris in the sewer.
Senior, whose arms twisted and twisted with the wind and motion, bent down and picked up the pasty black object, which Terice had left behind by burning a strand of hair in a black flame, which could be used as a liaison ceremony.
Next, he wiped out the fragment of the mirror and smeared the material in his hand.
After completing this step, Klein let the couple take the "mirror" back two steps and slap it on the mossy wall like a realistic painting.
...
East Side, a room with thick curtains and little light.
The black and slippery "tentacles" are wound together in layers, forming huge spheres.
The top of these tentacles, some with a black-and-white eye, some with a venomous snake's head, mouth slightly differentiated, vomiting letters, are strange and frightening.
Suddenly, they either rose or retracted, and the balls collapsed one after another.
In the center of the ball was a girl curled up in a ball. She had an unusually sweet face, frowning tightly, and her expression was slightly distorted by pain, which was especially pitiable.
The slippery and disgusting "tentacles" have all retracted at this time, rapidly diminished, and finally restored their original appearance:
A black and shiny hair!
The girl with long, supple hair softened her expression, got up slowly, walked to the bedside which had been divided into small pieces, picked up the sleeping skirt that fell to the ground and put it on her body.
Then she gathered up her black hair and went to the full body mirror, stretched out her right palm and wiped the glass surface.
A layer of black flame then ignited, quietly burning the air and quickly extinguished without trace, leaving a mirror that had become dark and deep.
Inside the mirror, the light and shadow float, quickly showing the dirty sewage environment, and a middle-aged man wearing an old triangular hat and a dark infrared jacket is thin on the wall, looking down at a girl who does not know how far away, like a living painting.
The girl with a round face and slender eyes looked at her for two seconds quietly and gave a sudden laugh.
With her smile blooming, the room with little light seemed to be much brighter in a moment.
Then she opened her lips lightly and said in a teasing tone:
"Mr. German Sparrow, is this the madness and cruelty of the strongest adventurer?
"Or do I actually know a clown?"
Klein wasn't surprised that Terice could recognize her identity as German Sparrow. After all, he used the image of Senior General of Blood when he met with each other, and the pirate general had long been the prey of German Sparrow.
At first, Terice hid in the sewer because of her injuries. Before that, she focused on the investigation of revenge. She didn't know all kinds of news at sea. She didn't know that the encounter of "General of Blood" was quite normal. She could recover. After leaving there, if she didn't know the latest news of her collaborators, she could only say that she was "assassin" and "abettor". ” Both stages are completely unqualified.
It's clear that Terice's past performance proves that she's not a bad person, and that her mind is okay.
Klein did not argue, Senior, who manipulated the paper man's status, smiled and responded simply:
"Why can't clowns be mad and cold?"
Not until Liz answered, he turned to ask:
"To what extent have you investigated the chief Palace guard?"
Terice looked a little gloomy.
"It will take at least one month, or even two months to get results."
"If you need any help, you can come to me." Klein emphasized it again.
Terris said, "Oh!"
"In Beckland, in this game, power can't solve all problems.
"Of course, I never waste the opportunity to take advantage of others.
"Mr. German Sparrow, since there is no need to hide your identity, can you give me a more convenient way to contact you?"
How does it feel like being asked for a cell phone number? Klein thought and calmly described the steps to summon Miss Messenger. He did not forget to emphasize that gold coins were an important ritual material.
Tellis said nothing more. She reached out her right hand again and touched the mirror lightly.
The black flame rose and disappeared, and the whole body mirror returned to normal.
In the sewer, Senior, the Paper Man's "Blood Admiral" buried the mirror debris in the soil again, and then made his body shrink rapidly back into the shape of a grey rat, rushing all the way to the depths of the underground world and feeding himself to carnivorous creatures.
At 160 Berklund Street, Klein pulled up the curtains and returned to the comfort chair.
Frankly speaking, he regretted cooperating with Terice.
He felt that the fellow had some will of the "original devil girl" and that he could do nothing for revenge, just like a mobile bomb, without knowing when it would get out of control.
If Terice changes, it's likely to create a terrible disaster... I shouldn't have let her go. With a sigh, Klein began to decorate the ceremony, bringing the dark muddy objects above the fog, trying to divine the current whereabouts and recent state of Pythrix through them.
Twenty or thirty seconds later, he reaped the fruits of failure.
This made him even more worried, because the results showed that Teris had become a "primitive devil girl" to some extent.
...
The next morning, after breakfast, Klein began to instruct Walter, the housekeeper, and Richardson, the new assistant housekeeper, to distribute the gifts he had brought back from South China.
It's full of a suitcase, including Fermer Coffee Beans, Tobacco, Valley Wine, Bone Sculpture and other specialties.
They will be sent to different neighbours in the neighborhood, representing Dawn Downes'mind and announcing his return to social occasions.
"Well, when this bottle of Valley wine is handed over to Senator Macht or his wife, remember to mention that it's a perfect match for sour cocktails and lemon juice." Klein told Walter the housekeeper.
—— Every gift to anyone is also exquisite, to be combined with each other's hobbies, of course, the South China's hottest product at present, Doningsmann hair tonic is not suitable for gift, because it is more like a mockery.
Walter Zheng's main points are as follows:
"Yes, sir."
When the employer had no further instructions, Richardson glanced at the remaining pile of gifts and asked voluntarily:
"Where are they going?"
"This is for the staff of the Charity Student Assistance Fund. I will send it myself." Klein laughed.
He immediately pointed to the golden talisman in his hand:
"I missed the birth of Dr. Allen's baby and need to apologize in person. Ha-ha, I'll come over in the afternoon and give that child this amulet with Southern Continental characteristics."
Of course, Will Onsetin Chris is a baby who probably won't like it... He, or he, would rather have ice cream than this. After that, Klein muttered a few words in his heart.
When Mr. Housekeeper and Richardson went out one after another, and took gifts and servants to different neighbors'homes, Klein got into his carriage and arrived at the "Roon Charitable Student Fund" at 22 Paisfield Street.
Walking out of the carriage, he walked ahead, behind him was Nyuni, a close servant with a large number of gifts, along the way, as long as he met the staff, he would go up to say hello and make gifts.
So Klein went up to the second floor and arrived at one of the governing offices, bending his fingers and tapping on the hidden door.
"Come in, please." Audrey Hall's soft voice came out.
As a veteran "spectator", she had found out that Mr. Dawn Downes had come to the "Roon Charitable Student Assistance Fund" and had been waiting patiently.
Klein pushed the door in and took out a small gift box from the inside pocket of his clothes. He smiled gently.
"I came back from the South China. Well, this business was very successful. I brought you some small gifts, hoping to share my joy."
He made such a remark to show that he remembered Miss Justice's request.
"Then I can't find any reason to refuse." Audrey smiled expectantly.
This is not to say that she cares about what gift Mr. World will give, but is curious about what gift Mr. World will give.
When she took the gift box, she opened the package in front of Dawn Downes and found a white feather with a pale yellow pattern inside.
"This is a hat." "People with certain social status like to put white feathers in different places on their bodies as ornaments. Among them, the most valuable and meaningful one is the hat, which is said to come from the custom of feather snake worship. Ha-ha, feather snake is the symbol of death there," Klein explained.
And the feather he sought from the craftsmen of the South Continent to make hats was a byproduct of the man-made God of death program and could be used as a sacrifice.
Klein once got three, one used in Bayam, combined with the corresponding bronze sentry messenger, called out the mutant monster polluted by the artificial death, one sacrificed to the "artificial death" in the South Continent, and got the revelation of the evil spirits of Ince Zangwell, which is the last one left.
Because the current "artificial goddess of death" is actually equal to the "goddess of night" to a certain extent, when Klein, who is clearly the loved one, holds a follow-up ceremony, he can use other materials instead of feathers, so he simply made the remaining one into a gift and gave it to Miss Justice, anyway, she also does. It's a believer in the dark night. Maybe it's the feather that connects the man-made God of death at the critical moment.
Audrey, with a gift and a smile, listened quietly to Dawn Downtais's story, and an idea flashed through her mind for no reason:
Mr. World won't pull out the feather of a feathered snake to make a hat decoration.