Chapter 7

After leaving the basement, the few of them discussed what to do next.

Finally, they unanimously decided to find someone to call home.

After walking for a while, they successfully found the old woman with the fruit stand that Hailey had accidentally seen.

They borrowed a phone.

They also understood where they were now—a remote place in Mississippi, with only a few households, and even the village was ten miles away.

At this time, the few of them finally said something about their origins.

Hailey: "My home is in Calabasas, California. As for my family... my father is a medical professor; I often follow my father to learn medical knowledge. You are my first friends; I will contact you in the future."

"Of course, you are also our friend; let's keep in touch in the future," Louis smiled.

Emma also nodded.

Only, Mary's eyes were a bit red. "Sorry, I don't know where my dad is; my mom is in the hospital. I'll probably go to my uncle's place in the future, but I don't know where that will be. I, I..."

This... she, who had always been proud, didn't expect her family to be like this. Louis looked at her sympathetically, hesitated for a moment. "If you want to find us, wait until you grow up and go to New York; that is the most prosperous city, and we will meet."

"Hmm." Mary nodded hard.

This was of course a lie used to comfort her, but it didn't matter; the other party wasn't sad anymore, was she?

The few looked at Emma. Emma revealed a standard smile. "As for me, I don't have a mom, but my dad is very good to me. Hmm, it would be even better if he spent more time with me. My home is in Orlando, Florida; there is Disney to play with there. I hope we can still be friends in the future."

She maintained a fake smile, but her gaze was on Louis.

In her view, among these three people, only Louis could be her friend; after all, they were... accomplices!

Mary nodded and remembered it seriously, while Hailey looked at her coldly; she could see the other party's fake smile—too fake!

Louis: "My family is a bit special; there might be other reasons for my kidnapping this time, so I can't tell you the specific situation. Besides, Emma, do you mind if I stay at your house for a while?"

Hearing this, Emma felt a bit surprised, and the fake smile on her face couldn't even be maintained, and she agreed immediately.

The reason Louis did this was, as he said, he wasn't sure if this kidnapping was an accident or if someone was deliberately setting a trap; was it internal? Or an external enemy?

Therefore, before he was strong enough or figured it out, he wouldn't choose to go home, and during this period, Emma's house, which was in the same state of Florida but a different city, was the best foster home.

Along with the chat, the old woman with the fruit stand brought food and chatted with the four children.

However, everyone tacitly didn't say why they appeared here, just brushed it off, but Louis still found a photo in her house; in the photo, a young man who looked very much like the middle-aged man was holding hands with a woman, smiling very happily.

Louis felt a bit clear in his heart; no wonder she had been lingering here; it turned out that the daughter of this old woman was the one who eloped with that man...

Two days later.

Three jeeps arrived here with a clear purpose; three middle-aged men walked out of them, excitedly picking up Emma and Mary, while another person was saying something while looking at Hailey.

Hailey's father, as a medical professor, because he was too busy and California was a bit far away, hired someone to pick her up and protect her.

The person who came to pick up Mary was her uncle Frank, a former university teaching assistant, now a ship repairman; because his sister was bedridden, he could only pick up Mary. At this moment, he was holding Mary with moist eyes; Mary was a bit at a loss for the enthusiasm of this uncle she wasn't very familiar with, but she didn't resist.

Finally, there was Emma's father, David, a single father, middle class; at this moment, seeing Emma, he shed tears of excitement, and Emma also revealed an excited expression.

Afterward, after Emma talked to her father, not knowing what the other party said, he agreed so quickly, and he touched Louis's head. "Poor child, you helped Emma; I will take good care of you."

Soon.

The four people sat in the cars separately, watching each other go away.

Florida, Orlando.

Florida is located at the southernmost tip of America, belonging to a peninsula terrain, while Orlando is a central city in the state, belonging to the third largest city; of course, the most famous things here are Disney World and Universal Studios.

And Emma's house was right here, and even owned a house with a not-so-small warehouse and swimming pool, and the standard of living was not low.

It must be said that America, which was in the late 80s and in the bipolar hegemony, was not low in terms of happiness at the bottom, which was mainly attributed to technological progress and the concessions made to the bottom under the bipolar hegemony.

Coming here, Emma's father David, after communicating with the community committee (spending money), Louis successfully lived here in the name of staying over, and became familiar with the new life.

But because of his identity problem, there were still many procedures to be handled for his schooling, mainly needing the consent of a guardian, but Louis's situation was special, so it was delayed; this happened to follow his wishes, as he had other more important things to be busy with.

Living in the room separated from Emma, he locked the door securely.

Louis took out the witchcraft book he had found in Emilia's house.

Although there was the Left Path Civil Code, the characteristic of side-door left paths is that anything can be had, so absorbing some Western witchcraft is not bad.

Opening the pages to check carefully.

As he flipped through it, Louis's complexion gradually changed.

This book was not entirely a magic book; to be precise, this was actually Emilia's diary, which was also mixed with some Portuguese spells.

At the beginning, it talked about the happiness of raising children, the pain and beauty of eating children, how to cultivate children's sexual ability, etc. —all heart-to-heart complaints without nutrition. Louis flipped through quickly and saw what he wanted to see.

According to the records here, a witch's ability is strange and varied; every witch will have a talent ability, and there are other potions, agents, spells, etc., which can be said to be extremely broad, but the records in her diary are not many, because the witch lineage has long been torn apart, and the inheritance is also incomplete.

The origin legend of the witch lineage is related to demons and God, and it has suffered countless persecutions and hunts in history, until later it scattered to all parts of the world along with the Age of Discovery.

For example, America actually had witches who came with the colonists, but they were discovered by the locals in Salem in 1693 and were cleansed and burned, and there was even the shadow of the church among them.

The Salem lineage also moved south from then on, until one of the Supreme Witches re-established the witch group, and then there was news.

And the reason she paid so much attention to it was because their Portuguese witch lineage had a not-so-small connection with the Salem lineage; when she was abandoned here and had no relatives, she had sought and contacted the Supreme Witch of the Salem lineage and received help.

And there were also records that the Supreme Witch had changed a few years ago, and she was preparing to meet the new Supreme Witch after a while.

"Supreme Witch... Salem?! American Horror Story: Coven?!"

Louis's whole person was full of disbelief.

Did I come to a movie world?

Wait, could it be that Emilia also belongs to some movie I haven't seen?

(End of this chapter)