Chapter 207: Banshee

Louis Lund shook his head:

"I don't know, but when the Lady returned, her state wasn't very good either.

"After that, seeing that the castle was severely damaged and the key things had already been destroyed, she told those of us who were still alive to prepare to leave Cordu Village."

According to the scenes I saw, Lady Pualis was indeed fighting with someone else... Lu Mian asked with a sense of curiosity:

"Did Lady Pualis not try to resurrect the people who died?"

Louis Lund looked at Lu Mian with astonishment again:

"I didn't reveal information about this to you..."

The implication of his words was still asking how he knew.

Lu Mian smiled and didn't answer.

Louis Lund couldn't control his desire to confide:

"The Lady can resurrect a dead person and restore their body, but that isn't perfect enough. It's hard to call the resurrected person human; they are half corpse and half monster, retaining only a little bit of the original memory, and they can only exist for seven days."

At the current level, Lady Pualis's "resurrection" ability has major flaws... Lu Mian felt a wave of disappointment.

He immediately diverted the topic:

"What exactly did Lady Pualis want to do in Cordu Village?"

Louis Lund looked at him suspiciously:

"Didn't I tell you?"

Lu Mian was prepared and said with a smile:

"Having experienced those things later, I think you should have new insights."

Louis Lund, who originally wanted to "share," sighed and said:

"I really couldn't understand at the time, and was even frightened; otherwise, I wouldn't have hinted to the parish priest during Mass that I needed help.

"Hmm... I only truly knew later that the Lady wanted to establish a brand-new world in Cordu Village. In this world, after humans die, their souls return to the earth, wandering in the wilderness. On special days, they can return home to enjoy the joy of reunion. After they have finished atoning for their sins, they can obtain a new life, emerging from the mother's womb in the form of a fetus, becoming human again."

"Other Shore World?" Lu Mian recalled the term he had learned in his dream.

"Correct!" Louis Lund's gaze toward him became quite fearful.

He suspected that the other party's question just now was to observe his performance.

Lu Mian Lee definitely knew the correct answer and wanted to use this to judge whether he was lying and how much he was lying!

"Why establish an Other Shore World?" Lu Mian asked a follow-up question.

This matter could only be inquired about from Louis Lund; it was impossible to ask Lady Pualis directly.

Louis Lund shook his head slowly:

"The Lady mentioned it two or three times, but it was very vague.

"She said that what she established was only a small, miniature Other Shore World, a component of the complete Other Shore World. She also said that only by constructing an Other Shore World belonging to herself could she please the Mother and be able to bear more."

A component? If those ladies really combined to form a complete Other Shore World, what would happen? Lu Mian suspected that constructing a miniature Other Shore World was a prerequisite for receiving divine gifts from that abnormal pathway.

He looked at Louis Lund and tried asking:

"What Sequence is Lady Pualis equivalent to now?"

"The Lady's state is a bit strange. This might be related to her Other Shore World being destroyed, or it might stem from a certain item on her." Louis Lund said while raising his hand to slap his own mouth.

Why can't I control this mouth and say everything that shouldn't be said!

Louis Lund recalled his performance just now and believed he must have been influenced by some Beyonder ability of Lu Mian Lee.

Finding the reason made him no longer blame himself or feel uneasy, and he became much more calm and relaxed:

"The Lady should be between Sequence 5 and Sequence 4. Sometimes she shows a sublimity that makes one dare not look directly at her, and sometimes she clearly doesn't possess such a high level."

Similar to the state of Lady Pualis I observed in my dream... Lu Mian recalled and said:

"Sequence 9 'Thug', Sequence 8 'Gardener', Sequence 7 'Warlock', Sequence 6 'Sower'... What is Sequence 5 called, what about Sequence 4, and what's above that?"

Sure enough, he knows more than I expected... Louis Lund saw Lu Mian Lee state so much sequence information of the pathway in one breath and didn't dare to harbor any fluke, following the desire to confide and answering:

"Sequence 5 is 'Banshee', Sequence 4 is 'Evil Lord', also called 'Benevolent Lord' or 'Lady'. Further up, I don't know. I am only a 'Gardener' and am not yet qualified to bear more gifts and become a 'Warlock'."

"Banshee"... Just hearing the name implies changing gender... Prit became Pualis... Terms like "Moon Lady" and "Night Lady" indeed all represent divinity and represent demigods, but Lady Pualis is not completely equal to "Night Lady"... Lu Mian thought for a moment and pulled the topic back to the things that happened in Cordu Village:

"The first batch of believers Lady Pualis developed in the village were her lovers and those elderly people?"

"Yes." Louis Lund nodded. "People like Naroka, who were already quite old, had deep nostalgia for the deceased relatives of the past and hoped to see them again. They were also very concerned about what would happen after they died, both fearful and yearning. These were all things the Lady could find answers for and provide help with. Unfortunately, Naroka died suddenly before she was truly introduced to the Other Shore World. The Lady suspected that she had discovered the parish priest's plot and was murdered by her youngest son who followed the parish priest."

So that's how it is... Lu Mian had a new understanding of Naroka's death presented in his dream.

She actually died from being silenced.

Ava and Raymond should also be like this.

Lu Mian changed the question with a slight sigh:

"When did you discover that the parish priest had a problem?"

Louis Lund thought and said:

"In early January, I saw those children in the castle tower. You couldn't imagine what kind of scene that was. In short, it frightened me and made me want to leave the Lady urgently.

"I originally thought she was just like those people who were fanatical about occultism and liked to buy magazines like 'Psychic' and 'Lotus,' making some attempts without actual effects, and didn't feel there was a big problem. But as time passed, I discovered that other people in the castle were also becoming more and more strange. The administrator locked himself and the Lady in a room twice in a row, each time accompanied by the birth of a child. The manservants and maids under me were also often like this, and the Lady was incomparably tolerant of them.

"I could occasionally hear the sound of infants crying in certain rooms, which gave me deep suspicions. Taking advantage of the Lady being out and others not being cautious enough, I slipped into the tower. Mother, the scene at that time scared me to death!"

Louis Lund originally only intended to talk about the abnormality of the parish priest Guillaume Benet, but that incident in the castle tower left such a deep impression on him that he couldn't help but ramble on.

Lu Mian could fully imagine it, because he had seen the situation inside the castle tower in his dream:

"Human" children with bird claws climbing on the walls, densely packed, everywhere.

Louis Lund swallowed his saliva and continued:

"I first hinted to the parish priest during Mass, and later took advantage of confession to tell him that the Lady was abnormal and might be a believer in an evil god. He urged me to be careful and hide it, not to expose myself, and that he would handle it.

"That was mid-January; he should have already had a problem. Afterward, he continued his normal life as if he knew nothing. I urged him several times, and finally, I was discovered by you and suffered your threats.

"After that, Sever, the coachman, and I received revelation, repented to the Lady, and truly belonged to the Mother.

"When time entered March, the parish priest suddenly led a group of people to raid the castle."

Louis Lund doesn't know much about the parish priest's side... Lu Mian asked a few more questions around the things that happened in Cordu Village, but Louis Lund clearly showed a lack of familiarity with the situation in the village, which was consistent with the detail that as the castle steward, his main trips were to cities like Darlie.

He only told Lu Mian that most of the villagers in Cordu Village had frequently discussed constellations since January, believing that this would bring them glory and changes in fate. Before this, they would only follow some folk customs, avoid constellations being changed, and rarely talked about corresponding things specifically.

Knowing that the former administrator Best and Lady Pualis's personal maid Cassie were now "Warlocks," and knowing that Lady Pualis had left Cordu Village before Lent, Lu Mian felt he couldn't obtain more information from Louis Lund.

He stopped while he was ahead and asked directly:

"Where does Lady Pualis live now?"

"In the Nor District..." Louis Lund subconsciously wanted to cover his mouth, but still said one more term, "Cornflower Street..."

Nor District, Cornflower Street... A map of Trier he had once seen in a magazine appeared in Lu Mian's mind:

The Nor District was northeast of the Honest Market District, with the Serenzo River as the dividing line. There were the Invalides and the hospital for wounded soldiers, famous for its numerous hospitals, more toward the suburbs, with some farmland.

Lu Mian didn't force Louis Lund, nor did he strengthen his desire to confide, and said with a smile:

"I have no malice toward the Lady; I just want to chat with her about the things that happened in Cordu Village.

"I will let you leave. Go back and tell Lady Pualis that if she is willing to meet with me, she can choose the time and place. Hmm, please send the reply to the mailbox of Room 302, Slate Street, Botanical Garden District before tomorrow night."

That was a safe house Lu Mian had prepared in the Botanical Garden District, which could finally come in handy.

Louis breathed a sigh of relief while answering with extreme vigilance:

"Alright."

He was worried that Lu Mian was deliberately letting him leave and then tailing him.

But considering that the other party clearly had the ability to learn the Lady's detailed address from his own mouth but didn't press for it, Louis Lund felt he should believe in Lu Mian's friendliness.

He then pointed to the shorts on his lower body:

"I can't go out like this."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 208 =====