Chapter 1736: The Story of the Reunited Witch and Ghoul

This time Xia De did not miss, although the right-hand chain was avoided by the ghoul with a posture that exceeded the physical limit of ordinary people, the left-hand chain successfully locked the ghoul's left foot. However, it immediately cut off its own foot with its claws, and the dark blood stained the expensive carpet. Then the ghoul struggled and wanted to escape again, but this time it had no chance.

"Space Stability Halo! Don't go, I really have no malice!"

Xia De rushed up this time, the ghoul rolled on the carpet to dodge, and fled toward the ceiling with the roast chicken in its mouth, but was immediately pulled down by Xia De.

The two rolled into a ball, Xia De didn't care about the stench on the other party, and locked the other party's limbs to try to wrestle. Unexpectedly, the ghoul also had similar ideas, and also used ground fighting techniques to try to lock Xia De, and was full of confidence in himself.

Just as the two were concentrating on wrestling, the closed door at the end of the carpet was suddenly pulled open. Before Xia De and the ghoul could look up, the power of imprisoning space acted on Xia De and the ghoul at the same time.

"Who is so bold? Don't you know where this is?"

The woman's scolding voice came. Although she hadn't appeared yet, the powerful force had already made the entangled person and undead nervous.

Black high heels stepped out from the left side of the room door, and then the beautiful lady in a purple long dress with long black hair walked in aggressively. Her appearance was more bright than the most brilliant flowers in spring, even if she was so angry at this time, it did not affect her beauty at all.

Miss Emma Sylvia maintained the spell-casting posture with her left hand and scolded quite angrily:

"Who exactly is it? Drowned Cult? Truth Society? Or Tyranny Club? No, no matter who you are, if you dare to break in, you don't want to... eh?"

Only then did she see clearly what was going on in front of her.

Seeing Xia De looking back at her while suppressing the ghoul with his body, and the ghoul, who was suppressed by Xia De and tied up by the chain, still had a steaming roast chicken in its mouth, Miss Emma Sylvia, the "Great Witch of Space," was stunned. She had thought of all possibilities of reuniting with Xia De in the Green Lake area, but never expected it to be such a scene.

"Good morning, detective... Need help?"

"Of course, come and help me. Mr. Green, don't struggle, I really don't want to hurt you!"

In short, although frequent space spell-casting caused an accidental space anomaly, fortunately, this space transfer was not very far, and it happened to move to the manor where Princess Margaret was staying. Of course, afterward, Miss Sylvia thought this was not a coincidence, because she was doing experiments on space cracks in the basement just now, which might be the reason why Xia De and Ghoul Mr. Green appeared unexpectedly.

The location here is the Glass City - Mikayla Furnace City on the south bank of Green Lake. The person in charge of the Karsinrik negotiation delegation this time is Duke Simir who led the team. The Duke is a distant relative of the Anjou royal family, and it can be said that he is Margaret's uncle. But unfortunately, the Duke arranged for the eldest prince of Karsinrik, Samuel Anjou, to live with him, but arranged for Margaret to live in another manor.

This is not because Duke Simir thinks Samuel Anjou must be the next king, or thinks Margaret's ability is not as good as her brother's. This is purely because the Duke is a supporter of traditional concepts and does not like women of the royal family to participate in politics.

But Margaret didn't care about these. She had held the ceremony and officially became the apprentice of the Witch of Earth, Miss Benanice. Miss Benanice and Schluch Lake led the "Golden Dawn Opera House" in Wilendell City and had completed her preliminary education. Now the Princess is fascinated by the power of the witch, and the idea of fighting for power has slowed down.

However, it happened that Margaret needed to attend a meeting this morning, so she had already left. Now only Miss Sylvia and a few maids were left in the house, otherwise, the appearance of Xia De and the ghoul just now would definitely have caused a bigger commotion.

Xia De didn't have time to greet Miss Sylvia, who had reunited after a long absence, and asked her if there was a place suitable for talking. Afterward, he carried the ghoul tied up by the chain and followed the witch through the corridor to the basement, which was also her and Margaret's laboratory.

Xia De turned on the 【Space Stability Halo】 again, and Miss Sylvia also arranged a ritual to prohibit space movement. After confirming that the ghoul would not escape again through the inquiry of "if you agree, blink," Xia De finally loosened his chain.

Sitting on a stool against the wall, the ghoul, who was under the dual ritual of "Space Imprisonment" and "Undead Slayer," finally took the roast chicken out of its mouth.

Although the appearance was terrifying, the rationality of the wise life represented in his expression and eyes was the same as a normal person. Nicholas Green sighed, and his turbid yellow eyes looked at Xia De with a very sharp gaze, and then asked in an extremely hoarse voice:

"You just said, you know Helena and Solon?"

He finally was willing to speak.

Xia De stood in front of the ghoul and talked to him, while Miss Sylvia, who was very curious, sat at the experimental table not far away, and the alcohol lamp on the table was still heating a liquid with green fluorescent color.

Xia De did not completely relax his vigilance. Fortunately, there was a great witch behind him, so he could relax psychologically.

"Yes, they are my friends. They are still running the inn passed down by your family, and I also know about the Edwards family."

Xia De asked puzzledly:

"I don't understand, why did you run just now? I said I wouldn't hurt you."

The ghoul gnawed on the roast chicken for a few bites before continuing to answer:

"Whether you hurt me or not has nothing to do with whether I talk to you. Although I have lived underground for a long time, I am not unaware of the things that have happened on both sides of Green Lake recently. You are either from the church or a member of other ring-warlock organizations. I don't want to contact you, yes, I don't want to contact anyone."

"Why?"

"Because you are definitely not the ancestor's opponent."

The turbid yellow eyes looked like a beast, but the soul behind the eyes had complete rationality:

"My becoming like this has something to do with the ancestor. I woke up in the coffin after I died, then dug the soil, and accidentally discovered the ancient tomb, and found a whole set of alchemy and magic potion equipment from it, as well as corresponding book knowledge."

He asked Xia De while chewing food:

"Sir, do you think this is really a coincidence?"

He answered his own question:

"I have been dead for more than twenty years. I know the family past earlier than any of you. You are no match for the ancestor, absolutely no match."

He shook his swollen head, not forgetting to take another bite of the roast chicken:

"So, I try not to contact anyone, just wait for the day when the family reunites."

"You are a pessimist."

Xia De evaluated:

"I have seen many descendants of the Edwards family. But except for you, everyone is working hard to prepare for the final thing, and everyone is planning various countermeasures with your ancestors as opponents. Why are you so pessimistic?"

"Because I have seen the ancestor."

Nicholas Green's words shocked Xia De and Miss Sylvia.

"What?"

The witch couldn't help but stand up:

"You have seen that thirteen-ring diviner? Inside or outside the island?"

"Outside the island, in the ancient tomb where I live."

He did not lie to the two:

"That was the second winter after I woke up. He took the initiative to see me and then told me some family past. I initially wanted to resist him like the living family members you mentioned, but he subdued me very easily. At that time... I knew his power."

The ghoul let out a long sigh, his body trembling with instinctive fear. But in fact, undead creatures should not have the emotion of fear, so Nicholas Green's current form is probably related to the experiments of that thirteen-ring diviner.

"He talked to me for a long time, roughly described the history of the Edwards family, and asked if I wanted to go back with him. I didn't agree, and he didn't force me, but let me live in that ancient tomb, occasionally help him do some things, and said that one day I would go back."

"What task?"

Miss Sylvia asked.

"Every few months, I have to help him steal specific corpses from the Green Lake City Public Cemetery and replace them with other corpses. Because the total number of corpses remains the same, and I only act underground, I also transfer the stolen corpses from underground to the water ghosts who respond in the lake, so no one has noticed it all along."

He did not hide what he had done:

"Do you want to blame me for stealing corpses? I emphasize that I don't eat people, nor do I eat corpses, I only eat the meat of cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks."

After speaking, he took another bite of the roast chicken.

"I need the list of corpses you have stolen. And, has your ancestor said anything else?"

Xia De grasped the point, and the ghoul nodded, but didn't say it immediately:

"You have to promise to let me leave in a while. I still live near the cemetery. If you want to find me, go to the broken house and call my name."

"No problem."

Xia De nodded. He didn't want to restrict the freedom of the Green siblings' father anyway. As for stealing corpses, although this is definitely wrong, for a non-human ghoul, you can't ask for too much.

The ghoul didn't ask Xia De to swear, but said directly:

"The ancestor said a lot back then. Over the years, I have gradually figured out some things. He intends to increase the... variety of family members."

"What?"

Xia De did not understand this sentence, while Miss Sylvia, standing to the side, frowned slightly; the Great Witch had clearly thought of something:

"Is he planning some kind of large-scale ritual? Are family members the symbolic objects for the ritual, so he needs a sufficient variety of them?"

(End of chapter)