Chapter 560

Annie Julian standing at the door had a transparent body. She was not wearing that very beautiful wedding dress, nor was she wearing a veil, so the strangulation marks on her neck were very obvious.

"Soul?"

Souls wanting to stay behind instead of continuing to walk on often require some special conditions. The corpse being affected by the relic also belongs to a kind of special situation.

The lady at the door did not look at Xia De and Yiluna, but looked sorrowfully at Toby Julian's headless corpse on the ground. But unfortunately, this gentleman was just killed by the undead, and his soul did not stay behind.

Xia De also didn't know whether he continued to walk on or was absorbed by the relic. But in short, Toby Julian committed so many crimes in order to see his sister again. But in the end, when the soul really returned, he himself left.

"This is an ordinary soul."

Xia De said, this kind of soul is similar to the soul he had seen before who died in the attic and possessed illegal magazines. Even if left alone, nothing would happen, and it would leave by itself after a period of time.

But Yiluna thought about it and walked over:

"Do you want to say something?"

The seventeen-year-old girl asked seriously. Miss Annie Julian's soul seemed to still have a certain amount of wisdom. She looked at Yiluna who was covering one eye:

"I... am very sorry for causing you such big trouble."

The voice was very gentle, she was probably a person with a very gentle personality during her lifetime.

"This is not your fault. Now, please continue to walk on."

Yiluna said, and under the gaze of that strange eye, the soul was becoming transparent.

"I, actually knew that my brother had complex feelings for me, but it was impossible for us to be together..."

The intermittent voice seemed to be making a final supplement to this tragedy. Xia De didn't know what expression Yiluna had.

"This is not your fault."

Yiluna said softly. This seventeen-year-old girl seemed to have a lot of feelings about this kind of thing:

"The past is over."

"My brother also died because of me."

Miss Julian's soul seemed to want to shed tears, but unfortunately, unless she could control soul power, normal souls do not have this function.

Yiluna took a deep breath:

"The boundary between the dead and the living cannot be broken, this is the basic rule of this world. Now everything is over, this is his sin, please leave, Miss Julian."

"Is it fate's fault? If we weren't brother and sister, if he could tell me, he..."

The soul looked at Yiluna, and Yiluna shook her head:

"We have no 'if', we can only look forward. Leave, this story is over."

When she dealt with this kind of thing, she appeared exceptionally mature, at least more mature than Xia De thought.

The brown-haired girl stretched out her left hand covering her eyes, wanting to touch the soul in front of her. That soul scattered into starlight at her fingertips and finally disappeared.

Yiluna sighed, turned to look at Xia De standing between the two corpses, looking not in a very good mood:

"Detective, whose fault do you think this is?"

"Of course it's Toby Julian's fault. Even without that relic, he would have done other things."

The outlander looked at this matter that had nothing to do with him very clearly, at least he thought so:

"I have seen many such tragedies in stories, isn't that what tragedy is?

Wrong people doing wrong things, right people doing wrong things, wrong people doing right things, and even right people doing right things, all have the possibility of leading to tragedy. But doing wrong is doing wrong, Toby Julian led to this tragedy, this is beyond doubt."

"It's a good thing I didn't let you talk to Annie Julian just now, otherwise she would have become an evil spirit."

Yiluna said, looking at the two corpses on the ground, a slight smile appearing on her face:

"But you are right, this is tragedy..."

She looked down at the parchment roll in her right hand again and sighed softly:

"Death, tragedy, these things really affect the mood."

"Yes."

Xia De was still thinking about telling this story to Dorothy as material for a novel.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a whistle in his ear. Xia De looked up, and behind Yiluna, the golden Life Ring emerged by itself in the steam mist. Faint spiritual light gathered on the Life Ring, and the black-iron-colored spiritual light finally formed the new spiritual rune 【Tragedy】. Yiluna Beias's three-ring four-type spiritual runes were complete, and she could prepare to advance to the fourth ring.

(Little Mia is running...)

"Looking so listless, didn't you rest well?"

This was Wednesday morning, and Lady Galina, sitting at No. 6 St. Deran Square, said to Xia De with a smile.

Xia De sat on the sofa opposite the coffee table holding Mia, Difa stood behind Lady Galina, and the other two personal maids who came with the Duchess were preparing tea.

"Had nightmares last night."

Xia De yawned and said while touching the soft cat.

"I always thought you were very bold, what did you dream about?"

Lady Galina was very curious.

"Dreamed of a bride."

Although the adventure last night was not particularly dangerous, the scene of the corpse bride holding her head and sliding out in the darkness really left a big shadow on Xia De.

"Oh? A bride?"

The witch raised her eyebrows:

"Did you dream that at your wedding, you were killed by several girls wearing wedding dresses?"

Xia De thought about the scene and immediately shook his head:

"You might have misunderstood, it's not that I'm getting married, it's the corpse bride."

He yawned again:

"I dreamed that the corpse bride surrounded No. 6 St. Deran Square, and I kept running and hiding in this big house, but was finally discovered. Then I woke up."

"Scared awake?"

Difa took the tea tray brought by the maid, poured tea for the two, and asked with a smile.

"No, I was awakened by Mia, it wanted breakfast."

He recounted what happened last night, and then took out the letter Yiluna sent this morning. Unfortunately, Yiluna's vacation was ruined, and now their team needs to investigate the origin of that marriage contract.

"It's really amazing, judging from the description of the specific characteristics, this can be considered the most dangerous kind of 【Keeper Level】 relic."

The Church of Dawn has records about the Keeper Level relic 《Ancient Grownston Marriage Contract》. This is a contract that appeared in the Second Era. What the prototype is, the Church and the Academy have great differences. The Church believes this is a contract of the ancient Church of the Old Gods, and the Academy believes this is the marriage code of the ancient kingdom.

Lady Galina looked at the letter and said with a smile:

"You see, writing the names of two living people on it can make them love each other forever; writing the names of a living person and a dead person can break the boundary between life and death; and writing the names of a human and a non-human can actually..."

"How?"

Xia De asked curiously while holding Little Mia. He had only seen half of it, and Lady Galina came, so he didn't see the second half of the letter.

"The information opened by the Church is definitely incomplete. I bet this relic can be used as the core of a god-summoning ritual."

Lady Galina closed the letter and returned it to Xia De:

"Writing the names of humans and non-humans, writing the names of two dead people, and writing the names of more than two people will all cause the relic to go out of control. You are really lucky, you didn't encounter a situation of going out of control. But going out of control does not mean that the effect of 'being together' will not be exerted. It's really interesting, could this item really be a contract signed by a priest or witch of a certain god in the Third Era when joining the Church?"

Xia De thought of Lady Felliana's words again—never underestimate the role of a relic, and don't be deceived by its superficial characteristics.

"What would happen if I wrote 'another me'?"

Xia De proposed a bolder idea. Lady Galina looked at him in surprise, unable to understand how he thought of this question:

"'Another me' is not a true name, the true name of another me is ourselves. And writing two of one's own names has no effect."

Xia De nodded knowingly, and somehow, the word "Sulen" jumped out in his heart.

After finishing the events of last night, they talked about the purpose of Lady Galina's visit this time. She came specifically to send Xia De a new time key.

Knowing that Xia De could truly travel through time, she was looking forward to Xia De meeting Lady Felliana again.

The time key the Duchess brought this time corresponds to the time point of 3014 in the Fifth Era, which is 12 years after Xia De met Lady Felliana in the Forest of Thousand Trees. Lady Felliana at that time was still young, because the establishment of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy was around 3050. According to records, the founder Mana Felliana looked like twenty-three or twenty-four years old, so even after 12 years of separation, Lady Felliana Xia De saw should still be her original appearance.

Lady Galina handed the key to Xia De, and Xia De took the key and held it in his palm:

"But I can't guarantee that I will definitely be able to meet that lady again."

"It doesn't matter, try one by one, there will always be a chance to meet. The acquisition of time keys is not simple, and it is a key for a specific time point. But as long as there are gold pounds, they can always be found. I cannot guarantee the frequency of providing you with keys, so I hope your luck can be better."

The Duchess said, looked at Xia De, and reminded:

"This matter is not urgent, just take your time, you don't have to tire yourself out."

"Safety first, I understand this. However, how should I pay for the price of these keys?"

Xia De handed the key in his hand to the curious cat. The cat didn't see what Xia De got and thought it was food. But seeing the key, it lost interest. It had seen this kind of thing in Xia De's hand.

"After you meet Lady Felliana, just help me ask a question. Don't be so polite with me, you are different from others in my heart."

The red-haired Duchess said easily, looking at Xia De with a smile, and Difa standing behind her also showed a smile.

"That won't do, asking a question is very simple, but the keys one by one are very precious... I have a notebook of Lady Felliana here, you can copy a copy and take it away."

Xia De had already flipped through the notebook almost twice, and there was nothing on it that only he could know.

"Oh?"

Lady Galina narrowed her eyes slightly:

"You still have this kind of thing? Detective, do you know how much value this has?"

"Just don't let anyone other than you and Difa see the content on the notebook. Don't be so polite with me..."

Xia De looked up at the witch, repeating her words:

"... you are different from others in my heart."

The witch touched her smooth chin, looking at Xia De.

Time seemed to stand still on this leisurely morning, the floating dust in the air solidified, the sunlight shone on the maids' dresses, the cat's eyes stared at the teacup on the table, and the fluff on its cheeks trembled evenly.

The young man opposite, sitting on that old-fashioned long sofa, had a smile in his eyes, and what was reflected in his eyes was herself.

The years are just right, and life is comfortable. For a moment, Galina Cavendish, who considered herself experienced in the "love field," actually really thought that she was moved by a simple sentence.

"But this sentence was also said by me."

She also gave Xia De a smile.

But no matter what, this vivid, real, and scalp-numbing scene will surely become the most important memory picture in the witch's life.