Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 70

The moment he saw the "midwife", Lumian's heart seemed to stop beating.

Is she still alive?

I clearly saw her being killed by Laien and her spirit was destroyed!

Lumian remembered clearly that the "midwife" eventually turned into small pieces of flesh and blood all over the floor, and some parts could not even be found.

This **** is a ghost! No, there is breathing sound! Lumian thought of fragments from some of his sister's novels, and his heart instantly changed from stasis to beating wildly.

If the "midwife" hadn't even looked at him and was minding her own business pruning the branches of the flower tree, he would have probably reacted immediately.

Kacha, kacha, tiny branches growing randomly fell to the ground, awakening the sluggish Lumian.

He subconsciously stepped forward towards the place where the tulips were in bloom.

The "midwife" didn't stop him, didn't even turn around.

Lumian couldn't help but steal another glance at her, and saw that her expression was focused and her movements were serious. Her side face was very dark and gloomy due to the shadows brought by the flowers, plants and trees.

Not daring to stay any longer, Lumian picked a few tulips and left the administrator's castle.

Until he returned to the village, his heart was still beating fast.

After calming down, seeing that it was still early and not yet the point where Aurore could trigger the cycle, Lumian walked to Raymond Craig's house.

This is also a two-story building, but compared to Lumian and Aurore's house, it is obviously older, more dilapidated, and smaller. The outer wall highlights the gray color of the stone, and there are many green plants crawling on it.

At this time, the door of Craig's house was open, and people could see the stove on the left, the table on the right, and the wooden barrels in the back at a glance.

According to Lumian's memory, those wooden barrels were used for storage, and in the space separated by them were two simple wooden beds, belonging to Raymond and his sister respectively.

Lumian didn't knock on the door and walked straight into Craig's house as usual.

Raymond's older sister and younger sister were helping their mother prepare dinner, while Raymond's father, Pierre Craig, was sitting on a chair next to the wooden table, drinking cheap wine.

"I heard that Raymond is missing?" Lumian asked Pierre Craig first, with a concerned look on his face.

Pierre Craig seemed to be several years older than before, and the few wrinkles on his face became more and more obvious.

He raised his head, looked at Lumian, and asked with confusion and surprise:

"you do not know?"

At this time, Raymond's mother, sister and younger sister all stopped what they were doing and looked sideways at Lumian.

Lumian really couldn't tell the truth when he said:

"I've been busy with my own affairs during this time, and I haven't seen Raymond for several days."

Pierre Craig had made inquiries and knew that Lumian was telling the truth. Otherwise, he suspected that this bastard had instigated Raymond to run away from home, so he came to question him this afternoon.

"On the afternoons of the past two days, they said it was the 29th. After Raymond went out, he never came back." Pierre Clegg said with a gloomy expression. "We have been looking for him. His two brothers are still here." If you look for him outside, where do you think he will go?"

Lumian thought for a moment and said:

"He always says he doesn't want to learn shepherding, but he doesn't have much money, so he can't leave on his own. Let me see what he has left behind..."

As he spoke, he walked very naturally towards the wooden barrels at the back of the first floor, passed through the gaps between them, and arrived at Raymond's bed.

This bed is very simple, as if it is made of just a few pieces of wood, but the gray-blue sheets, the pillow stuffed with straw and other things, and the quilt with traces of sewing are all very clean, and it can be seen that they have been cleaned frequently.

This is because Aurore loves to be clean and does not allow lice and other things to appear in his home or on his body. Even Lumian has developed this habit. Therefore, when getting along with friends who often play together, he will consciously supervise them. Maintain good personal hygiene and don't allow those guys to be dirty and deal with lice and fleas all day long.

If Raymond and the others were lazy for some time and were found to have lice again, they would definitely be pranked, and they might even be forced into the river, and they would have to wash themselves if they didn't.

After several years of oppression, Raymond would habitually help clean up the environment when he returned home.

"We didn't find the message." Pierre Craig followed to this area and said with a sad face.

Lumian sat beside Raymond's bed and reached under the pillow.

There were two things there, a dark red absorbent pen with cracks and an exercise book with many words written on it.

Raymond was thirsty for knowledge but had few opportunities for education.

In the era of Emperor Russell, compulsory township schools were established in villages like Kordu. The building was located in the building where the administrator now works - it also housed a recruitment office and a physical examination for new recruits. Committees and other institutions only have a few staff members coming and going.

In recent decades, many villages no longer have schools. In villages with a larger population, churches still hold Sunday schools. In villages like Kordu, they can only rely on their educated elders to find time to guide their children. From generation to generation, some Young people have become illiterate again.

When Lumian was in a good mood, he always claimed that he wanted to raise money for drinking, so he sold used pens and exercise books to Raymond, Ava and others at low prices, and taught them some words by the way.

Raymond was very serious every time he studied, just like when he practiced fighting and went up the mountain to help the shepherds make cheese to earn money.

He tried so hard to change his destiny.

Lumian took out the pen and the exercise book, stared at them, and did not move for a while.

"I checked with the parish priest, and he said that the words written here are very simple and cannot form sentences." Pierre Clegg sighed.

Lumian looked through the exercise book and saw that the handwriting on it gradually changed from messy and ugly to acceptable as the page numbers changed.

"There is indeed no message." He first echoed Pierre Clegg, and then added, "But I'm not sure if this is a code that can be translated into a certain sentence. You should have heard similar stories, right? Aurore told many children in the village, did they mention it when they went home?"

This includes Raymond's brother and sister.

"I told you." Pierre Clegg nodded.

If the villagers of Kordu Village have no money to go to the tavern, they often gather in the kitchen at night to chat, laugh and tell stories. People who are invited to the house for the first time need to follow the etiquette that is similar in every place in Intis. A bottle of wine can be very cheap.

It was at this kind of party that Pierre Craig heard his younger son tell similar stories.

Lumian held up the homework book openly and confidently:

"I'll take it back and show it to Aurore to see if she can find anything."

"Okay." Pierre Clegg didn't think this was a precious thing.

After leaving the area surrounded by wooden barrels, Lumian walked towards the door, and Pierre Clegg sat down again.

After walking a few steps, Lumian heard Pierre Craig sighing to himself:

"If he doesn't want to learn shepherding, he can tell me why he wants to leave..."

"In a while, our family will become rich and there will be no need to learn shepherding..."

Get rich? Lumian felt relieved, turned around, and asked pretending to be curious:

"Are there any opportunities to make a fortune?"

Pierre Craig didn't look at him, lowered his head and said dullly:

"Our family's horoscope is about to change, and our luck will get better..."

This... Lumian felt a little scared after hearing this.

"Who told you this?" he asked.

Pierre Clegg didn't answer him, he still felt sorry for himself.
After returning home, Lumian immediately told his sister the news that the "midwife" was still alive.

Aurore frowned her golden eyebrows:

"Not necessarily a living person."

"Huh?" Lumian was stunned for a moment.

Aurore said while thinking:

"Didn't we discuss it before? The path where Mrs. Pualis is located may have the power to control the undead. It may be a living corpse."

"But I saw it without turning on my spiritual vision. Moreover, there were no traces of sewing on her body. She was cut into many small pieces by Laien at that time." Lumian recalled, "Also, I heard her Breathing!"

Having said this, Lumi settled down:

"However, she is indeed a bit sluggish, her expression is very gloomy, and her eyes are not smart enough. She looks very, very much like Naroka! The Naroka I saw at night in the last loop, the Naroka who took the initiative to enter the other world. !"

That Naroka with pale face and dull eyes.

Of course, the "midwife" is obviously closer to a living person.

Aurore nodded slightly and said:

"Some kind of special state, closer to the undead?"

She couldn't guess the answer, so she had to signal Lumian to say something else.

Lumian recounted in detail the state of the castle as if nothing had happened and the words of Raymond's father.

Aurore listened quietly, nodded and said:

"Mrs. Poialis doesn't seem to want to pursue the castle's affairs, and she doesn't know what she is worried about...

"Also, your findings do prove that some of the anomalies in the village are related to her, but she doesn't seem to be involved in the cycle..."

What she means is that the anomalies in Mrs. Pualis's relationship are mainly fertility, death, soul and the other world, without the cycle of time.

"I think so too." Lumian had this experience during his previous exploration, "It seems that the person behind the priest and the others is most likely not Mrs. Pualis."

He related Raymond's father's words and guessed on his own:

"The person who spreads the news that doing something can affect the horoscope and bring good luck?"

Aurore said "hmm":

"We will do an investigation tomorrow and see if we can channel Raymond tonight."

After dinner, at night, Aurore saw that it was almost time and began to decorate the altar.

This time she was still praying to herself, so she only placed one candle, but the candle was replaced with another one made of deep sleep flowers and other materials.

After lighting the candle according to the procedure, Aurore consecrated the silver dagger to create a spiritual wall, and then dropped pure dew made from night vanilla, moon flower, etc. on the orange flame, stirring up a mist.

Seeing that the preliminary preparations were completed, Aurore looked at the homework book on the altar, took a step back, and said in ancient Hermes:

"I!"

As she uttered this word, her eyes became dark, and there seemed to be invisible wind swirling around her.

"I call in my name:"

This was the second sentence she spoke, changed to Hermes.
Because she didn't know where Raymond's spirit was, she couldn't channel it directly. She could only try it through summoning. As a wild Extraordinary, she didn't dare to ask the "dark night" in charge of this field. The goddess "prayed" and could only rely on herself. The probability of success would not be too high, unless Raymond's spirit was indeed somewhere in Kordu Village, very close to it.

Aurore continued to chant:

"The spirit that lingers in the village of Kordu;

"A man named Raymond Craig;

"The owner of this workbook..."

The orange candle flame suddenly swayed, absorbing the surrounding fog and becoming slightly larger.

Its light rippled and was dyed with a blue color.

Aurore felt sweat on her forehead and began to borrow strength from various materials.

Amid the whistling wind, a figure appeared above the blue flames.

In the eyes of Lumian, who had already activated his spiritual vision, the figure was translucent, with brown hair and brown eyes, and an ordinary appearance. It was none other than Raymond Craig.

He is indeed still in the village.

At this time, Raymond's body was swollen, his face was white, and there were drops of blood-colored tears in the corners of his eyes.

This...Aurore was obviously stunned.

After the cycle restarted, Raymond was just missing but not drowned. Why did his spirit become like this?

That's right. If he hadn't been drowned, how could he have turned into a spirit?

Contradictory to each other...

In doubt, Aurore asked:

"Raymond Craig, why are you missing?"

Raymond's expression suddenly turned ferocious, and he shouted sharply:

"They drowned me!"