Chapter 16 clichés
That owl?
The owl in the legend of the wizard?
Lumian's thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and his blood seemed to be frozen in an instant.
At this moment, he was even more terrified than seeing the monster with three faces.
After all, this is reality, and the ruins are dreams.
Even if you die in a dream, reality will follow you, and there is still a layer of psychological separation after all.
"What should I do?
"Will it affect Aurora?
「……」
As Lumian tried his best to think of a countermeasure, the owl made no other moves, looking at him quietly, as if doing some kind of scrutiny.
After a few seconds, the owl spread its wings and flew up, heading towards the mountains and forests in the distance.
On the way, it glided down and disappeared somewhere in the village of Kordu.
It wasn't until the owl was no longer visible that Lumian eased up.
He sat down on the chair and raised his hand to touch his forehead.
It was all sweat.
"Is it really the owl in wizard legends?
"Has it really lived for so many years?
"Anyway, it is different from other owls, its eyes are not dumbfounded, and it is more like a human......
"If it's really that owl, why did it fly out of my window, just because I want to investigate that wizard legend? But we have given up......
"It looked at me like this for a few moments and left......
"I don't know if it will come again in the future, and if it will affect Aurore's ......"
Because nothing happened for the time being, Lumian wanted to observe for a few more days, but considering that it might affect Auror, he felt that he could not hide it from his sister.
When he left the room, seeing that Aurore hadn't gotten up yet, he went down to the first floor and prepared breakfast, all of which my sister liked to eat:
Soft-boiled omelette, icing pancakes, regular toast with jam......
When I turned back, I had to make noodles, this time with meat sauce...... Seeing that the grid for the noodles was empty, Lumian decided to fill it up in the next two days.
This is Auror's favorite staple food.
Aurore was wearing a nightdress and rubbing her blonde hair, and when she walked down the stairs, the food was already on the kitchen table.
"It's early." She covered her mouth and yawned.
Lumian smiled:
"It's not early.
"Don't you often say that your day's plans start early in the morning?"
"Yes, my plan is to sleep." Aurore sat down, with milk, and had breakfast.
Lumian sat down across from the table of six, nibbling on pancakes, and said casually:
"I have been tracking down the truth of those legends in the village these days."
"Why?" Aurore asked.
Lumian was very confessed:
"Didn't you promise to help me obtain extraordinary power, I just thought about relying on my own efforts, there may be clues hidden in those legends."
"Almost impossible." Aurore commented casually, "Those legends have not been adapted for generations, they have long been unrecognizable, they were written down by some people when they hallucinate, they are meaningless, well, it may also be someone who specially made up a story as an excuse, hehe, and the contribution of a fun person like you."
"What?" Lumian couldn't understand what Aurore meant by "happy man".
It's not even Intis.
"The full name is a prank lover." Aurore explained briefly, and then frowned, "You suddenly told me this, did you get into trouble, and you knew you went home to ask your sister for help?"
"There was an accident, but it wasn't enough to get into trouble." Lumian is justified.
He organized the following words:
"My first target is that wizard legend."
"What wizard legend?" Aurore looked puzzled.
"Haven't you heard of it?" Lumian was quite surprised, "A long time ago, a man in the village died suddenly, and when he was buried, an owl flew in and stopped at his bedside, and it didn't fly away until the body was lifted.
Aurore listened carefully:
"I really didn't notice such a legend before."
Unscientific...... Lumian couldn't believe it.
Although Aurore stays at home most of the time, she still goes out a few days a month, chatting with Naroka and other old ladies, telling stories to children, and knows all kinds of rumors about Koldu Village very well.
Moreover, this house was built in the wizard's original home!
Lumian had previously suspected that the reason why Aurore chose to settle in Kordu Village was to obtain the wizard's treasure and successfully obtain extraordinary power based on it.
"And then?" Aurore asked calmly.
Lumian replied truthfully:
"We asked the old man in the village to make sure that this really happened, but it has been decades, and the wizard's house has been burned down by the church, and the land is the one you bought."
"Really?" Aurore was obviously a little surprised, "I just said that they are selling my land at a lower price than normal, there must be a problem...... I thought my sweet mouth would make the old ladies happy......"
She thought for a while and said:
"The wizard's body was burned by the church?"
"Yes, the ashes are buried in the cemetery next to the church." Lumian nodded.
He continued:
"Because all the clues were interrupted, we have given up on this matter, who knows, when I woke up this morning, I saw an owl outside the window, very similar to the legendary owl."
"Sure?" Aurore was a little solemn.
"I'm not sure, but it's really different from an ordinary owl." Lumian answered from an objective perspective.
Aurore thought for a while and said slowly:
"During this time, you should not leave the village, and you cannot leave the house after dark until I investigate the situation."
Speaking of this, she smiled angrily:
"I told you that the pursuit of extraordinary power is a very dangerous thing, look, trouble is coming!
"Fortunately, it seems that the other party has no ill intentions, and the problem should be solved better."
I'm relieved if I'm on guard...... Lumian lowered his head and said neatly:
"Sister, I was wrong."
He immediately changed the subject:
"Have your pen pals replied?"
"How can it be that fast? It's not power generation, uh, mail!" Aurore said "heh".
Doesn't mail mean letters and packages sent through the post office? Lumian didn't quite understand.
He didn't care too much, after all, Aurore often came up with some strange words.
…………
At the entrance of the old tavern.
Lumian stood there and looked at it.
He knew that the lady who gave him the tarot card should not have gotten up yet, and this time he was looking for three foreigners, Ryan, Leah, and Valentine.
As Lumian expected, the three foreigners occupied a table in the tavern and had breakfast.
Trout rolls, wine, mayonnaise bread...... Did you eat pretty well...... Lumian observed for a few seconds and exited the old tavern, not disturbing Leah and the others.
After a while, Ryan and the others walked out, preparing to continue walking in Kordu Village and find someone to "chat".
Lumian greeted him, opened his arms, and greeted him with a bright smile:
"Good morning, my cabbages."
He saw the indifferent Valentine's facial muscles twitch, Ryan and Leah were slightly embarrassed, and the other showed amused expressions.
Uh, they were wearing exactly the same clothes as the other day...... Away from home, didn't bring much change of clothes? Lumian noticed that Leah was still wearing a pleated cashmere tight skirt, a small white coat, and Marcel boots, which served as a veil for a hat and two small silver bells on each of the boots, while Ryan was still wearing the brown duffle top and light yellow trousers, and a simple dark bowler hat on his head.
Similarly, Valentine still has powdered hair and makeup on his face.
"Good morning, Lumian, is there something wrong?" Ryan asked calmly.
"You are my friends, and I will come to visit you even if I have nothing to do." Lumian looked aggrieved.
He asked instead:
"I see that you have been chatting with people in the village these days, do you want to ask something?
"You can come to me, my cabbages, I am your friend, you can ask me any questions!"
"We can't believe your answer." Valentine couldn't help but speak.
Lane glanced sideways at him, signaling him to calm down.
Lumian smiled:
"Then you can completely believe other people's answers?"
Leah was a little speechless for a while, and Ryan thought for a moment:
"In fact, we can't fully believe it, we will make a comprehensive judgment based on different people's answers and our own observations."
"Right." Lumian spread his hands, "Then listening to my answer is not a bad thing, at least it is a reference."
Ryan was silent for a moment, instinctively glancing left and right.
In the early morning in Kordu Village, there were many people going to the farmland, and there were almost no people near the old tavern.
"That's right." Ryan considered his words and said, "Let's find someone here."
"Hondo priest?" Lumian asked with a smile.
Ryan shook his head:
"No.
"We visited the priest to find that person."
"Who?" Lumian showed an interested expression, "I know everyone in the village, and I should be able to help."
Ryan was not happy about this:
"In fact, we don't know who that person is, how old he is, what he looks like.
"Some time ago, we received a letter from Kordu Village, unsigned, and we now want to find the person who wrote the letter."
Informant? Lumian subconsciously flashed such a thought.
He pretended to be puzzled:
"After you came to the village because of that letter, that person didn't look for you?"
"No." Leah replied for Ryan.
"Maybe he still lacks a little sense of security and doesn't trust you very much?" Lumian was very engaged and enthusiastic to help guess, "Can't you judge based on the content of the letter?"
What he wanted to know more was what the letter was about.
If it was aimed at the group of priests in the parish, then he would be happy to see it, but if it involved Auror, he would have to urge his sister to move quickly, after all, Aurore often corresponded with "pen pals", and if any "pen pal" was arrested, she was likely to be involved, and the clue was the letter.
(End of this chapter)