Chapter 65 Shocking news (asking for a monthly pass)
"How is it?" Seeing Lane, Leah and Valentai asked in unison.
Although they had already believed Lumian's words, people always had a sense of luck, and they still held that the problem might not be that serious, but the kid didn't have enough knowledge to exaggerate his expectations.
Ryan looked around and saw that there was no other person around the elm tree and said in a deep voice:
"I don't dare to ask too directly, I only know that the real date is in late April, and I don't know what day it is."
Leah and Valentai fell silent at the same time.
I and others are indeed trapped in a strange time loop!
Judging by various files and data, this is definitely not something the three of them should face, nor is it something they can handle.
They were all senior extraordinary people who had handled many extraordinary incidents, and this was the first time they had encountered such a serious and abnormal situation.
Lia couldn't help but turn her head sideways and looked at Lumian:
"What kind of place is your Kordu Village?"
Abnormalities are everywhere, each one is more exaggerated than the other!
"I don't know." Lumian looked "innocent" on his face, "Before the cycle, the environment here was beautiful, the folk customs were simple, everyone was normal, and they were hospitable."
He didn't tell the three foreigners that the man standing in front of them was also a member of the anomalies.
Lane sighed and said:
"I have never encountered so many abnormalities at once, and each one is serious."
"This is the most dangerous situation I have ever faced." Valentine echoed.
In this regard, Lumian was already a little numb and sneered:
"It's normal that I haven't encountered it before, because everyone I've encountered has died."
"......" Liya glanced at him with a smile, "If you can't speak, don't say it, people like you don't grow up anywhere else."
"Strangled in the cradle?" Lumian laughed at himself, and then asked Ryan, "Have you asked the answer about the priest of the dungeon hall?"
Ryan nodded:
"In recent years, some very similar legends have appeared in different places in the north and south continents.
"Legend has it that the kingdom of heaven banished a group of sinful elves and brought them to the earth, where they could only dwell in the bodies of humans, hoping that one day they would be able to atone for their sins, be forgiven, and return to heaven.
"In some legends, those elves look like transparent lizards.
"Well, the elves I'm talking about are not the elves of the ancient era, but closer to the mixed concept of fairies and various spirits."
What about the last few years? Lumian remembers that the legend related to "Lady of the Night" has only appeared in recent years.
What is going on in this world?
He thought for a moment and asked:
"Did you say which god is in heaven?"
Ryan shook his head:
"It's amazing that everyone who claims to have seen elves thinks they are from the realm of local gods."
Local deities refer to the righteous gods of local beliefs.
The kingdom of heaven with different gods? Lumian raised his head and looked at the blue sky.
That lizard-shaped elf from heaven?
But according to Auror, the sky is above the starry sky, and each star represents a world.
So, alien creatures?
Or, from the astral plane of the occult?
While various thoughts echoed, Lumian asked with a slight curiosity:
"In some legends, those elves are transparent lizards, but what about other parts?"
Ryan shook his head again:
"They can only find out these in a short period of time, and the specific situation may have to be communicated with the headquarters to grasp."
At this time, Liya said thoughtfully:
"I've heard a little bit of elf legends.
"The last time I met a Lemberg man, he said that farmers in many parts of the central and southern regions have believed in the existence of mischievous elves in recent years, who will make a mess of their homes and fields, or do all kinds of mischief, which is called 'funny'." (Note 1)
The South-Central Belt refers to the area where small states such as Lemberg, Marcy, and Segal are located, as well as a small number of areas of the Republic of Intis, the Kingdom of Rune, and the Kingdom of Fenerport.
Most of it is located on a plateau, mountainous, forested, with many ruins and legends.
It's really not an independent phenomenon...... Lumian listened carefully.
"Different elves seem to behave differently." Ryan said as if he was thinking, "And the 'lizard' that lives in the human body is probably the most evil one, and it is not certain whether it is the most dangerous, well, with so many abnormalities in Kordu, the parasitism of the elves should not be an isolated phenomenon, maybe someone wants to use it to control the priests of the dungeon hall."
Thinking is very clear...... Lumian glanced at the villagers who were returning home after various tasks, and said to Lia and the others:
"See you at half past three in the afternoon, behind the hill where the Administrator's castle is located.
"You guys, do you want to go with me to search for clues?"
"Yes." Ryan agreed.
Seeing that Lumian was leaving, Lia hurriedly called out to him:
"That's it?
"You have to at least tell in detail the state of the castle, who is in it, and the abnormalities shown by Mrs. Puaris, we can't explore and search without preparation."
Although Lumian was reluctant to recall the things related to Mrs. Puaris, he had to admit that Lia's request was very reasonable, so he had to endure the discomfort and speak it out completely.
Ryan and the others, who knew what was going on before, were still shocked even if they were mentally prepared, and their expressions became more or less sluggish.
Soon, Liya jingled with a grin:
"It's okay with me, anyway, I am likely to experience something like that in the future, and you, this is an opportunity that no other man will ever encounter in his life, so you must cherish it."
Valentine ignored her jokes and whispered with a cold expression:
"This should all be purified, it should be purified!"
Lumian didn't want to provoke the guy, so he waved his hand and said:
"See you in the afternoon."
After taking a few steps, he turned his body, looked at Lane, and asked vigilantly:
"Did Bertrand know the contents of your telegram?"
Bertrand was the telegraph operator in charge of the corresponding affairs, and if he knew the date and the legend of the elves, it meant that the administrator knew about it, and if the administrator knew, it meant that Madame Pualis knew.
"Don't worry." Ryan said gently, "We have an agreed code language that he can't understand."
Lumian breathed a sigh of relief, left the village square, and returned to the building of his house.
After walking a distance, he saw Ava. Liziye was driving a flock of white geese home.
"Yo, isn't this our 'Spring Elf'?" Trying to forget the bloody and cruel scene at the end of the Lenten celebration, Lumian greets Ava with his usual joke.
Ava was a little embarrassed:
"I haven't chosen yet!"
Her delicate facial features set off the off-white long skirt on her body to make it less rustic.
"It's definitely no problem." Lumian smiled and said, "Raymond and I will canvass for you."
Ava suddenly showed a surprised expression:
"You don't know?"
"What do you know?" Lumian chuckled inexplicably.
Could it be that something happened in the village that was not part of the "historical" process?
Ava observed his expression and suspected that he was teasing herself.
After a few seconds, the girl frowned with slight concern and said:
"Raymond is missing, don't you know?"
"Huh?" Lumian was too shocked to hide his expression as usual.
In the last cycle, he and Raymond. Clegg met basically every day from the next day, March 30, until Lent on April 5.
At that time, they followed the process of the waterside ceremony to lift Raymond, who threw the sacrifice at the end, and threw him into the river, and Raymond, like those in the past, swam a little farther away, and waited until he left the ceremony site before going ashore and going home, and did not go out until night.
From that day on, in the next two cycles, Lumian had too many things to be busy with, and he didn't care about playing with Raymond.
Who knows, today, Ava suddenly tells him that Raymond is missing!
This is something that never happened in the last cycle!
Seeing Lumian's expression, the doubts in Ava's aqua blue eyes dissipated:
"You really don't know......
"Raymond's father may come to you today and ask where Raymond went."
Lumian held back the turbulent waves in his heart and asked:
"When did Raymond disappear?"
Is it because I didn't follow the "history" process to find him, so something happened?
"Two days ago." Ava recalled, "He said he went out on the afternoon of the 29th and never came back, his family originally thought he was drunk in an old tavern or went to chat with the 'young man', but he only started looking for it last night, and he should come to ask you today......"
She paused and lowered her voice:
"They suspected that Raymond didn't want to learn shepherd and ran away secretly."
Think I instigated it, wait and question me? Lumian probably understood what was going on.
And this point in the afternoon of the 29th immediately reminded him of the beginning of the cycle.
The last two cycles started on the afternoon of the 29th!
That said, Raymond disappeared at the beginning of the loop? This means that perhaps no one deliberately changed the course of "history" because it was too late...... So why are there such mutations and differences? Lumian fell into deep thought.
Ava glanced at him and asked in a low voice:
"Do you know where Raymond went?"
"I haven't seen him in the past few days." Lumian is telling the truth.
He began to suspect that Raymond's disappearance was related to being thrown into the river in the last loop.
But Raymond couldn't leave Kordu Village because of this, it would trigger the loop.
Saying goodbye to Ava, Lumian forcibly maintained his composure and returned home.
He didn't care about anything else, so he first told Aurore about Raymond's disappearance.
Aurore's expression froze, he frowned slightly, and said in a low voice:
"If you don't mention it, I will forget this person a little......"
She wore a simple rose red dress and paced back and forth, and Lumian began to think about the possible reasons.
After a while, Aurore looked at his brother and said seriously:
"I remember that the essence of the Lenten waterside ritual is to offer sacrifices to the concept of 'water source' represented by the river, is it possible that Raymond who was thrown into the water is also considered a sacrifice and was taken away by a certain being?
"After that, because there is no substance corresponding to him, the cycle is expressed as disappearance."
Lumian shook his head:
"That will trigger the loop."
It should be triggered when humans leave Kordu Village and the surrounding area.
Aurore asked in a deep voice:
"What if it's in the form of a corpse?"
Note: In Swiss folklore, a kind of elf is called "funny".
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(End of this chapter)