Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 623 Two hundred. Going home

   Not long after passing through Shymfast, the carriage was shrouded in mist from the other end of Mount Sugard.

  If the carriage stopped by the fog, you might see the fog like a living creature, slowly wriggling forward and swallowing it bit by bit.

   It won't take long, a few days at most, the strange fog will reach Shymfast.

  The oil lamp hanging outside the car was so dim that it was almost extinguished by the fog. But Ampere didn't need light to illuminate the way for it, and Anna also released her more obscure aura to hide Lu Li and declare her identity.

   There is no fog present to disturb this strange combination.

   At midnight, the carriage climbed Mount Sugard and passed through the darkened town of Watchmen. Occasionally, Lu Li would find a dim light like the oil lamp outside the carriage flickering, whether it was someone who was still in the town unwilling to leave, or a terrifying trap that lured passers-by to approach.

   After leaving Shouwang Town and advancing for a while, the rammed dirt road was replaced by a broad flagstone road.

   They went back to Belfast - the ruins.

  Anna suggested to wait until dawn before passing through the ruins of the city, and spend the night at Erin's manor first, and retrieve those books by the way.

   At this time, Belfast is more dangerous than the wild. Evil spirits, evil spirits, evil **** minions and those heretics are all wandering in this ruins.

   Entering from the main entrance of the manor has to pass by the Onyx Lake. It is obviously not a good idea to pass by the lake after a strange existence occupies it, so Anna grabbed Ampere and the carriage and climbed over the guardrail of the manor and entered the back garden directly.

   They inevitably passed an uneven mound that had been lifted. Adang Fuya didn't know what the mound of dirt that Anna stared at, but Anna seemed to see two dead trees entangled in the crack and inseparably drilled out.

   Maybe this ending is better... At least two people who love each other will not experience the pain of turning against each other.

   After walking halfway around the mansion, Ampere stopped under the steps beside the fountain.

  Lu Li picked up the oil lamp and walked up the steps with Anna and Adamfiya. At the edge of the dim light, a half-closed door emerged.

   Those survivors should close it...

   Lu Li realized something, and walked directly to the room where Irene kept the book—the door there was also half-closed, and the gap was dark and silent.

   Anna, who was holding another oil lamp, pushed the door and walked into the library. The sleeping bags, clothes and cans were scattered everywhere by the fireplace in the corner, making it a mess.

  In an empty space, blood-like paint painted a strange pattern like a vortex, which seemed to be some kind of symbol.

   The fate of the survivors who hid here is obvious: heretics came to the manor, found them, and took them with them.

  Ana looked at Lu Li, waiting for his next decision.

  Lu Li shook his head slightly. The paint had dried up, meaning they had been taken away for more than a day: "No clue, go upstairs and rest."

  There are also many clean rooms on the second floor.

  Anna loaded the book she had picked out a few days ago into the carriage. There was still plenty of space in the carriage, so she picked out some more books and put the survivors' leftover cans into the carriage.

  Adan Fuya chose to stay in the corridor on the second floor, sitting on a chair and looking out. But she couldn't see anything but thick darkness and fog.

   She looked in the direction of her and Tesla's house.

   In the other bedroom, Anna made a quilt for Lu Li and went to the fireplace to raise a fire.

   "One of Rhodes and Adamfiya is lying." Lu Li said in the bedroom, which gradually became warm and bright.

   "What's wrong?" Anna looked.

   "Lord once said that Tesla met Adam Fuya when he was a funeral director, but Adam Fuya said they met during an investigation."

   "Is Tesla's nephew lying?" Anna's hostility to Rhodes made her preconceived.

   "I don't know." Lu Li said. "Unless you get in touch with Tesla, there's no way to confirm."

  Tesla's former butler may know something, but he died while escorting Adamfiya.

   "I'll keep an eye on her," Anna said.

   The quilt covering his body was no longer cold. Lu Li felt tired in the warmth and gradually fell asleep.

   "Good night." Anna said softly.

   In the early morning, Lu Li was awakened by the sound of Anna and Adang Fuya talking from the corridor.

   The window was brightly lit, the eerie fog had not yet dissipated, and the fireplace was glowing with dark red charcoal.

  Lu Li sat up, the blanket slipping off his body. At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Anna, who heard the movement, walked into the guest room.

   "Did you sleep well?" she asked gently.

   "Looks like I had a dream." Lu Li put on his coat, but he couldn't remember the content of the dream.

   "I'm going to prepare breakfast." Anna said. Many foods, including vegetables, were stored in the manor's cellar, but for too long, and the splurge of the survivors, only spices, jicama and cabbage were left for long-term storage.

  Anna put them all into the carriage, and left some to prepare food by the fireplace in the bedroom.

  Lu Li watched her cooking movements: "Learn it from Sarah?"

   "Well, they have bodies, and although they won't be hungry, they also need food... So Sarah has been cooking food for almost two hundred years."

   Even without systematic study, two hundred years of cooking is enough to make Sarah's cooking skills stand on the top of the world.

   Anna, who has all of Sarah's memories, wants to learn something is not too difficult.

   In Adang Fuya's praise, Anna cooked the food, and when Lu Li finished eating, the weird fog was about to recede, and the visibility could vaguely see the rippling edge of the Onyx Lake.

   A carriage loaded with books and food left the manor through the gate and passed Tesla's mansion, Lu Li stopped the carriage at Adamuya's request and asked her to return home to remember the past.

   A few minutes later, Adam Fuya came back, clutching a pair of photo frames.

The faded photo inside    is of her with Tesla.

  The carriage continued to drive, leaving the manor house around Onyx Lake and officially entering the ruins of Belfast.

  Anna asked Lu Li to hide in the carriage, then got out of the carriage, completely releasing her breath to drive away the prying eyes in the dark corner.

  …

   Elm forest.

  This is becoming a forbidden area for some monsters to avoid, like the shipwreck area and the ember area - often monsters disappear near the elm forest, and soon their bones will appear on the edge of the forest, silently telling their fate.

  In the early morning, a centipede-like ferocious carapace crawled through the burnt elm block and stepped into the elm forest.

   Negative emotions from the forest lingered, Adang Fuya felt a little uncomfortable, but to Lu Li and Anna they were like welcoming them back.

  The closer they got to the top of the cliff, the more neutral their moods tended to be...and the more positive.

  When a corner of the wooden house appeared in front of the rutted road, the surrounding elm trees became excited and intimate, gently surrounding them like invisible tentacles.

   (end of this chapter)