horror fairy tale

(1)

By: Jun Shuiyou

"Three...two..." Yukimura squatted close to the door, lowered his shoulders, and held the doorknob, ready to rush into the meeting room with Fuji Shinozu. "One..."

The moment Yukimura yelled, the door of the meeting room was pulled open from the inside, and Yukimura, who was too late to stop, staggered two steps in a little embarrassed, and Fuji and Shinozu, who were a little slower, stopped their feet in time, Embarrassed, he laughed and raised his hand to greet the inside.

"Yukimura, the door of my uncle's house is not for breaking in, um." Atobe, who was thinking about something with his chin resting on his crossed hands, turned his head and raised his eyebrows when he heard the movement at the door.

"Everyone." The consular butler holding the doorknob in one hand looked down at Fuji, Yukimura, and Shinozuzu. Their gray hair was carefully groomed, their facial features were deeper than those of ordinary Japanese, their backs were straight, and they brought With a kind of awe-inspiring aura accumulated over the years, "The Atobe family's deeds will be resolved by themselves. In this villa, the Atobe family will do their best to ensure everyone's safety, and they should not be explored in a random search." The person responsible for the matter..." The consular steward paused for a moment, then turned his eyes to Atobe: "Jingwu, let me repeat, your safety is the first priority, and I don't want you to get involved in this matter."

"I understand, uncle." Atobe nodded to the consular steward.

The consular butler didn't say anything after receiving Atobu's answer, and gracefully slipped past the two or three people, and walked away with strides.

"Uncle...uncle?" Fuji turned his head in surprise to look at the back of the consul butler leaving, and then looked at Atobe. It turned out that the first time I went to the annex building was the consul who was standing by the window on the third floor of the villa. housekeeper?

"Didn't I say that the consular steward of the Atobe family shouldn't have the surname Yejianshan, but Atobe..." Renzu dragged his lazy Kansai accent, "Uncle Atobe is an elder, so Atobe The Ministry had to listen to him..."

"Uncle is the elder of the offshoot of the Atobe family, and the consular steward is not so much a housekeeper, but rather a person in charge of the internal affairs of the Atobe family." Atobe snorted, his eyes squinted, "I haven't said anything yet, Mr. Chuangben What is the door for?"

"I'm really sorry." Yukimura spread his hands, "We found that the consular housekeeper in the personnel file has obvious traces of revision, and I'm worried that he will be bad for you when you are alone. It seems that I am worrying too much."

"However... there is indeed a problem with that file. It's true that the consular steward's surname is the Ministry of Traditions, but on that file..." Renzu frowned thinking, "Yejianshan..."

"The Japanese name and surname of the former housekeeper Adaro." Atobe lowered his eyes and said softly, "Speaking of which, uncle is indeed the son of the former housekeeper Adaro. A while ago, he came to this island where he was born to recuperate because of poor health. Today He told me a lot of things in order to dissuade me from continuing to investigate..."

"For example, mermaids may really exist."

"Things that cannot be achieved by humans, you know that you can't do it... just like a fool." Atobe silently covered his face with his hands, his shoulders trembled uncontrollably, "But obviously, such a thing has already happened , some people... never come back..."

In the huge conference room, after Atobe's voice slowly dissipated, only death-like silence remained. All the factors of relaxation and joy in the air seemed to be emptied in an instant. The sorrow, panic, and helplessness that were suppressed by laughter almost exploded.

After all, they are all just 14-year-old boys.

Atobe suddenly stood up, clapped his hands on the conference table and made a 'bang', his confused eyes gradually turned firm: "Uncle said something right, about the Atobe family, the people in the Atobe family will Get it out nicely."

"Atobe-kun." Fuji said slowly, his blue eyes shining like stars, "You will not be alone."

"Young masters, it's time to have lunch." Mr. Maeno, the housekeeper who appeared quietly at the door of the conference room, said respectfully.

Everyone who was startled by the sudden voice looked at the door together, and Atobe was the first to react, stroked the mole at the corner of his eye and said, "Just in time, let's go to the restaurant, everyone get together to see if there is anything new Information."

Four people filed out from the conference room, and the housekeeper dutifully followed behind everyone. Buer, who was at the end, suddenly said in a soft voice, "Hey, Mr. Housekeeper, do you know □□...For example, LSD?"

"What?"

Bu Er turned around and saw the butler smiling strangely with the corners of his mouth curled up.

At that moment, the surrounding space seemed to be covered with dots of white light, which rapidly enlarged and spread, and everything in front of him turned into a white and illusory realm, and there seemed to be something in front of him to lure him forward To explore, "Zhou Zhu..."

"No two!"

In an instant, the perception of the surroundings seemed to return to him quickly, the world became colorful again, and a faint fragrance slowly dissipated.Bu Er found that the butler behind him was pulling his arm, and one of his feet had already stepped on the empty step.

"Fuer, what are you thinking?" Atobe, who was down a few steps, frowned and turned his head, "If it wasn't for the butler's quick reaction, you would have already rolled down."

just that...

The housekeeper let go of Bu Er's arm, bowed and said, "Master Fuji, please be careful when going downstairs."

Is it a hallucination?

(2)

By: Buer Danzi

Is it really hallucination?But just now, the complete opposite of my behavior and thought was reflected in reality. Is the whiteness suddenly appearing in front of my eyes an illusion?No, hasn't this happened to Atobe before? □□?That's not right, the real sense of behavior being controlled can't be achieved with drugs.That is……

"No two, no two..."

Standing next to him, Atobe patted Fuji's arm, and when he came back to his senses, he saw the worried faces of the people, waved his hands and said with a smile that it was all right.Buer looked at the butler standing beside him. The butler's expression was calm at this time, but there was a slight dodge in the eyes of Buer.The expression on the housekeeper's face just before I had hallucinations was intriguing. Thinking of the few people who have been in a similar situation, it seems that we need to exchange information later.

"Forget it, let's eat first!" Atobe waved his hand and led the crowd to the restaurant. Just now, he was watching the butler's eyes and traces.Fuji seems to find something.Regarding what the consular butler said in the meeting room just now, Atobe felt that it was defenseless to tell him or tell him. After all, everyone is in the same boat now, and it would be best if the incident could be resolved as soon as possible.Atobe can understand what the consular butler said, but the glory of the Atobe family is not obtained by hypocrisy. The real noble lineage lies in a strong heart and the courage to bear mistakes.

Everyone came to the restaurant. After the food was served, the butler told Atobe that he was unwell and left the restaurant. Atobe glanced at the maid who was standing in the restaurant serving everyone's meals and waved them all to leave. After closing the door, Atobe stood up and watched To everyone.Everyone looked at Atobe who suddenly stood up in puzzlement.

"A lot of things have happened since we entered this island. We have lost important companions. Although the following sentence can't save anything, it's the only thing I can say now, and it's due to..." Atobe paused when he said this Excuse me, took a deep breath and continued, "I owe a word to my deceased companions and everyone in office...I'm sorry." Speaking of this, Atobe bowed at ninety degrees.

Everyone was stunned, and Fuji was the first to react and stood up: "Atobe, I can't blame you for this, after all, this is not what you wanted to happen."

"Yes! No one thought that such an accident would happen." Renzu replied.Others also nodded one after another.Atobe straightened up and looked at the crowd. Everyone's face was a little pale because of what happened these days, but there was no reproach in that gaze.

Atobe smiled, how could they who trust themselves so much not gain their trust.

"I believe that these days, everyone has doubts about the deaths of Haitang and the others. Everyone here has experienced some of those horrible incidents. Next, I want to tell a story, and whether this story is related to the incidents discovered these days. We'll discuss it after you've heard the story." Seeing that everyone was silent, Atobe sat down and talked about the story he had just told himself in the conference room.

It was a story that happened in the previous generation. The Atobe family was a noble family from the Restoration era, and it reached its peak in the generation of the grandfather. At that time, the Atobe grandfather and the Atobe family’s descendant, Atobe Kyousuke, were studying in Europe. After returning, Grandpa Atobe inherited the Atobe family as the eldest son, and Kyosuke Atobe became a powerful assistant of Grandpa Atobe at that time.As high-achieving business students, the two introduced the advanced European management at that time to the Atobe family, creating the legend of the Atobe family in the business world.The Atobe family in Japan can basically be summed up in the word brilliant, but at this time World War II broke out, Grandpa Atobe bought this island with huge sums of money to serve as a temporary stronghold for the Atobe family in order to avoid the war.

The Atobe family is a famous family, and the women who can marry into the Atobe family are either rich or noble, but not long after the Atobe family moved to this island, Kyosuke Atobe fell in love with a housekeeper of the Atobe family at that time. When the members of the Atobe family tried to persuade him many times to no avail, and were almost kicked out of the Atobe family, Kyosuke Atobe was found to be terminally ill. This happened at this time.

The housekeeper of the Atobe family was originally from Europe, and she is an authentic European. Her family has been fishermen on a small European island for generations. It is rumored that the fishermen on that small island have a good relationship with the legendary mermaid for generations. Township reputation.This rumor made the small island a must-stop for travelers from all over the world. At the beginning, everyone only appeared on the island for the beautiful purpose of traveling and whether they could meet the mermaid. Born, this beauty has become a nightmare for everyone on the island; there are fishers everywhere, although the hunters are in vain.But this behavior of not cherishing the friendship between human beings and the ocean made Adaro extremely disappointed. At this time, she left her hometown with disappointment and came to Japan.

A few years after arriving in Japan, Adaro became the housekeeper of the Atobe family, and soon became lovers with Kyosuke Atobe. After being warned many times by the Atobe family, Adaro still insisted on her love with Kyosuke Atobe. Giving up, the Atobe family will accept him one day, but people didn't expect that Kyosuke Atobe was diagnosed with a terminal illness at this time, and Adaro also found out that he was pregnant at this time. Beside Kyousuke.

After getting sick, Kyosuke Atobe's condition did not improve after many treatments.At this moment, the patriarch of the Atobe family told Adaro that as long as she could save Atobe Kyosuke, she would no longer prevent them from being together, and also recognized her children as descendants of the Atobe family.Hearing these words, Adaro was too surprised, but thinking of his hometown, Adaro immediately understood the meaning of the patriarch.

A few years ago, "Nordic Fairy Tales" had been banned from sale after Adaro left his hometown due to excessive vicious incidents, but the books that had already been circulated could not be taken back. In "Nordic Fairy Tales", it is recorded that the heart of a mermaid can save people, and it has been circulating in the market. The people of the Atobe family must have heard about it somewhere and said these things to themselves because they thought that they came from the land of the mermaid.

Adaro is in pain, she loves Kyosuke Atobe very much, and once thought that if something happens to him, she will go with him.But watching Kyosuke Atobe being tortured by the disease day after day, Adaro's defenses peeled off layer by layer.Due to his serious condition, Kyosuke Atobe could only stay in the medical room most of the time. Adaro knew that Kyosuke Atobe liked the Miyanobe dolls in Europe. Adaro, who had learned how to make dolls from Kyosuke, began to pick up tools every day, day after day. He made dolls that were more delicate than the last one, until one day, Kyosuke Atobe woke up from a coma for seven consecutive days and stroked Adaro's belly and said that he dreamed of their daughter, who was very beautiful, with Adaro's deep eyes and The silver-gray hair that belonged exclusively to the Atobe family, at that time, Atobe Kyousuke smiled happily, as if he saw him standing there with Adaro's daughter, calling for his father.

Adaro knew that Kyosuke Atobe was running out of time, so he drew the blueprint overnight. After being praised by Kyosuke Atobe, Adaro produced the most beautiful Miyanobe puppet.After that day, the Miyanobe doll and Adaro often accompanied Atobe Kyosuke.At this time, Atobe Kyousuke said the most, "Adaro, look at that puppet, it is really beautiful. As expected of Adaro, his hands are so skillful. Our daughter will be so beautiful in the future."

After saying this, Kyosuke Atobe would smile and caress Adaro's face, his affectionate eyes seemed to engrave Adaro's appearance in his heart, and then when he was brought into the grave, he would remember it in the next life.

When Keigo Atobe stopped, he saw the expressions of everyone besides surprise and sadness. Were you infected by that story?

"What happened later?" Fuji asked, feeling that the latter was the key.The patriarch of the Atobe family must have believed in the legend that a mermaid can save people in "Norse Fairy Tales". As for why he told Adaro, it was because Adaro came from the land of mermaids, or he might have the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Atobe shook his head, and finally sighed, "Later, I only know that not long after the patriarch of the Atobe family made this request to Adaro, Atobe Kyousuke asked to return to Europe with Adaro, but he died before they returned to Europe."

"Did Kyosuke Atobe be saved? Wasn't he already terminally ill at the time, why did he suddenly ask to return to Europe?" Yukimura asked in surprise, could it be that Adaro really found the mermaid heart, the legendary creature?

"I don't know, my uncle only told me this, and my uncle didn't mention about Kyosuke Atobe's illness at that time." Atobe was also very distressed about this. The conversation at that time gained too much information, and I forgot to explore some details for a while. .

"Wait, that's not right. Not long after the head of the Atobe family asked Adaro to save Kyosuke Atobe, he asked to return to Europe. Not long after that, Adaro and Kyosuke Atobe died. The consular steward is Adaro's son... why did he still make it A female Miyanobu doll? And Kyosuke Atobe still has a soft spot for that... court doll?" Fuji was very puzzled by this, and when it came to Miyanobe dolls, Fuji thought of the deputy at the time. The one on the floor, no two, um, drooling, it can't be that one!

"The medical technology at that time was far less developed than it is now. What's more, Atobe's family lived on the island, and a lot of medical equipment was not complete... As for Atobe Kyosuke... Disease can change many people..." Atobe was thinking, the story about mermaid heart Will the request have anything to do with Adaro's death?Since the uncle had already told about his parents, why did he only conceal the part of Kyosuke Atobe's condition and the reason for his request to return to Europe?Is it uncle who doesn't know himself or... Atobe feels that it is necessary to have a detailed discussion with the consular steward.

"Why do I feel more and more confused knowing this?" Kawamura looked at Tezuka with a bitter face, feeling that his head had already been knotted a few times, and he couldn't straighten it out no matter what.

"I said before that Adaro committed suicide. I want to know if there were any grievances, conflicts of interest, etc. within the Atobe family at that time." After thinking about it, Ninzuzu felt that this story seemed to have nothing to do with the murder. superior.The only thing that matters is that people in the Atobe family don't approve of Adaro marrying into the Atobe family.

"As far as I know, the Atobe family has always been inherited by the eldest son first, and there will be no vendettas due to interests." Atobe replied.

Isn't it a vendetta?The story of Atobe has too many similarities with this murder incident. Although Kawamura is getting more and more chaotic, Fuji feels that something is slowly becoming clear——Adaro from the land of mermaids, Kyosuke Atobe’s request for a mermaid’s heart The confusing illness, the deaths of Adaro and the others, and the "Nordic Fairy Tales" all over the wall in the study room, and the moving Gongyan doll, I always feel that as long as the above points are connected, the murder incident this time may be can explain clearly,

"I said, can I eat?" Taocheng said pitifully.He obviously came to eat, but now the dishes were cold, but everyone was so serious that he didn't dare to eat.

"Cough, I was negligent. Let's eat first. We'll discuss after we finish eating." Atobe, who had been standing all the time, sat down.Everyone began to eat, but felt a little heavy. After hearing this story, they always faintly felt that the fear that had been buried in their hearts had been confirmed—couldn’t there be such a thing?