The Tale of the Alchemist and the Demon

Later that day, the lord finally returned to the room.But to his surprise, Yue curled up in a corner of the room in a strange posture, his face became paler than in the morning, and even his lips began to turn pale.

But when he raised his head to look at the person coming, there was a calm smile on his face.

"I've thought it through, my lord. May I ask a question?"

"What's the matter?" The lord walked into the room casually, stood in front of the bed and began to unbutton his jacket.He did not bring in the servant, because it was not convenient to see what happened next.Besides, the alchemist should look like no threat.

"When did you find out? Something about the devil?"

"Ah, it's okay to tell you. When His Majesty the King came this time, he seemed to have brought some prophecies from the church. There will be demons that will destroy everything in this land... and you are the only one who meets the conditions for summoning demons. That Ryuzaki also suddenly appeared here."

"Church..." Yue murmured to herself. "It will destroy everything..."

"But we have to catch him to count as evidence, right?" the lord said happily, walking towards Yue step by step. "What happened to him before is already certain, that guy is—"

His voice was cut off in the air strangely.

In his eyes, the sneer at the corner of Ye Shenyue's mouth was magnified to a weird degree.It was an unmistakable mockery of him.

And his feet seemed to be sucked by something, and suddenly they couldn't move on the ground.

He turned his eyeballs vigorously, looked down, and there was something burning on the ground, burning, turning the whole world into a bright red color.

The blood in the lord's body was continuously flowing to the floor, and then was sucked in by the magic circle on the ground.You don't have to think about this magic to know how evil it really is.Where did the young alchemist get his spells from?

However, at this moment, he couldn't think of anything at all. The feeling of blood being drawn was a huge pain that ordinary people could hardly imagine.His nerves were exploding, his eyeballs were protruding from their sockets, his hands and feet were shrinking rapidly, and his muscles were rapidly losing their elasticity and clinging to his bones. However, he still couldn't make a sound, because there was no such strength in his body.A living person quickly collapses to the ground, an ugly and twisted corpse.

His blood made the entire magic circle tremble with excitement.The black magic got the sacrifice of life and almost became a living thing with substance.Those burning things gradually converged towards the interior of the room, and finally condensed into some kind of black substance in midair.

It's not the same as back then.

"L...will you show up..."

The black matter was expanding, almost becoming a substance.The feeling this time is completely different from when I summoned L back then.The last time he was physically strong and healthy, he was so tired that he wanted to pass out after the summoning.But this time he had pushed himself to the limit, and now it didn't get any more uncomfortable.He just felt a certain change inside his body, as if something was about to break out.Especially on the back, it seemed that there was something stirring under the skin, and it would soon burst through that fragile body.This feeling of swelling even overwhelmed the pain of the wound.He pinched his throat and retched, spit out a lot of dark red blood, which clotted on the floor.

I'm probably going to die...

Even if he doesn't die now, he will still die when the Lord Lord's body is found.

Moreover, the magic also failed, and nothing was summoned...

After all, no one has ever tried to summon a demon twice in a lifetime, so it's not at all surprising what happens.Using human sacrifices is many times more effective than using animal sacrifices—so, the lack of summoning can only be explained because L still exists.

"It's still alive, but if it falls into the hands of the church..."

He couldn't imagine what would happen to L, would he be imprisoned and killed thousands of times?

"Isn't the sacrifice enough? Isn't it enough to summon you?" He tried his best to support himself, crawling towards the center of the magic with his hands and feet.

The wish is not yet fulfilled, the magic is not yet complete.

"So, L...please...appear, in front of me, and take me...out of here...!"

It was very difficult for him to say this.

"Fulfill... my... wish..."

The black that absorbed all the light was overwhelmed by the huge light, and then, he suddenly felt himself leaning forward, leaning against a thin but warm body.

No... There was an astonishing heat radiating from that shell, which made him almost feel like he was being burned.

"Don't go any further." There was a firm and clear voice in my head. "I've come to save you."

It was like a wheel had run over his mind.Yue finally let out a breath and passed out.

In the middle of the night, there was a light rain in the sky.

L was a little afraid that he might get lost.Yue on the back has been having trouble breathing, and his body temperature fluctuates from time to time. I don't know how long he can last.

Fortunately, just as he was thinking this way, the lights of the small town appeared vaguely in his sight.Although the cold rain had turned the light into a mist, it was the most beautiful sight in his eyes.The person on the back seemed to be stimulated by the light, and moved slightly.

"Yue, hold on for a while." He tried to say something.

"... Ryuzaki...it's too late..."

"What...it's too late."

Probably because of the cold, L felt that in his short life experience, he had never had such a bad time thinking and talking.

"You came too late." The voice from behind was weak.

"...Is that so...sorry."

He continued walking in the direction of the town, and he didn't feel any sensation in his body. He only felt that there was a cold liquid on his back continuously seeping into his neck.

"If I don't come... will you really sacrifice yourself?" he asked.

"Bah...of course not. I very...hate myself...for taking so much effort...summoning a useless demon..."

L blinked, and water flowed down his hair into his eyes: "...Are you blaming me for being useless?"

"Of course...it's all your fault." After saying these words forcefully, Yue lost consciousness again.

The Inquisitor told the king: "Your Majesty, please have a look at this."

He lifted the rug in front of everyone.Just below the place where the mummy lay, a huge pentagram magic circle was drawn on the floor, and every trace was scorched black, exuding a stench.The magic circle is extremely complicated, and no one can see its structural significance.

"According to our identification, it was drawn with blood. It should be the alchemist who used his own blood."

"But..." the priest beside the king said tremblingly. "How did he disappear from the room after bleeding so much?"

"……do not know."

"Moreover, the magic circle should also use metal materials, such as lead and mercury..."

"No, there is in this room... the lord likes unusual decorations..." The investigator pointed to the corner where Yue had sat.There, scattered were fragments of the mercury lamp that had once been in the room.

"Then I can be sure, it was this magic circle that turned my retainers into mummies." The king stared at the magic circle with his hands behind his back. "And after this happened, the demon disappeared. Perhaps, he was the one who did it."

Several medical officers followed behind, and no one dared to speak.According to such a scene, they can imagine that the alchemist first pretended to be extremely weak, and after they left, he quietly got up, smashed the mercury lamp, cut his wrist with glass shards, and drew a picture under the carpet. magic circle.Such a large magic circle required a lot of blood, so he cut his wound again and again and sprinkled the blood.After the magic circle was completed, he arranged the metal materials, covered everything with a carpet, and finally sat in the corner of the room by himself, blocking the debris.

Then, the magic was activated, and when the lord died, there was no time to make a sound.

The king and the inquisitor discussed something else: "Anyway, it's a witchcraft."

"Yes, Your Majesty. That guy has committed the taboo of summoning demons, and he still uses such a cruel method to kill people..."

They cast their eyes on the ugly corpse on the ground, but at the same time they all felt shuddering.The shriveled corpse's mouth was gaping open, as if it was screaming silently.

The king soon issued a bounty for the alchemist and his demons, and the guards went to Moon's house, but found nothing useful.As for the warehouse, although it could be seen that the alchemist was conducting some kind of experiment, no special evidence was found.One of them found a half-burnt white feather in the corner, and he became somewhat concerned.

"Are there any birds that big around here?"

"Maybe it's a swan." His companion glanced at the thing.

But at the moment when the door was closed, an unknown mechanism was triggered, and the small house suddenly burst into flames by itself, and soon fell into a sea of ​​flames.By the time the investigator was called, the entire house had been reduced to ruins.

The wanted notices were quickly posted all over the town, and the guards began to search and question from house to house, but they couldn't find any news.It seems that it is only a matter of time to find the tavern.Ai Bo told the two people who were hiding here for the time being.

The two listened to his words in silence.

"What do you think...?" L looked at Yue and asked.

Yue responded indifferently: "Then get out of here as soon as possible."

He didn't seem to want to say more.

Since coming here that day, Yue's eyes have obviously become much colder. L can't imagine what kind of determination he had in the beginning to kill people with such cruel means.Even, part of the opportunity should be for himself.It's scary just thinking about it, and maybe there's some truth to blaming yourself.

Albert said that I will take you out of town tomorrow in the name of buying goods.After discussing the escape plan, they began to prepare for the escape.For some reason, the owner of the tavern seemed to be very enthusiastic about this, and even pulled L to pass on his escape experience.Although I don't know how much this guy biting his nails seriously listened to.

"All in all, maybe you can try going to the southern border... If you go to another country, you should be safe. Or you can go to the west to cross the sea."

"I will persuade Yue Jun to try. But..."

"but?"

"Based on what I know about him, he won't escape, and even if he escapes, he will come back. That guy, maybe he is planning a revenge plan..."

While speaking, L stared at the wooden grain on the bar.In fact, he somewhat hoped that these few words were lies and that the two of them could go back to the previous time, but intellectually he also knew that this was impossible.So, just go with the flow.

Thinking of this, he saw a glass of wine suddenly appearing in front of him.

"Don't think too much." Ai Bo was persuasive. "The darker the day, the more optimistic we are about the future."

L couldn't help showing a smile: "Mr. Ai Bo's words are not convincing."

"Hey, but..." Albert frowned, watching L take the first sip from the glass of beer. "They really didn't treat you at that time..."

"... what?" Steady black eyes turned to him without blinking.

"Didn't you really say those words to worry Night God? I always feel that things can't be that simple."

"Even if there is any difference, you can't say that to Yue Jun now. He has been hit hard enough." L calmly brought the wine glass to his lips, and slowly sipped the cold drink.

"Then, you can't tell me?"

L shook his head slowly: "I can't expose myself to anyone other than him."

After a long silence, Albert slowly pointed to the empty cup.

"That's pretty self-explanatory, Ryuzaki."

Liquor is indeed a strange magical drink. L finally felt its importance during the second attempt.He squatted on the chair when he returned to the room, and soon became groggy.However, when his mind was not clear, the breath of someone behind him approached silently and hugged him from behind.

"Why did you squat on the chair and fell asleep again?"

He hadn't heard such a warm voice for a long time. He suddenly felt something hit his chest, and he was suffocated for two seconds.

"It used to be like this... At first I thought you were awake all the time."

"I'm really dreaming right now..." L thought for a while and said.

"Yeah, do demons also dream?"

"It didn't happen before, but recently, the reality is too bad."

He raised his head and saw Yue's eyes directly above.The moment the eyes met, L seemed to see in his eyes the occasional brilliance of the old boy, which was as ethereal as the moonlight in the sky.At that moment, he finally understood that no matter how intelligent human beings are, they can't turn pain into nothingness, nor can they turn ephemeral into eternity.After falling in love with someone, no matter how much a person looks for in his whole life, he is just trying to repeat the feeling of falling in love with him at that moment.