Silver Blade and Rose

The matter of Mrs. Winnie was suppressed in the end. Mr. Mayor spent a lot of money and power to tame the major magazines and newspapers. Therefore, although this matter was widely spread, it never appeared in the newspapers, like a night in the sky. Tan's Urban Stories.Zales waited for a long time but did not see the news, and Edwin did not tell him the details. It was he who got a case report from Sanchez and learned the details of the incident from it.

Mrs. Winnie met Beritan's follower during a trip last year. The other party was a young girl, and she hit it off right away, and the two quickly became best friends who talked about everything.At that time, Mrs. Winnie was suspicious that Mr. Mayor was having an affair, and wanted to find a suitable way to win back his heart, so her "friend" gave her an idea.

Although the idea sounded crazy, under the repeated persuasion of the other party, Mrs. Winnie unexpectedly believed it.Sitting on several properties and a lot of wealth, she quickly found a secluded single-family building in the manor, purchased several statues of Beritan according to the request of the other party, and then set her mind on the orphans she adopted. , selected a few of the most beautiful and obedient ones, and brought them to live in the manor one after another.Some of these girls have reached the working age, so she arranges them to work in the manor; some still need to go to school, so she sends them to a nearby private school, and only returns to the manor on weekends and holidays. Without exception, they were all young and beautiful, and they were tied tightly to the manor by Mrs. Winnie.

It didn't last long, and these beautiful girls who were brought to the manor disappeared one by one for more than half a year with various reasons.Under the arrangement of Mrs. Winnie, some of them met their destined objects and decided to leave the manor to get married; Then he has his own ideal school, and once he passes the exam, he will go to a distant place to study.They had different visions for the future, but in the end, without exception, they all ended up in Mrs. Winnie's secret base.

Eileen Johnson was the fifth of these girls. She disappeared suddenly before the entrance examination. When Zales saw her, she had been lying in the bathtub for more than two weeks, completely unconscious.Until now, she is still in a deep coma in the hospital. The doctor's diagnosis is that excessive blood loss has caused brain hypoxia. Keeping this state for a long time has caused irreversible damage to her brain. It takes a period of time to observe the situation before formulating a plan for her. further treatment options.

Zals also went to the hospital after he came back. Apart from the visible wound caused by the dagger, he didn't know if there was any other abnormality in his body, so he could only drive to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination and visit Ai who was still in the hospital. Lin.

Of course, he drove back and forth by himself, and Edwin didn't mean to accompany him, but just said "be careful on the road" before he went out.

It is already a great improvement. He used to stay in the room and never come out.

Worshiping evil gods, kidnapping, and killing young girls, these crimes were liquidated one by one, and Mrs. Winnie would be prosecuted for multiple crimes at the same time, and it would definitely not end well in the end.But she didn't know anything about what she had done, and she couldn't find anything wrong with her brain after a detailed examination. The doctor could only give the panacea answer of "maybe it's a stress response" and reluctantly filled it in. on the medical report.

He was not in the state from the beginning to the end, and wanted to investigate on his own initiative. After being tied up in Mrs. Winnie's secret base, he couldn't ask anything. In the end, it was Edwin who escaped.To be honest, this somewhat made him feel reconciled. He had read all the books and did the special training, but when he encountered an emergency, his learning achievements were not enough, and he couldn't help much this time.

If he were Edwin, he might already be considering dismissing this assistant and replacing him with a new one.But the other party not only didn’t have it, but also continued to give him new special training programs after he came back, asking him to choose from them to practice every day, as if he didn’t take his useless performance that day to heart.

Zals was a little frustrated and a little bit unwilling, holding back his energy to practice every day, until last night, he finally knew that there was nothing else in the room except the "emotions, sorrows and joys" on the ceiling.

It was not far from the bed, and he could clearly see its whole picture while lying on the bed—it was a blue circle, big enough for an adult to walk through with his body bowed, and it was moving uninterruptedly and faintly. glowing.

After staring at that location for a long time, he was finally convinced that this was the "door" that Grant had moved into the room to guard, which he had only heard of but not seen for more than two months.

He lived in this room for a long time, and this "door" stayed here quietly, without causing him any trouble.But since he hadn't been able to see it, Zals had been paying attention to all the furnishings in the room for two months, no matter what he saw or what he couldn't see.Now he finally saw the "door", and it was absolutely impossible to ignore it, because Zals could feel the subtle fluctuations from that position without even looking at it with the naked eye.

It was a strange feeling. He had never encountered it in the first 22 years of his life. It was difficult to describe what it was like, but Zals knew that there was something very unusual in that place.

He didn't know where the sealed "door" was leading to at the moment. Edwin said that the world behind it moved with the thought of the person who opened the door, and the person on the other side of the door wanted to pass but could only get here.To some extent, it is a multiple-choice question for people on one side, but it is a one-way passage for people on the other side, and they cannot go to other times through this "door".Zals didn't know the reason, but since this was the case, the gatekeepers were indeed very necessary.

He sat on the bed, facing where the "door" was, and finally decided to talk to Edwin.

Two o'clock in the morning, it is reasonable to say that it is Edwin's sleep time, he should not disturb, but half an hour ago when Zals went out to pour water, he saw a faint light from the crack in the door of his room. did not sleep.He stood in front of Edwin's door and hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out and knocked.

It was the same Kururu who was covered with the tablecloth, skipped over to open the door for him, took a breath and lifted the tablecloth covering his head, and glanced at him: "Oh, it's you."

"..."

Zars and him exchanged glances, and chose to divert their gaze first, searching the room for Edwin, and finally found him sitting in the armchair in front of the terrace, looking down at the things in his hands.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" He asked Zales without raising his head.

It was rare for him to stay up so late, and Zals asked habitually, "Why are you still awake?"

"I just received a small thing." Edwin raised the thing in his hand, beckoning him to go over, "You also have a look."

Zars walked to him as he said, and looked at the thing with his hand.

It looks like a pendant from a certain necklace. It should be made of sterling silver and shaped like a cross, with a priceless gem inlaid in the center.Edwin's skin was already very fair, but this gem looked even more dazzling in his hands. It was embedded in a delicately shaped groove, so beautiful that it seemed to be shining by itself.

He hesitated and stretched out his hand, Edwin put the pendant on his hand and let him hold it for a good look.The gemstone fell into the palm of his hand, and it felt a little cold to the touch, but it quickly adapted to the body temperature and became warmer, and gradually began to change color.

In Edwin's hands, it was like a luminous white gemstone, so brilliant that it could light up the entire dark room, but when it fell into his hands, it gradually turned into a warm and soft amber color, Even the subtle aggressiveness just now disappeared, and even the entire cross became warm, and the warm touch spread from his palm to his whole body.

It can make Edwin stay up most of the night and stare at it to study. This is definitely not an ordinary necklace pendant. Apart from the unusual gemstone at first glance, the overall design of the cross is also very strange.Zals held it in his hand, carefully avoiding the sharp points. Although it was very warm, he felt a strange sense of discomfort for no reason.

The overall design of this cross is slender, the horizontal stroke is much shorter than the conventional cross, and the vertical stroke is slender beyond proportion, about as long as two of his knuckles, and the end is worn down. It was very pointed, and overall it looked more like a miniature dagger than a cross.

Zars couldn't see any mystery, and felt that it must be unusual, hesitantly asked: "This... what?"

"Reverse Cross Sword." Edwin picked up the stale coffee on the table, took a sip and put it down in disgust, and said, "Many humans think it has something to do with demons, but it doesn't actually have much to do with it—it represents suffering, Although there are some people who believe that happiness comes after suffering, it is a curse in a sense."

"curse?"

Zales repeated his words like a repeater, hesitated for a moment, did not put down the pendant, and still held it in his hand.He didn't think Edwin would hand him something dangerous directly, and the gemstone inlaid on the cross...although it gave him discomfort, it wasn't a bad feeling.

Besides, he had another question: "Why did the gems on it change color after you gave it to me?"

He sat down on the chair next to Edwin, and stretched out his hand holding the cross to show him. Edwin glanced down, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you think it is?"

If you know, there is no need to ask him.Zals thought helplessly, and guessed wildly: "The body temperature is different?"

Edwin's body temperature was slightly lower than that of ordinary people, and people like him who were born with a high body temperature would feel a little cold when they accidentally touched it. Apart from this, he couldn't think of other possible reasons for a while.

Edwin didn't say yes or no, but looked at him meaningfully, and said, "Guess again?"