The Midnight Owl

Chi Yingxue released the stationery effect, and when she fell back to the ground, the rotten epiphytic flower that fell to the ground earlier suddenly turned into a burnt branch.

The five of them saw the miraculous change clearly and looked at each other. Chi Yingxue, who was the closest, took two steps forward and bent down to pick it up.

Translucent fingers ran through the branches, catching nothing.

They, to this world, seem to be incorporeal.

But the voice could still be transmitted, because the four partners soon heard Kuang Jinxin's weak reminder: "Captain, where are the flowers..."

Everyone turned their heads together, and Konina fainted at some point, leaning against the corner of the kitchen, with the cluster of epiphytic flowers lying quietly on the ground beside her.

It seems that it has never been involved in a battle, even as if it was just picked from the tree, the whole body is intact, and the fragrant petals are still covered with dew.

Xu Wang looked at the flower, then looked back at the charred branches under the wall, as if something flashed in his mind, but he couldn't catch it.

At this moment, the epiphytic flowers glowed with a light blue light.

The light was no longer dim, but became stronger and stronger, illuminating the entire kitchen in an instant.

In the psychedelic colors, the epiphytic flowers slowly transform into human shapes.

He, or she, looks to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, with exquisite facial features, clear eyes, and almost transparent white skin. The body is covered with light cloth at will. A face between a boy and a girl looks like walking out of a forest. sprites.

Leaning down, it gently kissed Conina's forehead.

Eyes full of emotion, wanton pouring.

In the quiet light blue, everyone could hear the whispered words of love——

"I remember that wonderful moment,

You appeared in front of me,

Like a fleeting phantom,

Like spirits of pure beauty,

……

Now the soul is awakened,

Then you appeared in front of me again,

……

My heart beats with ecstasy,

For it all comes to life again,

With fascination, with inspiration,

With life, with tears, but also with love. "

The moment the whispers dissipated, everyone left the illusion in the oil painting and returned to 1310.

The room was very quiet, so quiet that it gave the illusion that there were still whispers echoing in the ears.

The secret passage on the wall is still there, but there is no more sound. Mr. Wei's team should have entered the next part of the escape line early, and they are fighting hard beside the ancient castle hotel.

The sound of Han Buting's team disappeared in the corridor, and even the traces of fighting in the house faded, only the burnt black spots on the walls were still vivid.

On the gorgeous curtain bed, on the dark green silk sheets, there is a cluster of light blue flowers.

Dark green and light blue match beautifully.

"The last words Epiphyte Flower said..." Xu Wang looked at Wu Sheng, and asked with the mentality of trying it out, "Is it still a love poem?"

Wu Sheng nodded cleanly: "It's still a love poem, it's still Pushkin's, 1825, "To Kane."

Xu Wang: "You answered too quickly..."

He happened to know some classic love poems, and he also believed that Wu Sheng had a photographic memory, but this kind of retrieval speed didn't even need to be retrieved...

"I've read books on this topic for a while," Wu Sheng said and stopped here. After a few seconds, his eyes turned from Xu Wang's face to the epiphytic flower in the middle of the bed, and he finished the second half of the sentence lightly, "Impression Deeper."

Xu Wang didn't know if it was his own delusion, but just a few seconds ago when they looked at each other silently, Wu Sheng seemed to be waiting for him to speak or give some reaction.

but……

The only reaction he could think of was to complain about how nice you are, what kind of love poems you read.

Is your military division sure you want this?

"Hula-"

A layer of translucent flame suddenly lit up on the dark green silk bed sheet, trapping the epiphytic flowers in it in an instant.

The purpose of the flame is clear, it doesn't hurt the sheets, it doesn't burn the curtains, it only burns the light blue flowers.

The accident happened too fast, before the five people had time to react, the epiphytic flower had been burnt.

The flame disappeared in an instant, like minions rushing back to return life to the demon.

But at the same time it left, the remains of the epiphytic flower turned into a small scorched branch, and the intact epiphytic flower reappeared next to the branch.

It is exactly the same as the scene in the painting not long ago.

As dull as Qian Ai, she understood: "The epiphytic flower is the substitute, and the braid in 1829 is Konina."

Kuang Jinxin echoed: "Epishenghua used herself to deceive the evil spirits. There is no way to escape, so she can only express her love by writing letters."

"It probably didn't expect Cornina to come here according to the address." Wu Sheng analyzed calmly, "Because once Cornina enters the Castle Hotel, there is a danger of being discovered by evil spirits."

Xu Wang agrees with the love line outlined by Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, and Wu Sheng. From the experience and various clues in the painting, it is impossible to deduce a second script.But he just felt that there was something missing...

Chi Yingxue listened quietly, and there was no disturbance in his heart. Compared with the NPC's deep love, he was more concerned: "What is the task of handing in the paper?"

A mission line must have an end point.

"Back to 1829." Xu Wang gave up chasing those illusory feelings, carefully held up the epiphytic flowers, and looked at all his friends, "We promised to help her find the person who wrote the love letter, and now we have the answer."

There was no one in the corridor, and I didn't know where my colleagues were struggling. In short, the return journey of the five friends went smoothly. Before arriving at the place, they even turned a fork in the road and went to Room 1825 to take a look.

In 1825, the only love poem that Epiphytic Flower sang to Cornina in person was created - at the beginning of this level, they followed "I Loved You" in 1829, and found the braided girl, so they really Open the love line.

But the same routine, the owl did not come twice, there is nothing in 1825.

Just when they were about to leave, there was a loud "Boom—" outside the window, which made the windows tremble.

The five people were startled, and immediately rushed to the window to check.

As a result, I saw a huge deep hole in the front lawn of the Castle Hotel, and the turf was blown up, revealing dark soil. The face is under the sun, and there are flickering reflections, which are the sweat of hard work.

On the other side, one person was driving the excavator, and the other was directing it outside. With skillful cooperation, the northeast corner of the lawn had also been dug up, and it seemed to be connected with the big pit over there.

Kuang Jinxin: "Are these five people a team?"

Wu Sheng: "From the purpose of the action, the first team is correct."

Qian Ai: "Working together to destroy the lawn, what kind of mission line is it?"

Chi Yingxue: "..."

Xu Wang couldn't figure it out either, but he was glad that his team didn't choose such a boring physical job.

No matter what is there or not, the five people with epiphytic flowers quickly returned to 1829.

It was Cornina who opened the door, but when they followed the girl into the room and wanted to tell her the truth immediately, they found an old man sitting in a chair with a kind and familiar face.

"Are you... you took the initiative to come to file for us?" Apart from this, Xu Wang couldn't think of a second reason.

The old writer who got up politely was no less surprised than them: "Do you know Nancy?"

Nancy, the name of the braided girl in this life.

"You guys know each other?" Twist Braid looked at the five little friends, then at the old writer, and was also stunned.

The three parties looked at each other, and the air was suddenly quiet.

Xu Wang and the others didn't talk to the old man about the love line at all. They just asked the old man about finding inspiration because of his status as a writer, which led to legends and archives. Based on these alone, the old man has no reason to appear here.

Seeing that both sides were silent, Twisted Braid acted as a bridge of communication, and first explained to Xu Wang and the others: "On the first day I lived here, I met Mr. Dawken in the banquet hall. I am his loyal book fan!"

Then he said to the old man, "Mr. Dawken, they are the ones I told you about, kindly helping me find the sender."

The old man was stunned, and immediately returned to his kind smile: "It turns out that you are the ones who helped Nancy. How is the progress? Do you have any clues?"

Five friends: "..."

More than just clues, there are answers.

But it was about to reach the finish line, and suddenly there were many onlookers. No matter how you look at it, there must be a conspiracy! ! !

After a long silence, Captain Xu confirmed with the old man for the last time——

"Can it be archived?"

"No."

"Thank you."

The five partners quickly gathered in the corner of the room.

Qian Ai made a decisive decision: "Tell the truth directly."

Kuang Jinxin agreed: "Well, when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up!"

Wu Sheng shrugged: "I've said it before, just go ahead."

Chi Yingxue smiled: "Don't worry, it's a big deal to clear the scene."

Xu Wang: "..."

If it wasn't for the last sentence, he would really feel relieved right away! ! !

Refusing to think about the meaning of "clearing the field", Xu Wang brought the epiphytic flower and came to the braided braid.

Taking a deep breath, he didn't make any foreshadowing, he gave the truth simply and clearly: "The letter was written by it."

The braided girl was stunned, and the old man next to her was also confused.

Just as Xu Wang was trying to figure out the ins and outs, a dark red shadow suddenly appeared on the wall behind the girl and the old man.

Xu Wang's heart sank. He expected to fight the evil spirit to the death in the end, but he didn't expect that the truth in just a few words turned out to be the spell to activate the evil spirit's revenge!

The epiphytic flower in his hand seemed to have sensed it, emitting a strong and dazzling blue light.

"I finally...found you..."

The shadow turned into an evil spirit, roared out, and rushed fiercely at the back of the braided braid!

The epiphytic flower turned into a human form, and hugged the braided girl from behind at an even faster speed!

The evil spirit pounced on Epiphytic Flower's body, but a layer of pale golden light suddenly appeared on that slender back!

The evil spirit was bounced off heavily, making a painful and shrill scream.

The epiphytic flower that has been prepared to be burned by the fire of hell is at a loss for a moment.

But the five onlookers could see clearly that the golden light came from the old man's crutches!

But now, the crutch in the old man's hand has turned into a cross. He held it up to the evil spirit, and his whole body has undergone a strange change, like two figures stacked together, like the original writer and another people.

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng glanced at each other.

Can't go wrong.

It was the pastor who said that Amy had confessed to him when they were inquiring about the news in the village.

"Amy, let it go." The old man's voice, but with the calmness and peace of a pastor, "Konina is not a witch, but you have become an evil spirit the moment you have the intention of harming others. "

"She manipulated those petals with witchcraft... I want to save the whole village..."

The old man shook his head, no more words, just said again: "Let go."

The evil spirit laughed loudly, it was so evil that it made one's scalp tingle.

In the next instant, the walls of the entire room were on fire!

In just a few seconds, the five friends will be unable to carry it!

The old man could barely hear a sigh, and the cross he was holding suddenly burst into a very dazzling golden light.

The flame went out in a flash.

The evil spirit twisted in pain, but within a few seconds of struggling, it was completely reduced to ashes in the light.

The cross turned into a crutch again, but the old man really became a priest. He retracted his arm, tapped the crutch lightly, turned around, looked at the epiphytic flower still protecting the girl with twisted braids, and then looked at the five little friends, ashamed With a smile: "Sorry, I should have done this back then."

Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, Chi Yingxue: "..."

Xu Wang: "Hey, it's better to come early than coincidentally."

Daring Boss is here.

The braided girl finally saw the person protecting her.

Confused, she was about to speak when Epiphytic Flower gently covered her forehead with the palm of her hand.

The braided girl fell asleep peacefully.

Epiphytic Flower hugged her to the bed, and gently covered her with the quilt.

Xu Wang was baffled. After going through untold hardships, he finally reached the critical moment when he could confess his love. What is the way to suddenly press a pause?

"I only said that you wrote the letter, and I didn't say anything else." As a half-love participant, he hurriedly reminded.

Epiphytic Flower shook her head lightly: "When she wakes up again, she will forget what you said."

Xu Wang was stunned for a moment before he understood what the other party meant, and said incredulously, "You erased her memory?!"

Epiphyte Flower looked down at the sleeping girl, her gaze was gentle: "The evil spirit is gone, she should return to her own life, don't need to remember the letter, and don't need to remember me."

Xu Wang: "...are you willing?"

There was a trace of confusion in the eyes of Epiphytic Flower, but soon, it became transparent and calm: "She doesn't even know who I am, and it's not me she fell in love with, it's just a phantom woven from love letters... like me."

Xu Wang: "..."

What kind of realization is this?What he fell in love with was not Cornina, but the phantom in his heart?

The ending of the love line is to tell them that there is no love, and that fairy tales are all lies?

What is true love! ! !

Epiphytic Flower watched him quietly for a long time.

Xu Wang almost thought that the other party heard him roaring inwardly.

But in the end, the other party only left a sentence of unclear meaning——

"I have never, never been really burned by the fire of hell."

Before Xu Wang could continue to ask, the epiphytic flower had returned to its body and fell into Xu Wang's palm again.

Five people, one flower, two NPCs.

The world is quiet.

No delightful "ding——"

Only on the lawn outside, the excavator continued to "snack, slam, slam".

With the last glimmer of hope, Xu Wang looked at the pastor: "Can you hand in the paper?"

Pastor: "No."

Xu Wang: "Thank you."

The five friends looked at each other in blank dismay, completely losing their direction of struggle.

Kuang Jinxin: "Have you reached the end of the love line yet?"

Qian Ai: "This is a bit embarrassing..."

Chi Yingxue: "Do you need me to interrogate this pastor?"

Wu Sheng: "..."

Xu Wang: "Xiaochi, stay away from the old man's crutches, I'm afraid he will beat you."

Finding a corner away from the noise from the window, Xu Wang sat on the carpet, thinking quietly.

Qian Ai could see that he was thinking about these two days, so he asked Wu Sheng: "Aren't you going to help think about it together?"

The latter looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Why did Epiphytic Flower give up?"

Qian Ai scratched her head: "Didn't I say it, what the girl loves is not it, it's just a phantom."

Wu Sheng: "How did you judge?"

Qian Ai: "..."

Wu Sheng: "Does Epiphytic Flower really love her?"

Qian Ai: "It should be, otherwise can I be a substitute for life after life and be burned?"

Wu Sheng: "Then why do you say that you have never really been burned by the fire of hell?"

Qian Ai: "..."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Qian Ai understood Wu Junshi's mood: "The love line is such a fascinating thing, let the captain figure it out by himself."

Wu Sheng: "Yes."

Qian Ai: "Why did you choose this line?"

Wu Sheng: "Young and naive and ignorant."

Qian Ai: "...I forgive you on behalf of the moon."

A few minutes later, the pastor turned back into an old writer. Although he was at a loss for the status quo, he still resolutely left, just like last time, as simple and rude as if he was in a hurry to go back to collect his salary.

In the corner, Captain Xu found a letter.

It wasn’t the few letters that the braided girl gave them later, but the letter that led them the way at the very beginning of the love line. There was only one poem in the letter——“I Loved You Once”.

The love poem is not long, but it is full of sadness from beginning to end.

Especially the last two sentences "May God bless you, another person will love you as much as I do", which makes me sad to read.

At one time, Xu Wang thought this was the keynote of the love line, and they were about to experience a heart-wrenching story where they couldn't love and could only give up in despair.

But looking back now, Epiphyte Flower did give up, but she didn't break her heart. On the contrary, she was more open-minded and transparent than when she was in love.

Even when he was in love, the letters he wrote to the braided girl were full of warm emotions, and he never felt discouraged or discouraged!

Xu Wanghuo raised his head, and a few steps away, Kuang Jinxin and Chi Yingxue were sitting quietly, watching him for some time.

"Have you found anything?" Kuang Jinxin asked expectantly as he read out "epiphany" from the eyes of his captain.

Xu Wang said firmly, "There is one more person."

Kuang Jinxin was taken aback.

Chi Yingxue held his chin, originally he could listen but he didn't, the long time of comfort made him almost sleepy, when Xu Wang came to this conclusion, he was in a daze.

"There's another one?" He whispered with subtle anticipation, "It's more difficult to deal with than evil spirits?"

Xu Wang: "...there is another sad person who cannot be loved!"

Chi Yingxue paused before giving Xu Wang a smile: "Oh, it's good."

"..." Xu Wang swore that he had received the "hehe" emoticon package.

Seeing that he seemed to have really figured out what to do, Wu Junshi and Qian, who were far away from love, gathered together immediately.

Wu Sheng asked the most practical: "Basis."

Xu Wang picked up the letter in his hand: "This poem is not about epiphytic flowers, it is about silently liking Cornina, but this kind of liking makes it happy, not sad."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Xu Wang: "Think about the poem that Epiphytic Flower confided to Cornina in the oil painting. It said 'my heart is jumping with ecstasy'. Being able to like it silently is enough to make it happy."

Wu Sheng: "...um."

Qian Ai: "Captain, in fact, the military adviser didn't understand, and neither did I, but it doesn't matter, you continue."

"I have never really been burned by the fire of hell..." Kuang Jinxin muttered to himself, and suddenly, he widened his eyes as if awakened, and looked at Xu Wang, "There is another person protecting the epiphyte flower, and that person is the real substitute !"

Xu Wang was almost desperate in the blank eyes of Qian Ai, Wu Sheng, and Chi Yingxue, and now he really wanted to hug him, classmate Kuang slapped his face: "That's it! Only sad, sad, jealous, Will despair, is true love!"

Kuang Jinxin: "That's why Epiphytic Flower didn't confess her love, and also erased the girl's memory!"

Xu Wang: "This level is not their love line!"

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Xu Wang: "..."

The two were enlightened together: "Branches!!!"

Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Chi Yingxue who were listening silently: "..."

They may be better suited to go out on the lawn outside the window, frying holes and digging.