On the History of the Pope's Death

The blue sea surface is as soft as silk, with slight ripples. Seen from a height, the misty waves are vast and endless.A gust of salty wind hits, and the waves in the sea rush towards the shore one after another, layer by layer, sending out a wonderful sound of "Wow...Wow..." sound.

The morning sun is always warm, shining on the sparkling sea, like covering the water with a layer of sparkling silver, and like crumpled blue satin.

Suddenly, a figure slowly appeared where the sea and the sky meet. She has beautiful ice-blue long hair and eyes, and her facial features are clear and eye-catching. Under her body is a dark blue fish tail that almost blends with the sea water. Under the bright charm.

"Your Highness Phyllis, please don't worry the Duke. It's dangerous on land, so come back with me." A blond-haired merman gradually surfaced from the sea behind Phyllis, with anxious and worried faces on his face. Looking ahead, Phyllis persuaded.

Phyllis didn't even look back, she took out the potion from the space and drank it in one gulp. In just a moment, the originally beautiful fish tail turned into slender and white legs. Regardless of the people behind her, she calmly took out her trousers and coat Put it on, and then continue to walk firmly towards the shore.

The merman with blond hair followed behind Phyllis with an anxious expression on his face. He didn't expect His Royal Highness to go his own way. Thinking of what the Duke would do if he went back alone, he couldn't help shaking.

"Your Highness, please go back with me." His tone was full of pitiful and deep pleading.

It wasn't until they landed that Phyllis turned her head, looked at Bazel standing in the shallow water, and sighed, knowing that if Bazel was allowed to go back by herself, punishment would be inevitable, but her voice was still cold Said: "I will not go back with you."

Phyllis looked at the east of the mainland with long-distance eyes, "There is someone on the land that I must look for."

Looking at Bazel's eyes that instantly dimmed, her voice was still firm but her tone was softer, "You can go with me."

Bazel knew that once His Royal Highness Phyllis made a decision, he would not change it easily. He was ready to go back and be punished. When he suddenly heard that Her Royal Highness Phyllis was willing to take him with him, Bazel was still a little hesitant. , after all, such behavior is considered to have violated the Duke's order.

Seeing Bazel's hesitation, Phyllis said, "Go back and return."

"No, Your Highness, humans on land are cunning and dangerous, let me follow you." Bazel finally thought of the Duke's love for His Royal Highness, and decided to go with Phyllis, otherwise, if His Royal Highness met on land, No matter what the danger, he can't escape the responsibility.

"Follow up yourself."

"Yes." Bazel had just finished answering when he saw His Highness had already walked forward, and quickly shouted: "Oh, Your Highness, wait for me!"

He frantically turned the fishtails into human legs, put on his clothes, and then chased after Phyllis with his butt twisted in a weird posture.

Rostock Hotel

The sun was shining brightly outside, but it didn't affect Lucia's sleep at all.The light coming in from the window shone on his closed eyelids, and he frowned. Lucia turned over with the quilt in his arms and planned to continue sleeping, but as if suddenly realizing something, Lucia suddenly opened his eyes.

There was no one on the bed next to him, he turned his head stiffly, and as expected, he saw Arnold sitting by the table, Lucia sat up, his voice was still hoarse after waking up, "Arnold, what time is it now?"

"Brother, it's a little past nine o'clock." Arnold turned to look at Lucia and said softly.

Lucia glanced annoyed at the bright sky outside. She slept so comfortably that she didn't wake up according to her biological clock. Sandy and the others must have been waiting for a long time. She stood up, picked up the clothes beside the bed, and put them on, wearing them as she went. Ask Arnold, "Why didn't you wake me up when you woke up?"

"My brother finally slept so soundly in the past two days, I want my brother to rest more."

Arnold walked up to Lucia with the toiletries in his hand, and watched Lucia wash with a happy arc of his mouth.

After receiving the hot towel from Arnold, he wiped his face. After hearing what Arnold said, Lucia could only glance at him helplessly, and told him, "Remember to wake me up next time."

Looking into Lucia's eyes, Arnold didn't speak. He didn't want to lie to his brother. He would not wake up his brother next time he encountered such a situation, so he could only choose to remain silent.

Seeing Arnold's appearance, Lucia knew that he was unreliable. There was still steaming hot breakfast on the table. Arnold probably ordered it a long time ago, and then let people warm it up after a while. What's more, I have nothing to say.

Just thinking about the fact that Arnold squeezed into her bed last night coquettishly, Lucia still couldn't help but get blush, and it wasn't because there were not enough rooms, so she insisted on grabbing the bed with him.Turning to see Arnold's smiling face, Lucia said that she should choose to forgive him generously, who made him lack love since childhood, and her brother can only sacrifice himself.

"Have you eaten yet?" Lucia walked to the table and sat down, asking softly.

"Brother, eat, I've already eaten."

Thinking that Arnold should have woken up for a while, Lucia didn't let him eat with her anymore.

Arnold spontaneously sat next to Lucia, watching his brother eat with a smile on the corner of his mouth, adding some side dishes to him from time to time, with a satisfied and happy expression on his face.

After Lucia finished her breakfast and tidied up a bit, she and Arnold went downstairs to the lobby.The hall was the same as yesterday, except for the innkeeper and Sandy, there were no other guests.

The knights who gathered in twos and threes talking in low voices all fell silent when they saw Lucia come down, and stood up and bowed to salute, "Good day, my lord!"

Lucia looked at the crowd indifferently, nodded slightly, and said with a gentle expression, "I've kept you waiting for a long time."

Walking up to Sandy and Jocelyn, he asked, "Are you ready?"

Jocelyn and Sandy looked at Lucia and said in unison: "Everything is ready, please rest assured, Lord Son."

"Master Shengzi, the location of the mayor's house has been found out, should we leave now?" Jocelyn asked respectfully.

"Let's pack up and go now." Lucia said affirmatively.

A group of people walked quickly on the empty street, and in less than ten minutes, they came to a simple brick house and walked through the small flower garden in front of the door. Jocelyn knocked on the door lightly, "Mayor at home?"

There was a coughing sound from inside the room, and then the sound of tables and chairs moving and slow footsteps were heard. With a 'squeak', the door was slowly opened from the inside, and a person appeared in front of Lucia and the others. A gray-haired old man, he is leaning on a cane, and his face is full of years of wisdom with the wisdom that life has bestowed on him.

"Who are you?" The old man looked at Lucia and the others and asked hoarsely.

Jocelyn stepped aside, Lucia stepped forward, with a holy and gentle smile on his face, and said, "Hello! I am Lucia, Holy Son of the Holy See, are you the mayor?"

The old man raised his eyes and looked at Lucia carefully, his eyes were shining brightly, Lucia let the old man look at him calmly, still with a slight smile on his face.After a while, the old man turned around slowly and walked into the house, "Please come in, I am the mayor of this place."

Looking at the house, I knew that there was not much space inside, so Lucia asked all the knights to wait outside, and only walked in with Arnold, Sandy, and Jocelyn.The furnishings in the living room are very simple, only a set of tables and chairs and a shrine enshrining the God of Light are placed in the middle of the hall. The windows in the room are closed, two candles are burning, and the light is dim.

The old man led the man to the table, made a gesture of asking, took out four cups, poured a cup of hot tea each, then bent towards Lucia, sat down and said, "You are here for missing It must have happened."

Lucia stroked the side of the teacup, and said seriously: "Yes, we are here this time to investigate this matter." After a pause, he said again: "I came here to hear the mayor's introduction .”

The mayor looked at the statue of Guangming in the shrine not far away, and said in a vicissitudes of life: "There are only a few hundred people in our small town, and 66 people disappeared in half a month. Their lives and deaths are unknown. After the incident, the town Those who could walk also left, and they were afraid that they would be the next person to disappear, and all the ones left behind were old, weak, women and children or those who were reluctant to leave. "

With a long sigh, talking about this matter, the mayor's old face seemed to be a few years older, he turned his head to look at Lucia and said: "The former mayor also disappeared when he went to find someone for the first time, and he disappeared later. People dare to look for people again.”

Seeing the old mayor like this, Lucia felt uncomfortable.After a brief silence, Lucia asked: "I heard from the owner of the hotel in the town that the mayor's cemetery is a bit unusual during this time. Is it true? What exactly is it like?"

"It was Bazel who said it. He is the only hotel in the town that is still open for business." The mayor said clearly.It seemed as if he had recalled a bit and sorted out his language before he spoke again: "The matter about the cemetery was probably about ten days before the disappearance. Yes. After the disappearance happened, we also suspected it was there, but all the people who went in came out safely, saying that the sight inside was blocked, the direction was difficult to identify, and there was no danger. As for the fog, everyone thought it was the miasma of the mountain forest, so it was No more attention."

Lucia listened carefully, frowning from time to time, and intuitively told him that the matter in the cemetery was definitely not that simple. As it was approaching noon and the sun was still relatively strong, Lucia asked the old mayor: "Can the mayor take us Let's go to the cemetery, we are not very familiar with the terrain when we first came here."

Hearing Lucia's words, the mayor immediately agreed without hesitation, "You are helping our town, so please tell me if you need anything."

"That's really great." Lucia said with a smile. Seeing the mayor's silver-white hair and the wrinkles on his face, she couldn't help but feel kind. She stood up and said, "Let's go now, okay?"

The mayor went to the hanger at the door, took a cotton-padded jacket to put on, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the cemetery."

Led by the old mayor, Lucia and the others quickly arrived outside the cemetery.

The cemetery in the town of Rostock is located on a small forest. At this time, the small forest in front of Lucia and the others is full of strangeness. Although it is also surrounded by fog, it is not like the fog that used to be the main peak of the Hill Mountains. A sticky thick white gas, the entire mountain forest is shrouded in this thick white, and it is impossible to see what is inside from the outside.

"Everyone in our town will be buried here after death. Generation after generation, there are at least thousands of deceased people in the entire mountain forest resting here." The mayor said with a sigh.

Looking at Lucia's solemn expression, the mayor also knew that this trip would not be easy, "Go in, I won't go in because I have bad legs and feet. You remember that there will be some traps and traps set by hunters on the mountain. careful."

Lucia smiled reassuringly at the mayor, and said, "We will be careful, the wind is strong outside, so the mayor should go back first."

Unexpectedly by Lucia, the mayor tremblingly bowed deeply to Lucia, and begged with trembling voice: "Please adults must find out the truth, punish the culprit, and save this Small town!"

Seeing the mayor's solemn expression, Lucia quickly stepped forward to help him up, "Mayor, we will do our best, please rest assured." Her voice was firm with a soothing power.

The old mayor straightened up, looked into the distance, and said in a desolate voice: "Actually, I didn't do it all for the sake of the town. To be honest, my son was also the first group of people who went out to look for it, and he never came back after this trip... ..." Probably thinking of his son, the old man's face was covered with deep pain, and his eyes were full of water.

Listening to the words of the old mayor, Lucia felt very sad for the old man. The most painful thing in the world is a white-haired man giving a black-haired man. At this time, any comfort is pale. He just held the old man tightly. A hand silently expressing his support.

After saying goodbye to the old mayor, Lucia and his party went up the mountain.