From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 188 Marriage Memories

An illusory figure slowly condensed and appeared with her back to the witcher. She was wearing the long black dress that Alice had worn when she died, and covered her face with a black veil.This is mourning.

She looked at the painting of Alice and Ogierd, both of whom had warm smiles.

She is the demon spirit incarnated by Alice.

She was covered with a black veil, with her hands folded on her lower abdomen, standing elegantly and dignifiedly; Lan En couldn't see her current expression, but felt that the other party's body gave him a sense of fragility and fragility, which seemed to dissipate at any time.

After a long time, the demon spirit seemed to be awakened by the painting. She stretched out her fingertips and touched the drawing board lightly. Immediately afterwards, bright white spots appeared on the canvas and gradually spread until the painting was covered. Turned into another look.

Lan En looked intently, and the content of the painting had changed from a portrait of the couple to their home - Everec Manor.

It is not a place that is full of ghosts and clouds, like a black magic manor; it is a sunny and blooming noble mansion.

Just looking at this painting, everyone seems to be able to hear the insects and birds singing in midsummer, full of vitality.

It wasn't until now that the gloomy wind of the manor spread again that everyone's consciousness was blown back.As soon as I looked up, I saw the demon spirit transformed into Alice put his palm on the painting lightly, and his whole body turned into green ashes, gradually absorbed by the painting.

The witchers looked at each other.

The cat and the dog were indifferent when Alice came out, and it was only at this time that they gathered in front of the drawing board and explained:

"This is the world in the painting, and it is also the world of dreams. The independent space condensed by the works created by Alice, she sleeps in it. If you want to find Alice's home, you have to go here to find her."

Lann nodded, motioned to the witcher behind him, and imitated Alice's soul to press his hand on the drawing board, and then felt a whirlwind.

Landing on the ground and retching, Lan felt instantly as if he had passed through the portal for the first time.

He looked back and saw the five demon hunters who suddenly appeared and they all had the same reaction as himself.

Lane suddenly realized that this was a problem. Demon hunters were too sensitive to the vertigo of the portal due to their oversensitivity of senses, just like people in the previous world who suffered from motion sickness.But what if this weakness is caught by the enemy one day? Is it possible to remove this weakness through desensitization training?

What was in front of me was the Everec Manor similar to the painting just now, looking neat and full of vitality, it was obviously before Ogierd left.When Lan looked up, he could still see a blue-green halo like aurora around the sky, reminding everyone that this world is actually illusory.

The demon hunters behind him recovered from the dizziness, and Lei Suo tentatively grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, wondering: "It is possible to independently create such an illusory world, but only use a painting as a carrier. It's something I've never heard of..."

"I thought it was the limit to turn a person into a demon spirit with resentment after death, but I didn't expect to be able to create a world... Could it be that Mrs. Alice is also a master of black magic like her husband?"

Lan shook his head and sighed: "The magic in this world is always so wonderful. Some warlocks spend hundreds of years learning, but they may not be able to match a magic-blocking gold dagger, and some ordinary people can rely on their own pure and powerful magic. Your emotions create the spectacle in front of you.”

Before Kaiyan's brain recovered from the dizziness, the breath of the black cat and black dog suddenly touched his five senses again.

This pair of demons possessing small animals actually followed in.

"Your senses seem to be strong, and now is the time to use them. This world is made of vague, withered memories, things that Mistress tried to forget but couldn't get rid of. You need to find these nightmares of the past Memories, destroying them, can wake up the hostess."

Kayan laughed and said, "This script is a bit like a fairy tale again, but shouldn't this situation be the plot where the prince wakes up the princess?"

"If that's the case," Lan said, "Actually, we went to the princess to help kill the prince."

Lei Suo was expressionless: "I don't think Ogierd is a prince, not as good as you."

After the cat and the dog finished speaking, they disappeared into the air and disappeared.

Everyone looked at the world again, and found that there were many insects emitting yellow bright spots flying in disorder in the air, and black mist poured out slowly from the ground; they looked into the distance, but found that the houses not far away were blurred, only The scenery in front of them gave them a slightly physical feeling.

In front of you is a labyrinth-like garden, it seems that it can’t be finished without fascinating the guests in it. Almost all manors will have such a package.

And in the gazebo in this garden, at this moment, there are two figures standing still inside like sculptures.

It was a couple. The husband sat on the bench with a sad expression, staring at his empty hand, as if there was something in it that could free him from his distress; the wife's face was full of happiness. Laughing, smearing the home of himself and his lover on the drawing board, wanting to record all this.

Since Lann entered this world, the vibration of the emblem on his neck has not stopped. He can easily distinguish the nature of the two "people" in front of him - magical creations.

Colgrim swung his knife and tried to slash towards Ogierd's figure, and the silver sword sliced ​​across nothingness without hindrance.

"It's the phantom of Alice and Ogierd. There doesn't seem to be any clues here. Should we look around for clues?"

The black cat and black dog suddenly appeared again, and explained to everyone: "It's not a phantom, this is the reflection of the memory of the host and the hostess, and it is also the beginning of the hostess' nightmare. This reflection is not complete, only this memory has been carefully restored. Only then can we continue to delve into the hostess' nightmare and finally meet her."

Lane concluded: "In other words, we can't see the next memory until the reflection is repaired. We can only come one by one, right, just like a decryption game?"

The cat and the dog answered together, "Yes."

Everyone looked around, and now they can understand why the houses not far away are blurred, but the garden and gazebo under their feet are solid.

Colgrim sighed: "I thought we were in a painting, but we actually entered a woman's dream."

Kayan nodded approvingly: "The sentence you said is a bit like poetry."

Finding clues is what witchers do best, and they are born detectives.The six demon hunters turned on their senses together and searched together in the gazebo, which could only accommodate a dozen people, and soon everyone discovered the abnormality.

"The hostess is painting the manor." Oakes leaned forward, "It's the one we came in, exactly the same."

Serrit fell into deep thought: "There is a disc, a palette and a book on the ground. Shouldn't these things be thrown on the ground?"

Lann glanced at the empty table and Ogierd's eyes staring at his hands: "To restore memories, is to return these things to their original places? Alice ignored the location of these details because she fell into a deep sleep , and we need to correct them."

Serrit spread out the book and put it in Ogild's hand, letting his searching eyes look directly at the text; then he put the palette on the table, so that Alice, who was drawing, could turn around and touch it.

Before he could think about where to put the disc, the reflection of memory that was originally like a sculpture suddenly rippled in front of him, and his illusory body gradually solidified.

The demon hunter casually threw the disk aside: "This doesn't seem to be important."

Lann took a step back, watching the reflection of memories in front of him begin to reproduce the beginning of Alice's nightmare.

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The breeze blows and the fragrance of flowers flutters.

Ogierd sat on the chair without saying a word, staring at the book in his hand.But he hadn't turned the pages of the book for a long time, and he didn't know where his thoughts had wandered for a long time.

Alice turned her back to him, unaware of her husband's distress.Or she thinks this is just a temporary dissatisfaction in life, and she will soon see her husband's smiling face again.

"Shall we get a dog? Or a cat and a dog together." Alice suddenly suggested, "When it rains, the dog can help warm my feet, and the cat can play with a ball of wool by the fire, what do you think?"

Alice said with a smile while painting bright colors on the canvas with a pen, her tone full of longing for the scene she painted.Following her words, from time to time there were clear birdsongs echoing around her.

But she waited for a long time but did not hear her husband's reply. Turning her head, she saw him staring blankly at the book.

Alice complained dissatisfiedly: "Are you listening to me?"

Only then did Ogierd wake up like a dream: "Sorry, dear. I was too engrossed in reading."

Alice pursed her lips, suddenly feeling sad: "Is that book so beautiful?"

Ogierd didn't raise his head: "Sorry, you're right, this is actually a very bad book... Shall we go back?"

"Why? How nice is the weather today? The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing...it's picturesque. You seem to have something on your mind recently, and this environment can make you feel better."

However, Ogierd avoided his wife's expectant eyes in a puzzled manner, and said, "I'm a little uncomfortable, so I'll go back first. If you like today's weather, you can stay alone for a while."

After speaking, he staggered away without waiting for his wife's response.

Alice seemed to want to keep the other party, but looked at the tired back but still hesitated, her eyes were full of loss and worry.

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The memory ends.

Lan En raised his head with feeling, and saw that the manor in the clear sky suddenly became darker, and the sun was covered by the clouds in the sky.

Another gust of cold wind hit, blowing the treetops and rustling, just listening to it made people feel chilly.

"Om-"

I saw a garden path extending from the gazebo suddenly changed from unreal to solid, obviously it was the location of Alice's next memory.

And as the path solidified, dense clusters of yellow bright spots emerged from the bushes. They were like spots splashed by a novice painter with paint, but they made a sound like bees.

"Om-"

"The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing..." Lan raised his left hand, "but today is not a good day."

[Igni Sign]!
The cone-shaped flames rushed away everything in front of them, and ignited the densely packed bees that almost looked like a yellow barrier.

This number of bee swarms is enough to bury the entire gazebo airtight, and Lan doesn't want to try the feeling of being close to them.

"go!"

Lann took the lead, keeping his left hand stretched forward all the way forward.The garden path was densely covered with swarms of bees, and Lann kept spraying fire, opening a flame path for everyone.

"Are you okay?" After going back and forth for a long time, Lei Suo suddenly said, "Have you used [Igni] more than a dozen times?"

Lan glanced at his system bar——【Mana: 3033/3400】

"It's early, I'm a Griffin, remember?"

Lan En drove away the bees in front of him without changing his expression, and soon came to the edge of a fountain.
When everyone stepped here, it seemed that there was an invisible barrier to isolate the bees from the outside. Obviously, Alice's memory didn't want the bees to appear here—or there would be new things in the future.

There are still Ogierd and Alice in front of them, but it seems to be a little earlier than the timeline in the garden pavilion.

At this time, the couple looked younger, and even a smile that could be described as "happiness" could be seen on Ogierd's face.

"It seems that this is the second memory." Lan looked at the two, "What do you think they are doing with this memory?"

The witcher looked at them. At this moment, the husband and wife were standing with their eyes facing each other. Ogierd seemed to be handing Alice something, holding his palms.

"I think I'm looking for the thing in Ogierd's hand this time," said Colgrim, "and I think I've found it."

The amber snake pupils turned from bright to dark, shutting down the witcher's senses.He raised his hands, each holding a wine glass.

Put two wine glasses into the hands of the couple.Soon, the two phantoms solidified again in front of everyone's eyes.

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"I hope you are well, my dear wife."

The beautiful lover in front of him was reflected in Ogierd's eyes, with a tenderness and smile that had never been seen on his face.

"And you too, my husband."

Alice painted exquisite makeup, and could hardly take her eyes off her husband's face.

The two held a wine glass in each hand, touched each other slightly, and then raised their heads to drink.

This is a wedding, and the healthy speech and the wine they drank just now are the last part of the wedding.

Ogierd put down his wine glass, looked around in a sense of loss, his eyes were full of guilt towards his wife:

"In my hometown, it is customary for newlyweds to entertain guests with salt and bread...but we have no one around now, and this is an unblessed marriage."

"It's enough for me to have you. I don't want anything else." Alice stepped forward slowly and put her arms around her husband's neck. "This is the happiest moment in my life. I really hope this moment can be frozen forever."

Ogierd hugged his wife and smiled dotingly: "If this is your wish, then I will find a way."

Alice didn't care about her husband's promise, and just thought he was just as happy as herself and made a little joke.

"Come on, take a look at our future home."

Ogierd made an inviting gesture, and in the direction he signaled, a house gradually condensed from a phantom to a reality.

Alice was walking on the road holding hands, and said in a low voice with some hesitation: "I know this sounds stupid, but after all, this room has been empty for a long time, will it be..."

Ogierd interrupted his wife confidently: "You are afraid of spiders, I know. They have already been cleaned up, and I threw them all into the garden."

Hearing this, a more joyful smile bloomed on Alice's face:

"My knight, you are always so comprehensive."

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The two memory phantoms moved towards the main building of the manor. Lan and the others followed a few steps at first, but they stopped suddenly.

In the gaps between the bushes and flowers, there are huge black shadows moving through them.

"Chong-"

Together the witchers drew their weapons.

Immediately afterwards, several black illusory spiders as tall as people tore up the plants and swooped out!

Before they could get two steps away from everyone, Lan had already stood at the front of the line, ready to fight.He raised his left hand flat, and a surging heat wave was brewing in his palm.

【Igni Seal·Magic Explosion】!
The berserk flames far surpassed those before, devouring all the spiders in an instant, and even set off a huge impact to knock back their unburned bodies.

The scalding flames brought about a violent backflow of air, blowing the hair of the witcher behind Lann into a wild dance.

Colgrim wiped his face: "You didn't have this power when you burned the bees before, right?"

"Different enemies use different powers...be careful!"

The ground rumbled under his feet, and another black illusory spider broke out of the ground like an earth dragon, and along the tunnel it dug, there were endless small spiders the size of a fist crawling out of it.

"This is not Alice's nightmare. They are happily holding a wedding, and we are here to chop spiders." Kaiyan pulled out his silver sword and dodged to avoid the spider's pounce, "I think this is simply our nightmare !"

Lan slapped the ground, and the huge [Yarden Sign] enveloped the six demon hunters together, weakening the speed of every spider that rushed over.

"Judging from the memory scene just now, this wedding was before they had a dispute just now, when Ogierd was still relatively young." Lann split the spider with a sword, and then added a flame, "Perhaps it was They had a happy time, so the catastrophe that happened after that made people sad and turned into Alice's nightmare."

At this time, a large number of spiders were weakened by Lann's [Sign of Arden] and killed by the witcher, and more spiders were injured or even killed by the purple lightning when wandering outside.

Those spider monsters seemed to be intelligent, seeing this situation, they started to spit spider silk towards Lan and the others from a distance!
There was a "whoosh", as if someone had shot an arrow without a point. Colgrim was pulling his sword out of a spider's corpse, and the protection on his body was shattered by the sound of wind. Fayin, the hand holding the sword was immediately glued to the body by white spider silk.

"What have these spiders been eating all these years to grow so big, chaotic energy?" Colgrim yelled as he stepped back, took out his dagger and began to quickly cut the spider silk on his arm.The other Snake faction partners tacitly protected him behind him, blocking the chasing spiders.

"The number is too much, and it will go on endlessly!"

Lei Suo and Lann looked at each other and nodded tacitly. Then they backed up together, pulled Kayan, who was in the middle of a fierce battle, and joined the three soldiers of the Snake Sect.

The Illusory Spider rushed forward regardless, Lan En and Lei Suo stretched out their left hands at the same time, making mysterious gestures.

[Alder Sign] + [Igni Sign·Magic Explosion]!
The palm nearly twice the size of Lann spewed out a strong storm, engulfing the flames that appeared again in the field and sweeping across the ground.Taking advantage of the wind, the fire devoured all the spiders in front of them in a blink of an eye, and even the fountain not far away began to heat up and sizzling.

Lan En and Lei Suo turned their backs to the other four demon hunters, and the remaining four followed suit, using a combination of magic seals to fight against the enemy.

With the six people back to back as the center, the entire garden around the fountain suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Trees and flowers crackled and burned into charcoal, and then turned into ashes and scattered in the air.Lan En and the others were worried that one round of flames would not kill the other party, and then the second and third time, they did not give up until there were no screams from the flames.

Except for Lan's, everyone was panting heavily.Normal demon hunters would consume a lot of physical strength when using the seal. At this moment, they were sweating profusely, as if they had just picked up their swords and killed several monsters back and forth.

It was in stark contrast to the calm and relaxed Lann.

"Huh, huh." Keyan breathed calmly, and said suddenly, "If we do this in other people's memories, will it become her nightmare instead?"

After everyone calmed down and finished their breathing, Lan hit several [Alder Seals] to disperse the flames in front of everyone, and the body of the spider was still burning, and the ashes of the body merged with the vegetation.

If this is a real estate, it will be overgrown with weeds in the coming year.

Under their feet, the gravel road along the garden all the way to the main building of the manor had become solid.

Pushing the door open, this is the "second time" everyone has entered this building.Unlike the dilapidated ruins I saw for the first time, this place is clean and orderly now, and it can be seen that the owner here is taking good care of it.There is still a little candlelight coming through from the side room. Obviously, the memory that everyone is looking for happened in the direction of the candlelight.

Walking in the direction of the light, a long table appeared in front of everyone.

This is the first time in Alice's memory that so many people have appeared, and it was just her and Ogierd before.This time, apart from the two of them, there were three other people, making a total of five people sitting at the long table.

This seemed to be a family dinner, with a middle-aged man sitting on the main seat, a middle-aged woman and a young man on his left, and Alice and Ogierd on his right.

There are several expensive silver candlesticks on the table, with roast suckling pig, fresh grapes, soft white bread and attractive cheese.Lane even saw a bottle of Castoraway from Toussaint, which was pricey.

Obviously, the host has carefully prepared this dinner.

Seeing the dazzling array of dishes on the table, Colgrim rubbed his stomach: "We need to restore this memory? There are so many things, how do we know where to put them?"

Lan looked around, and soon found an oil painting hanging on the wall.

Calling everyone to gather around, the content of this oil painting is the scene of this meal.

Colgrim frowned and looked around: "Is there a special painter in the room? Is their meal so important this time?"

Lan shook his head: "This painting may not have been painted, but it was directly manifested through Alice's nightmare. This shows that something she didn't want to see happened during this meal, and left her with a lot of trouble. The scenes outside have a deeper memory. We can restore the scene of their meal with this painting, and we should be able to restore this memory."

"Candles." Lei Suo said suddenly, "The candles on the table are different from those in the painting."

Lane nodded, and when everyone looked back, none of the candlesticks on the dining table were lit.

After everyone rubbed the flame with their hands and compared the oil painting to light the candles, the people at this table started to move as before.

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Logs burn slowly in the fireplace, bringing warmth into the dining room.

It was supposed to be a happy family dinner, but the atmosphere at the scene seemed to be resisting the temperature, and the expressions of the dining staff couldn't match the word "warm".

Alice looked at her numb-faced husband and her frowning parents, and took the initiative to ease the atmosphere:
"Father, mother, I am really glad that you can come to see me."

The middle-aged man sitting in the main seat looked at the son-in-law sitting next to his daughter. From the moment he took his seat, there was no eye contact between the two of them.

The middle-aged woman sitting opposite Alice glanced at her husband and daughter's husband reproachfully, and asked Alice with concern:
"Are you all right? My dear. You look ugly. . . I think something is wrong."

Alice was wearing a long black dress, painted with rich black eye shadow, and she was charming under the light of the fire.But this black dress made her look pale, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

"I'm fine. If there's anything wrong with it, it's that I'm so happy today," Alice said sincerely. "But why didn't grandpa and grandma come? I miss them too."

Listening to his wife's question, Ogierd suddenly showed undisguised impatience on his numb face, and even shook his head and turned his gaze to one side.

All this was seen by Alice's mother. She seemed to want to say something, but she held back when she saw the smile on her daughter's face.

But the young man sitting next to her had no scruples. Seeing Ogierd's attitude, he smiled sarcastically and said:
"Old people don't like this kind of road. It's long and bumpy...and there's mud everywhere!"

Hearing this, Ogierd turned his eyes back to Alice's family for the first time: "They still don't want to see me, right?"

The young man's face froze, as if he didn't expect Ogierd to speak so directly.

Alice's father on the main seat snorted heavily at the young man, and cast a warning look at his son, telling him to stop talking.

Ogierd seemed to open up the chatter box, and asked the visiting thing on the table: "What are these, so that you have to bring them here despite the rugged and long road?"

Alice's elder brother glanced at his parents, seeing that neither of them was going to speak, explained: "We brought some of Alice's favorite things, these are her combs, her favorite doll."

There was a milky white and round jade comb on the table, and the doll was embroidered with silver thread and pearls, all of which looked expensive, in stark contrast to Alice's slightly plain attire now.

"Besides, we brought you a gift, Ogierd." Alice's brother pointed to a document.

Seeing that thing, Alice showed a happy smile on her face, but Ogierd's face was even more impatient.

"Bank documents." Ogierd recognized it immediately.

Alice's mother couldn't help it, she reached out and pressed her son's hand, and said to Ogierd: "We have paid off the debts of the Everik family and bought the debts, so that our family members will not be in trouble. I can't hold my head up outside."

Ogierd's face suddenly became calm, he stood up without any waves, picked up the bank document, and said to the fireplace: "'Dad' and 'Mum' still remember me, how wonderful it is Impressive."

There was neither warmth nor greasiness in that tone, it was just a kind of calm.He glanced back at the people at the table, and threw the bank's documents into the flames of the fireplace.

Alice's mother stood up abruptly.But Ogierd didn't seem to see her, and strode away from the restaurant on his own.

"Ogild..." Alice called her husband, as if she wanted him back, but her tone was full of hesitation.

"Did you see him? I warned you before the wedding." Alice's mother began to reprimand her daughter without waiting for Ogierd to go away, or she just wanted her son-in-law to hear it on purpose.

"That's what he is. He's a mediocre fellow who befriends robbers and thugs! Aren't you afraid to live with such thugs? Come home, Alice, before you've Can't get out."

Alice looked at her mother sadly, shook her head, and turned to look at the door Ogierd left from.

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The movement of the people around the table stopped, and the door that Ogierd left opened again, and a black figure with a machete slung across his shoulders walked out.

Lan En silently pulled out the Sword of the Lake Lady: "Every time I look at the memory, an enemy will appear... I am already a little impatient."

Lei Suo also pulled out the snake-headed silver sword: "I agree."

The golden light and the silver light drew two circular arcs at the same time and slashed towards the black shadow. This time, the enemy was not only in the shape of a human, but also had the strength of a regular fighter. They were immediately knocked out by the two.

With a "bang", he slammed open the door he had closed just now, and a crossbow bolt came out silently, piercing through the black shadow's head.

The shadow dissipated.Keyan put his crossbow back on his rucksack: "I don't like this house either, hurry up."

Outside the door is the stairs leading to the second floor. Everyone climbed up the stairs and came to the bedroom.

The phantom of Alice's memory fell on the bed, looking dazed.Ogierd, on the other hand, was washing his hands in the tub, looking uneasy.

Everyone found a blood-stained towel with the witcher's senses and put it in the tub, and the phantom in front of them started to move again.

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Alice was only wearing a black silk top this time, which seemed to be pajamas.The neckline of the clothes was open all the way to the top of the abdomen, revealing a large white and round body and two well-proportioned thighs.

Her complexion was so pale that it was almost abnormal, and she looked like a doll under the fire of the fireplace, full of pitiful brokenness.

"Now... what time is it? Ogierd, are you still awake?" Alice lay on the bed and rubbed her eyes in distress, her sweet voice like a sparrow was a little hoarse at the moment.

It was already late at night, and the wife had already taken a light sleep, but found that her husband was still busy.

Ogierd was wearing a robe neatly, with his back to her: "It's late, go on to sleep."

Alice looked at her husband's back thoughtfully: "You have been reading all night again... What is that in your hand? Is it blood? Are you injured?"

Alice's tone was urgent, and she was about to get up from the bed soon.

Ogierd quickly wiped his hands with a towel a few times, turned around and actively changed the topic.

"This is ink. I accidentally knocked over the ink bottle while writing a letter. I plan to go to Oxburgh in a few days. Do you want to come with me?"

Alice's thoughts were pulled away in an instant, and she almost never went out since she lived in the manor.

"Of course! That's a great idea! A trip will do us all good."

Seeing his wife's suddenly brightened expression, a smile appeared on Ogierd's numb face, and his eyes softened.

"Go to sleep and get enough energy." He said softly, "I'm very tired."

"But I can't sleep now." Alice jumped out of bed and acted coquettishly towards her husband, "Why don't I go and paint, I want to finish the portrait I gave you."

Ogierd was stunned for a moment, and before he had a chance to speak, he was dragged by his wife to the second bedroom that had been converted into a studio by them.

There was an unfinished portrait on top of the painter, and Ogierd posed under Alice's command, adjusting the details.

However, Alice did not notice that the warmth that finally appeared in her husband's eyes just now was slowly disappearing.

"Smile, honey."

The husband tried his best to calm his expression, and then twitched the corners of his mouth.

"It's a smile, not showing your teeth." Alice said coquettishly, and then she didn't know what to think, and her face began to be filled with happiness.

"It's like... the smile on your face when my father promised to marry me to you. I want to see it again and draw it, can I? Please!"

Ogierd looked at his wistful wife, closed his eyes and tried to recall the past scene.But this didn't help, instead it made his expression change from flat to distressed, and even slightly sad.

"You have something on your mind." The sensitive Alice immediately noticed the change in her husband.

"I..." Ogierd opened his mouth, "I still have some work to do, and I'm thinking about those things. Sorry."

"Work again? Ogierd...you never told me, we swore that we can't have secrets before each other."

Alice said softly.Even if the language is reproachful and complaining, it sounds indescribably soft.

This tone made Ogierd unable to resist: "Sorry, I don't want to talk about it."

He walked out of the studio quickly with his head down, not even able to make Alice react.

"Ogierd..."

With a "bang", Ogierd walked into his study, and the door closed in front of Alice.

Alice couldn't bear it anymore. She was shivering in the cold wind with bare legs and wearing airy silk pajamas, but even so she stayed outside her husband's study.

"Ogild, come out, we must have a good talk today!"

Hearing his wife's words, he had already begun to tremble slightly with tears, and Ogierd closed his eyes.

"I want to be alone."

Alice shouted: "Not this time, come out!"

Ogierd's tone suddenly became fierce: "Don't bother me! I just want to work quietly!"

There was no sound outside the door.

Ogierd slumped on the chair as if his bones had been taken out. He thought he should be very tired, but in fact he didn't feel tired at all.It's been like this since I first woke up, and it's still like this at night, even after one night, two nights, or three nights.

This is not right.

He looked at the table in front of him, on which were two books and a basin of blood.The titles of the books are "Blood Contract: Alien Creatures" and "Between Worlds".

There is also a pentagram drawn on the ground, with candles burning at each corner of the star.

This is a black magic circle.

Ogierd never let his wife enter his study, and Alice has always been considerate of her husband for giving him sufficient privacy, so she has no knowledge of what happened in the study.

"I can't feel joy, I can't feel happiness, and now I have lost even the fatigue, leaving only loneliness and pain..."

Hearing the slight footsteps of his wife going away, the sad expression on Ogierd's face deepened.

Even though he had tried many times, he still knelt and sat in the pentagram circle again, stretched his arms, clenched his fists, and recited the mantra steadily and quickly.

Then he opened his eyes, hoping to see the figure he expected.After the failure, he closed his eyes again and continued with another spell.

Time and time again, he tried almost every spell he ever tried, and finally broke down.

"Damn it! What spells do I need? I've tried them all! I'm going to terminate our agreement and come face to face with me—Gaunt O'Dim!"

Billowing black mist mixed with red light emanated from Ogild's body, and condensed on his arms with his violent mood swings.Finally unable to bear the ensuing failures any longer, Ogierd's suppressed negative emotions erupted together at this moment, and he punched hard on the floor in front of him.

Immediately, the red mist and black mist seemed to explode towards the surroundings together, and the candles of the pentagram were all extinguished at this moment.Ogierd gasped on the ground, unaware of the changes in the room.

Until there was a "boom", the flames in the fireplace suddenly spewed out as if inspired, and the crossbars on the floor of the study glowed red at the same time in an instant.

The chaotic energy caused by Ogierd's continuous spells did not just dissipate in the air, but ran away together at this moment!
At this moment, it seemed that there were countless transparent figures reveling in the house, and books, tables, chairs, and accessories were thrown into the air in a mess; the roof, floor, and walls also ignited a raging fire at the same time.

Ogierd looked blankly at everything around him, and suddenly shouted: "No, Alice!"

　When this chapter came out, I thought there would be fans of the original book complaining.

　　This is the first time I admit that this chapter may feel like playing the game again for game fans.Not only did I not delete it, but I also added a little bit of my own content to make the awkward twists in the game a little smoother.

　　Because I like this process so much, and I also love the feeling of telling this story in the game, but I think it is a waste to use a little spring and autumn brushwork.

　　I also want to take this opportunity to present a complete story to passers-by fans.Guys, this game is really fun!The Hearts of Stone DLC is really awesome!

　　Of course, if there are no fans of this book, I can take this opportunity to know.
　　Just read it as an excessive chapter
　　
　
(End of this chapter)