The Witch's Taste

Chapter 15 Ancestral House and Ancient Books

Akita District belongs to the suburban area of ​​Jibei City, and 70% of it is covered by dense forest.

In the north is the well-known "Aomori Sea of ​​Trees", which was chosen by many islanders as "the place where they hope to stay on their last day", so that the district council had to allocate funds to set up a large number of patrols and patrols on the edge of the sea of ​​trees. Psychiatrists are stationed to alleviate the persistent suicide rate in the area.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when I arrived at Sendai Station in the southern part of Akita District by taking the local light rail train.

Chen Ziang sent a text message to the other party again, and after confirming the address, he and Yuegong Suzuna transferred to the subway, and it took another 20 minutes to arrive at the door of the contributor's house - a "one household building" with a courtyard. "Kikuchi" is written on the name plate next to the main entrance of the courtyard wall.

After hearing the doorbell, Miss Juchi quickly came out and opened the main entrance of the courtyard wall for the two of them.

"Take the liberty to visit, I'm sorry to bother you." Suzuna Tsukimiya saluted and said, "We are from the Urban Odd Records magazine."

"It's all right." Miss Juchi quickly waved her hand, "It's good to have guests visiting, this old house always makes me flustered."

Out of professional habits, Chen Ziang quickly looked at the young lady.

There is light makeup on the face, and the polite smile on the face is also very skilled. It should be a woman who has been in the workplace for at least 3 years.

There is no ring on the hand, indicating that she is unmarried.The dark circles under my eyes are a bit heavy, I often stay up late, and there are coffee stains on the front of my chest.

Following Miss Kikuchi into the house, Suzuna Tsukimiya suddenly said:
"a little cold."

"Well, I don't know if it's the aging of the heating pipes. It's really unbearably cold at home these days." Ms. Juchi sighed, "I've already made an appointment with the boiler master, and I'll come over for maintenance tomorrow."

"By the way, I haven't told you about the nightmare, have I?"

She beckoned the two of them to sit down on the sofa in the living room, and then began to describe her nightmare vividly, as if it was an anecdote worth sharing.

Tsukimiya Suzuna took out a small notebook seriously, and began to take notes based on Miss Kikuchi's description, her attitude was impeccable, and she cooperated with questions from time to time, which made Miss Kikuchi's conversation more intense, and the relationship between the two quickly became familiar.

Chen Ziang looked around, thinking that it was the right thing to bring Yuegong Lingna here.

If there were no Suzuna Tsukimiya, he would be the one sitting on the sofa and being entangled by Ms. Kikuchi to describe the dream—of course it does not mean that the testimony of the parties is not important, but he is still more used to investigating by himself.

The ancestral house left by Ms. Kikuchi's grandfather has a unique decoration style.In the living room, except for the TV wall and windows, the rest of the bookshelves are placed against the wall, at least [-] meters high, filled with all kinds of books, and the top floor can only be accessed with the help of a ladder.

Chen Ziang inspected carefully, and found that the partitions and the spine of the book were covered with dust. It was obvious that Miss Juchi, who inherited the house, was not a person who loved reading.

"I've flipped through a few of those books." Miss Juchi, who was half lying on the sofa, looked at Chen Ziang at the front of the bookshelf, and said with a smile, "It's all in ancient Meneus, so I can't understand it."

"Ancient Meneus?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise.

"It's ancient elf writing." Ms. Juchi waved her hand, "You know elves, right?"

The Meneus tribe is the first alien race encountered by human beings in the Milky Way during the era of cosmic colonization.

Its appearance is very similar to that of humans, but the upper ends of its ears are pointed, so it is also called "elf" by humans for short - after all, the name "Meneus" is long and difficult to remember.

"Grandfather used to be a folklorist." Ms. Kikuchi continued, "he has stayed in the Meneus Federation for decades, so these books should be brought back from the elves."

"I see." Chen Ziang nodded his head to express his understanding, "Can I read these books?"

"Please." Miss Juchi said casually.

Chen Ziang took out a book and opened the title page.

Indeed, as she said, it was all in unknown elf characters.Judging from the degree of yellowing of the pages, it seems that I have thought about it for a long time, and there is a faint musty smell on the surface.

Miss Juchi and Suzuna Yuegong had a happy chat, and the topic had changed from nightmares to entertainment news. Chen Ziang took the opportunity to continue to observe the bookshelf, and quietly inspired.

The so-called "inspiration", also known as spiritual intuition, is a kind of intuition used by people with high spiritual vision to explore mysterious things-it is very useful when it is inconvenient to carry a spiritual pressure gauge.

After the inspiration was activated, Chen Zi'ang glanced around again, and preliminarily confirmed that there was indeed a problem with this ancestral house.

It's not weird, it should be some kind of hidden deep mysterious thing, which is continuously radiating strange energy to the surroundings.

Judging from previous cases, it may be undiscovered relics of gods, traces left by weirdness, or books recording taboo knowledge, etc.

Judging from the original owner's collection of so many books, the last possibility is more likely.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziang asked again:

"Can I take a look around here? Want to see if there are any books I can read."

"It's ok, just don't go to the bedroom on the second floor." Miss Juchi said with a smile, then turned her head and whispered to Tsukimiya Suzuna, "Your colleague really likes books."

"Of course, I'm an editor after all." Tsukimiya Suzuna's answer was watertight.

Chen Ziang walked around the living room a few times, checking almost every bookshelf.

His inspiration was sharper than that of ordinary operators, but he still couldn't confirm the location of the abnormal source.

It must be here, Chen Ziang can clearly sense that it is here, but the exact location is still uncertain, it is already close at hand...

Ok?
Another strange intuition emerged from his heart, and he suddenly guessed where the target was hiding.

Chen Ziang turned his head quietly, only to see Yue Gong Ling Nai and Miss Ju Chi chatting enthusiastically.

"The editorial department is calling, I'll answer it." He raised his phone and gestured to Miss Juchi.

Coming to the foyer, avoiding Miss Juchi's sight, Chen Ziang took a deep breath, and activated the ability to walk in dreams.

He entered the preconscious level.

Turning around again and returning to the living room, Chen Ziang saw that Yue Gong Ling Nai was still talking, while Miss Ju Chi sitting opposite her had a mask of a bright smile on her face.

The symbolic meaning of the mask is "to hide the sincerity". After staying in the Public Security Office for so long, Chen Ziang certainly saw that Miss Juchi's style of dealing with people showed obvious traces of workplace training. It is estimated that she should be engaged in a job that often deals with people.

As for Tsukimiya Suzuna, the image in her subconscious mind is no different from her in reality—this means that she and she have already begun to get acquainted.

When meeting strangers, people usually build up their first impression of strangers in their hearts through critical observation and conversation in a few words, and it is reflected in the preconscious level, such as Miss Kikuchi's mask.

Tsukimiya Suzuna's phantom is no different, which shows that she is no longer a stranger in my heart, so I don't need to use my first impression to maintain my memory.

Having said that, this eldest lady is obviously from a bureaucratic family, but neither her words nor deeds have the slightest characteristics of a young lady, but more like an energetic childhood sweetheart girl.

Chen Ziang no longer let his mind fly, and continued to dive into the subconscious level.

The surrounding environment began to change to a strange style, and there were a lot of candles around the bookshelves, and the candles flickered in the dim light.

Many books opened their title pages like birds, circling and flying in the living room, chasing each other, and the broken pages fluttered like feathers.

Miss Kikuchi on the sofa was gone, and Tsukimiya Suzuna covered her face with her hands, tears streaming down between her fingers.

Why are you crying again?Could it be that the last time she hugged her sister and cried bitterly, she left a deep impression on herself?
In the subconscious world, everything is grotesque and illogical, so Chen Ziang did not continue to delve into it, and dived down to the collective subconscious layer again.

When he opened his eyes again, the roof above his head was no longer there, but a silky and beautiful violet curly starry sky.

A large number of bookshelves in the living room were left, but the wooden structure was replaced by stone, and most of the books arranged on it were decayed, and the text on the spine was almost unreadable.

Chen Ziang's gaze quickly locked onto one of the books.

Its books are dark red, with slightly curly edges, exuding an obscure atmosphere that makes the inspiration extremely disturbing—it is this thing that hides in the collective subconscious, constantly radiating spiritual pollution into this ancestral house.

The shadow cloak badge pinned to his underwear suddenly vibrated violently.

[The Lord of the Great Deep Sea is very interested in this diary. 】

[Sacrifice it, you will get 50 points of fire. 】

(End of this chapter)