Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 92 Photophobia and Temptation

The good news is that sunlight doesn't count as "firelight."

In fact, this is very unreasonable. In Angel’s common sense, the light and heat of the sun come from the energy generated by nuclear fusion that occurs all the time inside the star. Humans see the visible light it emits, and the heat they feel is infrared. It also belongs to "light" in a broad sense. In this case, under the negative effect of "magic pocket watch", she should also be afraid of the sunlight during the day.

But now she was standing at the gate of the Blackthorn Security Company, the morning sun shone on her face, but it didn't make her feel afraid or fearful.

The bad news is that a gas lamp is lit in the corridor leading to the second floor from the security company's gate.

How dare these people light gas lamps? Isn't flame the biggest threat to human beings living in this world?
If the gas leaks, is ignited by flames, and the fire pours into the gas pipes, the whole building, the whole block will be blown up...

Angel wanted to pull out a pistol and knock out the gas lamp that might burn down the whole house, but then remembered that the gunpowder ignited and sparks would burst out when the bullet was ejected. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't dare to fire.

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"Good morning, Miss Angel, I didn't expect you to come back from Enmat Port so soon. Why did you stand at the door and never go in?"

Klein, who stayed up so late yesterday that he was almost late, got off the public carriage and arrived at the gate of the Blackthorn Security Company. He was about to go upstairs when he found Angel, who was standing on the side of the street with his head bowed and unwilling to enter the door.

He hastily tidied up his messy attire due to brisk walking, and greeted him.

When the other party looked up, Klein was surprised to find an emotion in her eyes.

fear.

In the eyes of this "Assassin" who has superb marksmanship, excellent close combat skills, and can calmly deal with mid-sequence Extraordinary and save his companions, this is the most unlikely emotion to appear.

"What's going on? Are you feeling unwell?"

Klein took two steps closer and asked.

"...Klein, are you afraid of fire?"

Angel's voice sounded extremely weak and pitiful, making Klein gasp.

"What kind of fire are you referring to? The fire that burned the entire forest, the fire that burned half the docklands a few years ago, or..."

"No, that kind of fire."

Klein followed her outstretched finger to look, and found that what the other party was talking about was the burning gas lamp in the corridor.

"It's broad daylight, why is there still someone turning on the gas lamp?"

He replied half-understood, thinking that he would tell Miss Roseanne later that saving gas is everyone's responsibility.

"Yeah, how come there are still people who dare to turn on the gas lamp, aren't they afraid of blowing up the city of Tingen?"

Angel murmured, staggered and swayed away from the gas lamp.

"Ah, what?"

Klein was at a loss, and he found that he seemed to be on a different channel with the other party.

What the hell happened in the port of Enmat?Why did she look out of place when she came back from the past trip?
Klein felt that the weather seemed to be getting hotter. He took off his top hat and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

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"Rosanne, please turn off the lights in the reception hall."

Klein pushed the door open a crack, and shouted at Rosanne who was standing behind the reception desk sorting out the documents.

"It's okay, I'm fine."

Angel boldly said, she walked around Klein, pushed open the door of the reception hall, and was about to walk in as soon as she stretched her foot, but her foot did not fall, her expression changed again and again, and she finally retracted outside the door.

"Let's close it..." Klein looked at the puzzled Luo Shan and added with a wry smile.

"What's wrong with Angel?"

Although full of doubts, Luo Shan obediently walked out of the reception desk, went around the reception hall and turned off several gas lamps. There was a trace of tranquility that was different from usual.

"I don't know for sure, but she seems to have some kind of photophobia."

After the lights were all dimmed, Angel breathed a sigh of relief and entered the reception hall. As long as there was no fire in sight, she behaved as usual, found a sofa and sat down firmly, her expression no longer panicked or fearful.

"Afraid of light?" Luo Shan also sat on the sofa and asked curiously, "But the street is sunny, if she is really afraid of light, how did she come to the company?"

"Sunshine shouldn't be counted. What she's afraid of is firelight, such as gas lamps, or..." Klein looked around and found a kettle in the corner boiling water on the stove, so he pointed there, and continued: "... That furnace flame."

Following his direction, Angel's face that had returned to normal turned pale again, and his body trembled.

"I'm going to turn it off! Turn it off..."

Roseanne jumped up from the sofa, rushed to the stove, extinguished the fire, and returned to the sofa with a half-hot kettle in her hand.

"I'm really sorry, I'm not in a good state right now, but I'll be fine in a few minutes."

Angel took a small brass pocket watch from his wrist, opened the watch cover and looked at the time. Klein leaned over curiously, and found that the pocket watch was actually counting down, and it seemed that there were less than 5 minutes left before the pointer returned to zero.

"Snapped--"

She closed the cover of the watch, closed her eyes and leaned against the back of the sofa, as if she made up her mind to wait here until her abnormality disappeared before doing other things.

Although Luo Shan looked blank, she wanted to ask questions a few times, but in the end she held back her curiosity, and she whispered to Klein, "Klein, the captain said that you will go to his office after you arrive, and so will Angel, but she So...you should go first."

"Okay, I'll go there now, please take care of her."

Klein glanced at Angel hesitantly, then nodded, straightened his coat and hat, and walked towards Dunn's office.

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"It's really all right now, you see."

Angel looked at Rosanne who was following him with a worried face, and turned on the switch of the gas lamp on the wall with a "click" to let the flame gradually ignite, spreading warm light around.

Just now, I actually thought that this little flame would burn the entire city of Tingen down?

It's incredible, is this the inferiority complex brought to me by the "Magic Pocket Watch"?

"Well, it looks like I don't have the symptoms just now..."

There was hesitation in Roseanne's tone, her eyes moved back and forth on the gas lamp and Angel, and finally convinced herself, nodded, but then asked suspiciously.

"But you were fine a few days ago, why did you suddenly become like this?"

"Just treat it as a negative effect brought by extraordinary abilities, just like the captain's memory loss, like Leonard and the others don't need to sleep."

Angel didn't know how to explain the negative effects of the magical item, so he could only deal with it perfunctorily.

"How can it be a negative effect not to need to sleep? I also hope to have such an ability!" Rosanne retorted after putting the kettle on the stove, turning on the switch again, and lighting the fire, "If I can only sleep for four hours a day, I will There will be no dark circles under the eyes due to staying up late."

"The captain's dark circles are not small these days, and it seems that the abilities of 'Sleepless' won't satisfy you."

Angel stared at the blazing gas flame for a few seconds, and after confirming that he was no longer afraid of the fire, he returned to sit on the sofa with peace of mind.

Rosen guarded her kettle, waited for the water to boil, made a pot of coffee, followed her back to the center of the reception hall, and poured a cup for Angel and herself.

The aroma of coffee instantly filled the room.

Angel, who got rid of the negative effect of the "magic pocket watch", became talkative again. Rosanne pretended to be eccentric and imitated her action of fearing the fire, which made her laugh out loud and tried to knock Rosanne on the head.

"cough--"

A deliberate dry cough came from behind the partition, and the two quickly returned to their sitting postures.

Klein waited for the two ladies to tidy up their appearance before walking out from behind the partition. He pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Miss Angel, it seems that you have returned to normal?"

"Cough, yes, I was bothering you just now."

Angel hurriedly thanked Klein. If this enthusiastic gentleman hadn't helped turn off the gas lamp in the corridor just now, she might still be lingering downstairs, waiting for the negative effects to disappear.

"Serving beautiful ladies is a gentleman's duty." Klein exaggeratedly took off his top hat and gave a gentleman's salute, which caused the two ladies present to laugh. Then he resumed his serious tone and informed Angel to go to Dunn Smith's. A trip to the office.

"The captain is reading the telegram from Enmat Port. It may be your report on what happened there in the past few days."

The two arrived at the door of Dunn's office one after the other, and Klein reminded him in a low voice.

"Thanks, I'll keep an eye out."

Angel nodded, ready to knock on the door.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Klein seemed to have just remembered that he had something to say, and he raised his hand and pressed it falsely, stopping Angel from knocking on the door. "Are you free on Monday afternoon next week? Probably Around 3 o'clock, that's what I told you last time."

The thing I said last time..."The Moretti family celebrated the relocation dinner"?
Angel is a little puzzled. It's not suitable for lunch and dinner when it's 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Could it be afternoon tea?

But now that the other party has issued an invitation, Angel is still ready to nod in agreement, but she suddenly remembered that she needs to attend the "Tarot Club" every Monday afternoon. Although Mr. Fool allows temporary leave after teaching everyone the ritual magic, she is not going to be the first one. People who "eat crabs".

"Sorry, I have other things scheduled for Monday afternoon, and I can't get away. Can I arrange it in the evening?"

With an apologetic face, she replied to Klein.

"Sure enough...it doesn't matter, let's make another appointment, the afternoon is really not suitable..."

Klein seemed to have expected that she would not be free on Monday afternoon, so he nodded clearly: "I've delayed your time, you should report to the captain first."

"Ok."

Angel knocked on the office door, and waited for Dunn Smith to invite him before pushing the door and walking in.

Just before the door closed, she glanced at Klein behind the crack of the door, and saw Klein with deep eyes, his expression looming under the shadow of the top hat, still standing outside the door, thinking about something.

　Hey, originally I wanted to cut two chapters of 3000 characters into three chapters of 2000 characters, but the results were too good to be cut out of chapters (no). There is another chapter in 1 minute.

　　
　
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