Embers of Embers

Chapter 46 The Passport of Life
"The day is over again..."
Eve was lying on the edge of the balcony, her face reddened by the afterglow of the setting sun, and some servants whispered when they saw her appearance.
They said that the princess of the Phoenix family has finally grown up, with sadness in her eyes, like a girl who is troubled by love in her adolescence, looking forward to a beautiful relationship with a beautiful boy... What the hell!
Eve smashed the balcony railing hard, and then walked back to the bedroom angrily. She didn't want to listen to the gossip about her from the servants downstairs.
There must be something wrong with your life!Where did the beautiful boy come from? The only male he met was the psychotic Lorenzo.
What she is worried about is obviously the secret blood surging in her body. According to Lorenzo, the Phoenix family must have some connection with demons. The so-called secret blood needs to be purified by alchemy. This technology is not available except for the Demon Hunting Order. Someone else knows, and the mystery hangs over the Phoenix family.
Eve also wanted to talk to her father, but the housekeeper said that Duke Phoenix left for the Platinum Palace after taking care of Eve and never came back.
Lying on the soft bed, looking at the chandelier above her head, the warm light occupied Eve's entire field of vision.
More than a week had passed since that crazy night, and Eve couldn't remember how she got home. Although she wanted to hide it, she fainted at the door because she was too exhausted.
When Eve woke up, she was lying in a familiar bedroom. All her wounds had been taken care of. There were guards standing at the door. From the window, she could see many soldiers with live ammunition in the deserted manor.
Listening to what the butler said, Duke Phoenix was very angry. It could be described as furious. After he left, the guard level of the entire manor increased several levels, and Eve was also restricted from freedom. Where could she be before Duke Phoenix returned home? Not allowed to go either.
It seemed that this time my father was really angry.
Ah...very annoying.
Eve could already imagine the conversation when he came back. It was nothing more than marrying herself to some damn island, but this time his attitude would be much tougher.
Eve hugged the quilt tightly and turned over. She didn't want it to end like this. She hoped that she could represent the Phoenix family in the hall of honor. If possible, she wanted to find out what happened to her secret blood. .
It was like a long-lost friend reunited, and the nightmare she had almost forgotten since that crazy night came back again.
Eve would always unconsciously think of the scene in that nightmare, where the woman was wailing and struggling. She was in so much pain, and with the pain, her life was being pulled out of her body, until finally the monster tore her body apart.
The memory of this nightmare is so abrupt that even Eve can't be sure whether it is true or not. It seems that human memory is really unreliable, just like the handwriting written on the beach is destined to be swallowed by a rising tide , but many years later, like a prank, things from that year washed up on the shore.
The lights in the room flickered for a while, and Eve turned around to look at the chandelier above her head. It seemed that there was something wrong with the circuit, and after a few flickers, it completely fell into darkness.
It was normal for the lights to have problems, but now Eve had a different feeling. She became nervous unconsciously and stared into the darkness.
That's the thing about these things, every time they come all the light recedes.
Footsteps sounded all around.
Eve reached out to the counter, where there was a silver revolver, which was the Shrike's weapon, but Lorenzo forgot to take it back after that night, and Eve kept it.
It was filled with ammunition, and just when Eve was about to do something, a dark shadow enveloped her.
I have no strength...
I can't muster any strength...
Eve's breathing stopped for a moment. She knew very well that the thing was behind her. She wanted to escape but she had no strength at all, as if her body was frozen in an instant.
It slowly walked past Eve, and every step struck Eve's heart like a heavy hammer. Through the moonlight outside the window, Eve could only see a vague ferocity, followed by countless eyes. The eyes appeared in front of Eve's eyes.
It was a face full of eyes, and the scarlet pupils kept overflowing with that unknown thing. It seemed like it couldn't see Eve, and its eyeballs turned randomly, trying to find something, but then suddenly the next second All turned towards Eve.
It saw her and let out a chilling laugh.
"I saw you..."
The voice rang directly in my ears, so clear, so real.
The frozen body finally moved, and the silver death knell pointed directly at the demon's face, but just when Eve was about to pull the trigger, the light returned.
Everything is gone.
Eve held up the death knell and pointed to the blank front, which was a familiar room, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
The strange and abominable darkness disappeared.
Eve knelt on the ground exhausted, big drops of sweat falling from the tip of her nose, her lungs beating hard, and she gasped for fresh air.
I rubbed my eyes vigorously, and there was that weird strange feeling everywhere. It seemed to be an hallucination, and it seemed to be something else.
Vision.
The familiar and unfamiliar words rose in my mind. Lorenzo said to himself when they parted. As the connection with the darkness deepens, Eve will see some weird things, and those weird things will also see to her.
"What on earth is...what happened?"
Slowly standing up, Eve felt that the whole world was shaking. She held her forehead and finally fell weakly on the bed.The mental pressure this time was far greater than anything I had experienced before. I felt like a boat drifting in the tide, and it seemed that it would be overturned by the rising tide in the next second.
Inexplicable fear fermented in her heart. Eve knew very well that the security of Phoenix Manor was indeed very high, but she had no resistance against those monsters. Those monsters had already seen her, and she was at a loss.
She sat up and after thinking for a long time, her eyes fell on the counter.
A business card is lying there quietly at the moment, and the words on it seem to be magical.
……
"Miss, please don't make things difficult for us."
The guard looked at Eve who was wearing pajamas. There were hollow patterns under the pure white dress. Her smooth neck stood upright like a swan. Her long hair was let down. There was an indescribable meaning when it was let down. It seemed to be... The elf walking out of the moonlight.
The two guards guarding the door were a little panicked. It's not common to see Eve like this. Usually Eve is dressed in a heroic figure. Even if she is wearing a skirt, she has a feeling that no strangers are allowed to enter. But now this cold tiger is like a kitten, smelling The fragrance so close at hand will make anyone's heart tremble.
"I want to go out for a walk."
Eve said in a rare gentle tone.
"His Majesty the Duke has an order, you cannot leave until he comes back."
"I just want to go for a walk."
The girl looked at the guards with her eyes wide open. Her crystal pupils were like gems. It was difficult for anyone to refuse such a girl. You would even feel strangely guilty if you refused her, as if you had done something wrong.
For so long, Eve has been hiding her charm. She obviously has such a perfect body, but she has been protecting it with steel and police uniforms, so as to drive away those blind date groups who are plotting against the law.
As the princess of the Phoenix family, the young nobles of Old Dunling all want to meet the future duchess. However, every meeting ends in tragedy. In order to ensure their dreams and freedom, Eve will make every meeting difficult. An accident, since the last time she took the son of an earl to ride a carriage on the street, causing the unlucky child to break his leg, no one dared to be interested in Eve.
It was a phoenix that could not be tamed. Going there rashly would only become part of the ashes beneath her feet.
"Isn't this even possible..."
As Eve lifted up her dress slightly, the guards couldn't help but froze on the spot, their thoughts completely interrupted. As if expecting something, the two of them froze.
But the breeze suddenly rose the next second, and only a dull sound was heard. One of the guards felt dizzy, and his vision fell to the ground. He wanted to say something, but his consciousness couldn't stop falling into darkness. The last picture was Eve was fucking a chair leg into another guard.
camouflage!It's all disguise!
At this moment, the other guard almost collapsed mentally. This dead girl had hidden evil intentions from beginning to end. No one knew how she took off the chair legs and hid them under her skirt.
The chair legs in his eyes continued to enlarge. He only had time to set up his gun to block the attack, but Eve gave up the attack and punched him in the abdomen. He retched physiologically, and then the girl swung again. The chair legs were smashed down hard.
"What's wrong?"
Another guard came over from the other corner of the corridor, and the sound of beating the sap also caught his attention. The two looked at each other awkwardly at both ends of the corridor.
The young and beautiful girl stood barefoot under the light, her long red hair burning like fire, how beautiful... If she didn't hold the chair leg in her hand, there would be two colleagues who were already unconscious at her feet.
With almost no time to think, the girl clenched the legs of the chair with both hands, inhaled and held her breath, completely arched her body, and then threw it out with all her strength.
Only another muffled sound could be heard, and the guard fell straight down, still holding the iron whistle that he could not blow in the future.
Looking at the three unconscious guards, Eve tidied her messy hair, took a long breath, and went from disguise to attack in one smooth motion.
It may take some effort to deal with the monsters, but it's very easy to defeat a few guards.The delicate girl just now disappeared, and the tiger returned.
After stripping these unlucky guys, tied them up and stuffed them into the closet, Eve arranged her clothes, pushed down her hat as hard as possible to cover her burning red hair, and then stuffed a few towels into her clothes. , filling up her somewhat thin body. If the distance is not close enough, no one will notice the difference in her.
Finally, he inserted the silver revolver into the gun bag at his waist and everything was ready.
Striding out, Eve realized that her thoughts were a bit simple. Even at night, there were guards outside the manor, just like guarding the queen. They wore domed iron helmets, straight spears and bayonets. Pointing at the night sky.
Suddenly a melodious whistle sounded, the train slowly entered the station, and endless water vapor rose.
The guard was extremely tight, making it difficult for Eve to reach the train, and if she didn't leave tonight, even she didn't know when the next train would come.
The monsters could already see her, and she had to find the damn detective.
When Eve was at a loss, she saw something. In Lorenzo's words, he called it "the passport of life."
Surrounded by dozens of spears, Eve carried the ladder and swaggered towards the train on the platform. Due to her unstable center of gravity, she staggered as she walked, like a bloated penguin.
　You may not understand the "ladder" meme. This meme originated from a funny video called "Life's Pass". It says that as long as you carry a ladder, everyone will think you are a staff member and can enter and exit any place for free.
　
(End of this chapter)