From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 381 Fulla
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gillan, my husband Staven is still busy working at the Quadrangle and may not be back until the evening."

After Gillan sat down on the sofa in the living room, Mrs. Norma said to him with an apologetic look on her face.

Immediately, she ordered the servant to bring the brewed tea, and then poured a cup for the distinguished guest herself.

Jilan took the teacup, thanked him, said a few more polite words, shook his head and smiled:

"It doesn't matter. We are just separated by a wall and a few steps away. I will come to visit Mr. Staven next time when he is free... Besides, I am here just to return the gift and sit down with him."

As he spoke, he handed over the gift bags he had brought.

Secretary Lanis explained at the right time:
"Mrs. Norma, these four gifts were carefully selected by Chief Gillan for your family."

"Oh?" The lady looked surprised.

She took the gift bag, handed the ones for her children to Cordell and Fulla, and then opened the ones for herself and her husband.

"Oh! This is Isabella's latest tricolor scarf. I just heard Mrs. Sackley and the others talking about it two days ago!"

Mrs. Norma held the silk scarf gift box in her hand and said to Gillan with a smile on her face.

"I love this gift. Thank you, Mr. Gillan."

Jilan smiled politely and responded with "You're welcome."

The lady opened the gift bag from her husband Staven, which contained a dark blue shiny silk tie.

"Staven has always been irresistible to anything dark blue. He will definitely like this tie."

As he was speaking, his son Cordell opened his gift box, which contained the handle of a cane, which was gold-plated and carved, like a work of art.

The young man played with the handle and liked it very much.

As for Fulla, her gift was a mounted specimen plate, which contained colorful butterfly specimens such as Swallowtail Butterfly, Red-necked Birdwing Butterfly, Glasswing Butterfly, Dead Leaf Butterfly and Blue Morpho Butterfly.

When she saw the gift, her originally pale face turned a little rosy. She stared at the specimen with a smile on her face.

It seemed to hit her liking.

"It seems that Cordell and Fulla both like Mr. Gillan's gift very much."

Mrs. Norma covered her mouth and laughed.

The brother and sister heard their mother's hint, so they looked at each other and smiled and thanked Jilan.

"As long as you like it." Gillan said with a smile.

He drank tea and chatted with Mrs. Norma for a while. During this time, he also had a casual conversation with the young brother and sister.

About ten to twenty minutes later.

Jilan didn't plan to stay long, so he said goodbye and stood up, ready to leave.

"Mr. Gillan, won't you sit for a while longer?"

Mrs. Norma and her family also stood up politely.

Jilan found an excuse and declined:

"No, I have something else to take care of later."

"I see. That's a pity. I was planning to invite you to have dinner with me at my home."

Mrs. Norma looked regretful.

She called to her children again:
"Cordell, Fulla, please see Mr. Gillan off."

"Okay, Mom."

The brother and sister agreed, and then escorted Gillan and Lanis out of the courtyard.

After saying goodbye, Gillan left the Stavens' house.

But when he was almost at the door of his own apartment, Fulla chased him from behind.

"Mr. Gillan, please... please wait a moment."

Fulla said a little nervously.

Gillan was not surprised by this and just smiled politely.

In fact, his sudden visit to the Staven family was also due to Fulla's phone call.

"Miss Fula, what else can I do for you?"

he laughed.

Fulla smoothed the slightly messy hair on her forehead and glanced at the mature woman Lanis standing next to the blond young man with a worried look on her face.

Seeing this, Jilan signaled to the female secretary with his eyes. The latter immediately understood what he meant, left first and walked into the detached apartment.

After Lanis left, only Gillan and Fula were left. The girl was relieved and whispered:
"Mr. Gillan, I have recently encountered some mysterious dangers... Several of my friends and I have been cursed by the devil, and our bodies have become increasingly weak and painful."

"That devil is extremely powerful, and we are powerless to resist. It is torturing us in this way, forcing us to sign a contract with it and become its slaves."

Fulla's eyes were quite uneasy, and she said in a pleading tone:
"I know that in addition to being the Minister of Foreign Affairs, you are also the head of the mysterious Investigation Committee... Please help us."

"Devil? Curse?" Jilan raised his eyebrows.

He looked at the girl and asked:
"But why didn't you tell your father about this? Why didn't you call my secretary privately instead?"

"Dad has always hated the mysterious power because of the death of my elder brother Renault... I secretly studied the mysticism and got into trouble because of it. If he knew about it, he would definitely be very disappointed in me."

Fulla lowered her head and spoke, then raised her eyes again, full of expectation and pleading.

"I hope you can help us."

"Well, okay." Gilan nodded, made a phone gesture, and said, "I will contact my colleagues in the committee later and ask them to help you exorcise the demon and remove the curse from your body."

After hearing this, Fula did not show any joy, but instead looked embarrassed and said:
"Mr. Gillan, can you...can you not let anyone else know about this?"

"Why?" Jilan stared at the girl.

"Can I...can I not say it?"

Fulla gritted her teeth.

Jilan looked at her deeply, knowing that this girl must be hiding some unknown secret.

He did not ask any further questions, but just shrugged and said:
"If that's the case, then it may be difficult for me to help you."

"Mr. Gillan, I know that the mysterious field always adheres to the principle of 'equivalent exchange'... If you are willing to help us privately, I can pay you for it."

Fula said seriously.

Hearing this, Jilan looked at the girl's serious expression and couldn't help laughing. This girl had just entered the mysterious realm, but she didn't know where to get these rules, which made Jilan feel interesting.

"Oh? Tell me what your reward is."

Gillan asked jokingly.

Fulla looked around and found that there was no one around. Then she carefully took out a small wooden box the size of a palm from her body.

She opened it and presented it to Gillan.

Inside the wooden box, there was a rather worn piece of parchment, which looked quite old.

Jilan took it out and gently spread it out to take a look.

On the parchment, there was a short sentence written in ancient Hiru script:

"Use your body as bait and your mind as power. Play with yourself and play with your powerful enemy."

This passage seems confusing and incomprehensible.

But Gilan's eyes narrowed.

Two words popped up in his mind:

Secret!

This format and rhythm is probably a secret. I just don't know which path it belongs to, which essence of secret...

Gilan directly uses the ability of "guidance and prompts".

Suddenly, his eyes flashed:
"Esoteric (written medium)."

"A secret written down in ancient Hiru by an ancient astrologer seems to point to the spiral of pentacles of the body, the path of the 'remnant king' of the twelfth month, and the fifth-level 'doll' essence."

"The 5th level secret of the path to the "Remnant King"..."

Gillan was quite surprised.

'The "doll" essence?!'

He didn't expect that the girl in front of him could obtain such a high-level secret.

It is also an extremely rare secret paper manual.

'It seems she has her chance.'

Jilan folded the parchment back to its original shape according to the folds, put it in the wooden box, pointed at it and asked the girl:

"Do you know what this is?"

"I don't know." Fulla shook her head, but her expression was serious. "But I know it must be very precious, because it is one of the relics of the great astrologer Jordan Fitbit."

"Jordan……"

Jilan pondered the name, but had no impression of it.

However, since he can be called the "Great Astrologer", he must be a person with a spiral body for a long time and a legendary figure whose name has been recorded in history.

The three spirals of the "Path of the Fire Sword" correspond exactly to the three fields of astrology, alchemy and magic.

Astrologers generally follow the body spiral.

It is no wonder that the secrets left behind belong to the path of the "remnant king". Perhaps this is the path Jordan took.

"Your reward is indeed very valuable."

Gillan did not deliberately deceive the girl and spoke frankly.

"It's a 5th-level 'secret'... Do you know what a 'secret' is?"

"I know." Fula was stunned at first, then nodded quickly. "Level 5...Level 5?!"

Only then did she realize how precious the things she had obtained from her exploration in that mountain range were.

"Since I have seen the specific content of the secret, I will also follow the principle of 'equivalent exchange' and help you privately."

Jilan said calmly.

Hearing this, Fulla looked delighted.

But she heard the blond young man say:
"But before that, you must first tell me what happened to you. Otherwise, I won't be able to prescribe the right medicine and help you solve this problem completely."

"Mr. Gillan, I..."

Fula opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and continued:

"We found the place where Master Jordan lived in seclusion more than 200 years ago through a suicide note..."

The girl briefly recounted their experiences.

Just two days ago, she and four of her friends set out for the Dugart Mountains, more than 600 kilometers away from Muscimenti.

There, they found the remains of a secret cave, the deepest part of which was where Jordan Fitbit once lived in seclusion. Most of the books and supplies inside had decayed, but there were also some relatively intact things that were obtained by everyone.

But one of the dog skull carvings brought unimaginable terror to the five of them.

"Then... that dog skull sculpture was given to Zelens, so he was the first person to suffer the curse."

As Fulla recalled, her face turned even paler.

"We were still on the way back when Zelens screamed, and the bone sculpture in his arms began to bleed... We all heard the devil's voice. It first cursed Zelens, and then forced us to sign a contract."

As she spoke, Fulla's speech became more and more rapid.

Gillan listened quietly.

Soon, he understood what was going on.

Among the relics of the great astrologer Jordan Fitbit, the dog skull sculpture is actually a collection pointing to the devil.

The strength of that devil should not be underestimated, he is most likely a high-ranking devil noble.

But because it is far away, the spell can only be cast using the bone carving as a medium.

"Any other details you'd like to add?"

Gillan asked again.

Fula thought about it and said thoughtfully:
"I remember... the blood oozing out of the bone carving formed a triangular inverted cross pattern. And that devil called himself 'Dogbo' Schnauzer..."

(End of this chapter)