The Secret Code of Monsters

Chapter 21 Ch.21 Guarding

It's the hottest cheap thing of the moment: Frosty Charlotte.

It is said that a girl refused her mother's blanket so that everyone could see her beautiful clothes, and she froze to death on a cold winter night.

The girl's body was still lifelike when she was found the next day.

Although Roland didn't think it was a good thing to name the doll after this story.

"Ominous."

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Ah, yes, I think I was tainted by Miss Nina.

Here, only good things can be said about the dead.

Only those gringos like to do this.

"We're not talking about gringos now." Rick Rich rode back and forth on the stool, beaming with excitement. "Guess what? I pretended to be asleep, and then I found that little thing pushing open his coffin (box) and climbing out for some air. — and other gadgets.”

"Should I learn spells soon?"

Children of this age are lawless, but Roland knows the true face of this world.

He rested his chin on the crutch and asked casually: "Have you told your family?"

Rick Rich rolled his eyes at him.

"How could I not say it? They were so scared! But I don't know why dad didn't throw those things out - he just said they couldn't be placed on my bedside."

"Let us see it?"

"Isn't it something illegal?"

"I think it would be better to tell the church."

The children were chattering, but in the end they didn't decide what to do - mainly they were dubious. They remembered that when they first met Rick Rich, he boasted a lot.

Including but not limited to his father being a knight, his mother being an aristocratic lady, and his family living in the West End...

The moving little people are not fantasy enough compared to Jazz.

No one took this matter to heart, but a few days later, Rick Rich mysteriously mentioned it again one night.

He invited the children to his home and took out the 'evidence' from a jewelry box:

A piece of light cream color as long as an index finger.

"I didn't tell anyone about this except you."

The big-headed shoe polisher looked left and right, and made sure again that the door was closed - of course, at this point, his parents couldn't be home.

"My dad reported it to the sheriff that day."

"oh--"

"Those adults wearing badges?!"

"Are you bragging again?"

Rick Rich waved his hand and passed the tiles around to the children. Finally, they came into Roland's hands.

"Be careful, it's not my fault if you get scratched."

He said.

"That detective must be nine or ten feet tall—"

Alice blinked: "Isn't that almost touching the roof?"

Rick was stunned, "I remembered wrong, it was about six feet."

The children laughed.

"Anyway, his chest," Rick gestured, "is embroidered with golden thread, it's so impressive!"

"Come on, what happens next?"

"Yes."

Seeing that he had attracted attention, Rick puffed up his chest and said, "That gentleman asked me to help! It's not my father, it's me!"

"And then?"

"He told mom and dad to leave and leave me in the house by myself-" Rick smirked, "pretend to pass out."

Pretending to faint?

Roland blinked his eyes.

As he spoke, the words in his sight became clearer and clearer.

"I was lying on the ground, and I heard a clicking sound above my head - guess what? These idiots opened the box and jumped off the cabinet! Hahahaha, everything broke..."

The children exclaimed.

"But..." At this moment, Alice asked, "But why do they do this?"

Rick said the detective warned the family:

This thing is a rare household monster. They will take root around the child, wait for him to relax his vigilance, and at night, use the fragments to slit the child's throat and drink their blood - these little ceramic monsters are extremely scary.

so…

Come back.

"Why do they do this?"

Alice still didn't understand.

"I guess Mr. Detective cast some kind of spell."

"boast!"

A child pointed out the loophole.

"Rick Rich loves to brag!"

"That's it, magic? Your father won't be planning to rely on some kind of 'magic' to become a knight, right?"

The boys were chirping, and Alice looked at Roland with concern.

The sharp-edged piece of porcelain turned over in his hand. He looked at the empty tabletop, wondering what to think about.

"Brother Roland?"

Alice gently tugged on his sleeve.

"I quite like this gadget, Rick." Roland touched Alice's little head and turned his face towards Rick. "I've been hearing these stories since I was a kid..."

"Roland, you really shouldn't believe him!"

"That's right, his father will become a count tomorrow."

"I assume you picked it up somewhere?"

The disgusted sounds from the children around him made Rick Rich look at Roland with something wrong. He shouted: "Look! Roland believes it! He is the wisest among us!"

"He's never said that before."

Roland chuckled.

"So, Rick," shaking the fragment in his hand, "how about giving it to me?"

ah.

...Giving it away for free?

This made Rick hesitate.

Seeing that he was unwilling, Roland thought for a moment, took out a few copper coins from his pocket, and shook them in a decent manner, "I'll give you three, okay?"

Rick Rich swallowed.

The shoe polish factory only gave out five or six copper coins a week, seven in good times, not to mention half of which was always taken away by my father.

"You are not allowed to go back on your word——"

Saying that he was not allowed to go back on his words, Rick Rich didn't give Roland a chance to go back on his words at all, and snatched away the three small irregular coins.

The children all tried to persuade Roland not to waste his hard-earned money.

Roland was more concerned about the words in his sight.

…

"Alien: Guard (Corpse)"

"Code: Mist"

"Children treat their home as a castle, and their room or bed as a castle."

"Guardianship was born out of children's fantasies."

"A family with a guarding presence is difficult for ghosts to approach."

"They are very rare and lose their effectiveness once transplanted."

"They have no body, and they show their form by living there. When the person being protected is in danger, they will give up their own lives to save them - for the guard, no matter what form, the only mission is to protect these people who are full of fantasies in their heads. biology."

"Guards are extremely difficult to capture. They are very sensitive to the malicious intent of living creatures. Once discovered, they will break away from their attachment and disappear without a trace."

"Usually, ritualists need the cooperation of the guarding family to successfully obtain their remains (fragments)."

"After research, it has been found that the remains of the guards have the power to expel ghosts or walking corpses. Using them to make bullets and soaking them in pure silver can effectively injure negative creatures."

"They don't feed on blood."

"They feed on **."

…

In the workhouse, he also saw some porcelain dolls.

At that time, Roland thought it was a decoration purchased by Director Abner.

He'd never heard of anything 'weird' happening, and he'd never seen the police.

Of course, he knew better now.

We also know why the policeman asked Rick Rich to pretend to be unconscious.

This kid is so lucky.

Hopefully...he'll never be so lucky again.