Witch Forest Friends Club
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"Miss—" Sister Dean wiped away her tears.
"After you were taken to the school palace, the border uncle dismissed all the servants of Hualan Villa, leaving only the gardener, Old Cliff, to look after the villa. He also released news that the castle was haunted, warning the nearby villagers, Do not allow them to come near."
"My daughter's family was originally staying at the Tide Lighthouse. After I rushed to join them, the Black Swan Island was also closed. It might be dangerous to stay in the tower, so we fled."
"But my daughter just gave birth, Kalei and the others are still young, and the outside world is getting more and more chaotic. We really can't bear to let them live in the world, so we sneaked back to the villa and lived in without telling old Cliff. into the garden." Sister Dean looked a little uneasy, "You don't blame us, do you?"
"How could it be?" Fan Na shook her head and said sincerely, "It's really great that you can stay by my side."
The housekeeper babbled in the sad and lonely mood typical of an elderly woman.
"Later, Old Cliff also left. It is said that he was transferred by the earl to trim the garden of the 'Grand Temple'. Our family started to take over the maintenance work. At least the garden was not too dilapidated. Otherwise, how could we be sorry for you and the late Elo Master."
She was touched and said: "Now I finally look forward to your return, Miss, Hualan Villa also has a new owner."
Fanna smiled sadly: "Sister Dean, the villa will need your family to worry about it in the future. Now I want to take control of the villa first. Based on your knowledge of Mama Ello, you have clues about the location of the 'Castle Heart'." ?"
Sister Dean shook her head and said, "Only Master Elo knows the location of the Heart of the Castle, but when you were young, she told me that she left clues in the main house, waiting for you to find the answer when you grow up."
"Is that so?" Fan Na's smile became even more bitter, "Mother Elo really left me a good riddle."
"The defense mechanism arranged by Master Elo is still in operation. Now many areas in the villa are closed by themselves, and the clues should be left in the open area." The housekeeper comforted the master, "I will take you into the main house first."
The group bid farewell to the two little snail spirit sisters who were still working, left the potion greenhouse, and came to the gate of the small fortress carved with witches and astrological reliefs.
After the snail spirit butler's bird seal was unsealed, the main house was opened to visitors.
The interior of the castle that has been lifeless for many years, even though there are witches and spells to keep it basically clean, the atmosphere is still gloomy and treacherous. It seems that the pervasive sight of ghosts is hidden in the shadows of the furniture spreading in it.
The little witches followed the housekeeper into the dark and empty hall.
Fan Na raised the flying bird staff, and waved down a bright spot of light like a firefly.
The swarm of fireflies transformed into magicsu flew over the heads of the little witches and flew towards the magicsu lamps and candlesticks all over the hall.
The thousands of lights that illuminated the bustling here in the past are like the stars inhabiting the castle waking up.
The depression in everyone's hearts was immediately dispelled by the warm and beautiful light from all around.
"The hall, kitchen, guest rooms on the second floor, and the master bedroom on the third floor are still open." Aunt Dean introduced, "Even if you can't find the 'Castle Heart' today, at least you can stay overnight in the main house. "
Sister Di'an bowed to Fan Na, as if she had regained the mentality of the housekeeper she used to be.
"I'm going to inform my daughter to come to meet the master, and help the guests tidy up the guest room and prepare the dinner together."
"Thank you, Sister Dean." Fan Na reminded, "I still have many companions outside the castle who need to be resettled."
She turned her head and asked her friend behind her, "Cambella, please help Sister Dean and call the other companions over."
Canbella would take her two companions with her heart, and left with the housekeeper.
Fan Na followed the wooden escalator at the end of the hall to the second floor, and Anjaye followed behind the blond girl leaning on her staff.
She looked up at the dome lit up like stars.
Under the radiance of the lights, two large portraits of style are illuminated.
The upper bodies of a man and a woman are fixed in the frame.
They hang on the white wall at the top of the symmetrical double spiral staircase, faintly echoing, but clearly distinct, so that the guests who come to the door can see the eyes overlooking the hall from above at the first sight.
Among them was a heroic man with iron-gray thick short hair, holding a long sword out of its sheath in his hand, and the blade of the sword straightly parted his serious and stern face, reflecting the cold light of steel on both cheeks.
His gaze was as sharp as a torch, as sharp as it was about to shoot out of the picture frame, and his solemn expression revealed gloom, as if he was unmoved in the storm sailing on the sea, showing the majesty of the owner of the mansion.
The woman stroking the harp sideways has the blond hair and blue eyes of the Marshall family, with a gentle and elegant expression. One side of her face is shining in the dim light, and the other side is faintly visible in the background of the deep hydrangeas.
Her singing and lyrical gaze seems to be floating outside the picture, with a sad and blurred expression, floating on the solidified body of oil paint, making it difficult for the viewer to catch the light of her soul.
Just admiring these two portraits, Anjaye felt sad in his heart.
Even if the oil paint on the portrait has become dusty and dull over the years, it has never deprived the soul of the branded strokes.
They seem to be in the same picture, but they are forcibly split by a sharp sword, and they cannot be in the same frame. That kind of heart-wrenching scar comes from the painter's treacherous heart.
"These two paintings were all written by that person, in memory of my grandparents, the ancestors Leng Hubo and his wife."
"I am amazed by the painting." An Jiaye carefully looked at the exquisite handwriting engraved on the wooden picture frame, "Earth calendar 1171, was it written more than 30 years ago? Your father is really a genius."
As a spellcaster, synaesthesia and resonance are very important, and it is difficult for Anjaye not to be touched by the heavy emotions embedded in the portrait.
Macbeth must have some kind of knot in his heart to endow the person in the painting with such appeal.
The portraits he painted at a young age have already reached the realm of being able to touch the heartstrings of spellcasters, and he is worthy of being a well-known artist in Oga today.
Elsa also interjected and commented: "Fan Na, if the abandoned Poetry Department in the twelve large classrooms of the academy is still there, maybe it is more suitable for you than the Devil Department."
"Senior Elsa, stop making fun of me." Fan Na shook her head and sighed, "I have no intention of inheriting that person's career."
The blond girl looked up at the deceased ancestor in the portrait, touched her heart with her hands, immersed in regretful and sad memories.
"Grandfather Heath and Grandmother Sarah, it was under their management that the territory of the Marshall family prospered and accumulated precious wealth, making Cold Lake Territory survive after the 'Spice War' and 20 years of extensive construction work. , can still maintain its present decency.”
The girl sighed softly.
"But now, as you can see, the territory is becoming more and more corrupt. If the Lenghu Territory cannot be saved from the hands of the father, the spirits of the grandparents in the sky will also suffer for it."
Anjaye recalled the information he had found in the Tide Fortress, and asked casually, "Fanna, I heard that the actual management of the Lenghu Territory is in charge of the Marshall family's advisory group?"
"That's right." Fan Na affirmed, "The advisory group was set up by Grandpa Hiss before his death. When he was seriously ill, he specially reorganized the advisory group to serve that person."
"Is there anyone among them that you should pay attention to?" An Jiaye asked.
"Although there are 12 members in the advisory team, the most core members are Grand Scholar Rubens, Mrs. Amy, the owner of the Cold Lake Opera House, His Excellency Oblak, the fleet commander who is in charge of the Cold Lake garrison, and my grandfather. Baron Valentine, mayor of Whitesail City."
Anjaye decided: "It seems that we have to find a chance to visit one by one."
"Fanna, you are the protagonist of this action." Elsa also chided her, "Since you have made up your mind, you should make a big fuss."
"I will work hard." Faced with the kind encouragement from her companions, the eldest lady's worried and angry expression became a little better.
"Before then." Anjaye took off his travel gloves and stroked gently on the escalator.
The girl stared at the dust on her fingertips in a daze.
This manor bears many precious memories of the three generations of Leng Hubo.
The secrets buried by the Asuka Witch, and even the entire Marshall family, may also be hidden in an inconspicuous corner of dust.
"Didn't you say that the people of Lenghu used this place as a residence for witches?" Anjaye said with a smirk.
"In that case, let's make Hualan Villa a real witch's house."
Leaning against the guardrail, the girl clapped her hands to her companions wandering in the hall.
"Sisters, let's clean up."
Chapter 140 Six Strange Tales of the Customs of the Shapeshifter, and the Secret Key of the Asuka Garden
In fact, I also add mushroom ingredients to make perfume, but the small animals and Elsa of the client don't like it. ——"Ankaye's Chat Notes"
"Master Fanna, this is the first time we meet, I am Erica."
After dispelling the atmosphere of the haunted house, and in the revived hall, there is a corner of the reception area with gorgeous coffee tables and leather sofas.
Anjaye and his companions sat relaxed on the leisure sofa that had just been cleaned with the "dust removal spell".
As the host, Fan Na stood on the corridor leading to the east side of the hall not far away, facing a floor-to-ceiling window with a wide view, and beside her stood a blond bob-haired girl with big blue eyes.
The girl had a sweet and cheerful smile, and she looked about the same age as An Jiaye and the others.
However, she is the mother of the snail spirit sisters "Kare and Caroline".
Compared with Sister Dean and her daughters, she appeared in human form from the beginning, wearing a green lotus leaf dress decorated with elegant velvet lace. If he hadn't known in advance that it was a shapeshifter, An Jiaye felt that he would have been fooled by this "lady" for a while.
"Ms. Erica." Fan Na asked softly with the bird staff in her hand, "Have you and your husband been working in the Chaodeng Mage Tower on Black Swan Island?"
"Yes, Miss Fanna. When I was a baby, I wandered around the cold lake with my mother. Thanks to Master Elo's shelter and teaching, I was able to live a stable life."
Like Sister Dean, when she was talking back, Erica also faintly flashed the imprint of a pure white bird on her forehead.
Facing Fanna, who inherited the bird's staff, as a contracted servant bound by the bird's mark, "snail spirit" Erica had to answer honestly all the questions about her new master.
"I heard that if a doppelganger wants to completely transform into the same thing, it has to imitate it for a long time. Erica, are you in a completely transformed form now?"
"Miss, my husband and I have already adapted to human life. We have abandoned the cover of the 'magic snail shell' for many years. If we do not want to raise children, we all plan to abandon the identity of the 'snail spirit' and fully integrate into human society."
"Isn't your husband usually in the mansion?"
"Compared to my mother and me, my husband, Meg, is still used to living in the town as a shapeshifter, earning money and protecting us by relying on information obtained from inquiries."
After exchanging greetings and understanding the basic situation of the servant, Fan Na turned her head and looked directly at Ms. "Snail Spirit" with a sincere and calm expression.
"Mrs. Erica, I want to ask some details. It's about the life of Elo's mother. It may bring back bad memories for you. Please forgive me."
"Miss Fanna, please don't worry about Erica." The snail spirit responded considerately, "I hope my answer will not offend you."
Fan Na took a deep breath soothingly, maintaining a calm smile.
Yes, if we want to delve deeper into the cause of the stepmother's death, I am afraid that she will be the saddest one.
But the girl has made up her mind long ago, and will not hesitate any longer.
When Fanna was communicating with her stepmother's servant, Anjaye was also paying close attention to the snail spirit.
Even at a distance, from Ms. "Snail Spirit", there is still a light and slightly bitter scent of daffodil, orange blossom essential oil and musk, which is different from the strong earthy and fresh plant scent of her mother, Aunt Dean. , lingering and getting into Anjaye's nose.
As a doppelganger, judging by her elegant and distinctive appearance, makeup and smell, she is a girl who likes to dress up. I don't know which woman the model of imitation is.
"It smells like a nice perfume." Elsa also noticed this.
In fact, in the patrol team, except for Elsa, who has a natural fragrance, the apprentices who have traveled long distances do not have the habit of wearing perfume.After all, the unnatural aroma on the body during the adventure may become a hidden danger.
Since they set foot on the tour road, most of the people they usually deal with are rough guys who come and go in the wind and rain. On the contrary, they seldom come into contact with frivolous luxury goods such as perfume.
The last time Anjaye sneaked into the "Fly's Nest", he smelled a little more.
Compared with the rich and rich perfumes on those rich and powerful, Erica's perfume taste is more appreciated by her.The light and timeless fragrance is like the slightly undulating waves of petals floating in the breeze, overflowing the girl's taste beach covered with mushrooms, which perfectly sets off the quiet mystery of the beauty of the cold lake.
The price of this perfume is estimated to be very touching.
Adele was also whispering to Bunty and Jana.
"Mrs. Erica must have a great appreciation for human things. Christine said in Adventure Notes that for doppelgangers with a keen sense of smell, refined perfume and sesame oil are as irritating as poison.
Anjaye explained in the interface: "The doppelganger itself has almost no body odor. It really needs perfume to provide a smell so that it can blend in with the crowd without being discovered. This is also the price of adapting to human society."
Jiana scratched the head of the bird's nest a little enviously: "But Lenghuling is indeed a popular place for fragrances and essences. Even doppelgangers will use such high-end perfumes."
"After all, she is a lady who has been in the big city for a long time. It's not like we were born in the countryside where the birds don't shit. The perfume that my mother and I occasionally received was the chance to buy it when the eldest brother went to the town of the superior lord. Cheap stuff." Bunty carelessly tossed his braids with his hands.
"I thought you, Bounty, had nothing to do with things that are full of girls' dreams like perfume." Jana said in surprise.
"I'm a normal girl too." Bounty retorted hastily, "If it weren't for my dad who insisted on training me as a soldier, who would want to roll in the mud and mountains since I was a child. I only have to dance in the harvest season every year. Only when I have a chance to spray some perfume, can you imagine that my childhood was spent in troublesome things as high as dunghill?"
The partners responded with sympathetic eyes.
Those who are close to ink are black, so you have become a trouble maker——An Jiaye secretly complained.
Adele added mysteriously at this time: "Do you know? Although the Sister Dean's family we saw are all female in appearance, the shapeshifter is androgynous."
Elsa asked teasingly.
"That brings up the question, why should Kale and Caroline call Erica 'Mom', is there a difference between parents for a doppelganger?"
After a little thought, Adeli said: "The family concept of the doppelganger is generally learned from humans. Maybe mother is just an assigned role, and it's just a simple name."
"Androgynous? How do they give birth to children? I'm curious about that." Bounty rubbed his chin, pretending to be a nasty uncle's weird smile.
Seeing that the topic was developing in an unhealthy direction, Anjaye quickly coughed and interrupted the chatting of his companions.
"Continue to listen to Fan Na and the others."
"Erica, do you know anything about Elo's mother's research?" At this time, Fan Na had already begun to touch on the issues she cared about.
"We are only responsible for serving the master's daily life and maintaining the basic functions of the mage tower. We have never intervened in the master's research field, and there are too many forbidden areas in the Chaodeng mage tower. As servants, we all respect Don't dare to ask more questions."
"Did Elo's mother deal with strange people?"
"Master has indeed dealt with a person who seems to be a spellcaster. He is very tall, and his whole body is covered in a black robe shrouded in mist. Every time he visits unexpectedly."
"Have you ever known his identity?" Fan Na asked with restraint.
Erica shook her head apprehensively.
"I've only met a few times, and Master Elo didn't mention his origin, but that person exudes an aura that scares us. The instinct of the shapeshifter makes me feel dangerous, and I even imitate his thoughts. I dare not have any."
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