Who hid my body?

"What I mean is that I can't add things that don't belong to you to your soul and mind like the God of the Rhine did." Bai Wei said lightly, "But I can remove all the things that don't belong to you."

"So, I didn't turn you from one monster into another."

"I just turned you from a monster into a normal person."

"That is to say, the pain you are experiencing now is not caused by me, but by your instinct."

"Your instinct makes you suffer even more."

"And what's even more painful for you is..." Bai Wei paused, then chuckled and said, "You've already noticed this, but you're unwilling to admit it."

After saying this, Ulu was like a punctured ball. The power that had suddenly burst out was instantly removed, and he collapsed in the rainstorm again. It was unclear whether it was despair or pain that filled his gray pupils.

It was unknown how long the silence lasted before Ulu raised his head and looked at Bai Wei again, his eyes full of bloodshot: "No matter what, I will not give you my life. In my eyes, there is no difference between you and the God of the Rhine, so I refuse this last deal."

"Really?" Bai Wei didn't seem surprised by Wu Lu's answer, and said indifferently, "It's up to you. What about the current deal? Do you want to continue?"

Ulu fell into silence again, and this time the silence was longer than before, so much so that Bai Wei could feel the fierce struggle deep in his heart, as if there were two voices arguing.

But in the end he closed his eyes and answered softly.

"want."

……

Originally, Uru thought that after Corey had confirmed that he was the murderer, he would immediately order the knights of the West Cathedral to blockade the entire city and then search for his whereabouts house by house.

But to Ulu's surprise, Corey didn't do that.

In fact, he did nothing. Not even the most basic wanted order was issued. There was no martial law in the entire city of Som, as if he had tacitly approved his escape.

what is this?

Although Uru did not ask directly, Bai Wei still "heard" what he was thinking and said lightly: "How many knights do you have in the entire Western Cathedral? Do you think it is possible to blockade such a huge city of Som?"

Wu Lu didn't say anything, but he knew that Bai Wei was right.

Although he was a priest in a small town, he had some understanding of the situation in Som. After hundreds of years of development, the population and area of ​​this huge city had expanded more than tenfold. The church knights who were once able to stand around the entire city wall had long been facing the dilemma of insufficient manpower and had to recruit more mortal sheriffs to maintain the daily work of the city.

But the mortal sheriff is obviously useless when facing the extraordinary people. After all, in their eyes, Uru is the one who even killed Kelse, the knight commander.

As for the wanted warrant.

"Your bishop still doesn't want to expose your existence... or the existence of my finger," Bai Wei said. "Although this is his city, he doesn't want to cause trouble... especially since there is a delegation from the Lyra Cult in this city."

At this time, Ulu finally couldn't help asking: "Why do you know so many things?"

If it was some secret knowledge before, it would be fine if Uru didn't know it, but Bai Wei knew the existence of the Lyra Cult delegation very well, which really shocked Uru and... feared.

"Didn't you see their church gear car when you entered the city?" Bai Wei said calmly, "It's quite conspicuous."

Wu Lu indeed did not see it, so he had no way of judging whether Bai Wei was lying or not, and he ignored the matter.

Naturally, Bai Wei no longer needed to find more excuses to cover up.

Originally, Ulu wanted to move to another place, as he felt that returning to the previous hotel was a bit risky.

But with Bai Wei's reminder, he realized that in this kind of weather and at this time, it would be more risky to find a new hotel to stay in, or just find a random place to spend the night, so it would be better to return to a more familiar place.

Tomorrow is the last day anyway.

With this thought in mind, Ulu quickly set out on the road back to the hotel.

This road is generally safe. Except for a small church on the way that requires caution, there should not be any obstacles in theory.

However, when Uru was walking cautiously past the chapel, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the church.

"Master Father...is it really not going to work?"

Ulu's heart sank as he recognized the owner of the voice - it was the hotel proprietress.

He immediately became more alert.

Why is the proprietress in the church at this time?

Is he reporting himself?

Ulu immediately stopped walking back to the hotel, walked quickly to the wall of the church prayer room, and looked inside through the window.

I saw the proprietress, who looked even weaker than during the day, talking to a priest. There was a hint of pleading and helplessness on her face.

"Ms. Kaiya, we must first say sorry to you. Your illness is really strange and we have no way to cure it. The best we can do is to prevent it from getting worse." The priest said, "As long as you take the medicine on time every day, the disease can definitely be contained. If you want to cure it completely... I'm afraid it can only be done by our bishop himself. But you also know that the bishop is very busy, really busy. Everyone in this city wants to see him, although he also wants to..."

"So you still want money, right?" the proprietress Kaiya said in a low voice.

"No, Ms. Kaia!" The priest's expression immediately became serious. "How can you insult Bishop Corey with money? Bishop Corey never divides the Lord's believers into different levels because of money. It's just that he is really busy. He is so busy that he can only meet those who have made great contributions to Rhine. And the gift money... is just a kind of contribution."

“…I really can’t make that much of a contribution.”

"That's a pity, Ms. Kaia." The priest spread his hands, "You can only continue to drink the medicine."

Kaiya was silent for a while, then said softly, "But I have no money left. All my money has been spent on medicine... Father, you know I run a hotel, but I can't even afford the breakfast for my guests tomorrow."

Hearing this, Ulu's hand in his pocket suddenly touched something. He took it out and saw that it was a few copper coins that the proprietress had returned to him during the day. His expression gradually became complicated.

"That's a pity, Ms. Kaia." The priest said, "Although we don't charge for your treatment, the value of the medicine itself is huge. If we pay for it for you, we will have no way to help other believers. Do you understand, Ms. Kaia?"

Kaiya fell silent again, this time for longer than before.

Finally, she nodded as if she had figured something out: "I understand, Your Excellency."

Then she staggered to her feet and slowly walked away.

When she walked out of the church, Uru saw Leah who had been waiting outside the door, and he immediately stepped forward and held an umbrella for Kaiya. Kaiya touched Leah's head, and the two women, one big and one small, slowly disappeared in the rain.

Ulu waited by the wall for a while, calculating that the two people should be almost at the hotel before he prepared to leave.

Then, he heard the priest in the church speak again, talking to another priest: "It's almost time for that woman."

"She can't come up with more money?"

"Yes."

"May Rhine bless her then." Another priest spread his hands and said, "But remember to take back the 'holy worm' after she dies. It is much more valuable than that woman."

"Of course." The priest who had just talked to Kaiya said with a smile, "We have to use it on the next one quickly... Who's there?!"

They seemed to see a figure flash by the window, so they immediately stopped talking and rushed over.

But there was nothing outside the window, only the heavy rain, constantly washing away this ancient city.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 55 Fifty-Five Death, Night Crow

When Ulu returned to the hotel, the proprietress Kaya was sitting behind the counter, lighting a candle and writing something.

After hearing the footsteps, Kaiya raised her head and looked at Uru, then forced a smile: "You are back, guest."

Uru looked at Kaiya carefully. Kaiya's face looked even worse than when he saw her in the church before. She was even weaker than Uru, the guy who was parasitized by the "evil god", as if her life was already in countdown.

Oh, maybe you can remove the word "as if".

Twenty years ago, Ulu had seen such a situation. Every day was weaker than... no, even every minute was weaker than the previous minute, just like the candle on the counter. After it had burned out, it continued to support itself by relying on the wax that had already burned once, but it could go out at any time.

Originally, Ulu didn't want to pay attention to Kaiya, but for some reason, he stopped, looked at Kaiya deeply, and then said: "Your health is already very poor."

"Ah, you finally saw through it." Kaiya smiled helplessly.

"It's hard not to see." Uru asked expressionlessly, "What is the disease? Can't the Rhine priest cure it?"

Kaiya shook her head: "The priests tried their best, but my disease is really strange, and they can't do anything."

They have no solution?

Ulu thought of the conversation between the two priests he had heard earlier and fell silent.

Kaiya didn't say anything either, and the two completely unfamiliar people just looked at each other in silence.

Finally, it was Ulu who broke the silence: "Where's that kid?"

"Are you talking about Leah?" When mentioning Leah, Kaiya's lifeless eyes showed some light again. She smiled and said, "She has gone to bed. She has worked hard these days. Not only did she send me to the church to see the doctor, but she also did all the work I was supposed to do. She is such a sensible child... But the work is still a bit too much for her to do alone. You know, I had to hire someone to work with me to complete it before."

Standing at the counter, Ulu lowered his head.

When he first arrived at this hotel two days ago, the table was still a mess with a layer of dirt, but now it is very clean. Ulu raised his left hand and stroked it gently. He did not hear Bai Wei's threat, which meant that even this person could not find fault with it.

"Very sensible." After a long silence, Ulu said this.

"Thank you." Kaiya looked very happy. "If Leah is still awake, she will be very happy. You are the first guest she has received. She hopes to get your good comments."

Uru looked at Kaya.

Even though he was already at the end of his rope, he was still beaming with joy when he mentioned that little kid.

What a damn sense of déjà vu.

You are dying!

Can you take care of yourself?

Ulu felt a nameless anger rising in his heart. He looked at Kaiya coldly and said, "You are almost dying."

Kaiya's eyes, which had been burning with anger, dimmed in an instant.

"Ah, yes, you are right." Kaiya's voice immediately became much softer, but she did not blame Uru, and even blamed herself a little. "Liya's mother died in the famine some time ago. Other relatives did not want her, so I took her in. I just didn't expect my health to deteriorate to this extent. She is actually a very strong child. Even after encountering those things, she still..."

Seeing Kaiya rambling on, Ulu interrupted her with some annoyance: "Okay, I'm tired, I'm going to rest first."

Kaiya was slightly startled, a trace of helplessness flashed across her eyes, but she quickly recovered, chuckled and nodded: "Thank you for listening to me for so long."

Ulu ignored him and turned away.

But Kaiya stopped him and said, "Can you please do me a favor?"

Ulu stopped but did not look back.

Kaiya picked up the letter in her hand and said helplessly: "This is a letter to my brother. I want him to come and help me take care of Leah, but my body doesn't think I can send this letter out, so can you... help me?"

Uru heard a hint of pleading in Kaiya's words.

But after a long silence, he still replied coldly: "Do you think I am a kind person who likes to help others? I am very busy."

Uru didn't turn around, so he couldn't see Kaiya's expression. He could only hear Kaiya softly say, "Really? Sorry to trouble you."

He raised his foot again, and then heard Kaiya say from behind: "Tomorrow's breakfast will still be grilled sausage and fried eggs, okay?"

Ulu said without even turning his head: "I don't eat breakfast."

He quickened his pace and soon disappeared from sight.

But before going upstairs, Ulu still glanced at the exhausted proprietress out of the corner of his eye.

Then he clearly saw a black worm poking out of Kaiya's ear, but quickly shrank back.

His eyes narrowed slightly, but he said nothing, and without stopping, he quickly went upstairs.

But here he stopped.

Because he saw Leah sleeping in the corridor with the broom in her arms, obviously she fell asleep while cleaning.

Ulu watched in silence, and then heard a voice in his mind.

"This little ghost is not completely ignorant." Bai Wei said slowly, "I heard that most people will grow up quickly after experiencing life and death, but it is still too early for a little ghost. She has realized what will happen, but she doesn't know what to do. She can only try her best to make herself sensible and do all the things that don't belong to her, as if this can prevent something... Don't you think so?"

Ulu asked coldly: "Who are you talking about?"

"This little brat." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Who else could it be?"

Ulu was silent for a while, then asked, "What's the matter with that bug?"

"Ah, you finally decided to ask me. I thought you would keep it to yourself... But I'm sorry, that worm is related to what I'm going to tell you last, so I can't tell you everything." Bai Wei asked, "But I can tell you something in advance. That worm is related to the bishop."

Ulu didn't say anything. He just stood there and looked quietly at Leah who was sleeping in the corridor.

After a while, he turned and went downstairs.

Kaiya, who was about to fall asleep, heard footsteps and subconsciously raised her head. She saw Uru picked up the letter he had just written, then put a few copper coins on the counter and turned to go upstairs.

Kaiya only heard his voice when the figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"I don't like salty food. Tell that kid to put less salt."

Kaiya was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay."

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