Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

The suspended train station in the ancient city of Feffer.

After saying goodbye to Arlin and Rosalind, Lei turned around to look for Night Crow, and a crow landed on his shoulder.

"When did you change back?" Lei asked in surprise.

"When you said goodbye, Rosalind helped me block other people's sight." Night Crow looked around and said.

—— It was the first time for Night Crow, and even Lenari, to travel a long distance by public transportation.

Well, the time when he was caught by Apophi in the sea before didn't count.

"Okay... where are we going next?" Lei asked.

"The Cathedral of Light, just go to the top of the mountain, um, take a taxi for the first section of the road."

"Okay."

...

The headquarters of the Church of Light covers a large area, and outside vehicles are not allowed to pass through.

Lei and the crow just got off the taxi, and saw Apophi, who was slender and had long straight silver hair, standing by the road waiting.

There was no way. The butler's appearance and temperament were too conspicuous. It was hard not to notice him at a glance.

"Good evening, Mr. Apophi." Lei held the crow that was sleeping on the way and strode towards Apophi.

"Good evening." Apophi nodded slightly, raised his right hand casually, and a gorgeous door-shaped ice mirror made of ice condensed in the air.

Seeing this, Lei was stunned for a moment and looked around subconsciously.

——At this time, it was the busiest time of the day in this square. Is it really okay to use the ability so blatantly?

"Don't worry, with the addition of illusion, ordinary people can't detect it." Apophi said.

"Oh!" Lei suddenly realized and quickened his pace.

...

At the other end of the ice mirror was a garden behind a monastery near the Cathedral of Light.

In the garden pavilion, Frederick, who had blond hair, blue eyes, a boyish appearance, and a student-like face, was already waiting there.

After briefly introducing the two sides, Apophi immediately dismissed the frost clone.

——His most important task was to protect Lucia, and receiving the host's game character was not a high priority.

Frederick was obviously not the talkative type, and the real "guest" Night Crow was sleeping again. After a few simple polite words, he called a trainee priest to lead Lei to the "guest room".

It was called a guest room, but it was actually a spare monastery dormitory room.

Lei sent away the overly lively trainee priest boy with ease, closed the door, put the sleeping crow on the air-conditioned quilt on the bed, and turned to lie down on the sofa.

——On the train, although Night Crow, Mr. Yarlin and Ms. Rosalind repeatedly assured him that he was safe, he still couldn't fall asleep...

It was obvious that there was only one accident on the way, which was unusually calm compared to his previous thrilling and tortuous commissions, but at this moment, he still felt inexplicably exhausted...

...

"Get up! Don't sleep! My phone has no signal again!"

Lei, who was sleeping soundly, woke up instantly and almost jumped up.

"What's going on?!" The red-haired young man asked in confusion and panic, "Aren't we at the headquarters of the Church of Light? Why are we still being talked about?!"

"It's just the headquarters of the Church of Light, not the Kingdom of the Radiant Truth." Night Crow, wearing Lei's "skin case", said confidently.

"..." Lei exhaled, and his head felt a phantom pain.

The red-haired young man tried to regain his former detective state and looked around.

Everything in the room looked normal, except that the window was closed.

——He remembered that the window was open before he fell asleep.

"Did you close the window?" Lei asked naturally.

"No, it was closed when I woke up." Night Crow said.

"When did your phone lose signal?"

"I don't know. When I got up, I looked at the time and found that there was no signal." Night Crow spread his hands helplessly.

Lei held his forehead, sighed, and suggested: "How about you ask for help again?"

Night Crow also sighed: "I want to, but..."

"!" Lei's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition surged.

"I lost contact with the Lord of Everlasting Darkness... This is unprecedented." Night Crow frowned, and said anxiously in sorrow.