Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

The next day, just after dawn, Lucia woke up in high spirits.

The black cat walked out of his bedroom and saw six potted snow mushrooms neatly placed on the coffee table.

Lucia's eyes lit up, and he immediately trotted and jumped onto the not-so-high coffee table, stretched out his furry little pads, and poked them one by one.

After poking for a while, Lucia simply stood up and beat rhythmically on the two adjacent snow mushrooms with his two paws like drums.

Lenari, who had not slept all night and had been paying attention to Lucia: "..."

"If you keep knocking, it will deflate." Lenari opened the bedroom door and said to Lucia, who was knocking so hard that she was about to lie on it.

"Hey!" Lucia, who was addicted by mistake, quickly stood up with her two hind legs, moved her two front legs away from the mushrooms guiltily, and turned around to step on the coffee table.

"Meow... I almost forgot that snow mushrooms can't be pressed with heavy objects..." The black cat squatted upright, feeling a little guilty.

Lenari walked over and picked up Lucia, gently stroked her back hair, and teased: "In fact, with your weight, it's okay to press it all down... At most, it will be deflated for a while, and it will be fine after a while."

"Is that so? Look, um, it doesn't look like it at all when you poke it..." Lucia poked her head out of Lenari's arms and looked at the two snow mushrooms that were slightly concave.

Lenari stretched out his hand to poke the snow mushroom cap and said: "This thing is actually quite tough... But it's better not to crush it, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when Fitz comes to visit... Although he probably won't care."

"I understand meow~ hehe~" Lucia changed to a four-paw-upward posture that she never did when she was awake, and smiled happily.

Lenari quietly observed Lucia and confirmed that she had completely gotten out of the "Magic Intoxication" state. He couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Did you dream of anything good?"

"Hehe~" Lucia turned over and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I did dream of something good, meow~"

Lenari's eyes dimmed, and he asked nonchalantly: "What good thing?"

"It's... well, I can't remember, anyway, it's a good thing, meow~" Lucia said happily.

Sighing in his heart, Lenari changed the subject: "You slept for 9 days, are you hungry or thirsty?"

"Meow!? It's been 9 days!" Lucia was startled, and then carefully felt herself, "No feeling at all? It's just like waking up from a normal sleep..."

"This is normal, Miles is the same." Lenari touched Lucia's head, "Miles is going to buy groceries and will be back in a while, do you want to eat something first?"

"Okay." Lucia thought for a while and said, "Open a can of cat food, I haven't eaten for a long time, meow~"

"Cat canned food..." Shadow's little hand wandered in the food warehouse area of ​​the dark domain, "What flavor do you want?"

Lucia thought for a while and said, "Cod flavor."

Lenari nodded.

...

After breakfast, Lucia proudly raised the small coin and pushed it hard.

The small coin rolled around and finally lay down reluctantly, covering a certain city.

First, he went to the ocean to encounter the "superpower war", and then went to Antarctica during the polar night to discover treasure mushrooms. This time, the destination was unusually regular, but it made the wild black cat feel a little boring.

Having said that, the summer vacation is still long, and the travel plan must continue.

Lucia turned around and asked the omnipotent driver: "Miles, what are the specialties of this city called 'Carmenante'?"

"Let me see... uh, how about we change places?" Miles said embarrassedly.

"What's wrong?" Lucia asked puzzledly.

"Carmenante, an ancient city in the Gobi Desert, suffered a great plague half a century ago, killing 70% of the population, and has been quite desolate since then..." Miles looked at his phone, picking up the key points and said, "Of course, this is an excuse to deal with ordinary people. The real situation is that a very dangerous legend broke out in that city, killing 70% of the population in just a few days..."

"After that, the legend was barely suppressed, but it could not be eradicated." Miles paused here, "In order to ensure that the legend has been in a semi-silent state, Carmenante must maintain a certain number of people..."

Miles didn't say anything more, but Lucia understood.

- The so-called "necessary sacrifice".

"Let me roll the coin again." Lucia said sullenly, stepped over the shadow fence, and picked up the coin.

The small coin rolled and finally stopped...

"It's here." Lenari raised his eyebrows.

"It's here!" Miles sighed.

"Meow... It's actually here..." Lucia lay on the desk in frustration.

"I'm staying at home today, it's decided happily!" Lenari announced happily with a smile in his eyes.

Yes, that's right, when the coin lay down, it covered the city of Inisel.

If it were to travel in this city, even Lucia would lose interest...

"Meow... As expected, dreams and reality are the opposite..." Lucia said listlessly.

"You should think about it from another angle." Lenari stroked the black cat's head, "Miles has a chance to show his skills."

"That's right!" Lucia was happy again, and turned to Miles with interest and said, "No dishes today, it all depends on your performance, meow! Show your skills! Lenari can eat it all!"

"Then wait and see! "Miles said with a smile.

He was relieved that he didn't have to go to some strange place for "travel".

...

City of Carmenante, passenger center station.

Carola, with a hunting rifle on his back and wearing shiny high-heeled leather boots, got off the tourist bus that was 90% new inside and out.

There were many taxi drivers soliciting passengers at the exit of the station. Carola picked a taxi that he liked, opened the door and got in, and said to the driver: "Let's go to the Ancient City Hotel."

"Okay! "

……

The full name of the Ancient City Hotel is "Carmenante Ancient City Hotel", which is a time-honored star-rated hotel with hundreds of years of history.

Of course, to this day, the Ancient City Hotel has been demolished and rebuilt many times, and it is no longer what it originally looked like.

Carola booked an ordinary single room, left a message for the room staff not to disturb her, locked the door, and lay on her back on the soft big bed without any image.

With just a few words from Miles, Lenari became interested in the semi-silent strange story in Carmenante City.

It's not that he wants to do something bad, nor does he want to be a savior on a whim, but the matter of "Vivian" made Lenari realize that he still knows too little about this world.

The limited contact with Fitz, "the strongest superpower in the contemporary world of mankind", made Lenari more confident in her own safety, but this was limited to herself.

Lenari wanted to protect her little friend Lucia, so she was willing to explore the strange inner world more actively and proactively.