Chapter 319 Illuminating
Krampus is the "self" of Windmill Cat!
‘No wonder...’
Jilan understood clearly.
They are all bad guys!
He noticed that there seemed to be a key clue hidden in Germaine's words just now, and asked:
"Mr. Germaine, you just said... you and 'Windmill Cat' Parr were once in July. The apostle of Si Chen's "Noonday Dawn"? "
When Ji Lan asked this question, he emphasized the word "once".
Germain glanced at him, but did not answer directly. Instead, he said:
"It's not good for you to know too much, Mr. Gillan... Let's continue to visit the workshop." Well, there are several areas that you haven’t visited yet.”
"Okay." Gillan smiled politely.
The curiosity in his heart became even stronger.
But unfortunately, Germain does not seem to intend to make this secret history public.
Jilan had no choice but to suppress the curiosity in his heart and continue to follow the other party around the workshop and visit.
Indeed, as Germain said, in addition to the assembly line, deer head ceramic "workers", doll helpers and various childlike equipment, there are many magical items inside the workshop.
For example, a huge music box will play beautiful music. As the music is played, the surrounding plants will rapidly grow and wither, repeating the cycle.
During this process, a pair of little "couples" who were spinning and dancing on the music box started to fight noisily because their cooperation was not tacit enough.
For example, there is a huge oil painting hanging on the red wall at the innermost side of the workshop. Above is a long-haired girl wearing a black tutu, sitting upright on a high stool, smiling at an oval full-length mirror.
And in the mirror, another girl with the same appearance but short hair wearing a white skirt was reflected.
The two girls were talking and laughing in a low voice, and there was an indescribable sense of beauty.
But no matter how hard Jilan listened, he couldn't hear what the girl was talking about. Even if he looked carefully, he couldn't see the girl's face clearly, which was very strange.
At the same time, Gillan also noticed that when Germaine looked at the oil painting, a different kind of softness flashed in his eyes.
"Mr. Germain, who is the girl in that oil painting...?"
Gilan couldn't help but ask.
"Maria..." Germaine said softly without looking away. "The one in the mirror is her sister, Mary."
Hearing this, Ji Lan was shocked.
Mary and Maria...
In "Si Chen Zhi" written by Parra, it was mentioned that the "Twin Kite" of Si Chen in May is a pair of twin sisters, the elder sister His name is Mary and his sister is named Maria.
They are the God of Listening and the God of Witness respectively.
Looks like two people, but in fact they are one body.
The May chapter of "Si Chen Zhi" clearly records:
"...According to legend, they have been full of curiosity about all things since their birth, and they are even more curious about each other. The love born of curiosity prompted them to seek in secret "In the maze that cannot be looked directly at or turned away from, some people know their true self from countless mirrors, and also witness the true appearance of the 'Twin Kite'..." ... They walked through the maze hand in hand and folded the two sides of the mirror into one. "
When Gillan thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.
Why did "Santa Claus" Germaine Nicholas hang an oil painting of "Twin Kite" in his residence?
Has he received favor from this Si Chen?
Or did he switch to May Sichen's command?
But this obviously doesn't make sense...
After all, Germain was once an apostle of "Noonday Dawn", and judging from his tone, he also respected Omer, which makes no sense. Instead of leaving a portrait or sculpture of the "boss" of the family, hang an oil painting of May Sichen.
‘Could it be that…’
Gillan had an inexplicable guess.
‘Could it be that Germaine is deeply in love with the “Twin Kite”? ’
This guess shocked him.
At this moment, Germaine seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and quickly explained:
"Aside from Lord Omer, the one I admire most is Miss Maria... …He had such an impact on me that I hung a painting in his honor.”
"I understand very much."
Jilan raised his brows and nodded gently with a very serious expression.
Germain coughed and said nothing more.
…
…
Gillan followed Germain around the workshop. This was his first visit to the "apostle's" residence, and it was an eye-opener.
He felt that Germaine did not have the airs of a high-ranking mystic. Regardless of his conversation or temperament, he had an inexplicable affinity with him.
When leaving, Germain expressed his expectations for Gillan, hoping that a "good boy" like him would successfully climb to a high position in the future and then visit again as a friend.
At the same time, Germaine also reminded Gillan that Krampus has regarded him as a "bad boy" and will most likely come to cause trouble once he finds an opportunity in the future. He hopes that he will be more careful.
Gilan expressed his gratitude for this.
Then he said goodbye and left.
He walked out of Santa Claus' workshop, and slowly disappeared into the ice and snow under the gaze of two deer-headed ceramic sculptures.
Gilan did not choose to wake up from his dream, but took out the horn "letter comb" and directly teleported to the gate of the Black Castle in the Dream Sea.
The originally white world turned into night in an instant.
He climbed the familiar steps and came to the platform area above.
However, the girl in wheelchair, who was originally expected to appear by the flower bed, disappeared.
‘Rest in the castle? ’
Jilan secretly thought.
He stepped on the carved stone slabs and slowly walked into the castle hall. In the dim environment, those candles were still bright.
The empty hall left only the echo of his footsteps.
Ji Lan found a chair and sat down, waiting quietly.
However, after waiting for a long time, Miss Tolina did not appear. Ji Lan looked around and frowned.
He felt a little strange.
As the owner of Castle Black, Miss Tolina will know as soon as she visits... But for so long, there has been no movement in the castle.
He stood up silently and went upstairs from the circular stairs at the back of the hall.
Gillan found the tea room, but there was no one inside.
He explored the rooms one by one again, but they were also empty.
"Miss Torina?"
Gilan tried to call, but his voice echoed in the corridor, but he did not receive any response.
A long while.
Still dead silent.
His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his steps became faster and faster.
Gilan searched layer by layer in the castle, but found nothing, as if Miss Torina had disappeared.
‘Did you go out? ’
He couldn’t help but have such a guess.
But soon, Gillan denied it.
Because Miss Torina once said personally that she could not leave Castle Black... To be precise, the conditions for her to leave Castle Black were too harsh and difficult to achieve.
‘Then where is she... and what happened? ’
Jilan’s expression was solemn.
He continued to look up.
After a while.
Gilan arrived at the attic on the top floor of the castle.
He has never been to this area.
As soon as we came up, we were blocked by a golden carved gate.
This gate is full of reliefs, showing its splendor. The whole building is arc-shaped, surrounding the attic and extending to the dome.
At first glance, Ji Lan felt that it was like a birdcage magnified countless times...
He stood in front of the gate and looked inside.
The next second, his pupils shrank.
Because he saw that behind the door was an empty wooden floor, surrounded by circles of white candles, at least hundreds of them, lighting up the entire attic. In addition to some simple dressing tables, tables, chairs and wardrobes, there was only an exquisite and simple large bed in the center.
The four-poster bed curtain is also engraved with reliefs, and the curtain is semi-transparent and white. There is a slender figure lying faintly inside, with black hair scattered on the soft pillow, and wearing a thin sky-blue silk quilt.
"Miss Torina?"
Gilan called softly.
“…”
The figure on the bed showed no reaction.
He thought for a moment, took a deep breath, turned around and was about to leave. But at this moment, a thin, slightly weak voice spoke:
"Ji...Mr. Gillan, it's me."
The clear voice clearly belonged to Torina.
Jilan raised his brows and looked at the golden gate again. He heard the other party's sense of weakness and was filled with doubts.
Although Miss Torina has disabled legs and has been traveling in a wheelchair, she always gives him an unfathomable sense of mystery.
At the moment, I don't know why, but I'm lying on the bed like a dying patient, breathless.
"Are you okay, Miss Torina..."
Gilan stood outside the gate and asked in a deep voice.
"You feel a little weak. Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I...I'm fine."
Miss Torina struggled to sit up from the bed, and through the white gauze of the bed, she could see her long black hair scattered on her chest.
“Cough cough, cough cough.”
She coughed twice violently, and as if she was hiding something, she quickly explained:
“I just I'm a little sick, it's nothing serious... Mr. Gillan, please wait a moment, I'll change my clothes right away."
"If it's serious, don't hold on and have a good rest."< br>
Ji Lan looked at the other person who didn't look like he was suffering from a minor illness, frowned and comforted him.
Unexpectedly, Torina chuckled and said:
"It's okay, don't worry."
"In that case, okay..."
< br>Jilan groaned and responded.
After saying that, he turned around in a very gentlemanly manner, left the golden gate, and walked some distance away.
Tolina hummed and opened the curtain.
She braced herself, moved to the bedside, dragged the wheelchair over, and then sat on it little by little.
This was obviously a very simple thing, but it seemed to be very difficult for her, and the whole process lasted for a long time.
When Torina was completely in a wheelchair, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned to look at the young man's back outside the golden gate, with a smile on his extremely pale face.
"It's not like no one cares about me..."
A thought flashed through Torina's mind.
After a while.
Jilan heard a soft click behind him.
"Long time you wait, Mr. Gillan."
Miss Torina's voice is still very weak, but it is obviously slightly better than at the beginning.
Gilan turned around.
When he saw the girl in the wheelchair in front of him, he still looked surprised.
Because the girl is more haggard than before.
Her face was as pale as paper, her hair was a little messy, there was cold sweat on her forehead, and her hands were trembling slightly.
Gilan strode over and asked:
"Miss Tolina, what's wrong with you?"
"It's just a little cold...and, I felt that the environment had become darker, so I felt a little uncomfortable, so I went back to bed and lay down to rest."
The girl in the wheelchair said softly.
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and coughed twice.
Gilan's eyes froze, and he noticed that there were blood stains on Torina's fingers.
"While you were away, I planted a new kind of camellia... Let's go to the tea room and I'll brew it for you to try."
Torina Zhan Yan smiled, as clear as ever.
Jilan suppressed the words of concern for the time being and hummed.
He stopped Torina from pushing the wheelchair by herself, walked behind her like a gentleman, and grabbed the handle of the wheelchair.
"You are not in good health, it is better for me to do it."
Gilan said softly.
Tolina smiled and hummed, saying thank you.
Jilan pushed the girl all the way down from the attic and went straight to the tea room.
But during this process, Torina kept coughing, and she was obviously seriously ill. But whenever Ji Lan wanted to ask out loud, she would find a topic to bring up, as if she was deliberately avoiding it.
Not long after.
Tolina finished making the tea tremblingly and poured a cup of light red tea for Jilan. She smiled and said:
“This is 'Xia Fei', which is better than 'Ye Lan'. 'The aroma is stronger, but the sweetness is not that obvious, but it has a magical taste of compound fruit acid."
Jilan picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Sure enough, as Torina said, this tea has a different flavor compared to "Yelan" scented tea.
"It tastes good, thank you."
Gilan put down the teacup and praised it.
Tolina seemed very happy, and a trace of blood appeared on her originally pale face.
"It's fine if you like it, sir... I asked Butler Chiola to look for this kind of camellia for a long time before I found it."
Jilan was startled, then slowly said:
"It's really troublesome."
"It's nothing." Torina shook her head.
Seeing that the girl had been unwilling to reveal the reason for her illness, Jilan thought about what she had just said in the attic, so she raised her hand and spread her palms.
Tolina tilted her head, looked at him with some confusion, and asked:
"Mr. Gillan...what is this?"
Gilan did not answer, but just smiled at her.
Oops!
A flame emerged from his palm.
Soon, the fireworks slowly dissipated, leaving only a stone cross sword ornament half the size of a palm. Although it is small, it is extremely exquisite. The details of the sword body, guard, hilt and pommel are all extremely detailed.
"It's called the 'Dawn Cross', and it's my token."
Gilan introduced.
"I just heard you say that I am afraid of the cold and the dark...it might be able to help you."
"'Cross of Dawn'..."
Tolina Somewhat surprised, he murmured the name of this token.
She stretched out her hand and took the cross sword ornament.
Soon, a look of surprise appeared on the pale face.
The cross sword ornament actually burst into flames in her palm. The flame seemed unable to hurt her, but it could bring her warmth and light.
In an instant, Torina's originally sickly pale face turned red by the firelight.
Her black eyes also reflected the outline of the cross sword bonfire, and her expression gradually became more comfortable.
The cold sweat on my forehead disappeared, and my hands stopped shaking.
Tolina has never had such a wonderful feeling.
"It's so strange..."
She was stunned and murmured.
Why did the flame in her hand make her heart warm?
(End of this chapter)