novelraw Chapter 189: Brother, Did You Forget Something?
Chapter 189: Brother, Did You Forget Something?
Her eyes showed no trace of reluctance, nor any hint of sorrow.
It was a bone-deep calm.
She no longer held any hope for that calamity's past, because what had destroyed everything for her was this very... jealous heart she now held in her hands.
The Pig-Headed Butcher looked at her, his fingers twitched slightly, and the heart was grasped in his hand.
He sniffed it and said calmly:
"Excellent quality."
And Bloodsaw immediately felt the heart-palpitating aura that had enveloped the surroundings slowly dissipate.
He couldn't help but secretly sigh in relief, though his expression remained grave.
"Alice..." Lynn frowned slightly, gently placing his hand on her shoulder.
Alice shook her head, gazing into the distance. "There's nothing worth clinging to... She was both my birth mother and the source of my hatred. I won't hold any lingering attachment to her."Whoosh—
In the Pig-Headed Butcher's hand, a stretched, pitch-black, illusory human face was pulled screaming from that heart.
For a moment, the surroundings echoed with agonized wails.
"Alice!! Alice!! My daughter! You can't trade me away! You can't! You mustn't!!"
The shrill, piercing voice continuously emerged from that distorted phantom.
Both Lynn and Alice turned their heads to watch the scene.
But Alice's eyes showed no emotion whatsoever.
Amid the piercing screams, that face extracted from the heart slowly gathered in the Pig-Headed Butcher's hand, finally transforming into a pitch-black bead.
He calmly held the marble, sniffed it, then reached out and placed it into a cloth bag at his waist, producing crisp sounds of beads colliding with each other.
Then he deeply glanced down at Lynn, hoisted his butcher knife, turned, and walked into the darkness.
"We'll meet again."
The surroundings fell into complete silence.
But before he had taken more than a few steps, Bloodsaw suddenly reached out and said gravely:
"Wait, I have a question I'd like to ask you."
Lynn was surprised.
But the Pig-Headed Butcher didn't stop walking, as if he hadn't heard the voice, continuing forward on his own.
Bloodsaw immediately stepped forward and asked loudly:
"I want to ask, were you in Wandering Souls Alley two years ago? Was it you who placed my apprentice in front of my shop back then?!"
Buzz—
Instantly, Lynn's expression shifted dramatically.
And the Pig-Headed Butcher also stopped in his tracks.
Lynn's mind was instantly swept by turbulent waves of shock. He looked at his teacher in disbelief and said:
"Teacher, why would you ask that? Wasn't I adopted by you?!"
Bloodsaw's entire body tensed, saying deeply: "That's right, I did tell you I found you unconscious outside, but there's one more thing I didn't mention."
"You were deliberately placed in front of my shop. I heard a noise and went out to check, and the being I saw at that time..."
"Was him!"
Buzz—
The surroundings instantly fell into complete silence, only Lynn's gradually intensifying rapid breathing could be heard.
He sharply looked at the Pig-Headed Butcher's back, his gaze flickering rapidly.
How could this be?
Didn't he fall into this world on his own?
Could there be other hidden circumstances involved?!
In the flowing silence.
The Pig-Headed Butcher didn't turn around. Carrying that bloodstained butcher knife, his voice finally came.
"Yes."
He gave his reply.
Lynn instantly felt all the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Why did you send me here?!" Lynn stared at him intently.
The Pig-Headed Butcher didn't turn back, his voice coming calmly.
"A certain... existence made a very risky transaction with me. I agreed."
Lynn was shocked.
And when he wanted to ask more.
The Pig-Headed Butcher's body vanished from the spot like a ghost, as if he had never been there at all.
Lynn rushed over quickly, his gaze urgent.
But even with Evil Spirit Vision, he couldn't capture any trace of the other party.
How could this be?
A transaction?
What transaction?
And with whom?!
Before falling into this Dark World, he was just an ordinary young man on Earth. What special quality did he have to be targeted?!
Lynn's brow furrowed tightly, but the composure he had cultivated over these two years quickly restored his reason and calmness.
Bloodsaw walked over and patted his shoulder gravely, saying:
"Don't overthink it."
"If that monster won't talk, it's hard to get answers from his mouth. But since he said we'll meet again, perhaps we can get some information from him then."
Lynn looked at his teacher's comforting eyes, nodded, and took a deep look in the direction where the Pig-Headed Butcher had disappeared.
He clenched his hand.
"Alice, how did you hire this butcher?"
Lynn turned and asked Alice.
Alice was startled, trying hard to recall, then shook her head.
Her brow furrowed slightly.
"It's... very blurry... My thoughts seem to have been interfered with. I knew he existed in the castle... but every time I think about that butcher, I naturally don't delve deeper..."
A trace of confusion appeared in her eyes.
"I did hire him... but I can't remember the specific details..."
Lynn's gaze grew serious.
Because the greatest fear stems from the unknown.
And if what his teacher said was true, then there were clearly some karmic connections between him and that Pig-Headed Butcher.
And that Pig-Headed Butcher's level of existence clearly far surpassed all other beings here.
Lynn rubbed his temples and decided to set this matter aside for now, because racking his brains over it wouldn't yield any answers.
Then he turned and looked seriously at Bloodsaw, saying: "Teacher, after we return, can you tell me in detail about the situation back then?"
Bloodsaw naturally agreed, then showed a trace of relief in his eyes, patting his shoulder and saying:
"I'll tell you in detail when we get back. But you did an excellent job on this mission. Your teacher never expected that you wouldn't only complete this task excellently, but also unexpectedly gain some surprising rewards."
Alice turned her head, giving Bloodsaw a profound look that made his hair stand on end.
He coughed and said: "Well... if there's nothing else, we should head back now. After all, this isn't a place to linger, don't you think?"
Lynn nodded, though his mind remained heavy.
"Alright."
And this opportunity would be perfect to take this newly recognized little sister out for a walk.
Alice reached out and grasped two of Lynn's fingers, like an obedient little sister, silently following by Lynn's side.
"Alice, would you like to see where I live first?"
Lynn smiled.
Alice nodded.
She didn't refuse, but after walking some distance with Lynn, she seemed to suddenly remember something, paused, then turned to look back toward the Ancient Castle.
"Brother Lynn... did you forget something..."
"Did I? What is it?"
Alice thought for a moment, then said blankly: "Nothing."
The group strode toward the direction of Wandering Souls Alley, soon disappearing into the rolling black mist.
But no one noticed that from the high direction of the Ancient Castle, what seemed like extremely urgent shouts from some creature could faintly be heard.
"Big Brother! Big Brother!!"
High up on the flagpole.
Bai Yi tightly hugged the pole, crying out desperately o(╥﹏╥)o.
"I'm afraid of heights! I have acrophobia!!"
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