We cautiously approached the strange house, as though we were about to face a great enemy.
Lin Xue was the one among us who was the most experienced in dealing with mysterious phenomena like this. The things that the Esper Group came into contact with the most were all kinds of annoying, mysterious phenomena. Sixty percent of them were the product of the imagination of bored citizens, and the remaining thirty percent were investigated to be the work of troublemakers who wished for the world to be in chaos. As for the remaining ten percent, it was something that actually existed in front of us, but couldn't be explained by modern human science.
Even though Sandora had already figured out the secret of this house, this didn't diminish our interest in exploring it. To be honest, I was even more fascinated by the existence of such a legendary thing on Earth than the Dragon Slaying War in another world!
The moment we got close to the iron fence outside the big house, everyone could clearly feel the change in our surroundings.
An ominous and cold aura spread towards us from all directions, causing our scalps to go numb. This wasn't just pure cold, but a strange aura that seemed to be mixed with all kinds of negative emotions and greedy malice. I had only experienced such an aura in one place before: the morgue of a hospital.
Of course, compared to the strange atmosphere here, the morgue could even be called a cathedral illuminated by Holy Light.
Almost instantly, Alaya, who had been sleeping or daydreaming in my mental world, reacted to this unclean aura. Accompanied by a faintly discernible hymn-like voice in the air, a holy white light descended from the sky. Alaya, who appeared out of nowhere, slowly landed on the ground with her gigantic pure white wings. She floated about one or two centimeters above the ground and surveyed her surroundings, her golden eyes filled with confusion.
Even though I had seen her many times before, I was still deeply shocked by Alaya's holy and beautiful appearance when she descended.
This holy and beautiful image was too much of a contrast to the natural foolishness hidden in Alaya's bones!
No matter what, be it an airhead or a little idiot, the powerful power of Holy Light that came with Alaya's descent instantly cleansed all the impurities around us, allowing us to catch our breaths. Then, all of us simultaneously activated our mental barriers, isolating ourselves from the cold aura that made us shiver all over.
Despite being a natural airhead with a hidden nature, Alaya was currently in working mode and did not do anything to ruin the beautiful scene. Instead, she frowned and said in displeasure, "There's the scent of death and grudge, as well as an unsettling will reverberating around us … My King, where are we now?"
"The back garden of Lin Xue's house," I looked around at the completely changed scenery and shrugged.
"Did I transmigrate again?" Lin Xue was also looking around, her eyes filled with astonishment. She was probably wondering if she had some other superpower that she had yet to discover. It seemed that anything that was related to this girl would eventually turn into a huge problem. Even the place that she had sneaked out to play in when she was young had turned into a different world …
However, Pandora denied the possibility of us transmigrating again. She shook her head and said calmly, "Our absolute spatial coordinates haven't left Earth."
"In other words, we are still in that spatial anomaly?"
I asked as I raised my head to look at the completely different scenery.
Thick, grayish-black clouds mixed with a bit of turbid green hung low above our heads. The pale sunlight was powerlessly hidden behind the clouds that covered the entire sky. It was so weak that it looked like it could be extinguished at any moment. A low wind blew past us. I wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but the sound of the wind seemed to be mixed with a hoarse whisper and a suspicious low roar. Shallow Shallow couldn't help but hug my arm tightly. On the other side, Little Bubble's entire body was almost hanging on to me. I could clearly feel her tiny body trembling violently.
Beneath our feet, the barren land had a rotten grayish-black color. Wisps of grayish-white fog rose from the ground and gathered around us. The fog was extremely strange. The mansion in front of us and within a few meters of us were completely unaffected by the fog. Instead, they were clearly visible. However, behind us, which was the direction that we had just come from, was completely shrouded in thick fog. We couldn't see anything at all.
It seemed that we were trapped in the vicinity of this huge mansion.
However, we weren't worried at all. Pandora's spatial positioning system was still functioning normally. That proved that the current situation wasn't like the situation in the other world where we couldn't return due to the interference of the Abyss energy. The only thing stopping us was the strange, gray fog. Even an ordinary person could ignore the fog and leave this haunted mansion. Of course, once they returned, they would definitely fall sick due to the corrosion.
At that moment, I suddenly recalled what Lin Xue had told us. Back then, her grandfather had sent people to demolish this mansion. I couldn't help but have my suspicions about it.
It was impossible for an ordinary person to stay in the vicinity of this haunted house for too long. The distorted space and time and the harmful energy here could very well kill them. In other words, the people that Lin Xue's grandfather had hired definitely weren't ordinary demolition workers!
However, we would have to wait until we met Grandpa Lin in the future.
The shadow of a black flame was reflected in Sandora's eyes. Although the impurities around us were powerful, they weren't even worth mentioning when compared to the Abyss. She only used a little bit of the power of the Abyss, and the gray fog that was still stirring in the surroundings immediately retreated. If Alaya's holy aura made these things feel a deep sense of fear, then the aura of the Abyss on Sandora's body made them completely surrender. In this world, there was absolutely nothing that could be purer in terms of corrosion and impurities than the Abyss.
We carefully walked forward and stopped beside the small garden outside the house. There was a broken iron fence there. The rusty fence seemed to be full of scars from sharp weapons. There were also suspicious dark red marks on it. A broken wooden board with only half of it dangling from the fence. The words on it had faded and became indistinct. However, since they were etched on it, it was still possible to distinguish them after wiping them.
After fiddling with it for a while, the words on the wooden board finally became clear. It was a string of flowery Latin characters.
That's why I said that rich people are all so bored that their balls hurt. Why would they write such a fancy sign for no reason! They're bullying me because I don't understand it!
However, as Lin Xue looked at the wooden board that seemed like a heavenly book to me, she kept nodding her head as if she understood.
Alright, alright, you're a genius young lady who has traveled all over the world to study since young. You're fluent in 18 languages and you're covered in academic certificates. I'm just an unemployed young man who doesn't know anything. However, is there a need for you to look at me with disdain every time you nod your head? No matter what, the unemployed young man in front of you is still the head of the Empire, you little commoner!
After a long time, Lin Xue seemed to have had enough of looking at me with disdain. She waved the wooden board in her hand and said, "This is a sign that indicates the identity of the owner of the house. It's different from the common wooden sign in Japan. This thing is produced and distributed by the local government. According to the identity of the owner of the house, the pattern on the sign will also be different. The pattern on this sign indicates that the owner of the house has great wealth and prestige, but doesn't have a noble title. This kind of sign is no longer used, but it was very popular in parts of Europe in the past."
We immediately cooperated and revealed expressions of thirst for knowledge. At this time, I couldn't help but think of the fatty in our class who had already graduated and parted ways with us. He usually liked to whet people's appetites like this and gain a large group of curious babies' expressions. Of course, every time he did it, he would end up in a miserable state. If he wasn't beaten up, then he was beaten up … … From this, it can be seen that the success rate of a wretched fatty and a beautiful woman is as different as heaven and earth!
Lin Xue nodded her head in satisfaction. Then, she cleared her throat and pointed to the sign and said, "The owner of this house is called Fowler. However, his family name and surname can't be seen clearly. He's a local businessman and philanthropist. Then, let me see where this sign was issued from … … Really, why are there so many scratches on the signature … …"
Lin Xue looked at the sign for a long time. Finally, she could distinguish the severely damaged handwriting and read, "The signature is — — Darrowshire Town Council … … Darrowshire!"
"Darrowshire!" I exclaimed along with Lin Xue.
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