OBS Chapter 3458 The Secret of Transformation
Chapter 3458 The Secret of Transformation
Chapter 3458 The Secret of Transformation
Miss Davis nodded in understanding of Shad's explanation, took a step back away from Lacey, and the others followed suit. They didn't consider Shad's request a big deal, as they were about to "regain their freedom."
A few minutes later, the three high-ring sorcerers who had come to tell everyone to lock the door returned. Seeing two more people in the room, they raised an eyebrow. After listening to Shad's brief account of what had happened over the past hour, the leading high-ring sorcerer, while believing that letting two people in so hastily was dangerous, was more concerned about the others who hadn't entered:
"There have been three apologies, so please don't leave yet. There are fourteen people and one cat in total, so let's split into three groups of five people each."
The three groups were led to different rooms and then underwent the same checks and tests. Shad, Mia, and Lacey all passed the tests without any problems. The "devout" Shad even grasped the holy emblem of "Mr. Dawn" on the spot and recited a short prayer.
Of the girls in the other rooms, only Miss Charlotte Davis was taken away afterward. The girls who hadn't returned to their rooms were all safe and sound, including the two whose identities had been stolen; they were all hiding in other rooms.
After all, unless transformed by consuming parts of a fake person's body, most fake people don't occupy another's body with their own mind, but rather use their own body to replace the identity. Therefore, before truly acquiring the identity, they don't directly kill the person being replaced, but rather appear with them in different situations, sharing the identity, gradually integrating into life, until the replacement is completely completed.
As for Miss Charlotte Davis, she was a victim of consuming parts of the pseudo-human's body. She arrived at the salon tonight as a normal person, but a change occurred during the salon. During this time, Shad noticed that the human mark on her head was gradually dimming, thus realizing that there was something wrong with her.
Fortunately, Miss Davis's transformation wasn't complete; at least, she herself wasn't aware that something was wrong with her body. As for whether she could be saved, that was a question that even Shad didn't know.
At 11:30 p.m., after a busy night, Lacia finally finished washing up with the help of the maids and returned to her bedroom.
She lifted the soft comforter and lay down, comfortably resting her head on the pillow. Her hair was loose, and she closed her eyes, softly making a wish towards the ceiling:
"Please grant me the perfect gift tonight."
Then, sure enough, Shad appeared in her arms.
Of course, since Shad appeared after Lacey spoke, he didn't hear what the very ceremonial Lacey said.
"The church said I need to go to church again tomorrow morning to take Xiaomia for another test. We were laughing at the doctor for being unlucky the other day, and look, now I'm experiencing the same thing."
Wearing his pajamas, Shad also crawled under the covers and spoke to Lacey. The red-haired princess then opened her arms and hugged his neck. She felt that this night was still quite interesting:
"However, you don't need to worry about the Yordle Palace anymore. I just saw Galina who came from the manor outside the city. Tonight, everyone in the Yordle Palace has become untrustworthy and needs to be checked again tomorrow. Therefore, Galina will temporarily take charge of things here."
She told me that a third-stage traitor had infiltrated the Yodel Palace tonight, almost becoming a mature-stage imposter. Mr. Sari Pirot, the 'Iron Right Hand' of the Founding Church, personally led the reinforcements, and the imposter was captured alive and taken back.
Thirteen Rings personally led the team, not only to show the importance placed on the Yordle Palace, but also to seize this crucial clue. The Church also understands that the [House of the False Humans] must be dealt with as soon as possible. After Iluna departs with you tomorrow, Iron Right Hand and Sunshine Greatsword might provide support based on the clues Iluna provides.
"And what about Miss Davis?"
It's only been a little over an hour since the incident, but Recia has already given Shad an answer:
"The church's investigation is progressing quickly; the 'poisoning' of Davis has been fully investigated. The situation isn't complicated. Since last spring, the girl had been secretly dating a young poet in the city, and that poet was identified as a fraud three days ago. The church simply overlooked Davis when investigating the poet's social connections. Since Davis and that young poet were in a relationship, they…"
Lacey turned to look at Shad, pursed her lips, and didn't continue speaking, but Shad already understood:
"You can do that? That thing counts too?"
"The Marquis of Davis will probably be furious. When I went to my father's study just now, I heard the church people explaining Miss Davis's special circumstances to him. However, she should be able to be saved; the conversion has only just begun. But even if she is saved, she will probably be sent to a convent by the family to be a nun for the rest of her life."
She nestled into Shad's arms:
"The church considered the possibilities of pica, cannibalism, and so on for humans who were directly transformed into false humans, but it never considered this one."
"This is indeed hard to imagine. After all, the probability of being directly transformed into a pseudo-human is very low. Even if a similar situation occurred when this relic appeared before, it should not have been detected. This is the first case."
The princess then said softly:
"So you have to be discerning when choosing a lover. She can only take poison, but what I, Luvia, said is indeed very nutritious."
"Lascia, didn't you change the subject a little too quickly?"
Shad smiled and embraced his beloved princess, and Lacey said in a coquettish tone:
"That's just the kind of girl I am. Aren't you used to it yet? Also, you can't leave too early tomorrow morning. At least don't rush to leave before I wake up."
"Yes, yes, I'll kiss you tomorrow morning before throwing away the glass slipper and leaving."
Knowing the rules for spending the night in the princess's bedroom, Xia De smiled and reached out to turn the knob to turn off the bedside lamp.
As rustling sounds came from the darkness, Lacey continued speaking:
"Shad, are you really only two years old? Now I know why you like Tifa so much."
Because of that remark, Princess was punished tonight, though she herself was quite happy. As agreed between Lacey and Dorothy, Shad stayed overnight at the Yodel Palace. Lacey briefly rested at No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, allowing Dorothy to use her bed temporarily.
So early Monday morning, at the Cavendish royal family's dining table in Yodel Palace, when Galina deliberately served milk to Lacia, the princess thought her great-aunt was intentionally teasing her.
Then Lacia downed the glass of milk in one gulp, gave Galina a smug raise of her eyebrows, and finally returned the milk that Adelina had quietly pushed towards her.
"Adelina, you can grow taller by drinking milk."
"But sister, I'm already seventeen and will be eighteen soon."
Adelina, the shortest member of the Cavendish royal family, said with a pained expression, as Queen Diana watched her daughters interact tenderly, and then asked Galina if she could leave Yodl Palace in the afternoon.
Shad, of course, wouldn't be at the dining table. He had gone home early in the morning after kissing a sleepy-eyed Lacia goodbye. After having breakfast with Dorothy, he took Mia to the Dawn Church early in the morning to report for duty.
Priest Augustus lived in the church and naturally heard about the incident at the Jodel Palace the previous night. That morning, the old priest stood at the church entrance to greet Shad, who had come for an inspection. When he saw Shad alight from his carriage around the square and hurriedly walk over with a cat in his arms, he desperately tried to suppress his laughter.
However, the second checkup for Shad and Mia went without any surprises; Shad was a purebred human, and Mia was a purebred cat. Shad had even hoped the church would find some different results, for both humans and cats, but unfortunately, the results were normal.
These checks were very tedious; Shad arrived very early in the morning and didn't finish until after 10 a.m. Priest Augustus escorted Shad away again, and at the church entrance, the old priest asked Shad in a low voice:
"So, did the operation proceed as scheduled?"
Xia De gave an affirmative answer:
“Yes, I will make contact with them tonight. Priest, you should have dinner first this evening and come to my house before sunset. I will go ahead first, and then Luvia will bring you to me.”
The news of tonight's operation was told to Lacey by Galina at breakfast, and Lacey then told Dorothy, and Shad only found out about it later.
This evening, Shad will go to Detective Sparrow's grave to meet him there before being taken to the real "House of Resurrection." The ceremony will not take place in the cemetery, so there's no need to worry about disturbing the detective's rest.
It was already 11 a.m. when Shad returned home with Mia. Dorothy was still there, constantly relaying information about Lacey and Galina to Shad. Before lunch, as Shad was collecting his weekly gifts, Luvia and Iluna arrived together.
“I have already written to the doctor, and he will come on time this evening.”
Luvia said, while Iluna seemed quite happy, after all, adventuring in Topsk with Shad was much more precious than adventuring in other places:
"Should we call Emilia? Hasn't she been making a lot of trips to Fatummont Island lately?"
The eighteen-year-old girl thought of her good friend again, but the elf girl was not suitable to be in Tobesk, and she was going to participate in a "purification ceremony" in the forest area of the Far North Academy tonight, so she would probably be quite busy today.
"what is this?"
Iluna asked Shad, and Shad explained:
"Although there hasn't been an Elf King for a long time, the elves somehow unearthed the ancient procedure of the Elf King wearing a crown. The purification ritual requires Emilia to prove that her soul is pure and that she is a noble person."
This required her to go into the forest alone to hunt ten prey, then release nine of them by hand, and cook the last one to share with her people. In short, it was a ritual more about ceremony than practicality; Emilia said she planned to catch a snake to cook, and as you know, she's never liked snakes.
As he spoke, he reached for the gift box in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then took out an egg. Because the "Gift Box of God" cannot take out living things, this egg could not be hatched, and it became part of everyone's lunch.