OBS Chapter 3008 Snowy Funeral
Chapter 3008 Snowy Funeral
Chapter 3008 Snowy Funeral
Shade thought for a moment:
"In fact, I really want to know what the result of this afternoon's action will be, but you also said that some things should not be observed directly. It is better to keep a coin as a backup. Use another [Thundergod's Wrath], I want to know what accidents will happen in the afternoon."
"It seems that you are sure that there will be an accident this afternoon."
Luvia said as she tossed up a coin again. The flipped coin cracked at the highest point again and disappeared in smoke before falling back onto the table.
Mia lay on the table, quietly reaching out her claws towards the last coin, and then her claws were held down by Xia De.
When Luvia opened her eyes, she saw Shade holding the cat in his arms. She sighed:
"Well, I admit that your idea is right. There will indeed be an accident in the afternoon. In addition to us, there are people who want to kill Thomas Bennet at the funeral.
Those people had a feud with Bennett because of the 'Time Transfer Station', which involved a lot of complicated time travel relationships. All I can see is that there has always been an organization in the local area that knows about the existence of the 'Time Transfer Station' and is committed to destroying it."
In other words, even if Shad had not accidentally learned about "Time" from the memory of the demon that Dr. Schneider devoured, and then received an invitation from the owner of the second-hand bookstore, he would have had the opportunity to contact the transfer station if he had continued his investigation locally.
Luvia tried to make it clearer:
"You can understand that those who signed the contract at the Time Transfer Station often ended up missing or dying unexpectedly. Their family and friends discovered clues about the transfer station after years of investigation, and after nearly three hundred years of development, a small group of ring sorcerers specializing in the Time Transfer Station was formed.
They would investigate those who received the invitations, and persuade or prevent them from using the transfer station. Using the invitations they had collected, this small group of ring sorcerers learned about the Time Transfer Station and Bennett's connection about thirty years ago. The reason why it was thirty years ago was that the scene of the Time Transfer Station changed around the time when the Accordion Hotel was established.
In short, the story about these people is quite full of ups and downs, and they also want to take advantage of the opportunity in the afternoon to kill this generation of the transit station owner in one fell swoop, and completely end the history of the hotel that has caused countless tragedies. "
“Will they succeed?”
"This is not within the scope of my divination this time, but I think it will definitely not succeed."
Luvia shook her head:
"Divination told me that these ring sorcerers prepared two sage-level relics specifically for fighting Bennett. Because I need to understand the background of these people and know their methods, I didn't see what these two sage-level relics are."
"It doesn't matter. This is enough. It's better this way. Let's not do it this afternoon. I will disguise myself and go to the funeral with Flora as a guest to see how those people want to deal with Thomas Bennett, and also see Bennett's methods.
I will save those people, after all, they are also poor people. "
No one had any objection to this plan. The only small problem was that Mrs. Bennet's death had not been made public, so Flora could not take Shad directly to the funeral.
But this small problem is easy to solve. Although the news of the death has not been made public and no obituary has been published in the newspaper for the time being, the relatives and friends of the Bennet family will definitely receive invitation letters.
The Cummings, who were engaged to Mrs. Bennet's eldest daughter, were definitely among the invited guests, and coincidentally, Shad, or "John Watson", had a very good relationship with Baron Cumming. After all, he helped solve the problem of the paradox worm.
So Shade went to the city again on Thursday morning, but unfortunately, the Cummings were no longer in Vesta. The old servant said that the baron had taken his family to Willendel last week and would probably not be back until spring.
Shade actually agreed with the Baron's decision, but this also meant that Shade still had no reasonable excuse to attend the funeral:
"Well, this is to help it collect debts after all."
So Shad went to Baron Fisher's mansion. His family had been released this morning, so Miss Fisher was at home.
The girl seemed to know that Shade would come. After Shade climbed into her bedroom window, she gave Shade the invitation letter:
"Father will probably be very busy in the next two days. After all, the matter of our family being taken away by the church still needs to be settled. So please represent our family and attend the funeral. You can say you are my cousin or something like that."
Since he was at Fisher's house, Shade did not forget to look for the antique elven arrow that they had collected at home. The search did not waste too much time, because the arrow was in the baron's study.
With this invitation letter, there was no need for Flora to accompany him. However, Luvia still insisted that Shade bring a female companion, and a female companion with southern appearance.
Miss Owl was eliminated first because she was too weak, and Vanessa was eliminated second because she was too short and could be easily seen through even with an illusion disguise - the greater the difference between the illusion disguise and reality, the greater the probability of being seen through.
So Sylvia and Xiwei were the only southern witches left, and it was finally decided that Xiwei would accompany Shade. After all, among all the twelve-level witches, the first witch of light to enter the twelfth level was still the strongest.
After lunch, the two of them packed up and set off in the carriage. Snowflakes began to fall from the sky as the carriage was driving, but it was only a light snow, which was incomparable to the snowflakes of the previous days.
Xivi specially picked out a black long dress to attend the funeral, while Xiade wore black clothes as usual.
"It feels like it's been a long time since I went out with you alone."
The witch with brown wavy hair said this to Shade in the carriage. She had not put on a veil yet, so her golden eyes could look directly at Shade. Shade knew this, of course. Although Xiwei was the second witch he met, and their relationship progressed very quickly, for various reasons, his relationship with Xiwei gradually lagged behind those witches he met later, the most typical of which were Vanessa and the sisters Megan and Audrey.
"I'm sorry, I hope you don't think I'm ignoring you on purpose."
He expressed his apologies sincerely:
"Since last summer, things have been happening one after another. Xiwei, have you ever considered coming to my place at the end of the year?"
He extended the invitation again and wondered if the space at 6 Saint Teresa's Square was big enough. However, the witches had said before that they would be responsible for expanding the space at home, so it didn't seem to be a big problem.
The witch smiled and asked:
"I guess I'm not the only girl who received this invitation?"
"So you accept the invitation?"
"Knight, give me a kiss, then I will be willing to accept the invitation, otherwise I will be considered an unreserved girl. The end of the year is a festival for families to celebrate together."
"We're on our way to a funeral, so it's no use doing this. We're not really here to attend a funeral anyway. And, you know, you look especially beautiful in black."
She then smiled as she watched Xia De come closer, then she put her arms around Xia De's neck.
Xivi Aurora was very satisfied with this kiss, because it really made her feel Shade's love and passion; but she was also very dissatisfied with this kiss. After all, every time they met again after a long separation, she felt that Shade's kiss was becoming more and more skilled.
Of course she understood what this meant, so satisfaction and dissatisfaction overlapped together, and she gently bit Xia De's lips after the kiss.
Blood seeped out immediately, and her red lips were stained red by Shade's blood.
Vista Public Cemetery has a long history. Its predecessor was the Creekwood Cemetery, which dates back to the founding of the town and is older than any building in the city today.
The atmosphere of the funeral seemed even more sad on a snowy afternoon. The number of guests attending the funeral was even less than Shade had expected. Including him and Heavie who came on behalf of the Fisher family, there were less than 30 people in total. Compared with the local reputation of the Bennet family, this was already pitifully small.
Mr. Bennet and all his children appeared at the funeral, including Linda Bennet, who had been expelled from the family.
The three daughters of the Bennet family were all unmarried, so according to the strict funeral customs of the era, they all wore funeral black dresses and covered their faces with thicker black veils to express their deep sorrow.
As a nun, Linda Bennet has dedicated herself entirely to God as a nun, so she still wears black nun's clothes, without a veil, but only a black sash.
The funeral was held in a small church in the cemetery. Mrs. Bennet died suddenly during the church's quarantine, so the atmosphere at the funeral was particularly strange. Most of the guests said nothing, and even if they made eye contact, they would try to avoid showing their inner thoughts.
The four daughters and the boy Albert of the Bennet family burst into tears from the very beginning. The eldest daughter, Jane Bennet, even fainted several times when the priest was reading the eulogy.
Mr. Bennet was the only one in the family who went through the entire funeral with a cold face. When he was required to speak in mourning for his wife, he simply recalled their wedding day and the birth of his children - he only said one sentence about Albert Bennet.