"Stop fooling around. I'm serious here. This thing seems to be the key mechanism in this Eternal Corridor. Come over and try to touch this piece of paper…"
Since Qin Feng had already said so much, Savily and Fey naturally stepped forward and pointed their fingers at the piece of paper in Qin Feng's hand. The moment their fingers touched the paper, their bodies trembled. Countless chaotic images spread out in front of them, forming a clear picture…
" I'm sorry, sir... I can't do anything about Miss Alice's illness..."
An old man with white hair at his temples helplessly said this to a well-dressed couple. Seeing this scene, Saffaele and Fey tried to say something, but they soon realized that this seemed to be some kind of " memory " that had been preserved, and they were currently reading it…
" How could it be..." Hearing the old man's words, the man of the couple was obviously stunned." You are the hero who saved the kingdom from the demon's Black Plague. Could Alice's illness be more terrible than the Black Plague that killed hundreds of thousands of people in the kingdom?"”
" If it's about the reward, you can rest assured..." the wife of the couple immediately said," As long as you can cure my daughter, my poor Alice, no matter how much the reward is, it's negotiable. If you don't want money, we have some say in the kingdom. If you have any wishes, we can help you!"”
The old man shook his head helplessly in front of the couple who treated him as a life-saving straw." That's not the problem. As long as it's a patient, I'll do my best to treat her. However, I've never heard of Miss Alice's condition, so I'll tell you the truth... In fact, Miss is very healthy. All the results of the examination prove that Miss Alice is a very healthy and lovely girl..."
" If that's the case..." The man's emotions had become a little agitated." Then... why is my daughter, Alice, bedridden and unable to walk on her own feet?!”
The old man closed his eyes and shook his head gently." I... can't find out the reason. Perhaps my skills are not good enough, but I really can't do anything about Miss Alice's illness..."
There was no need to continue the topic. After sending off the old man, who was considered one of the best physicians in the kingdom, the man knew that he had no other choice.
He and his wife went to their daughter's room. It was a very cute room. The owner of the room, a golden-haired girl who was as exquisite as a doll, was whispering to a doll in her arms.
"Ah, Father and Mother, are you done talking?”
Seeing her parents enter, the young girl hurriedly put down the doll in her hand, as if she was too embarrassed to be seen by them. Seeing her cute appearance, the couple could not help but feel even deeper pain and sadness. Such a beautiful young girl should have had a perfect life. Why did she encounter such unfair treatment?!
The man recalled the reason for everything. He was born in an era filled with chaos. He was originally an unknown small merchant in the kingdom with a pair of twin daughters. He lived a life that was not very luxurious in the kingdom, but he did not have to worry about food and clothing.
However, the flames of war burned to the city where he lived, completely destroying his family overnight. In order to escape the war, he took his wife and daughters everywhere. As an adult, he could still endure it, but his daughters contracted a malignant disease on the way to escape.
Human lives were so fragile. The so-called " happiness " of ordinary people became so laughable under the flames of war. One of the delicate girls, who was like a flower, left her parents forever under the torture of illness.
His other daughter also suffered from the side effects of her illness. From that day on, the girl lost half of her body and became a puppet. She needed to be served.
A year later, the war ended. However, the things destroyed by the war could never be returned.
Perhaps it was a blessing after the disaster. The man's luck suddenly turned for the better. His business prospered everywhere, and the continuous flow of capital and connections became his solid backing in the kingdom. He used this to earn enough money to drive ordinary people crazy. However, what was the point of this?
In order to cure his daughter's strange illness, the man had scattered money everywhere. He had tried almost all the methods he could find, but none of them worked. He watched as his daughter became increasingly silent in the endless life of being bedridden. She was no longer obedient and cute in front of strangers. She could only recover a little in front of her parents. Her "best friend who told her everything" was actually just a puppet. It made the man almost go crazy.
In order to cure his daughter, any method was worth experimenting with. He had even heard that living in a quiet place without human habitation might be beneficial to treatment and improve his mood. This was a completely non-existent sentence, and he could look for such a place everywhere.
In this world, human civilization could only be found in places protected by the Tinder Barrier. No one could stay in the wilderness without the protection of the Barrier under the constant harassment of the monsters. Unless it was the culprit who had caused Alice to become like this, a terrible master like Emperor Isaac, the Red Dragon Emperor, who had caused endless chaos on the land recently, only such an " impossible " thing could be done.
A familiar name appeared here, and Saferi and Fey, who were already immersed in this " memory," were stunned for a few seconds because they finally saw a familiar name. It was the " Red Dragon Emperor "... the terrifying man who ended the old calendar and established the Isaac Empire!
Of course, in this story, this " legend " that had been cast into a statue for people to admire was only a background, so it was quickly overtaken by the plot.
With his tireless efforts, the man finally found a villa in the deep mountains. He did not know what method was used to build this villa, but it was able to prevent the harassment of monsters like a fire barrier. Naturally, the man immediately spent a lot of money to buy the villa. Anyway, he was not short of money now. For his daughter, he could spend any amount of money.
However, now, the last hope he had for his daughter to be cured seemed to be useless. If even the doctor who was famous in the kingdom and ended the Black Plague was helpless against Alice's illness, there was no hope for other doctors on this continent.
Yes, now that things had come to this…he could only believe in some methods that weren't " suitable ".
After saying a few words to his daughter, the man left alone, leaving his wife to accompany his daughter. He went to the study room, where…a visitor was waiting for him.
Seeing the man enter the study room, the visitor…a young man who looked to be less than 30 years old stood up and adjusted his collar. When they saw his face clearly, both Saffrey and Fey were stunned.
…This man…was the young man who was hanging under the chandelier in the hall.
It seemed that the plot was about to enter the main scene!
Thinking of this, Safely and Fey quickly listened to the conversation between the two men.
"Thank you for the villa you provided, and thank you for the doll you gave Alice. Alice likes that doll very much…"
This was the first sentence that Alice's father said. It could be seen that the villa they were in at the moment originally belonged to that man.
"Hehe, it's just an ordinary small gift. It's best if Miss Alice likes it. Speaking of which, Master has already come to see you, right? How is it? Has Master found a cure for Miss Alice's illness?”
Alice's father shook his head with a dark face. The man looked regretful." Really?" That's really regrettable. Even this master can't do anything about it. So, you came to look for me today because you've already made up your mind, right?”
"…Yes." Alice's father stared at the man in front of him seriously." Although I still don't quite believe that some magical 'magic ritual' can cure my daughter, any method is worth a try in the current situation. So, when can you start the ritual?”
When they reached the most important part, the man smiled." Three days from now, midnight... is the best time."
"Very good. As long as we can cure Alice, even if it's a sacrificial ritual that isn't allowed…there's still a need to try!”
At this point, the memory ended. Both Saffily and Fey released their fingers from the paper with blank expressions.
" This is…Miss Demoness Alice's past?”
Qin Feng solemnly and carefully put the paper in his hand into his Character Bag."Yes, that should be it. It seems that the Demoness sealed a portion of her memories in the doll and made it into a ritual prop to control the mechanism of the Demoness 'Mansion ~"
"…Why do you know so much about this?”
Safely couldn't help but complain again. Qin Feng calmly replied in his heart…
…Of course, that's because I made up the plot. These are all specially prepared to let the players understand the background of the story ~
Alright, these words naturally couldn't be said out loud.
" Yes, I'm an adventurer, and information is my life. That's why I've spent a lot of money to collect many secrets and ghost stories. Whether they're true or not, some strange knowledge might save my life when I need it. Who would complain about having too much knowledge?"
"Ah, whatever you say. Anyway, now that we seem to have cracked the mechanism in the corridor, should we go to the hall next? Speaking of which, there were still a lot of suspicious points. The man who proposed the magic ritual to Alice's father... It was obvious that he was the center of the story reversal. He was definitely not a good person, and his ritual was most likely not something that could cure the sick and save people.”
Qin Feng, who knew the plot, naturally nodded immediately.
"Yes, that should be the case. I'm afraid the birth of the Witch Alice is related to this ritual. However, there's no point in guessing blindly now. We should know more if we continue to delve deeper. Let's go. Don't let the master, Miss Witch, wait too long ~"
"Mhm, let's go…"
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