The servants were waiting outside the door all day long, and would not leave even though it was the middle of the night.
But she didn't want anyone else to know what she was doing tonight.
So he took out the spare clothes he had hidden in the room and changed himself.
She was not wearing pajamas, but a dress which was more of a casual outfit, so she just put on her shoes and socks and climbed out of the bay window.
She skillfully avoided the sight of the guards patrolling the manor, and soon left Iris Manor and stepped onto the stone-paved road in the central area.
After leaving Iris Manor, she wandered around at a leisurely pace.
Without any purpose, her mind was not even on the road in front of her. She just followed her subconscious decision and walked through the winding streets, alleys and roads.
A delicate and sweet-looking little girl was wandering alone on the deserted streets late at night... She was not worried about her safety.
As a warrior in the late stage of tempering skills, ordinary criminals do not pose much threat to her. Even if they cannot fight head-on, ordinary people will basically be unable to stop her if she wants to run away.
The cool evening breeze caressed her face, gradually calming her originally inexplicably restless heart. Her mind slowly entered a magical state of forgetting time and space, as transparent as crystal and clear as a mirror.
The moon's radiance seemed to be the key to unlocking other dimensions. The ordinary alleys were now coated with a strange and dazzling silver-white, as if distorted in an absurd way.
For some reason, Lunxi's consciousness was a little hazy. The light attached to the alley seemed to be getting brighter and brighter, blurring the reality and illusion, and dimming her consciousness. It was like a passage leading to an unknown fog, with no boundaries and no end.
If you follow it, you may gain insight into the truth, or you may be infected with madness.
"Da da da……"
The sound of something hard hitting the ground rhythmically reached her ears, instantly awakening her consciousness and bringing her mind back to clarity from the chaos of half-asleep and half-wakefulness.
She glanced around with her melancholy green eyes and found that this was an alley that was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side. The walls on both sides were crumbling and painted with dirty black.
The ground felt sticky and greasy, and a pungent smell violently penetrated the nose. The stench of rotten water, feces, and animal carcasses raged in the air, making people feel nauseous.
The low and twisted buildings on both sides stretched out their crooked eaves, squeezing out a sliver of sky above. Everywhere was filled with gloomy darkness, as if even the pure and bright silver moon could not drive away the filth from this place.
"Da da da……"
And the rhythmic tapping sound was her own footsteps.
"Attsu."
There was one last sound of footsteps, and then there was silence.
Lunxi stopped and frowned slightly.
She knew where she was now.
This is the dirtiest, most evil, and most ignorant area in the entire city of Stio. Only sewer rats would not mind the filthiness of this place, and no decent person would be willing to have anything to do with it.
This is the South District, where lowly, stupid, stingy, and mean vagrants, criminals, and bonded laborers gather. It is the least suitable place for survival in Stio.
She came here by some strange coincidence.
Lunxi stood there in a daze for a while, until the unbearable stench made her head a little dizzy, and then she turned around and wanted to leave.
But after taking a few steps, she noticed... there seemed to be a shadow in the corner in front of her left.
Seeing this, she did not feel too frightened, but walked forward silently, wanting to see clearly what it was.
Soon she walked to the side of the shadow, and the existence obscured by darkness finally revealed its true face.
This is an old man who looks to be in his sixties. He is sitting on the ground mixed with feces and sewage. His beard is gray and his clothes are ragged. His appearance and physique give people a feeling of old age and poverty.
The messy and muddy stubble almost covered his entire face, and his face was so thin that his cheekbones were very prominent, his eye sockets were deep, and the wrinkles were so dense that the position of his facial features was somewhat blurred.
She couldn't tell what he was wearing, because strictly speaking it was just a pile of rags piled on a body that was so emaciated that it was unsightly, and the whole person was so dirty that it was hard to describe.
The old man was awake, and perhaps he heard the footsteps, so he turned and looked at Lunxi.
When the old and haggard face came into her sight, she suddenly felt a strong sense of familiarity, and the next second this sense of familiarity quickly solidified into reality.
She remembered the identity of this dirty and frail old man.
"You are... the coachman?!"
Lunsi blurted out, his eyes widened in disbelief, his bright green eyes flashing with shock.
"Forehead……"
The old man sitting on the ground with his back against the wall had a confused look on his face as he carefully looked at the bright and lovely girl in front of him.
He had never seen such a beautiful girl before, and he had no impression of her face, but her voice was very familiar to him.
After a few seconds, he uttered a slow exclamation, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like tiles rubbing against each other:
"You, you are the... Miss of that day!"
Lunxi remembered that when she took Qi Ji to her house for the first time that day, she gave the extra change to the driver who took them there.
And the old man in front of him whose appearance was so terrible that it was difficult to describe was the coachman!
After realizing this, Lunxi felt an unspeakable sense of absurdity in his heart.
Lunxi remembered that she gave more than ten ells at that time, and in her common sense, this was enough for an ordinary civilian to live a stable life for quite a long time.
But why did he fall into such a situation?
It’s only been a few days. What on earth has happened to him?
Facing Lunxi's extremely shocked and puzzled gaze, the old man seemed to understand the inner thoughts of this generous benefactor.
He opened his cracked and white mouth, as if he wanted to say something, explain something, or pray for something.
In those turbid eyes there was reluctance, hope, shame, and a flash of sinisterness and malice.
But in the end, he said nothing and did nothing.
He closed his lips silently, his cloudy eyes drooped, and no longer looked at Lunxi's figure.
"This is fate." All the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, revealing an expression that was hard to tell whether he was laughing or crying. "Miss, this is fate."
Chapter 145 To be digested
Qi Ji followed Gary's family, who found a new hotel near a church-dense area, only a few hundred meters away from the "Harvest Church" of the Harvest Church.
The standard of this hotel is average, similar to the previous one I stayed in, but the price is nearly doubled, perhaps because of its special location.
By the time the family of four settled down with their luggage, the lower edge of the silver moon had already approached the western horizon, and the sky in the distant east was gradually turning pale.
The night is almost over.
"There are only two or three hours left before dawn. Don't you want to get some sleep?"
Looking at the couple who were sweating profusely from busying themselves with arranging daily necessities, Qi Ji felt a little embarrassed as he had nothing in his hands the whole time.
She actually wanted to help, because with her physical strength and means, it was easy for her to carry their luggage and put things away.
But the couple refused to let her go and insisted that she keep her luggage as light as possible. They even refused to let her take a handbag that only contained a few tissues, handkerchiefs and other small items.
Qi Ji could understand this request. After all, in the eyes of the couple, her role was to protect their safety as a bodyguard, and she should not allow any unnecessary behavior to interfere with her actions and thinking.
Only in this way can we enter combat status as quickly as possible at any time and best guard against unknown malicious intent that may attack at any time.
"Um... maybe we really need to take a break..."
Gary said with an unpleasant expression that his face seemed to have become thinner, with heavy dark circles under his eyes and his eye sockets were sunken.
He was not actually very sleepy. Instead, he was very alert. However, he knew that his physical condition was a little bad.
An intense anxiety lingered in my heart, as if my whole body was covered with an airtight film. Although the temperature around me was not high, I broke out in a cold sweat.
I don't know when my breathing became extremely rapid, even more breathless than after running a marathon.
These are all caused by long-term tension and anxiety. If he doesn't rest, once his heartstrings relax a little, the surging fatigue will instantly overwhelm him.
He had to get some sleep anyway.
Mrs. Gary was in a similar condition. The shock and hard work had made her complexion darker and her lips slightly purple.
She forced a smile and asked Qi Ji in a gentle and restrained voice:
"The children must not have slept well. We need to rest for a while. It may be noon at the earliest before we can go out to find the travel agency to develop the magic train certificate... Can you continue to protect our safety during this time?"
She spoke in a very humble manner, her tone full of apology and a bit of fear and uneasiness, as if she was afraid that Qi Ji would no longer protect them because he found it troublesome.
Qi Ji smiled bitterly and nodded, "Of course, you guys go to sleep, I don't need to sleep much."
When she was lying in the armchair before, she was not asleep at all, she was just pretending to doze to confuse the attacker.
"Come to think of it, I haven't had a dream in a long time... Why did I fall asleep last time at Lunxi's house? Is there some unknown law or does it require some specific conditions?"
While Qi Ji was thinking divergently, Mrs. Gary was relieved by her agreement and smiled gratefully:
"Thank you so much, I really don't know how to thank you afterwards."
"Your safety is the greatest thank you," Qi Ji smiled and shrugged, "If you delay any longer, it will be dawn. Go to bed quickly."
After learning from the last lesson, the couple no longer dared to rent two rooms and let their children live next door.
Instead, they booked a private room with a double bed and the whole family slept together.
Although it is a big bed, it still seems a bit crowded for four people. The people sleeping on the two sides may roll to the ground if they turn over.
So they let Daisy and Youer lie in the middle, and the two adults slept on their sides at either end.
Qi Ji stood in the shadow of the corner and waited for less than ten minutes before the four of them fell asleep completely. Even Daisy, who looked the most energetic, quickly fell asleep.
The degree of fit still needs to be improved, and her physical fitness has not been improved yet... Qi Ji used various senses to explore the body of the sleeping Daisy, analyzing it in a rogue manner.
After the drop of blood containing a trace of Qi Ji's power entered her body, it took only a short time to merge with her soul and flesh.
But judging from the power Daisy has shown so far, Qi Ji believes that her potential is far from being fully developed.
Even if the power of that drop of blood is not even one billionth of Qi Ji's own, it is not weak to this extent.
Qi Ji spread out his right hand, letting the pattern on his palm switch back and forth between "Map of Stars" and "Attendant of Dusk".
She thought that the reason for this might be that although Daisy's soul and flesh had been completely integrated with the "Blood of Seven Seasons", the energy contained therein had not yet been "tamed".
It is like a hungry person after a big meal. Although the stomach is full and the feeling of fullness is very strong, the nutrients in the food have not been absorbed, and the physical strength and energy have not had time to recover.
Still needs to be...digested.
As for how this can be done, Qi Ji currently has no idea.
"Forget it... take your time, there's no rush."
Anyway, her power will not cause any harm to Daisy's body, and Daisy has no urgent or necessary reason to improve her strength.
There is no need to rush, just take it one step at a time.
"Uh, why do I feel that her situation is a bit like mine? I am also looking for an opportunity to lift the seal on my memory, and I am not in a hurry..."
She smiled to herself and then focused her attention back on the present.
But to be honest, even she herself was not sure how much power that drop of blood contained.
If fully developed...
She couldn't help but look forward to what Daisy would do after she fully digested and mastered the power in her body, and what impact it would have on the life of this originally ordinary girl.
Thinking of this, her heart was suddenly touched.
"He's already here..."
Qi Ji closed his eyes, and the originally dark area in front of him suddenly began to fluctuate, with spots of light rippling like waves on a lake.
Then they quickly become orderly and rich, forming a clear picture together.
First there was an old, dirty, damaged wooden door, and then a rough, dark-colored wall, on which the wooden door was opened.
A hand extends from the right side of the picture, a pale hand that looks as if it has not been exposed to the sun for a long time.
It grasped the door handle and pushed it open with a creak, revealing the scene behind the door.
This is a slightly cramped room with no lights on. With the slanting sunlight, one can see a small wooden table in the middle, with a few stools beside it, and a simple mat made of dirty bedding in the corner, which should be the place for people to sleep.
And this... is the scene seen by the black-clad killer who was made into a living puppet.
Chapter 146 The Puppet's Fate
The killer walked into the room expressionlessly and came to the small wooden table in the moonlight.
On the table was a metal tray with a candle on it and a box of matches next to it.
