Shadow Apostle

The children's clothes he had just changed into were piled on the ground beside the bed.

Minnie turned into a little mouse again and clung to Jessica.

He was gesticulating like a real little mouse and complaining crisply.

The voice is full of emotions, and every hair is filled with grievances.

After experiencing this short period of time when he transformed back into a human being, the little guy became much more lively compared to the despair on his face last night.

She was crying in Jessica's arms, crying and telling her innocence.

"I didn't do anything. I listened to my elder brother and was very good. I didn't go anywhere."

Although Miss Berndt looked confused, she didn't have much suspicion when she saw the old clothes piled on the floor.

She gently rubbed the little mouse's hair and comforted softly: "It's okay, it's okay. Since I can recover once, maybe I can recover a second time. And then, why did it change back?"

"I don't know what happened. Just bang, I became like this again."

Horst seemed to see a silly prairie dog in front of his eyes, waving his front paws angrily and squeaking at people, and almost laughed out loud.

He quickly coughed and asked, "Don't worry, think carefully. Did you do anything special when you changed back?"

"???" The two mice scratched the person's head with their front paws, "No, I just heard a movement outside the door. I didn't know it was the eldest brother and sister Jessica who were back. I was scared and wanted to hide. Go under the bed. But now that my body has turned back into a human, I can’t hide in there.”

Looking at the clothes on the floor, just near the seam of the bed, Horst and Jessica looked at each other.

You can already read the other person's thoughts from the other person's face.

Miss Berndt said softly: "So you think that if you still look like a mouse, you can hide in it, right?"

"Yes, yes." The little mouse nodded vigorously, "I just thought about it, I don't really want to change back."

"Actually, this is not bad. It's such a small one, so fun."

As he spoke, Horst took Minnie and let her hang on him. Then he stretched out his finger and poked Minnie's little paws:

"How about this? There's no need to turn back into a human again. Look, there are still sharp claws."

After poking and squeezing, Horst actually felt that it felt pretty good.

"I don't want it, big brother, what are you talking about? I want to change back to a human being."

The little mouse buried its head in Horst's chest, and its hair exploded, but something strange happened at this moment.

An illusory bloody mist seeped out of her body.

In just one breath, it was so thick that it enveloped her body, making it impossible to see clearly from the outside.

Horst felt his body sink and his clothes were almost torn. He quickly reached out to support the little mouse in the fog.

The solid red mist was as abrupt as when it appeared, and was quickly absorbed into Minnie's body, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.

Only Minnie, who had reverted to a little girl, was left, looking up blankly from Horst's arms.

Miss Berndt was stunned, her mouth slightly opened, and she stared blankly at this scene that was beyond common sense.

This was the first time Horst had seen the process of transforming from a human into a mouse, so Minnie didn't react for a while.

"Well……"

The shock gradually faded away, Horst weighed the heavy weight in his arms, and his eyes fell on the ball of clothes beside the bed.

I always feel that this scene before me seems familiar.

"Pfft."

Miss Burnt covered her mouth with a folding fan, her shoulders twitched, and she could barely suppress her laughter.

"I understand, Mr. Horst, you don't need to explain."

No, I don’t think you understand it at all.

"Don't worry, I will help you cover it up from the police later." Miss Berndt revealed her folding fan with bright eyes, blinking at Horst, "As long as Mr. Horst pays me enough hush money. , I don’t want much, just five...eight...ten Lukas."

Gee, this girl is so vindictive. It has been several days, but she still remembers the exact words.

Although she said this, Jessica quickly picked up the clothes on the ground and hurriedly put them on Minnie.

One piece, one piece, one piece... I put it on for a long time, but not a single thing was put on.

In the end, Horst was forced to turn his head and look away and step forward to help. As a result, the help became more and more chaotic. It took a long time to finally put Minnie's clothes back on.

The clothes are still crooked.

"Miss Jessica, why don't you know how to wear women's clothes?"

Horst wiped his sweat and felt more tired than fighting the B-235.

"I don't know how to wear such complicated things." Miss Berndt said matter-of-factly, "Carmen helped me wear it, and I didn't wear it myself."

Horst opened his mouth, feeling that his words had become so poor.

Jessica arranged Minnie's clothes happily and touched Minnie's little head gently.

"It would be great if I can change back. Thank you for the gift of the gods." Jessica took a long breath, "Mr. Horst, what's going on? How did you do it?"

"Neither do I..." Seeing Miss Berndt's shining eyes and swallowing the excuse she made up before she reached her lips, Horst put away his smile, lowered his gaze to the ground, and whispered, "I'm sorry. "

Miss Berndt was stunned for a moment, then bit her lip and nodded with a slight smile: "I understand, in this mysterious world, there are many things that are really not suitable for the second person to know. I understand, thank you for not perfunctory with me."

"Ahem, um, can you understand what happened to her?" Horst said awkwardly, "I don't understand it at all."

"I can only speculate based on occult knowledge." Miss Burnt explained, "Once distorted, it cannot be restored. This is an iron rule. But before Minnie completed the distortion, the process was terminated. This At that time, for some unknown reason, the mystery from Tsathogya that had always eroded her was taken away. At this time, Minnie was conceptually in an intermediate state between normal and abnormal. In which direction did she change? It’s entirely up to her will.”

"Then she has recovered?"

"No, how many ordinary people who have had deep contact with the mysterious can return to normal? If nothing else happens, I'm afraid she will continue like this." Miss Berndt smiled, "But fortunately, as long as you pay attention to something , she can still live like a normal child and grow up slowly. And she has a few more strange skills than a normal child, which is not necessarily a bad thing."

Horst recalled Green's final judgment last night and could only marvel at the accuracy of the prediction.

"I will take her back to the church later and ask experts from the church to check her again. We are all making random guesses. It is safer to ask professionals to confirm. In fact, it is safest to ask the bishop for help, but she doesn't know what she is busy with recently. What, rarely go to church.”

Horst wanted to tell her what their bishop was up to, but remembering the string of zeros on the confidentiality agreement, he still showed a subtle smile.

"If there is no problem, let her live in my house for a while. It is better not to return to the normal world before she can master herself. It just so happens that I have been busy organizing books and records in the past few days, and I have no time to accompany my mother and Connor, let her stay with them so that she can have company."

"You just said there was something gained?"

"Well, I found out. That thing is called the Eye of Horus, and there are eight of them in total. They are very mysterious. Once exposed to the gaze of the Eye of Horus, consciousness will be quickly eroded, and perception will be severely distorted. I saw and heard extremely terrifying visions.”

"Why would your family keep such a dangerous thing and put it together with the Lord of Shadow's Awakening Guidance Scroll?"

"The records say that the Burnt family is the custodian of the legacy of the Shadow Church, and this Eye of Horus is one of the church's legacies. Although it is dangerous, it has a special function."

"Um?"

"The correlation between them is very strong. If you master the correct method, you can find other Eyes of Horus through one of the Eyes of Horus."

Horst tilted his head, not understanding what Jessica meant: "What's the point of this?"

"This Eye of Horus was found together with the guidance scroll."

Horst frowned: "How many theoretical guidance scrolls are there?"

"Seven levels."

"Hiss~~ Seven were hidden with the guidance scroll, and the remaining one is equal to the map." Horst said thoughtfully, "It seems that the Shadow Church at that time had already arranged everything. Wait, that's not right... "

"how?"

"Yesterday I heard Green say, uh, Green is..."

"Ah, Mr. Steed told me. I know him, the master of occultism on the seaside. It's a pity that he can only hide in the shelter to avoid hounds all year round."

"Yes, that's him. He also mentioned that the Burnt family is one of the custodians of the inheritance, but according to him, the God of Thieves attacked suddenly, and the church was uprooted in a short period of time, leaving almost no time to do anything. To react. However, if our speculation just now is correct, this is a big project. Can the Shadow Church really accomplish all this in such a short period of time in front of the enemy?"

"At least our Burnt family probably moved before the church collapsed." Jessica glanced at Minnie. The little guy was not interested at all and was curiously playing with Horst's kerosene stove. Then she whispered. , “I suspect all the custodians left early.”

"In other words, the Lord of Shadows and the Church of Shadows have probably anticipated that something will happen to them, so they have made arrangements in advance."

"Well, at least they left a legacy of awakening, Mr. Horst." Jessica said with joy, "If we can really find other legacy along the Eye of Horus, we don't have to worry about not having a guidance scroll for the next level. It’s a pity that I haven’t found the correct way to use the Eye of Horus yet.”

Horst shook his head: "Now that someone has discovered its correlation, it is estimated that they are not far away from understanding how to use it. If you find an opportunity, you can..."

"Dang, Dang."

While the two were talking, there was a gentle knock on the door of the room.

A very polite knock on the door.

"Which one?"

There was no response from the door.

Horst and Miss Berndt looked at each other, and Miss Berndt nodded and held up the folding fan.

Horst picked up his cane, quickly walked to the door, pressed against the wall outside the door frame and opened the door.

The door was empty.

Up, down, left, and right, not even a single person was seen.

It was like someone was playing a prank.

However, when he was about to close the door, Horst found a card taped to the door.

Twilight District, No. 4, Wine Red Street.

There was no signature, just a hand drawn on the corner of the card.

Black hands.

(Afternoon update at 6pm)