Chapter 3276 "Carnation House"

“Ha~”

After yawning gently, Xia Debai, who was wrapped in a black coat, walked off the carriage bored. The night was already a little deeper, and the night in the city was still hazy gray fog. There were fine snowflakes floating in the sky, and the wind passing through the streets was more bone-blazing than before.

There was not a single person under the gas street lights on both sides of the street. The coachman took his fare and left quickly. When he sighed, the white mist exhaled from his mouth like a long dragon. Xia De looked around again and then pushed open the door of Old John's pawn shop.

It was Friday night. After reclaiming the combined dice in the evening and saying goodbye to Denister, he ate supper with the cat at home and came over.

There are only bars on the corner of the street and this pawn shop with doors open. It is said that the business of the pawn shop will be better at night than during the day, because some customers do not want to be seen by others and are forced to be a seller.

Of course, the old John opened the store so late tonight, not looking forward to the business, but tonight Luvia wanted to trade the information she wanted. Luvia said in advance that she would find someone to help, but Shade didn't expect that as soon as he entered the store, he saw that Priest August, Doctor Schneider and Dorothy were all there.

Luvia discussed something with Old John at the counter. Dorothy pointed to a hat with a very vintage look on the shelf and asked the priest for the dressing style of more than 30 years ago. The blue-eyed middle-aged psychologist bent down with his hands behind his back to check a model of a plastered human skull, and seemed to be very interested in it.

"Doctor, you don't really want to buy this one, do you?"

"Good evening, detective. I want to use it to decorate my clinic to make the clinic look more professional. There is no need to remind me that I run a psychological clinic. Generally, patients always think that only professional doctors can use this kind of thing. The development of psychology is still too short."

"Good evening, detective."

"Good evening, Xia De!"

Seeing that Xia De was coming, the priest and Dorothy also greeted him. Luvia turned around at the counter and said with a smile:

"I'm waiting for you, so I can start right away."

"I wasted some time in the evening, but why did I call everyone?"

I wasted time because I finally took a shower at Denist, and Shade was very hesitant when he asked this question.

"Of course it's for insurance, and everyone has nothing to do after the exam week. Action together is also a way to deepen the unity of the group. Why? Do you think I'm doing something big?"

"No, of course not."

Xia De shook his head:

"But if I had known that everyone was there, except for the [Night Watcher], I would have brought all the other weapons and relics I could get with me."

The method that can help Luvia obtain the [Space] rune is not a relic, but a space-specific area. Although the space in the material world has been relatively stable after the Green Lake incident, the frequency of spatial abnormal events in various places is still much higher than that in normal years.

The place where Tobeske appeared was discovered by a local ring warlock. Because its structure was relatively stable, it was sold to the black market as an information resource. Old John helped Luvia acquire it, which led to the group action tonight.

"From the fate I interpreted, as long as I enter that abnormal space area and successfully leave, I will definitely be able to gain space power."

Luvia explained to Xia De, and then she saw Xia De frowning with a worried expression. However, he did not express his concerns. One quarter of the space chosen by the candidate Dorothy was present. In fact, it was nothing even if there was danger. Xia De could still play the flute and call Grace and Helen for help.

He asked:

"All four of us follow you into that space-specific area, are you?"

Luvia shook her head:

"Of course not. I can only rely on myself for this action, otherwise I will not get the power even if I walk out of that abnormal area. I am worried that after I enter it, the real space will undergo unknowable changes due to the activation of that area, so I want you to help me stare outside."

"This is a trivial matter, but are you sure it's really safe?"

Dorothy was also a little worried, Luvia nodded slightly:

"Where is there a 100% safe thing? I can only say that it is most likely safe."

"No, it's definitely safe."

The old man behind the counter spoke at this time:

“I have checked that area, that space has become affixed with another space. After you enter, you are equivalent to entering the gaps between two spaces and mixed spaces, and you need to walk out of that ‘maze’.

This kind of thing is very dangerous. At most, you can't get out and let the four of them come in to find you. Don't say that when you encounter danger, I'm afraid the detective will smash my shop afterwards."

Everyone laughed, and Xia De did not forget to defend himself:

"Dad John, I'm not someone who will implicate others. Besides, I won't let Luvia get into trouble."

Old John had a carriage in his backyard, and the group set out from the pawn shop to the northern part of Tobesque, and arrived at the rather dilapidated small "women's shelter" half an hour later.

The so-called "women's shelter" is a charity that only emerged after 1800. It mainly provides temporary shelter and basic support for married women, unmarried mothers, victims of exploitation and poor women who suffer from domestic violence.

Noble women are the main donors of this type of charity, but these types of charity are often criticized as "condoning immoral behavior" because they sometimes help unmarried mothers give birth. [Snake Heart Hospital] can actually be classified as "female shelter", but due to the official cooperation between [Snake Heart Hospital], it is much more formal than this small shelter.

In short, the women's shelter in the slums in the north of the city, called "Carnation House", has long been defeated. At this moment, the fence gate is locked, and the walls in the courtyard are covered with withered morning glory. There is no light in the empty three-story building. Dorothy commented that this place is suitable for the scene of a horror scene.

The carriage was parked in the alley, and the five people entered the courtyard, and then went inward according to the information sold by Old John. Finally, they found an abnormal space area that had been bound by rituals and would not expand in a short period of time in the ward on the southeast side of the second floor of the building.

"Isn't this a shelter? Why is the interior decoration so much like a hospital? Look at these iron beds with white curtains."

Xia De asked in a low voice, and the doctor explained softly:

"Most women who come to such places to seek shelter are sick."

The moonlight shone down from the window. After entering the room, the five people tacitly checked behind the curtains, under the iron frame bed and inside the crooked cabinet. After confirming that there was no problem here except for dust, empty bottles and debris, Xia De handed the [Night Watcher] in his hand to Luvia, but Luvia waved her hand and refused:

"I have to get out of here with my divination ability. Even if I encounter danger, I have to rely on divination to avoid it, instead of rushing up with my sword. Just wait for me to come back for an hour. If I don't show up within an hour, you can come here to find me. Xia De sensed my way, and even if I run to the end of time, he knows where I went."

She smiled and waved at everyone. After checking the items she carried on her for the last time, she turned around and walked towards the distorted light and shadow in the center of the room. As soon as she approached, she disappeared immediately. Xia De sighed and looked at Dorothy, who nodded:

"No problem, Luvia has entered the interior. Now the internal space stability is completely enough to support for an hour."

The doctor guarded the door, and Shade and Auguste guarded both sides of the window. Dorothy was near the twisted area, and the four of them chatted about what happened after the end of the year. Shade also shared many experiences about Fatummonster Island.

Because of his boredom, Dorothy found a diary wrapped in blood-stained bandages from the bedside tables scattered in the room. After a quick reading, he realized that this was the private diary left by the last group of sheltered women in this shelter.

Obviously more than one person has read this diary, but because it has no value, it is left here. However, Dorothy is very interested in this story and will not forget to share it with you after reading it:

"The shelter was originally a wealthy widow who was established after selling her husband's property, which was twenty-three years ago. Later, the widow died of illness and lost her main sponsor, but with the many property left by the widow, the shelter could still be operated.

The widow's name has been praised in the neighborhoods, and her grave is worshipped every year, and her reputation has always been very good. But two years ago, a middle-aged man in his thirty years old and disabled right leg appeared here and claimed that he wanted to retrieve his father's property."

Then she saw with satisfaction that the three of them looked at this side curiously.

"The man was sent to another place by his stepmother when he was young. Later, he heard that his father had passed away but he could not come back. He suffered a lot while growing up. When he grew up, he relied on his childhood impression to find Tobesk and investigated the women's shelter through private detectives.

The widow actually embezzled all her husband's property and did not leave even a gold coin for her stepson. Most of the wealth held by this shelter over the years belonged to that poor man.

Finally, he relied on the help of the detective and legal means to obtain ownership of the place and refused to continue operating the place, so the "Carnation House" was defeated.
Chapter completed!