Chapter 727: Profane Sacrifice
Let's say goodbye to Aurore first.
Lumian closed the window, walked out of the room, and came to the door of the first floor. He saw Aurore standing at the door, wearing a light-colored stand-up collar dress and holding a small ceramic jar of animal fat.
He stepped forward, hugged Aurore gently from behind, and then said silently in his heart: "Time, let's go back to the place where the dream begins."
But after waiting for a while, everything in front of him was still the same, there was no fragmented picture, and there was no darkness anomaly. He was still in the same place, without restarting the time loop.
That’s not right!
Isn't this my dream?
As long as I want to restart the time loop, will the dream return to March 29th?
But why is it malfunctioning now?
"Lumian, today is Lent, do you want to play another prank?"
While Lumian was dazed, Aurore had already reached out and grabbed Lumian's right ear, exerted a little force, and scolded: "I thought you had learned well these days, but it turned out you were holding back a prank. Are you? Want to do something for Lent?”
"Ah, Aurore, I didn't... Hiss, be gentle, be gentle, you almost twisted my ears off."
The pain in his ears brought Lumian back to reality, leaving him no longer in the mood to think about why he couldn't restart the time loop.
"It should help you improve your memory."
Aurore tried a little harder, and when she saw that Lumian's grinning in pain didn't look like he was pretending, she let him go and warned him: "Don't play pranks during the ceremony."
"I understand, Aurore." Lumian covered his red ears and took two steps back.
The Spring Elf Parade was gradually approaching here, and Aurore had no intention of teaching Lumian a lesson.
"I am the spirit of spring."
"She has a sweet and pretty face."
"..."
"Sing it, dance it."
"Only in this way can we get a good harvest..."
Behind him, Raymond and other young people shouted in unison: "Good harvest! Good harvest!"
After listening to this with a smile, Aurore took a leaf and handed a jar of animal fat to Ava: "Thank you, Spring Spirit."
Lumian, who was standing behind him, felt that the bustle in front of him was extremely noisy and annoying at the moment, making it difficult for him to concentrate and think about the reason why he could not start the time loop again.
"Lumian, don't you like to be busy the most? Why are you hiding at home today?"
Raymond, who caught a glimpse of Lumian, took a few steps forward and grabbed Lumian's arm. The two young men next to him followed suit and pulled Lumian into the blessing parade regardless of Lumian's reluctance.
With celebration and joy, the blessing parade, filled with songs, kept knocking on the doors of every villager in Kordu Village.
On the second floor of the old tavern, through the window next to the window, the three Forsi people also saw the lively scene on the street.
"This is the Spring Elf Parade during Lent. It doesn't look out of the ordinary." Miss Frank frowned and thought. With her limited occult knowledge, she really couldn't tell any clues. She just felt that the Spring Elf's costume was pretty good. Yes, quite cute.
"Demons often show their amiable side before eating people." Fors reminded.
Claude said nothing, just smiled and looked at the lively scene below.
"Should we follow along to watch the fun?"
"On such a wonderful holiday, if we still stay in our rooms, it would be a waste of the opportunity to come here."
Seeing Claude's agreement, Forsi didn't say anything, and followed Miss Frank downstairs, who was obviously impatient, and followed the team.
The parade passed by the administrator's residence, which was transformed from an old castle during the Sauron royal family. It is located on the hill on the edge of Kordu village. It is dark in color and has two towers towering on the left and right.
The person who came out to greet the spring spirit was Mrs. Pualis. She was wearing a light green waist-length dress, looking noble and reserved.
The spring spirit Ava exchanged tree seeds for a basket of eggs, and the parade set off again.
Mrs. Pualis watched them leave with an inexplicable smile on her lips.
When she caught a glimpse of the three Fors, her expression suddenly became dull, as if she was stuck in some kind of thinking that she couldn't come up with an answer to.
The parade came to the waterside, held a waterside ceremony, and then headed to the Eternal Sun Church.
At this time, near noon, most of the villagers in the village had gathered here, including Aurore.
The Eternal Sun Church, with its arc-shaped dome, is 11 to 2 meters high. From the outside, it looks like it is holding an onion, while looking up from the inside, it is a magnificent mural of the sun.
At noon, when the sun should have been at its most dazzling, Lumian felt a coldness that made him shiver all over.
It was here, in front of the church, that he saw Pierre chop off Ava's head with an axe!
This is where he first started the time loop!
He suppressed the uneasy restlessness in his heart, found Aurore, and stayed by her side, while being alert to other possible abnormal changes.
He wanted to tell Aurore that something strange was about to happen here, but he was afraid that his actions would cause different changes.
At least this time, he will try his best to protect Aurore!
But what makes Lumian feel strange is that Lent is gradually coming to an end, and the parish priest Guillaume has never appeared, and Ava has not been killed.
The villagers were leaving the church in an orderly manner and returning to their homes. There was nothing unusual about it.
What went wrong?
Although Guillaume was killed last time, he should have come back to life again as the time cycle restarted.
Otherwise, if a priest died, the people in the church would definitely find out.
This is unusual, very unusual.
"Lumian, what are you thinking about? We should go back." Aurore patted Lumian on the shoulder and asked in confusion: "Are you hiding something from me?"
"No, I'm just wondering why that bastard priest didn't show up."
"Maybe he's sick. I heard about it from other people."
"That's great. He should be cured."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let's go back."
Lumian, who was in a more relaxed mood, walked in front. After taking two steps, he found that Aurore didn't catch up. He turned around to ask about the situation, but found that Aurore's light blue eyes became unusually empty and unfamiliar.
When Lumian was about to speak, Aurore threw the powder made of some kind of tree in her hand at him. Lumian, who forgot to dodge due to shock, had a dark vision and fainted.
When he woke up again, it was because of the severe pain from a heavy punch in the abdomen that made him curl up and open his eyes.
What came into view was the magnificent murals, the arc-shaped dome, and then the face of the parish priest that made him extremely disgusted.
This is the church, and he was caught here.
Lumian immediately understood his situation and instinctively began to observe the surroundings.
He saw Raymond's father Pierre Clergue, Ava's father Guillaume Lizier, neighbor Louis Baedek, and almost all the villagers.
He also saw the altar that had been completely changed. There were no sunflowers, but tulips, lilacs and other things that symbolized the secret existence.
The emblem of the sun god behind the altar had also disappeared, replaced by an abnormally twisted thorn ring that seemed to have black liquid flowing.
The parish priest, they turned the Eternal Sun Church directly into an evil altar that believes in secret existence?
Haha, what a blasphemy!
"Awake?"
Seeing Lumian wake up, the parish priest looked over, and his gaze was full of smiles, as if he was admiring a newly completed work of art.
"Where's Auror?"
"Don't worry, you will meet again."
"Release Auror, I will let you deal with me, don't you just want to use me as a sacrifice?"
"Do you really think you see through everything?" The parish priest laughed happily, "You were not the vessel I was looking for from the beginning, your sister Auror was."
Hearing this, Lumian felt a strong anger and powerlessness in his heart. He wanted to go crazy to stop them from hurting Auror, but he was tied up tightly and couldn't get rid of the restraints.
"I'll tell you another secret." The parish priest came closer and lowered his voice, "You don't really think that you are the only one who can remember the memory of every time cycle?"
Lumian's struggling movements froze instantly, and the biting coldness from every inch of his body was like a poisonous snake, crawling towards his heart little by little and began to gnaw, making him feel unprecedented coldness and helplessness.