novelonline Chapter 3006: The Self-Destructing Heart
Chapter 3006: The Self-Destructing Heart
Chapter 3006: The Self-Destructing Heart
"Father, when can we go back? We are all good people in my family. I think there must be something wrong with Fisher and his people. People in the city always say that their factories exploit workers!"
Mrs. Bennet said as she headed for the door, even offering to help Megan take the things off the dining cart.
Xia De still used the same excuse:
"The investigation will have results soon, and the church will not wrongly accuse any good person."
Mr. Bennet said worriedly:
"Father, my wife's health has not been good recently. If it is convenient, can you call a doctor to check her out later?"
"What's up with her?"
"I'm fine!"
The woman, who seemed to be afraid of getting in trouble, said immediately that although Mrs. Bennet had already looked old in her middle age, she still looked very good when she was young. She called her youngest son to help carry the food. When Megan saw the boy approaching, she immediately stood behind Shade and stopped.
"Father, don't listen to Thomas' nonsense. This is an old problem of mine. Can you help me ask when we can go back? You can ask whatever you want and check whatever you want. We are really good people."
Of course, Shad couldn't make them leave immediately, but he promised Mrs. Bennet that he would ask for her later.
As for the "masked man" Thomas Bennett, whose identity had been confirmed by Shade, he calmly persuaded his wife that the church would definitely let them go after the investigation was completed.
It’s just that Thomas Bennet has been asking the church to invite a doctor to treat his wife, and he is quite persistent about this. But in the eyes of Shad and Megan, Mrs. Bennet doesn’t seem to have any serious illness.
However, this was also a suspicious point, so Shade really went to the church to find someone to invite a doctor for Mrs. Bennet. After carefully examining the uneasy woman, the doctor also believed that she had no major problems except chronic pneumonia and some mental tension.
Thomas Bennet thanked the doctor, but everyone could see that he was still very worried about his wife.
The time spent in the Dawn Church was longer than originally planned, but Shade didn't find anything new. Although the purpose of this trip had been achieved, he and Megan still went to see the Koch family who were under quarantine in the church of the Sun Church.
Shade had expected Iluna to show up, but the eighteen-year-old girl never showed up.
As for the Koch family, they are a typical family of three, Mr. Koch, Mrs. Koch, and their sixteen-year-old youngest son.
Mr. Koch is younger than Mr. Bennett and Baron Fisher, but his reputation in the local area is no less than that of the baron. As the vice president of the Lumberjacks Association, he controls the jobs of many local families. Even now that Ximu Town has changed so much, the Lumberjacks Association is still the largest guild organization in the local area.
The girl from the Fisher family just now said that the Koch family also had problems, so Shade also wanted to see what strange things this family was related to. On the way to the third church, Shade and Megan and Audrey made some guesses, but none of them guessed correctly.
There was nothing wrong with the Kochs' youngest son and Mrs. Koch, but when Shad met Mr. Koch, he found that his heartbeat was not right.
Shad has the ability to sense heartbeats, the "Heart of Stone". The "Heart of Stone" can indeed hear the other person's heartbeat, but that heartbeat is different from that of normal people, such as Shad himself, Megan, and Mrs. Koch.
Xia De couldn't tell what the specific difference was, but he was sure that the other person had a serious heart problem.
The family should have undergone a physical examination when entering the church. Shad then asked the ring warlock of the Sun Church who brought him and Megan here about the family's physical examination and got the answer that there was no problem at all.
“But is it really okay?”
However, since the other party did not have the time curse and there was no reaction from the paradox worm in his soul, it should have nothing to do with what Shade wanted to investigate. So Shade did not expose Mr. Koch in person, but told the Sun Church about it and let them solve it themselves.
Thus ended the night's journey, and by the time we returned to the Glorious Emissary, it was already 11 o'clock on Wednesday night.
Miss Edwards did not return to her room to rest, but followed Shade to his room. In the room, the Duchess was already waiting in her specially selected pajamas:
"Why are you so slow?"
The red-haired witch put down the book in her hand and asked with dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction was mainly directed at the two sisters holding hands:
"You guys didn't sneak out to eat, did you? We agreed that tonight's snacks were for us to share."
As she said this, she opened her arms and hugged Xia De, but then she sniffed him all over again, but found no signs that the snacks had been eaten.
"I don't really like you calling me a snack."
Shade protested, then kissed the suspicious Duchess on the forehead, while Megan and Audrey immediately fought back:
"Carina, we are not the kind of people who like to cheat. We are not like you, who were the first to attack Shade but kept it a secret from everyone."
But this was a compliment to Carina Cavendish, who always considered it an honor:
"Alright, alright, go wash up first. Tonight has just begun. But what did you find out? You don't want to waste the first half of this precious night and end up with nothing, right?"
As he spoke, he reached out to help Xia De take off his coat. Seeing Xia De looking around, he explained:
"Mi Mia was taken away by Tifa. I knew you would look for the cat as soon as you came back."
"We found the traces of the messenger of desire, or rather, the other party exposed himself voluntarily."
Megan said, turning around to close the door and pull the curtains tight, then she also changed her clothes next to Shade. Their pajamas had been delivered by Tifa in advance.
"The Messenger of Desire? Is she like the Countess Darmanin from Moon Bay that Shade mentioned? How did Shade get involved with that Unknowable-level relic again?"
In fact, Carina didn't care much. When Megan and Audrey were talking about what happened tonight, she impatiently took off Shad's shirt and dove into his arms:
"I just like this sense of security. To me, desire is part of us mortals. It is against the laws of nature to completely abandon desire. As for desire, Shade can try to accept some of it. He just needs to remember to control himself. Even the power of desire can help us.
Megan is right, if that girl can really help us deal with Bennett, why not use it? "
But it was obvious that she could no longer control herself, and she had been waiting in this room for a long time before Shad and the sisters came back.
The witches didn't bring out the goblets tonight, but the passionate ladies still made the stranger's night quite fulfilling. Although this also caused him to have insufficient sleep, it was worth sacrificing some sleep time for the reserve in the vial of perfume.
"What happened these past two days? Why is it that someone always doesn't get up at breakfast time?"
While everyone was having lunch early Thursday morning, Xiwei expressed his dissatisfaction to Shad:
"Eating breakfast together is a symbol of promoting relationships and deepening solidarity. Besides, our breakfast time is from 7:30 to 8:00 in the morning, which shouldn't be too early, right? Are Carina and Megan so lazy?"
So Shad looked at Luvia for help, but the fortune teller smiled and ignored him; he looked at Vanessa again, but the little witch pretended to chat with Sirius and didn't say a word.
Finally, it was the blue-eyed boat girl who spoke:
"Miss Shad and Miss Edwards came back very late last night. She didn't return to her room until before dawn today. She must have been very busy. There's no need to save her breakfast. She had a midnight snack before returning to her room, and she looked very full."
So Xiwei thought that the Gemini witches had done other work last night:
"So what happened to Carina?"
This time Dorothy came to the rescue. She patted Ajelina's leg, and the little princess lied honestly:
"I asked my great aunt Carina for advice last night, and she went home very late."
The people at the breakfast table had different expressions. Many people knew the truth, but some were just skeptical. If everyone's thoughts and feelings were written down at this moment, it would probably be more complicated than a novel about court politics.
Miss Orlanod was observing everyone's expressions, so the ancient witch had an interesting guess. Especially when she saw Shade lowering his head and not intending to let anyone see his eyes, she felt that her guess was right:
"It seems that not all witches of this era are so reserved."
Fortunately, Shad soon didn't have to pay attention to these, because when he was telling everyone about what he had gained from going out last night, Miss Bell sent him key intelligence from the city:
"Mr. Koch is from the Truth Society!"
Last night, Shade discovered that the man's heartbeat was abnormal, and the Church of the Sun certainly had no doubts about the discovery of the "God Summoner".
Therefore, after Shad and Megan left, the church arranged for the family to undergo another physical examination. Mr. Koch, who realized something was wrong, wanted to escape, and then fought with the church ring warlock on the spot.
Mr. Koch is just an ordinary man, and even if he is a ring wizard, there is no way he can defeat the team of the Church of the Sun in a place like a church.
The clergymen dealt with him neatly, but when people wanted to take a closer look at what was wrong with his heart, the silver mechanical metal heart flew out of his chest, then expanded and exploded on the spot.
To be more precise, it was about to explode, but was stopped.