novelonline Chapter 4030 Opening the Tomb
Chapter 4030 Opening the Tomb
Chapter 4030 Opening the Tomb
Xia De held Wei Ge, whose eyes were red from crying, and hesitated for a moment:
“I don’t want your Speaker to know I exist yet. I’ll transform into a cat and hide in Miss McDonald’s arms. Your Speaker has seen my transformed form before, so don’t let her notice this cat.”
As he spoke, Shad transformed into a ball of silver light in front of Viggo, and then into a silver cat even smaller than Mia.
Miss McDonald bent down, and Shad the cat nimbly leaped onto her arm. The girl, still pale-faced, actually felt warmth at that moment because of the cat's presence. She stood there motionless, her lips pursed, and no one knew what she was thinking.
After waiting a while, Adele, Megan, and Bella were called to Viggo's room to hear her recount her "nightmare" with red eyes.
The skin was also brought back by Shad, and it was currently lying in the corner of the room. The three witches, after hearing the story, had different expressions, but in reality, only Adele had just learned of it:
"Wei Ge, do you mean..."
“I want to go to the family cemetery and dig out my father’s coffin so I can verify my lineage.”
"Wei Ge, is your mother also buried in the cemetery?"
Megan thought that since her ancestor could fake his death, perhaps this would happen again. Viggo also considered this possibility, or rather, she was now applying every possible conspiracy theory to her mother:
"Yes, my mother passed away after giving birth to me and was buried there first. After my father passed away, he was buried with her."
The Astley family has a traditional family cemetery in the area, dating back to before the founding of Carsenric. The old-time duke who surrendered to Carsenric is also buried in this cemetery.
The cemetery is not located in the city, but in the nearby mountains and forests. After leaving the Fragrant Residence, there is no need to go down the mountain. Instead, head west along the mountainside, leave the city limits from the side of the upper city, and walk along the mountain path to reach this ancient cemetery.
No one was in the mood to appreciate the night view. In addition to the four great witches, many of the girls under the singer Wei had also come along. Miss McDonald was standing in the crowd holding Shad the cat.
After softly apologizing to her parents, Viggo, wrapped in a long trench coat and constantly comforted by Adele and Bella, signaled to the girls to open the joint burial tomb.
Megan stood beside the grave to prevent any accidents, and the speed at which a grave could be dug open by magic was actually quite fast.
Two coffins appeared in the grave pit shortly afterward, and all the soil in the pit was moved to the ground to the side. Megan glanced at Viggo, and only after confirming that she nodded did she raise her hands and send the two coffins flying out.
The four witches approached the coffin, and Vige pointed to the one on the left:
"This is my father's coffin, and the one on the right is my mother's."
Even Shad the cat craned its neck to look ahead, and as the coffin nails fell off one by one, the coffin lid was opened. Viggo glanced inside, then threw herself into Adele's arms and began to cry again. Adele, at the thirteenth level, wasn't particularly affected by Viggo's constitution; she continued to comfort the poor girl.
Since Shadcat couldn't see inside the coffin, Miss McDonald said, as if talking to herself:
"The remains are all there, and the burial goods are all there too."
The thick coffin made of nanmu wood, the brass edging, and the pre-burial preservation treatment allowed the two bodies to withstand more than 20 years of aging. Only the soft tissues were significantly dehydrated and shrunken, and the skin was dark brown and leathery, making them mummies. The facial contours were even faintly visible.
The witches then randomly opened three other tombs nearby, confirming through bloodline consistency that Vigo's father's body had not been switched. Subsequently, Bella, the great witch of fate, took tissue samples from Vigo's father's body and examined them along with Vigo's blood.
Divining blood relations is also a common task for diviners, and she was very skilled at it, quickly giving good news:
“No problem, Vige is indeed a direct descendant of this male corpse, I am absolutely certain that this conclusion is correct. If the content of Vige’s nightmare is true, it can only mean that she has an older sister or younger sister, or a blood-related aunt.”
Xia De hadn't had a chance to ask about the specific time of the "breeding experiment" while the "Skin Inquiry Technique" was still active, but considering that Wei Ge's mother passed away after her birth, and the necklace found in the box had been kept by Wei Ge's father and later passed down to Wei Ge, it's highly likely that if Wei Ge really has sisters, then that would be her older sister.
It's good news for everyone that Vigo wasn't born in a strange way. Shad Cat also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't mind Vigo's background, it would certainly be better if it were more normal.
After a brief moment of joy, Viggo continued to sob and cry. Adele comforted her and then gestured for Megan and Bella to examine the body of Viggo's mother, the woman named Lemaître.
On one hand, they needed to determine if this was truly the other person's corpse, and on the other hand, they continued to investigate the blood relationship between Vigo and the corpse. After all, given the appearance of leather items, there was still a very small possibility that Vigo was actually unrelated to Peggy Lemaître.
Examining the body took a little longer, since even if a Ringwitch is dead, the body isn't necessarily completely safe. Shad the Cat was then held patiently in Miss McDonald's arms.
However, he noticed that Megan and Bella would occasionally steal glances in their direction, as would Vigo. Even Adele had cast her gaze in this direction a few times, though Shad wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.
Megan and Bella's tests have also yielded definitive results:
"Wei Ge is indeed a direct descendant of this human body. But this human body is most likely not a corpse."
Wei Ge suddenly looked at them:
"Not Mother's body? You mean, Mother might not be dead yet?"
Megan shook her head and patiently explained to her:
"This body is indeed your mother's flesh and blood, but it is not a corpse. It is a complete shell that has been regrown from a part of her flesh and blood. You know that my ancestors' situation was more complicated. I have seen similar techniques. Whether it is creation or necromancy experts, they can actually do this."
In your dream, didn't your mother say she could create physical clones? This should be something similar.
So, this is indeed not a corpse, but it doesn't necessarily mean she faked her death. It's possible that your mother, fearing her own body would cause trouble in the future, used some means to switch the body before she died, placing the real corpse elsewhere to prevent the cemetery's tranquility from being disturbed.
However, the possibility that Vigo's mother faked her death still existed, so Bella comforted her again:
"Even after more than twenty years, this fake corpse still retains trace amounts of unstable whispering elements. This proves that when this body was cultivated, your mother's health problems caused by the Emerald Record were already quite severe. She was most likely truly dead."
Bella ultimately couldn't be certain about Peggy Lemaître's condition, so the conclusion was somewhat ambiguous, and Adele then comforted Viggo again:
"But at least you can rest assured, you are indeed the child of your father and mother, not the product of some strange experiment. You are natural, beautiful, not a child born to defy the world order. Oh, Megan, sorry, I wasn't talking about you."
"It's alright, we don't mind. Our special family background has given us special power, and we are happy about it."
Miss Edwards replied, and Viggo herself knew that her information came from Shad, and Shad coming in the middle of the night must mean he was absolutely certain, which meant that the child definitely existed:
"I wonder where my sister is now, whether she knows about our mother's body, or her whereabouts."
With tears in her eyes, she expressed her gratitude to Adele, Megan, and Bella, then looked at the two coffins and insisted on reburying her parents herself.
The three witches couldn't stop her, so they had no choice but to let her do it herself:
“Vige, keep some tissue from your mother’s body. Then let Flora and Bella work together to find the location of her real body. Although Flora is exceptionally skilled in shapeshifting, don’t forget that she is the Great Witch of Death.”
Wei Ge agreed, and then, standing beside the coffin, she tearfully apologized to her parents, her already pale face becoming even more unsightly.
This heartbreaking scene even stirred a pang of sympathy in Adele, who wondered if she should step aside so that Shad could appear and comfort Viggo.
However, Wei Ge quickly forced herself to stop crying, but she wasn't pretending to be strong. Instead, with red eyes, she said to her three colleagues:
"I feel like there's something at the bottom of my mother's coffin, not inside, but at the bottom of the outside."
Adele, Bella, and Megan exchanged glances, but none of them seemed to feel anything.
However, since Viggo had spoken, Megan raised her hand and made the coffin fly up. Everyone looked up at the bottom of the coffin and saw a palm-sized black symbol.
The symbol resembled a scab on rotten wood, but upon closer inspection, it was clearly a "triangle enclosing a vertical pupil" mark. This was the symbol on the ring possessed by a member of the Truth Society, which Miss Pavo had shown, the same symbol on the ring left by Vigo's mother.
Even Shad the Cat, who was far away, did not sense this at the bottom of the coffin before observing it. It seems that this is a mark that only Viggo can sense.
Having learned from her previous experience, Vige guessed the meaning of the symbol as soon as she saw it.
She didn't bring her mother's ring, but it wasn't too far from Fragrant Manor. After finding out the ring's exact location, Megan went back and brought it back shortly afterward.