Above the gray mist, inside the magnificent and solemn mysterious palace.

Due to the limitations of his own abilities, and the fact that the witch always maintained an anti-divination effect directed at herself, Klein formulated all the questions into sentence patterns related to himself, and divined several of the most critical ones in his opinion.

question:

I, along with my family and colleagues, experienced spiritual spells and emotional guidance for a week.

My knowledge was tampered with within a week, and I was completely unaware of the impact.

I have been affected by hallucinations and auditory hallucinations within a week.

The above-mentioned influences on me were all caused by the same person.

What surprised and frightened him was that the divination results showed a positive answer to the above questions!

What this means is almost self-evident.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Klein performed one last divination in the palace above the gray mist.

"The woman who is staying at my house now wants to gain 'pleasure' from my side."

——This is the inspiration that Klein got from the name of the potion "Happy Witch".

If Alice is really a strong person who has entered the middle sequence, the "Happy Witch" of sequence 6, judging from her apparent age...

Well, whether she is really seventeen years old or seventeen years and a few dozen months old, she must know how to advance quickly.

This also means that she is performing and needs to be "happy"!

The silver chain of the citrine pendulum was pulled and pulled by the mysterious force, making it swing clockwise.

Klein opened his mouth wordlessly, feeling a little confused for a moment and not knowing how to react next.

Yes, joy...

Alice seemed to just want to have fun from his reaction. Every time she saw his awkward and inexperienced expression, she would show a very happy expression.

If this is her acting needs, it can explain her usual performance.

Heck, can joy be performed in this way? It sounds so inappropriate for children, but it turns out to be a pleasure crime?

Continuous thinking and divination made Klein feel spiritually empty and powerless, so he quickly meditated and simulated the feeling of falling back to reality.

The furnishings in the room were still exactly the same as before he ascended into the gray mist, without any change.

But in this warm and peaceful bedroom of his own home, Klein opened his eyes and looked at the rays of sunlight shining on the floor through the curtains, but he couldn't feel any warmth at all.

At a room temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius, he only felt an unknown chill spreading throughout his body.

I actually spent so many days ignorantly and ridiculously without even realizing it!

If there was no mysterious transfer ceremony and he could not go to the space above the gray fog, would he still be kept in the dark and continue to turn a blind eye to the anomalies around him?

And as long as some time passes and you become truly familiar with the witch, the occasional sense of incongruity that you usually have will be easier to ignore.

At that time, he will only think that he really likes the witch, thereby dispelling all doubts, and even becoming willing to reveal the deepest secrets in his heart to her!

On the seventh day after becoming a Beyonder, Klein once again experienced the panic and uneasiness of the first moments of time travel.

But this time, he deliberately forced himself to regain his composure, and long-term meditation practice allowed him to quickly complete the process.

After regaining his thinking ability, the first thing Klein did was to move the full-length mirror to the corner of the room, where other furniture could not be seen. Even so, he was a little uneasy, always feeling that the next second would

A face emerged from the mirror.

Terrified by his own imagination, Klein went to find the old quilt cover he had not thrown away when he moved, and covered the full-length mirror. Only then did he feel a little more at ease.

Afterwards, he carefully closed the curtains in the room to prevent the glass windows from reflecting the reflection in the room, and to prevent the witch from peeking into his side of the world from the weird and fantastic mirror world.

After doing all this, Klein took out his pocket watch and took a look. He found that it was only close to four in the afternoon, and he still had two to three hours to think about strategies to deal with the witch.

After really calming down and thinking for a while, Klein realized that the unreasonable things he had concluded in a panic could be roughly divided into the following two types.

One is unconditional trust, and the other is goodwill to a certain extent.

It is true that trust and goodwill can completely explain himself, as well as Benson and Melissa's attitude towards the witch.

If the entire process takes longer, for example, after a month of familiarity and communication, and the two parties gradually develop a foundation of trust and goodwill, then there will be nothing to doubt.

However, now, the process of generating trust and goodwill is obviously too fast, as if it is guided and catalyzed by some invisible force.

...Is it written in the Nighthawk information that the witch is good at enchantment?

But what is her purpose in doing this?

Klein fell into deep confusion.

If Alice is really the "Witch of Joy" written on the wanted poster, she should now be focusing on avoiding the pursuit of the Nighthawks and other official forces. How can she go out and hang out openly every day?

No, that's not right, you can't think like that.

How could he be sure that she was just wandering on the street when she went out, instead of carrying out some secret plot?

He knew nothing about her movements during the day!

Klein pressed his eyebrows with a headache, feeling that the information he currently had was still too little.

Before determining the truth or falsehood of Alice's unilateral remarks, he could only conclude from as objective a point of view as possible that she had not shown any obvious malice towards him or his family for the time being.

The biggest problem now is the "contract" he signed.

The premise is that there is really a problem with it.

Although Klein has verified the authenticity of the "contract", he now no longer dares to believe his previous judgment, and he is not sure that it was not caused by some magical "sealed object", so inevitably, he felt

Some worries.

Fortunately, if there is a problem, it will only affect him, at least it will not affect Benson and Melissa who live under the same roof.

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

After a while, Klein decided on the next battle strategy.

First of all, play the role of "divineer" as much as possible so that he can quickly digest the magic potion and improve his strength; during his free time, look for incident information related to the wanted order, which was on the front page of the newspaper some time ago.

"The Serial Disappearance Case in Dixi County"; on weekdays, he pretended not to notice anything unusual, tested the witch's tone, and if possible, tried to keep this dangerous variable away from his home.

Klein let out a long sigh of relief, only to realize that his back was soaked with sweat.

He then went into the bathroom to tidy up briefly, put on a clean shirt and coat, and picked up a non-silk top hat. After making sure that nothing was missing, he left the house and took a public carriage to the Divination Club.

"Pretending" can help him speed up the digestion of the potion, so even though there was not much time left this afternoon, Klein chose to go to Halls Street and continue to play his role as "divineer".

Fortunately, his hard work was not in vain.

Mr. Glacis, who had escaped from liver disease, invited Klein to divine an investment plan for him.

This is not difficult for him now, and soon he received a reward of 8 pence from the client.

But when Klein left the citrine room he usually used, he learned from Miss Angelica at the front desk that he seemed to have missed another guest who had specifically requested his divination.

"It's a pity that something was delayed today." After missing out on a role-playing business, Klein could only sigh regretfully after hearing this, "If this gentleman still wants me to perform divination for him next time he comes, please, please

Be sure to tell him that I usually come to the club every other day, and as for the time, madam, you understand, it is in the afternoon."

"Okay, Mr. Moretti." Miss Angelica at the front desk agreed.

Before leaving, Klein handed over the commission as usual and gave the lady a small tip, pretending that he charged 1 sole.

Well, this is also a necessary expense for managing interpersonal relationships... He tried to comfort himself and ease the pain in his heart.

After walking out of the club, Klein returned to the street and thought about what he could do now.

If he wanted to find relevant information about the cases in Dixi County, it was obviously the easiest and most convenient way to submit an application to the Nighthawks; but the disadvantages were also obvious, and he had no reason to do so.

Even if you use the excuse of writing novels as a shield, mentioning it repeatedly and deliberately will seem too abrupt and easily arouse others' suspicion.

Before finding out the true intention of the witch, Klein didn't want to cause trouble. Even though the witch seemed to be very talkative, who knew what the consequences would be if he angered her. He didn't dare to risk the lives of himself and his family.

After thinking about it this way, he found that he could actually choose to go to the library.

According to the management methods of this era, the library will probably contain newspapers published daily by major newspapers. He only needs to select those case reports published by local newspapers in Dixi County in recent times, and he can initially restore the past of the witch.

——

The premise is that those cases were really written by her.

Yes, one more thing. In the next two days, Old Neil will take him to the trading market for extraordinary materials. At that time, he may be able to buy some semi-finished products and make spiritual talismans that can resist charm or distinguish hallucinations.

In this way, he can at least maintain a certain degree of self-esteem when facing the witch and will not be too strongly affected.

"The amulets for Benson and Melissa should also be considered... Hey, this will cost a lot of money..."

It seems that we can only learn from Old Neil’s style and find a way to use the reimbursement method to get some materials...

With this in mind, Klein got on the public carriage and announced the name of the place he was going to:

"Jinwutong District, in front of Deville Library."

The staff member who was about to remind him about the mileage and fee amount took his hand back and reminded him kindly:

"Sir, do you want to go to the library? But at this time, it should be closed."

Klein was stunned when he heard this. He took out his pocket watch and glanced at the dial that was close to six o'clock. Only then did he realize that he had forgotten to consider the closing time of public facilities.
To be continued...