In the dim room, the hanging crystal lamp emits soft light.
The cold tap water from the faucet was slapped on the face with the palm of his hand. Su Yang stared blankly at the pale and thin 16-year-old boy in the mirror, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.
He hasn't fully adapted to his new face yet.
Rumo's short hair is messy and scattered in front of his forehead. The face in front of him seems to be a fusion of the most elite parts of the East and the West. It has the three-dimensional sense of a Westerner like a ghostly axe, and the perfect facial features of an Oriental handsome man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. , the overall look is extremely stunning, but the thin cheeks make the owner of the face look a little weak.
In fact, Su Yang's body is indeed very weak now, as if he had just been seriously ill.
Continuing to sort out the strange memory called 'Kane' in his mind, Su Yang still couldn't accept the fact that he had traveled through time, or that he in the previous world had died. It was like looking at himself in the mirror, There is always an absurd sense of being unable to distinguish between fiction and reality.
No matter what, a professional psychiatrist with a small fortune should not be stabbed to death thirteen times by a female patient who 'crazyly admired' him. He didn't have enough money to bear, so he shouldn't have to bear such pain.
Looking back now, perhaps I should not have refused the female patient's special request at that time. It was obvious that in some kind of crazy hallucination, the female patient had been lost in a false world and could not extricate herself.
In general, I still underestimate the desire born of obsession. Not only should I not argue with the female patient, but I should also satisfy the female patient and tell her that the "Necronomicon" is real and was written by an Arab madman. Abdullah Alhassad rather than an American Horror Story writer named Lovecraft made up the mythical storybook that has been expanded upon by many.
Recalling the "Necronomicon" that was dyed red on his chest, Su Yang came back to his senses from the memories, and the female patient's crazy smile faded away.
It has passed after all, just like a dream that can never be seen again.
Sighing deeply, the glass in front of Su Yang gradually blurred.
The fame in the past, the social status and wealth that I had worked hard for from scratch, and even the emotional debt I had shouldered, all disappeared into thin air at this moment.
No matter how sad it is, Su Yang is dead, and now it is Kane standing in front of the mirror.
The experience of being a psychiatrist told Su Yang that apart from accepting this strange new identity, there was no other better way for him to live in this strange world. But looking at the best, even if he was mixed in his native family, If we don’t go on, it should be difficult to starve to death simply relying on our social skills.
After all, I am only sixteen years old now.
"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong... Kane? Why did you lock the door again? Are you okay? My sister brought you breakfast. You have to eat it while it's hot."
A soft female voice came from the bathroom...or rather, the wooden door of the bathroom. Kane understood that it was his sister Kelly, who was not related by blood.
As an orphan who was taken in and raised by her grandfather Herage, perhaps because she was afraid of being abandoned again, Kelly learned to do housework and take care of others very sensibly from an early age. Obviously, a little brother whose parents have been away from home for many years is a perfect person. But the object of emotional devotion.
Thanks to Kelly's outstanding appearance and temperament, the native Kane actually had feelings for the sister who took care of him. However, as he got older, the constraints of the world made Kane keep his unethical feelings suppressed. It’s just that I don’t show it from the bottom of my heart.
In addition, Uncle Fern's family, which was completely bankrupt due to encounters with kidnappers in recent years, also moved into the church. Due to the conflicting temperament of the young man, Kane, who had a few more "family members", deliberately alienated his sister. In this way This move made Kelly, who didn't know why, a little sad.
Fortunately, in addition to sorting out memories and character relationships, this month's recuperation time is enough for the 'reborn' Kane to ease his relationship with his 'sister' Kelly. Putting aside the shackles of ethical restraints, Kelly's feelings for Kelly at this moment Enlai was just a young girl, so there was no need to deliberately avoid her.
"Sister Kelly, I'm fine."
As he spoke, Kane plucked his wet hair twice, adjusted his smile, and then opened the bathroom door with a weak smile.
Seeing that Kane's hair was a little damp and messy, Kelly, who was wearing a black nun's uniform, carefully placed the white porcelain bowl with rye porridge on the low cabinet by the door, her pretty brows furrowed in worry.
"Kane, your body is already weak. How can you not wipe your hair clean after washing it?"
After two steps into the bathroom, Kelly picked up Kane's brown towel, shook it, and wiped Kane's hair skillfully.
Knowing that Kelly would be very happy every time Kelly served him, Kane did not refuse pretentiously and allowed his sister to play with his hair.
The prerequisite for integrating into a new environment is to have good relationships with other people, and Kane certainly understands this.
"Sister Kelly, you are so kind to me. If my brother-in-law sees you in the future, he will definitely be jealous."
After noticing the gentleness in the back of his head, Kane, who had long been used to it, did not have any dirty thoughts. Instead, he smiled and made a joke.
It seemed that she didn't expect her brother to joke with her like this. Her earlobes under the black veil were slightly red. After putting away the towel, Kelly gently pinched Kane's ear as punishment. However, in Kane's view, this There is no difference between grabbing and touching.
"My sister is planning to serve God all her life and become a nun. Where can I find a brother-in-law..."
"Sister Kelly is not a nun yet. What if one day she regrets her decision and wants to get married?"
"Then...then sister will find you a brother-in-law who is not jealous...drink the rye porridge quickly. It won't get better when it gets cold. Sister will get you some bread."
Watching Kelly, who was about the same height as him, run away in a panic, Kane found that it was still fun to make small jokes about Kelly occasionally.
"Gugu~Gugu~"
A familiar voice came from the end of the corridor. Kane turned his head and faced two big round eyes.
Sitting on the edge of the stained glass window is a small white-faced owl. Herrag always calls this white-faced owl Honey Bud. Kane has always guessed that this owl may be a female.
This white-faced owl can be regarded as a pet raised in the church, but this white-faced owl seems to have a lazy look when seeing everyone except Grandpa Herague. It is usually not touched, and its traces are rarely found. , even if we can meet a few times, this bird always likes to stand in a high place and look at people with its bird's eyes. For some reason, Kane always feels that this owl's eyes are full of anthropomorphic disdain.
"Bai Gugu? Gugugu?"
"Gugu~"
Just two steps closer, the white-faced owl tilted its head and flew away from the window, forcing Kane, who wanted to find out Mi Ya's true gender, to give up his unrealistic ideas.
After taking two gulps of rye porridge, Kane walked down the third floor.
The Requiem Church is located in the east district of Celephes City and covers a large area.
Not only does it have a vast exclusive cemetery, opposite the cemetery, there is also a closed flower garden near the forest to the east. However, the large iron gate of the garden is always locked, unless the head of the family, Herage, agrees. Otherwise, you can only try to climb over the spiked wall that is more than two meters high.
There are even unreliable rumors that there is a terrifying murder mechanism in the flower garden. Of course, rumors are just rumors after all, and no one has confirmed them. What's more, even if they are true, mechanisms on private property have nothing to do with most normal people, so naturally they won't. There will be those who press too far and risk offending Pastor Hellage.
Because no one would risk getting a few bloody holes in their body to look at some boring flowers and plants, naturally no one would choose to climb over the wall, let alone outsiders. Everyone knows the security of the Constantine family. The Requiem Church is the only private church in Celerphes that is not controlled by the three major churches. In name, the Requiem Church is a private property protected by French law, and it is also a church recognized by France with the ability to perform rest rites. Private chapel of rights.
Those who die on private property due to illegal trespassing are not protected by law and can be buried on the spot after a resting ceremony.
The so-called rest ceremony refers to a special religious ceremony performed by a church pastor after a person dies, and is supported by French law.
It is said that only after the rest ceremony, the deceased is buried or cremated in order to truly rest in peace. As for the fate of those who violated the rules, the French Inquisition has used bloody lessons to tell the people countless times what triple punishment is.
If you don't want to use Thor to perform resting rituals for your dead relatives, what awaits the living will be more severe pain than the dead relatives.
Of course, if a homeless man really has no money and all his family members are dead, the church arranged by France can also perform the burial ceremony for free.
Therefore, if you don't want to spend high ceremony fees at the three major churches that monopolize the rest ceremony, you can only go to a private church recognized by France.
Generally speaking, the ceremony fees of private churches are much cheaper than those of church institutions of the three major churches. Therefore, as long as there are still living people in the family, people living in Celephasis will not try to offend the funeral ceremony. The price of the funeral ceremony is only three major churches. Two-thirds of the Requiem Chapel.
As the eldest grandson of Pastor Hellage, Kane, who has sorted out his memory, knows that he has a "big family and a big business". Unless it is absolutely necessary, he does not want to start a new history of struggle. If he can successfully inherit the Requiem Church, If so, even if he could get a little bit of the Constantine family's property after his grandfather Herague died, he wouldn't have to worry about how to live for the rest of his life.
Although the church didn’t have much money, it couldn’t afford the land.
In previous lives, land was much more valuable than money, and the key was to preserve its value.
"Brother Kane, are you feeling better? Do you need my help?"
Frith, who was holding a holy book and reciting it on the second floor, saw Kane coming down the stairs. His eyes couldn't help but light up, and he immediately put down the 'holy brick' in his hand that could kill someone.
Opportunities are rare, and the opportunity to be honest and lazy cannot be missed.
Fries is the son of Uncle Fern and Aunt Jessica, and Fern is the second son of Herrag. After the death of the eldest son Kailo, there are only second son Fern Constantine and third daughter Ramos Kang. Standing was by his side.
Because the old man Herage is away on a long journey, the Requiem Church has not been open recently.
In recent days, in order to improve the performance of the church, Uncle Fern and young employee Taylor are responsible for going to cities and villages to contact customers who want to perform burial ceremonies, and make reservations according to the return date arranged by Herage.
If you don't want to pay nearly 1,000 more soles at the three major churches, you can only let Fern and Taylor take the body of the deceased back to the church basement in a van and place it in an ice coffin until the old man Herage comes back. Then 'batch process'.
It has to be said that this will indeed lose a large number of customers who are not too poor in money, but there is nothing that can be done, because the only qualified priest with the burial ceremony is the head of the Herage family.
As for Aunt Ramos, who works in a tailor shop in the city, she rents a house in Celephas City on weekdays, except for taking Anna back to church on the Seventh Day when she is not in class.
For Kane, not to mention the weak-tempered sister Kelly, including the naughty sister Anna brought by the divorced aunt Ramos, only Fries, the younger brother, is the most honest and kind among the three 'peers'.
Of course, honesty and kindness are relative to sister Anna.
Knowing what Fries wanted to express to him, with a weak smile on his pale face, Kane patted Fries' head lovingly.
One month was enough for him to successfully establish the image of a reliable big brother in the heart of a fourteen-year-old boy.
The so-called big brother naturally supports you when you get into trouble, covers for you when you make a fool of yourself, and covers for you when you are lazy.
As a boy, you have to get used to it. What's the use of staying at home and studying hard when you should go out to play... Anyway, if you are so weak, it's not you who Uncle Fern comes back to beat.
"Fris, thank you for your concern. My health is much better, but I suddenly want to drink milk. I don't know if I have any at home..."
Frith's eyes were shining brightly, and he turned around and ran downstairs. Within half a minute, Frith ran back with milk stains on his mouth amidst Kelly's exclamation.
"Brother Kane, what a coincidence. We just ran out of milk at home. I'll go to the city and buy you a bag."
"Go ahead and remember to come back before lunch."
"Mom! Give me some Sol, I'll go to the city to buy milk for Brother Kane!"
"You brat! Just go out and have fun, don't ask for money!"
Watching Fries skipping downstairs, Kane felt his throat was a little sweet and couldn't help coughing twice.
"Kane, you are too used to Frith. If grandpa were here, he would definitely say something to you... Yeah! Kane!"
Kelly, who came up from the kitchen on the first floor with a piece of soft bread, hadn't finished speaking when she saw blood oozing from the corner of Kane's mouth. For a moment, she couldn't care less about the soft bread in her hand and the proper posture of a nun. Kelly, who didn't know that the bread had fallen to the ground, ran to help Kane in a panic, but saw Kane wave his hand, with no look of pain on his weak face. (End of chapter)
