Chapter 130 The detector jumped to zero without warning
Edith's shaky body was pulled back, and the strong pull made Duke Eddie stagger and lean towards the coffin.
He released his grip on Edith's hand, leaned on the edge of the coffin, and managed to keep his balance.
"...It stinks really bad."
A voice that they had never heard before rang in their ears.
Although she had expected this, Edith was still greatly shocked when she saw this scene happen.
She slowly turned her head, and a head of messy hair poked out from the coffin, followed by a vivid face.
Louisa's amber eyes were motionless, and the light from the secret room shone on her face, making her eyes glow like gemstones.
She was watching Edith quietly.
Edith: “…”
She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
Louisa quickly turned her head, muttered, and took out the magic wand beside her. With a light wave, the smell in the air was completely eliminated.
The two people at the scene immediately came back to life, breathing in the fresh air with deep gulps, and even the housekeeper lying on the side looked much more relaxed.
"Reed Eddy."
Louisa spoke calmly, looking in the direction of Duke Eddie, and asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"
The image of Louisa, which was beautified by the Giles family, was mysterious and powerful. The Louisa described in the biography and Duke Eddy was lively, casual and unruly. The Louisa in Edith's eyes still had some shadows of being arbitrary, but after all, she had lived a long life and had experienced the precipitation of time, and majesty had become her background.
Edith could feel Duke Eddie's body tense for a moment.
"Reed Eddie?" Edith frowned and recalled silently in her heart, "Isn't Duke Eddie's real name Hope?"
Reed, who is Reed——
——Wait, Louisa really knows Duke Eddie?
Duke Eddie's body was still tense: "Come and get your things."
"My stuff?" Luisa was a little confused. She turned around and looked at the environment in the secret room. Suddenly she realized, "I'm dead."
What a calming narration.
Before Edith could sigh, Duke Eddie jumped up as if he had been poked in the foot. "Yes, you are dead." He sneered, "Your grave was dug up by the descendants of your family after your death. What a failure."
"I'm already dead, what does it have to do with me whether they dig or not?"
Louisa remained calm, and even had a hint of doubt in her tone, "Do you care?"
"After all, no one has ever worshipped you."
Edith tried to absorb every character of their conversation, trying to piece together what was going on, but Duke Eddie was clearly tired of this mode of peaceful communication.
"You only have ten minutes to wake up." He looked at his watch, "There are seven minutes left."
"Hand over the spell book. If you don't stop me from killing that man, I can consider restoring the coffin for you after a while."
Duke Eddie raised his wand and pointed it at Edith's heart, but his eyes were fixed on Louisa's direction - don't you want peace after death? Then give me something in exchange.
Louisa shook her head. “Time doesn’t seem to be working on you.”
"You're still as reckless as ever."
Change happens in an instant.
Under the airflow of the explosion, the scene in front of Edith suddenly slowed down. She blinked, turned her head, and suddenly realized that this was not an illusion.
Duke Eddie's movements did become slow.
The explosion slowly rose up from the corner where the coffin board fell to the ground. White lines spread out like cracks on the ice in winter, with fireworks at the end and thin black smoke on the top. In the firelight, Duke Eddie's mouth remained in the shape he made when he threatened at the end. His whole body was flipped into the air, suspended in the air and slowly falling.
"wind."
Louisa held the wand in her right hand and chanted quickly. The wind swept past with the original speed, enveloping Duke Eddie with flames, and pushed him towards the stone door.
He was hit hard on the ground.
The flame was still burning. Blood dripped from his head, extinguishing the flames on his face. Louisa calmly chanted an incomprehensible spell, and finally had time to turn around and look at Edith.
Edith decided to stick to her guns.
Louisa looked her up and down, with a hint of surprise in her eyes. "Are you the same type as Reed?" She scratched her head. "Is it so common nowadays..."
"By the way, what year is it now?"
Edith made a number with her fingers.
"It's been so long." Louisa looked a little emotional. "Reed actually lived for so many years."
"Why do you call him Reed?" Edith couldn't help asking, "In my memory, his name is Hope Eddy."
"Aren't you the same kind of person as him? Don't you know?" Louisa looked at her strangely.
A type of person...
How could she be the same as Hope Eddy—
Edith suddenly realized what Louisa meant and asked urgently, "So Reed has existed since before the establishment of the kingdom, and has been changing bodies continuously to survive until now, right?"
Louisa nodded.
She seemed to have no interest in the topic, and waved her hand, interrupting Edith: "How did you get in here?"
"Follow him."
Edith pointed at Duke Eddie: "I don't know how he found this place."
Louisa nodded, looked at the surroundings again, and complained: “The Giles family is still here now.”
"Uh, yes, still."
"Why haven't they all died yet?"
Edith didn't know how to respond to this. She was silent for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the spells in your biography provided a lot of help."
"Oh, I guessed it."
Louisa raised her eyebrows. "It turned out that putting two books in the outer coffin was the right move to fool people."
She then pulled Edith aside and asked her a lot of questions. After learning that the Giles family had been using her name to deceive people until now, she sighed and said, "I still underestimated their shamelessness."
"You only took out one copy of my biography? How can others understand my rich and fulfilling soul?"
"In fact, in textbooks, you have always been portrayed as calm and powerful," Edith added fuel to the fire.
Louisa's face dropped.
“What an embarrassing description.”
She looked completely lost interest, lay down in the coffin, and waved Edith to leave: "Don't hide it, take the spell book."
Edith paused.
"I'm not opposed to sharing things. I hid it in the first place just to prevent the Giles family from being complacent and refusing to accept the new spell system." She lay safely on the rotten fish skin. "I can see that you can use this."
"...Thank you." Edith didn't know how to deal with this inexplicable conversation - or, who would have the experience of talking to a celebrity who had been dead for many years!
"No need to thank me, just remember to help me scoop out some of the fish paste that's not stained with vomit." Louisa closed her eyes, "Remember to close the coffin lid."
Edith: "...Okay, I'll get Stinky back."
People who are strong and powerful... indeed all have unique personalities.
"You know Chouchou?" Unexpectedly, Louisa suddenly stood up again, her eyes bright and spirited, "Have you read my biography?"
Edith nodded.
"You are still a student, right? You look young, and you have few opportunities to access this kind of book. The fact that you borrowed it means it was very useful to you at the time." Louisa analyzed, "If it wasn't for research... did you need to fight against the descendants of the Giles family?"
Edith marveled at her acumen: "Yes."
"Who's winning?"
"I."
"good!"
Louisa slapped Edith on the shoulder and shouted, "Well done! You win, and the Giles family loses!"
"Modern spells are indeed better than the old ones!"
She suddenly became excited, straightened her back, and grabbed Edith's wrist again: "We can't let them get away with it again... Well, I've hidden something in the manor, go get it and prevent them from using it."
Edith's hair was blown up by the airflow from Louisa's shout. She shielded her eyes and said, "Where?"
"I forgot too. Just find someone and say you know the password."
"What's the password?"
"All Giles are idiots."
This is pure hate.
Edith was shocked again.
She said cautiously: "I always feel like I'll be beaten out..."
"Don't worry, it's just a verbal insult." Louisa waved her hand casually and pulled Edith's watch to check the time. "Compared to this, they will care more about what's inside."
"You don't have to worry about them taking your things away along the way. Come here and spread your hands."
Edith didn't understand why, but she did as she was told.
"oh!"
The sudden pain made her scream, as if tens of thousands of needles were piercing her wrist. Edith turned her head away and felt a magical power that did not belong to her being injected into her body.
Her original magic power seemed to be locked in a cage, staying quietly and motionlessly in the deepest part of her body.
"The magic will guide you, and that thing won't be taken by others." Louisa withdrew her hand. "It may be a little uncomfortable--"
She looked at Edith and was surprised to find that she had not shown any discomfort since her initial cry of pain: ".....Aren't you in pain?"
That is a magical power that is completely different from the original body!
Edith shook her wrist, feeling a little strange: "Are you okay?"
I feel a little bit full.
Louisa exclaimed: "Amazing."
She looked Edith up and down, as if she wanted to stare a hole through her. "You are very special." She leaned against the edge of the coffin, "Then I will say one last thing to you."
Edith stood up straight.
"Don't rely on it." Louisa looked into Edith's eyes. "No matter why you changed your body in the first place, don't do it again."
Edith: “I see.”
Before she could finish her words, Louisa fell back into the coffin, her hair disheveled and her eyes closed, as if she had lost consciousness.
......Time is up?
Edith was silent for a moment, then quietly stood up and prepared to close the coffin so that the great wizard could rest in peace again.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't forget the stinky one you promised me."
Louisa suddenly opened her eyes, "Want to be lazy? I haven't caught my pet yet!"
Edith: “…”
You are not dead!
"I know." The sadness that was brewing in her heart disappeared instantly. Edith responded unhappily, pinching her nose and picking up the shapeless fish bones.
She put the things on Louisa's clothes: "Here it comes."
No response.
Edith was stunned, then she reached out her hand to smell the air.
Louisa fell into an endless deep sleep again.
......
Shelly took off his gloves, took a deep breath, and wrote down the last line of numbers.
The size of the borrowed gloves was not right, leaving a red mark on his pale wrist. He didn't care about this, and looked down at the detector on his body. After seeing Edith's steady magic curve, his body completely relaxed.
It seems everything is going well.
He was just about to go and rest, but when he took a final glance, the detector suddenly jumped to zero without any warning in front of his eyes.
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