At night, the drizzle during the day gradually turned into heavy rain, raging amid thunder and lightning.
Hilbert sat in the bed, his mind restless.
Who is the mysterious man who appeared during the day, and what is his relationship with my father and the Chakus family?
Why do they say he is an old friend of the Chakus family instead of an old friend of grandfather or father?
What does the sentence "It's incredible that the bloodline of the Chakus family would die of a sudden heart attack!" mean?
Grandpa Corini said the Chakus were a great family with a long history.
My father has always been proud of the title of Baron Chakus. Is it really just because of this not-so-big noble title? Or is it because of the bloodline of the Chakus family?
Hilbert Chakus suddenly realized that although he had received an aristocratic education and grew up in a family atmosphere, he had never really understood his family.
During his childhood and the time when he grew up, he kept complaining about his father's rigidity and severity. But when he thought about it now, he found that he didn't understand his father at all and didn't understand the origins of the Chakus family.
He suddenly felt that the harsh environment he saw as a child was probably the greatest tolerance his father had shown him, so much so that he had never even known any secrets of the Chakus family!
However, no matter what the origins of the Chakus family are, after the visit of the mysterious man during the day, Hilbert's long-standing suspicions became more firm.
"Father definitely didn't die of natural causes!"
He muttered to himself, his knuckles turning white from squeezing the sheets.
I actually compromised before and believed that that majestic and broad back would be defeated by a small heart attack!
Once Hilbert accepted this view, which he had always doubted in his heart, his curiosity and thirst for knowledge immediately grew explosively.
While trying to find out the cause of my father's death, I also felt a strange sense of excitement.
It was just a noble baron family, but it owned vast industries before the new era, and why has the family always been so low-key?
What is the family origin that Grandpa Corini mentioned, and why even he doesn’t recognize those two mysterious people.
The more I recall and think about it, the more I feel that the Chakus family may be extraordinary.
Why didn’t the rain get on those two people? Was it because their clothes were made of waterproof material?
No! Clothes made of waterproof material will only let water droplets slide off, but they will not be able to prevent water dripping, let alone keep their hair from getting wet.
In fact, Hilbert understood during the day that the two people who came to mourn their father in the rain were probably not ordinary people!
It was just that the education he received over the years made him subconsciously deny this possibility until his thoughts exploded late at night.
He was not worried that he would not see the two of them. Hilbert believed that they would definitely show up when his father's coffin was buried tomorrow!
…
Even Qin Xiaoxia did not expect that before his guidance, Hilbert, the only direct descendant of the Chakus family, was unwilling to believe that his father died of a heart attack.
This obsession is so strong that a little guidance has an unexpectedly good effect.
However, Qin Xiaoxia did not really think it through before saying that, because when he saw the body of old Chakus, he did feel something strange.
There is no magical sensation, no special energy. If I have to say it, it feels a little discordant, just like seeing a big map at dawn.
But the dilemma is that Qin Xiaoxia believes that he does not have a physique that can attract demons, and Su Su is unlikely to be the same. It is impossible for him to just find a random place and encounter an uninvited guest from another world, right?
This feeling was a bit bad, and he even had the illusion that he was somewhat responsible for the death of old Chakus. Of course, he also knew that this was unlikely.
To be on the safe side, he deliberately planted a hint of mental power when looking at Hilbert, which he learned from the method that the Red Siren used on Xiao Lili in the hotel last time.
Because before leaving, Qin Xiaoxia had already figured out what the reason for the disharmony on the corpse might be, and it was a good opportunity to make some arrangements.
Since she does not have the siren's talent, it is impossible for her to make people "sleepwalk" as perverted as the Red Banshee, but she can also plant a trace of hidden magic in their spiritual level for a short period of time.
This is completely enough, because Qin Xiaoxia does not need people to be confused. Only a sober person can make self-inferences based on what he sees and hears, which will make him firmly believe in certain things.
…
“Boom~”
The sudden thunder woke Hilbert up, and he found that he had fallen asleep without knowing when.
The rain outside the window has not stopped yet and there is no sign of it slowing down.
It was a little cold, and he didn't want to stay up late. Based on his years of habit, he decided to wash up before going to bed.
Although the ancestral home is equipped with modern electrical equipment, the room layout cannot be changed. The bathroom requires passing the stairs to the other end of the corridor on the second floor.
I checked the time on my phone and it was already two in the morning.
I opened the door and the corridor was dark, with only the occasional flash of lightning illuminating everything.
Hilbert, who was familiar with the place, didn't turn on the light and went straight to the bathroom. He was stunned when he passed the stairs.
The lights should be on in the mourning hall, so why is it so dark below the stairs?
Could it be that the circuit was damaged by lightning?
I checked my phone and saw that the WiFi was still working fine on the screen, indicating there was no power outage.
Frowning, Hilbert turned on the stair light, went downstairs directly through a porch and came to the mourning hall.
With a "click", it was opened.
My father lay peacefully in the coffin, and the flowers surrounding him were still blooming brightly because of the soil.
After sitting in the mourning hall for a while, Hilbert went to the bathroom upstairs to brush his teeth and wash up.
But when he passed the stairs, he found that the lights were out again.
A "hissing" sound came from downstairs, very similar to the friction sound of sharp nails scratching on aluminum alloy. Hilbert couldn't help but get goose bumps.
“Sizzle…”
The second sound made him tremble involuntarily.
The sound was unbearable, and he was also nervous about the mourning hall, so Hill turned on the light and ran downstairs.
The lights in the mourning hall were turned on again, and the room remained the same as before.
…
Far away outside the Chakus Manor, two voices in black stood in the rain. Through the distant rain curtain, one could still see the lights on the first floor of the big house turning off and on again.
"Teacher, won't he be in danger?"
Su Su looked a little worried.
"Don't worry, it's just a trivial matter. The bloodline of the Chakus family is not as fragile as you think!"
When Qin Xiaoxia said this, he looked around as if he was looking for something.
"There is indeed something fishy about Old Chakus's death, but I don't know where the real culprit is."
These words made Su Su nervous, but she immediately felt relieved when she thought about the presence of her tutor.
This rain was indeed caused by Qin Xiaoxia. The purpose was not to create an atmosphere, and it was certainly not for fun. It was just that the strange feeling he felt from the old baron's body reminded him of a weak half-yin spiritual monster.
That's the Soul Eater.
The name sounds powerful, but they are actually weak creatures with low intelligence. Only when a living creature dies will they dare to approach the corpse or the place where the ghosts are scattered, trying to find a way to grab a trace of the remaining soul from the corpse.
The trace of discord on old Chakus's body was actually the mark of a weak Soul Eater, which meant that the Soul Eater knew earlier that this person was going to die and left a mark in advance.
However, the human soul and body are far more powerful than those of the Soul Eater, and the mark can be easily disintegrated by the immunity of the human soul and body, leaving only a slight and peculiar smell.
Su Su found it hard to believe that a monster could be so weak that it was even afraid of light. Although light would not cause any substantial harm to them, they knew that there would be many creatures active under the light.
Damp and dark, rainy nights are the Soul Eater's favorite environment for activity.
Weak creatures often have their own unique characteristics. The Soul-Eating Monster can extract soul elements from the remaining soul of a corpse. Not much, but always a trace.
This kind of soul substance is very difficult to extract even for some powerful magic controllers, but it is a natural gift for soul-eaters, so it is often controlled by some powerful monsters for their own use.
Seeing Su Su's nervousness, Qin Xiaoxia couldn't help laughing.
"It's also possible that there is no real owner and I'm just overthinking."
But even if there were no other monsters, it was a coincidence that the Soul Eater would appear in Chakus Manor. Qin Xiaoxia couldn't help but look up at the sky and then at the earth, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
"Who? Who's here?"
I called twice but there was no response.
Hilbert looked at his father's coffin under the light, but this time something seemed wrong.
His eyes focused and he realized that it was not the coffin that was wrong, but the flowers beside the coffin that were problematic!
Although it is not very obvious, some flowers on the left and right sides appear to be a little wilted, which distinguishes them from the surrounding flowers that are still in full bloom.
I felt a little scared, and a series of speculations about my father's abnormal death once again rolled into my mind.
Is it a supernatural event?
He left the mourning hall nervously and returned upstairs, but he did not return to his room. Instead, he waited quietly in the dark corridor.
Maybe I should wake up my mother or a few servants?
As this thought flashed through my mind, the lights downstairs went out again.
Hilbert did not wake anyone up, but went downstairs quietly in the dark. This time he could not turn on the light and did not make any noise.
After tiptoeing to the porch, he first looked in the direction of the restaurant, and then quietly glanced at the mourning hall through the porch.
“Squeak… Squeak…”
Goosebumps appeared all over his body, not only because of the sound, but also because he saw two pale and transparent monsters lying on his father's coffin in the mourning hall.
It looks a bit like a deformed monkey, but without a tail, and at the end of its long arms are a pair of strange hands with sharp nails.
Hilbert's breathing gradually became rapid and his body trembled slightly.
At this moment, the two monsters were reaching into the coffin, and the glass cover seemed unable to serve as a barrier.
The "hiss..." sound gave Hilbert even more goose bumps.
Suddenly, a surge of courage rose in his heart, as if he had found the murderer of his father, and Hilbert rushed into the mourning hall.
"It's you! You're the ones who killed my father, right? You filthy evil spirits!!"
The two Soul Eaters seemed extremely frightened.
“Ugh!!!” “Ah!!!”
They each let out a scream of fear and jumped away from the coffin, running away with extraordinary agility.
Hilbert was furious.
"You want to run!!! Give me back my father's life!!! Ah!!!"
In a trance, brush ~
He seemed to have covered a great distance in an instant, and caught up with one of the Soul Eaters that had already reached the fireplace in the lobby from the porch.
“Go to hell!!!”
Punch! Hilbert, who had no weapon, could only think of this one way to strike.
"Bang~"
The fist suddenly emitted a blue light, and the ashes in the entire fireplace shook.
“Ah…”
With a short strange scream, the Soul Eater was directly shattered, leaving behind a pool of pale and smelly flesh.
After this outburst, Hilbert felt intense muscle soreness and fatigue. He was unable to move and watched another monster rush out from the open window. It seemed that they were not completely able to pass through walls either.
Fear, terror, doubt, wonder, excitement...
Hilbert, whose whole body was throbbing, was then overwhelmed by these complex emotions.
"What were those just now? Why can I...?"
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