Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 727: Blasphemous Sacrifice
Let's say goodbye to Aurore first.

Lumian closed the window, walked out of the room, and came to the door of the first floor. He saw Aurore standing at the door, wearing a light-colored stand-up collar dress and holding a small ceramic jar of animal fat.

He stepped forward, hugged Aurore gently from behind, and then said silently in his heart: "Time, let's go back to the place where the dream begins."

But after waiting for a while, everything in front of him was still the same, there was no fragmented picture, and there was no darkness anomaly. He was still in the same place, without restarting the time loop.

That’s not right!

Isn't this my dream?
As long as I want to restart the time loop, will the dream return to March 3th?

But why is it malfunctioning now?
"Lumian, today is Lent, do you want to play another prank?"

While Lumian was dazed, Aurore had already reached out and grabbed Lumian's right ear, exerted a little force, and scolded: "I thought you had learned well these days, but it turned out you were holding back a prank. Are you? Want to do something for Lent?”

"Ah, Aurore, I didn't... Hiss, be gentle, be gentle, you almost twisted my ears off."

The pain in his ears brought Lumian back to reality, leaving him no longer in the mood to think about why he couldn't restart the time loop.

"Sing it, dance it."

"I am the spirit of spring."

Raymond, who caught a glimpse of Lumian, took a few steps forward and grabbed Lumian's arm. The two young men next to him followed suit and pulled him into the blessing parade despite Lumian's reluctance.

"Should we follow along to watch the fun?"

"I understand, Aurore." Lumian covered his red ears and took two steps back.

"Lumian, don't you like to be busy the most? Why are you hiding at home today?"

"On such a wonderful holiday, if we still stay in our rooms, it would be a waste of the opportunity to come here."

The Spring Elf Parade was gradually approaching here, and Aurore had no intention of teaching Lumian a lesson.

"It should help you improve your memory."

"Only in this way can we get a good harvest..."

"This is the Spring Elf Parade during Lent. It doesn't look out of the ordinary." Miss Frenck frowned and thought. With her limited knowledge of occult science, she couldn't tell any clues. She just felt that the Spring Elf's costume was pretty good. Yes, quite cute.

After listening to this with a smile, Aurore took a leaf and handed a jar of animal fat to Ava: "Thank you, Spring Spirit."

On the second floor of the old tavern, through the window next to the window, the three Forsi people also saw the lively scene on the street.

Lumian, who was standing behind him, felt that the bustle in front of him was extremely noisy and annoying at the moment, making it difficult for him to concentrate and think about the reason why he could not start the time loop again.

With jubilation and joy, the blessing parade was filled with songs and kept knocking on the doors of every villager in Kordu Village.

Behind him, Raymond and other young people shouted in unison: "Good harvest! Good harvest!"

"..."

Claude said nothing, just smiled and looked at the lively scene below.

"She has a sweet and pretty face."

"Demons often show their amiable side before eating people." Forsi reminded.

Aurore tried a little harder, and when she saw that Lumian's grinning in pain didn't look like he was pretending, she let him go and warned: "Don't play pranks during the ceremony."

Seeing Claude's agreement, Forsi didn't say anything, and followed Miss Frank downstairs, who was obviously impatient, and followed the team.

The parade passed by the administrator's residence, which was transformed from an old castle during the Sauron royal period. It is located on the hill on the edge of Kordu village. It is dark in color and has two towers towering on the left and right.

The person who came out to greet the spring spirit was Mrs. Pualis. She was wearing a light green waist-length dress, looking noble and reserved.

The spring spirit Ava exchanged tree seeds for a basket of eggs, and the parade set off again.

Mrs. Pualis watched them leave with an inexplicable smile on her lips.

When she caught a glimpse of the three Fors, her expression became dull for a moment, as if she was stuck in some kind of thinking that she couldn't come up with an answer to.

The parade came to the waterside, held a waterside ceremony, and then headed to the Eternal Sun Church.

At this time, near noon, most of the villagers in the village had gathered here, including Aurore. The Eternal Sun Church, with its arc-shaped dome, is 11 to 2 meters high. From the outside, it looks like it is holding an onion, while from the inside, it is a magnificent sun mural.

At noon, when the sun should have been at its most dazzling, Lumian felt a coldness that made him shiver all over.

It was here, in front of the church, that he saw Pierre chop off Ava's head with an axe!
This is where he first started the time loop!

He suppressed the uneasy restlessness in his heart, found Aurore, and stayed by her side, while being alert to other possible abnormal changes.

He wanted to tell Aurore that something strange was about to happen here, but he was afraid that his actions would cause different changes.

At least this time, he will try his best to protect Aurore!

But what makes Lumian feel strange is that Lent is gradually coming to an end, and the parish priest Guillaume has never appeared, and Ava has not been killed.

The villagers were leaving the church and returning to their homes in an orderly manner, and there was nothing unusual about them.

Where did the error occur?

Although Guillaume was killed last time, he should have come back to life as the time cycle restarted.

Otherwise, if a priest dies, people in the church will definitely find out.

This is unusual, very unusual.

"Lumian, what are you thinking about? We should go back." Aurore patted Lumian on the shoulder and asked doubtfully: "Is there anything else you are hiding from me?"

"No, I was just wondering why that bastard priest didn't show up."

"Maybe he's sick. I heard other people mention it."

"That's great, he should be made sick."

"Okay, stop saying such silly things and go back quickly."

Lumian, who was in a lighter mood, walked ahead. After taking two steps, he realized that Aurore had not followed. He turned around to ask about the situation, but found that Aurore's light blue eyes had become unusually empty and unfamiliar. .

When Lumian was about to speak, Aurore threw some kind of powder ground from a tree in his hand. Lumian, who was so shocked that he forgot to dodge, his vision went dark, and he fainted.

When he woke up again, it was because of the severe pain from being punched hard in the abdomen that he couldn't help but curl up and open his eyes.

What caught his eyes were the magnificent murals, the arc-shaped dome, and then the face of the priest that made him extremely disgusted.

This is the church, I was caught here.

Lumian suddenly understood his situation and instinctively began to observe his surroundings.

He saw Raymond's father Pierre Clegg, Ava's father Guillaume Lizier, his neighbor Louis Bedeck, and almost all the villagers.

He also saw that the altar had changed beyond recognition. What was placed there was no longer sunflowers, but tulips, lilacs and other things that symbolized the hidden existence.

The sun emblem behind the altar has also disappeared, replaced by an abnormally twisted ring of thorns that seems to have black liquid flowing.

The parish priest and the others directly transformed the Church of the Eternal Burning Sun into an evil altar that believes in hidden existences?
Haha, what a blasphemy!
"woke up?"

Seeing Lumian wake up, the priest looked over with a smile, as if appreciating a newly completed work of art.

"Where's Aurore?"

"Don't worry, you will meet again."

"Let Aurore go, I'll let you do whatever you want. Don't you just want to use me as a sacrifice?"

"Do you really think you have seen through everything?" The priest smiled happily, "You were not the container I was looking for from the beginning, your sister Aurore was."

Hearing this, Lumian felt strong anger and powerlessness deep in his heart. He wanted to go crazy to stop them from harming Aurore, but he was tied tightly and could not escape from the restraints.

"Let me tell you another secret." The priest came over and lowered his voice: "You don't really think that you are the only one who can remember the memories of each time loop, do you?"

Lumian's struggling movements froze instantly, and the biting coldness crawled from every corner of his body like a poisonous snake, bit by bit towards his heart and began to eat, making him feel colder and helpless than ever before.

(End of this chapter)