These weird things are all mine

Luo Ling could sense Lina's presence, but she couldn't tell her exact location.

Lina definitely has not been hiding somewhere during these years. She has also been trying to explore the power bestowed upon her by Luo Ling.

Today, Lina has become a half-human, half-monster being. Her body has been completely reshaped by the Puppet Rumor, and even her consciousness has been eroded by the Puppet Rumor under the influence of "Naraku".

However, his previous memories and abilities were not damaged, and his specific strength did not change much.

Lina's situation is different from that of Elsa and Saint Alisa. She cannot actively use the power of Puppet Song. The only abilities that she already possesses are under her control.

However, although he cannot use the abilities of the Puppet Goddess, he still possesses some of the Puppet Goddess's characteristics, such as body regeneration.

Lina must have known about Luo Ling's existence. When the news of the "White Witch" reached Victoria, she realized that the two of them who had been separated for a while were about to meet again.

He has not appeared until now, perhaps because he dare not interfere with this cause and effect, or perhaps because he is busy with other things and cannot show up for the time being.

However, Luo Ling felt that Lina might not mind Fiona's meal replacement behavior at all. After knowing it, she might even say something like "I will turn around appropriately and don't disturb your warmth."

But deep down, I enjoyed it and felt very happy, just like when I saw Luo Ling and little Odetta playing special games in the hatchery.

This is the problem that bothers Luo Ling the most. How did she end up getting involved with this mother and daughter for no apparent reason?

"I'm sorry, Luo Ling, I may have lost control of my emotions." Fiona calmed herself down and walked behind Luo Ling. "Don't worry, I will try my best not to bother you in the future."

“It’s not that bothering…”

This actually made Luo Ling feel a little embarrassed.

Just at this moment, Fiona picked up something and put it on Luo Ling's face.

"This is..."

Luo Ling looked up at herself in the floor-length mirror and saw that Fiona had put a thin black veil on her.

"This is a little gadget that can blur your face. I'm giving it to you. Besides this funeral, you may have many opportunities to use it in the future."

Fiona gently placed her hands on Luo Ling's shoulders, leaned her cheek slightly closer to Luo Ling, and said with a chuckle, "It's not what Lina used."

"Um..."

“I used it.”

"what?"

Luo Ling was slightly startled. At this time, Fiona had straightened up and said,

"Let's go. We'll be late if we're any later. This is a bad day for your funeral."

Luo Ling: “…”

No matter how many times I hear this statement, it seems strange and bizarre.

"Just us?"

Luo Ling turned her head and looked around. The maids who had just served her had already left, leaving only Luo Ling and Fiona in the dressing room.

"Yes, just us." Fiona nodded, "This matter cannot be related to the "Destiny Society". It is my personal behavior."

No wonder a veil was needed to blur one's face. Luo Ling was just wondering why Fiona said it would be useful. She had originally thought of just blending into the crowd.

If this is the case, there is no way to give them a little surprise without a veil.

but...

Fiona's act of giving herself a veil seems to be because she wants to see the surprise scene, right?

Luo Ling twitched the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, she is Lina's mother. The two are simply cut from the same mold...

"Is the carriage ready?" Luo Ling asked.

"Carriage?" Fiona blinked. "Why do you need a carriage?"

"We're not going to..."

As Luo Ling spoke, Fiona took her hand and squeezed it slightly.

"Yes, but without a carriage.

"Because... one step is enough."

Fiona took Luo Ling's hand and took a step forward with her.

In an instant, the scenery changed, the dressing room slowly disappeared, and was replaced by white flowers floating all over the sky and sad music that reached the ears.

"To our dearest friends, family, loved ones...

"Let us mourn for Miss Luo Ling's misfortune."

Fiona's entrance was silent. Although a few people noticed this blonde lady who could be called the culprit of "Luo Ling's death", they all looked away calmly.

Not to mention the girl in a dress following her, who was ignored by everyone.

This is mainly because Fiona's identity is too special, equivalent to a member of the board of directors of the "company".

Of course, his specific status in the awakened world is definitely not as high, but it is higher than that of a general "company" P9 person in charge.

In this situation, not many people dared to hold her accountable. This kind of commission involving the "Realm of Nothingness" does have a certain mortality rate. Although Miss Luo Ling's death was unexpected, the client cannot be blamed for it.

It can be said that Fiona's willingness to attend the funeral and actively take care of Miss Luo Ling's affairs has been regarded as her utmost kindness.

Most of the people who attended the funeral were members of the "company" who had little contact with Luo Ling. After all, her official identity was a member of the Wellington office, and at least her colleagues in Wellington would attend the mourning.

Under the cover of the veil, even Cen Xiangyun and others who were familiar with Luo Ling did not recognize Luo Ling when they noticed Fiona and the girl in the black dress following her.

In addition, none of them really wanted to interact with Fiona. Even with Fiona's noble status, the people who received her at the funeral were just ordinary servants.

Admittedly...in the world of awakeners, the client is not responsible for this situation, but in the final analysis, Luo Ling was sacrificed because he carried out the task of this high-level "Destiny Society". Naturally, those who are close to Luo Ling don't like Fiona very much.

"How can she still have the nerve to come here?"

Cen Xiangyun secretly glanced at the elegant and graceful blonde lady in a solemn black dress not far away. There was a hint of anger between her eyebrows.

She was the one who had the most complaints about Fiona in the team. Yesterday, she was planning to kick out this bad woman who killed Miss Luo Ling, but was stopped by Lu Manqing.

"As for this matter...Alas, maybe it is Miss Luo Ling's destined fate." Lu Manqing sighed and patted Cen Xiangyun's back gently.

"Elsa, what are you looking at?"

At this time, Cen Xiangyun noticed that Elsa was looking around unusually and seemed very uneasy.

Is it because you are afraid of strangers?

I've never heard of Elsa having this problem before...

When they were in Jiangcheng County, Elsa was taciturn because of her physical illness. In fact, she was quite talkative, which was reflected when she knew that Luo Ling was not afraid of her talking.

"nothing..."

Elsa shrank her head.

"However, Miss Luo Ling is really not dead - she didn't sacrifice herself..."

Through the connection between the apostle and the corresponding weirdness, she could feel that Miss Luo Ling's presence was very close, very close, and it was very likely that she was among the guests attending the funeral.

"It's not your fault, Elsa." Cen Xiangyun looked at Elsa with some pity and touched her hair. "We have to learn to accept reality... But it's better for you to accept reality more slowly."

"It's really not—"

Elsa was halfway through her speech when she caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of her eye.

Her eyes widened instantly, and she stared at the girl in the black dress standing next to the blonde lady.

Although the face of the girl in the black dress was obscured by the veil, and even her figure and temperament were very different from the impression of Miss Luo Ling, the apostle's perception of the weirdness was quite clear.

Elsa recognized at a glance that the girl in the black dress was Miss Luo Ling who had returned after an absence of a month and a half.

At the same time, the girl in the black dress also noticed Elsa's gaze and turned her head slightly to look over.

"Luo——"

Before Elsa could shout out, she saw the girl in the black dress put a finger between her lips and made a "hush" gesture to her.

Elsa swallowed back the remaining words she hadn't said.

"What's wrong, Elsa?"

Cen Xiangyun and Lu Manqing both looked at Elsa with strange expressions.

Elsa froze for a moment, then made a sad expression, wiped her tears, and sobbed as she spoke,

"Ms. Luo Ling is dead..."

Her crying attracted the attention of many guests, but when they found out it was Elsa, they all showed expressions of pity.

Poor child, are you finally willing to accept reality?

At this moment, Elsa's inner thoughts were unusually active. She glanced at the girl in the black dress through her fingers, and her sobbing became more and more intense.

Miss Luo Ling seems like she doesn't want to expose her existence?

Could it be that during this month and a half, Miss Luo Ling was faking her death and carrying out some...special operations?

That's for sure!

So, she has to cooperate with Miss Luo Ling!

Realizing this, Elsa instantly displayed her unparalleled acting skills.

Even the girl in the black dress not far away was shocked when she saw this scene, and began to reflect deeply on whether she had made the wrong gesture.

Is this the internationally accepted gesture for silencing?

I guess, right?

At the same time, facing Elsa who suddenly sobbed sadly, Cen Xiangyun and Lu Manqing hurriedly comforted her. They also hugged Elsa and patted her back gently, just like coaxing a child.

...Elsa is indeed still a child.

At the same time, Cen Xiangyun and Lu Manqing were whispering to each other.

"I told you not to bring Elsa here. She came from a mental hospital. Her mind is not normal. She has become even more neurotic because of these things. And you are still irritating her!"

"I just thought that maybe in this environment, she could get out of her self-deception... Who could have known that her change would be so drastic, even as a doctor I had never heard of it."

"It's all your fault..."

While they were muttering and complaining, Elsa quietly gave the girl in the black dress a thumbs up and winked at her.

However, the girl in the black dress was even more confused about Elsa's action.

But soon, this little episode was interrupted by the change of melodious and sad music.

Cen Xiangyun slowly raised her head, looked at the cross-shaped coffin containing Miss Luo Ling's clothes not far away, and sighed deeply.

It's time to send Miss Luo Ling away.

In fact, Cen Xiangyun, who was familiar with Miss Luo Ling's character, knew that she would definitely not like such a lively scene, not to mention the presence of so many unfamiliar "colleagues".

If she had known her funeral would be so noisy, she would have definitely frowned.

But these were all arranged by the "Company". They seemed to want to use this to put pressure on Ms. Fiona of the "Fate Society", so they deliberately expanded the scale of the funeral.

If not, how could a P4-level specialist's death be such a grand funeral?

Thinking of this, Cen Xiangyun felt like crying again.

She kept blaming Fiona for killing Miss Luo Ling, but deep down, she felt that she was the real murderer.

It was she who insisted on bringing Miss Luo Ling to join the "company". If she had not reached out to Miss Luo Ling at that time...would the result be different?

But, there is no if.

"Please invite the captain of the Luo Ling Commissioner, Miss Cen Xiangyun, to come to the stage and give a speech to mourn for this great commissioner who sacrificed his life for the cause of humanity."

Just then, the funeral master of ceremonies mentioned her name. Cen Xiangyun looked up blankly, but saw the master of ceremonies smiling at her.

But now, she is in no mood to make a speech...

Until her colleagues pushed her to the front of the stage, she had a confused and bewildered expression on her face.

"I..."

Looking at her colleagues below and the emcee who was looking at her expectantly, Cen Xiangyun was unable to utter a word.

She knew very well that her colleagues had done nothing wrong, the emcee had done nothing wrong, no one had done anything wrong.

but...