Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

The grilled fish with just the right heat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The fishy smell of sea fish is covered by Bayam's unique spices, which makes the fish more delicious.

The special pie is rich in gravy and seems to be mixed with a little fruit. One bite, it is fragrant but not greasy.

Joyce leaned back in his chair contentedly, lamenting the luxury of aristocratic life, and accidentally hiccupped. He looked at the maids who were cleaning up the mess with a guilty conscience, and found that no one noticed this impolite behavior .

"Sophia, help me prepare hot water, I'm going to take a bath later."

"Yes, Monsieur Baron."

Sophia is his current personal maid, with blond hair and blue eyes, and a sweet appearance. She once refused the original body's drunken request beyond friendship.

This incident once angered Joyce, who was a follower of the Lord of Storms, but later, in order to show the tolerance of the man, he made her his personal maid in a fit of anger.

However, after meeting the "witch" Emily, he was immediately fascinated by her.

This is a rich second-generation brat!

Joyce walked upstairs slowly, recalling the absurd and immature behavior before.

As the sole owner of the manor, his bedroom was spacious and luxuriously decorated. There were incomprehensible art paintings on the walls, and the sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the carpet, exuding an expensive atmosphere.

Sitting at the desk by the window, he picked up a book called "Rosell's Fairy Tales Collection". He smiled knowingly, feeling a sense of absurdity that illusory is reflected in reality, and at the same time teased in his heart: Master Luo still It's everywhere.

Joyce has long passed the age of liking fairy tales, and naturally he did not pick up this book for reading. He skillfully opened the interlayer of the book and took out two letters of different materials.

The two letters have a common owner, his father, Lieutenant Colonel of the Kingdom of Loen, William Best.

He was the first to open the letter in the white envelope, which was a "suicide note".

As lieutenant colonel, William Best had the right to be allowed to write a letter to his family before taking part in more dangerous war missions. If he returns safely after completing the task, the letter will be returned intact. If unfortunately sacrificed, this letter will become his "suicide note" to his relatives.

The letter was indeed in his father's handwriting, and the tone of the letter was rather relaxed and casual. He seemed to think that the mission was not very dangerous and was just a routine matter, but unfortunately, he did not come back alive.

There doesn't seem to be anything to blame for this. In wars where Extraordinary people participate, the death of a lieutenant colonel is not uncommon. However, perhaps it is clear to the bystanders that Joyce is now keenly aware of the unusualness behind the incident.

What did William Best get for his death?

A large pension, condolences from the military and the church, including many big figures, and what is even more incredible is that Emperor George III of Loen actually posthumously named William a baron...

Is this the treatment a lieutenant colonel should have? The lieutenant general is almost there! Don't talk about descendants of nobles, a family that has been deprived of even the last title, and only two people are left? That's civilians.

Moreover, at the end of the "suicide note", William reminded Joyce to find the second letter with a "stalk" that only the father and son could understand - the one that had been hidden in the interlayer of "Rosell's Fairy Tales Collection" for a long time. letter made of leather.

The reason why Joyce left Bayam and returned to Rose Manor was not only because of sadness, but also because of this letter.

The letter contained very little:

Dear Joyce, by the time you read this letter, I have returned to the land of storms, a gift from the Lord and a destiny I have chosen. The only regret is that I will miss your adult life again, but I believe it will be as magnificent as the sea. Finally, I would like to give you a word: Adhering to fairness and justice is the most noble quality of a person, not the status of nobility.

Remember the game of hide and seek we played as kids? How I wish I could play with you again!

Signed: Always love your father William Best

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It seems that he has already anticipated his own death... What does the "hide and seek" specifically mentioned at the end mean? Hinting to feign death to escape? Or is there another deep meaning?

Finding the truth about William's death with only a few scattered clues gave Joyce the illusion that he was playing a detective game, a realistic and dangerous game, and he had a premonition that when the mystery was revealed one day, what awaited him It is a monstrous vortex.

"Boom boom"

There was a knock on the door, and the cold voice of the personal maid Sophia came from outside the door, breaking the fantasy of Joyce who was possessed by "Sherlock Holmes".

"Monsieur Baron, the water is ready for you to bathe."

"Okay, come right away."

Joyce responded first, then put the two letters back on the inner shelf of the book, opened the door and found Sophia still standing in the corridor, and said puzzledly:

"Why are you still here?"

Sophia looked up at him, then quickly lowered her head again without saying a word.

Why is this look a bit resentful, I didn’t mean anything to you, er, although I had that thought before... Wait, Joyce didn’t know what to think, the corner of his mouth twitched, and said righteously:

"Why don't you leave, don't you have anything else to do?"

Sophia's eyelids twitched, she didn't know where his anger came from, but she didn't dare to ask, so she could only aggrieved, "I see, Mr. Baron."

Looking at her back as she turned and walked away, Joyce breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: You kid left after enjoying the blessings, and you want me to pay off your debts for you, this wave of blood loss.

Still, it's nice to take a hot bath.

In the misty bathroom, the water temperature under the body is just right, some unknown flower petals are floating on the water surface, and there seems to be a smell similar to essential oil in the air.

It would be even better if there was a projection on the wall to watch movies... Joyce was lying in the bathtub, his head resting on the groove on the edge, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep unconsciously.

He had a dream.

In the dream, Li Weiping didn't time travel, but went to a jade carving shop full of anticipation to pick up his customized jade pendant.

It's a little hobby of his.

I remember that every time I read Journey to the West when I was young, I would buy a golden cudgel to play with at home. After reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I bought a feather fan and used it to play Zhuge Liang of the feather fan.

I believe that most people have this habit, but Li Weiping kept it until he became an adult.

Later, he fell in love with online novels, and bought a mysterious ruler when he first read Fights Break the Sky. A few days ago, I finished reading the Lord of Mysteries on the recommendation of a friend, so I customized this jade pendant and asked the store to carve some complicated patterns according to his requirements. It looks chaotic, but in fact it is the symbol of the "fool" in the novel .

One half symbolizes the hidden "eye without pupil", and the other half symbolizes the "twisted thread" of change, and the two overlap each other.

The craftsmanship of the carving is quite good, Li Weiping liked it very much, played with it seriously for a while, and even put it beside his pillow when he slept.

In the end, he had a dream full of spring, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled through time.

Traveling through... Joyce woke up suddenly, splashing water all over the ground. He didn't pay attention to these details, but asked himself: Why did he ignore such a critical issue?

This is a mysterious world, and it is impossible for me to travel through it for no reason. Who is behind everything?

Goddess of the night? For some reason, the goddess was the first thing that came to Joyce's mind, but when he thought about it carefully, He seemed to have no authority in this regard.

If you consider that jade pendant, it might be the Fool, but Klein hasn't arrived at this time... Could it be that I am the follower of Tianzun?

This is the reason why I can still be alive and kicking after knowing the Outer God?

At this moment, helplessness towards fate and reverence for gods occupied his whole body and mind.

All the gifts of fate have already been secretly priced.

Believe in the power of the gods, not in their mercy.

No matter who the chess player behind the scenes is or what their purpose is, he is just a pawn and has no power to resist.

Joyce wanted to cry but had no tears: It's just a transmigration, why don't we make it so complicated!