Lily Bell almost jumped up, responding excitedly.

The snow above collapsed, and a large amount of snow and dead leaves fell. A figure appeared on the edge of the snow pit. The bonfire's light was dim, and it was impossible to see the figure clearly.

"Miss! Are you really here?!"

Judging from the voice, it should also be a young woman.

Ella stared dumbfounded at her jumping down, the wind and snow that was rolled up made the bonfire dim, flickered a few times, and then returned to its original state.

In the light of the fire, it could be seen that it was a girl with rare brown short hair, blue eyes, tall figure and beautiful face.

She is paired with a silver-white metal chain armor and a leather waist. The cutout slender leg armor protects the position below the joints, while the rest of the position reveals a linen shirt and trousers that are easy to move.

The outfits fit perfectly and were girly, the only thing that wasn't right was that they were men's clothing.

"Ashley, you are too slow!"

"I'm very sorry, this is my negligence."

The woman called Ashley bowed deeply.

"If even the rescuers fall in, how are we going to get up?"

Ella couldn't help but say that she couldn't use the Levitating Charm for the time being.

"Who is this?"

"She's Tina... no, it's Ella now, Ella Williams, isn't it?—Ella, this is Ashley Chevalier."

Lily had obviously heard what Ella was talking to herself and learned her real name.

"Then, Miss Williams, what you say is not difficult, excuse me—"

Ashley put his arm around Lily's waist, jumped up quickly, stepped on the rock wall on the side of the snow pit, and used this force to bounce again, and easily returned to the ground.

Judging from the texture of the material and the way it swings, the light armor she wears weighs at least more than ten kilograms. Plus Lily's weight, in this case, she can escape from a snow pit with a height of more than five meters using only her physical ability. In La's impression, only Ling could do it.

"Get Ella up too."

Lily commanded,

"Of course, it is not the work of a knight to leave a lady alone in a dangerous place."

Ashley once again responded with a standard courtesy, which made Ella feel somewhat strange.

She behaved like a chivalry novel that was popular many years ago, and that has long since fallen out of fashion even in the country tabloids.Ella remembered that she had found one of them in Kraft's library, and according to the date, it was at least two or three hundred years ago.

Ashley jumped into the snow pit again, bowed slightly, and stretched his hand forward.

"Excuse me, Miss Williams."

"I'll just... hello!"

Ella exclaimed, her body was moved by the huge force, and when she came back to her senses, Ashley carried her on her shoulders. The cold wind whistled in her ears, and she came to the ground in an instant.

Ella slid off Ashley's back, the snow outside had stopped, she looked up at the sky that appeared in the gap between the trees, and soon became convinced.

This must not be a certain corner of the world of common sense,

Stars twinkled in the clear night sky, and the seven moons lined up in the night, showing different colors such as dark red, emerald green, blue, dark gold, and deep purple. They were far bigger than the moon in Ella's impression, and they were also brighter.Right now in the center of the sky is the purple crescent moon, and the white snow on the ground shone strangely and beautifully under its luster.

Year-round snow, unusual plant growth, and multiple moons.

All of this felt extremely strange to Ella.

Chapter 4 Undercurrents

"You mean, Williams, she might not be in the physical world at all?"

Hyde frowned, he couldn't quite understand the meaning of the puppet's words.

"It's just a possibility."

Shadow picked up the white bone china cup on the table and took a sip of the fragrant black tea. Judging from the deformation of the touch between her lips and the cup, her face seemed to be made of some soft material.

Hyde was surprised by the scene in front of him, and asked almost subconsciously,

"...do you have a sense of taste?"

"Of course, although I don't want to admit it, that strange professor is indeed very good at alchemy... It's the first time I've tasted tea after so many years... It's really amazing."

Shadow observed the tea in the cup, watching the tiny powder particles floating and sinking in the cup. She seemed to want to touch it with her fingers, but she didn't want to stain the food.

"Food will be converted into magic power by the alchemy circle in my chest, but that is only a negligible amount. Most of the time I still need something with more magic power—there seems to be too much gossip."

Her expression seemed to be intoxicated, and her eyes were slightly squinted. In the past few days, the doll seemed to have become more and more human.

After a moment, Shadow put the cup back on the table.

"The only thing we can be sure of right now is that Ella Williams is still alive."

"But a week has passed, and we have not received any communication from her. Generally speaking, this is impossible. There is no reason for her not to use messenger to contact us."

Hyde probably understood what Shadow meant.

"You mean... she couldn't summon the messenger for some special reason."

"Yes."

Shadow picked up another piece of cake with a silver fork, tentatively threw it into his mouth, and raised his eyebrows.

"The cake is also very good...Well, as for the special reason, I can only think of a few possibilities. First, Ella must have happened at the last moment through some force that we don't even know. Transfer, you have no doubts about this, do you?"

"Yes."

The Executor has searched all over Sembawa Island, and Hyde believes that that should be the only explanation.

The doll moved its ball joints and raised an index finger.

"Since she is still alive, under what circumstances will she not summon the messenger? The first possibility is that Ella may still be seriously injured or even in a coma, and she has no strength to summon the messenger."

"But in this case, it's hard to imagine Williams surviving for that long."

So Shadow held up a second finger.

"Then, the second possibility is that she was transferred to a special environment similar to the Sibilla Mine, where the space is not stable enough for the messenger to enter and cannot respond to her consciousness."

"This has the same problem as the first guess. It is impossible for Williams to be trapped in that kind of place all the time. After escaping, she will definitely choose to summon the messenger. As time goes by, this possibility will gradually decrease."

"Then the third one."

Shadow raised his ring finger and leaned forward.

"She was exiled to a spiritual space similar to that before the Son of God came, dreamland, space mezzanine, or other places we don't know."

"impossible!"

Hyde categorically denied,

"Humans cannot reach that kind of space, otherwise why would that wizard named Lawrence transform himself into a ghoul?"

"exactly."

Shadow placed the knives and forks neatly on the table, and his smile became a little weird, mocking and bullying.

"But Ella she..."

There was a knock on the door, wearing a high-waisted leg-of-mutton-sleeve dress, Ling, who looked more ladylike than usual, appeared in the lounge. She was forced to dress like this only in Faust Manor.

In other words, two people and a puppet are in the lounge of Faust Manor.

This was the fourth day they had stayed in Faustri since leaving Glamis.

While Hyde and Shadow rested and waited, she had just finished a conversation with her adoptive father, Fred Mephisto.

Ling's expression looked very complicated, and the conversation just now seemed to have had a lot of impact on her.

"What did Fred say?"

Hyde asked,

"...he will tell you himself."

Fred strode in in his scarlet slim gown,

"I think you should at least call me Mr. Fred, the boy of the Belusay family. You need to maintain a certain degree of respect for the adults of the Alliance family—but forget it, the important thing is now."

The maid moved quickly but gracefully to move a chair, and the latter sat on it without hesitation.

Ling was standing behind him.

"I'll just say the conclusion - Albert Kleist, your great Mr. Headmaster, is no longer worthy of our trust. But even so, you still need to complete the The last two years of your studies. I will arrange for you to return to Kraft after this week is over, and entrust trustworthy people to protect you."

"The tasks that you need to perform for the remaining two years will be screened and confirmed by me, Straw, and the former executive officer Howard. Regarding this, Straw Belusay has already stated in the school board the past few days. Pressed and got results."

The expression on Hyde's face changed from dullness to confusion, and finally to shock.

"Albert Otter? Why is Kleist no longer trustworthy?"

"Just literally."

Shadow understood this, and she didn't seem surprised.

"But he is the most powerful wizard in the past hundred years!"

Fred rubbed his short beard and grinned, revealing his white teeth. He smiled dryly, but his voice was not as hearty as before.

"You're right, but that's why—it's all the worse."

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Although Fred said this, he had already stood up and was about to leave.

Shadow has almost eaten all the snacks on the table.

"Have--"

Fred glanced at her, then ordered the maid to prepare more refreshments, then turned and walked out the door.

"Thanks...although there was indeed that intention, I would like to ask another question, you mentioned the 'former' executive Howard Yusuf, how did that happen, he broke with the principal ?”

Fred stopped in his tracks, and looked at the puppet on the seat behind him with great interest, which looked exactly like Ella but was subtly different.

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