vncnus Chapter 316 The Principles of Murder
Chapter 316 The Principles of Murder
Chapter 316 The Principles of Murder
I woke up in the morning.
Laura was hungry.
She walked out of the room, but did not see Lolotti.
Recently, Lolo has been doing this early in the morning, staying in bed and oversleeping.
Lola felt that Lolotti had probably already accomplished his most important task, so he was relaxed and no longer had the motivation to continue striving.
But Lola doesn't blame Lolotti; if she could, Lola also likes to lie in bed all day.
But now, she was hungry.
So Lola went to Lolotti's door and knocked hard.
No one responded.
Lola then went into the room; well, Lola never locks the door.
He said his most precious possession was knowledge, which was hidden in his mind and could not be stolen by others.
Therefore, he is not afraid of thieves and thus does not need locks or keys.
Laura declined to comment.
But at this moment, it undoubtedly made things easier for Lola.
Lola went to Lolotti's bedside, and sure enough, he was still fast asleep.
Lolotti's breathing was shallow, but her expression was relaxed, though half of the blanket had slipped to the floor.
Lola suddenly said, "Loloti."
No response.
He was sleeping soundly.
Lola reached out to wake Lolotti.
This is one of her specialties.
Back when he was still in the library, Aaron loved to sleep in late.
Anne then instructed Lola to wake Aaron up in various ways.
Every time Aaron wakes up, he makes a strange expression.
Anne would laugh heartily, which made Lola very happy.
"Hofe—"
Just as Lora made his move, Loloti suddenly called out.
Hofi.
Lola seemed to have heard Lolo mention this name once before.
Oh! Right!
That time, he called Lola "Hofe," so Lola reintroduced herself by her name.
Lolotti was taken aback at first, then a smile appeared on his face.
"Hofe—"
Loloti called out again.
He always calls himself by this name, so it seems that Hofi is a real person.
But who is this person? Is it male or female? What is their relationship with Luo Luo?
At that moment, Lola saw a smile appear on Lolotti's face.
It seems that Hofi and Loloti have a pretty good relationship.
"Hofe—"
Another call rang out.
But he just wouldn't wake up.
Laura lost her patience.
She reached out her hand.
And it will definitely be able to awaken Lolotti.
Lola grabbed the blanket that had slipped to the floor and covered Lolotti back up.
Then, climb onto a very tall chair next to it.
Loloti doesn't look tall, but it's just because he's always hunched over.
If he stood up straight, he might be taller than Abrams.
"Damn it," Lola thought, "why do I have to bend over all the time when I'm so tall?"
If you don't want to be that tall, why not share your height with those who want to be taller?
In short, this is probably why the chairs in Lolotti's room are so high.
It was so high that Lola was sitting on it with her feet still far off the ground.
Loloti must be having a wonderful dream.
Dreams are rare, and Lola knows that very well.
Since that's the case, Lola thought it best to let him stay in his dream a little longer.
But what was Hofi doing in his dream?
Laura was getting a little bored while waiting, so she kept swinging her legs.
He even kicked the chair legs with his heels out of boredom.
After an unknown amount of time, Lolotti finally woke up.
He slowly sat up, rubbed his eyes, and then saw Lola.
Lolotti looked surprised: "Little Lola—you've been waiting for me here? Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Laura was waiting, but she couldn't remember how long.
However, explaining it in detail would be too troublesome, so Lola chose to gloss over it.
She nodded gently.
"Sorry," Lolot raised his hand and pinched the corner of his eye, "I've been feeling very tired lately."
Lola didn't care. She simply jumped down, walked out of the room, and sat down again in a chair at the dining table.
After waiting for a while, Lolot finally came out.
Just then, he seemed to see a bowl placed opposite Lola.
Lolot looked surprised: "This—you made this for me?"
Lola nodded.
While waiting for Lolo's reminder, Lola was so hungry that she had to get something to eat herself.
But since I'm cooking for myself, I might as well cook something for Lolot as well.
It doesn't take much effort anyway; it's just a matter of throwing more ingredients into the pot, and it's only a short trip.
"Oh—Little Lola."
Loloti's eyes were probably uncomfortable; he was pinching the corner of his eye again.
A moment later, he walked over to Lola and patted her on the head:
"Thank you, Laura."
Then, Lolot sat down opposite Lola.
When he saw the black mass in the bowl, Lolot frowned.
Laura explained, "It's delicious."
Lolot glanced at Lola, then stared at the bowl for a few seconds.
He repeated this several times, then brought his face close to sniff, and suddenly laughed:
"Haha, little Lola, actually I'm not hungry. You know I'm on a diet lately, and I don't eat anything in the morning."
Lola just stared intently at him.
Lolot finally sighed and turned back to face the bowl.
As if making a decision, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly.
Finally, he closed his eyes, picked up the bowl, and drank it down in large gulps.
Halfway through his drink, Lolotti reopened his eyes and looked at Lola with a strange expression:
"It's actually quite delicious—"
Lola proudly raised her head slightly.
In the end, Lolotti finished drinking everything in the bowl.
Lola asked, "What are we going to do today?"
Lolo was stunned for a moment: "Nothing special happened today. Haha, I've been quite free lately. Maybe I should leave the Phantom Society, but I don't know what to do next."
"There are quite a few people who want to ask me for help, but for some reason, I haven't had the motivation lately."
"Or, little Lola, is there anything you'd like to do?"
Lola shook her head.
"Is there anything you want to know? Or anything you want to research? I can help you with that."
Lola thought about it, and there were indeed things she wanted to know:
"Who is Horphy?"
Lolo was taken aback: "How do you know that name?"
"You once called me by the wrong name, Horfie, and this morning you called that name fifty-three times, Lolot. Does that guy owe you a lot of money?"
Lolot smiled faintly, then looked up at the ceiling.
After a while: "Hofe is my—an old friend."
Lola had no friends, so she didn't know how she should feel about friendship.
Loloti continued, "It's just that we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"how long?"
"Sixty years? It's been at least fifty years."
"Do you want to see Horphy?" Laura asked.
"Ha, of course I want to!"
Since that's the case: "Then go see Horphy."
Lolotti burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face.
"I want to see her too, but I have no idea where she is."
she was.
Horphy is a woman.
"She left without saying goodbye?" Lola asked.
"Yes," Lolotti said, "but no."
Hmm? "Why?"
"Before she left," Lolot said, "she arranged a time and place to meet me, but I went, and she didn't show up. Maybe she was just late."
Lolo shook her head: "Impossible. I waited for her until dark, but she never showed up. She didn't come the next day either—but—..."
"Do you want to go back and take a look?"
"Huh?" Lolo was taken aback.
"Do you want to go back and take a look?"
"Go back? Go back now? What's the point? She didn't keep the appointment, so why would she go later, let alone wait until now!"
"Do you have anything else to do?"
"Not available at the moment."
"Then let's go take a look."
Lola's thinking was very simple.
Since Lolo wants to meet the other party, let's start by investigating the latest clues.
"Can-"
"Go."
Finally, the two left the house.
"Where?"
"White Mirror Square is located in the southern part of the ditch."
Lola had a general understanding of the terrain of the permafrost continent.
Yongda Continent resembles a hook, and the ditch is located in the groove of the hook.
Therefore, to reach White Mirror Square, the two needed to head north.
Lola followed Lolotti to a nearby square, where they rented a carriage and headed north.
Summer is almost over.
Before long, even this place will be covered in snow.
At that time, horses would be unable to pass, and they would have to rely on sleds.
The snow is falling quickly and steadily, which can be incredibly cold. I wonder if Lolotti can hold out.
Therefore, this is the last chance this year to go to Gouwan.
The carriage sped across the hard, icy ground.
The midday sun is warm, but by evening it becomes the setting sun.
The sunset paints the sky red, it's beautiful, but the beauty is already fading.
Night will soon fall, and the sky will be filled with only coldness and loneliness.
But after late autumn, the sunlight on the icy ground is always weak and feeble.
When the midday sun is no longer warm, the sunset no longer appears beautiful.
Their starting point was not too far from White Mirror Square.
Perhaps out of boredom, Loloti told Lola the story of Hofi.
"Hofe is also a wizard; she studies bio-magic."
"Bio-warrior is a broad category, which includes multiple branches."
"The branch of research that Hofi studied was jokingly called frog witchcraft by the two of us."
"Frogs can still jump even after they die, so some people believe that this is a manifestation of the lingering spirit in the frog's body. Therefore, they are studying whether it is possible to use one's own will to command a lost corpse."
"Manipulating corpses sounds like evil witchcraft," Laura said.
Loloti laughed and replied, "You're right, little Lola. The origin of necromancy is frog witchcraft. Once a wizard misinterprets the truth, evil will take advantage of the situation. So, little Lola, you must always be wary of being bewitched."
Lola nodded, and Lolotti continued:
"We met when we were ten, and we've kept bumping into each other in different places ever since. Haha, we were both young then, so it was inevitable that we were all a bit competitive—"
"—You're still not willing to admit defeat," Lola interjected.
"Yes, but that was even more true back then," Loloti replied. "We were always competing to see who could make more progress and achieve greater research results."
"We each have our strengths and weaknesses, but we inevitably argue. Every time we argue, we end up red-faced, but afterwards I feel very relieved, and I guess she feels the same way."
"Our relationship grew closer and closer, and on the day I turned sixteen, she was fourteen."
"Hofe prepared a frog pie for me, not a live frog, but one she had carefully cooked."
"I didn't expect her to prepare a gift for me, and it wasn't until then that I belatedly realized that I was always finding various excuses to see her."
"Do you understand that feeling, little Laura, that restless feeling inside?"
Lola shook her head.
"Haha, I would be even more surprised if you nodded—in short, I was clear about my feelings for Hofi at that time."
"And she was willing to meet me and give me gifts, so I suppose she felt the same way about me."
"Therefore, I followed my instincts and kissed her."
But she pushed me away.
"Is she angry?" Lola asked.
Lolo shook her head: "I don't think so, at least I don't think so. There was no anger on her face, just a faint smile."
"It's like she's plotting something naughty; she always has that expression when she's about to play a trick on me."
"Hofee said with a smile, 'Loloti, guess what I'm thinking.'"
I said, 'How could I possibly know what you're thinking?'
She said, "Aren't you a mind reader? You can read my mind. If you're really as powerful as you say, you can definitely decipher my thoughts."
"I was young and impetuous at the time, and I wanted to prove myself, so I immediately tried it. Before I performed the witchcraft, she told me that she had left a message for me in her mind."
"The wizard I used on Hofi, ha, I successfully found the intelligence she left behind. She didn't hide this intention very well."
Lola asked, "What did she leave behind?"
She asked me to meet her three days later at a beach in White Mirror Square.
"I was going to tell her what I had seen, but she told me to shut up and to prove it to her with my actions."
"And then?"
"I kept my appointment on time. It was autumn, and the first snowfall at White Mirror Square came earlier than usual."
"But without any hesitation, I braved the snow and went to the agreed place to wait for her."
"The snow fell on the surface of the bay and the sea, like a mirror. At that moment, I understood why the name Mirror Square came about again."
"I arrived early, very early in the morning, but Hofi didn't come until nightfall."
"I didn't give up. I went again the next day, and the same thing happened on the third and fourth days. I finally gave up on the fifth day."
"She stood me up?" Lola concluded.
"Maybe," Lolotti said, "but maybe it's just because I wasn't strong enough and didn't read the message she left me correctly. Perhaps she agreed to meet me the next day, not the third."
"I was devastated for a long time because of this, and instinctively avoided places where she had been."
"I wonder, if I had been more capable back then, would I have been able to misread the words that Hofi left for me?"
"It was from that time that I began to study mind magic with all my might. By the time I was almost thirty, I was recognized as the strongest mind magician at the time."
"When I turned around, I suddenly realized that Horfey's name had disappeared from the wizarding world for a long time."
"In that case, I won't be able to find Horphy anymore. Perhaps she's no longer a wizard, perhaps—"
Perhaps, she is dead.
Lola guessed that this was the sentence Lolotti hadn't finished saying.
"So, it's pointless, little Laura. Going there now is completely pointless."
"But since we're already here, we should at least go and take a look."
At this moment, they have arrived at the south side of White Mirror Square.
Suddenly, the carriage they were riding in stopped.
Lolo asked the driver, "What happened?"
"There seems to be some movement."
Upon hearing this, the two got out of the car.
Then, they looked in the direction from which the noise came.
A group of shady ticket-obsessed people seemed to be planning to walk around White Mirror Square again.
Loloti moved slowly and thus failed to hide in time, exposing his whereabouts.
Without saying a word, those people used all sorts of wizarding techniques to launch an attack in the direction where Lola and Loloti were.
Lola felt that if things continued like this, both she and Lolotti would be killed by the other side.
With no other option, Lola had to fight back.
She was constructing a magic circle in her hands.
This advanced magic circle was too complex, so Lola had to take on another task.
Halfway through the construction, she found that her concentration was waning, and if she continued to build, she might suffer a backlash.
Lola immediately activated the mind magic Lolo had given her to control her emotions.
Finally, the magic circle was completed.
A dazzling purple light flashed ahead, and then the whole world fell silent.
Those people were all chopped up.
Lolo looked at this scene, his eyes wide as he stared at Lola. "Lola, what kind of power do you have! How could you kill hundreds of people so easily?"
Lola's expression remained unchanged; she could only tell Lolotti what she could say:
"They threatened my life, which is in line with my principles of killing."