"……………………"

I have to say that it was a bit awkward to sit like this in a stormy house.

Everyone was sitting together, while the woman in the red cloak was sitting on the other side, just looking at them without saying a word.

"Are you also planning to go to the castle? Miss?"

Mystrina broke the silence first, looked at the woman with a smile and asked, while the other woman trembled and shrank her body.

"No... I'm just a coward... I don't dare..."

As she spoke, the woman lowered her head.

"...Everyone has had their limbs grafted."

"???"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the woman's confused conversation, but the woman just stared at the bonfire and whispered.

"Those who came to the border with me...the hands, feet, and heads of those who fought for me were all cut off and turned into parts of spiders."

"Well……………"

"Woo..."

"Alas……"

Although she didn't know what she was talking about, the content alone made the girls turn blue. Mistrina looked confused and didn't know how to talk about it, Lorena also looked confused, and Bambi looked confused.

She screamed in fright and got into Duanmu Huai's arms. Seeing this scene, Ogis thought for a moment, then put down the book in her hand and got into Duanmu Huai's arms.

However, the woman didn't care about this. She just raised her head and looked at everyone with a pair of dull eyes.

"Did you know that after being attached to a spider, a person will look like an insect chrysalis? It's really amazing, isn't it?"

"That... is quite amazing."

Duanmu Huai's face twitched as he imagined a giant spider with human bodies with limbs and heads cut off. Could it be that there was such a thing in the castle they were going to next?

If that's the case, that's really disgusting.

"Hehehe..."

The woman chuckled lightly. Her appearance gave Duanmu Huai a feeling that she was a bit like Alzheimer's. Her eyes were staring ahead without focus, looking at something, but she seemed to be looking at nothing. Although she raised her head, she was looking at nothing.

Facing Duanmu Huai and others, the woman's eyes seemed to penetrate them and look directly into the void behind them.

"Are you heading towards Stonewell City? Is it because you listened to the good words of Mr. White Mask? Or do you want to become a part of the spider? If so, then you are just like me."

"Uh... Miss, do you want to be like that... limbs?"

Hearing this, Lorena couldn't help but ask, and her question seemed to sting the pain in the woman's heart. She lowered her head, looked at the ground, and murmured to herself.

"But I don't have the courage - it would be too scary to have my hands, feet, and head chopped off. I really want to be like everyone else, but I'm really scared. I'm too cowardly."

Well, this is more or less a common sense person.

In other words, no normal person would accept that kind of limb replacement.

"Ah, right."

At this time, the woman seemed to hear something. She lowered her head, then took out a small bottle from her arms and handed it to Duanmu Huai.

"Can you please take this child with you on the trip? It's really pitiful that she should accompany me who is so cowardly..."

"What's this?"

Duanmuhuai took the small glass bottle and took a look. There seemed to be some kind of dust inside. At the same time, his system also gave a prompt.

[Obtain the special item "Ashes of Soul Jellyfish"]

[The ashes of the soul jellyfish: The ashes that host the soul can summon the soul of the soul jellyfish, which floats in the air and illuminates the souls around. The crying girl jellyfish is looking for her distant hometown and will work hard to spit out venom. The name of the girl jellyfish is

Kurala]

Jellyfish? Girl? Soul?

How should this thing be used?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai thought for a moment, then held the glass bottle tightly and injected a trace of spiritual energy. Soon, he saw a huge jellyfish quietly emerging out of thin air, exuding purple brilliance, and just suspended in the air, one after another.

The gentle tentacles dance slowly and look very beautiful.

"Wow, so beautiful!!"

Seeing this jellyfish, Bambi immediately got out of Duanmuhuai's arms and stared at it with wide eyes. Lorena also curiously stared at the soul jellyfish in front of her, and gently stretched out her hand, only to see that the soul jellyfish seemed to be

Understanding what Lorena meant, he also stretched out his tentacle and touched Lorena's fingers.

"It's so cute, Lord Knight."

"It's quite cute."

Duanmu Huai also stretched out his hand and poked the jellyfish in front of him. The latter shook slightly, and then returned to Duanmu Huai's side. Although it was a jellyfish, it was so beautiful and could glow, so it was already quite cute.

Pet.

You see, there are still pets after all.

Looking at the soul jellyfish in front of him, Duanmu Huai was in a good mood. Didn't he say before that sooner or later he would catch a small animal as a pet? Now, isn't this happening? This soul jellyfish is quite cute, isn't it?

"Thank you, young lady."

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai also bowed to the woman, who waved her hand.

"It doesn't matter, and Soul also likes you very much. I think this child will be very happy with you."

"Anyway, I still want to thank you... I wonder if there is anything we can do for you?"

"In this case……………"

After hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, the woman hesitated and thought about it.

"If you are going to Stonewell City, please help convey this to everyone who has become a chrysalis: I love you. Although I am still very scared, sooner or later I will become exactly like everyone... I am finally less afraid of pain."

……………is it necessary?

Hearing the woman's words, everyone was speechless for a while, and Duanmuhuai had no choice but to nod. After receiving Duanmuhuai's answer, the woman seemed to be relieved. Then she bowed to everyone and huddled in the corner again.

, closed his eyes and fell into sleep.

Looking at the sleeping woman, everyone didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Lord Knight, do you really want to tell those people..."

"Let's talk about it based on the situation."

Facing Lorena's inquiry, Duanmuhuai scratched his hair helplessly.

"Just listening to her words, I feel that nothing good will happen in Stonewell City... Anyway, let's rest first."

Soon, everyone fell deeply into sleep, while Duanmuhuai sat on the spot, staring ahead. At this moment, Ogis's voice suddenly sounded.

"Owner."

"Huh? What's wrong? Ogis?"

"What does pain... feel like?"

"Ah...ah..."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai realized that Ogis was a doll and would not feel pain. For her, no matter whether her limbs or head were removed, she would not feel this way. Maybe it was the woman before.

The fear caused by the limb replacement aroused Ogis' curiosity, which is why she had such an idea.

"Well...how should I put this? For ordinary living beings, pain is an instinctive manifestation. If you are hurt, you will feel pain, and pain will remind you that there is danger here..."

“……………???”

After hearing what Duanmuhuai said, Ogis still looked at him with unimaginable eyes, which made Duanmuhuai not know how to explain it for a while.

It's like if you explain colors to a blind person and tell him what blue and red are, he won't be able to imagine it.

Or if she asked herself what it felt like to breathe, Duanmuhuai probably wouldn't be able to answer.

"Do you remember Qiaowei?"

"…………………Um."

Upon hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Ojisi's expression darkened slightly and she nodded.

"How do you feel when you think of her?"

"I have no idea."

As Ogis spoke, she stretched out her hand and put it on her chest.

"I just feel that there seems to be something strange here, and I seem to have lost all strength. I don't want to move, and I don't want to think about it..."

"That's called sadness."

Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and touched Ogis' head.

"That's what people do when they feel sad. How did you feel when your father died?"
To be continued...