Chapter 382

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Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian exchanged a look. Although they sympathized with the little boy, they were unable to protect themselves, so it was even more impossible to protect a child. Moreover, they were headed to an unknown place now, filled with uncertainties and hidden danger.

“Go back, the castle is safer. We’re going to a potentially dangerous place now,” Xiao Tangqiu advised. “You’re a child. It’s too dangerous for you to follow us. Go back.” E69I5y

The little boy still didn’t have any intention to leave. He looked at Xiao Tangqiu stubbornly and said nothing.

At this moment, Shen Yuan suddenly said faintly, “If he wants to follow us, let him.”

Duan Hongzhen smiled as he added, “He will follow us anyway, even if we don’t allow him follow us. So we might as well let him do as he pleases… But let me tell you little one, we won’t go out of our way to protect you in danger.”

The little boy kept a straight face, refusing to say anything. It was hard to tell if he had agreed or if he didn’t understand what he had said. QDAxuV

Soon, Shen Yuan and his team were back on their way with Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, Lu Si ‘er and the little boy following behind.

Although the little boy behaved like a spoiled brat before, he didn’t cry at all on their journey. Perhaps he had also realized his current situation.

They trekked through the boundless forest for an unknown period of time until the aloof woman suddenly said, “We’re here.”

Here? We’ve reached Daemon Town?

After looking at the statue, they searched the church for a long time, but found nothing useful. hGdfxW

“There’s nothing at all,” Duan Hongzhen played with a scalpel, obviously unhappy. “Should we smash the statue?”

Xiao Tangqiu was startled. Before he could stop him, Shen Yuan spoke first. He faintly replied, “Let’s go back.”

“That’s it? We haven’t found any valuable clues though,” the aloof woman frowned slightly. “I keep thinking that this church and this town aren’t as simple as they look…”

“There isn’t enough time. We must get back before midnight.” Shen Yuan reminded them calmly. “It will take several hours just to get back. We’ll come back tomorrow and continue looking.” qPWJxi

They looked out, only to find that it was getting dark. Because the light in the church was very dim to begin with, they hadn’t noticed the change in the sky at all.

The aloof woman nodded. “That’s all we can do. We’ll come back tomorrow.”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Although they had gained nothing, they could only leave reluctantly.

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After leaving the church, they returned to the streets of the small town. It was getting dark, but there were still people walking about merrily. Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly and felt more and more that there was something wrong with the situation. Although life in the small town was very lively, he couldn’t fight off the feeling that something was wrong.

But then again, there was nothing right about this place either.

Just then, Lu Si’er suddenly stepped forward and pointed to the window of one of the street stores in surprise. “Look at that doll!”

Xiao Tangqiu turned around and saw that Lu Si’er was referring to an antique shop. It wasn’t the kind of antique shop that only sold antiques, but the kind that bought and sold all sorts of old items. Therefore, there were all kinds of goods in the shop, including old dresses and gowns, sets of tableware, kids’ tricycles, some old dolls, puppets and musical boxes. NIJjXM

Lu Si’er was pointing at a wooden puppet in the window.

It was a very delicate puppet, with lifelike facial features and eyes that sparkled like large sapphires. It was wearing a small, white wedding dress, its head covered with a veil while its hands held a small bouquet of flowers, just like a girl about to get married.

It was precisely because it looked so lifelike that it gave off a creepy vibe.

But soon, Xiao Tangqiu found something wrong – the puppet’s eyes were moving! smrAOB

Its sapphire-like eyeballs slowly turned back and forth, as if it was looking at the people outside the window.

And after seeing them, two drops of tears trickled down its face.

“Fuck! It’s alive!”

Tang Mianmian jumped three feet in fright and climbed onto Xiao Tangqiu like a koala. UGHFDz

Xiao Tangqiu kindly reminded him, “It’s just a living puppet. Haven’t you seen quite a few lately?”

Tang Mianmian thought about what he said and realized that he was right. He calmed down immediately.

These past few days, they had indeed seen quite a few living puppets, but none of them were like the puppet in this window.

A living puppet with tears and emotions… D53YCL

Xiao Tangqiu looked at Shen Yuan and asked, “Should we go in and have a look?”

Shen Yuan’s eyes darkened, “Yes.”

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P.S. I would like to thank Mello for giving me my first ko-fi for GAME. I will do an extra update tonight or tomorrow for the support