Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 261: Demons of the Past and Future
"No, I'm not just taking them now."

Cecilia shook her head. "I will probably come to visit you a few more times in the next period of time, and borrow your empty room. Of course, it would be even better if I could see those cats again later."

"I'm not leaving Indorport, and neither is my cat."

The muscles on Sonya's face twitched slightly, and she seemed to want to say something, but she restrained herself.

"See you next time then." Cecilia placed the box containing the advance payment on the table next to Sonya. "This is three thousand and fifty horns, three thousand is the advance payment, and I hope I can drink better vanilla tea next time I come."

"I hope there won't be a next time."

Sonya smiled bitterly and sighed, "Do you want me to see you off?"

"To be honest, compared to the people you're going to deal with, I think I'm pretty mild-mannered."

Cecilia curled her lips, "At least I don't have as many calculations as the witch, and I also like cats very much."

"!! How did you know..."

Sonya's body suddenly tensed up. Few people knew that she was a member of the "Genius Society" in Feysac, even within the sect. After all, she had lost contact with the Witch Sect for almost a year.

"Everyone gets into trouble. Either you go looking for trouble or trouble goes looking for you." Cecilia stood up from her seat, and the orange cat jumped off her knees. "Even if you keep hiding in Danger Rock Street, they will come."

"I should go now. Don't let anyone else know about the deal between you and me."

After saying this, Cecilia ignored Sonya who was sitting in a rattan chair lost in thought, climbed the narrow spiral staircase, and returned to the ground.

……

"I didn't expect Miss Sonya to be such a gentle person."

On the way back, Sophie and Cecilia chatted.

"What do you think it would be like?" Cecilia thought it was a little funny. "Standing in the middle of a crowded room, boiling herbs, dried lizards, and children's fingers in a big pot, watching the stars above your head change through the smoke rising from the pot?"

"…Uh, how should I put it? Except for the child's finger, it's pretty much what I expected."

Sophie was a little embarrassed. "Isn't that a bit rude?"

"Come on, she's an astrologer, not a witch. If anything, your mom is the kind of witch who'd throw baby body parts into a cauldron."

"Adele's mother would never do anything like that!"

"Don't you dare say that about her!" Sophie protested vehemently.

"Good good..."

Cecilia shook her head helplessly. "To be honest, compared to my parents, just putting human body parts in a pot and cooking them is nothing. At least it tastes better after cooking."

"That sounds terrible..."

In the spiritual world, Sophie's spiritual body trembled slightly, as if frightened by Cecilia's tone. After a long while, she tentatively approached Cecilia's consciousness and hugged her carefully.

Cecilia seemed not to have anticipated this sudden action. She subconsciously waved her hands around, trying to break free, attracting the attention of passers-by.

"You just hugged a former demon?"

Cecilia looked a little strange, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"Didn't you say that I would become a demon in the future?" Sophie smiled brightly. "I think it's normal for a demon from the future to hug a demon from the past."

Is it normal?

Cecilia hesitated.

The demon king Farbti was already unconscious when he gave birth to Him. He only wanted to eliminate the influence of the Mother Tree of Desire and injected extraordinary characteristics into his offspring through reproduction. She and Matafarli were both born in this way.

Because of this, they did not have to go through the "cold-blooded" stage like ordinary Beyonders, and retained a part of their humanity. It was very difficult to retain humanity around the Mother Tree of Desire, but Cecilia did much better than Matafarli in this regard.

"...Maybe you are right." Cecilia nodded with a complicated expression, then shook her head, and finally nodded again.

The promotion method proposed by the demigod of the "Sun" path is indeed interesting. Even from the perspective of a former angel like me, it is feasible. After such a long time, I am a little curious about whether this little girl can maintain her humanity...

At this moment, Cecilia's spiritual intuition suddenly had a premonition, and the danger premonition ability in the sequence gave a crazy warning. Then, she made a prompt decision and returned the control of her body to Sophie.

"what happened?"

Sophie suddenly returned to her body and was a little uncomfortable for a moment, so she asked in confusion.

"Something's going on. I'm leaving now. Come up with an excuse!"

Cecilia's voice suddenly disappeared in Sophie's mind, and no matter how hard Sophie called out, she couldn't hear it come out.

At this moment, Sophie suddenly felt something and looked towards the street intersection stiffly.

Vinata was standing there, panting. Her originally decent windbreaker was splattered with mud during the running. She had taken off her hat because it was in the way and stuffed it into her pocket.

Her face was blue and white from the long run, and her light makeup was a little smudged, but Vinata didn't care. She strode towards Sophie, and she roughly pushed away the people who blocked her way. Those who wanted to complain quickly shut up and left after seeing the emblem of the Esco family on her windbreaker.

Venata stopped in front of Sophie, and Sophie could see her lips trembling slightly.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but then had to close it again because of her rapid breathing. This repeated several times before Venata's breathing calmed down.

Although Sophie had heard Adele and Vinata bickering before, the latter was always sharp-tongued and often made Adele very angry, but now she only heard one sentence.

"… Let's go home."

"Ah."

Vinata took Sophie's hand and they walked side by side in the direction they came from.

……

Due to the time difference, it was already night around the abyss vortex.

Adele poured herself a glass of Sonia Blood Wine. This sweet-tasting alcoholic beverage was the only one she was willing to try on her own initiative rather than for social occasions. She took a sip, feeling the honey-smooth wine flowing down her throat.

Normally, she should have a glass of hot milk with sugar cubes to help her sleep, but since she met Frank, she has completely given up milk.

Looking at the half-written sailing diary, feeling the tipsy feeling brought by Sonia's blood wine, Adele put the cup aside and wrote in the sailing diary:

"Tomorrow, we are about to enter the 'Abyss Vortex'. Wish us good luck."

(End of this chapter)