Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Lin Gui stared at the girl for a long time.

My mind raced through the strange events that had occurred before.

That task that was completed even though no one signed for it.

That glass bead was too clean.

And then there are these unseen "letter senders" right now...

An absurd yet reasonable conjecture suddenly emerged.

He spoke tentatively, his voice somewhat hoarse:

"You... are you 'Moro Troy'?"

The little girl behind the windowsill nodded timidly.

She looked up at Lin Gui and whispered to confirm:

"Yes, I am Troy."

"I 'stuffed' myself into the letter..."

"I just hope you can take me 'back' to my hometown."

She paused, seemingly wanting to express her gratitude, but used a form of address that instantly froze Lin Gui:

"So... thank you, little brother."

Little...brother?

Lin Gui's mouth opened slightly, his face filled with astonishment.

Using the faint light of his Eyes of the Underworld, he carefully examined Troy.

She was short, had a youthful face, and a slender figure.

She looks like a twelve or thirteen-year-old human girl.

He calls himself...little brother?

Lin Gui's lips twitched a few times, and he couldn't help but ask:

"How old are you?"

Troy tilted his head and seriously counted on his transparent fingers.

"Hmm... if we consider it from when he was alive..."

"I should be 28 years old."

Lin Gui: "...???"

He took a deep breath: "Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

Troy seemed a little embarrassed and leaned against the window, speaking to Lin Gui.

"Um... ever since I became like this..."

"It won't change its appearance."

"When I 'leave,' I'll probably be around this age."

She raised her head, her eyes clear yet bearing the marks of time.

"And that was... sixteen years ago."

"So, by the timeline, I'm 28 years old now."

She paused, her tone becoming matter-of-fact:

"You look...too young to be more than twenty?"

"So, calling you little brother is the right thing to do."

"Haha... Alright then."

Lin Gui rubbed his still-aching temples and decided to accept the nickname.

"And this one... Troy's 'sister'."

He looked at the seemingly young ghost girl by the window, who claimed to be 28 years old.

"You just said that you 'stuffed' yourself into the letter."

"What... is going on?"

Seeing that the ghost seemed not to be angry, Troy became a little bolder.

She floated up and sat on the windowsill, swinging her toes casually as she spoke.

"It means... exactly what it says."

"I stuffed my 'true self' into the letter."

"Then drop the letter on the post office counter."

Troy floated by the window and began to ramble on and on about his explanation.

"If it weren't for finding those seven copper coins to secure the letter..."

"I already sent you the letter."

"There's no need to wait until you're all about to leave before sending it."

She seemed to have not spoken to a living person in a long time, and once she started talking, she couldn't stop.

"Later, I was even afraid you'd peek..."

"I specifically wrote a reminder on the outside of the envelope."

"Otherwise, you'll find it's empty inside... with only a glass bead."

"They'll definitely think it's a prank."

Lin Gui quickly raised his hand to interrupt her.

"etc."

"You just said... 'the original body'?"

"What is your true form?"

Troy blinked his translucent eyes.

"They're beads."

Before he could finish speaking...

A glass bead landed lightly in her outstretched palm.

"Here it is."

Lin Gui's pupils contracted slightly.

He stared at the bead, remaining silent for a long while.

This reminded him of...

In the silent depths of the sea, the soul of a mermaid is sealed within a glass bead.

The other party also said that there are "a lot" of such beads on the seabed.

But Lin Gui didn't expect that.

Within the Wall of Sighs, amidst the ruins of Blackwater...

He saw the same thing again.

The Silent Sea and the Wall of Sighs...

Is there some kind of connection between these two perilous places?

He temporarily suppressed the doubts surging in his heart.

Then I remembered something else—

Therefore, the system task was completed so inexplicably...

Is it because he personally pocketed the "recipient's" true form?

"In other words..."

Lin Gui pointed to the bead.

"The one I just found in the house..."

"Is it the actual body of the person you're 'giving' to?"

Troy nodded vigorously, a happy smile spreading across his face.

"Yes! That's my brother's true form!"

"I never imagined he was still 'alive'..."

"I'm so happy."

She paused, then glanced at Lin Gui somewhat embarrassedly.

"He originally wanted to thank you in person."

"but……"

She pointed to Lin Gui's eyes, which still gleamed with a gray light.

"Your eyes... are absolutely terrifying."

"Oh no, it's just too scary, like a ghost."

Lin Gui pointed to his Netherworld Eyes, which were still shimmering with gray light.

Why?

He had a vague idea of ​​the reason, but he still wanted to hear what the "ghost in question" had to say.

Troy drifted closer, tilting his head as he carefully considered his words.

"I...I can't really explain it either."

"It's...from the depths of the soul."

"When your eyes look at us like this..."

She flinched slightly, as if recalling that feeling.

"I feel involuntarily afraid."

"It's like... being watched by something higher, something older."

"I have an urge to kneel down and submit."

She raised her translucent little hand and gestured her name.

"It felt like—"

"When the 'messengers of the underworld' rose from the ground to seize the disobedient ghosts..."

"Signs that will only appear in certain situations."

She looked at Lin Gui with lingering fear in her eyes, yet also a hint of curiosity.

"That's why everyone is so afraid of you."

"They all thought..."

"You're here to capture our 'Messenger of the Underworld'."

"Aren't you afraid of me?" Lin Gui asked.

Troy shook his head, the fear on his face fading considerably.

"I'm not scared."

"Because I know you are not a messenger from the underworld."

Lin Gui raised an eyebrow: "Why?"

Troy drifted closer, and his expression suddenly became a bit... quirky.

She lowered her already ethereal voice, and said with a hint of slyness:

"Because..."

"The messengers of the underworld are also 'ghosts'."

"And ghosts..."

She paused, her eyes crinkling into a slightly "creepy" and curious smile that didn't match her youthful appearance.

"They won't have babies with elves."

Lin Gui: "......."

"Smack."

Lin Gui held his forehead with one hand, his expression complicated.

It seems that in the future, when I'm "intimate" with Shia...

First, you need to scan the area with the Eye of the Netherworld.

See if there's a ghost lurking in some corner, spying.

Eve coughed softly beside her.

Although she couldn't see Troy, she could hear her conversation with the Forest Ghost.

I also heard about the talk of having a baby with an elf.

Eve looked away, but her ears were slightly red.

Clearly, he also recalled certain scenes that were inconvenient to recall.