I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

The man was dressed in red, had black hair, a pale face, but his lips were redder than his clothes.

"Hey……"

Trist patted Lu Ban on the shoulder, but in the blink of an eye, the person in red disappeared.

Did you see anyone under the tree just now?

He put down his bowl and asked.

"Yes, indeed."

Lu Ban also saw the person in red, and he could see clearly that it was a woman.

"A woman in a red wedding dress, is that the bride?"

He was somewhat confused.

According to the mission description, the Hai family is having a son's wedding, and the bride is someone from outside the family, so the problem should be with the groom.

The bride suddenly appearing now is odd.

He looked away and glanced around again.

At this moment, Lu Ban noticed that inside the carriage, on a bench facing him, sat a woman.

The woman in red, with a red veil covering her face, sat there in an elegant posture.

Her skin was extremely pale, her nails were black, and Lu Ban smelled a salty, fishy odor. The woman's skin seemed wrinkled and damp.

Lu Ban immediately turned around and raised the crowbar in his hand.

"what happened?"

Trist turned his head as well, only to find that there was nothing in the car.

Lu Ban frowned, got into the car, and went to the spot where the woman had just been sitting.

My hands were icy cold on the chair; they weren't just cold, they were colder than the night wind outside.

On the ground, Lu Ban saw a little water stain.

Lu Ban dipped his hand in the liquid and sniffed it.

"It's seawater."

They had been in the carriage the whole time, and no one else had come in, so there couldn't possibly have been any seawater inside.

"This town doesn't seem very welcoming to us."

After listening to Lu Ban's account, Trist's expression turned somewhat serious.

"I've encountered more monsters before, which I could easily deal with with a gun. But encountering these ghosts is a bit troublesome."

Perhaps it was a privilege of this quiet place, but they did not encounter much resistance when entering the town, although the militiamen's eyes were filled with the same suspicion, resistance, and wariness as the people in the previous villages.

After parking the carriage and carrying the lantern, Lu Ban and Trist walked along the quiet street toward the largest mansion in town.

Almost all the houses were dark, and only the moonlight illuminated the streets.

Lu Ban caught a glimpse of what appeared to be rats in the alley, which were squeaking.

Suddenly, he stopped.

"what happened?"

Trist was startled and stopped in his tracks as well.

"listen."

Lu Ban put his hand to his ear and listened carefully.

Tristana also calmed down and perked up her ears.

He heard a melody echoing in the air.

Within that melody, there was also a soft murmur.

"...Waiting for you...when will you return...on an auspicious day..."

It sounded like a sobbing lament, as if it were the weeping of a woman grieving in her boudoir.

Where is this sound coming from?

Trist felt his hair stand on end and goosebumps rise all over his body. He looked around, but there wasn't a single light.

No.

In that deep darkness, there were only two red lights.

Drizzt saw two large red lanterns hanging at the entrance of the grand mansion ahead of him.

The lanterns shimmered in the night, casting a crimson glow on the ground.

The singing seemed to be coming from inside the compound.

"...My lord, don't go..."

A crisp whisper, accompanied by a chill down the back of his neck, made Tristana turn around abruptly.

He saw the woman with the red veil right in front of him.

The lower half of her face beneath the veil was exquisitely beautiful, yet frighteningly pale, with her striking red lips standing out.

It was only then that Trist realized that the woman's clothes were actually made of paper!

This bizarre scene momentarily caught Drizzt's attention, causing him to pause in his thoughts.

Swah——

Before anyone could react, a crowbar swept across the bride's body, but the moment the crowbar touched her, the woman in red vanished.

"Be careful."

Lu Ban offered a reminder.

"Was that singing the strange noise from the Hai family mansion in the mission description? What does it have to do with the bride? Why are her clothes made of paper?"

Trist was puzzled.

The faint singing voice lingered in the air, sending chills down one's spine, but perhaps out of respect for Lu Ban's crowbar, the woman in the red wedding dress did not reappear.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Hai family mansion.

The mansion was indeed magnificent, but the somewhat mottled and peeling paint on the pillars, the plaque overgrown with seaweed-like vegetation, and the gate with some unknown scratches all told them that this was not an ordinary wealthy family's home.

But after waiting for a while, no one came out to open the door for them.

"Does this mean we have to find a way to sneak in ourselves?"

Drizzt stroked his chin, shook the ash from his burnt-out pipe, and put it in his jacket pocket.

"I know this well. In the countryside, when people have a wedding banquet, I just sneak in and eat."

Lu Ban patted his chest.

"?"

A question mark appeared above Trist's head.

"The two of you."

Just then, a soft whisper came from behind the two of them.

Lu Ban instinctively swung the crowbar, but missed.

They saw a short man standing about a meter behind them.

The man was dressed in finely made silk clothes, a stark contrast to the gaunt villagers.

However, the man's face was covered in heavy powder, making him appear overly pale, even somewhat sickly, which contrasted sharply with his black clothes. His lips looked like they were painted with lipstick, but were excessively bright.

In Lu Ban's words, this person was more like a dead person than a living person.

"!"

Trist watched him warily; he had a rather uneasy feeling about this man.

"You must be guests attending the wedding. Please come with me. Our master has arranged other accommodations for you two."

The man's voice was calm and still, like an unchanging tombstone.

"it is good."

Lu Ban and Trist exchanged a glance and followed the man's footsteps.

They arrived at a three-story building that resembled an inn next to the mansion. In the dim light, the innkeeper greeted the two with a numb expression and gave them the keys to two rooms on the third floor.

Drizzt went into his room and checked it over, but found no major problems.

He took off his coat and was about to rest when there was a knock on the door.

"it's me."

Lu Ban's voice came from outside.

Trist opened the door and saw Lu Ban holding a blanket.

"Let's sleep together tonight."

He said it very seriously.

Chapter 068 Who's Watching You

"Let's sleep together tonight."

Trist was taken aback when he heard Lu Ban's words.

In the upper class of the ruined capital, some wealthy people do indeed have some shady hobbies, including fencing with handsome young men.

As a legitimate detective, Trist had also taken on similar investigations in the ruined city, which involved helping wealthy women gather evidence of their husbands' infidelity.

Could it be that Lu Ban also has that kind of interest?

It is said that the stronger and more muscular a man is, the more he likes these things, and some even prefer to be the one lying down.

No way?