Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

At that moment, at this moment.

The brave man suddenly felt a prick in the softest part of his heart, so he subconsciously did a very strange action... He lowered his head, raised his hand, and pressed the left side of his chest, trying to see if the heart inside was still beating.

Then, having gotten the result, he raised the corners of his lips and revealed a calm, somewhat dazed smile.

……

Lacey suddenly stopped being happy.

She thought Charles' smile was a little dazzling. If she had to say it, she seemed to see a middle-aged widower who had lost his wife, struggling to make a living with his children, resisting the pressure of life alone, licking his wounds alone, chewing on his pain, and relying on ruminating on the illusion of yesterday's happiness day after day to fight loneliness.

Such people are very strong, and even if the sky falls, it will not crush their shoulders; but such people are also very fragile, and they all feel as fragile as glass.

They seemed to have died long ago, on the day their wives were buried. What kept them alive was nothing more than their wives’ last words of advice:

"After I die, you must take good care of yourself..."

This is what the Charles is like now.

Lacele found it more and more incredible - did Charles love her so much? Why didn't she feel it at all at the beginning?

Or is it that the dead Bai Yueguang is the real Bai Yueguang, and Charles is the kind of person who only knows how to cherish something after losing it?

Rachel didn't know.

Lacele just felt unhappy for some unknown reason.

She was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see Charles showing such an expression in front of her, so she decided to let Charles have some fun with her.

Then she narrowed her eyes, revealed a fox-like cunning look, and continued:

"Ask a question!"

She forcibly pulled Charles back from yesterday's illusion, and asked with a half-smile:

"What's your kink?"

"???"

Charles could no longer mourn his deceased wife in peace. He subconsciously wanted to refuse to answer this question with a righteous attitude, but his mouth and vocal cords obviously had their own ideas.

"White...white silk." He answered with great difficulty.

"Good!" Lacier praised in a rather exaggerated tone, "Very spirited!"

Then she said to Charles, whose face was obviously red and anxious like an ant on a hot pot:

"As expected of the Hero of Light, you even prefer white stockings that look purer. Good, good, good! But is that all? Come on, tell me your darker and deeper fantasies - besides white stockings, what other sexual fetishes do you have?"

Her tone was so enthusiastic, just like a good brother who grew up with you and would put his arm around your shoulders, pat your arm, and say to you, "Hey, send it all, buddy. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

But Charles didn't feel Lacele's enthusiasm at all.

He just felt like he was sweating profusely.

Seeing that his body was about to betray his soul and speak out those things he didn't want to reveal, he finally couldn't help but use the forbidden spell.

The interference from the contract was temporarily suppressed by this extraordinary power, and Ciel finally regained control of his body.

He closed his mouth tightly, stared at Lacier for a while, and finally couldn't help but warn Lacier:

"Can you please... stop asking this kind of question..."

Laceel suddenly felt like she had become a tauren chieftain, and Charles had become a gentle and virtuous wife. After she threatened Charles with the words, "Madam, you don't want your deceased wife to lie in a coffin forever, do you?", even if Charles was reluctant, he could only compromise with her in humiliation. Even if he wanted to warn her, he was so weak that he didn't have the strength to do so. It was more like begging than warning.

happy.

Lacey thought, this is just the beginning, how can you not bear it after just this? This innocent little virgin boy is really lame.

It’s a pity that there is no such thing as browser history in this world, otherwise it would be even more fun.

But Laceel has always been a smart person, and naturally understands the principle of playing the long game to catch the big fish. It would be bad to desensitize Charles all at once and ruin him, so it is better to keep it on low heat and simmer it slowly.

So she readily agreed to Charles' request and stopped torturing him.

Now, the two of them could finally have a good chat about the serious matter of resurrecting the pastor lady.

——Although Lacele never really intended to help Charles resurrect his other self.

But Charles didn't know all this. In Charles' eyes, his dead lover finally had a chance to be resurrected. He was of course overjoyed, and even wished he could see his dead lover appear in front of him again, alive and well.

So he told Miss Witch:

"I'll go back right now and bring Laci's body here."

The witch nodded subconsciously - to resurrect a person requires that person's corpse, this is of course the most reasonable logic - but just after nodding, she suddenly thought of something very important.

It seems, maybe, seems, possibly...

The body of Miss Reverend was no longer in the grave.

It’s bad, what should I do?

[To be continued]

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8. Something big happened

Lacele suddenly remembered that she forgot to clean up the crime scene after she broke out of the coffin.

Not only was the coffin not put back, the grave was still dug up. If Charles went back now, he would see a messy cemetery and an opened coffin with an empty interior.

What will he think then?

Lacier's originally wicked smile froze on her face.

She didn't know what Charles would think, but she knew that someone would be held accountable for this - although Charles might not be able to guess who dug up his wife's grave, he could investigate.

After investigating all this and that, what if the investigation ends up leading to her?

Truth will eventually come to light. Lacie believed that her disguise and infiltration into the brave team was flawless. If it were in her previous life, even a famous detective would be unable to figure out that she was the culprit.

Because there are unreasonable things like magic in this world.

But it's because of magic——

God knows if there is any magic in the world that can restore the crime scene. What if Charles follows the clues and finds out that she is actually his dead wife, what should she do then?

If the bad things I have done are exposed, then my life as a witch will probably be over, right?

By then, she would probably be severely punished by the angry hero.

Don’t do that kind of thing!

No matter what, men can’t!

Even when she was in the Brave Team and she was closest to Ciel, she only viewed Ciel as a good brother.

She had no interest in men before coming to this world, and after coming to this world and becoming a beautiful girl, she became even more indifferent to men. One of the reasons why she moved to the sea of ​​forests to live in seclusion was that she could not stand the greedy gazes from some men, as if they were estimating how much it would cost to win a beauty like her.

So after she joined the brave team, she had to get along with Charles almost with a pinch of her nose.

It was not until she discovered that Charles was definitely a qualified hero that her prejudice against him was somewhat eliminated, and she no longer looked at him with tinted glasses.

But even so, a man can still crawl as far as he can. As for being hugged by a man, or even marrying a man and having children, don't even think about it. She has always liked beautiful girls who are sweet and soft. If the stinky men know what's good for them, they'd better get away from her.

The hero destroyed her ten years of hard work and countless precious spellcasting materials. She made the hero experience what it means to lose your love forever and be devastated. So far, the two of them have been even. If the hero is still entangled, be careful of her... Be careful of her...

Lacey suddenly became angry.

——She can’t beat the hero.

It doesn’t matter. Even if she can’t beat him, she can still run away. The hero can only use two legs, but she can use the warp spell to run away anytime and anywhere. Win!

Thinking of this, Lacie was no longer so panicked. She looked at the hero calmly and said:

"Why are you in such a hurry? You don't think it's easy to revive someone, do you?"

After saying this, she instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't find it.

After all, she didn't lie to the hero.

After all, magic and miracles are not free.

The higher the level of magic you want to release, the more materials and magic power you will have to consume. This is the so-called equivalent exchange.

Just like fate, the gifts that fate bestows on everyone actually have a price already secretly marked - although there is no real magic that can revive the dead in this world, according to some scholars' speculation, in order to revive the dead, one must pay with the life of a living person...

And there's more than one.

But so far, the old men from the White Tower Alliance have still not developed a reliable resurrection spell. The half-finished spells they used to resurrect are all half-finished products. Either they have flesh but no soul, or both the flesh and soul are distorted into strange appearances.

Perhaps that was why Charles was desperate and sought help from a half-baked woman like her.

And now, the half-baked Lacier began to popularize common sense to the brave:

"Even in the eyes of those old masters in the White Tower Alliance, resurrecting the dead is considered a taboo spell. Without a certain class, you are not qualified to learn related knowledge. Even if I have a special method to resurrect the dead, the price I need to pay and the resources consumed are quite terrifying."

This time, Lacie was telling the truth.

She wasn't so arrogant as to think that her magical attainments were higher than those old men in the White Tower. She couldn't resurrect the dead - but she could create people. As long as she extracted her three years of memories in the Brave Squad and created an independent personality, wouldn't the problem be solved?

The hero's dead lover was resurrected, and she would not be punished by the hero after the truth was revealed. In this way, the world where no one was hurt was completed. As for her magic circle destroyed by the hero and the precious materials consumed...

She believed that as long as she could convince the hero that she could really help him revive his lover, the hero would be willing to help her travel across the Pan-Continent to collect a new copy.

In this way, the matter has been resolved in the most satisfactory way, which is cause for celebration.

The only problem now is that the seat plane transfer array has emptied Lacie's small treasury. She is now as poor as the hero, and she really can't come up with the right materials to help the hero create a wife.

But it doesn’t matter. As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep. Since the hero asked her to do something, it would be a bit unreasonable if she didn’t give him some gold coins, right?

So Lacie crossed her legs again, folded her arms across her chest, and said in a pretentious manner:

"Do you think you can come up with enough resources? Hmm?"

Upon hearing her say this, Ciel immediately looked embarrassed. This guy used to have a straight face before setting out to subdue the dragon. Then, he said awkwardly:

"I have no money."

Of course, Lacele knew that Charles had no money, but she still deliberately said:

"No money? How can I revive my lover without money? You know, the precious materials needed to revive the dead are no less than what I needed to build the magic circle..."

Charles became even more nervous after hearing this:

“But I really don’t have any money…”

"That's all I can do," Lacier spread her hands and shrugged. "Don't look at me. I'm also poor now. Although I want to help you, I can't do anything."

Charles could only lower his head and remain silent.

After a long silence, he finally raised his head and looked at Lacie again, and forced out a bitter smile.

"I..." The brave man clenched his hands into fists under the table uncomfortably, "I'll think of a solution..."

Since he said so, Laciel decided not to torture him any further.

In fact, Charles was not poor at all, but he had never known this - many people who had received his help had long wanted to repay him, but he had never given them the chance.

Perhaps it is because of this that he can become the so-called "Hero of Light"?

But what does all this have to do with Lacie? She just wants to help the hero find a wife as soon as possible, then get the compensation she deserves from the hero, and then kick the hero away and continue to live her carefree life of eating and waiting to die.

As for where the hero is going to get the money, she doesn't care.

She just smiled and asked the hero:

"How did you preserve the body of that... um, pastor lady?"

"Using freezing magic and a coffin made of the Elf Mother Tree," Ciel answered carefully, "Is it okay if I do this?"

Lacey couldn't help cursing in her heart. No wonder it was so difficult for my buddy to fake his death. He almost suffocated to death in the coffin. It turned out to be your good deed. But on the surface, she had to give a very high evaluation:

"The freezing spell protects the body, and the coffin of the Elf Mother Tree maintains the soul. This is a very good way to deal with it. In this way, the body of the pastor can be sealed intact for at least one year..."

"Then, within this year, you must collect enough materials to revive Miss Priest and help me complete the construction of the resurrection spell. Only in this way can I bring Miss Priest to you in a complete and healthy state."

That inexplicable feeling of something being wrong appeared again, and it became even stronger.

Lacey blinked in confusion and repeated in her mind what she had just said, but she couldn't find out what was wrong.