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

[To be continued]

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11. Custom-made items

After a brief reunion, the witch asked the hero:

"Well, now you are willing to believe that I can resurrect your wife?"

At this moment, the priest has fallen into a deep sleep again. In response, the witch said:

"It's not that easy to resurrect a person. Even I can't easily pull the dead priest back from the underworld. At least for now, I can only let you see her temporarily."

"But," she added, in a triumphant tone, "now you should believe that I can help you revive the priest, right?"

Faced with the ironclad facts, the brave are naturally speechless.

He was just grateful:

"Thank you."

The brave man knelt on one knee beside the coffin, staring at the priest who had fallen into deep sleep again inside, and whispered:

"I shouldn't have misunderstood you, nor should I have doubted you... Thank you."

He thanked me several times.

But Laciel didn't care at all.

Charles was not a pretty girl, nor was he handsome, and was far from being pleasing to the eyes, so no matter how many times he thanked her, she would not feel happy.

She just felt relieved.

It wasn't easy, but I finally fooled Charles.

Even though she didn't actually do anything.

The "pie" that fell from the sky helped her complete the most troublesome task, which was to shape the body of the pastor lady. All she needed to do was to borrow that body of unknown origin and say hello to Charles as usual.

She wanted to prove to Ciel that she was still alive.

This was not a difficult task for her.

After dispelling Ciel's suspicion, new problems arose -

What exactly is the body in the coffin now?

Rachel thought it looked like pie.

Freshly baked, sweet, soft and mouth-watering pies.

But this pie was not bought by her, but fell from the sky. She did not do anything and did not pay any price, but this pie appeared in front of her and solved her urgent problem.

Rachel had heard similar stories before.

The protagonists of the stories are often caught in some kind of danger or dilemma. Then, they will be favored by a great will, their troubles will be solved, their long-cherished wish will be realized, and they can even raise their arms and shout that there has never been such a wonderful beginning...

Until their lives reach their peak.

At that time, something indescribable will fall from the sky like a "pie", and it will tell the protagonist of the story that miracles and magic are never free.

And what is the cost?

Body, soul, freedom, emotions...

It turns out that unknowingly, everything the protagonists have owned has become a sacrifice to summon the evil god.

And this is how most similar stories end, with few exceptions.

Literary creation is higher than life, but it is often derived from life. As the only student of Lao Deng, Lacie certainly knows that these stories are not completely false. In fact, a considerable part of them have real prototypes.

And now she herself is encountering this kind of thing?

Lacie stared at the girl in the coffin, but because of her connected senses, she had the illusion that someone was staring at her.

Of course, in a sense, it couldn't be considered an illusion, because someone was indeed staring at "her", but the person staring at "her" was actually herself.

This is so weird.

Which blind evil god has set his eyes on her and provided her with timely assistance?

For some reason, the first person Lacie thought of was Lao Deng.

But she quickly shook her head and ruled out this possibility.

Although this does seem like something Lao Deng would do, Lao Deng has no idea what happened between her and Charles.

But if it wasn’t Lao Deng, then who could it be?

Rachel thought of Diesel and the wishing well that was said to fulfill any wish of the person who made the wish.

Her intuition told her that this body of mysterious origin was most likely related to the wish Charles had made at the time.

Then the question comes-

What wish did Ciel make? And what exactly is Diesel's wishing well?

As we all know, no matter it is the planet on the universal rational side of the previous life, shrouded in the glory of science, or the world belonging to the law side of this life, full of miracles and magic - such as the "magic lamp", "wishing well" or "gods and immortals", these things are like there is no wife in the wife cake and there is no husband and wife in the husband and wife lung slices. Usually, they cannot help people realize their wishes.

But can Diesel’s wishing well really help people realize their wishes?

It really did, and she cried to death.

So the body that appeared in the coffin and was connected to her senses was the embodiment of Ciel's wish?

Rachel suddenly felt that she had guessed what Charles had wished for.

But now this matter has become unimportant. What is important is that the abnormality that Lao Deng mentioned has appeared - there is actually a wishing well in Diesel that can fulfill people's wishes.

So, the reason for the two investigators who mysteriously lost contact with Diesel was related to the wishing well?

It seems that she will have to go to Diesel again tomorrow. Of course, before that, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the two investigators, Lacie decided to share this information or guess with Lao Deng first.

She immediately planned to use the communication spell.

But at this moment, Charles, who was kneeling on one knee not far from her, suddenly stood up slowly.

She was a little surprised and subconsciously turned her head to look over. Coincidentally, Charles was looking at her at the same time.

The two looked at each other, and Lacier couldn't help but ask:

"what?"

Charles was silent for a moment, then replied:

"I... have something to ask of you."

Lacey raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

Something? What could Ciel have to do at this time? They still had to go to Diesel to investigate the anomaly tomorrow. It was already evening. What else did they want to do if they didn't go to bed early?

Although she thought so, what came out of Lacier's mouth was another sentence:

"what's up?"

"I want to go back to Concord."

"..."

Lacey said nothing.

Of course she knew where Kangkel was - it was where the Brave Team was born.

In the past, after each mission or adventure, the five people in the team would return to Kangkel to rest for a while. It could even be said that all their good memories were kept there.

But after she faked her death to block the knife for Ciel, Ciel, who was exhausted, temporarily left the team to find a way to revive her on his own, and the brave team seemed to be disbanded. The young people who had become companions because of their like-mindedness once again embarked on their own paths -

Warrior, Mage, Assassin, Priest, and Hero.

They have since parted ways.

Laceel actually felt a little nostalgic. After all, the Brave Team had brought her many good memories.

And now Charles told her that he wanted to return to Conker, the city that was their starting point.

What does Ciel want to do? Is he planning to rebuild the Hero Team?

Laceier thought curiously and simply asked:

"What are you going to do in Conker?"

"To fetch something," replied Charles. "Before I came to see you, I had an order for something at Concord, which, judging by the time, ought to be ready by now."

Rachel didn't know what Charles had ordered, but she thought it was probably armor or weapons, or some kind of combat tool. Anyway, those were probably the only things that came to Charles' mind.

So she curled her lips and asked:

"You mean, you want me to use the warp spell to send you to Kangkel?"

Charles shook his head.

"If it's possible, it would be great, but if your magic power hasn't recovered yet... I can go back by myself."

After all, in his eyes, Laciel had just used a forbidden spell that could temporarily pull the consciousness of the dead back to the human world from the underworld.

However, Lacey did not take it seriously:

"It's just a warp spell, I can still cast it easily. And you're crazy, are you? If you rely on yourself to go back and forth between the Sea of ​​Forest and Conker, by the time you come back, Diesel might have been destroyed because of the abnormal existence."

She was not exaggerating at all.

A wishing well that can fulfill people's wishes, no matter what its true nature is, is probably enough to destroy a small country like Diesel in a short period of time.

And this may be Diesel's biggest abnormality——

There are definitely quite a few people who make wishes to the wishing well, and if the wishing well can fulfill everyone's wishes, then why hasn't the small country of Diesel been destroyed by the flood of wishes?

Lacele didn't understand.

But as long as a sufficiently in-depth investigation is launched into Diesel, the truth will surely come to light.

The premise is that the sooner the investigation is conducted, the better.

So even if Charles didn't ask her for help, in order to resolve Diesel's abnormality as soon as possible, she would take the initiative to use the warp spell to bring Charles back to Conker.

even……

Lacele was considering whether to go back to Concord with Charles.

But there were too many people that Kangkel knew well in her priest form. Even though she was quite confident in her disguise, Lacier did not want to be exposed by her former companions.

But actually, there is a way to have the best of both worlds.

Rachel's eyes suddenly lit up, and she raised a finger and said to Charles:

"Hey, let me get you a spell scroll."

In this way, she wouldn't have to accompany Charles back to Conker, and she could ensure that Charles could finish his chores as quickly as possible and accompany her to investigate Diesel's wishing well.

So happily decided!

Lacier immediately took out a blank spell scroll, engraved the warp spell with the coordinates of the Sea of ​​Forest on it, and then handed it to Charles.

"Here," she said, "Here, I have already set the coordinates. You should know how to use a spell scroll, right?"

Charles nodded and whispered:

"I know...thank you."

Lacey thought to herself, we are all brothers, what is there to thank me for? Don’t you think I’m being a bit too polite?

At the same time, she waved her hand at Charles and said casually:

"Then go and come back quickly."

Charles did not answer immediately.

Instead, he stared at Lacier's slender, fleshy, and very cute right ring finger for a while before responding in a low voice:

"Well, I see."