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"Nero Chaos, you've been following us all along?!" Orange looked at the extremely dangerous Dead Apostle with a mixture of shock and anger, ignoring even Qingzi's tugging at her clothes several times.
"No, it was just a chance encounter. Also, please don't call me Nero Chaos; that name doesn't suit me anymore." As if to explain something, he began to introduce himself inappropriately for the occasion.
“Dead Apostles who have lived for a long time usually do not use their original names from when they were still human. Even so, they do not name themselves, so the church takes it upon itself to add names based on their characteristics. However, as new characteristics are discovered, additional explanations must be added, and in the end, there are cases where Dead Apostles have names that are as long as incantations.”
"And I am one of the oldest vampires. Based on the number of beasts within me, the Church describes the Realm of the Beast King within me as the original Earth, a mixture of many, many elements. This is why it was first called Chaos (meaning chaos)."
"As for naming me Nero, it's probably based on the Church's perverse sense of humor. After all, I'm filled with 666 kinds of animal genes. Since some people in later generations associated Nero's name with the 666 beast in the Bible, I, who actually possess the lair of the 666 beast kings, was also given the name Nero. But as that child said, in his mind, the name Nero should belong to that crimson rose emperor."
"That's right, just as you might imagine, the name Nero comes from the famous Roman emperor, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, a fervent 'animal rights activist,' the strongman who allowed his beloved horse to sit at state banquets. As for the spelling of 'Nero Caesar' in Hebrew, it's associated with 666. The sum of the numbers corresponding to the letters NRVNQSR in Hebrew is 666, where N is 50, R is 200, V is 6, Q is 100, and S is 60."
"Therefore, it can be said that the name Nero Chaos was only given by the Holy Church, and was never acknowledged by me, but was the name tacitly accepted by the Underworld."
Orange felt that this vampire in front of her, who did not have a territory and was unconventional, was very different from the legends. No wonder Yue Zhengling added the note "Professor" in the alias column when introducing him.
"So how should we address you now?" For some reason, Yuzhu suddenly spoke in a very respectful tone.
"I recently reclaimed my human name, and I will use that name from now on. So call me Fabro Erowan."
"Oh, so you really are the Uncle Fuabro mentioned in Ling-chan's letter." At this moment, Qingzi showed an excited expression, turned around, hugged the back of her chair, and looked at him casually.
Upon hearing the title "Uncle Fuabro," Fuabro's icy expression began to thaw, revealing an expression that, though unfamiliar, could still be considered a smile.
"Sister, Uncle doesn't mean any harm. You and Youzhu don't need to be so wary," Yaoyao said, swaying back and forth in her chair with an extremely relaxed tone.
Orange, of course, would not lower her guard because of Aoko's words. Although the person in front of her was one of their investigation targets, she always labeled him as someone whose friend or foe was unclear, because he was a Dead Apostle and had committed countless evil deeds in the past.
"So, Mr. Fuabro Lowein, what brings you here?" Orange appeared to have lowered her guard, but her hands behind her back were gesturing to Yuzhu, signaling her to release the fairy tale monster just in case.
But this time, Yuzhu believed Aoko's words and did nothing, which made Touko so angry that she almost jumped up.
“The Mage's Egg of the Aozaki Family, as I said, I only came here by chance after seeing you.” Fuabro Loween was aware of Orange’s little tricks, but he didn’t care.
Upon hearing the way the other person addressed her, Orange paused for a moment. She thought of a possibility—if Fuabro Loween addressed her in this way, did it mean that the other person had not seen Yue Zhengling's manuscript?
After all, once you understand that manuscript, no one will focus their attention on you. After all, your younger sister Aoko will be the fifth magic user in the future, so you should start by befriending Aoko.
Thinking of this, Orange decided to test the waters, so she pointed to the silent mother of the Observer and asked Fuabro Lowe, "Do you know who this person is?"
Fuabro Lowein glanced at the Mother of Guanbuzi without interest, then replied, "I don't know. Although that thug just now said she was the Mother of Guanbuzi, what does that have to do with me?"
Just as I thought! Orange was now certain that Fuabro Lowe had not seen Yue Zhengling's manuscript.
"Alright, sister, you've asked enough. Let me ask too!" Aoko stood impatiently on the chair, looking at Fuabro Lowein.
"Uncle, what exactly happened that night?" Aoko's indigo eyes were fixed on Fuabro Lowein, and at this moment, she exuded an aura that did not belong to her now.
Chapter 221 What Happened That Night (Part 2)
“Heh…” Fuabro Lowein let out a meaningful sigh, and only then did he take a proper look at Aozaki Aoko.
At the very beginning, he focused his attention on the fairy tale witch, because he knew from their first meeting that this girl was closely related to Yue Zhengling.
As for Aozaki Touko, Fuabro Loween only treated her differently because she was the heir of the Aozaki family. However, he did not expect that he would see the existence of [Law] in Aozaki Aoko, who was completely unrelated to the magic path according to outside rumors.
Seeing that the other person's attention was actually focused on Qingzi, Chengzi immediately went to Qingzi's side, pulled her off the chair, and started scolding her: "Qingzi! How can you stand on a chair as a girl!"
Of course, she and Yuju knew why Fuabro Loween was paying attention to Aoko. In fact, when they were in her grandfather's cave, they noticed that Aoko seemed to have a problem and had examined her under other pretexts.
Although the specific reason is unknown, there is no doubt that Qingzi's body has been tainted with the aura of [Dharma]. For this reason, Chengzi went to great lengths to make a talisman to cover it up and told her not to leave it with her. But now it seems that Qingzi did not listen.
"Are you curious about what happened that night?" Fuabro Loween looked at Aoko with great interest.
“Of course! Ling-chan is currently unconscious. If I knew the reason, I could find a way to get my grandfather to save him,” Qingzi said with an inexplicable confidence.
“No, you’ve got some things wrong.” However, just as Aoko finished speaking, Kanbuko’s mother suddenly spoke up, drawing the attention of everyone present.
Guan Buzi's mother glanced at everyone present, and whoever they were, felt a surge of tension when she saw them with her seemingly all-knowing eyes.
Realizing he had misjudged again, Fuabro Loween looked at the mother of Guanbuzi. At that moment, he finally understood why the three girls had come to find this person.
“These words are just what I’ve been through. Whether you listen to them or not is up to you.” Guan Buzi’s mother first looked at Fuabro Lowein.
"You're carrying something that doesn't belong to you, aren't you?"
Fuabro Lloyd pulled a pendant from his pocket, and the person who reacted most strongly upon seeing it was a bead.
After the pendant appeared, Ayumi's heartbeat began to accelerate, and her magic circuits were activated.
"Ayumi?" Orange, noticing something amiss with her companion, glanced at Ayumi worriedly, then turned to Fuabro Loween and asked in an unfriendly tone, "What did you do to Ayumi?"
Instead of answering Orange's question, Fuabro Lowen looked at Guanbuzi's mother with a strange expression. "You know this thing?"
"No, I don't know, but you'd better not carry this thing with you anymore, or you'll bring disaster upon yourself." Guan Buzi's mother lowered her eyelids, not daring to look any further.
“Tell me, what did you see?” Fuabro Lowe took a step forward, his coat billowing out like a sail caught in the wind. Then, a loud crash echoed in the distance, followed by the screams of several people.
Hearing the chaotic screams and cries for help, Aoko's face turned a little pale. Although she didn't know what was happening in the distance, judging from the sounds, it was definitely not something pleasant.
This silent warning made Guanbuzi's mother sigh for a long time before she slowly said, "I see you turn into a pile of sand."
“Sand?” Fuabro Loven repeated the word.
"Yes, if you keep this pendant, the murderer with the fierce eyes will come after you, and you will be killed and turned into a pile of sand."
Upon hearing what Guanbuzi's mother said, Fuaburo couldn't help but recall what Yue Zhengling had told him that night: "If possible, don't come to Japan again. It's too dangerous here. In the future, two pairs of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception will be born in this country. Your friend, Roya, will also be reincarnated here and obtain Mystic Eyes of Death that specialize in life."
"The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, is it?" Fuabro hadn't really cared about this advice before, but now that it had been brought up again, and judging from the situation, this person's prediction was extremely accurate, he finally took the issue seriously.
"So, what should we do with this pendant? You know, it's a very important thing." Fuabro's tone regained its warmth.
"They will be entrusted to the three girls here to take turns keeping them. The order is: the oldest girl will keep them for six months, the black-haired girl for six months, and finally, the girl with magic, cough, and blue eyes, for six months." Guan Buzi's mother looked at Touko, Yuzu, and Aoko in turn, and quickly changed her words just before she almost let it slip.
Orange squinted at the mother of Guanbuzi, certain that this person had indeed been lying before, but she couldn't help but admire her absolute future vision, worthy of the title of God's Word—after all, if she could even see Aoko becoming a magician, it meant that her eyes were genuine.
"Why should we entrust it to them for safekeeping?" Fuabro neither agreed nor disagreed, but still wanted to know.
"This is a necessary step for that kid to wake up again—don't ask me about the specifics, I didn't see it, I only saw the strange changes that happened to this thing in their hands, and the scene of that kid opening his eyes again at the end."
Before anyone could press for answers, Guan Buzi's mother immediately cut off the conversation.
Hearing her words, Orange breathed a sigh of relief, while Aoko showed a look of surprise, but Yuzhu's expression remained unchanged.
Fuaburo stared at Guanbuzi's mother for a long time before speaking again: "I hope you're not lying to me. If the child doesn't wake up in a year and a half, I will come back to find you."
As he spoke, he gestured for Youzhu, who was furthest away from him, to come over and take the pendant.
Seeing this, Orange's expression shifted slightly. Although she didn't know the meaning behind Fuabro's actions, she felt that there was something very important in them.
Without the slightest fear, Yuzhu walked up to Fuaburo and respectfully accepted the pendant with both hands.
Fuaburo looked at the pendant held in the palm of the beaded hand and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
In fact, ever since the night he chased after Huangye Zonglian, he had been paying attention to the unusual movements around Yue Zhengling.
Any move by either Tsbia or Gemstone kept him on edge.
Chapter 222 What Happened That Night (Part 2)
"Leave Japan immediately this month, or someone will come after you." After seeing that Fuaburo had given the pendant to Yuju, Kanbuko's mother not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but her voice even became apprehensive.
"What did you see again?" Fuaburo frowned as he looked at the mother of Guanbuzi.
“Before, when you had that pendant, I could only see your inevitable death in the future, but now that the thing is no longer interfering, your future is much clearer.” The Mother of Observation, forcing herself to calm down, carefully examined Fuaburo.
“If you stay here, within six months someone will—wait, look like that—” Before she could finish speaking, Guan Buzi’s mother let out a painful groan as if attacked, then closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.
"Auntie, are you alright?" Qingzi immediately ran over and supported Guanbuzi's mother's swaying body.
"It's alright... Thank you, little girl." The mother of Kanbuko, who was being supported, turned her head toward Aoko's position based on her hearing.
“You haven’t finished speaking.” Even seeing this, Fuabro still pressed on.
"Uncle, don't you have any conscience! Auntie is already like this!" Qingzi turned her head to look at Fuaburo unhappily.
“Sorry, I lost my conscience a long time ago,” Fuabro said in a tone that was anything but joking.
“Uncle, I thought you…” Qingzi wanted to say something, but was stopped by Guanbuzi’s mother.
“Don’t worry, little girl. Even if this gentleman doesn’t urge me, I will continue to tell the story.” Guan Buzi’s mother reached out and touched Qingzi’s head, then forced her eyes open and looked at Fuaburo.
"...You'd better leave Japan immediately. You can only return once every six months until that child wakes up. That's all I can say." Guanbuzi's mother carefully uttered her prophecy, and this time she didn't encounter the same problem as before.
As for what she had just seen, she didn't want to say. When she saw the man who killed Fuaburo, she was startled by his rainbow-like eyes. Moreover, she recognized the man's face, and everyone here was connected to the owner of that face.
"How did I die?" Fuabro pressed again.
After a moment's thought, Guan Buzi's mother spoke, "He was reduced to ashes by the light emitted from a sword made of jewels."
She did see someone who looked exactly like Yue Zhengling kill Fuaburo with a jeweled sword within the last six months, but she was certain that person was not Yue Zhengling because he was still unconscious at the time.
Upon hearing this answer, Fuabro didn't react much, but he already had many guesses in his mind. The so-called sword made of gemstones that could emit light was undoubtedly a gemstone sword. As for who the owner of this sword was, he knew very well, and the reason why the other party attacked him was not hard to understand. It was probably because he was in the way.
But he never imagined that the sword would end up in someone else's hands; his preconceived notions completely obscured the truth.
“Okay, I understand.” Fuabro nodded stiffly, then placed a sapphire the size of a thumbnail on the table. “This is the payment.”
Aoko's eyes lit up as she looked at the sapphire on the table.
Guan Buzi's mother did not refuse. After wiping away the tears on her face with a handkerchief, she looked at Qingzi and the other two.
"Do you have any other questions?" This was clearly a dismissal.
"Um, auntie, you said that Ling-chan will wake up in a year and a half, is that true?" Aoko didn't understand the meaning behind Kanbuko's mother's words, or rather, she pretended not to understand.
After witnessing the conversation between Kanbuko's mother and Fuaburo, Aoko realized that this person was a very powerful being, so she immediately pestered him, wanting to know about her future.
"...It's true." Guan Buzi's mother looked at Qingzi with a complicated expression, but then added in her heart: Although it's different from what you think.
Hearing this definite answer, everyone present was relieved.
"Okay, that's good! So I'd like to ask what my future holds!" Aoko nodded happily at first, then suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with what she had asked before.
"Aoko!" Orange wanted to scold her smug sister, but when she saw Guanbuzi's mother's gaze moving back and forth between her sister and Youzhu, a strong sense of unease welled up in her heart.
Only then did Orange remember someone mentioned in Yue Zhengling's manuscript—Shizuki Sojuro.
Sure enough, looking at Aoko and Yuzu, Kanbuko's mother said with a smile, "You and that little girl over there will both fall for the same man and fight over him."
Aoko looked dazed and said in a displeased tone, "Hmph, so that's how it is, Shizuki Kusajuro."
Yuzhu looked at Guanbuzi's mother with a slight change in expression, "Are you telling the truth?"
Guan Buzi's mother didn't understand what Qingzi meant by the name of the person, but when she heard Youzhu suddenly ask her a question, she casually nodded and said, "Yes, the three of you will live together. Well, although you will go your separate ways later, you will indeed live together for a period of time. That will not change."
In her eyes, although many things could happen in the future, the image of Ayumi, Aoko, and another person living in the mansion remained unchanged no matter which future it was.
Upon hearing Guan Buzi's mother's words, Youzhu's expression turned gloomy. After seeing Yue Zhengling's manuscripts, she developed a strong aversion to the so-called future. The reason she came to find Guan Buzi's mother today was to prove how authentic those manuscripts were.
Judging from the current situation, there should be no deviation. However, she cannot imagine that she would fall in love with someone named Shizuki Sojuro. She even has murderous intent towards Shizuki Sojuro, who has not yet appeared.
Witches are lonely, and love is unfortunate for them.
Even though her parents found happiness, that happiness was far too short-lived for them. Her mother passed away not long after giving birth to her, and if it weren't for taking care of her, her father should have followed her in death.
Only after he was able to become independent and found reliable allies did his father pass away as if he had fulfilled his promise.
The witch represents misfortune; she doesn't want to experience the helpless and sorrowful love her parents had.
Chapter 223 What Happened That Night (The End)
Guan Buzi's mother didn't know what Youzhu was sad about. In the future she saw, the days when Yue Zhengling, Youzhu and Qingzi lived together were noisy but full of warmth and fun.
Ayumi and Aoko exchanged a glance, both seeing incredibly complex emotions in each other's eyes.
Orange is also troubled by her sister's future relationship with Ayumi, but she can't worry about things that far in the future right now.
After putting down his payment, Fuabro realized there was nothing more for him to do and decided to leave. But before he could even turn around and take two steps, Aoko hurriedly called out, "Wait! Uncle, you still haven't told us what happened that night!"
Upon hearing Aoko's question, Orange also turned her attention to Fuaburo, as she was also very concerned about what happened that night.
"..." Fuabro paused for a moment, unsure whether he should speak.
Just then, the mother of Guanbuzi picked up the sapphire on the table and threw it at Fuaburo. The figure in the back raised his hand and caught the sapphire.
"What do you mean?" Fuabro asked in a low voice without turning around.
“I also really want to know what happened that day. After all, that child was a customer of mine, and he didn’t seem like the type to ignore advice. I find it hard to believe that he actually died once,” said Guan Buzi’s mother as she sat back down in her seat.
"Huh, died once?" Aoko noticed the key point in Kanbuko's mother's words and showed an incredulous expression.
“…Indeed, that child died once. If he hadn’t inhaled my Creation Mud, I think he wouldn’t be just unconscious now.” Fuaburo flicked the sapphire in his hand back, then turned around and began to recount what had happened that night.