Who hid My Corpse!

Chapter 65: Fifty-five, Death, Night Raven

Chapter 65: Fifty-five, Death, Night Raven

When Ulu returned to the inn, the landlady Kay was sitting behind the counter, lighting a candle, and writing something.

Hearing the footsteps, Kay looked up at Ulu and managed a strained smile, “You’re back, guest.”

Ulu carefully scrutinized Kay. Her complexion was even worse than when he had seen her in the Church; she looked more fragile than Ulu, who was infested by the “Evil God,” as if her life had entered a countdown.

Oh, perhaps the words “as if” could be removed.

Twenty years ago, Ulu had seen this very state, where each day... no, even each minute was weaker than the last, like the candle on the counter that, after showing its bottom, continued to struggle for life on the already burnt wax, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

Originally, Ulu didn’t want to bother with Kay, but for some reason, he stopped, took a deep look at her, and then said, “Your health has deteriorated greatly.”

...

“Ah, you noticed, huh?” Kay gave a helpless smile.

“It’s quite obvious,” Ulu asked expressionlessly, “What is the illness? Can’t Priest Rhein cure it?”

Kay shook her head, “The priests did everything they could, but there’s really nothing they can do about my peculiar illness.”

They couldn’t do anything?

Ulu thought of the conversation between the two priests he had overheard earlier and fell into Silence.

And Kay did not speak either, the two strangers simply looked at each other without a word.

Eventually, Ulu broke the Silence, “What about the kid?”

“Are you talking about Lea?” Mentioning Lea, a glimmer of life returned to Kay’s listless eyes. She smiled and said, “She’s already gone to sleep. She has been working hard these past few days, not only taking me to the Church for treatment but also doing all the work I should be doing. She’s a very sensible child... But it is a bit too heavy for her alone. You know, before, I had to hire someone to help me finish it.”

Ulu stopped in his tracks, but didn’t turn around.

Kay picked up the letter, a bit helpless, “This is a letter to my brother. I want to ask him to come over to take care of Lea, but my body, I guess, won’t allow me to send this letter out myself. Could you... could you help me?”

Ulu heard a plea in Kay’s words.

But after a long silence, he replied coldly, “Do I look like a good Samaritan to you? I’m very busy.”

Ulu didn’t turn around, so he couldn’t see Kay’s expression, only hear her softly say, “Is that so? Sorry for bothering you.”

He then took a step again and heard Kay say from behind, “Tomorrow’s breakfast will still be sausages and fried eggs, okay?”

Ulu didn’t even turn his head, “I don’t eat breakfast.”

He quickened his pace, soon disappearing from sight.

But before he went upstairs, Ulu still glanced at the landlady, out of energy.

Then he saw clearly a black bug peek out of Kay’s ear, only to quickly retract.

His eyes narrowed slightly, but he said nothing, and his stride did not falter as he quickly went up to the second floor.

Here, he stopped.

Because he saw Lea lying in the hallway asleep, still clutching the broom, obviously having fallen asleep while cleaning.

Ulu silently watched, and then he heard a voice in his mind.

“The kid isn’t completely ignorant,” Bai Wei said leisurely, “It’s said that most people grow up quickly after experiencing separation and death, but it’s still too early for a kid. She has realized what is happening, but she doesn’t know what to do. So, she’s desperately making herself sensible, taking on tasks that aren’t hers, as if she could stop something... Wouldn’t you agree?”