Allen and his little bones [Western Fantasy]

Starting from Black Academy, about an hour's journey, the carriage took them to the gate of Val Manor.

Two low-level night clansmen dressed in uniforms embroidered with the Vaal family crest respectfully opened the carved door and welcomed them into the courtyard.

Waiting in front of the classic porch is Neil, the current head of the Vaal family.

Allen bowed slightly to the other party, and said greetings in a polite manner.

Then the head of Val's family grabbed his hand with enthusiasm: "Why are you still so alien? Didn't you say it last time, just call him Uncle Neil?"

"..." Allen, who was grabbed by his hand, paused, and calmly pulled out his hand again by exchanging greetings.

The enthusiasm of Patriarch Vaal always overwhelmed him.

Eli stood behind Alan. He watched the rumored unfathomable Patriarch Val holding Alan with a smile like a big cosmos. Suddenly, he realized that the reason why the rumor was called "rumor" was because only It can be taken as an anecdote carried by the wind.

What surprised Eli even more was Patriarch Val's enthusiastic attitude when he turned to him.

"Welcome." Patriarch Vaal grabbed the bone claws of the undead skeleton with the same enthusiasm and shook, not caring whether his behavior was reasonable or not.

Both the twins and Herbert noticed their father's unusual enthusiasm. They looked sideways at his father's behavior and exchanged glances, but said nothing.

After the warm reception, followed by a sumptuous dinner.

This time, the Val family also provided specially aggressive food for Eli, who is the skeleton of the undead.

Looking at the food on the table that was condensed with dark elements and made into the shape of a pastry, Eli quietly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart - at least this time he didn't have to hold up a nozzle awkwardly.

Sitting next to him, Allen noticed the relaxed mood revealed by the undead.

He glanced at the delicate pastries on the plate in front of the other party, thoughtfully.

Maybe……

Allen pondered, anyway, he himself is also interested in condensing dark elemental entities.Maybe he should bother the chef of today's meal and ask him for a recipe?

After the dinner party, it was getting late.

Although for the Night People, the night is actually the beginning of the day.But considering that there were Alan and Eli, and Herbert, who was studying in Black Academy and whose schedule had been adjusted to be the same as the normal schedule, Neil signaled the attendants to take the distinguished guests to the room they had prepared to rest.

"Let's come."

The twins stopped the attendant who was just about to leave, turned to ask their father for advice, and walked to Alan and Eli after getting permission.

On the way to the room, Osborne introduced to Allen: "Just like the specifications when you came last time, father has already prepared the two most comfortable guest rooms."

Allen's footsteps stopped imperceptibly: "...two rooms?"

"Why, is there something wrong?" Jeffrey gave Allen a strange look.

Allen then realized that he seemed to be taking it as a tacit agreement that he and Eli would share the same room.

Allen shook his head: "No, it's nothing, don't worry about it."

What the black-haired human was thinking was that Eli's body was suspected to be in an abnormal state, and the room assignment might prevent him from discovering any changes in the other party in time.

The undead noticed the subtle pause of the human being, and what he was thinking was, could it be that his former apprentice also cared about his existence a little bit?

...Why did he use "also"?

Of course, Alan and Eli can't find out about the opposite of each other's thoughts. Tonight, they who have lived in the same room for a long time finally separated for a while, and lived in two adjacent guest rooms separated by only one wall. .

The night was getting darker and darker, and he had been alone in the whole room for a long time, but Alan felt that he still didn't feel sleepy at all.

Hall's diary that Eli found in the library of the Alberta College, Lawrence's notes he found in the orphan area of ​​Black Academy, and the Wahl's experiment notebook that was also stored in the orphan area, and where the notebook was found The next day Eli received an invitation from Val's family.

Once by chance, twice by coincidence.

But these coincidences happen one after another, and small-probability events occur frequently, combined with Neil's unusual enthusiasm for him and Eli... This "coincidence" seems to be a bit of a hole in the sky.

Allen has a faint feeling that everything he is doing now is the result of someone secretly guiding him and walking on the road paved by others. This feels very unpleasant.

Unable to fall asleep anyway, Allen gave up lying on the bed and thinking about life. He got up and walked to the window, leaning against the window, staring at the courtyard reflected outside the window.

He didn't like the feeling of being manipulated.

But what's worse is that he doesn't even know where the source of the thread he manipulated is, and he's not sure if there really is such a thread, or if it's just his delusion of being murdered, and his worries are unfounded.

[... Ai... Lun... Alan? 】

Eli's voice suddenly rang in his mind, and the spiritual power of the undead was like a spider thread that could swim, connecting to Allen thinly.

Allen came back to his senses instantly for the call, and found that Eli's voice was extremely weak and unsteady.