Chapter 19 (1/1)
Demons and demons are different. Although the two feel similar, in fact they are totally different. Of course, for ordinary people, seeing either of them is a complete disaster. Looking at the mayor of Bande who lost more than ten years' life in a flash, everyone here felt a chill rising from behind. Cheese knows how dangerous the devil is, but it's very difficult to meet these guys. The number of demons wandering in the world is very large, so he felt that there must be a connection between the demons appearing at this time point and the magic plague led by the count.
”Can you tell me more about how you got there?” Asked the mage.
Although he was dubious about the cheese, but combined with his own experience, mayor band vaguely felt that the possibility of meeting the devil did exist. So he did not do anything to hide, said the whole story.
In the mayor's description, the incident can be traced back to a year ago. At first, it was the people in the town who began to complain to the town hall that recently a suspicious person had been in contact with the town's children, who had repeatedly referred to a masked man in a gray robe in conversation with family members. This eccentric guy often talks to the lonely children, sometimes asking them questions, sometimes asking them about their troubles. And the children who have talked with this strange mask man will have some changes more or less in their words and deeds. What's more, it can be said that their temperament has changed greatly. The residents of the small town are worried by the children's abnormality. The parents of the children have searched for the so-called ”Mr. smile” in the children's mouth more than once, but strangely, no matter how they look for it, they can't find any trace of this man. It seems that his existence is just a joke played by the children of the whole town. However, the influence did not stop. Even if parents banned their children from going out, those children still said that they had been visited by Mr. smile. Strangely, some children were visited by their parents in the living room or room next door, and they could ensure that no one entered their room. The panic led the parents to turn to the city hall, hoping that the mayor would come forward and find the so-called ”Mr. smile” and expel him from the town.
The mayor of Bande town has been managing the town for nearly ten years. He is very aware that this incident has never happened in the history of sweet water town. Therefore, based on his experience, he sent out almost all the guards to search for the town. They checked the list of people who came in and out recently, and ambushed in the grassland near the lake where the children often go, but they found nothing. The mayor, like the rest of the town in sweet water, is in a state of confusion.
Cheese heard a little nod here, he said.
”Demons are invisible to ordinary people. They are like ghosts or ghosts. Only children who are sensitive to nature and have a pure mind can see them directly. The high price that adults want to see in the world is to break some rules. ”
The mayor approved the master's words, because the next development seemed to confirm the ”cost” in the mouth of cheese. The child began to have an accident. At first, a child was found drowning in a well. Although the people in the town felt sad about it, it was just an unintentional slip in play. But then, another child was found hanging in the air by the winding vines on the tree. It seemed that he had slipped down and his head was caught by the vine. These two accidents made the atmosphere of sweet water even more heavy. Parents forbid their children to go out. They keep their children in the house, thinking that this will ensure their safety. The third child died of a broken knife and the fourth died of an accidental fire in the kitchen. However, his parents did not know why the child went to the kitchen. Panic is like an invisible hand, strangled in the neck of every sweet water town child. Just when everyone thought there would be a fifth child to die, everything stopped. The children no longer claimed that they had seen ”Mr. smile” and that no child was hurt again, as if it were all over. In fact, this is all the residents of sweet water know so far. They can only classify these accidents as four accidents that happened. Only mayor band knew that the death of those children was not what it seemed. Because on the third day after the death of the fourth child, the ”Mr. smile” found the mayor.
”That night I was in my study sorting out my papers. As soon as I looked up, I saw that guy.” Said the mayor of band.
”He's wearing a gray robe and a smiley mask on his face, and I think that's why the kids call him Mr. smile.”
”Mr. smile” opened his mouth to talk to the mayor. His voice was very pleasant and his words were very polite, just like a cultured aristocrat. First of all, he expressed his mourning for the children who died and said that there was no way out because he had to see the mayor, so the death of the children was a price that must be paid, and this was to save more lives.
”Nonsense.” 'said Elsa, frowning. In her view, it was extremely evil to sacrifice the lives of those children, even with all the right reasons. And others agreed with her.
Although his wife's behavior at that time is very similar to that of the other side, he still forgets the story.”You mean that he predicted the plague?” Cheese summed up the mayor's words.
”No, to be exact, he foretold the plague and all that would happen in the whole count's court for the week after that day.” Said the mayor of band.
”Mr. smile” claimed that he came with good intentions to save the people of sweet water town from the plague. Of course, as the mayor at that time, naturally did not believe the mask man's nonsense, but ”Mr. smile” after finishing these absurd predictions turned into a wisp of black smoke, and the mayor had no way to deal with him. In the next few days, the masked man's prophecy gradually came true, ranging from the implementation of a certain decree of the count to the production of a wild dog in sweet water town. However, the mayor could not believe his lies. It was only the masked man who planned all this.
Then, after the first week, ”Mr. smile” appeared in front of the mayor again. Like last time, he predicted the plague and the next week's events. This time, he declared that he had a lot of work to do and could not stay in sweet water for too long. Although he understood bander's anger and distrust, he hoped that the mayor could accept his advice more quickly. Of course, mayor band did not respond to him.