Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 274 Talisman?

A tall figure suddenly blocked the sunlight.

Shirley, who had just finished sprinkling water on the open space in front of the store and was about to go back with an empty basin, froze for a moment, raised her head, and saw the judge standing quietly in front of her in the backlight.

"...Damn it!!" She exclaimed subconsciously, but then she reacted suddenly, coughed twice, and organized her words nervously, "Um, that, you...you..."

Fan Na frowned slightly. For some reason, she always felt that this short and thin girl seemed too nervous when she saw her. She was like this when she and Heidi came to this antique shop last time, and she still is like this now.

But she didn't think much about it. After all, due to various reasons, she was actually quite used to this kind of "nervous reaction" after seeing her.

"I remember your name is Shirley," Fan Na said with a smile, trying to relax the short girl with a smile, "Don't be so nervous, I'm just here for a stroll."

Shirley quickly stood up straight, and nodded her head stiffly: "Ah... hey! Okay, then welcome..."

Fanna shook her head helplessly, passed Shirley who was still tense, and nodded slightly to Nina who was looking at her curiously, and then walked straight to the antique shop in front of her.

Pushing open the door, the crisp sound of bells colliding broke the silence on the first floor of the antique shop. Fan Na stepped into the shop, her gaze turned to the figure behind the counter.

The next second, she frowned in surprise.

In the early morning sun, sitting behind the counter was a blond woman I had never seen before, a very...beautiful lady with an air of elegance and mystery that didn't seem to belong to this place, or even to this era , The side face seems to be glowing with a layer of warm brilliance in the sun.

After hearing the movement from the store entrance, the blond woman behind the counter raised her head and looked curiously at Fan Na who was walking in. She showed a faint smile and said in a soft and slightly magnetic voice: "Welcome, just looking around?"

Fan Na was a little dazed, for some reason, she always felt that this new face who appeared in the antique shop should not appear here, but in the next second, she felt that the mysterious and elegant temperament of the other party seemed to be in line with the antique shop. ...atmosphere.

There are all kinds of things that look quite simple and mysterious here, so there should be a lady with mysterious and elegant temperament sitting behind the counter.

But this antique shop is full of fakes.

Fan Na stared fixedly at the blonde woman behind the counter.

Ah, yes, fakes.

"Excuse me..." Alice looked at Fanna, who suddenly stood there in a daze after walking in, with some confusion. The situation in front of her seemed to exceed the usual "standard procedure for entertaining guests" that the captain explained to herself, which made her feel a little bit confused. I don't know what to do, "Do you want to buy something?"

Fanna suddenly regained consciousness.

A sense of chaotic numbness and dizziness flooded her mind, making her thoughts intermittent. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have seen something or thought of something just now, but the sudden confusion completely overwhelmed her. Everything you see and know in an instant.

In the next second, there was another gentle sound of waves in her mind. In the sound of waves, she completely forgot about the chaotic numbness and dizziness just now.

She felt like she had just walked into the store and the young woman behind the counter was talking to her.

"Ah, isn't Mr. Duncan here?" Fan Na looked curiously at the scene on the first floor, but couldn't find the figure of the antique store manager. "I know him."

"Mr. Duncan? He went upstairs to store his things, and he will come down soon." Alice didn't care what happened to the other party's blankness just now. Anyway, as long as the conversation can continue, she thinks it's okay. "Do you want to buy something? Yes Pre-ordered products? I can find them for you—although you may not be able to find them..."

Very straightforward statement.

Fan Na felt weird, she instinctively felt that the beautiful young woman in front of her seemed a little out of place, but whenever she wanted to focus on this problem, she would immediately forget her own thoughts, which made her speak Time seems to be slower than usual: "I... just take a look. I'll just wait. Excuse me... are you new here? I haven't seen you when I came last time."

"Ah, I'm new here, my name is Alice," Alice said with a smile immediately, she likes to introduce her name to others, "Mr. Duncan asked me to help look at the store."

Vaguely, Fanna seemed to notice something strange, which was hidden in Alice's reserved but slightly stiff movements, in that perfect but too perfect smile, and even hidden in her speechless In the voice of flowing breath.

The judge frowned, not really noticing anything unusual.

Just a new clerk, nothing out of the ordinary.

And at this moment, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from the nearby stairs, interrupting the conversation between Fanna and Alice.

Duncan's figure appeared on the stairs.

Just now, he sensed Fan Na's appearance, and just to confirm the judge's purpose, he purposely waited on the second floor for a few more minutes, and then he found that the other party didn't seem to have any special purpose, so he came down.

"It seems that a special guest has come," Duncan said to the puppet lady behind the counter. "Let me receive it. It's someone I know—Alice, go make tea."

"Yes, Mr. Duncan!"

Alice stood up happily, and after a promise, she walked towards the small stove on the other side of the stairs. Duncan came to Fanna, smiled and greeted the judge who had actually met many times: "It's been a long time. Gone, Miss Inquisitor."

"Just call me by my name." Fan Na rubbed her forehead, "Sorry for the sudden visit, but I actually have some questions that I want to confirm."

"Question?" Duncan raised his eyebrows, "What's the problem?"

Fan Na collected herself and considered how to speak.

Some vague clues pointed to this ordinary shop, and some intuitive guidance brought her here. The judge's experience and sense of smell seemed to be beating faintly. However, the church had conducted an investigation through official channels before, and found nothing. Any abnormality, which can support her reason for coming to investigate this time, seems to be only the "talisman" of her friend.

"As far as I know, Heidi once had an amulet from here," Vanna said slowly. "Before the reality pollution disaster, she always wore it on her body."

"Oh, I have an impression." Duncan nodded as usual, with a dazed expression, "I gave that amulet to Mr. Morris—and I sent another one in the past two days."

While speaking, he turned around, took another amulet from the shelf behind him, and displayed it in front of Fan Na.

"That's it."

Fan Na looked at the antique store manager in front of her with a strange look at the act of taking out the "collection" in the store as mass-produced goods: "Do you have many such talismans here?"

"I bought a big box, and now I have sold out a total of 21 boxes." Duncan nodded solemnly, "Are you interested too?"

While speaking, he subconsciously looked at the young judge again.

Today's Fan Na gave him a very strange feeling, she looked a little dazed, and her speech was a little slow, but compared to these superficial abnormalities, what was more wrong was her unstable "aura" at the moment.

Duncan couldn't explain what was going on, but the young Inquisitor felt to him at this moment... as if there was another person hiding in her mind, another pair of eyes hiding in her eyes, and she was talking to herself here , but there seemed to be something else hidden in the depths of her consciousness.

Fan Na didn't seem to notice Duncan's scrutiny, she was just a little unaccustomed to his candid business attitude—although she knew from the very beginning that there was nothing real in this store: "Uh... no, I'm just here to investigate I would like to ask about the specific purchase channels of these amulets, and whether they have shown any special features, or have the people who bought them reported any unusual situations?"

"what do you mean……"

"Heidi believes that the amulet she wore back then had a real protective effect, and even helped her maintain her consciousness during the 'disaster'," Fan Na said simply, without going into too many details, " I think the talisman you gave to Mr. Morris at the beginning was very likely to have been affected by... extraordinary power, so I came here to investigate. Of course, you don't need to be nervous. Judging from the current information, this is not a bad influence .”

She said so, but she still didn't say a word: the investigation is the investigation, she didn't expect Duncan to have a whole box of similar amulets before she came here!And so many have been sold!
Duncan's heart moved slightly after hearing Fan Na's words.

That thing... really worked?The "gift" I gave out at random actually protected the self-awareness of that psychiatrist?
Why does this happen?

What is the point?
Is it the act of "giving a gift" by myself, or is it because the psychiatrist's own "inspiration" is too high?
(End of this chapter)