Chapter 476: Chapter 285: The Symbolism of Rose, Curse Broken (Double-Length)

As Mira’s consciousness descended, the environment around her began to change.

Soon, Mira found herself in a world almost alien compared to reality; it seemed like a small town on an island.

"Not enough, this is just the surface, Mira, you need to go deeper."

Rogel’s voice echoed from the Spiritual Energy Ball in Mira’s hand.

Mira nodded without hesitation, as Spiritual Power spread again, her body continued to sink.

Time flowed slowly.

Under Rogel’s guidance, Mira ascended like taking an elevator from the highest floor, descending layer by layer.

Each time she descended, the surroundings would change accordingly.

The most prominent danger was the blurry blood-red color everywhere.

On the uppermost layer’s sights, it was almost impossible to see any blood color.

But as Mira went deeper, the surrounding blood-red continued to deepen.

Some objects that were clear at first began to blur.

Unknowingly, they descended multiple layers.

"Stop for a moment, Mira."

Rogel’s voice rang out, and Mira obediently stopped going deeper.

In front of them, the blood-red nearly took over the entire view.

This seemed like a laboratory, with various types of Extraordinary Creatures materials around; skulls, flesh, herbs, and some things blurred by the blood color.

Mira was still assessing it all.

But soon, a voice attracted her attention.

"...Damn it, Calabro, what the hell are you doing? This is disgusting!"

A red silhouette abruptly pushed another red silhouette and incredulously wiped their mouth, cursing outrageously.

"Sorry, Luther, sorry, I just... I just... accidentally... haha."

The red silhouette being pushed away scratched their head awkwardly.

"Goddamn, you’d better stay away from me, if Gaisinya finds out she’ll want to kill me..."

Luckily, the red silhouette didn’t seem to care and just wiped their mouth with some disdain.

Soon, the scene shifted, ordinary scenes once again replaced the previous picture.

However, the two witnesses of the scene did not continue to dive deeper but fell silent.

"..."

"Hmm..." Rogel pondered for a moment and suddenly asked Mira: "Mira, what is the flower meaning of a crimson rose?"

"Uh? Why ask this suddenly?" Mira was puzzled; she wasn’t aware of things outside while in the cursed space, but she quickly answered: "I’m not interested in these, but if I remember correctly, it should symbolize passionate love or something..."

"Passionate love..."

Rogel marvelled inwardly.

Alright, this might explain some of his questions.

He was initially puzzled why it was a rose and not a rose bush, tulip or something else... it turns out some relationship lies within.

"...Let’s continue down."

Rogel spoke to Mira.

Just this matter alone was not enough to confirm his suspicions, they had to keep looking.

"Oh, alright."

Mira didn’t know why Rogel reacted this way, but she nodded and continued down.

The two continued to delve deeper.

The surroundings became increasingly crimson, making it difficult even to see what was around.

This also meant they were getting closer to the deepest layer.

"Stop for a moment again, Mira."

Rogel once again called to halt Mira’s descent, then looked ahead.

By now, blood-red had obscured most of the views.

They could only vaguely see a silhouette entering a building.

Soon, the blurry voice was transmitted out.

"Damn!"

The person was startled, then spoke in shock: "...Calabro, my God, what have you done? How did you end up like this?"

"Did you experiment on yourself?"

This person should be Luther, his voice carried disbelief.

"Yes."

A hoarse and sticky voice came, making one feel as if a big lump of soft, rotten flesh was pasted on their ear.

"Why did you do this?" Luther’s voice was filled with anger and questioning: "You can’t continue this way, you’ll completely turn into a mindless monster, Calabro!"

"...No, Luther... I’ve become stronger..."

Calabro at this point seemed somewhat delirious.

After Rogel let Mira cautiously approach, they finally saw Calabro’s blurry figure.

Though concealed in blood color, Rogel and Mira could still see his upper body had lost human features.

"Calabro!" Luther roared: "The alchemists leading humanity forward must not lose themselves on the wrong path, that’s what you told me!"

"Yes..." Calabro did not deny, but his deep voice quickly resonated again: "But we have to think about how to survive first, Luther..."

"...The Church’s power is so strong, we can hardly withstand it, besides..."

"Alchemists are their primary targets..."

"I want to protect you, Luther, I won’t let you get hurt..."

"I... I love you, Luther."

Rogel: "..."

Mira: "..."

"...Captain, they?"

"They’re both male."

Rogel anticipated Mira’s curiosity and provided the answer.

Mira was stunned and speechless.

At the same time, Luther was also rendered speechless by Calabro’s words.

"What... you... Calabro are you joking with me... I... damn, this is not funny!"

"I’m serious." Calabro sighed: "Although I know you can’t accept it."

Confirming Calabro wasn’t joking with him.