"For justice thunders condemnation: A better world's in birth!"
At this moment, one needed faith and belief to transform into the most explosive will, so he could break free from this spiritual quagmire. Besides, Karen, in his previous life, was a staunch materialist.
With the song,
the sound of his body being chewed was slowly subsiding, and Karen felt his body rising. He continued singing while lowering his head slowly.
He saw the woman's teeth, the woman's tongue,
the woman's mouth,
and the woman's whole face.
Finally,
he saw the face seemingly growing from between her legs, or perhaps fused. This was an extremely dissonant image.
At this point,
the sound of static noise ceased.
Suddenly,
the male voice who had spoken earlier came with a hint of confusion,
"Huh... Who are you?"
Then,
"Where... is this?"
Karen raised his head.
He began to stimulate all his bodily senses.
Open my eyes.
Open my eyes.
Open my eyes!
...
"Hum!"
Karen opened his eyes
and saw Aunt Mary squatting in front of him, looking anxiously at him.
"Huff... huff... huff..."
Seeing Karen wake up, Aunt Mary sat down on the floor, continuously patting her chest.
"You scared me, Karen... do you know how terrifying it was when you suddenly fell and fainted...?"
He had just suffered a severe illness recently, nearly losing his life.
If something had happened to him, Aunt Mary didn't know how to explain it to her father-in-law. Because he had helped her push the body down the stairs.
Karen took a deep breath
and showed a reluctant smile.
He said,
"Don't worry, Aunt, maybe I'm still a little weak."
Karen looked up and saw that Jeff's face on the stretcher had returned to normal.
"Meow..."
A cat's meow came from outside Aunt Mary's workshop, and the black cat Poer poked its head out, seemingly curiously observing the situation inside.
Karen braced himself with both hands, intending to stand up, but suddenly felt a pain in his face. Subsequently, a hot stream surged from his nostrils, and blood dripped out.
"I... I slapped you just now to wake you up." Aunt Mary explained.
Is this what you call... a slap?
But Karen couldn't say anything, he could only continue,
"Thank you, Aunt."
"Go upstairs and rest, call Mina to clean you up. There's no need for you."
Aunt Mary would not dare to let Karen stay here.
Karen nodded. And after standing up, he looked at Jeff lying on the stretcher again. He instinctively felt that his sudden dream before had something to do with this corpse. Would Aunt Mary be in danger if she stayed here working alone?
At this moment,
Rent's shout came from the basement entrance,
"Mommy, Grandpa is back."
Grandpa was the absolute head of the Immeras family. Normally, when he came home, everyone in the family, especially the women, must greet him, even if... you are working.
Rent ran over, he also saw the corpse on the stretcher, but he wasn't very afraid.
Anything scary would become normal when you get used to it frequently coming in and out of your home.
"Rent, take Karen to Mina, and get him a first-aid kit to stop the bleeding." Mary instructed.
She was worried that she might have broken the inside of Karen's nose when she slapped him earlier, and without treatment, the nosebleed might not stop.
"Okay, Mommy, Karen, come with me."
Karen held his head up, covering his nose with one hand, and was led by Rent with the other hand to go outside. As they passed the entrance, they felt someone standing in front of them.
The figure of the person was not very imposing. But just by standing there, he gave people a very "calm" feeling, as if he could easily handle anything.
Karen's anxious emotions had subsided a lot at this moment.
"Grandpa." Rent called out.
"Grandpa." Karen also called out.
In his memory, Grandpa Dis Immeras was a very serious person but often showed a gentle side towards him, the "eldest grandson."
"Hmm."
Dis nodded, walked down, and said nothing, nor commented on Karen's nose.
Rent seemed a bit afraid of Grandpa, and quickly led Karen upstairs to find his sister, Mina.
The basement lights were somewhat dim.
When Dis came down, he saw the black cat "Poer" walking gracefully towards him.
Dis stopped.
The black cat also stopped.
"Are you quite idle today?" Dis said.
"Meow..."
The black cat Poer swung its tail and tilted its head, seemingly puzzled by Dis's words.
Dis waved his hand, apparently not interested in talking to a cat any longer, and went straight to, his daughter-in-law, Mary's workshop.
Mary was sitting there lighting a cigarette. She was a bit unsettled due to Karen's condition earlier but didn't expect her father-in-law to come over so quickly. She instantly extinguished the just-lit cigarette.
The smoke that should have been blown out from her nostrils had barely spilled out before being retracted and swallowed.
"Cough, cough... cough, cough..."
Mary choked on her tears.
Dis didn't pay much attention to her, instead focusing his gaze on Jeff. He reached out, opened Jeff's eyelids, and placed his palm on Jeff's chest.