"I like the ice cream here best," Evelyn happily introduced her life to Alice. "It's a shame Mother never likes me eating too much—hey, Aunt Jenny, sprinkle some extra nuts on mine!"
"Sure thing, little Evelyn." Aunt Jenny seemed just as familiar with Evelyn. She agreed with a smile, her hands never stopping as she made small talk. "Is this your new friend?"
"Her name is Briel. She just moved in next door to us," Evelyn introduced.
"I see..." Aunt Jenny nodded, handing the finished ice creams to Alice and Evelyn as she reminded them, "Here, your ice creams. Head back as soon as you're done. You two little girls shouldn't play outside too late. Backlund hasn't been very peaceful lately."
"Thank you, Aunt Jenny." Evelyn took the ice cream. "We've already been out for a while. We'll head back soon!"
"Thank you." Alice accepted hers as well, then curiously pressed on, "Did something happen in Backlund recently?"
"Isn't there a serial killer going around specifically murdering women? They still haven't caught him, have they?" Aunt Jenny sighed worriedly. "Those policemen... Hmph!"
A serial killer? Alice froze for a moment, quickly recalling what Aunt Jenny meant.
Although Loën's police force was vastly different from the police in her memories and was useless in most cases, that case bore obvious traces of Devil Worship. Alice suspected it had long since been handed over to Beyonders.
But Beyonders... with methods of spirit mediumship and divination, why had they still not caught the murderer until now?
No, that wasn't right... This was probably required by some ritual. If that devil had no way to prevent spirit mediumship and divination, he probably would not have dared conduct a ritual in Backlund.
Don't know what this ritual is meant to accomplish...
Alice looked at Evelyn,