Chapter 404 - 403 Contract of Life and Death
Rex was uncertain why. He felt that the table set up was the biggest problem here. First, Rex could not sense a Soul nearby. Second, the wording of the letter seemed a little too personal. Third, the inside just seemed a little too upkeeped.
To Rex there was no dust. There were no coverings to keep dust off. The plates looked like they had been washed recently. The silverware did not look unclean. The table seemed more sturdy than it should have.
The biggest problem of all, was the lights. It had a mixture of candles, oil lamps at the corners, and a fancy chandler over the table. The candles went across the entire room expect for where the door opened up to. Even allowing barely a millimeter worth of room. Everything seemed to locked in place. It is like the room itself built ways to hold the stuff in place.
"Fenggo, I truly have a bad feeling about this place. How much longer until you are ready to go?" Rex asked curiously.
"I would like to eat at least one piece of cake before we leave." Fenggo replied.
Rex stared at the cake. Something about it seemed to make Rex want a bite of it too. When he looked at the other dishes, he found some rotten meat. It took screamed 'Eat Me' to Rex. Finally, he found a lonely carrot looking dishes. It was not screaming 'Eat Me', or 'Poisonious' to Rex. Rex started to look at the other dishes.
He found that every other dish had at least two pieces expect for that carrot looking dish. He instead grabbed that plate and placed it in front of Fenggo.
"We each take a bite out of this." Rex said.
Fenggo was upset. She decided to take a bite out of it first. When she did, the room changed into a two contracts.