Whispering Verse

Professor Manning started a conversation with Miss Louisa very familiarly. Judging from the content of the conversation, he seemed to know Miss Louisa's father:

"That pen makes an impression. I was introduced by a friend and bought it from an old writer who lived two streets away. The writer was in very bad health at the time, with dark circles under his eyes and a lack of energy. Like myasthenia gravis.”

The professor sat on the chair behind his desk and said with his arms clasped together. Behind him is a whole wall of bookshelves, but the books are not arranged neatly, and some books even have notes in them, swaying in the wind outside the window.

But Shade liked this decoration style very much.

Miss Louisa glanced at Shade. From the professor's description of the old writer, it was obvious that he was addicted to pens and had his body hollowed out. Probably before he died, he made up his mind to sell the pen and stay away from those temptations, but unfortunately it was already too late.

But fortunately, Professor Manning was full of energy. He probably didn't use the pen and just regarded it as a collection.

"Yes, I just want to buy that pen from you this time. To be honest, the old writer you mentioned was my friend and passed away two months ago."

Miss Louisa made a regretful expression, and Shade followed her example and put down his tea cup.

"That pen is probably a relic. The old writer and I are old friends, and I want to buy it back. You can make an offer. I think as long as the price is reasonable, I can accept it."

The professor thought for a while:

"If it is a relic of a friend, of course I will not sell it. In this case, I will go to the collection room upstairs first and get the pen back. Please wait for me."

As he spoke, he stood up and asked the maid to bring some snacks to the two guests.

So the maid and the professor left the study, and the black cat followed them. After confirming that their footsteps were far away, Shade said slightly relaxedly:

"It turned out to be just like this. I thought it would be very troublesome."

"Look, I'm just saying, this thing is very safe, just think of it as a long-term experience."

Miss Louisa said.

Shade nodded, picked up the tea cup again, and asked curiously:

"Then what are the side effects of the clerical relic [Happy Dream Pen]? Is it just that it attracts people to use it, and then the user's body gradually deteriorates?"

He was curious about this. Although there were quite a few relics in his hands, this was the first time he had seen something so novel.

"Not only that, if the dream pen is used for a long time and the dream pen absorbs too much mental power and blood, it is possible that the things in the dream will come to reality. The terrible things born from the dream pen can be simply regarded as A materialized nightmare. That’s why it is classified as clerical.”

The writer explained, and Shade made an expression like this thing is awesome.

As for Miss Louisa's desire for this pen, it was not because she wanted to give it a try, nor did she want to submit it to the academy to receive a reward. As a writer, Miss Louisa's own ring magician system also uses the core rune of "Writer" as its core.

She has recently encountered a bottleneck in learning thaumaturgy, so she wants to find some relics with similar power to get inspiration. This is like Shade buying [Orb of Silver Moon] to strengthen her learning of thaumaturgy of the Silver Moon system.

The two chatted about the history of the pen's containment, and mentioned that the Meng Pen was more likely to be owned by men than women.

Then I heard footsteps and realized that the maid was back, so I turned to discuss the good weather today.

The fat maid in a headscarf brought them new black tea and a stack of snacks, which were some muffins with butter on the side. Professor Manning's living standard was indeed not bad.

"Sorry, I wanted to get something the cat could eat, but I couldn't find it in a hurry."

The maid apologized to Shade again. Shade shook his head and was about to say it was nothing, but suddenly realized a problem:

"You mean, Professor Manning, there's nothing here that cats can eat?"

His hand suddenly grabbed the armrest of the back seat, and Miss Louisa frowned and looked at the maid.

The middle-aged woman didn't know why the two of them had this expression, but she still nodded hesitantly:

"The professor doesn't have pets at home, so there is no..."

"Did you just see that?"

Shade turned to ask Miss Louisa, who answered quickly:

"Of course I saw it, the black cat."

The two stood up almost at the same time, and Shade put little Mia on the chair instead of carrying it.

"Here, help me keep an eye on the cat and don't let it run around."

He said to the servant, and Miss Louisa patted the fat maid on the shoulder, and her tone became extremely soothing:

"Stay in the room and don't leave until we get back."

The maid's eyes immediately became distracted, and she nodded very stiffly. Shade has seen this move before. In the garden maze of Lakeview Manor, the ring warlock captain of the Righteous God Church used a similar ability, but it was probably not as good as Professor Sanchez's [Charm Humans].

Leaving the cat and the fat maid in the study, with Miss Louisa in front and Shade in the back, they walked towards the third floor. As he stepped up the stairs, Shade still asked in his mind:

"Why didn't you remind me that I encountered the 'Whisper' element?"

[Because I didn’t feel it. 】

"But the cat was very close to me."

[It is not the true body. Since the other party was born in a dream, the probability of revealing the true body in front of you is very low. What you are seeing should be just the false illusion of a nightmare observing you. 】

"So the shortcoming of the 'other self's' reconnaissance ability is the distance."

Shade concluded in his mind.

Following Miss Louisa up the stairs, the two stopped at the last step to the third floor. The third floor is still full of life, with photos of professors hanging in the corridors and cardboard boxes with no apparent purpose stacked against the walls.

But there was no sound on the entire floor, and all the doors were closed. Miss Louisa called out Professor Manning's name tentatively, but received no response.

She cautiously said to Shade:

"Follow me for a moment. Although it is a nightmare born from a relic, judging from Professor Manning's condition, the nightmare born from a relic out of control should be just a newborn form. When I patted the maid on the shoulder, I checked her condition , she’s ordinary, which means Nightmare didn’t even have time to attack anyone else in the house.”

Miss Louisa said to Shade, as the steam behind her spewed out, the brass life ring was fully revealed.

Shade nodded and followed the blonde girl up the stairs to the third floor. Miss Louisa seemed to be testing something, pausing in front of each door on the third floor, and then continued to the next door.

Her back was very beautiful. I don’t know if it was because the weather was too hot, but Miss Louisa’s back was soaked. Near the swaying long golden hair, the clothes on her back seemed transparent for Shade to see. .....

"Um?"

Shade felt alarmed and stopped. A foreigner has far-reaching knowledge, and the scene at this moment made him have some bad guesses.

"Could it be that now..."

He lowered his head and looked at his hand with something in mind. On the bare back of his hand, the originally flat skin was cracked inch by inch, and golden light marks shined under the cracks. Roll up the sleeves and the cracks extend from the hands to the entire body. Almost in the blink of an eye, his whole body was covered with golden cracks, and even his clothes had cracks.

Brilliant golden light radiates outward from inside the crack. Warm and soft, but extremely sacred and solemn.

This was just a visual effect. Shade did not feel pain, but instead felt the fullness and warmth of power.

"This is......"

He said incredulously, and as he shook his palm, a golden glow shone in the air. As the body swayed, the hem of the clothes was pulled back, leaving golden traces of light.

[You don’t think that the so-called afterglow is just something you say? 】