Whispering Verse

The next two pages of the book describe the circulation of this item in the hands of extraordinary beings during the Fourth Age.

The Fourth Age is an era of darkness and turmoil. Dark creatures occupy most of the material world, and cannibal tribes run rampant across the world. Intelligent life races can only help each other to survive together. This led to humans, elves, dwarves, fey, dragons and other races. The relationship was quite good in the early fifth era, which directly led to the emergence of multi-racial hybrid creatures. .

For example, the Miss Fiona Drago whom Shade met in the ruins of the Cadiz Library in the Valley of the Dead, apparently had both human and red dragon blood.

The powerful relic [Source of Chaos] also has many stories in the Fourth Era. The "Book of Fools" shows Shade those tragic and terrifying past events. Shade flipped through it hurriedly and realized that these stories written in ancient languages ​​had a strange power in themselves.

But it is a pity that even the writer of the "Book of Fools" could not have predicted in the Fourth Era where the outsiders would find this relic in the winter of 1853 in the Sixth Era.

"This book will not display unnecessary content abruptly. It seems that the 'Yellow Moon' requested by the bard refers to the sage-level relic [Source of Chaos]. Yesterday, Miss Danister also mentioned Pass this relic.”

Shade thought in his mind, closed the book, and said to Sir Prisha rather embarrassedly:

"The knowledge this book gave me is the preparation method of the magic potion - Love Potion and the learning method of thaumaturgy - [Love Spell]. This very unethical thaumaturgy allows the caster to unconditionally obtain the love of the opposite sex within a certain period of time. Good opinion, the learning conditions require [Reproduction], [Red Moon], [**], [Love] and other spiritual runes."

He told some of the contents of the "Pink Book". Sir Prisha did not doubt it. Instead, he smiled and said:

"Maybe the Book of Fools thinks that you are troubled by emotional problems now and need this."

"Yes Yes."

Shade gave a helpless half-truth response:

"Don't mention Margaret."

"Oh, Detective, I did not mention His Highness's name."

The smile on Jazz's face became even more obvious. Seeing Shade's embarrassed look, he did not continue to tease him. Instead, he said: "Judging from the data, only a few people can get the most useful information directly from this book." Knowledge. Mr. Hamilton, your wisdom is indeed recognized by this book."

"I don't have any wisdom. I've just seen more things than most people."

Shade said humbly. Sir Prisha only thought that Shade meant that he knew a lot as a ring warlock, and did not know that it was a metaphor for a foreigner.

"Sir Prisha, what did you just see?"

Shade asked pretending to be curious, this was a test.

Jazz hesitated for a moment, and considering that Shade took the initiative to tell the knowledge he saw, Jazz finally spoke:

"Some secrets, knowledge and wisdom about this world."

What he said was very vague, but these contents seemed to be the conditions required for the ceremony of the chosen one obtained by Luvia's divination. But looking at Sir Prisha's disappointed look just now, the knowledge given to him by the "Book of Fools" should not be enough.

"Knowledge and wisdom."

Shade sighed softly and brought the topic into the direction he wanted to discuss:

"Speaking of it, mortals are really magical. Relying on the inheritance of knowledge and the spark of wisdom, our civilization can advance to this step."

Sir Prisha nodded. He didn't mind talking to Shade about his understanding of wisdom and knowledge:

"It is indeed miraculous. This is a great achievement that belongs to mortals. I think the gods will favor us, who are like ants, because they like the miracles created by our knowledge and wisdom."

"But knowledge always has weight, and we can only bear a little bit."

Shade pinched his fingers and said, Sir Prisha laughed:

"I love knowledge and I love books. For me, even if there is a price for pursuing knowledge, I am willing to pay the price until I reach a point where I can no longer move forward."

"I met an old professor some time ago. He also used this attitude to pursue knowledge and wisdom."

Shade mentioned Professor Drake again:

"But it's a pity that when he really touched the knowledge and wisdom he longed for, he himself was afraid."

The carriage was turning the corner, and Jazz frowned slightly:

"Sorry, what do you mean scared?"

"He longs for knowledge and wisdom that he doesn't know, but when he truly knows what he has gained, he is horrified that the truth of the world is so terrifying."

Shade shook his head, recalling what Professor Drake once said:

"We live on a peaceful island called ignorance, surrounded by an endless black ocean, and we should not have set sail. The dark grave is right in front of us. I would like to sleep here and listen to the wind and waves - this is What the professor said. In the end, he gave up his talent, his memory, and parts of his limbs, giving up that knowledge forever."

Shade didn't have any objections to Professor Drake's choice. After all, the professor also said when we last met that he had no regrets in his life and that when he went to eternal sleep, he would be extremely stable.

But there was a mocking expression on Sir Prisha's face:

"Mr. Hamilton, I don't mean to criticize your friend, nor do I mean to criticize the life others choose for themselves. But that professor is a little too... cowardly?"

He was obviously sitting opposite Xia De, but he seemed to be facing the sea with his arms open:

"Even if the world is like a black ocean, and we live on a peaceful island called ignorance, we still have to go out to the sea. To explore, to witness, to thirst, to seek knowledge. Don't see the unknown scenery with your own eyes, just want peace. Sleeping forever, then why do people want to live?”

Shade understands his perspective:

"The old professor was also afraid because he learned about the dangers of extraordinary knowledge. After all, once an accident occurs, the disaster caused by that knowledge and wisdom will also affect other people."

Shade smiled and said:

“There are many people who have the courage to break through the island of ignorance and explore the dangerous black ocean, but people always have to worry about whether their actions will lead those dangerous and weird monsters living in the black ocean to the peaceful island. .”

For a moment, Shade seemed to see a sarcastic smile on Sir Prisha's face, and he wasn't sure if he was wrong.

【That's right. 】

"Mr. Hamilton, the process of seeking knowledge is always dangerous, but you should not stop moving forward."

"So, we have to get that balance right. Balance, yes, balance between danger and knowledge."

Shade said, Sir Prisha also nodded, but had lost interest in talking to Shade.

Shade could also feel that he and the gentleman from the United Kingdom of Kasenlik in front of him did not seem to be the same kind of people. They all had the courage to seek knowledge, but Sir Prisha was perhaps a little too unscrupulous.

The carriage first sent Shad to St. Teresa's Square, and then took Sir Prisha away.

Shade had no other travel plans today, so he read and checked the accounts for the past year in the study. After all, it was the end of the year, and he had to do a good job in financial management to prevent mistakes from being made by the Kingdom's tax bureau during tax inspections.

After lunch, little Mia lay down on the window sill of the study to take a nap. Shade took out the "Book of Fools" to check the information on the sage-level relic [Source of Chaos]. But the sound of a bell came from downstairs, and Shade got up and opened the door.

When the napping cat heard the sound of Shade getting up and walking away, it jumped from the window sill to the ground, then jumped from the ground to the chair, and then jumped to the desk.

"Meow?"

It noticed the book that Shade had spread out on the desk, and then lowered his head and looked over. On the originally wordless page, large blocks of text and illustrations immediately appeared.

Her big amber eyes were full of doubts. Little Mia took a few steps back so that she could see the entire page clearly. It stared closely at the things it couldn't understand, and then the book automatically turned to the next page in front of the cat. There were also dense words and images behind it. The cat continued to stare carefully and nodded slightly, as if it was really understand the above content.

"doctor?"

The person who appeared downstairs at Shade's house was Dr. Schneider. Seeing Shade inviting him upstairs, the doctor waved his hand:

"I have other things to do and will leave in a moment. On Tuesday last week, you entrusted me to spy on Lykins Prisha's desires. Today is exactly one week, so I'm here to tell you about the situation."

He started talking to Shade in the foyer:

"This is a very strange person, very strange. According to your request, I did not get close to him, nor did I fall asleep. I just observed him from a distance. Speaking of which, I also want to thank you for the invitation. I participated this week. Many high-end banquets... I'm off topic. In short, Lykins Prisha's desire is greater than anyone else's. Not to mention compared to ordinary people, even compared to ring magicians, His desire is also a little too strong.”

Seeing Xia De frowning, the doctor added:

"Don't worry, it's not a bad desire, it's a desire for knowledge. A very crazy desire for knowledge, a desire for new knowledge, and a desire for wisdom. I don't even need to use extraordinary power to feel the intensity of that strong desire, I can feel it directly with my eyes .”

He pointed to his eyes:

"I dare say that with such a strong desire, as long as he does not die, he will definitely do something great."

Shade asked worriedly:

"No matter what kind of desire it is, it's never a good thing if it's too strong, right?"

"But it's not necessarily a bad thing. The key lies in whether Sir Lykins Prisha can control his desires."

The doctor commented very cautiously.

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