Whispering Verse

After the summer exam week six months ago, Shade went to the opera alone with Dorothy, whom he still called "Miss Louisa" at the time.

But after this exam week, Shade will go to St. Byrons to receive his medal, and he will go to St. Byrons in person. Although Shade didn't know the standard awarding process and whether he really needed to go to the academy, he vaguely felt that this probably had something to do with Miss Danister.

In short, although everyone's results were a bit unexpected, everyone passed the 1853 academic year examination smoothly.

After confirming that Shad was going to St. Byrons in the evening, Dorothy left first. The 1853 Kingdom Prize for Literature is about to be awarded, and her father, Professor Louisa, is helping her "clear the relationship" recently, so she herself has to go home often.

Luvia then left. She needed to go back and submit a written report on her exam status and year-end assessment to the Prophets Association, so that the Association could discuss her plans with St. Byrons as soon as possible for the new year. Course selection and sublimation language selection.

This kind of report even needs to be made in duplicate, and it cannot use a mechanical typewriter and must be completely handwritten. In addition to finding different people to stamp and sign, the purple-eyed girl will probably be busy for several days.

The doctor and the priest helped Shade clean up the examination room. The old priest originally planned to ask Dr. Schneider to leave the page of the poem manuscript to Shade so that he could contact the college more easily. They had a drink together as usual in previous years, but Shade stopped the two of them. :

"Priest, doctor, please wait a moment, I have something to say."

He looked outside and confirmed that the moon had risen, so he asked the priest and doctor to stay in room one for the time being, while he carried the cat to room two next door.

After a while, Shade came back holding an arrow with a dark golden luster. Just by looking at the arrow, you can tell that it is quite extraordinary. Both the front and back of the arrow have a strange pattern of three concave circles, and five crystal grains, four blue and one gold, are directly inlaid on the metal. The simple sense of history and the vicissitudes of time all illustrate its power.

And if you look closely, you will have a strange dizzy feeling, as if you have been reading for 24 hours straight before exam week. At the same time, an inexplicable voice in the heart urged the person who saw the arrow to pierce the arrow into his heart.

But fortunately, whether they are priests or doctors, their ability to resist negative mental influences is very good.

"Nice stuff I got recently."

Shade also sat down on the sofa and motioned for the two of them to extend their hands.

The old priest and Dr. Schneider, who were wiping their pipes, looked at each other, then rolled up their sleeves and stretched out their right hands.

The arrows were pierced into the palms of the two men respectively. As the power of their respective elements fluctuated, the doctor just frowned slightly in thought, seeming to have acquired a new thaumaturgy.

Behind Priest Augustus, the life ring slowly emerged in the steam mist. With the enrichment of the brass enlightenment aura, a new two-ring spiritual rune appeared. That is enlightenment - [Heart of Darkness].

"Oh, the spiritual runes for the second ring are complete!"

Priest Augustus looked back at his life ring in surprise, a smile of surprise appeared on his old face. Neither he nor Dr. Schneider asked Shade what the arrow in his hand was.

"I also got a nice thaumaturgy."

The doctor nodded and said, looking at the priest's life ring. He touched his chin:

"Priest, maybe you can prepare to enter the third grade at the end of this year. I remember that all your second grade examination subjects seem to have ended."

"There is still one course left. If this surprise had come a month earlier, I might have applied for the upgrade exam."

Even though he said this, the priest was still very happy:

"I originally thought it would take another year or two, but I didn't expect such a surprise. After a while, I will borrow third-grade books from the library. It's a good idea to read them in advance."

"That's great. If, priest, you can reach the fourth ring before we set off to the far north, the journey might be easier."

Shade also commented.

"Oh, Bill, Shade, I am not an energetic young man like you."

The priest smiled and shook his head, then asked Xiang Shade:

"The exam week is over, do you have any plans recently? Winter is only half over, I don't think you can just stay at home and wait for the client to come to your door. Are you going to a new city again this time?"

When Autumn "rescued" Priest August, the rest of the group learned the secret that allowed Shade to travel to distant cities.

"Speaking of which, I'll probably go to the Randall Valley in a while. Oh, it's the Spring City south of Kasenlik."

Going to a strange city is for what "Luvia" said is the only time key to the [Past Life and Sixth Era], but he still has to find a way to establish the correct road sign, and Shade also plans to take a rest. A while. In the winter of 1853, he almost never stopped for a moment in order to face the many tests of secret keepers at both ends of time.

"I heard that the opera company in that city is very famous. The famous artist and female opera singer Miss Benenice, who is famous in the Old World, runs the [Golden Dawn] Opera Company there."

Doctor Schneider said with a smile, "The Golden Dawn Opera Company" is the most famous opera company in the human world in this century.

“I went to the Randall Valley when I was younger.”

Priest Augustus continued to wipe his pipe. Seeing both Shade and the doctor looking at him curiously, the old man said:

"Is it weird? When I was young, I was often sent on missions by the church. I went to the Randall Valley, probably around 1835. I was only in my thirties at that time, a little younger than Bill is now."

"So do you have any friends in Randall Valley City? If so, I can go visit and see how they are doing."

Shade said while petting the cat. He was actually very interested in Priest August's experience when he was young. When he was in Fort Midhill, he got to know about the fruitless love affair the priest had when he was young.

"Oh my friend"

The old priest raised his head slightly:

"It's really hard to say. However, if you really have time, you can visit Father Morpheus from the local Dawn Church. I owed him 10 pence from a bet back then, and I never had the chance to pay him back. If you have the chance, you can do it for me Give it back."

This is no problem. Shade and Dr. Schneider looked at each other in surprise. They were not surprised that the priest would make a bet with others, but that the old priest actually remembered it for nearly 20 years because of 10 pence.

The image of Priest Lathe Augustus became taller in their eyes.

They didn't chat for too long. Priest August stood up first, and the doctor also stood up and invited Shade:

"There are so many surprises today. Detective, since you don't go to St. Byrons until eight o'clock in the evening, would you like to have a drink with us? I know you don't drink on weekdays, but this is to celebrate exam week Ended successfully."

Shade thought for a moment and agreed to the invitation. Of course, the cat was unwilling to go to a noisy environment like a tavern, so Shade left it at home and prepared a sumptuous dinner. It can be seen that Xiao Mia is very satisfied with Shade's appropriate arrangement.

By the time Shade returned home, it was already 7:20 pm. While out drinking, the pages of poetry manuscripts in Dr. Schneider's pocket already provide the means for Shade to make his way to the academy again.

But this time it is no longer a dangerous relic [the broken map of the old world], but a means of transportation, that is, a sage-level relic [the midnight nightmare carriage].

Before being contained, this was a very dangerous relic. It often appears at night, carrying guests to unknown and terrifying distances. The divination of the missing people will yield answers that the middle-level warlocks cannot even face.

There is reason to believe that [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] has the ability to pass through most seals when it is not contained. Therefore, in the early sixth era, the joint containment operation launched by the three major colleges to study its space penetrating properties was met with many criticisms. times of setbacks.

Later, at the cost of a twelve-ring warlock being seriously injured, he was reluctantly sealed in St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy. The academy believes that this is a special magical item created by a certain evil god who has gone away to collect flesh and blood sacrifices for himself, or it is also called an "artifact" in knight novels, but this conclusion has not been confirmed so far.

But what is certain is that after the [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] is contained, that is, after the dangerous coachman is bound in a sterling silver coffin and mercury is poured into the coffin, the carriage itself can be used by mortals.

St. Byrons itself is an academy of thaumaturgy famous for housing relics. After more than a thousand years of attempts, it has gradually turned this relic into one of the most important means of communication between the academy in the far north and the outside world. one.

With the power of the entire St. Byrons, the carriage driver was suppressed, and the carriage was driven by an alchemy puppet or summoned being who was given the official faculty status of "St. Byrons Comprehensive College". In theory, the carriage could be driven through the Various locations in the physical world. Of course, the carriage in the containment state loses the power to penetrate most spaces, and there are actually many taboos in its use.

For example, a ring warlock with the "unlucky traveler" spiritual rune must not use this carriage under any circumstances. When Miss Denister and other professors entered the civilized world from the academy, they used normal transportation out of respect for the cooperative Founder Church of God because they were notified in advance of the church's normal actions.

But if the college sends professors privately, this kind of relic can be put to use.

According to the official document sent by the academy, Shade could bring pets, summons or other small creatures with him on this trip, so Shade decided to take Mia to St. Byrons to have a look.

After he returned home, he packed up the things he wanted to take with him, and then sat on the sofa and waited for the carriage to arrive. When the clock on the wall reached eight o'clock, the bell downstairs really rang.

"Mia, let's go."