Whispering Verse

In any case, at least for now, no one has seen any trace of the guardians, so it is impossible to judge what their current situation is.

After meeting Sister Devlin that night, Shade finally received the documents sent by Miss Danister at the Fertile Land Hotel. That document contains some rumors and inaccurate history about the early days of St. Byron's establishment.

Shade took the documents home to check. He first learned the magical technique of [Soul Flagellation], and then arranged the handwritten or photocopied information one by one under the gas lamp on the desk.

In fact, although those materials are very thick, they can only be counted as three copies in total.

The two handwritten notes were only discovered by Principal Pigman in recent years. They were part of the notes left by a certain witch principal in the previous era, and part of the contents handwritten from the principal's memorandum. What was taken with the camera was part of a huge stone tablet that Miss Denist did not indicate the source of.

The three pieces of information jointly indicate that the current location of the academy does come from the territory of a certain old god in the fifth era. As for the transaction conditions given by Miss Myrna Feliana, the three documents have completely different answers.

The unknown witch principal's notes believe that the original founders used an interesting story to win the favor of the Night God and thus obtained the land;

The ancient principal's memorandum records that the real bargaining chip offered by the founders came from the ancient gods of the First Era. It was a treasure that even the gods of the past could not refuse;

As for the stone tablet, it is recorded that the founders did not use their chips, but released some kind of shocking ancient evil beast, forcing the God of Night to give up a small part of his territory.

Of course, Shade believes that among "Interesting Stories", "Treasures of the First Era" and "Ancient Evil Beasts", the last one is the least likely. He has been in this world for nearly a year, so he naturally knows what the gods represent, so he does not believe that the God of Night [Curtain of Eternal Night] will be scared by some ancient evil beast.

Besides, Miss Feliana and Miss Olanode don't seem like people who would release ancient evil beasts.

"So, what Fiona forgot is most likely a treasure from the First Era. An interesting story, more like a bargaining chip that I proposed."

Shade guessed.

Because the decisive battle in Randall Valley is likely to be this week, for the precious 40 minutes of rest time, on Monday, Shade did not use the time key of 3028 for the last time. However, he did remember to open the [God's Gift Box] and get this week's gift.

What I got last week was an ivory comb, and this week I got a beautiful white ceramic tea cup. There were even patterns of cats playing in various colors on the cup. Although it was just an ordinary item, Shade liked the teacup very much, so he planned to keep it for his own use. This week’s task is to learn to brew black tea and pour tea for people older than myself.

This is easy. There are only a few friends around Shade who are younger than his body.

Because it was already the third day of the Windy Moon, Shade did not rush to Randall Valley. Instead, he spent the morning in the city to deal with personal matters at the beginning of each month.

After returning home with a full lunch at noon, Mia went to the southern city. When I walked out of the Church of the Forgotten, I found that the atmosphere in the city was even more tense than the previous two days. After arriving at the Wilde Opera House, I heard from Miss Lassers that there was another small earthquake in the east of the city around early this morning.

Although the direct impact of the earthquake was only cracks in the walls of a few houses, after the earthquake, a fire spread in all directions from the residential blocks. It was not until this morning that the fire was completely extinguished.

"Look over there."

Miss Lassers stood by the window and pointed towards the east of the city:

"See that smoke over there?"

The city was already foggy, so it was very difficult for Shade to see the black smoke floating into the sky in the distance:

"I thought it was the smoke coming from the chimney of the steam factory in the east of the city."

"It's the smoke and dust after burning. This fire caused at least 100 deaths."

The blond young girl looked out the window. Among all the people, she was the only one who was truly from the Randall Valley, and only her hometown was truly here.

Miss Aurora and Miss Benanis were currently out of the city to investigate the situation outside the city, while Miss Sylvia and Miss Carina were at Miss Benanis's manor. So after leaving the Wilde Opera House, Shade went to the manor again.

As soon as they entered the door of the mansion, they saw Tifa and the old witch's apprentice, Miss Rita Swift with beautiful long flaxen hair, talking and laughing with a team of maids, carrying tea cups and pushing the dining cart towards the corridor. Go around the corner on the right.

When Shade appeared, the black-haired maid greeted him warmly, while Miss Swift was a little more reserved, not at all like the woman who forcibly kissed Shade at the end of last year.

Miss Sylvia and Miss Carina were in the basement, and the maids were preparing to bring them afternoon tea and snacks.

When Shade saw the two great witches, they were expressing their opinions on a bottle of yellow-brown liquid in the potion workshop in the basement.

"Those fallen earth elemental djinn are quite troublesome. Miss Swift brought Granny Cassandra's magic potion formula 'Mud Potion'. This potion can turn solid stone into soil, similar to the spell 'Fossil' It is the deteriorating effect of mud. But if you are willing to spend money and add some expensive catalysts and enhancers, you can also achieve an effect that is not inferior to that of a spell."

The Duchess of the North Country said that today she was wearing a long black skirt, long boots on her feet, and a black leather coat on top of a white women's shirt. However, the coat was unbuttoned. This was the first time that Shade had seen this kind of attire. Yes, probably because there is no "Duchess" here, only a "Great Witch".

"We tried to mix the potion, but the color of the finished product was not the same as what Granny Cassandra said."

Miss Sylvia said with some trouble, then handed the potion to Miss Swift and asked her to check:

"My mother-in-law's potion brewing skills are quite strong. We still have a lot to learn."

And Miss Swift had already uncorked the bottle and smelled the smell inside:

"There's no problem with the taste. If it's just a different color, I think it won't have much impact on the effect."

"Why don't you give it a try."

So Miss Carina suggested, and Shade was a little surprised:

"Try it? Go out of the city now and find a monster?"

"No, no, already."

Miss Sylvia smiled and said:

"In order to study the local monsters, Benanis went out to the city last night, caught one, and put it in the basement."

With that said, the group left the potion workshop and walked deeper into the basement.

On Saturday night, where Miss Sylvia opened the portal, there was a huge piece of ice. The surface of the ice is engraved with ancient golden sealing runes, and inside the ice is a monster that Shade is quite familiar with.

Miss Carina waved to Tifa, and the black-haired maid took the other maids around her to release the flames and melt the symbols on the surface of the ice.

When the seal was almost destroyed, the maids retreated to Shade. Miss Carina glanced at Shade again, and Shade waved forward casually:

"Moonlight Slash."

The silver moonlight split deep cracks in the solid ice, and then a clear cracking sound came from inside the ice. As the crack continued to expand, finally with a roar, the ice exploded, and the fallen earth elemental giant was freed.

Unfortunately, this freedom only lasts for a second:

"Spider Web."

Miss Sylvia's lazy voice came. It was obviously the spider web spell, one of the basic spells, but after she used it in her hands, it did not shoot out white spider silk as thick as a cable like the normal effect.

Shade was keenly aware of the anomalies in the space, and then three almost completely transparent eight-clawed spiders the size of a human head appeared from the void, and almost instantly weaved into a large transparent web connected to the space, trapping the earth element giant. in it.

Because of the power of space, the effect of Miss Sylvia's "Spider Web Technique" is even better. Although the head of the trapped monster can still move slightly, the other parts of the body are completely still like a specimen.

"Enlightenment - The effect of [weaving] spiritual runes."

The young witch responded to Shade's doubts reservedly, while Miss Carina reminded her:

"Xia De didn't ask at all."

As he spoke, he motioned for Miss Swift to come forward. So the flaxen-haired girl came closer with the bottle of magic potion, and then threw the potion bottle towards the chest of the elemental djinn.

The bottle collided with the monster's body and shattered, and the liquid splashed out and adhered to the stone surface. As the potion glowed faintly, the sound of corrosion appeared together with the white smoke. The monster's chest collapsed inward at a speed visible to the naked eye. After waiting for half a minute, because the damage exceeded the threshold, the fallen elemental giant collapsed into a pile of black in a voice that was almost lamenting under the gaze of everyone. of gravel.

"Is this the foundation rock? This is the first time I've seen it."

Miss Sylvia picked up the stones with interest, while Miss Carina and Miss Swift talked about the effects of the potion. As for Tifa, she led other maids to sweep away the broken ice and stones to prevent the owner of the manor from complaining.

"For ordinary elemental djinn, this potion is enough. This time the Speaker has approved an extra operation fund for us, so we don't have to worry about the cost. We can even sell a batch to the Zhengshen Church, and they will be very happy. Willing to buy.”

Miss Carina seemed to be in a good mood. When she saw Miss Sylvia coming over with the selected stones, she asked her again:

"You came earlier than me. Do you know where the relationship between Shade and Bernice has developed?"