Whispering Verse

But no matter what, now that the first floor of Saint Teresa Square has been opened, the house suddenly has so much space, and Shade still needs to think about how to use it.

Returning to the first floor from the basement, looking at the open space, Shade felt very good after knowing the new secret:

"The statue of the ancient god is underground. Based on hundreds of years of experience, this will affect the ordinary people upstairs, so if you want to rent it out, you can't rent it to ordinary people hastily."

There is no need to have similar concerns when renting to a ring warlock, but Shade doesn't know a good ring warlock with whom he can live together. Among the other four people in the group, except Miss Louisa, everyone else has a good place to live. And Shade is not reckless enough to invite a single, unmarried blonde to live with him.

But thinking about it carefully, he is not very short of money now. If you want to buy expensive relics and knowledge, renting is not enough, so renting out a house is not a must.

Thinking of this, Xia De temporarily gave up his plan to rent out the first floor.

He walked along the stairs to the second floor, making plans for his future:

"When you have money, you can consider hiring a maid to help clean like Professor Manning. Now it is a waste of time to clean the house by yourself... For the time being, use the first floor and basement as a space for storing debris, Xiaomi Ya would probably like to have a place to walk... But even so, it will cost a lot of money to reconnect the steam pipes and gas pipes..."

While he was thinking about the trivial matters in his life, he went up the curved stairs. He felt that the expenses he needed to spend seemed to be greater when the first floor was reopened.

When I opened the door to the second floor, I looked up and thought about the time. It was only eight o'clock in the evening. There are still two hours left before the time agreed with Miss Louisa to visit the girl Sophie.

So I took advantage of the time I had to write a report on applying for access to the "Code of Ascension" and sent it to the academy through the manuscript pages in my hand. Then I opened and turned over the story pages borrowed from Miss Louisa's friend. look.

Mia, who was locked in the room by Shade, wanted to play with Shade for a while, but Shade, who was looking forward to the manuscript of the translation of the first draft of the story, could only refuse the orange cat's request, but still I found a ball of wool and let it play by itself.

After washing his hands, he solemnly sat down at the desk, and then opened the cloth wrapping the pages.

It seems that books that describe mysterious powers don't like to use ordinary paper as a carrier. The book that Miss Louisa lent to Shade was made of an unknown leather material as the pages, which were very smooth to the touch.

At the top of the page numbered 1, the name of this story is clearly written in ancient language——

"The Little Match Girl".

"This is it!"

He looked at the first page with anticipation, carefully reading the strange words densely packed like dancing matchsticks. Then I spent about ten minutes carefully reading the story of the Poor Match Girl in the Snowy Night from beginning to end.

Nothing happened.

Even though this is a page with special power, the feeling after reading it completely is not even as good as telling the story to three children in the past time.

"This is a bit troublesome...Do I really need to find the original manuscript in order for me to gain great power?"

He looked at the moonlit night outside and thought worriedly, then looked down at the letters on the page. He admitted it was a good story, but Shade didn't like stories with sad endings.

Miss Louisa knocked on the door downstairs at ten o'clock, and Shade, who had already been prepared, set off directly with her. By the way, he also returned the story pages to her:

"Is this all used up? Can you really understand the words on this? Are the [Time and Space] runes so powerful?"

As Miss Louisa spoke, she rolled up the page and stuffed it into her pocket. Ring magicians need casting materials to cast spells, so even in summer, most people avoid wearing clothes without pockets. This is why Shade also wears a coat in summer.

In this world, there is no such thing as a convenient "space ring".

The steam bomb explosion happened last night, and the alley is still blocked. Although the fish-man was blown up by Miss Louisa, the traces left behind still attracted the attention of the church.

Therefore, when going to the little girl Sophie's home, they deliberately chose a detour to avoid the alley.

The girl Sophie Dess came from a poor family, otherwise there would be no need for such a young child to sell flowers. The Dyce family lived in a slum in a riverside neighborhood on the edge of the Terrareal River. The five members of the family lived in a house that was about the same size as Shade's basement.

Last night, the two of them sent the girl to the door of their house and watched her enter the house before leaving. But today we have to see the girl with our own eyes to confirm whether she is healthy, so we have to think of another way.

When I set off with the blonde female writer, I could still see the stars when I looked up, but halfway through, thick fog came up, causing Miss Louisa to complain about the factories in the city.

It was around 10:20 pm when we arrived near the slums on the banks of the Terrariel River. On such a night, even idlers would not go out and wander around.

Miss Louisa had already made a very complete plan, so after entering the dark alley where Dais' house was located, the two of them went directly to knock on the door.

There are no lights in the alley, and poor families usually go to bed early at night, so there are no lights. The sound of knocking on the door seemed to be able to wake up everyone nearby, at least the Dais family was woken up.

The light of candles lit up in the room, and after at least two minutes, a nervous man's voice came from the door:

"who is it?"

Even where Captain Rades lives, there will be gunshots from gangsters from time to time. The slums where the girl Sophie Deis and her family live, the security is even worse. Shade could completely imagine that the man asking questions behind the door was nervously holding a weapon such as a kitchen knife.

Miss Louisa glanced at Shade, then took out a one-shilling coin from her pocket and stuffed it through the crack of the door.

"It doesn't matter who it is. You don't have to open the door. Now let all the women in the house stand in front of the door in turn, for ten seconds each. If you can do it, you still have money. If you can't, you have a gun."

This is what Xia De said in a choked voice. In this situation, a man's speech is more intimidating than a woman's.

There was a commotion immediately inside the door, and the whispers of the family with strong accents were mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish who said what.

"OK."

After a long time, the middle-aged man's voice came. So Miss Louisa motioned to Shade to move aside, and she leaned against the crack in the door and looked inward. For this kind of dangerous action, it is better for a high-level ring warlock to do it.

"Now for the first one."

Shade said outside the door, looking at both ends of the alley to prevent anyone from appearing. After waiting for a while, he looked at Miss Louisa again. The blonde girl waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.

"On a foggy night, in a lightless slum alley, looking through the cracks in the door to see if there is anything strange inside...a good subject for a horror story."

He thought for amusement, and wanted to open his mouth to speak, but the reminder of the whispering voice in his ear made him stunned. He looked at the sorceress's back in disbelief, and then said:

"Then the second one."

The light and shadow in the crack of the door changed. It seemed that there was a different person in front of the crack of the door.

After a while, Miss Louisa waved her hand again. Shade squinted at her back and said to the door:

"the last one."

Yesterday, they had already asked little Sophie about the composition of her family.

There was no problem with the third person. The blonde girl moved away from the crack of the door, lowered her head and nodded slightly to Shade, hiding her face in the shadows. She stuffed two coins into the crack of the door again. Shade watched this scene without saying a word.

After doing all this, the two people outside the door left the alley in the night. The exit of the alley faced the Terrariel River. Under the thick fog, the river bank could hardly be seen, and only the ships moored in the river could be vaguely seen.

The two slowed down at the entrance of the alley, and Miss Louisa stopped first, still lowering her head. This neighborhood could only be illuminated by moonlight, and on a foggy night, Shade couldn't see her face clearly.

The clothes on her body became wet at some point, and her body was hidden in the deepest shadow at the entrance of the alley. Standing downwind, Shade could smell an unusual smell of seafood.

"Detective, please go first, I still have something to do."

Her voice was hoarse.

Shade pursed his lips and looked at his friend up and down:

"I see."

He looked down at his hands, and then stretched out his hands to the girl in front of him:

"Miss Louisa, what do you think this is?"

The blond girl with her head lowered stretched out her head to look at Shade's hand. Shade whispered:

"Silver Moon."

The holy silver moonlight suddenly burst out from the fingertips. Even though Shade deliberately controlled the output power, Miss Louisa still screamed in surprise when she encountered the light of the silver moon at such a close observation.

She covered her eyes and backed away. When she raised her head, Shade finally saw that half of Miss Louisa's face was covered with fish scales.

He did not run away, but followed closely and pressed his entire right palm on Miss Louisa's face. The latter wanted to scream, but Shade's other hand also reached out and covered her mouth.

She struggled hard, but was still firmly pinned to the ground by Shade. The covered mouth made a "wuwu~" sound, and her blond hair fell to the ground in a mess.

Shade's two hands radiated soft silver moonlight. He squatted next to the blonde girl, and even though Miss Louisa struggled hard and her fingers kept scratching his wrist, she would never let go.

Gradually, Miss Louisa's resistance became weak until she stopped completely.

The surrounding fog was thick, completely obscuring the starry sky and the three-wheeled moon. The wind also stopped, as if everything was still at this moment.