Whispering Verse

"I'm not in poor health, I'm... Luvia, thank you for helping me last night..."

Dorothy pursed her lips and said, and Shade knew very well that she must be communicating with Lesia in her heart, complaining about Her Royal Highness's behavior on Saturday night.

"Gift!"

"Meow!"

Shade took the mask out of the gift box. It was a white cat mask that could cover the entire face and was fixed on the face with a tether.

Mia seemed startled by the mask and jumped away from her bowl of goat's milk. But after quickly realizing that this was not a living creature, he stretched out his paw and patted the mask twice.

"Ordinary items."

Shade shook his head and put the mask aside:

"Sure enough, you can't expect to get relics like [Master Key] and [Ghost Iron Coin] every time."

Luvia looked at the mask and suddenly asked:

"Do you still remember the results I got from your divination before you set out for Green Lake for the first time?" (Chapter 1581)

"Of course you remember, cats, twins."

Luvia thought for a moment:

"You've almost figured out the meaning of twins. But what does the cat represent?"

"Representative, will I gain the 'Cat Transformation Technique' after that?"

Shade asked, but shook his head. While his latest adventure has a lot to do with "cats," it's actually mostly preparation for his "seven-day trip." In the Green Lake area, even without the cat-changing technique, it would not cause much inconvenience for his movements.

"Yes, if your divination result was correct, what does the cat represent?"

So the time came to Tuesday, the day before the lunar eclipse, the 29th day of the Sowing Moon.

When he arrived at the Green Lake Hotel early in the morning, Shade learned from the newspaper that Miss Carina and her party would arrive in this city tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow. This was as planned, and the delegation encountered no attacks or accidents on the way.

Shade did not see Megan in the hotel early that morning, but she sent a letter telling Shade to be prepared to land on the island tomorrow and Wednesday, as well as other new news.

That message is the church in action. The church's new round of inspections on the central island of Green Lake has ended. Although it still has not been able to find a way to enter another island, it has discovered new features on the island: the rituals arranged on the island and the large-scale signs of damage will quietly Disappeared silently.

This means that not only are the church's ring magicians unable to stay on the island for a long time, they cannot even arrange rituals to monitor changes on the island.

Now the church team has basically withdrawn from the central island of Green Lake. They have only arranged manpower and ceremonies on the normal lake surface to prevent anything from rushing out in the heavy fog. The entire lake area should have been put under martial law and even the villages around the lake should have been evacuated. But now during the negotiations between the two countries, almost the whole world's eyes are watching here. If Green Lake is completely blocked, there will definitely be a lot of noise.

In addition, the Prophet's Association believed that a comprehensive blockade was within Laplace Klein Howard's plan, so the lake area was not under martial law, and Megan had already found a way to land on the island.

The only thing they need to worry about now is that the two of them may bump into sporadic teams of the church on the island tomorrow.

Although he did not see Meghan on Tuesday, Shade received letters from the Foran brothers. Last week, Shade learned that the two brothers were ring warlocks belonging to the Rosicrucian Order, and this organization had absorbed some believers of the old god, the God of Love.

They wrote this letter to tell Shade that within the Rosicrucian Order, the true believers in the old god had arrived in the City of Glass, Michaela Blast Furnace City, and would be able to meet Shade today.

Without further ado, Shade set off from the Green Lake Hotel and took a carriage through the border checkpoint to the city on the south bank of Green Lake. While crossing the border, he also met Captain Rades and chatted with him for a few words.

"Duke Carina will be arriving soon, and our tasks have become much heavier these days."

"The task of monitoring people crossing the border illegally?"

The captain shook his head:

"Of course not, it's a task of training and lining up. The Duke or other big shots might come to the barracks to inspect. My boss, Colonel Dewey, takes this matter very seriously. Look over there, the soldier who originally maintained the queuing order is a There are only two squads left in the company now...guess, what did the others do?"

Shade thought for a moment:

"Cleaning?"

Judging from the expression on Captain Rades's face, it was obvious that he had guessed correctly.

The meeting place between the Foran brothers and Shade was at the "Victory Carrier Hotel" in the center of Michaela Blast Furnace City. The location here is quite good, and you can see the city hall and the meandering Duin River directly from the window.

In addition, Professor Boulanger, who helped Shade, also lives here, but he should still be taking his students to inspect the north shore of Green Lake.

The Victory Carrier Hotel is located at a five-way intersection. The hotel protrudes toward the center of the intersection, forming a triangular layout as a whole. When Shade paid the coachman and entered the hotel with the parade passing by in the background, the Fulen brothers were sitting at the table waiting for Shade:

"Mr. Watson, this way."

They asked Shad to sit down, and then Eric Foran gave Shad a note with three house numbers on it:

"We have to rush to the meeting, so we won't go up with you."

He pointed upstairs:

"Mr. Richard, Mr. Upton and Ms. Hope are all in their respective rooms. You can go to them separately, or you can just go to one or two of them. They are all in the middle and are the most devoutly loved among us. Believers of God, but Mr. Upton among them usually has a weird personality. If you want to communicate with him later, please don’t mind his offense. Oh, we said you are our friend, you don’t have to worry about identity issues.”

Shade nodded to express his understanding, but asked another question:

"Would it be convenient to tell me how many people came to the [Rosicrucian Society] this time?"

The two brothers hesitated for a moment, and finally Charles spoke:

"We can't say the exact number, but it's definitely more than that."

He held out three fingers:

"In addition, our president is also here. He is a twelve-ring warlock. Now the president is in contact with the Zhengshen Church. He has discussed with us that he should take the initiative to expose our identity as a descendant of Edwards."

This approach is very wise. It can not only protect the Fulan brothers, but also prevent the [Rosicrucian Order] from completely losing their right to participate in this matter.

Shade nodded:

"Okay. Then I'll go up... When will you be free? There are some things I want to talk to you about again. No, not in the past two days. How about the weekend?"

The two brothers thought for a while:

"It should be fine this weekend. We'll contact my aunt then."

"no problem."

Shade nodded, said goodbye to his brothers and went upstairs.

It should be said that the industrial development of the City of Glass is reflected in all aspects. Although the Green Lake Hotel run by siblings Soren Green and Helena Green is the best hotel in Green Lake City, if compared with its counterparts in the City of Glass, the interior decoration and living environment of the Green Lake Hotel are actually not as good. Not the best kind.

The Victory Carrier Hotel is what Shade remembers as a big-city hotel, similar to the "Fertile Land Hotel" where Luvia lived in Randall Valley at the beginning of this year.

Not only is the level of decoration first-class, but the rooms on the upper floors reserved for wealthy guests are also quite luxurious.

Among the Rosicrucians, the three disciples of Eros all live on different floors. Among them, Mr. Upton and Ms. Hope, who were rated as having "bad personalities", lived in ordinary rooms on the second floor, with house numbers 215 and 221 respectively. Mr. Richard, the highest ranking among the three, lived in a luxurious room on the fourth floor. Suite No. 402.

Shade chose to go to the fourth floor first, probably because it was a working day in the morning, so the corridor on the fourth floor was so quiet that when Shade knocked on the door on the fourth floor, he felt that the knocking was so loud. unexpected.

Soon there were footsteps behind the door, and then a voice sounded from inside the door:

"who is it?"

"Hello, are you Mr. Richard? I am the friend that Mr. Fulan mentioned."

After he finished speaking, the door was opened, and a short, gray-haired old man who looked to be in his fifties appeared behind the door. He frowned slightly, looked at Shade up and down, and then suddenly said:

"You are disloyal!"

"Sorry, what?"

Shade blinked suspiciously, and the old man shook his head:

"You clearly heard me clearly. I said: You are disloyal. Come in and don't talk at the door."

"But didn't you just say that I..."

"Young man, don't be stupid. In this era, how many people can you find who will be loyal to one love throughout their lives? Human hearts are complex and emotions are changeable. Compared to other people I have met, you are not the worst. That kind of man."

With that said, he motioned for Shade to follow him into the room.

The two sat down in the living room, but Mr. Richard did not prepare tea for Shade. Moreover, after sitting down, he did not give Shade a chance to speak. Instead, he handed Shade a picture album.

The picture album was the size of an ordinary book, but very thin, with only about a dozen pages. It was held together by six silver metal book rings on the sides. This is no ordinary item. It has miraculous elements, but the traces of the elements are not very obvious. It should be some kind of magical item.

"Look at each picture and tell me what you see."

Old Mr. Richard said. Seeing Shade's hesitation, he added:

"Every time I meet a ring magician who is willing to sit down and talk, I invite them to take my 'psychological test.' Every painting in this is an abstract image, you just need to tell me what they think to you, most Just like it. The results of the test represent your views on love, marriage and lovers. Please do this before our formal conversation begins."

This sounds a lot like the kind of test that a stranger would do in his hometown.