Whispering Verse

With the [Spur of Love God] alone, although there is still a distance from the "two-in-one" that Shade wants to achieve, desire tells Shade that once Shade finds a way to fuse the body, he can activate it at the moment of body fusion. The "thorn of love" is enough to achieve a complete "two-in-one".

"It turns out to be this magic."

Mr. Upton, who didn't know what Shade wanted to do, nodded:

"This is the true secret of our order. It is a magical technique born from the soul's strongest desire to 'protect' due to emotions. Even now within the [Rosicrucian Order], only the past presidents and Believers like us can have real contact. But today we can make an exception. Mr. Watson, do you have time? If you have time, we will prepare the ceremony for you now. I think you who have been blessed by our Lord should not have any failure to learn the ceremony. possibility."

This is a genuine divine art, so the learning ceremony can only be held with the participation of believers of the God of Love. Shade had nothing to do today, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

When everyone stood up to prepare for the ceremony, Mr. Richard reminded again:

"Only true love can unleash the power of this magic. Mr. Watson, are you sure that the person you love also loves you?"

"certainly."

Shade was quite sure, but after a slight pause he asked another question:

"Can this thaumaturgy be used by multiple people at the same time?"

The believers of the God of Love were stunned for a moment before they figured out the meaning of this question.

"you......"

Ms. Hope took a deep breath and suppressed the thought of whether it would be considered blasphemous to teach magic to the man in front of her:

"Although there is no exact record, in principle, it should be possible."

In fact, in addition to multiple people using it, Shade had other "new ideas" for this thaumaturgy, but he was too embarrassed to ask, and planned to try it himself after returning home.

In short, with the help of the three Old God believers, the study of [The Thorn of Love God] went quite smoothly. But because it took too much time to study the ritual, it was already noon when the work was finished.

So the four of them had lunch together, during which Mr. Richard also mentioned that if there was anything related to "it" in the future, he could come to them for help at any time. Although they cannot dominate the internal affairs of the Rosicrucian Society, at least they still have a lot of autonomy in matters related to the "God of Love".

After lunch, when Shade was about to leave, the Fulan brothers came in from outside the hotel again. They came back at noon to collect information.

Seeing Sha De, the two went to their hotel room with Sha De and talked about what happened last night.

"Yes, your aunt and I were at Green Lake last night. Your ancestors showed up again."

Shade described what happened to the demon, which made the two brothers look quite ugly. However, since the Rosicrucian Society has decided to take the initiative to expose the identity of the two brothers to the Orthodox Church, then as long as they do not take the initiative to approach Green Lake, there should be no safety issues.

"Speaking of which, the Kassenrik delegation, I remember, arrived locally this morning. It's already past lunch time. Have Duke Simil, Prince Samuel of Anjou, and Princess Margaret arrived?"

After talking about the business, Xia De asked this question again, and sighed half-truthfully:

"In fact, the best leader of the Kasenlik delegation should be Prince Andrei Anjou who visited Tobesk six years ago. It is a pity that Prince Andrei has been in poor health in recent years, otherwise there would be no need to let him With a duke leading the team, a prince and a princess were also sent.”

Shade didn't know much about Samuel Anjou, the contemporary eldest prince of the United Kingdom of Carsonlik. He only remembered the Gray Glove spy "Higgin" who helped him after his death when he was in Fort Midhill. "Professor Smith" originally wanted Shade to send the data on the Difference Engine to Samuel Anjou.

"We have arrived, and we were called to greet them. We arrived at the train station at 7 o'clock in the morning, but the train was delayed and we had to wait for three hours. This was really painful."

complained his brother, Charles Fullan, unaware of Shade's reason for asking the question.

Of course, Shade didn't plan to meet Margaret and Miss Sylvia today. They had just arrived in the City of Glass after a long journey. They probably needed some time to rest and meet with local nobles and officials. There was no need for him to disturb them at this time. There would be plenty of time later. Margaret is not the leader of the delegation. She is much more leisurely than Miss Carina.

After that, Shade first threw away his glass slipper and returned home from Michaela Blast Furnace City, and then went to the Green Lake Hotel from the basement. This was much faster than taking a carriage from the south bank to the north bank of Green Lake.

As for returning to Green Lake City, it was natural to set off to visit the red-haired duchess. Since she arrived last night, she should have already received the guests who had to meet this morning, so the afternoon will probably not be so busy.

Besides, if Shade really doesn't go to see her today but meets her at the dinner party tomorrow, the witch will be angry.

After Miss Carina and her party arrived locally, they lived in Rose Manor, which is private property of the royal family. The manor is located in the relatively prosperous city center of Green Lake City, quite close to the Green Lake Hotel.

Shade didn't say he was coming on Thursday afternoon, so no one would greet him. The manor seemed very busy, with carriages and people with serious expressions constantly rushing in and out of the door, while the royal guards responsible for protecting the Duke, local police and even army squads were patrolling around the area at all times.

Instead of visiting the house disguised as a visitor, Shade transformed into a cat again and slipped through the gap in the fence.

Most of the manor buildings of this kind have similar layouts, so Shade easily found the study room on the second floor. However, he did not enter the room, but climbed to the second floor window sill along the steam pipe wrapped in insulation.

Just as he was about to raise his paw to knock on the glass, he happened to see Tifa opening the internal lock in front of the window sill, intending to open the window for ventilation.

The black-haired maid looked at the silver cat outside the window. After blinking, her black eyes slightly curved, revealing a bright smile. She opened the window and reached out to the silver cat, but Shade easily dodged it, and the cat entered the room through the window.

"Oh! Cat!"

The witch holding a tea cup on the sofa immediately saw the cat that broke into the room, but before she could stand up, Shade had already jumped off the window sill and returned to his human form:

"Good afternoon, Shade. I guessed you would come this afternoon or evening."

She said slightly disappointed, but the smile quickly returned to her face. She patted the sofa next to her and motioned for Shade to sit over.

In addition to Tifa and Miss Carina, Agelina was also in the study, but she was sitting behind the magnificent brown patent leather desk checking the files that were almost piled up in a mountain. The little princess also raised her head to say hello to Shade, and then continued to look at the documents. Miss Carina explained:

"Since Agelina is here, I will let her be my secretary temporarily. These are the documents and speeches that will be used tomorrow, so she can familiarize herself with them in advance. In fact, she should start studying in advance on the train, but there are some Confidential documents are only available here.”

She put her arms around the neck of Sha De who was sitting down. Sha De looked at Chi Chi's beautiful face and asked curiously:

"Isn't Tifa always doing secretarial work?"

"Yes, but that is daily secretarial work. The workload during negotiations is very heavy, and I don't want to tire out my head maid. Besides, it was Agelina herself who said she wanted to learn something."

His white nose sniffed at Shade's neck, and he smiled with satisfaction when he didn't notice any other perfume. He stared at Shade with his smiling golden eyes for a few seconds, then closed his eyes and kissed him.

Tifa was pouring tea for Shade, and Agelina watched this scene quietly. When the kiss ended, the witch had a smile on her face and asked about what happened last night:

"I didn't have a chance to talk to you over there in the reeds last night, but Audrey was very interesting. You don't know what she said to me after you left."

She smiled, but she was still so elegant:

"This thing is getting more and more interesting. Oh, speaking of which, are you okay? I didn't expect that you actually fought against that thirteen-ring warlock, no, I should say two, on Green Lake on the night of the lunar eclipse. Very good performance,"

"I'm fine. Rather, the lunar eclipse has given me new strength. Sister Devlin and the guardians are really right."

Shade shook his hand, and the light of the silver moon flashed past:

"All my powers related to the moon have been enhanced and are permanent."

The smile on the witch's face became even bigger:

"It's not surprising that the chosen ones can predict this. Their perspective on the world may be different from ours, and they themselves are not normal people. Compared with them, Xiao Yin Luna is much normal... I don’t know when she will get here, but it will be soon.”

She whispered, picked up the teacup and handed it to Shade. While Shade was drinking tea, she continued:

"Since you are fine, let's continue talking about Meghan and Audrey? Do you know what she said? She said that you are a beautiful, elegant, noble, and very capable lady, and she said that you are definitely not the one I like. kind."

Even Tifa on the side smiled. Although Shade wanted to laugh too, he knew it was wrong:

"Now that she's made it fun for you, you're not going to make that joke with her?"

"How can it be?"

The duchess shook her head decisively, her long red hair swaying:

"I'm ready. You will attend the dinner party tomorrow as Megan's female companion. I will ask Tifa to call you away during the party. You don't have to do anything, just listen to me."

"I still feel..."

She raised her index finger and placed it in front of Shade's mouth, staring at Shade with her beautiful golden eyes:

"At least you have to listen to me on this matter. And, do you want to answer now, what exactly did you do to Megan and Audrey? I can clearly feel that her body and soul have undergone tremendous changes. , her whole person tends to be...perfect. Of course, this is not the point. The point is, she said last night that you, the 'girl', was her lover. What a good trick, Mr. Knight."

Agelina continued to "eavesdrop" on the conversation, and then learned that Shade had once again successfully seduced a great witch:

"Shade is getting closer and closer to taking control of the entire Witch Council... He is really powerful."