Whispering Verse

Before lunch, there was a glass cover filled with metal butterflies in the southeast corner of the living room of Room 1 on the second floor of Sha De's house. Sha De was very satisfied with this purchase.

As for purchasing the picture frame from Old John, it was for the "Mermaid" oil painting. "Desire" asked Shade to hang it at home and claimed that the oil painting itself no longer had extraordinary power, but Shade would not rest assured because of this.

He was worried that Old John would be affected, so he did not leave the work of installing the watch to him, but did it himself. Although the outsiders themselves are not proficient in the work of assembling watches, fortunately the work is not very difficult. For safety's sake, during the process of assembling the watch, he even carefully painted the holy emblem of the old god - "God of Love" on the white pad between the oil painting and the wooden back.

Later, for safety, the holy emblems of the five righteous gods were added, and then the oil painting was fixed on the liner with canvas tape, and the edge of the oil painting was attached to the inside of the watch frame.

After doing this, the colorful oil painting was quietly sealed in the glass plate. The "mermaid" with orange-red hair looked out of the painting with a half-smiling face. Shade held the oil painting and stared at it blankly for a second before looking away. Even if it really has no element response now, the mermaid in this painting is still beautiful.

The only thing left to consider is where to hang the painting. Shade would never hang this oil painting in his bedroom. He couldn't bear to wake up in the middle of the night or see "desire" staring at him when he was hugging a girl - it was very bad for his health.

But it is not good to hang it in a room that is not often visited at home. Shade hopes that he can see the painting once a day to confirm that there is nothing wrong with the painting.

"How about hanging it in the living room?"

There are actually not many decorations on the walls of the living room. Shade's knight's sword, the Ayutthaya player's championship certificate, the shield for the champion of the city riding competition, and his honorary doctorate certificate are all there. Hela Oxenfurt A portrait of Shade in the snow is in the dining room.

"But in this way, everyone who comes to visit will see it. Isn't this very dangerous..."

At least for now, Shade can't feel any abnormality from the oil painting in his hand, but this does not rule out the possibility that this painting will suddenly go crazy one day.

After struggling for a while, he decided to hang the oil painting on the wall between the two windows in the living room. Outside this wall was Saint Teresa Square. Moreover, he found a piece of black cloth as a curtain. When he was not at home, he used the cloth to cover the painting to prevent Mia from being affected when she was home alone.

"Looks pretty good."

He didn't want to damage the walls of his home, so he used special alchemical glue to stick the frames to the walls. After working hard, I looked up at this oil painting with extremely high artistic and aesthetic standards, and felt a great sense of satisfaction in my heart. He felt that his house was completely worthy of such a beautiful oil painting.

"Meow~"

"I know, it's time to have lunch. Does the cat not have the level of art appreciation that humans have? Mia, don't you understand what beauty is?"

At least in this cat's mind, the painting was nothing like a hearty lunch.

Although he had to attend an important banquet tonight, Shade still chose to go out after lunch. This time the destination was Coldwater Port. In order not to delay the evening's affairs, he quickly came to the old lighthouse on the sea cliff and met Mr. Edmond.

I came here also for the three strange items I encountered in the "Black Mist Camp". Mother-in-law Natalie from the Guiding Light Monastery and Old John each knew one piece, and the remaining gray fossil conch was naturally known to Mr. Edmond, an old folklorist who lived in the offshore area.

"This is really rare."

The old man commented on the conch and gave specific information about the relic:

"The clerical relic [Immortal Longing], the existence of this kind of conch is unknown, but it only appears on the beach. People who miss the deceased walk on the beach. When the sadness and longing reach the extreme, then their You may catch a glimpse of a corner of the legendary 'River Styx' out of the corner of your eye. At this time, there must be a conch like this washed ashore by the waves. This is [Eternal Longing]."

"That story sounds great."

Shade sat on the sofa at the bottom of the lighthouse and said. Little Mia didn't come to take a nap. He was talking alone with Mr. Edmond:

"So what are the properties of conch?"

"Soak the conch with sea water, and then put the conch to your ear, and you can hear the voice of the deceased who misses you. Similarly, after soaking the conch with sea water and calling the name of the deceased, you can temporarily summon the souls of the dead, but In this way, the relic will be consumed. As for the negative characteristics, it may not attract the missed undead, but other weird things."

The old gentleman shook his head:

"In my opinion, don't keep those who should go. It's best not to try similar relics, and don't try any actions that span life and death. This is not good for everyone."

Now Shade understood that Mrs. Miles's attempt at the Black Mist Camp was ineffective because the conches they obtained were not washed up from the sea, so they were not wetted by the sea water. In this way, he only needs to bring sea water next time to solve this trouble. Although there are still some problems in the camp, the old lady’s wish should be able to solve them.

"Can all the undead be summoned?"

Shade asked again just to be on the safe side, and Mr. Edmond shook his head as expected:

"It must be an undead soul whose soul is free after death. If the soul has turned into a powerful resentful spirit, been captured, solidified, imprisoned or even destroyed, naturally it will not work."

Shade nodded cautiously, and then asked about the old god [Golden Lord] again.

Time flies by, and the sun gradually sets in the sky. At five o'clock in the afternoon, in the master bedroom of the Witch Cruise ship on the Duin River on the north bank of Green Lake in the middle of the Old World, the beautiful Witch is standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, humming a song and expressing her mood. Nice to have her maids give her a final check on her hairstyle and tiara.

Outside the window was the drizzle of spring, which made the city of Green Lake under the setting sun seem to have entered night earlier. But this did not affect Megan's good mood. She looked at herself in the mirror and showed a confident smile:

"Mirror, mirror, who is the smartest and most beautiful lady in the world?"

Of course the mirror wouldn't answer.

Suddenly the door opened, and then Shade, wearing a formal black dress, entered the room. The arrival of the handsome detective made the witches and maids in the room smile. The charm that was completely different from that of the witch was very attractive to the girls.

"It's very good."

Megan said to Shade reflected in the mirror.

In Shade's view, Meghan had lengthened her shawl hair today to make it easier to style her hair. She was currently wearing a long dark blue dress with a three-layer lace skirt that almost touched the floor. The waist is extremely slender, and the corset inside the dress particularly highlights her waist line, adding a more elegant and refined feel to the overall shape of the witch's body.

"How about it?"

Seeing Shade looking at her, Megan motioned for the maids to move away, then turned around and asked Shade with a smile, causing the skirt to bloom like a blooming flower.

"That's pretty good. Can you dance with me later?"

Shade, who was already familiar with the process of this kind of aristocratic banquet, asked, Megan transformed into Audrey:

"sure."

High heels hitting the floor, she approached Shade and gave him a hug:

"You look very nice. I thought I needed to ask the maid to help you take care of it. In my opinion, you are not the kind of man who is willing to spend time taking care of yourself."

This was indeed not done by Shade himself. Lecia had just come with her maid to prepare clothes for Shade. Although she still regretted that she could not go to Green Lake to participate in this important negotiation, she would not have anything to do with it because of this.

"In what capacity are we going to attend? What does the invitation say?"

Shade asked curiously while sniffing the delicious perfume. It was getting late and it was almost time to set off.

The maid then handed the gilded invitation into Audrey's hands wearing long lace white gloves. She smiled and said:

"Just in the name of Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals. You should remember that Ms. Sarah Kaufman, the daughter of the Earl of Chichester and the wife of Mr. Roland Kaufman, the mayor, invited me a few weeks ago. This This banquet is very important, I will introduce you to my businessman friends, local nobles, oh, and a very important friend of mine."

Shade tried his best not to change his expression at this moment, but he still couldn't help but picture Miss Carina's smiling face in his mind:

"Yes, you have said it many times. When you introduce your friends to me, I will also tell you who I am... Well, I hope you are not too surprised, I allow you Punch me."

"I hope you're not too surprised, but why should I punch you?"

The witch was in a pretty good mood, and she thought she had made all the preparations. After waving to Shade, Shade leaned forward again, thinking she was going to say something important, but the brown-haired girl just kissed the side of his face:

"Let's go, I hope everyone has a good time tonight."

Shade felt uneasy. He only knew that at least Miss Carina would definitely have a good time.

Green Lake City has not visited a truly big figure like Grand Duke Carina Cavendish for a long time, so although tonight’s banquet was only held at Rose Manor, and only local nobles and celebrities were invited, the entire city center The streets have been specially cleaned and renovated.

Shade and Audrey set off from the riverside pier in a carriage. As the bright gas lamps moved away from the car window, Audrey also showed Shade the small gift she had prepared according to etiquette - a Bottle of 1823 red wine from Roman Winery in Huntington.