Whispering Verse

"Wall of the Faithless?"

The information accidentally revealed by the bishop surprised and puzzled the outsiders, but they didn't know whether it was a religious statement or whether such a thing really existed.

He reached out and returned the commemorative coin in his hand to Bishop Owen, but the bishop waved his hand and did not take it:

"This is given to you as a souvenir. Anyway, it was originally used to promote the Feast of Holy Prayer. Mr. Hamilton, you can come to Dawn Church often in the future. We will have very formal sermons every week, or you can just go to the confessional to speak. It’s okay to worry about yourself.”

He had not yet given up on the idea of ​​Rashad becoming a Christian.

Shade agreed and put the small coin into the breast pocket of his shirt to prevent it from slipping in his coat pocket.

Bishop Owen had other things to do. After he left, Priest August took Shad out of Dawn Square to get the potion "The Price of Growth".

The priest has his own rented stronghold for dispensing potions outside the Church of Dawn. After all, it is too risky to dispose of potions in the church.

"Priest, is there really a wall of unbelievers in our world?"

Shade asked softly on the road, and Priest August's answer was ambiguous:

"No one can come back after death, so I can't give a definite answer. But judging from ancient books and documents, at least since the third era, there has been a very clear saying about the 'Wall of the Unbelieving', which is very clear. It's possible that this is real... Detective, I remember that you haven't chosen your own beliefs since you seemed to wake up from your blindness and ignorance. This is not okay..."

He slowed down to look at Shad, smiled and said the same words as Bishop Owen:

"Are you interested in learning about the beliefs of my Lord [Mr. Liming]?"

If you are just a casual believer, you do not have any specific obligations to bear, and you do not even need to go to church to pray every week. But correspondingly, if you encounter something like a haunting, don’t think that the church can help with exorcism for free. The church’s other help is not paid.

Shade walked forward beside the priest, thinking about matters of faith,

In fact, he was not sure whether he could complete the path of sublimation of the twelve gods before his death, so in order to prevent being walled up after death, and in order not to be embarrassed when asked questions about his faith in daily social activities, It doesn't seem to be a big deal to choose a god and become a shallow believer.

"I'm going to think about it."

He answered that he was not in a hurry anyway. When needed, Shade would go to the church to buy some ornaments with holy symbols and put them at home, and then verbally declare that he was a believer in the True God.

Priest August rented a basement in an apartment near the Dawn Church. The landlord was an absolutely reliable friend of his for many years. Most of the priest's books, relics, various spellcasting materials and potion preparation equipment are placed in the basement.

That street is called Great Street, adjacent to Dawn Square. It only takes about ten minutes to walk from the church door to the basement of the apartment.

The basement here is much wider than the basement of Shade's house, and the ceiling is also higher. Because the first floor of the apartment is actually higher than the street level, a small window was opened at the top of the wall in the basement to allow the outside sunlight to barely shine in.

Of course, it must be closed on rainy days.

This can basically be used as a "studio", where the priest not only placed bottles, jars, instruments and equipment for preparing potions, but also beds and wardrobes.

The potion "The Price of Growth" and the ingredients were put in a paper bag by the priest and handed to Shade. All the materials were stuffed into the bottle. The liquid in the bottle was brown, with some flocculent suspicious substances floating in the liquid. The bottles themselves were wrapped in newspapers.

Not to prevent sun exposure, but to prevent the smell from escaping.

"I will never make this kind of potion again. The smell is unbearable. Even when I was a young man working as a missionary in a rural village, I never smelled this smell."

When Shade counted the cost of materials to the priest, the priest looked helpless.

In addition to these things, Shade also drew the pattern on the bottom of the medicine bottle found in the hidden space in the basement on his notepad, hoping that the priest could help identify it.

The main body of the pattern is an equilateral triangle, with three corners connected to a small circle. Inside the triangle is a person with wings.

"Interesting, it should be some kind of ancient symbol, I don't recognize it."

Priest August shook his head.

"You don't know him either?"

"But don't be disappointed. Although I don't know it, there may be records of this symbol in the church library. I can check it out, but can you reveal the origin of this symbol?"

The priest asked, and Shade shook his head cautiously:

"It's inconvenient for the moment, but I will tell you later. Be careful when searching. This symbol is most likely related to the Ring Warlock. I hope this will not cause you trouble."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a small matter."

The priest waved his hand, and the two parted on the busy street.

It was just eight o'clock at this time. Shade returned to St. Teresa Square first with the paper bag in hand, hiding the potion and the pile of disgusting materials behind the hidden wall in the basement, waiting to try to enter the past time after midnight today. .

Afterwards, he said hello to little Mia who was walking at home, and then walked out of the house again.

The lawyer who was entrusted by Mrs. Le Maire to investigate was named Locke Laurel. When he visited Mrs. Le Maire, he left his business card behind, so Shade could easily find people based on the clues in the business card.

Mr. Laurel does not work in a law firm with a fixed office. He is a licensed lawyer who provides private legal counsel. The nature of his work is similar to that of Shad's detective agency, but he definitely earns more than Shad's. need more.

This gentleman lived in the North Town of Tobesk, and although North Town is generally considered the lower town of Tobesk, the lawyer's residence was not considered a ghetto. It was a place called Queen Mary Street, and the lawyer rented a second-floor apartment facing the street.

Shade didn't know anyone around here, so he didn't have to disguise his face when he came to the door. After identifying the door number, I knocked on the door downstairs for a long time, but no one opened the door.

So I thought about knocking on the door of the apartment next door to ask the neighbors, but then the door finally opened.

The person who opened the door was a short, fat man smelling of alcohol and wearing shorts and a striped shirt. He looked square. The hair on his arms is thicker than the beard on his wide chin. His eyes are narrowed as if he is not used to the morning light in the mist. When he speaks, it is difficult to hear clearly:

"Who are you looking for? Oh, for God's sake, could you not knock on the door so early?"

It's not nine o'clock yet, which is actually not very early, but you can't tell that with a drunk guy.