Whispering Verse

The invitation letter in the hand of Ms. Maria Edwards suddenly appeared this morning, which made the woman who had been hiding for many years think that she had finally been discovered by her ancestors. So when a group of people showed up a few hours later, she thought they were men sent by her ancestors, but when she saw Rusty Edwards, she knew she was wrong.

A soul doesn't need a room, but Maria Edwards was special. According to her own statement, although she does not need to eat, she still needs to rest on time just like a living person, and will feel tired and spiritually heavy due to insufficient rest.

But instead of having the spirit characteristic of "never getting tired", she gained the ability to walk under the sun at will and have excellent spellcasting ability. And her specialness does not come from the wonderful angel bones and extensive transformations during her lifetime like Rust. Her specialness only comes from the "Soul Storybook".

The little house in the flower field is very beautiful, and the interior decoration, although simple, is enough for the soul.

It's just that there aren't enough chairs here. Fortunately, Shade has a lot of debris on his body. After everyone sat down at the only wooden round table in the small house, Shade took the initiative to introduce the current situation.

The woman holding the girl must know more about the Edwards family than Shade. However, what she knows about Edwards' magic and the current situation of the 21 family members is similar to the Megan Shade first met because she has been hiding for many years.

He explained the current situation in detail, as well as the family banquet that will start next Wednesday:

"We want you to help us, and we want you to tell us everything you know."

Before finding this place, the witches discussed the possible attitude of Maria Edwards. The most likely possibility is that she is also willing to help everyone fight against the ancestors. After all, she escaped from the island because of her boredom and fear of the ancestors. .

But the reality was unexpected. Although she listened to Shade's story and asked Miss Sylvia at the side what force she belonged to, she finally shook her head:

"I won't help you."

She shook her arms gently, as if to lull Rusty to sleep. The little girl who found her arms had already calmed down, her soul was in contact with her, and she found peace for the first time in a long time.

Maria Edwards was undoubtedly very beautiful when she was young, and her attitude was very determined:

"You can't defeat your ancestors."

This conclusion is similar to that of her only son, the old ghoul Mr. Nicholas Green.

"Of course, even if you can't defeat the ancestors, I should give you a chance to try. But"

She hesitated for a moment:

"I'm not afraid of the ancestors, but I think maybe we can let the ancestors give it a try."

"What did you say?"

Miss Sylvia, who was originally holding a wooden tea cup and planning to taste the scented tea she provided, asked in surprise. The great witch of space did not understand what the other party meant:

"Try what?"

"Edwards practiced magic. I lived on the island for a while, and I learned about his ambitions and ideas from my ancestors. Yes, some of the ancestors' practices were very wrong, and they had to adopt them in order to achieve their goals. The methods were indeed despicable and cruel, so I escaped. But the purpose of the ancestors was indeed great."

Her long hair fell from the front of her left shoulder, and her tone was very gentle:

"Both of you, I understand and support you, but I must also give my ancestor a chance to try. Even if he fails, he has made a contribution to future generations."

"Members of the Edwards family have really diverse ideas."

Shade said softly, and the smile on Maria Edwards' face did not change:

"I am already dead. It would be an honor for me if I could make some further contributions to our civilization. My ancestor wanted to try to find a way to lead people to live in the doomsday that is coming. Although I do not want to help Him, but it won’t hinder him.”

"But what about your son? Where about your grandson and granddaughter? Are you going to let them become the steps to your ancestors' success?"

Miss Sylvia asked, knowing exactly what the other party cared about:

"Your son may be sacrificed, but your grandson and granddaughter are just ordinary people, and their lives have just begun. Do you also want to make the decision for their lives?"

As expected, Maria Edwards looked so depressed that she stopped talking and looked down at Rusty, who was sleeping sweetly in her arms.

The black-haired witch raised her lips, knowing that the other party didn't care about anything. She smiled confidently at Shade and motioned for Shade to continue speaking. Shade could almost see her thoughts at this moment from her eyes:

"Aren't you always very good at treating ladies?"

Although Shade wanted to refute the meaning in her eyes, he really knew what he should say at this time:

"We can promise to protect your grandson and granddaughter, let you and your son do your thing, without asking you to stand on our side. We have provided protection, and we also hope that you can provide us with some information help , yeah, just information.”

The woman slowly raised her head:

"Why should I believe you?"

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"Speaking of which, young man, what is your relationship with our family? I noticed that your initiative in participating in this matter is really high. What do you want to pursue? Are you also the chosen one?"

"Your brothers, the daughters of Alphonse Edwards, are my lovers."

The cabin was quiet for a while. Miss Sylvia tried hard to control her urge to curl her lips. Maria Edwards, who seemed to be a traditional woman, took a while to understand this sentence:

"I didn't know about brother Alphonse until after his death. He himself was a father and aunt Gratoni, but I didn't expect that his daughters would be so special."

As expected, she knew a lot of things. After sighing softly, she put forward her own conditions:

"The Ring Warlocks have many oath-like abilities, and there are also many relics that have the function of forcing oaths, such as the clerical-level [Sun Covenant] and [Chocobo Covenant], and the keeper-level [Crying Demon] and [Voodoo Blood Book]. ]. I want to make a contract with you, otherwise I will not tell you any information."

She is more cautious than any of her relatives. A soul who has lived alone for many years cannot easily trust these strangers, even if they are also closely related to her family.

Miss Sylvia shook her head:

"We are obviously helping you, but you still make us sign a mandatory contract. Madam, do you think this is right?"

Gentle Maria Edwards said:

"Of course not, but I'm just a lonely soul and I want to make our vows more binding."

"Let me do it."

Shade interrupted their conversation. The great witch pursed her lips, still thinking that the woman in front of her was a little ungrateful. Since the Witch Council was willing to save her and her heirs, they should be grateful. But now that Shade had spoken, she stopped talking, but she also lost all her affection for Maria Edwards.

"I use my spell [Oath Binding] to make a mutual agreement with you. This is a divine spell from ancient times. Once signed, we must both fulfill our commitments."

As he spoke, he activated the newly acquired spell. As a faint light flickered, the shadow of a gorgeous golden scale appeared above the heads of Shade and Maria Edwards.

Miss Sylvia looked at this scene in surprise. Although she knew that Shade's power was always very old, this scene almost made her think that Iluna Bayas appeared here.

The ancient magic itself has the ability to convince people that this is a fair oath, so the soul does not suspect that it is a trap. Shade then extended his hand to Maria Edwards, who extended her hand to shake his.

Her hands didn't look like a spirit body, they simply felt like a cold, living person. Of course, in order to show that he was not a hooligan, Shade did not feel the touch of the other party's special soul more carefully:

"Oath: I will do my best to protect the safety of Soren Green and Helena Green. Make sure they are still safe after the Edwards family is reunited and can freely choose their own lives."

Maria Edwards nodded:

"I will provide you with three pieces of information that you need, but I will not tell you those things that are directly related to the ancestors themselves."

The golden scale spread light towards their hands, and they repeated their vows twice more. Then, an invisible rope seemed to be tied to their arms, binding them together. And faint traces of golden scales also appeared between Maria Edwards' eyebrows, but quickly disappeared again.

Letting go of their hands, Shade felt the faint feeling of being restrained, but this feeling was not very obvious. Maria Edwards looked at her arms thoughtfully:

"I rarely see this kind of ancient power from my ancestors. Although I hope that my ancestors can succeed, if you can really stop him, I will not stop him."

She put her hand back on Rust, who seemed to be waking up. After shaking it gently, the little girl fell into a sweet sleep again:

"What do you want to know?"

Shade and Miss Sylvia looked at each other and finally smiled. The witch gave the opportunity to ask questions to Shade. Shade thought for a moment. According to Luvia's divination, among the five most dangerous powers around Laplace Klein Howard, the door in the bottle and the angel's skeleton were , soul story books and poetry playing cards, he already knew more or less, but only "locked up, locked in a coffin, time and space overlapped on his body, he seemed to be in the present, but also like "It was in the past" people, they still haven't been able to find out what it is.

So Shade regarded this as the first question, and after describing Luvia's divination, he expressed his guess:

"The eldest son of the third generation, Envy Edwards, who died young, was actually trapped by your ancestors in the underground secret room of the family's old house to conduct experiments on the elixir of life. Is he related to this?"