Whispering Verse

Once he was alone with Sister Devlin, Shade couldn't help but think of the scene when Sister Devlin used the "Sword of Love" in the early hours of Thursday morning. He tried not to let himself recall that memory, but he couldn't help but think about the harsh conditions required for the "Sting of Love" to activate.

The nun remained as taciturn as before. After arriving at the pier with Shade, she turned her back to the lake and raised her hands. Slender flames appeared from her hands covered with burn marks, and merged with a split flame again, but it failed to make the original fire change much in appearance.

The sun is shining all over the beach and small pier outside the woods, and the sparkling waves on the lake are the most beautiful scenery in spring. Under this bright light, the silver eyepatch reflected a strange luster as before. Shade knew what Sister Devlin was going to do.

He knelt down on one knee and placed his right hand on Sister Devlin's palm.

His palm touched the flame, and slender flames flowed into his body through his fingers. The hot stream of fire did not cause any harm to his body. On the contrary, as the warmth spread throughout his body, he clearly felt that his vitality, physical strength and other most basic physical attributes had grown again.

The knight lowered his head slightly, thinking about the nature of this strange flame power. With a faint smile on her lips, the nun watched the hero she chose to bear the fire make another progress.

After a long time, Sister Devlin closed her palms and withdrew the flames. Shade also patted his knees and stood up:

"Sister Devlin, can I safely use the 'Calamity Card' like you now?"

After saying that, she took out the [Twin Lovers] and [Shadow of the Deep Sea], the nun nodded, and softly taught Shade how to activate the power of "fire" in his body to suppress the power of disaster in the cards.

This method sounds very simple, and Shade figured it out after trying it a few times. He threw the [Twin Lover] in front of him first, and while it was rotating along the axis, he pointed at it with a finger attached to the flame. Then he stepped forward without using thaumaturgy, and then appeared on the water.

As for the function of [Shadow of the Deep Sea], it is a "dark spell" within a certain range, which means to keep an area completely dark.

The power that the two cards can currently use is not very important to Shade, but the advantage is that it does not consume Shade's own spiritual and physical strength. Perhaps as the power of the "primordial fire" increases, the power he can use these "disaster cards" will also become more. Perhaps one day, it will be possible to directly summon the monster represented by the card at no cost.

"The fortune teller left all his research materials to me. He should have also studied the First Fire on this island. Maybe there are other whereabouts of the First Fire flames in the research materials. I will look for them later. "

After putting away the two cards, Shade said to the nun standing on the small pier. But Sister Devlin just nodded slightly, she was more concerned about other things:

"The unformed mystery that appeared during your promotion was observed by many people."

"Yes, probably a very small number of people can realize what it is: the end of the world, the city of the end, Tobesk."

He did not shy away from this topic in front of Sister Devlin. The nun had already noticed something when she first came into contact with the "Calamity Cards";

"Don't worry, I won't use the power of that mysterious lock. I can feel that although the mysterious lock has been suppressed by me, if I want, I can really make it appear at any time."

After all, the "landscape" of past centuries has really left a deep impression on the outsider. His soul has been imprinted on that scenery, and he will never be able to peel off the memory of the "City of the End":

"As long as the Mystery Lock appears, I probably won't have to wait for various disasters to appear in the material world step by step. I can directly push the world into the abyss. I will be cautious."

The nun nodded slightly. It was not that she was worried about Sha De, but she just felt that she needed to remind him:

"Although the divination of the Prophet Association cannot touch eras and things that do not exist, they will understand it. Just like the previous owner of this island."

"Those prophets have actually understood for a long time that when I merged with you, we heard the fortune teller talk about the Rhodes cards. Using stories, legends, customs and the most common things in life from the past and present Bit by bit, they are turned into elements of enlightenment and woven into a network, gathering civilization and gathering strength for the world. It’s amazing, it’s really amazing.”

Xia De couldn't help but sigh:

"It's really hard to imagine how the rumored President Rhodes came up with this kind of ceremony."

“When the flames die down, there’s always someone who steps up and does something.”

The nun whispered softly:

"Just like him, just like the former owner of this island, just like you."

"me?"

He shook his head and looked at the sparkling lake. Sister Devlin also turned around, one position behind him, and also "looked" at the big lake under the bright sunshine.

Dense woods shaded the scenery on the pier, and the wind gently blew their clothes. No one spoke for a long time, but they both knew that the other was also thinking.

Although Sister Devlin came here with Mother-in-law Cassandra, she does not need to take the train back with them, because there is a statue of the ancient god here, and she can return to the old mountain tower in Sikal Mountain at any time.

As for the other blind nuns who came to the Green Lake area with the nuns, except for one who was seriously injured on Wednesday night and needed to recuperate, and will immediately return to the sacrificial site on the top of the mountains through special means, the others will follow Kassan. Mother Della took the train back together.

Sister Devlin will stay on Green Island for about a week to observe whether the island's seal is stable. Shade will also take this opportunity to confirm how many records there are about the "Primal Fire" in Laplace Howard's collection.

But this should be a big project. Even if he hasn't seen all the other party's books yet, Shade is sure that there will be no shortage of them. After all, it was just the bookshelf behind the underground arch, and there were three digits of scattered parchment rolls and slates.

However, before confirming how many books there are, Shade still has one very important thing to do, which is to meet Miss Danister.

That was after lunch this Friday. The Battle of Green Lake was temporarily over, but the professors of St. Byrons had not left yet. Shade met Miss Danister not in the small manor where the professors lived in the city, but still on Green Island.

But this time it was not at the small pier, the meeting place was at the only tavern in Green Lake Town.

As Edwardsden's magic was defeated frontally, those villagers from the lakeside villages who came to the island because of their belief in the "Reunifier", as well as the descendants of the townspeople of Green Lake Town who were kidnapped here, are still alive. They have all been sent to the real island, and the undead that were forcibly awakened have been cleared away, so the town is now very deserted.

Miss Denister's note was sent directly to the Green Lake Hotel in the city, so Shade knew that they had to meet here.

I have to admit that the fortune teller did a really good job in building and maintaining this town. The decoration and interior of the tavern are very much in line with the shape of a tavern in the steam age. Although there is no bartender, but seeing the neat tabletop, the cups hanging upside down behind the counter, and the rags that seemed to be thrown carelessly in the corner of the counter, it looks like the place has just closed after a night of business.

When Shade opened the door and entered, there was only one person in the entire tavern.

Miss Daniste sat alone at the counter, reading a book with a teacup in her hands. There were other books and a complete set of porcelain teapots and teacups at her hand. She heard the sound of Shade walking in but did not turn around. After Shade sat down next to her and put the cat on the counter, she closed the book "Snail's Dream" in her hand.

This is not a Ringman's book, it's the famous Delarian short story.

The sorceress still didn't speak, but looked at Shade up and down. It wasn't until Shade felt that the hair on his body stood on end that she said:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Shade Hamilton."

Shade could still understand that deliberately teasing tone:

"Please still call me 'Xia De'."

The red-haired sorceress stared at him with her rosy eyes;

"Why, do I still have this honor?"

"Of course, no, I mean, haven't you always called me by my first name?"

She continued to stare at him. Just when Shade thought that Miss Daniste's next sentence was to ask him again whether he was a "Godcaller", the sorceress shook her head and gave up the topic:

"I saw the core ritual matrix of Edwards' divine magic in the underground of Edwards's old house. That ritual matrix is ​​the pattern of the sun, moon and stars that we have been investigating. But now the Edwards old house and the underground are closed. , even I can’t get in for the time being.”

Shade has heard Lecia, Dorothy and Agelina talk about this matter, and also knows that it was Grace and Helen who asked her to help them:

"I have made more progress. I know the origin of the ritual matrix. Laplace Klein Howard created it himself by referring to the pattern on the back of the 'Rhodes Card' card of the Prophet Association."

"oh?"

Miss Denister frowned slightly, and Shade said firmly:

"This information is definitely not wrong, because it was said by the soothsayer himself before he died. I asked this question specifically, and he would not lie at that time."

The sorceress looked at him quite surprised, not because she was surprised that Shade admitted the source of the information, but because she was surprised that Shade still remembered the matter at that time, instead of focusing on dealing with the chosen one.

The originally serious expression softened a little, and she didn't even notice that there was a smile on her face:

"But how could that ritual matrix be created by him? This one appeared in the Night Temple in Randall Valley, and this one also appeared in the ancient ruins on Mount Karas. Could it be that the traitors of the Prophet Association went to these places specifically? Ancient ruins, leaving behind your own research content?”

PS: The picture in this chapter is "The Sorceress in the Tavern".