Whispering Verse

"Shadow, you are right to choose to keep the secret, because apart from the fact that I can guarantee that I will not lose control, I can't tell what the problem is with Dorothy, the doctor and the priest. My idea is that you Just tell me. Don't tell them about this before you know what kind of danger they are in. After all, the purpose of the academy is not to spy on secrets, but to protect them."

"I see."

Shade nodded. Dr. Schneider must not tell him, because there is a high probability that he really has a devil in his heart. This is no joke. We don’t know much about the priest’s situation, and it’s not convenient to take further action at the moment. As for Miss Louisa, his plan was to wait until Princess Lesia Cavendish returned to Tobesk to meet and confirm that there was nothing wrong with the princess at close range before he considered telling her about it.

"However, Miss Carina is Princess Lesia's elder. Will she know about this princess...Miss Carina is the king's aunt, and the princess is the king's daughter. These two How should relationships be calculated?”

He was calculating this complicated relationship in his mind, while on the surface he was calmly catering to Miss Anat's words.

Miss Anat seemed a little worried about Dr. Schneider. In her impression, the doctor had never shown any problems:

"If I can still have some spare time after divining Miss Bayas's price, I'll check on the doctor's condition."

She sighed and said, Shade hesitated:

"Actually...I know a little bit about doctors."

Then he explained the smell of sulfur when he witnessed the "Word of Ascension" in Lakeview Manor, and the words he heard when he used the thaumaturgy [Echoes of the Past] in the doctor's bedroom.

"Conservatively, it's probably a demon."

He also borrowed Miss Anat's sentence patterns, which made Miss Anat even more uneasy. Whether in the culture of foreigners or in this world where the supernatural and mysterious truly exist, demons have always been synonymous with extreme danger and evil.

"I've known him for so long, and I really don't have any clues."

Miss Anat leaned on the sofa and sighed, Shade hugged the squirming cat and said:

"Even the academy isn't sure what the doctor is thinking. It's normal that we can't tell. But tomorrow the librarian, Ms. Danister, is going to see me. If I remember correctly, this lady should be a tenth member of the academy. A three-ring warlock? I remember being called the Red Moon Witch? Will she find out about the doctor's problem?"

Miss Anat shook her head:

"Shade, I want to add some common sense to you. Generally speaking, there is no need to meet with the librarian to view the Book of Ascension."

"Um?"

Shade stopped petting the cat in surprise.

"Even if you apply for inspection in advance, it stands to reason that there is no need for the Thirteenth Ring Warlock to make a special trip to meet with you, because it is a trivial matter. There must be other problems here, and you must be prepared. Miss Danister has a high probability It’s not that I came to see you, but that you came to see her.”

There is an essential difference between these two statements.

"Shall I go see her?"

Shade was a little uneasy, and thought of the secret of the witch that he had just learned not long ago, so he asked:

"Since Miss Daniste is called the 'Red Moon Witch', is she a member of the Witches' Council?"

Miss Anat couldn't help laughing:

"Shade, why do you think so? Of course Miss Daniste is not a member of the Witch Council. The word witch has been passed down from the previous era and refers to a powerful lady. Although everyone in the Witch Council has the title of witch, But having such a title doesn’t necessarily mean you are a witch.”

Shade nodded and said:

"I came up with this idea because something happened not long ago... I still remember when I talked about what happened at Lakeview Manor that night, I mentioned that I overheard someone mentioning it near the stable. Has the Great Witch of the Witch Council come to Tobesk? In fact, I met that woman once and she was very weird."

"The great witches in the Witch Council all hate men. Shade, you'd better stay away from them. This is for your own good."

Miss Anat said as she stood up and put the cube box back into the paper bag:

"I'll see you alone after I divine the special ceremony for Beas to become the chosen one. Then, let's meet at the doctor's tomorrow afternoon. You don't have to worry too much. I heard that Miss Danister is a very good woman. People. Be happy, you will probably become a second-level warlock soon."

To become a second-level warlock, you need spiritual runes belonging to different elements. When you are promoted, you need to inform the academy of the details of the spiritual runes so that the academy can adjust the curriculum for the next grade.

For Shade, both [Gluttony] and [Echo] can be told to the academy, but once the [Little Match Girl] is known to a third person, he may be in trouble.

In order to protect his secret and avoid any accidents, Shade visited Miss Louisa again on Saturday morning for help.

The blond female writer had already thought of this and made arrangements for Shade:

"The language used in the spirit runes is extremely ancient, and even the academy may not be able to interpret it. And complex runes like [Little Match Girl] have to consider grammar and person, making it even more difficult to understand. So, you Don’t worry about being spotted by others. As for reporting it, you tell the academy that the meaning of this rune is [Girl Holding Matches], and you obtained it with my help.”

The meanings of the two runes are similar, but they have completely different meanings to the Ringmancer.

Miss Louisa's arrangement is very good, and it can be regarded as solving a big trouble for Shade.

While Shade was thanking her, she tilted her head and looked at the clock in the corner of her apartment, and then invited Shade to have lunch with her. I have to go to the doctor in the afternoon and my first lecture in the evening.

The two will probably be together this Saturday, and Miss Louisa has already prepared the content of her first "teaching".

After lunch, Shade and Miss Louisa went to Dr. Schneider's psychological clinic in a carriage. The doctor was not there when he arrived. He had gone out for consultation, but the priest Augustus was there.

The priest was busy with the work of the Feast of Holy Prayer, but he still attended the study meeting on time, which made him look a little tired. As soon as he saw Xia De, he said regretfully:

"So sorry, Detective."

"What's wrong?"

Shade's expression changed, thinking something had happened.

"I've searched the entire library but there's no clue about the ancient symbol you asked me to help find."

"Oh, it doesn't matter, priest... you really scared me. That symbol is not important, you should keep it in your heart."

He sat down while patting his chest, and the three of them waited for the doctor to come back. Taking advantage of this period of time, Priest August told Miss Louisa that Shade had been baptized into Christianity yesterday.

The female writer believes that Shade made the right choice:

"Maybe the church will be able to help you sometime. Since you live in a civilized world, you can't avoid dealing with the church."

Dr. Schneider hurried back to the clinic at two o'clock in the afternoon and kept apologizing to the three people for being late. Miss Anat appeared even later, at half past two.

The doctor was delayed for some time because he went out for consultation, but Miss Anat did not mention the reason for her lateness. Shade guessed that it probably had something to do with Miss Bayas.

After all five people arrived, Shade recounted his magical experience on Wednesday. Although the doctor was present at the time, he was the last to know the cause and effect of the whole incident.

Shade did not say that the voice in his head used the [Twenty-sided Dice of Destiny], but only claimed that it used the power of the relic. Doctors expressed concern:

"Don't use relics lightly."

This tone was exactly the same as Professor Roentgen's tone last Saturday when he warned him not to use the power of the Word of Ascension easily.

Everyone had their own different experiences during the week, but apart from Shade, only Dr. Schneider's story was worth talking about. Miss Louisa claimed that she had been immersed in studying all week, while Father Augustus was busy with the religious celebration at the end of the month. Miss Anat must have been involved with Miss Bayas, but this matter could not be mentioned, so she claimed My week was quite boring, and then I mentioned that the president of the Tobesk branch of the Prophet Association had returned to the city, and never spoke again.

Dr. Schneider's experience was far less exciting than Shade's. He got further clues about the "Forged Philosopher's Stone" on Monday's rainy night, so he went out every night this week. First, he found other clues based on the clues he got from the killer. People who are closely related to [Mercury Blood], and then from people who are closely related, find people who are even more closely related, and then find people who are even more closely related.

If the [Watermark Blood] organization is a big net hidden under the turbulent waters of Tobesk, then what the doctor does this week is to keep looking for the highest point of the net.

From Tuesday night to Friday night, he visited the dreams of a total of 23 people, including even a first-level warlock, covering the towns around Tobeskhan.

This is why the doctor looks even more exhausted than Priest Augustus.

"Although the doctor's frontal combat ability is not strong, if he were to be an agent, he probably wouldn't be able to hide any secrets."

Shade couldn't help but think in his mind.

"The good news is that I finally found where the [fake Philosopher's Stone] is hidden."

The doctor finally announced after describing his complicated and difficult search journey. Priest Augustus patted the back of his left hand several times with his right palm in celebration. Miss Louisa waited for the answer with expectant eyes, Miss Anat smiled and congratulated, and Shade lamented that this was really not easy.

From the first time I met the doctor three weeks ago to now, this [relic] has finally been found.

"But what's the bad news?"

Shade asked, and Dr. Schneider shrugged:

"The [Counterfeit Philosopher's Stone] is one of the most important items for synthesizing mercury blood, so it was hidden by the Silver-Eyed Man in a very clever way. The First Ring Warlock I mentioned is responsible for this. He owns a plaster statue Workshop. I learned from his dream that he poured the liquid "Fake Philosopher's Stone" into red glass, then made the eyes of the plaster statue, mixed them with the products of the workshop and sold them to ordinary people. .There are five suspected statues in total. Except for the one with silver eyes, no one knows which one is hidden."