Whispering Verse

"Bella's teacher died of natural causes."

Carina sighed:

"It turned out that the lady was the oldest witch in the council, older than Granny Cassandra. I am not sad about this. Natural death is the best ending for mortals. She had a premonition of her own death. We summoned everyone to the council in advance and walked to the end with our company. The lady was at level 11 when she died, and her age seemed to be 270 years old."

"Is 270 the normal age of death for a witch?"

"It is said that witches in the fifth era can live at least 500 years as long as they reach a high level, but the number has been reduced a lot in the sixth era. However, the number of witches in this era is small, and their life spans and premature deaths occur due to various reasons. , so the average value of normal conditions cannot be calculated.”

She moved a little closer to Shade on the sofa, and Shade felt that the perfume on her body smelled very good.

"In the current parliament, the vast majority of witches are genuine 'young people'. This is the era when the average strength of the witch parliament is the strongest since the beginning of the Sixth Era, and it is also the era when the average age is the lowest. And you, my dear knight , appeared quietly in such an era, and then slipped into our hearts while we were not paying attention."

Looking at Sha De with his golden eyes, he smiled and picked up a peeled orange from the coffee table and stuffed it into Sha De's mouth. His right hand was already holding Sha De's left hand.

"I didn't sneak in, I broke in openly."

Shade corrected while chewing the orange in her mouth, so the duchess thought for a moment, with an increasingly softer expression on her face:

"Yes, yes, so tonight, do you still want to try to break into me again?"

The black-haired maid on the side had already walked over holding an exquisite red box. The box was opened, and the [Eternal Youth Leaf] was presented to its master.

(Little Mia is running.)

The arrival of Monday means that the Sunshine Moon has come to the last day, and it also means that tomorrow is the day when the St. Byrons off-campus practice group will arrive in Tobesk.

At the beginning of a new week, No. 6 St. Teresa Square in Tobesk received an inexpensive but warm blanket as a gift for this week, and Shade had a weekly task of carefully caring for pets.

As for Yuewan City on the far west coast, it still looked particularly dark because it was shrouded in black clouds. The "Yuewan City Ship Museum" located in the southwest of the city, near the dock area, opened its doors at nine o'clock in the morning, and then welcomed foreigners who came to visit. The museum is not large in area, with only three floors above and below ground. The "Seagull Alley" where this place is located is not a prosperous area in the city, so early on Monday morning, the museum seemed very deserted.

Of course, the exhibits in the Ship Museum are all related to ships. Among them, the "Ancient Ship Wreck Relics Area" is on the underground level, and it only occupies a very small part. Most of the museum's exhibition areas display the development of Yuewan City's dock area and the improvement of ships from generation to generation in the past century.

The scaled-down boats, made from wood and metal models, appear particularly delicate in glass display cases. The steam-powered mechanism used in the fish tank to continuously demonstrate is a model of an old-era pirate ship that robbed merchant ships. This attracted Shade, and he wanted to have one at home, but thought that it would be dangerous for a hyperactive cat to fall in, so he gave up the idea.

The oil paintings and black-and-white photos on the walls, including photos of ships from different countries and regions in different eras, seemed to allow him to experience in just a few dozen minutes the wisdom and sweat that humans have put into navigation, written through the efforts of generations. A long volume of poetry. The leaf specimens brought back from the New World after the Kasenlik people first landed in the New World are used as the center of the entire museum's "Modern Exhibition Area", illuminated with spotlights to highlight their importance.

The meeting time agreed with the witch was ten o'clock in the morning, so Shade had enough time to take his time to visit here. When he finally came to the location of the two deck wreckage of the "Brilliant Messenger", he thought he would find something special, but what he actually saw was just two ordinary-looking pieces of decayed debris like the display cabinet next to it. board.

If it weren't for the label on the outside of the showcase, it would be no different from the rotten wood in the garbage dump.

Since there was no one around, Shade even quietly opened the glass display cabinet with the "Door Key" and touched the two pieces of wood with his hands, but still didn't find anything special.

As for the label on the display case, it reads simply "Ancient Ship Wreck Found on the Seabed (No. 5410)", and the perfunctory attitude can easily be seen.

"That's right. If there was really something wrong with these two wooden boards, the church would have discovered it long ago."

Although nothing has been discovered for the time being, Shade still wants to take these two wooden boards back and study them carefully. After all, in order for Miss Teresa and the others to leave the Sunless Sea, he must find out the cause of the sinking of the "Brilliant Messenger". However, he did not choose to steal, but wanted to discuss with the museum people whether he could buy it. If not, he would consider other means.

And just as he turned around to return to the first floor from the underground, other visitors also appeared in the museum. Although this museum may not sound very interesting, the affluent Yuewan City has never lacked idlers and celebrities who like to visit museums and art galleries.

After arriving at the museum director's office smoothly and explaining his purpose, the short, fat old director with gray hair in a black formal suit hesitated for a moment:

"Exhibit No. 5410, this is a bit difficult to handle."

He asked Shade to sit down first, then stood up and dug out a record from the filing cabinet on the side of the office:

"This exhibit was donated to us many years ago. Although it is said to be a donation, in fact we have no ownership but only exhibition rights. The ownership of the wooden planks belongs to the descendants of the old captain who brought back these wrecks."

Shade blinked:

"It turns out it's not a church."

After that, he added:

"I knew the information about this exhibit in advance and knew that it was salvaged by the Church of Dawn. Later, it was said that because of the resentment attached to the ship, it was exorcised in the church for many years before it was donated to the museum."

The old curator adjusted his glasses:

"That's true, but that happened many years ago. The original owner was indeed the local Dawn Church. Later, he somehow escaped, and the ownership of the wreckage was transferred several times. In short, although it is now on display here, But the ownership of them belongs to Miss Angel Illustrious."

"Eleisseteris? This surname is rare, Miss Guanghui? Oh, do you have the contact information of that lady here?"

Shade asked again, and the old curator nodded:

"You don't have to go out to find her. She is in the museum today. She comes here every week. You should be able to see her in the underground exhibition area. The girl with the silver anchor on her hat is her."

Xia De came from the underground exhibition area just now, but he didn't see this person. He probably missed it.

So he went back the way he came. This time, as soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw a woman standing in front of the exhibition stand where the two wooden boards were displayed. She was wearing a long blue silk skirt with a prominent waistline and a hat. A girl in a wide-brimmed hat decorated with silver anchor ornaments.

She looks about twenty years old, more mature than Iluna and Agelina, but younger than Luvia, Lesia and Dorothy. She has long black hair and a very outstanding temperament. Judging from her clothes, she must be from a noble family.

When Shade walked over and was about to speak, the girl turned and looked at him. The dark blue eyes are as deep as the sea, and at the same time, the eyes seem to laugh on their own:

"Good day, sir."

She told Shade that the pronunciation of the Kasenlik language was extremely standard, but the way to say "good day" seemed like ancient grammar:

"What can I do for you?"

The multi-layered skirt covered her feet. This strange girl seemed to particularly like ships. In addition to the silver ornaments on her hat, Shade also noticed that she wore a silver anchor-shaped necklace outside her long gloves. ring.

Shade introduced himself:

"Excuse me, are you Miss Elisatris? That's right, I want to acquire this board. I am John Watson, a writer who traveled in the Old World. These two boards give me very different feelings. I I want to take them back to see for myself, it will bring inspiration to me.”

The surrounding exhibition cabinets display wooden planks, anchors, cables, crew members' daily necessities, and logbooks. There is even a rusty ship's bow statue standing on the wall. There were only two of them in the nearby area. The girl with blue eyes had a clear voice and a really charming smile:

"You may come here every day to find inspiration. Trust me, keep them as your own instead of admiring them in the atmosphere of a museum. The exhibits here originally belonged to the sea, but now they have to go ashore. They should have been integrated with the sea long ago , since we can’t do it now, why not just stay here and quietly enjoy the last time before decay with these same pitiful companions around us.”

Although the words were very polite, it was clear that he did not want to sell, but Xia De still wanted to fight for it:

"Miss, how about you listen to my quotation? I know this is an antique, and I also understand the market conditions. How about 75 kronor? This is definitely a high price. If it doesn't work, we can still negotiate."

The girl with beautiful blue eyes smiled and shook her head:

"I am sorry."

"Okay then, can you tell me the story of your family and these two wooden boards?"

Shade asked again, even taking out his notebook and pretending to record:

"I want to find some writing materials. For example, did your ancestors leave records of salvaging the wreckage, or did your elders pass down strange stories?"