Whispering Verse

The blue-eyed girl still looked at him with a smile:

"Since you insist, I can indeed share some stories. But it's getting late today and I have something else to do."

She thought for a moment and took off the silver anchor-shaped ornament on her hat. But that is not pure silver jewelry, it looks like it is just plated with a layer of silver:

"This ornament is made from part of the ship's hull debris that was salvaged together with two planks. It's not valuable, but please accept it and don't think about these two ship planks again."

She seemed to guess that Shade didn't want to give up easily:

"Please don't refuse, just take it as a voucher for the next time we meet. Next time I will tell you some stories related to the sunken ship, that will be interesting."

The silver anchor jewelry came into Shade's hands. It was an ordinary item, very delicate, but really worthless.

He wanted to say thank you, but the girl had already waved and turned away. Shade wanted to catch up, but the badge on his chest was already heating up. He didn't want to involve this strange girl in the witch's matter, so he had to watch her walk up the stairs.

Miss Elesetris also happened to pass by the great witch of fate on the stairs leading to the first floor. The latter glanced at her, and Miss Elisetris nodded politely to her.

"Good morning, Mr. Watson. Were you talking to the girl just now?"

The witch still had two maids behind her. The dark red birthmark between her eyebrows had been cleverly made up so that it was not clear at this time. Shade explained casually:

"Talk to her about the exhibits, there's no boat museum in the Randall Valley."

"Yuewan City is the richest city on the west coast. The spring in Spring City may be beautiful, but it is really not as good as here in other aspects."

She was proud of her hometown, and then she didn't bother with the topic of the girl just now. She looked around to make sure there was no one nearby:

"I communicated with Vanessa last night, and she also said that Xiwei also knows about you."

"Madam, you don't need to conduct such a test. Currently, only Miss Benanis and Miss Sylvia know about me."

He corrected:

"I have only heard of Miss Aurora, not familiar with her."

Miss Bella Belindel nodded:

"Let's get down to business. Vanessa promised me that she would do something for me during your stay in Moon Bay. This is Vanessa's letter to you."

Shade opened the letter whose content he already knew, and read it carefully with a frown on his face:

"Since that's the case, it's no problem. Miss Belindel, I hope our cooperation will go smoothly in the next two months. But I also hope that you will fulfill your promise and help find the whereabouts of the [Hope Diamond]."

"But I can only send a small number of people to help you. This is not a good place to talk recently. Let's move to another place. Now that we have established initial trust, you won't mind coming with me anymore, right?"

She suggested, her eyes quickly passing over Shade's face, and for some reason she felt more and more satisfied the more she looked at it.

Naturally, Xia De would not refuse:

"Of course, Miss Benanis asked me to fully trust you, but please also keep my identity confidential."

"But before that I want to make sure of one thing."

The witch looked at him with her golden eyes:

"Although you admitted it yesterday, you really"

Shade then stretched out his wrist again, and Miss Belindel stretched out her hand to grab the wrist. After a few seconds, she looked at the palm of her hand in disbelief just like yesterday:

"Although it was indeed confirmed yesterday, it is true that many incredible things have happened in recent years, but your appearance surprised me the most. But why is this? There must be a reason for the carriage to be parked in the alley next to the museum. Mr. Watson, you take the carriage, we will set off later, so no one sees us together."

Shade nodded and walked toward the stairs alone.

After his figure disappeared at the top of the stairs, the witch took out the divination card and cut it quickly:

"The girl just now must be related to him. I want to see who she is. Is she John Watson? Don't think that if you can't divine your situation, I really have no other way."

The two maids looked at their master in silence. She seemed to be competing with the man just now. Turning over the cards this time is quite normal, but this card is not easy to interpret:

"Shipwreck?"

The witch frowned and thought for a while, not wanting to understand what identity this card represented.

The Belindel family has many local properties, among which the Belindel Manor, located in the city center, is the first and most important real estate of the Belindel family.

Although the land and properties at "No. 6 Saint Teresa Square" held by Shade are very valuable, the house is probably less than one-tenth of the total value of the Belindel Manor. After all, the area of ​​​​the manor itself exceeds the entire Saint Teresa Square, which is unimaginable in the center of Yuewan City, where land is also extremely valuable.

There are many members of the Belindel family. In addition to Countess Bella Belindel, there are many people who hold important government positions in the local area. There are many city councilors with the surname "Belindel". But now the only people living in this manor are the great witch of fate, her widowed mother and several unmarried sisters. Shade did not have the honor to see them. He got off the carriage and was taken directly to the study on the second floor of the manor.

Shade, who was used to seeing the luxurious manors of Tobesk nobles, was not surprised by the solemnity and solemnity of the ancient manor. After the witch who arrived a little later also sat down on the sofa, the two got down to business.

"John Watson."

The witch who was seated said Shade's name at this time and watched him sit opposite her. Shade also moved his gaze away from the Dragon Quest oil painting on the wall and looked at the witch with a dark red birthmark between her eyebrows.

"Mr. Watson, you may have noticed that I have no fewer girls than your opera troupe. I loaned you out from Vanessa this time not just because there are some things that are inconvenient for the girls to handle."

The maids brought tea and quickly exited the room. Because it was dark, the lights were still on in the study even in the morning:

"I need a ring warlock who is reliable and has nothing to do with the Belindel family to deal with the next things."

"Resolve the Hawthornes and Eddingtons? I hear your three families have been fighting each other."

Shade asked, and the witch shook her head:

"It's a very interesting joke, but at least the direction is good. It is indeed related to the glorious Seven Families of Moon Bay. But before getting down to business, I want to ask you about your impression of the entire city. Mr. Watson, Vanessa said you I’ve only been here for a week or two, so what do you think of the Yuewan area?”

Shade thought for a moment:

"It's pretty much the same as what I heard from others before I came here. Wealthy and prosperous, but there are also undercurrents. I just moved around in Xiacheng District, met friends living in Xiacheng District, saw the life of small citizens, fought against gangsters, and... Members of the Hawthorne family were contacted because of something."

The witch smiled and did not ask what the grudge between Shade and Hawthorne was.

"I even had a relationship with an organization called Eternal Light in Xiacheng District, and I can see the contradictions. But in general, these contradictions are not so sharp that they are about to break out. Economic development is enough to cover up the big problems. Most of the issues, actually in my opinion, you run the city pretty well.”

This is definitely not a deliberate compliment to the witch, but the truth. A perfect social form is difficult to achieve for outsiders. With the current level of productivity, the situation in the Yuewan area is indeed not bad. The wealth here is not just what is advertised in newspapers.

"The development is enough to cover up the problems... It seems that you are also at a certain level. Yes, although the undercurrent is surging, Yue Bay is generally good. This is our city, and the seven families that check and balance each other have the common goal of protecting Yue Bay. tacit agreement."

She picked up the teacup and continued to look at Shade with her beautiful golden eyes:

"So I'm not here to find you to resolve conflicts among the seven major families or social conflicts. What I'm going to talk about involves prophecies and legends, yes, very ancient prophecies and legends. You seem to have been contacted by the Hawthorne family. Did you hear a prophecy from the ring warlock?"

"When wealth accumulates into sin, the ancient dragon will return here and purify the land of Moon Bay with light."

He repeated, and the witch corrected:

"There are many versions of this prophecy. The second half of the sentence also includes 'burning Yuewan with flames' and 'burying everything in the roar of destruction'. In short, no matter what version it is, it indicates that Yuewan City will face a crisis. Catastrophe associated with dragons.”

"But it's just a prophecy. The Prophecy Society has failed to fulfill more prophecies than the hair on my pet cat's tail."

The witch smiled and thought of the special ability the man in front of her had because of raising cats:

"That's why I think the Prophet's Association is unreliable. But you're right, prophecies are not always reliable. It's just that someone has confirmed it. This prophecy handed down from ancient times has credibility."

"Who confirmed it?"

Then the witch pointed at herself:

"Myself. In addition to me, I also discovered some content from the teacher's notes after her death. It's just that the teacher did not complete this work in her later years, so she never mentioned it to me during her lifetime. But I believe that the teacher and I Our own level. Maybe our understanding of the ancient prophecy is wrong. It may not necessarily be the destruction of the city, but something major will definitely happen to change the fate of the city. I was originally convinced that the time referred to by the prophecy was within the last ten years. year, and the world has become increasingly strange since last year, which also made me more certain of my thoughts.”

"You mean that unthinkable things are happening all over the world one after another, and Moon Bay will also be in danger like those cities or regions?"