Whispering Verse

[Outlander, you have returned to the present time. 】

A gentle voice came to his ears, and Shade walked out of the white mist and returned to his warm and comfortable home.

The cat, which had transformed back from the toy, just shook its body violently and shook off its slightly wet hair, and then happily went to the table to wait for breakfast.

But Shade doesn't have the strange abilities of a cat. Fortunately, he told him in advance about the troubles he would encounter in the past, so the maids had already prepared a change of clothes.

When Shade finished packing and walked out of the bathroom, the red-haired duchess also walked out of the bedroom. The breakfast that Mia had been waiting for finally started, and Miss Carina lazily ate her breakfast while listening to Shade's account of what had just happened.

The twelfth-level witch is also well-informed, and when Shade told the story, he inevitably added a lot of subjective assumptions, so she understood what Shade had guessed:

"This is really interesting. If that's the case, isn't that Miss Eliaser how on earth are you going to verify it?"

"There is no need to verify, just let her think of it on her own. She is not simply suffering from amnesia. What she described is like the content of an erotic novel. In my opinion, it is more like a metaphor, similar to when Chloe was in the Silver Mountains, she was wrong I thought a group of 13 people were climbing a snow-capped mountain.”

Shade is very optimistic about this:

"Of course, in order to prevent my guess from being wrong, and to investigate the real cause of the sinking of the Radiant Messenger, I still have to have a detailed discussion with Miss Elisa."

"So, you're going to be spending more time in Moon Bay these days?"

The red-haired witch looked at him while holding the tea cup:

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet, how is your relationship with Bella? Has anything interesting happened in the past two weeks? She hasn't mentioned you to Vanessa in the parliament anymore."

"recent."

Memories of the treatment by the hilly stream in the middle of the night, the smooth shoulders, and the tooth marks on the neck all came to mind. Seeing Shade's expression lost in memories, the duchess smiled with satisfaction:

"It seems that the progress is going well, so I feel relieved."

"Did you understand something wrong?"

"My understanding is that you succeeded in making the Countess of Yuewan fall in love with you. Isn't that true?"

He blinked as he spoke, and when Shade looked like he didn't know how to refute, he smiled even more happily.

After breakfast, Miss Carina left with the maids. Before leaving, she thanked Shade for his hospitality last night with a very passionate kiss.

But Shade did not set off to Moon Bay in a hurry. Instead, at 8:30 in the morning, he went to the library of St. Byrons through the projection ceremony.

After he got home last night, he wrote a letter to ask for an appointment with Miss Denister, and the librarian gave a quick reply. When I saw her under the huge astronomical instrument above the library this morning, she was still sitting on the sofa in the open space as usual. This time, the coffee table in front of her was not piled with documents and books, but snacks were neatly placed. Tray and tea set.

"Have you encountered any trouble again this time?"

After the two elf girls who helped prepare for the ceremony left, Miss Danister put down her tea cup and asked, even joking:

"It can't be that girl from the Yuexi clan who caused trouble just half a week after arriving in Tobesk, right?"

"No, no, it's not Emilia's business."

Shade hurriedly shook his head and followed the agreement not to say anything about the curse letter:

"I have been active in Yuewan City on the west coast during this period. I recently bumped into people from the [Dragon Feast Cult] and the [Light Worshipers Training Association]. The latter uses a strange light that can melt almost everything. I would like to invite Please investigate."

He described the strange light and said the most important thing:

"I suspect that the chosen ones of 'Light' will appear in the Moon Bay area. There are more and more signs proving this."

"Oh? Light, dragon, justice."

The red-haired sorceress thought thoughtfully:

"This news is very valuable, and the college can prepare in advance."

She had no doubt about the accuracy of this information:

"As for that light, I will also investigate it. St. Byrons does not have much interaction with the [Light Worshipers Training Society], and I don't know much about the situation of the thirteen-ring 'Light Chaser' either. In short, you should be careful when moving locally."

Shade nodded, and then talked about the second thing:

"I have recently come into contact with a high-circle thaumaturgy, and I would like to ask for your help."

The red-haired sorceress showed an increasingly interested expression:

"What type of thaumaturgy? I thought any thaumaturgy would not be a problem for you."

"Please don't say that. It's not a moonlight spell, it's a time-based thaumaturgy."

Shade didn't want to reveal too much about Miss Adele Isabella, let alone reveal the secret of her thaumaturgy without her consent, so he described it as simply as possible:

"This thaumaturgy comes from a high-level warlock. It is a top-notch time-based spell created by integrating his own skills. For some reasons, this kind-hearted high-level warlock taught me this thaumaturgy. I The ritual was successfully performed, but it was not successfully used."

Miss Denister continued to smile and asked:

"Another sorceress?"

"um, yes."

"I'm not really good at time-related powers, but looking at you, I know you don't want too many people to know about this. Well, let me give you some advice, but you must at least tell me , what is the effect of thaumaturgy.”

Shade summed it up:

"Rebound attack."

"The power of time returns the attack. This is indeed an amazing thaumaturgy. I really don't know where you got to know so many high-level female sorcerers."

She looked up at the huge astronomical instrument above her head, watching the silver-blue light escaping in it:

"Those thaumaturgic spells that only the inventors can learn from ancient times to the present are actually not uncommon. Those peculiar abilities that are specially tailored for oneself, or skills mastered due to unreplicable luck, are indeed only suitable for their creators . But every incantation invented has its own reference value for others. Even if you can't learn it, you can still gain your own power from it."

Long-haired Luvia also talked about this point of view in her dream.

"So what advice are you going to give me?"

Miss Danister smiled and pointed to the plate of biscuits on the table. One of the cream-sandwich biscuits flew towards Shade with a "swish", and was then subconsciously raised by Shade to catch it.

Because he was unable to eat in the projection state, he did not taste it. Miss Danist asked:

"Why catch it instead of bounce it away?"

"Because this is a biscuit. I'm not attacking you. I'm saying that if you can't fully master this thaumaturgy at once, how about starting with some of its characteristics?"

Shade immediately understood that he could do the reversal of time himself, he could also look at the starry sky and experience the return of the stars, and it was even easier to experience the feeling of rebounding attacks. He needs to start from each of these aspects, rather than trying to imitate them all over again. In this way, even if you still can't learn it, you can at least master part of the power of thaumaturgy:

"Wait a minute, the technique that the god taught me in the Sunless Sea just now about using a fishing rod to draw strength was also a tip for me, right?"

Miss Denister naturally didn't know what he was thinking of, and she nodded with satisfaction:

"You can indeed understand."

He raised his hand and waved out a ray of crimson moonlight. This time, Shade didn't try to catch it. Instead, he raised his hands and spun them in front of him. That moonlight was not powerful, almost equivalent to a simple light spell. Shade, on the other hand, combined the experience of the last failed spell casting and the fishing skills learned from the Sunless Sea, and finally turned half of the red moon's light in the faint starlight color, and offset the other half of the red moon's light.

Light fragments were flying in front of him. Although this attack could not even be called an attack, Shade was also unable to exert his full power because his feet did not leave the ground and he was in a projection state. Therefore, this attempt was very successful. Shade looked at his hands in surprise. Miss Danister really helped him find the direction with just a few words.

"This thaumaturgy is very unusual. I can't think of what it will look like in its complete form yet, but I look forward to you showing me your new skills one day in the future."

The red-haired sorceress said with a smile. Shade immediately thanked him, but did not stay long. He talked with Miss Daniste for a few more words and then ended the projection. After returning home, he stood up from the chair and picked up the cat lying on his lap:

"What if time reversal of pure energy turned out to be like this, if it was a physical attack."

He thought for a while, walked into the restaurant and put the cat on the dining table:

"Come on, jump on me."

Although little Mia may not understand human speech, it can at least understand Shade's waving movements. So the cat happily took a few runs, and then pounced on Shade from the air. Shade, who originally wanted to "bounce" the cat away, reached out to catch it and scratched the cat's chin, feeling that he still couldn't use the cat to practice thaumaturgy.

Today is Friday and there are three things that need to be done. The most important one was the card game at the Moon Bay Councilor's Club in the evening. He promised Miss Belindel that Shade would certainly not be late. Of course, we must not forget to meet the porter and his son at the dock at noon. They have clues to the "Eternal Light", and the boy is involved in Miss Elisa's mission.

But before that, while there was still time in the morning, Shade went on to visit a fellow coroner, Mr. Ptolemy Albert. He gave three addresses, but now Xia Decai only went to see one.

However, I encountered two unexpected things during my trip this Friday morning. The first was that Shade successfully brought the cat to Yuewan. The cat would occasionally go out for a walk at Shade's insistence; the other was that Shade successfully brought the cat to Yuewan. The thing is that in Yuewan City, which is in the Thunder Moon, fine snow actually fell under the gloomy sky this morning:

"The Thunder Moon is July, and it actually snows in July."