Whispering Verse

As he spoke, Shade thought of the first god he met, and of the young man wearing a clown hat in the toy store:

"He once created an eternal fire and an everlasting spring for the beautiful witch princess. But when the witch princess asked Him for immortality, the god left her."

Laughing in response to Mr. Anderson's slang-infused joke that wasn't actually too funny, Shade summed up his approach:

"Immature children always have various wishes. Of course, we must find ways to realize those warm and sincere wishes. We must correct and remind those wishes that may have problems. As for how to distinguish children's wishes, how to Dealing with the ideas of immature young people is what qualified adults have to do. This is probably the responsibility of adults towards children."

"Her" smile in Shade's ear became gentler, and in Shade's pocket, the silver anchor jewelry was also exuding warmth. The anchor accepted this method of handling the task, and Miss Elisa's second task officially ended.

The meeting with the porter Anderson also implies that Shade wants to get in touch with the "eternal light". It's a pity that Mr. Anderson didn't let go until the end, and didn't tell Shade how to contact other people in "Eternal Light".

But at least he told Shade the internal structure of "Eternal Light", which even the police may not have figured out:

"The supreme leader is called the Archbishop. I have never met him, but people praise him as a devout ascetic."

"Pious? Who do you believe in?"

"It's not a god, but the light itself. He and two cardinals formed a committee to jointly manage the eternal light. Of course, these are what I have heard. Under the leader and the two cardinals, they govern different areas There are high priests at the meeting place, and then there are ordinary priests who are in charge of specific meeting places. Different meeting places have their own managers, including people who distribute leaflets to the outside world, people who manage new strangers who join the meeting, and so on."

"This is really a huge organization. But as far as I know, because of the constant tracking by the police in recent years, hasn't Eternal Light moved underground, so there are only a few members?"

The porter also answered Shade’s doubts:

"So those of us are not official members. Official members usually wear robes. I have the honor to meet them. Every time they appear, they will tell us something like nobles and businessmen are bad things. However, their whereabouts are strictly confidential, even if you If you can find the meeting place through people like me, I'm afraid you won't be able to meet them, and the official members will only show up in front of familiar faces who have been attending the meeting for at least half a year."

Although he did not have direct access to the "Eternal Light", the information provided by Mr. Anderson is still quite useful. After lunch at noon that day, Shade still chose to exchange contact information with the porter and his son. Maybe they would need their help in the future.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Standing on the dock pier and watching the snowflakes sprinkle on the harbor sea covered with sails, this scene was more romantic than imagined, but it was also cruel to the farmers.

The full cat wanted to take a nap, so Shade had to send it home first. After losing his glass slipper and returning home, he saw a letter on the coffee table in the living room:

"Miss Carina's handwriting, oh, Miss Benanis responded. Siris sent the things needed to restore memory to Green Island through Miss Sylvia."

The cat skillfully climbed up to the window sill to bask in the sun and squinted his eyes. His little ears listened as Shade went to the basement downstairs and came back ten minutes later.

At this time, Shade had a wooden box in his hand. In addition to Siris's letter, there was also a holy emblem of the old god [The Forgotten Old Man] that exuded strong miraculous elements and a small pocket women's pistol. This pistol is also the sage-level relic [Faded Memories] left by Laplace Howard.

[Faded Memories] itself is in the shape of a revolver. By adjusting the rotation of the revolver, it can be divided into three modes, namely extracting memories and projecting them, extracting terrible memories to make the bullets have a strong killing effect, extracting biological memories and projecting entities.

The fortune teller who transcended the thirteen rings relied on this pistol to extract the memory of the third generation eldest son and confirm the truth he had glimpsed in the long river of time. In other words, "extracting memory" is the main function of this gun.

If Siris comes to Moon Bay City in person, then she can obtain the memory Shade wants with just this gun. But the blonde girl couldn't leave Willendale for the time being, so in order to assist Shade, she temporarily lent her Holy Emblem to Shade.

The Holy Emblem is a sacred object passed down by successive bishops of the [Forgotten Order], and it is the most powerful magical item passed down by the declining Order. With this holy relic, even if Shade doesn't know the magic of memory, he can easily cooperate with the relic to obtain memories. And Sirius's willingness to lend this Holy Emblem to Shade also represents the girl's affection.

Siris' letter explained how Shade wanted to use these two items. Other than that, the greetings were quite simple, but Shade still read the letter several times. After understanding his thoughts and desires some time ago, Shade no longer struggled with such things, but he still felt a little guilty in his heart.

So I thought that I could plan a date next time I saw Sirius. Judging from the current situation in Yuewan City, the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe would arrive there sooner or later.

Leaving the cat at home to take a nap, Shade did not return to Moon Bay immediately. Instead, he took a carriage to Cat Tail Alley in the Tobesk University District to visit Professor Manning.

The old professor is idle at home after retirement. Although he often goes fishing, visits friends in the city, and occasionally attends lectures and academic conferences, Shade can usually be found at his home.

It was the same today. After knocking on the door, the servant saw that it was Sha De who was visiting, so he directly invited Sha De to come in. At this time, the professor had other friends here. Shade immediately saw Rusty Edwards floating around, and then saw Durut Giles sitting on the sofa talking to the professor.

After the incident in Green Lake, Durut Giles, who returned home, stayed in Tobesk and lived as a history lecturer at the school. Rust Edwards, who returned from death, naturally stayed there. By his side.

Shade visited them twice last month, but he didn't expect to meet Professor Manning again today.

"Ah, it's you! Are you spying on us?"

The girl is still so lively and energetic.

"Mr. Hamilton, we meet again."

Durut Gilles stood up and greeted respectfully.

"Shadow, good afternoon."

Professor Manning smiled and greeted him. It seemed that the young history lecturer came here to discuss a paper he was about to submit with the professor. Seeing Sha De arrive, he exchanged a few words with Sha De and then left with the happy girl.

When the servant prepared tea for Shade, the old professor said with great satisfaction:

"Giles is a very talented person. He couldn't concentrate on learning before. Since I met you and traveled from Green Lake, he has become much more at ease after coming back. If all the young people in the school can It would be great to be like him.”

"What he experienced in Green Lake is something that others may never want to encounter in their lifetime."

Shade smiled and shook his head:

"I came to visit this time because I want to ask you something. It still has something to do with your experience when you were young. Well, more than ten years ago, you went to Yuewan, right? Yuewan City on the west coast."

Professor Manning held the tea cup and nodded, with a surprised expression:

"Yes, why, did you run into trouble in Yuewan this time?"

"A gift for you."

Seeing the servant leave, Shade took out another jar of honey from his pocket that he bought from the Bee Duke Store before leaving Yuewan City today. Professor Manning saw the Kasonrik label on the jar and nodded tacitly:

"I have only been to Yuewan once. It was summer and the weather was much better than this year. I still remember the scene of standing on the pier watching the seagulls. At that time, two colleagues and I went to Delrayon and Carson Rick. For academic exchange activities, I went to Yuewan City to participate in an excavation of ancient ruins that cannot be made public. You know, it is related to mysticism."

The old professor held a tea cup and recalled the past:

"The location of the ruins is very remote. If I go there again now, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it. But I remember that the writing on the stone tablets unearthed in the ruins is very strange. It is not any kind of writing that I know. Even after looking at it for a long time, I still can't find it. It will cause mental tension and fear. But this is not the first time I have encountered similar things. I have seen more weird things when I was young."

"So did you leave any photos or fragments of the unearthed stone tablets privately?"

Shade asked expectantly, Professor Manning shook his head decisively:

"Of course not, this is illegal. In this kind of excavation activity led by the church, it is strictly prohibited to hide any items privately, and it is even more strictly prohibited to leave any uncensored records. Detective, I can travel throughout the Old Continent and have participated in various places. Archaeological excavation activities, but still healthy and sitting here talking to you at this age, rely on this caution."

Shade was slightly disappointed, but at the same time he agreed with Professor Manning's approach:

"You did the right thing, then I will go to other places to look for clues. This matter involves the legendary dragon. Yes, it is the one in the story. I don't know what will happen this time."

"Giant dragon? Speaking of which, those strange patterns I saw back then turned out to be giant dragons~ I thought they were big lizards. I thought it was strange at the time. There are no ancient legends about lizard worship in the Yuewan area."

Professor Manning suddenly realized, and then thought of another thing.