Whispering Verse

"Since you mentioned the dragon, Shade, I guess there are not completely no clues here."

Professor Manning smiled and said:

"I did not leave any written records of the excavation of the ruins back then, but I was not always busy with work when I was in Yuewan. Yuewan is an ancient city, and thanks to its location, it has been a big city in all eras. , so I took the time to investigate the local legends and stories before leaving the place. If I remember correctly, an old boatman who went fishing once told me that he and his ancestors once went to the harbor at night I’ve heard the roar of the dragon.”

"What?"

Shade sat up straight:

"The old boatman."

"She should have passed away. I bet you can never find out this information now. Yuewan Port has also changed a lot in recent decades. Many of the traditions of the past have disappeared, including the people who have lived here for generations and the stories passed down orally. They all escaped. Can this help you? I remember very clearly back then, the old boatman said that on a thundering night, it is possible to hear the roar of a dragon in the port. The louder the thunder, the better, and the thunder on a stormy night is the best. . But I’m not sure whether he heard the thunder or the dragon’s roar.”

The professor said, seeing an ecstatic expression on Shade's face:

"It's really a big help. Did we still need thunder? I don't know if the artificial lightning meets the requirements."

Originally, he only wanted to visit Professor Manning to find clues about God from the relics of the past. Shade really didn't expect that this visit could actually obtain more direct information than that. Although the professor said this was just a local rumor, Shade instinctively felt that this was the target he was looking for almost as soon as he heard the information. His sixth sense for divinity had always been quite accurate, and he knew he had finally found his target.

As for directly creating thunder, it is not a difficult task for the ring warlocks. What is difficult is how to create thunder but avoid being hunted by the church. However, Shade still tended to wait for the natural thunder, so after saying goodbye to Professor Manning, he went to the Prophet Association to ask Luvia for help.

Predicting the weather is basic training for astrologers and prophets. Although Luvia herself has never been to Moon Bay, this does not prevent her from being a key training target of the association and being able to easily obtain information from other places:

"Is that the weather forecast? Wait here while I go to the third floor to apply for inquiry permission."

About half an hour later, Luvia, who came back from the third floor, saw Vice President Mark in the divination room who was discussing the new series of decks with Shade. When the latter saw Luvia coming back, he left here wisely, and Luvia also brought the information Shade wanted:

"This is the weather forecast for the coming week from the Yuewan City Prophet Association."

This information also includes today's weather forecast. It seems that the association knew a week ago that today would be a snowy day. Of course, it will only be snowing and not thundering today, but it looks like the weather will not be very good within the Yuewan city limits before the end of the week.

Especially starting from noon on Sunday, a large-scale thunderstorm will appear in the offshore area of ​​Yuewan Bay. This is the most extreme climate change in the Yuewan area since the beginning of summer this year, and it will definitely affect the dock.

"Is it Sunday? Today is Friday. It seems that I have to prepare in advance."

"Are you going to do something dangerous again?"

The girl with purple eyes asked him softly, but didn't say much:

"I'm going to your house tonight. Don't you want to experience the power of the stars? I know you have an important card game to participate in. I'll wait for you at home."

I originally thought that since Luvia was going home tonight, he wouldn't have to take care of little Mia's dinner. But I didn't expect that this cat suddenly had some strange thoughts today. When Shade came home in the afternoon, the cat, which had had a full nap, naturally followed Shade when he went to the basement. When Shade When his hand was about to touch the statue of the ancient god, he noticed that the cat was walking beside his feet, looking like it was natural.

"Meow~"

It rubbed against Shade's trousers, obviously trying to follow Shade's wishes. This made Shade wonder if there was something in Yuewan City that was attracting this cat. Or maybe it just liked the snowy weather.

As expected, the snow was still falling in Moon Bay. Since there was nothing to do, Shade didn't want to take little Mia to the autopsy room, so at around three o'clock in the afternoon, he met the blond witch who was processing meeting documents in the study at Belindel Manor. There was heavy snow outside the window, and a fireplace was lit in the warm study room.

The current Speaker of the City Council is from the Eddington family, but the Belindel family still plays a pivotal role in the Council. The daily affairs of the family are handled by the countess, but her maids and followers, although small in number, are quite capable, so the witch will not waste too much time on daily affairs.

"Good afternoon, Miss Belindle."

"Good afternoon, what a beautiful cat~"

As soon as she raised her head, she was attracted by the cat on Shade's shoulder who was looking around curiously. Her legs were white as snow, and her body seemed to be covered with a soft orange blanket. Her big amber eyes are bright and lively, and her small stature makes her particularly pitiable:

"Is this the cat you raised? Did you bring it to Moon Bay? Although I knew you had a cat in [Dice Stories], I didn't expect it to be so beautiful."

She put down the pen in her hand, stood up and walked towards Shade. The one who led Shade in just now was the blond Miss Matilda. In addition to the head maid, the maids in the corridor outside the door also looked at the cat on Shade's shoulder.

"This cat is indeed very beautiful. Everyone who has seen it praises it so."

Shade has never been shy about praising little Mia's appearance, but he didn't say that this was actually not his cat.

Of course Miss Belindell wanted to touch it, but the agile cat avoided her. So far, little Mia only likes to be held by Shade and Tifa. As for wanting to touch it casually, this is Shade's exclusive privilege.

Miss Belindell also seemed to want to take a break from document work. Now that Shade was here, she ordered the maids to prepare afternoon tea and snacks. She seemed to be in a particularly good mood, and even mentioned that there were many cats in this manor, but none of them were as beautiful as the cat brought by Shade.

Because he was worried that the witch would really find other cats, which would irritate little Mia, who always hated the same kind of cats, Shade did not continue to struggle with the topic of raising pet cats and how to correctly identify the cat species that little Mia belonged to. He took out the waistband He turned the pistol around and placed it on the coffee table in front of him:

“That’s what I’ll be relying on for the night.”

"[Faded Memories]? The sage-level relic that Vanessa got from Sister Megan?"

She was quite curious and picked it up to check. Shade nodded:

"Yes, I still have contact information with Miss Benenice and the others. This was just delivered at noon."

The blond witch did not ask what method could be used to deliver the relic remotely, but instead inspected the bomb nest with great interest:

"Speaking of which, do you know what price Vanessa paid to exchange this relic from Megan and the others? I know that Megan and Audrey are very wealthy and have a lot of good things in their hands, but they don't do it easily. Would you give a relic of this level?"

This question is not easy to answer. Shade could only say vaguely:

"The relationship between Miss Benanith and Miss Edwards seems to have become very good during the Green Lake incident, and this relic may be a symbol of friendship."

"How good of a relationship do you have to have before you can give me a sage-level relic?"

The blonde witch asked casually, put the muzzle of the gun to her forehead, pulled the trigger, and then fired another shot at the wall. A picture immediately appeared on the wallpapered wall, which looked at the snowy scene in the early morning from a first-person perspective.

"Is it possible that the relationship between Vanessa and those sisters is so good that they sleep in the same bed? Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't make such a joke."

She noticed the expression on Shade's face at this moment, and immediately apologized. Little did he know that what Xia De was actually thinking was:

"That night at the Green Lake Hotel, after the awakened Agelina was taken away by Miss Carina, the ones who opened the portal to my room were Miss Sylvia, Miss Benanis, Sirius, Megan and Audrey, not with Miss Bernice for the time being. Oh, what was I thinking."

The countess didn't seem to have any plans to go out in the afternoon. She chatted with Shade about her recent investigation results and listened to Shade's analysis of the connection between the "Eternal Light" organization and the headless serial murders. She even took out a fortune telling card and wanted to divine the cat lying on Sha De's lap, but unfortunately she did not get Sha De's consent:

"Probably another result of the sun or something."

"Why do you think so?"

"I have a friend who is very good at divination. Yes, it's the one I mentioned last time who thought I was definitely not the chosen one. She divined for this cat, and every time it was the sun."

"If you have a chance in the future, please let me meet that female fortune teller."

Miss Belindel was suddenly aroused to be competitive.

All in all, everything went well on this Friday afternoon. The Witch, Shade and Cat welcomed the sunset in the warm study. Then she invited Shade to have dinner at the manor. After dinner, she and Shade walked in the snowy courtyard together and talked about the preparations and preparations of the Witch Council regarding the possible appearance of the "light" chosen one in Yuewan City. Response plan.

Of course, others didn't know what the countess and the man who suddenly appeared recently were doing. Mrs. Belindel, who also lived in the manor, the witch's mother, was still seeing her daughter and the man in the snow-covered courtyard. While taking a walk, I found the head maid and asked about the situation:

"What is the relationship between Bella and this gentleman? Isn't he a guest sent by Her Highness Margaret to supervise the business?"

"Ma'am, he is"

The blonde maid found it difficult to answer this question, and from the attitude of the head maid, the old woman also got the answer:

"That's it, Matilda. Bella, what do you think of that gentleman?"

The maid also found this question difficult to answer. After all, she couldn't say that her master had fallen in love with this man.