Whispering Verse

"I'll help you treat your eyes."

Seeing that Miss Bayas was getting more and more understanding, Shade spoke quickly and tried to take the water bottle from his pants pocket with his right hand, but Miss Bayas immediately grabbed his wrist.

This seemed to be the second time tonight that he had been grabbed by the wrist.

The girl with long brown hair looked at Shade with her lifeless eyes:

"Detective, you wouldn't lie to me, would you?"

"......certainly."

"Well, I must explain it later, what exactly is going on."

She nodded and let go of Shade's wrist, signaling that it was ready for treatment.

The injury to Miss Bayas's eye was similar to that of Miss Louisa a week and a half ago. Miss Anat's eyes were not injured at all. Shade believed that this was not because she closed her eyes in time, but probably had something to do with the eyes themselves.

"Could it be a magic eye? But there is no whispering element."

The treatment method was the same as Miss Louisa's. Last time, Miss Louisa teased Shade for "wanting to do bad things." But this time when Shade asked Miss Bayas to look up, the seventeen-year-old girl blushed. Nothing was said.

After the treatment was over, the three of them did not stay here for long. Instead, Shade led them to the second floor.

The rooms outside the banquet hall on the first floor are staff areas, while the rooms outside the banquet hall on the second floor allow guests to have private space to talk.

They found an empty room. After Shade locked the door, he saw Miss Anat sitting on the sofa and Miss Bayas with her hands folded on her chest and looking at the two of them. Tonight, the two girls wore long dresses and high heels to attend the banquet. Miss Anat's dress is purple, which matches the color of her eyes, while Miss Bayas's dress is pale gold.

There is no bustle, but the skirt hangs naturally. With long skirts, well-proportioned figures, light makeup on their faces, and well-kept hair, the two ladies in front of them are indeed uncommonly beautiful girls.

Just when he went up the stairs, Shade discovered that Miss Bayas was not used to these shoes. She probably rarely attended such banquets.

Of course, no matter how much Shade praised the girls' beauty in his heart, it could not change the awkwardness of the current atmosphere. When no one spoke, he took the initiative and said:

"You guys look so beautiful tonight."

According to Shade's logic, no matter what the situation, it is definitely right to compliment ladies on their beauty.

"You look nice too, but please just answer what I want to know."

Miss Anat smiled at Shade, while Miss Bayas said very rudely. The serious expression on her face showed that she was not in a good mood now.

So Shade said again:

"I just saw you being dragged away on the second floor. I thought it was some bad guy... As long as it's not a bad guy, I was already ready for a fight."

She had just been complimented on her beauty, and now she understood that Shade had just burst into the door to help her. The serious expression on Miss Bayas's face relaxed a little.

She was still standing next to the sofa with her arms folded:

"Miss Anat and I just had an argument, but it's okay, it's okay. I didn't agree with her taking risks, but she insisted on doing that, so she took me to the first floor. You broke in just now, and we thought Someone discovered our plan. Oh, detective, don't change the subject. Please explain what I want to know."

"You sit down first."

Shade said, so the three of them sat down together, but there was silence for a few seconds again. The purple-eyed female diviner and Shade looked at each other, and finally Shade spoke:

"Okay, Miss Bayas, I admit that I have known Miss Anat for a long time. We are the same group of ring magicians. You probably also know something about the chosen one. We are approaching you for this purpose. If you If you want to know, you can say this..."

"Wait a minute, that's not what I want to know now."

Miss Bayas shook her head and interrupted Shade's words, narrowing her eyes slightly:

"You and Miss Anat are both good people, I know that very well. What I want to know most now is, detective, are you the masked man under the silver moon?"

"What?"

Xia De was stunned, not knowing how to bring up this topic. But then he immediately thought that Miss Bayas was also a witness to the Lakeview Manor incident. She had seen the unique silver moonlight and even his body shape.

After the "Lighting Technique" just now, she connected two lights together, and then connected two people together. Although this was not easy, it was not completely impossible.

"Detective, are you actually a thirteen-ring warlock?"

she asked again, her face flushing with anger. Probably thinking of that cozy snowy afternoon at No. 6 St. Teresa Square and the trust I had given.

"No, no, no, even though I am that masked person, I really only have one ring."

As he spoke, he called out the life ring behind him. The life ring of a mediocre one-ring warlock, except for the bright aura of the three spiritual runes, there is nothing noteworthy:

"The church thinks I am a thirteen-ring warlock. I didn't say anything myself."

Speaking of which, he added:

"That day, I directly prevented the evil god from coming. Miss Bayas, I didn't do anything wrong. In some ways, we even saved the city."

"It turns out it was you that day..."

Looking at the life ring and hearing Shade's words, Miss Bayas's expression gradually returned to normal. He raised his eyebrows, and even looked at Shade with admiration in his eyes:

"A first-level warlock faced the evil god? No, you probably didn't see it, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting in front of me, unless I had gone crazy a long time ago. Then you..."

She still wanted to ask.

"Would you like to hear my story?"

Shade asked:

"If you want to know, we can tell you everything, the truth about Lakeview Manor, the Chosen One, and the Whispering Cantos. Everything, if you want to know, we can tell you."

He looked at Miss Anat, and the fortune teller finally spoke. She leaned on the back of the sofa, patted the soft cushion next to her with a very relaxed expression, and motioned for Miss Bayas to sit closer:

"Iluna, wasn't this what we were trying to talk about before the detective unexpectedly broke in? But he interrupted us. If you want to continue listening, we can tell you everything you want to know. And if you want an apology from us, you can ask for it after the story is over.”

Miss Bayas didn't seem to be interested in Miss Anat, but looked at Shade suspiciously again:

"Are you really a first-level warlock? You didn't lie to me."

"Of course, that's absolutely true."

Seeing Shade's sincere expression, she nodded and was ready to listen to the story.

In the next half hour, Shade recounted the details of the Lakeview Manor incident. As long as it was trustworthy, there was nothing wrong with talking about those things. He just slightly concealed the source of the power of the last kick, referring it to the "Puppet Operator's Script".

Miss Bayas had no doubts, she was just confused about Shade's Silver Moon:

"Have you been blessed by any old god related to Silver Moon? This power doesn't look right."

Then Miss Anat told the story about "The Whispering Psalm" and the Chosen One again, and clearly explained the reason why she got acquainted with Miss Bayas:

"That's right, Iluna, I just got close to you with ulterior motives, just to help you in the future, until the very end, to witness you pushing open that door."

Miss Anat's attitude of "that's just the way it is, so if you want to blame me just here and listen" was really giving Miss Bayas a headache. Although the initial concealment was definitely wrong, the other party did not do anything bad. Instead, he helped him in every way.

Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Shade:

"What about him? What role did the detective play in this?"

Miss Anat also told the truth:

"Eluna, if you say that I have an ulterior motive for getting to know you, I think that it is you who are driving the progress of the relationship between you and Shade."

Shade nodded quickly in agreement. Miss Anat smiled and gradually took the initiative in the conversation:

"I told Shade a long time ago that he should not have contact with you to prevent him from getting involved in the trouble you encountered and die because of his weak strength. But you see, he deliberately avoids you, but you always Meeting him is not anyone’s arrangement.”

"Of course I know this. He passed my four-question test completely and is absolutely trustworthy."

Miss Bayas raised her head and said, indicating that Shade had gained complete trust again:

“That afternoon when it snowed, I already fully believed in him.”

Seeing that the other party's attitude was no longer so resistant and that he knew everything, Shade nodded and stretched out his hand to Miss Bayas:

"In short, for different reasons, we all want to witness the last door mentioned in "The Whispering Cantos". And now, if you are willing to accept our help and go together to witness and experience the epic of the Sixth Age, it is necessary to re- Get acquainted to express trust. Shad Hamilton, currently probably 21 years old, detective and part-time MI6 agent, has the title of knight, and is a first-level warlock."

Miss Bayas looked at him, then reached out and held his hand. Her hand was very strong:

"So far, I am willing to maintain such trust, but detective, you know, I hate deception... Iluna Bayas, 17 years old, a ring warlock of the Orthodox Church and a part-time employee of Blackstone Security Company, Second-level warlock.”

The two held their hands together, shook them slightly and then let go.

Miss Bayas looked at Miss Anat again:

"Miss Anat, I trust the detective because he is trustworthy, so how do you regain my trust?"

"The chosen ones are destined to be promoted to the Thirteenth Ring, but this does not mean that they will not die in the process. The life of the chosen ones must be a magnificent adventure, and there will definitely be no shortage of troubles, big and small. Iluna, you need Help, so, do you think you need my help?”

She also extended her hand to Miss Bayas, and Miss Bayas hesitated before taking it:

"You brought the location information of the Silver Eyed One. I think you are trustworthy."

Miss Anat winked at Shade, presumably not to reveal the source of the information:

"Do you need me to introduce myself? Luvia Anat, a diviner from the Prophet Association and a three-ring warlock. The slight deception in the past was for the sake of mutual trust in this matter. I promise that similar situations will not happen in the future."

Shade noticed that Miss Anat did not mention her age, but he wisely did not ask about it at this time.

The light in the room was very bright, and the three people in the gas light all had their own thoughts.

Shade looked at them, wondering what the unknown and dangerous road ahead would be like.

He just hoped that when this road came to the end, the two girls beside him tonight would be able to see the door open with him intact.