Whispering Verse

Looking into those blue eyes for a second, Miss Benanis blinked, and then quickly closed the door again.

"What's wrong?"

Shade asked curiously, and the witch shook her head:

"Oh, the way I opened the door just now may not be right. Let me try again."

She adjusted her expression and took a deep breath, then opened the door again, but this time there was nothing outside.

So Vanessa Benanis sighed deeply, feeling glad that it was indeed an illusion, but also feeling deeply disappointed.

But before this complicated emotion could ferment, she heard Miss Sylvia's excited voice:

"Vanessa, look what I found! I just caught an ownerless young wild unicorn in Bella's manor!"

Miss Benanis turned to look to the left. The black-haired young witch was kneeling on the carpet, happily stroking the pure white beast that still didn't know what was going on. The latter sniffed Miss Sylvia's body fiercely, and the blood memory reminded it of a certain type of special group of people.

"Ownerless? Wild?"

Miss Benenice repeated the word, then turned sharply and asked Miss Belindel in the room:

"Bella, you are actually raising unicorns?"

"What?"

The countess asked in surprise. Before she could react, the little unicorn had escaped from Miss Sylvia and rushed over quickly, squeezing its head between the door and the door frame that Miss Benanis had grabbed. He opened the gap, and then happily screamed at Emilia who had woken up on the bed.

So the elf girl who pretended to be asleep had no choice but to wake up:

"Oh~ what time is it now? Can we have dinner?"

She sat up from the bed and pretended to wipe her eyes. Then she found a room full of beautiful ladies who made her feel ashamed and looked at her.

For various reasons, no one spoke. Emilia shrank her head, feeling that this scene was much scarier than facing the crow in the clock tower in the morning.

In short, Emilia's successful awakening can be regarded as a temporary end to the devil's matter.

Probably seeing that Shade still had something to talk to the elf girl, Miss Belindel called the other two witches and two witch apprentices to go to her study to discuss things.

Others were also very considerate and made room for Shade. However, before leaving, Miss Sylvia invited the little unicorn to go to the study together, but the pure white little beast only accepted Ai's invitation by the bedside. Milia's touch, much to the young witch's dismay.

"Bella, is that unicorn really not yours?"

"Emma, ​​how can I raise a unicorn in Moon Bay? But it has lived here for a while, you know? The unicorn's hair is really soft."

"Bella, I didn't expect that you were hiding not only the matter of Shade, but also the matter of the unicorn. To be honest, if there was no matter of the devil, have you ever thought about riding a unicorn to greet us?"

This was the sound that came when they left from the corridor.

The door was closed by Miss Matilda who left last. When only Shade, Emilia and little Liana were left in the room, Shade said:

"Just give it a try."

He took out Dr. Schneider's bottle of potion again, and after applying the potion on Amelia's arm, no crow tattoo appeared this time.

Not only Shade, but also the elf girl herself breathed a sigh of relief, and then a bright smile appeared on her face:

"It's over, it's finally over! Moon Bay! Vacation! Summer! Vacation!"

"Yes, yes, ahem, please allow me to announce: your 'imprisonment' period has ended, Emilia, you can go to the city for a walk."

Her face showed visible joy. Shade also touched the little unicorn next to him, and then said softly:

"Now that the matter is over, I will tell you what happened as agreed."

Seeing that she wanted to leave the bed, Shade asked her to continue sitting there and listen.

Since Emilia has already seen Dr. Schneider in the morning, Shade's story naturally begins when Emilia and her party leave Tobesk, and the "witch hunter" Bill Schneider, who returns from a meeting out of town, smells the stench of the devil. Speaking of.

In the story, he describes Dr. Schneider as a professional "hunter" who is determined to spend his life chasing and hunting demons, but this is actually true when you think about it. As for the name of the demon of doom, Fanarius, since the demon has been swallowed by the doctor, you can say it casually.

Even for elves, this evil and ancient existence only remains in myths and legends. Emilia listened while holding on to the quilt at first, then hugged a pillow, and finally hugged the little unicorn's neck for some reason, and the latter seemed quite happy.

"That's probably what happened."

After telling the story, Shade pretended to be serious and made a summary:

"Miss Emilia Siam Nord, with your help, we were able to banish an evil existence that has never been sealed and eliminated in the history of human civilization. If it hadn't been for this matter and it couldn't be said easily, your Your achievements are enough to earn you the title of 'brave' or 'hero', and even if a statue is erected in St. Byrons as a memorial to you, it is definitely not an exaggeration."

Emilia, who was praised, smiled sheepishly:

"I won't talk nonsense about this. This is my secret summer adventure. In fact, I didn't do anything. It was you and Mr. Schneider who did it. I only made a small contribution. The tradition of our clan is , living people cannot erect statues, and I can’t be called a hero~”

She let go of the little unicorn, and then said to Shade with some embarrassment:

"Thank you for saving me, Shade, you are my hero."

Shade shook his head and handed the doctor's red glass bead to her:

"This is the weapon we used to deal with the crow in the morning. We made two of them, but only one was used. Doctor Schneider said, this is left for you as a souvenir, and it can also prevent you from going to a certain extent. Encountering the devil again.”

Emilia thanked her softly, and Shade looked at the [Night Watcher] lying flat on the bedside table. The silver long sword has experienced what happened in the morning and is now completely restored to its original state. It has not been changed or affected by the "Sword of Light".

Emilia also followed Shade's eyes and looked over:

"The lightsaber that happened this morning actually had a greater impact than the devil's thing, right?"

Shade nodded in surprise, not expecting that she could realize this:

"There are some things I didn't want to mention to you. Once you know it, you might be involved. But if you want to explain this matter, you must mention it, and you are now qualified to know. Emily Ya, do you want to know? This is not a courtesy, this is giving you a choice."

The pointed-eared elf girl nodded without thinking, looking at him with her emerald green eyes:

"Is this what you have been doing, and what the professors at the college have been doing frequently on business trips this year? I want to know. I understand that this is dangerous, but I am already in it, right?"

After confirming that Emilia really wanted to know these things, Shade started from the beginning about "The Whispering Psalms" and the chosen ones. Of course, he did not explain the identity of each chosen person, but focused on the current investigation situation of the seventh chosen person.

After Shade finished speaking, Emilia asked nervously:

"I actually don't have much justice. I just thought you were dead. I wanted to avenge you. I'm not the chosen one, right?"

"At least not for now. Drawing the sword is only one of the conditions."

Emilia nodded quickly twice:

"The sword conveyed some information to me at that time. Those who can pull it out once seem to be more likely to pull it out a second time than others in the future. In addition, there is some other information. I am a little confused now, and then I’ll tell you when I’ve sorted it out.”

Shade smiled and nodded, then reached out and took the [Night Watcher]. After handing it to Emilia's hand, the silver sword only trembled, but it did not turn into a sword of light again:

"But we know that you have not become the chosen one. Although others have guesses, they are absolutely not sure.

The ladies just now came from other places. They said that far away from Moon Bay, high-level ring warlocks with strong perception ability can feel the elemental fluctuations when you draw your sword. The church and other forces most likely already knew that someone riding a unicorn had drawn the sword of light. Although they can also understand that the chosen one has not yet appeared, this does not prevent them from wanting to find you and know how you did it. "

"But this kind of thing cannot be replicated, right? Although I have experience, the devil has been exiled by Mr. Schneider. You can't bring it back just because you want to draw the sword, right? This is not justice."

Emilia asked with some distress, Shade nodded:

"Yes. And more importantly, we don't want to reveal your identity. Revealing your identity will do no good. Instead, it will attract those weird illegal organizations."

Listening to what he said, Emilia understood the situation she was currently facing:

"Then what should I do next? Shade, I will listen to you. This summer vacation is really interesting."

The beautiful big eyes looked at Shade again, and Shade asked:

"Will you stay in this manor and face this with us?"

"willing!"

She said almost immediately, but she felt guilty that she might have exposed her thoughts by answering too quickly. But fortunately, Shade didn't notice this, but said with a smile:

"That's good, you won't be bored anymore. Remember Princess Agelina? She's here too, and she's downstairs now. You can have a good chat later, or go around the city together. One turn. Of course, you must tell Earl Belindel in advance before going out."

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Night Watch". I have drawn many versions of the Night Watch so far, and I am quite satisfied with this version, but it is a pity that the "bright yellow runes" are not prominent enough. Readers are welcome to comment if they have any suggestions about the appearance of this sword, or if they think there are any shortcomings in the long sword pictured in this chapter.