Whispering Verse

During the visit to the "Red Heart Orphanage", Shade and the two vampires expressed different views on the orphanage, but overall they were positive.

Shade had no intention of continuing to donate money here, but thought of donating the money he won in the afternoon to the church. But after the visit was over, when Mrs. Lisa invited the three of them to have a cup of tea in the restaurant, Shade expressed that he wanted to make an additional donation:

"As individuals, the impact we can have on the world is really small, so we have to do what we can."

"You are so generous, please allow me to thank you on behalf of the children."

The four people chatted happily, but when the atmosphere was harmonious, someone quite rudely barged into the restaurant where the children were dining without knocking.

Mrs. Lesa was about to scold the other party, but when she turned around and saw the founder of the orphanage, Mrs. Jude, the kind and beautiful widow of a wealthy businessman, who entered the door aggressively, she immediately shut her mouth:

"Good afternoon, madam. These three gentlemen are here to visit and donate to the orphanage."

She said a little at a loss, and it was obvious that Mrs. Jude, who never lost her temper here, was obviously not in the right state at this time.

The plump lady looked at the three of them and flapped their noses a few times, but in the end she didn't immediately say what was in her heart:

"Good afternoon, kind gentlemen. Lesa, you go out first, and I will talk to these three gentlemen."

"Yes, ma'am."

The woman wearing an apron looked worriedly at the three people she thought were friendly, and then stood up and left. And when the door was closed again and the candle flames on the table illuminated the faces of the four people, Mrs. Jude, who had dropped the Silence Charm, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and then burst out:

"Viscount Bernhard, what do you mean? Bring your friends and Ptolemy and come quietly to investigate me, right?"

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Jude. We didn't come quietly. In fact, the business cards I just handed out were all my own, otherwise you wouldn't know it was us."

Mr. Bernhardt said, and the three of them stood up from the table:

"We're just here to tell you about the progress of the investigation. Do you want to sit down and listen? It's very inconvenient to talk while standing."

The angry woman pointed at him and said:

"I'm warning you, Bernhardt, and your northern friend, this orphanage is my property. If you dare to come here without saying hello next time, I have the right to drive you away. ! I have never allowed any of my own race or ring magicians to come here!"

After speaking, he looked at the coroner fiercely:

"Ptolemy, what do you mean? Do you think we are familiar enough that you can come here directly?"

Mr. Albert pursed his lips and shook his head, signaling Shade to speak quickly. Shade also received the meaning of this look:

"Madam, calm down. Since we are already here, let's talk about the situation of the 'threatening letter' first. Judging from the current situation, this matter involves something that may be angel or sage level. Relics.”

The three people explained to her what happened to Marquis Molson in the morning. Mrs. Jude did not calm down after hearing this:

"Then you go and solve this matter. Isn't this what you promised? What are you doing here?"

"That's right, ma'am."

Mr. Albert continued:

"Can I ask you what your schedule will be every night for this week starting from today?"

Obviously Mr. Albert said it very politely, but he also wanted to know when Mrs. Jude would go to the barn at night. Unexpectedly, the woman actually slammed the table and became furious:

"Viscount Bernhard, Ptolemy, what do you mean?"

"I meant to say."

"You leave now, get out of here now!"

She turned and pointed to the door:

"If you want to get clues from me, then go to the city and ask me. You three, get out of here now! I don't want to see your three faces here again! Let's go!"

She opened the door directly, so Shade, Mr. Bernhardt and Mr. Albert looked at each other. The latter two winked at Shade, who was very talkative. So Shade wanted to speak again, but Mrs. Jude directly Left the room. By the time they chased him out, there was no trace of the other party.

Mrs. Jude must still be in the orphanage, but looking at her attitude, the three of them did not ask for trouble, and finally left together.

"It seems she is planning to suck blood here recently."

After leaving the orphanage, the three of them walked side by side on the way back to the city. There are no carriages here. If you want to take a carriage, you have to at least go into the city.

The speaker was Mr. Bernhardt, who was playing with his black top hat as he walked:

"I found that the people of the Yuewan tribe are very stubborn."

The coroner wearing a burqa glanced at him. He was also a "fellow member of Moon Bay":

"We didn't seem to get any clues except that the children were doing well."

"That's enough."

Shade also said, raised his foot and kicked away the stone in front of him, watching it roll forward:

"She was more panicked than angry. She was like a child who had done something wrong and wanted to cover up her true thoughts by yelling."

"Your analogy is strange, but I agree with your guess."

Mr. Bernhardt also nodded. The coroner has been very calm today:

"And it's most likely tonight, otherwise she wouldn't have driven us away in such a hurry. Did Mrs. Lesa, who was leading our restaurant just now, mention that today is the extra meal day for the Red Heart Orphanage twice a month?"

He suddenly said to Shade and Mr. Albert. Mr. Albert looked away from the crows flying in the farmland beside the road:

"Yes, extra meal day. Oh, that's it. Mr. Watson, what's the plan?"

"Let's go and prepare separately. It's about four o'clock now. How about we meet at St. George's Stone Bridge in two hours?"

Shade said, and the other two nodded:

"No problem, but we have to hurry up. If we are lucky tonight, we will really have a tough battle to fight."

There was no one around, and the three people took to the air. The red butterflies and the scarlet bats flew towards the distant city together. Only the squirrel standing in the tree holding the pine cone saw this scene, but it obviously couldn't understand what was happening.

When Shade stepped into Belindel's mansion, the halo of the setting sun already appeared in the western sky.

Shade first greeted Agelina and Emilia in the foyer, who were holding a lot of paper bags filled with herbs, then touched the little unicorn who also had a paper bag in his mouth, and then hugged her on the stairs. I got up with little Mia; after arriving on the second floor, I said hello to Tifa and Miss Matilda who were talking quietly in the corridor and walking to the left. The two maids looked at his back as he continued to go upstairs, and they both noticed him. of fatigue.

Finally, Shade met Luvia and Miss Belindel in the study on the third floor. Miss Aurora and Miss Elise were not here, the witch and the blue dragon girl went to the beach to explore the offshore waters.

"Xia De, you came back at the right time. It's time to have dinner soon."

The countess with a fat-red birthmark on her eyebrows said with a smile. Shade shook his head and sat next to Luvia:

"I'll leave in a moment, and I won't have any dinner. Let's talk about business first, about the relic that you divined yesterday."

Placing the soft cat on his lap, Shade carefully recounted the day's experience. And when he finished telling the story, the girl with purple eyes said worriedly:

"Why didn't you even have lunch?"

"That's not the point. My vampire friend has already figured out what the relic is. I came back to ask for your opinions. After all, you are professional diviners."

The fortune tellers all smiled, and the Countess looked at Shade with her golden eyes:

"Your friend's speculation should be correct. Judging from the current performance, it is indeed that relic: a sage-level relic [Richard's Notebook]. The relic is named after the title page of the notebook says 'Richard' This name."

"The characteristics of this relic are relatively simple. Anyone who opens the notebook and tries to write any words on it will be completely controlled by this relic and try to punish those 'unjust people' through the power of the notebook. The power of the notebook is also relatively simple. , write down the name of the person who knows the appearance, and the corresponding person will die violently.

If the cause of death is described carefully, there is a high probability that the person died from this; if the cause of death is not described in detail, it is likely that the person died of a heart attack. "

Luvia also added that they had already speculated before, and the clues Shade brought back today only confirmed this speculation:

"It's a standard relic of fate. Some people even call it the 'Justice Note' or the 'Death Note', but in fact this notebook has nothing to do with the ancient God of Death."

Miss Belindel continued, the two of them cooperated quite well:

"But this notebook's judgment of 'justice or not' is quite weird, and most character flaws will be considered unjust. As more and more names are written in the notebook, the frequency of killing will also increase. It's coming faster and faster, and the killing methods are becoming more and more extreme. You can understand that in the later stage, basically everyone will board the notebook.

The only way to stop this relic is to kill the current controller of the notebook. After all, the notebook itself cannot write without a controller. "

"But you also have to be careful."

Luvia said:

"For that notebook, in the absence of a holder, even a drop of blood will be judged as 'writing'."

Shade nodded, relieved that Mr. Albert's guess was confirmed. As long as he knew what it was, it would be much easier to handle:

"Is it really paranoid justice? So according to you, the notebook is actually self-aware?"