Whispering Verse

Both Schad and Mr. Bernhardt smiled, and the latter continued:

"I want to arrange for those people to help me investigate those of the local tribe who are cooperating with the cultists. Of course, we must first conduct an internal self-examination."

"But before that, can you tell us about [Blood Sorrow]? What happened to the vampire who had [Blood Sorrow] scars all over his body back then?"

Shade also asked, so the aristocratic girl glanced at the clock in the corner, then put down the tea cup and pretended to tell a story:

"I told you last time that that unlucky guy was a friend of 'Mother'. Don't even think about looking for his body. Even I don't know where it is buried. But I later learned that that guy actually deserved to die. "

Her eyes looked out the window at the dark foggy city scenery:

"That's not a good person. It's wrong to even say he is a human being. I don't want to talk about this kind of thing about him. In short, he also had a hobby of sucking human blood during his lifetime, but unlike Mrs. Jude, he sucked human blood in his hometown. After causing death, he fled to Moon Bay because he was being hunted by the church."

Shade and Mr. Bernhardt looked at each other:

"You go on."

"These things were only discovered by my mother after his death, otherwise she would not dare to have contact with him. My mother has always believed that he died in Yuewan because he still did not change his bad habits. When he went out to 'forage', he bumped into a man with a Only the Ring Warlock of [Bloodmourne] would fall in the alley.”

She sighed:

"I have never mentioned this matter to anyone, otherwise it would be suspected that we had protected that guy in the past. You two, you know what I mean."

"We don't go around talking about it."

Mr. Bernhardt promised:

"Did the man say anything about the appearance or other characteristics of the person who attacked him?"

Miss Rice shook her head:

"The man was seriously injured at the time. Wounds caused by [Blood Sorrow] cannot be easily healed under normal circumstances. The simplest treatment method is No. 2 holy water puree, which is one of the characteristics of that sword. Mother is just that A friend of a person would not use it to save him even if he did not have No. 2 Holy Water Puree.

However, while he was semi-conscious, he said that a person enveloped in light attacked him. The opponent was very good at using sword weapons. My mother said that most of those wounds avoided fatal positions and only tortured him. Only the last two swords hit the vital points very accurately. It was probably scalpel-level accuracy. "

"Swordsman. Are there any other clues?"

Shade asked again, and Miss Rice thought for a while:

"The sword holder has some divination skills. Mother said that the other party tried to determine whether the person we rescued was really dead, but the sword holder's divination skills were not very strong back then. As for other clues, this is the only one left. ."

She extended her hand to the maid standing behind her, and the maid handed a prepared scroll to Miss Rice, and then the scroll was sent to Shade and Mr. Bernhardt.

After opening it, I found a scarlet-toned oil painting inside, with a man standing in the center of the painting with his back to the painting, holding a long sword in his left hand. Under his feet are lakes that almost form a river. Above his head is the warm yellow skylight, and around the picture are blurry people hanging from trees.

"What is this? It looks like this painting is old."

Mr. Bernhardt asked.

"This is 'Mother''s divination dream at that time. It is impossible to say that Mother was not curious about [Blood Sorrow]. Every vampire wants to see that sword, so she performed divination in her dream, and After waking up, I drew what I had dreamed about.”

Miss Rice held her face in profile and watched Shade spread his arms up and down to unfold the scroll:

"My mother's interpretation at the time was that the guy holding [Blood Sorrow] would definitely do something big, but it would be at the expense of our fellow humans. Of course, mother's divination ability and the 'Amethyst' in the city Madam' can't be compared yet, so I don't know if there are errors in the divination and interpretation. I don't have the talent for divination."

"Let me ask an additional question, your 'mother' doesn't live on Herring Street now, does she?"

Shade still remembers the "Hope Diamond" and Miss Isabella asked him to find this relic to determine what Luvia's purpose is and how to stop her plan. When Xia De came to Yuewan for the first time, it was actually for this matter.

"'Mother' is traveling in the New World and has not been in Moon Bay for the past one or two years."

Miss Rice replied, thinking that Shade wanted to see him:

"Communication in the New World is very inconvenient. Even if I write to her now, it will probably be too late for her to come back. Now the entire Moon Bay is like a huge powder keg, and more than half of the fuse has been burned."

"But as a result, we still don't have the next step of investigation clues about the holder of [Blood Sorrow]."

Herr Bernhardt mused:

"Since the death of that sibling, have wounds similar to scars never appeared in Yuewan again?"

"At least I haven't seen him. Maybe he left Yuewan after that and came back recently, maybe two of them. I also made an appointment with other guests. You still have five minutes, please hurry up. If you still want to see me Let’s chat, we can come back in the evening or tomorrow.”

She urged suddenly, so Mr. Bernhardt looked at Shade who was still looking at the painting, and motioned to Shade to continue asking.

"Can I take this painting away? It will be returned later."

"I gave it to you, there's no point in keeping it."

Miss Rice said generously, Shade nodded and carefully rerolled the painting:

"Viscount Bernhard and I are both outsiders, and we are still not familiar with the local area. There are some things that I need more help from you, Miss Rice. As for the matter of Blood Sorrow, this painting is enough. I have many people around me. Excellent diviners, I will let them help.”

But he actually didn't want to do divination anymore, he already understood.

"It doesn't matter. I'm just following your orders. I don't decide what to do next."

Miss Rice said this, so the three of them chatted for a few more words, and then Shade and Mr. Bernhardt stood up and said goodbye consciously.

When they came to the corridor, they happened to see a young girl with her hat lowered standing at the door, and under the cover of the maid, they entered Miss Rice's room in the club.

The two looked at each other, said nothing, and left together.

Shade and Mr. Bernhardt parted ways at the door of the club. Lord Vampire Seed will use the newly acquired connections of his own race to continue investigating the local race. Of course, he will also find more people willing to help in order to deal with the future. A battle can be expected.

Shade continued to investigate [Blood Sorrow] and other matters. If necessary, the two of them would help each other.

"I will help you think about the things that believers pray for. Although I don't expect to get to that point, if it is really needed, this matter will definitely not delay it."

Mr. Bernhardt wanted to go far away, so he found the carriage at the door of the Senators Club and let him get on first. This is the city center, and Shade is not worried about not being able to find a new carriage for a while. After waving goodbye to Mr. Bernhardt, he is considering whether to talk to Mr. Albert or to visit Margery next. Suddenly, I saw the silhouette of a cat wearing clothes flashing past at the edge of my field of vision.

"Huh? A cat in clothes?"

He thought he had seen it wrong, but when he turned around to look, he did see a black and white cat with golden eyes, squatting in the alley next to the club and looking at him. The clothes on the cat are obviously women's clothes, and the ends of the clothes' limbs are decorated with white lace. At a glance, you can tell that it is a very beautiful "dress".

Of course, what's more important is that there are two tails wagging behind the cat, and it's such an obvious abnormality that no one around seems to have noticed it.

"Oh, don't show up here~"

Shade groaned and hurried over, but the golden-eyed cat turned around and trotted into the alley.

She showed agility far beyond that of ordinary cats and specialized in walking in alleys with few people around. With one person and one cat chasing and escaping, they quickly arrived at the pier in the south of Moon Bay from the city center.

Only when he heard the sound of the waves did Sha De realize that the chase was coming to an end. After the cat came to the trestle with elegant cat steps, he stopped and looked back at Sha De "charmingly" before continuing along the trestle. Onward, and finally hopping on a private cruise ship.

"Really."

Shade whispered and followed him onto the cruise ship. Neither the busy sailors on the deck nor the maids in the cabin stopped him.

Soon Shade followed the "two-tailed cat" into the master bedroom of the cruise ship. When he also entered the room, he heard a bang behind him and the door automatically closed and locked. Then, an extremely complex ritual array was lit on the door panel, and the lines depicting the ritual array spread to the four side walls of the entire room. Even if Shade used the [Door Key], he couldn't get out immediately.

Looking inside the room, red and purple curtains surrounded the big bed in the center, and of course the cabin windows and curtains were closed. There was no gas light in the room, only two red candles on each side of the bed were lighting. Of course, using candles on a rocking boat is highly unwise.

The dim light made it difficult for Shade to see the specific details inside the curtain, and he could only see the figure of the two-tailed cat parked on the bed. After a sudden burst of light surrounded the two-tailed cat, the cat's shadow squirmed and began to transform.

The body elongated into a slender shape, and the limbs changed from the standing state of a cat to the prone state of a human. And as the head rises, the hair that is slightly longer than the shawl also draws a beautiful trajectory behind the curtain.