Whispering Verse

Chapter 2674 The reappearing lady

Compared with the manor 33 years later, the Collins Manor today is almost unchanged. And when Shade followed the dim path on the side of the mansion to the courtyard in front of the manor, which was illuminated by hanging kerosene lamps, he unexpectedly discovered that this wedding banquet was even more lively than the one 33 years later.

The open-air banquet actually lit a bonfire in the courtyard, and the night was darker than in 1854. The guests were having fun, dancing around the bonfire, or walking and chatting with friends holding wine glasses, and no one noticed Shade's arrival.

The development of the steam industry has made the times change rapidly. Even if it is only 33 years apart, people's clothing styles at this time are very different from those in 1854. But fortunately, Shade was only wearing a white shirt, which at least didn't look out of place.

Shade didn't know whose wedding this was for the time being, nor did he know what he was going to do when he was sent to 1821 by the relic, because he didn't hear the rules mentioned by the relic at all.

However, the effect of "Beacon Acorn" had not expired at this time. He was trying to use the "time stamp" to find out whether there were time travellers in this era, but after activating the effect, he realized that he should not do this:

"The hermits say that the function of acorns is to find objects with different timestamps from their own, and it is obvious that the timestamps of everyone in the past are the same as those who lived in 1854."

Facing the crowd illuminated by bonfires and lights, he stopped to think, because after his perception was activated, he looked at the people dancing, joking, eating, drinking, and talking, but there was only one "time traveler" he perceived, not Everyone.

Taking a deep breath, the stranger himself felt a little dazed. He covered his forehead, and a question that had arisen a long time ago seemed to be answered. It seems that he can travel through time at will not just because of the permission of the tree father's power. It seems that he can travel through time at will.

"My soul does not belong to any time in this world."

He stood outside the banquet under the moonlight, his figure looking so lonely at this moment.

"She" said softly:

[But all time is willing to accept you, and all time is willing to give you a timestamp. Whenever you are, it is your home. 】

Shade continued to look at the bonfire that was suddenly rising due to the addition of wine. People were laughing and screaming around it:

"So if the tree father hadn't given me a time limit every time to return to the 'present time', theoretically, I could have been living in the fifth place with Chloe, Miss Feliana or Miss Violet. Ji? Could it be that the tree father's mission time limit is not to put pressure or remind me at all, but to prevent me from actually staying? "

[This is a very dangerous idea. But you adjust your mood so quickly. 】

"Her" voice is very gentle:

[Besides, are you really willing to abandon the people of the present and stay in the past? 】

It only took a little digging to find out that this grand summer wedding was the wedding banquet of the eldest son of the Collins family. The Mr. Collins who got married in 1821 was the Earl Collins whom he met in Vista 33 years later in 1854.

As for the only time traveler Shade sensed nearby, he was also at this banquet. Beacon Acorn displayed its outstanding abilities. Shortly after Shade adjusted his mood and entered the banquet venue, he saw his target - York Bronte.

In other words, people now call him "Ben Bronte". He was not repatriated by Shade's "Journey Back in Time". The time of repatriation was 1787. Today's Ben Bronte and his brother, Baron Bronte, the staff officer of the First Regiment of the Royal Army 33 years later, attended the wedding together.

The Witch also investigated information about the Bronte family when investigating the traditional aristocracy of Ximu Town. Ben Bronte died in 1829, eight years ago. The obvious thing is that the "Benn Bronte" at this time is not Benn Bronte at all. He is still the person who should have lived in 1787.

Even though times have changed, Shade still stood in the courtyard of Collins Manor holding a glass of champagne. No matter what secret this Bronte has, the most trouble that Shade needs to solve now is the matter of the hide-and-seek boy who is a keeper-level relic.

"Although I don't know what the rules of the game will be if Iluna and I are involved in the game, it is always right to find the black ball."

He drank the champagne in one gulp and was about to take action when he suddenly felt a flash of white light in front of him. The scene in front of him was still a lively wedding banquet, but the prosperous bonfires were gone, illuminating the scene here. Instead of the early gas and kerosene lamps, there were modern gas lamps, and the clothes people wore were thicker and more modern.

"Um?"

But no one seemed to notice Shade's sudden appearance, because the next moment the white light appeared again, and Shade once again faced the wedding banquet of the "pre-steam era".

[It’s not an illusion, you briefly returned to 1854. 】

Shade understood immediately:

"That secret keeper-level relic doesn't have the ability to completely send me to the past. I'm currently in a time-unstable state!"

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This is not a guess, but a fact that Shade deduced based on the current situation. Even though the relics each have their own special features, according to the time rules of the Sixth Era, it is not something that a Keeper-level relic can do easily by sending someone to the past. After all, [Hide and Seek Boy] is not a simple person. Time relics.

After figuring this out, the most important thing to do now seems to be not to look for the black ball, but to try to meet up with Iluna in 1854. However, Shade didn't know when he would see 1854 again, and he didn't know where Iluna would go:

"Or, should I go directly to Miss Danister's teacher? Although the tree hole in the forest is normally used as a one-way passage from 1854 to the present, maybe, since there is no time limit this time, can I go directly to the forest to find the ruins leading to the [Space Maze] and then go home to take a look?"

[This is also a very dangerous idea. 】

"Why? This time we are not traveling through the twisted tree hole, so there should be no rule that we cannot leave the Vista Woodland area, right?"

But he was ultimately unable to try out more of his bolder ideas - such as going to see the baby Carina of this era, just as fate was preventing Shade from running around in 1821. Just as he was thinking about his plan, he separated the lively banquet crowd, and a mature black-haired lady wearing a beige sun hat and a black dress was already walking towards him.

In fact, Shade did not notice someone walking towards him at the first time, and he suddenly noticed someone approaching when the lady was about to come in front of him.

When he looked up, he saw a lady dressed in a way that was out of place at the banquet. She looked mature and about 30 years old. Her black hair and black long skirt looked quite strange, and the leather belt that tightly bound her slender waist and the beige hat were the most inappropriate attire for this banquet.

As for the color of her eyes, her eyes were the same standard rose red as Miss Danister's. After realizing this, Shade understood immediately:

"It's you? I mean, hello, good evening."

The black-haired lady smiled:

"Hello to you too, young man, we meet again."

This mature black-haired lady was the teacher of Miss Danister who had a brief conversation with Shade in the woods with her back to him when Shade and Miss Danister strayed into 1821.

Shade didn't see her face last time, but he wouldn't make a mistake. After all, it's unlikely that a second thirteen-ring sorceress would appear in the town of Riverwood in this era. This was the first time Shade saw her face to face, and the lady was also looking Shade up and down, and she reached out and picked up a wine glass from the table behind Shade.

The light of the bonfire made the two people's long shadows pass over the dining table behind them and fall on the ground. The light and shadow intersected. Many extraordinary things really happened in this hot summer of 1821:

"Just now I was wondering if I saw the wrong person, young man. It has only been a week since we last met. Why, do you miss this era so much?"

She laughed and joked, and no one around looked at the two. Shad guessed that this was some kind of trick of the thirteen-ring sorceress, so he smiled embarrassedly, and when he raised his hand, he noticed that his shadow was also moving:

"I'm in trouble again, and this time I probably need your help. But can I ask, you are here, it shouldn't be because you received an invitation from the Collins family?"

Shad glanced in the direction of the young married couple, but then looked at "Benn Bronte":

"Or is it because of this person?"

The former librarian followed Shad's gaze and nodded slightly:

"Did you and Danister also find problems in your time? Yes, this Bronte has problems. After I came to this place, I communicated with the hermits in the forest and bought some strange acorns from them, and then I found Ben Bronte."

But the hermits in 1854 did not say that they talked about time travel with this lady, but considering that the hermits in 1802 said that they would not tell the next generation about the identities and experiences of the time travelers, it is also possible that the hermits in 1854 really did not know what happened 33 years ago.

"Ben Bronte, a young nobleman in Creekwood Town with a clear growth trajectory, but he does not belong to this era. The purpose of my coming to this place was to find the traces of an astrologer, not because of time travel, and I didn't think about taking care of things here. But after meeting you last week, I still investigated out of curiosity."

She stood side by side with Shad, and looked at the people attending the summer night banquet with him, and behind them were stacked champagne towers and various fruit platters.

PS: This chapter picture "Helena Carter".

The author is very satisfied with this picture.