Whispering Verse

Chapter 2715 Temple of Time

None of the ladies mentioned the suggestion for Shade to move out of here and find a larger residence in the city. After all, they all knew Shade's feelings for this house, and it was impossible for him to give up No. 6 Saint Teresa Square.

That night, Siris was also invited to stay overnight, but she went to live in Room 2 on the second floor with Luvia. On the surface, Luvia said she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sirius, but in fact, the purple-eyed girl just knew what the duchess wanted to do.

Sure enough, when there was a movement that night, the silver burning moon-shaped "Eternal Fire Seal" that automatically appeared on Carina Cavendish's right arm immediately caught Vanessa's attention.

After learning about Shade's magical effects, she asked Shade to leave the same mark on her just like other girls. But this time, Carina didn't even need to "hold her hostage", she took the initiative to extend her arm to Shade.

Because things went so smoothly, Carina quietly asked Vanessa early in the morning the next Monday while everyone at home was washing up:

"Have you not considered asking Shade to leave the fire mark on other places on his body?"

The blond lady who was drawing her eyebrows at the dressing table shook her head slightly:

“I didn’t think about it, I know Shade doesn’t like weird marks on us, so the arms will be enough.

Carina, do you think it would look better if I made my eyebrows longer? I need to cover up my good looks, otherwise the girls in the troupe will gossip. "

"They all look good."

Carina said perfunctorily, and what Vanessa thought was a natural answer made the duchess fall into self-doubt:

"Does Vanessa know Shade better than I do?"

However, this self-doubt did not last long, because the atmosphere of the family sitting at the dining table, laughing and talking about newspaper news and their plans for the new week was so warm that after breakfast, Carina didn't care about it at all. Something happened.

Today is Monday again, so Shade naturally didn't forget about this week's gift. However, [God's Gift Box] is now at Miss Elf's place, so Shade will not deal with this matter until he visits Professor Manning.

As expected, the professor who lived in Mao Tail Alley hadn't gone out yet early Monday morning. After the maid brought Shade in, the professor who had just finished breakfast and was reading the newspaper was still very happy:

"I haven't seen you in about a month, Detective. Are you in trouble again? Otherwise you wouldn't have come to my place early Monday morning."

As he spoke, he stood up from the dining table and came to the living room with Shade.

"Yes, but it's not a big trouble."

They sat down on the soft fabric sofa, and Shade briefly described what happened to Professor Quinto. Professor Manning has a very good memory and still remembers this friend whom he met more than twenty years ago.

However, he had almost completely forgotten the details of that conversation, so he could only go to the study with Shade to look for information. Because he didn’t know any clues this time, even the search function of Shade’s thaumaturgy [Moon Library] couldn’t work.

The search lasted all morning, and even Durut Giles, who had made an appointment to visit last week, helped search. However, Rusty Edwards, who was in his soul state, did not help. Instead, he floated around and watched the three people working in the study.

Fortunately, this rummaging was not meaningless. When eleven o'clock in the morning was still three minutes away, Professor Manning finally happily shook the notebook in his hand at Shade:

"Found it! I just said that these materials were transferred to my home when the school office was soaked by water. I have never been in the habit of losing books or notebooks. I have treasured all the materials in my life."

The three of them went back to the living room downstairs to talk. The little girl's soul wandered closer to Shade, showing curiosity but also a little fear of him.

The young history lecturer Durut Giles did not discipline her this time, but listened to Professor Manning's story with Shade:

"The ruins similar to the Golden Music Hall that I mentioned to Professor Quintu back then are located in the city of Eskares, the 'City of Golden Spikes' in our central Great Plains of Drarayon. This place has been in the news a lot recently. It’s the largest grain-producing area in Delrayon.”

Professor Manning said:

"The location of the ruins is in the north of the city. My eldest son was just born at that time. I received the letter from the postman at the excavation site. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Oh, I digress. Let's take a look. , these are the inspection records and photos I left back then, I really miss them.”

The ruins that Professor Manning helped to excavate were in much worse condition than the music hall at Vista Grove, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that only the remains were left there. However, the few decorative patterns that remain on the unearthed stone building materials do show a similar style to the Golden Concert Hall, and even some of the patterns are exactly the same.

Shade's knowledge of elves only gave him a rough understanding of the art of ancient elves, so he could not draw any conclusions based on this.

Professor Manning only has this information here. The ruins he participated in the excavation contained nothing but ruins.

Seeing that the clue was about to be interrupted again, Rust Edwards, who was floating around, stretched his head to look at the photo in Dulute Giles' hand, and then suddenly said:

"Giles, I've seen this! There were similar patterns in the ruins that my father visited before! I've seen the photos!"

The little girl has lived with Durut Giles for half a year, and now her tone of voice has become much more mature, but Shade suspects that she is deliberately imitating the way adults speak.

Both Shade and Durut Giles looked at her, while Professor Manning, an ordinary person, was a little confused because he could not see the floating soul.

"Where is the photo left by your father now? Are there any other records? Did he say anything else about the ruins?"

Shade asked, and the floating little girl put her hands on her waist and made a request proudly:

"Although my father's inheritance has been given to you, I remember that you want to marry my brother's descendants. Then you call me 'great-grandmother' now, and I will tell you what you want to know."

In fact, it's okay to call her great-grandmother, after all, she is indeed the sister of Megan and Audrey's great-grandfather. Shade was about to speak, but Durut Giles stopped him:

"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have to do this, and you don't have to meet all the requests of children."

He sighed and raised his hand to knock on Rust Edwards' head.

"Ah~ You bully me!"

So the girl pretended to cry and grabbed Durut Giles' hair. When she had enough fun, she told Shade that the photos she had seen were sandwiched in that notebook, and they are now in the big library of Green Island.

It can be seen that Rust Edwards and Durut Giles have a very good relationship. Now that the outsiders have arrived, Durut Giles will not be thrown into the space turbulence by Laplace Howard as soon as he landed on the island during the Green Lake incident as in the past.

The young historian can probably accompany Rust Edwards through this life, of course, the premise is that the end of the world will not come before the end of his life.

So after saying goodbye to Professor Manning, Shade returned home and went to Green Island again through the [Space Maze]. It's a shame to say that it has been half a year since he got the island, but Shade has not read even one percent of the astonishing number of books on it.

And the notebook pointed out by Rust Edwards belongs to the range that he has not read yet. Green Island is located on the opposite side of the real world, and Megan and Audrey's followers are still counting the fortune teller's legacy on the island.

Shad said hello to the girls, and was glad that after such a long time, the notebook was still in the corresponding position of the big library in the little girl's memory.

Laplace Howard seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder in recording investigations and experiments. Every record was neat and tidy, with photos, texts and even physical objects to support it. And the little girl's memory was indeed correct. The patterns on the decorative walls of the buildings in the photos in the notebook were indeed very similar to the ancient patterns of the forest concert hall.

However, the thirteen-ring fortune teller did not investigate the ruins carefully, but only recorded interesting places during the trip.

When Shade determined the location of the relatively intact ruins in the photo, he unexpectedly discovered that the place was just southeast of Lengshui Port City:

"Okay, let's go to Lengshui Port!"

Lengshui Port rains a lot in autumn. When Shade broke into the old lighthouse guarded by Mr. Edmond on the top of the sea cliff amid the sound of rain, he scared the old man who was boiling tea on the stove:

"I thought someone was going to rob me."

"Have you really encountered a robber?"

"Of course, the old man living alone outside the city is an easy target for robbery. Are you interested in the fate of those people? There are several interesting experiences here."

"Not for the time being, I came here today to ask something."

The last time Shade came here to fish with the old folklorist was nearly two months ago. At that time, the Yuewan incident had just ended, and Shade came here to talk to him about Dragon Island. After all, it was Mr. Edmond who first mentioned Dragon Island.

When Shade mentioned the ruins in the southeast of Coldwater Harbor on this rainy Monday in autumn, the old man nodded in surprise:

"Of course I know where it is, but please answer a question for me first, how do you know I know about it?"

"I don't know, I just know that you are the most knowledgeable person I know in Coldwater Harbor."

The old man was very pleased with the compliment, he smiled and poured hot tea for Shade:

"Then you have really found the right person, there is really no one in the local area who knows the 'Temple of Time' better than me."