Whispering Verse

"Please believe me, never drink too quickly."

Seeing Miss Carina taking the water glass, Shade, who had learned a lesson, kindly reminded her. The duchess looked at him doubtfully, then took two small sips from the cup. As she swallowed, her white neck and throat moved slightly.

She followed Shade's suggestion and just drank three sips before closing her eyes. After half a minute, he placed the cup on the coffee table:

"It has some effect."

Without making any other evaluation, it seems that although it is effective, the effect is not obvious.

Shade no longer mentioned helping with the treatment. After taking out the jewelry box containing the necklace, he talked about what happened in the ruins last night.

The fight process omitted key information and only talked about the final result, but it still talked about the ancient witch's golden necklace that suddenly glowed when he was picked up by the vampire.

"There are two things wrong. First, I did have direct contact with him at the time, but I was not severely allergic. Second, why is the necklace glowing? Does this necklace still have this effect?"

The black-haired maid took out the necklace from the jewelry box and put it on Miss Carina. The duchess was not surprised by this:

"This necklace gives the wearer an enlarged version of the negative characteristics of the witch's curse, and is useless to the witch herself. Otherwise, the necklace that protects the witch herself will only aggravate our curse. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"It's useless to the witch herself, then I"

Shade was so surprised that he only thought about himself and said in his heart:

"You still said you weren't"

Keep listening.

"You are definitely not a witch. A witch is more sensitive to her kind than a man. My guess about you now is that your gender is conceptually vague. It can be male, female, or... Witch, so the witch curse, the gender potion, and this necklace all have strange reactions to you.”

said the duchess.

"No, no, I must be a man."

I added "God said it" in my mind, then shook my head, not wanting to discuss this topic:

"So what is that golden light?"

"Of course it's the thaumaturgy I left on the necklace to protect you. Otherwise, why would I ask you not to lend the necklace to others? Is it just because I don't want others to touch my jewelry? Of course it's not just that. I While protecting you, the thaumaturgy will have an effect on anyone else, after all, I don’t have the ability to let it accurately determine who touched the necklace.”

Miss Carina said, seeing that Shade wanted to thank him so that he did not have to speak:

"I'm providing you with so much help because your action this time is valuable. So, have you brought what I want?"

"Of course I brought it."

In front of the two ladies, Shade used a handkerchief to restore the body of the silver-eyed man and the vampire hanging on his waist, and pointed out their identities:

"This person without a head is a person with silver eyes. His head has been evaporated. This person whose original appearance cannot be seen clearly is a vampire. The person with mercury blood became Mr. Madis. He comes from the School of Blood Spirit. Although the body is incomplete, but"

Miss Carina sat up straight, her face flushed with excitement:

"Vampire? Madis? Oh, I think I know who it is. It works, it works."

She didn't care that Shade threw the body on the floor of the study, but took the gloves from the maid, bent down and stretched out her hand to inspect the body:

"You said he was originally operating near Tobesk? Then, the two members of the Blood Spirit School who came to this city from the New World may have disembarked at the Coldwater Port, but they probably will not continue to move forward as planned. But with this corpse, I can also communicate with the Council, which is very good, detective, very good. This vampire is an important member of the Blood Spirit School, which is so valuable."

She smiled for the first time today. Then she received the letter from the vampire from Shade. She could not decipher the cipher text for the time being, but the Witch Council had many ways to understand the content of the letter:

"I've gained more than I thought. It seems like I was right to lend you this necklace. In this way, I might be able to get information about the 'Creation Delivery Room' directly from this vampire. That's really good. Detective, you're really good." , of course, I also have really good vision.”

Later, she heard about the relics that Shade obtained from the enemy, the bloody scissors and the small bottle containing mercury. She didn't know what they were, but she knew about the fangs in the vampire's mouth:

"The clerical relic Vampire Fang, that tooth is one of the tokens passed down by the vampire race. It can be used after being implanted into the body. For the vampire race, it can strengthen the own racial talent. For other creatures, it can allow the user to obtain some of the abilities of the vampire race. . This fang is said to be related to an old god. Implanting the fang into the body will not only cause fear of the sun and hemophagy, but may even be affected by the power of the old god that remains in the world. Detective, this fang Sell ​​me the fangs. The body of the silver-eyed man was originally promised to me, but the corpse of the vampire was given to me in addition. The fangs, letters and corpses are all added up to you."

She took a look at Shade's clothes. Shade didn't have many coats. Apart from his symptoms, he seemed to wear this outfit every time he saw Miss Carina:

"1,200 pounds? That should be enough."

"Oh yes, that's enough. You're very generous."

"You are worthy of this value."

Neither Shade nor the two ladies can use the Vampire Fang, a relic that needs to be implanted into the body to be used, so it is most appropriate to sell it to Miss Carina. He knew that the price of 1,200 pounds was actually on the high side, because the body, relics and letters were of great significance to the Witches' Council. That was why the Duchess was so generous. Maybe she had always been generous.

"I don't care about other things in the ruins. Whether it's the founding and balance you mentioned, or the relics of the Old Order that you plan to hand over to the church, these are all handled by yourself. I'm very satisfied with you, detective, very satisfied. "

She suddenly coughed violently, and the maidservant patted her back worriedly. After a long while, the duchess raised her head, lifted her red hair covering her eyes and continued to speak:

"Although your operation is dangerous, it is indeed very valuable. If I had known in advance that this vampire was also in the ruins, I would have asked Tifa to follow you. Ahem, I called you here this time, but I didn't expect you to give me anything. For such a surprise, what I really want to talk about with you is the reincarnation ring."

She pointed to the red velvet ring box on the coffee table, which opened automatically with a click. The familiar pebble ring lies in the ring box, which is the beginning of Shade's contact with the extraordinary.

"Detective, look carefully."

In front of Shade, the duchess picked up the ring and slowly moved it closer to her right index finger. None of the three said anything, but they all saw that as the ring came closer to the witch's finger, cracks appeared on the surface of the pebble. When the ring was almost inserted into the finger, the pebbles on the ring were almost split into two pieces.

She sighed and took the ring away, the cracks in the pebbles slowly healing.

"Look, I can't use this relic. It would rather destroy itself than wear it on my hand. Detective, I promised you that if you bring me the Ring of Rebirth, I can tell you all the secrets of the Council. . But for the arrival of this ring, I planned the plan and you executed the plan, so I can only tell you one secret about the parliament for the time being."

"Please say."

Shade looked at the ring curiously, and then looked at her curiously.

"The thirteen great witches in the council do have both the witch system of the fifth era and the extraordinary system of ring warlocks of the sixth era. We are witches living in the sixth era, although we are different from the witches of the fifth era. But they are still witches. The existence of the Parliament is not that the witches stick together to survive. The Parliament has two common goals."

She paused to signal to Shade to pay attention. Although she only told Shade one secret, this time the duchess was determined to give Shade the greatest trust because he had shown his value:

"First, look for the chosen one prophesied in "The Whispering Cantos". I will discuss this with you in detail later. The other goal is to find a way to use the power of this era to crack the curse on us without declining in our own strength. Curse. Just like the 'Creation Room', just like this ring."

The duchess glanced at the reincarnation ring:

"This is just a small attempt. It won't be that easy."

She suddenly laughed again, her face looking healthier and healthier, her dark golden eyes looked at Shade, and her tone suddenly became extremely soothing:

"Detective, do you want to try this ring? You just suspected that you were a witch, don't you have a chance to prove it now?"

Shade raised his eyebrows and took the ring close to his finger, but there was no reaction:

"Look, I am indeed a male."

While breathing a sigh of relief, Shade put the ring directly back into the ring box on the coffee table. Miss Carina raised her eyebrows:

"What I mean is, put on the ring and recite the incantation 'The change between positive and negative is the beginning of a new life' and see what happens. I am very curious about a man like you who will not trigger the witch's curse. Are you like us and unable to use similar relics?"

"No, sorry, I won't use it."

Shade shook his head and refused. This was a matter of principle. He would not turn into a woman.

"Try it, and I'll pay you. Like give you a kiss?"

She tilted her head and joked.

"No, not any reward."

Shade continued to shake his head, not only because of the negative characteristics of the ring, but also because the two consecutive owners of the ring died violent deaths, and because he had a mental disorder and would never turn into a woman.

I thought that Miss Carina would give more tempting conditions, or force herself to wear the ring, but I didn't expect that the other party would stop it.

The duchess said regretfully:

"That's it, that's fine. But this ring is of no use to me. Although Tifa is not a real witch, I don't want her to become a man. The reincarnation ring belongs to you, detective, as you show that you are right. I care about the rewards.”

This move of retreating into advancement is very powerful. Although Shade will not use the ring of transformation, he will not refuse to save it temporarily. Strictly speaking, this ring is stolen property. Not to mention selling it locally, even if it goes to Coldwater Port City to sell it, it is very likely to be caught by the Righteous God Church, which is now determined to catch all the cultists. And if it is sold to an academy that exchanges information with the church, the origin of the ring must be explained, and the witch will be involved.

Miss Carina probably left the ring in Shade's hands for a long time, and he might have the idea to use it.

The witch did not want to hide her thoughts, but waited curiously for Shade's decision. Shade pursed his lips and considered it, his fingers on his knees trembled, and his face was troubled, but in the end he bent down and took the ring box on the coffee table into his hands.

After all, this ring is really worth a lot of money.

"Thank you for your generosity. I will accept the ring but I won't use it. I will sell it after half a year when the storm subsides."

Shade emphasized again that seeing his appearance, even the black-haired maid standing behind Miss Carina smiled.

"Detective, I didn't say you could use it either."

The duchess said jokingly, and the smile of the maid behind her became even more obvious:

"But remember, if you use it accidentally or by accident, remember to tell me whether it works for you. No matter what the result is, I will give you a trial fee. I like this statement."

"No, I won't use it."

Shade emphasized again, and then put the ring box safely into his pocket.

"I trust you."

The Duchess is in a good mood now.

I believe you too.

The murmuring in his ears was also filled with laughter.