Whispering Verse

Chapter 2811 The old city

Since the ruins in the forest were of no use for the time being, Shade entered the city again with the black-haired lady. Compared to thirty years later, Vista today is no longer worthy of its reputation as a "Music City."

Just talking about the poor infrastructure level in the city, this is actually a large rural town. There were no gas streetlights in this era, the streets themselves were full of potholes, and there were only a few major roads for horse-drawn carriages.

Even due to large-scale burning of trees to open up wasteland, the entire city was shrouded in gray fog. People were wrapped in black or gray clothes and walked hurriedly on the streets with their heads down and their mouths covered. From time to time, they had to pay attention to whether there was feces or other unidentifiable disgusting things under their feet.

The buildings facing the street are low and look dilapidated due to being polluted by polluted gases all year round. Various signboards are hung irregularly at the entrances of shops. When there are children approaching people on the street, what should be considered first? It's not whether the other party is a newsboy, but whether the other party is a thief.

Compared to the era thirty years later, this place is more in line with outsiders' imagination of the "wild steam age". There was even a moment when he felt that the choking fog was approaching the city of Tobesk.

Although it was summer, both of them wrapped themselves up tightly, and Ms. Helena Carter even put a scarf on herself.

However, the further you go toward the top of the hill, where the future city center of Vista will be, the more modern the city's appearance becomes. After all, this is a newly established urban area, and from the beginning of the expansion of Ximu Town, it has been decided that the concert hall on the top of the hill will be the future city center.

There were no performances in the concert hall on this midsummer morning, and only workers were still renovating the east side of the concert hall. Schade found that today's concert hall was not only smaller, but also lacked the surrounding four-leaf clover-leaf plaza.

Of course, the closed door couldn't stop the two of them, but after entering the concert hall, Shade also didn't feel that there was any power here that could help him.

Finally, the two of them arrived at the center of the ancient temple, which was the main hall of the concert hall. No one used this place to practice today, and the auditorium and stage were both empty.

The dark-haired woman sat down in the front seat and watched as Shade looked around. In the end, he had to admit that he thought too simplistically. After jumping off the stage a little dejectedly, he sat next to Ms. Carter:

"Maybe you'll laugh at me if I say it, but I'm already a little homesick."

"Forgive my curiosity, are there people in your home waiting for you to return?"

She asked, and Shade nodded:

"Yes, some girls are waiting for me to come back, and I also have a pet cat."

The sorceress was not surprised, but comforted:

"Since there is nothing you can do for the time being, be prepared to stay here for a long time. Thinking on the bright side, am I not here to accompany you? If this summer passes and you still can't go back, I will take you back to the Holy Temple. Lens, speaking of which, you must be curious about what Danist is like now, right?"

She laughed:

"The young Daniste is probably very different from what you think. The last time I saw you, I saw her turned eighteen due to the curse, but I bet her personality is the same as yours. It’s definitely different.”

Shade couldn't help but laugh:

"It's better not to do something that will cause a time paradox."

But speaking of which, some friends were indeed born in 1821. Needless to say, Priest Augustus, except for business trips, the old priest has served in the Diocese of Tobesk all his life; Dr. Schneider was already in his forties when Shade met him, so the doctor today should still be in his teens. child.

Carina is still at breastfeeding age, and Lesia, Dorothy and Luvia are not yet born. However, Professor Manning, who has experienced an extremely exciting life, is probably not retired yet, Major Rades, the "Eight-Gun Captain", is probably just learning to walk, and Mr. Bernhardt is probably about the same age as the doctor.

As for No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in Tobesk, before Detective Sparrow Hamilton took over, it had been a famous haunted house that had been closed in the center of Tobesk for hundreds of years.

And Detective Sparrow is probably still a child now, so the current "home" should be in a dilapidated state with the doors and windows closed with wooden boards, the interior covered with dust, and even the third floor is about to collapse.

Rather than meeting Miss Daniste of this era, Shade actually wanted to see her current home:

"If I set out to the tree hole in the forest now, I can walk out of the basement in twenty minutes. After all, the coordinates of the [Space Maze] are recorded in everyone's soul, and they are not simply erected in the white mist. inside."

That is to say, once a road sign is opened, that road sign will exist no matter what era it is.

Thinking of this, Shade thought it would be better to go to Tobesk's home. But the idea had just occurred, and before he even stood up, a voice came from the entrance of the performance hall behind him.

The sorceress raised her eyebrows, tapped the armrest of the seat with her fingers, and the two figures immediately disappeared.

However, the two people who walked in from the door of the performance hall did not notice them. The girl in costume and the young man with a decent face seemed more like they were looking for a quiet place to quarrel.

"Marissa, why on earth didn't you tell me?"

The man who was speaking looked to be about 25 or 26 years old, and his accent was very standard, and he seemed quite excited:

"What have you been doing every night these days? In the past three months, every time I asked you out at night, you always found various excuses to shirk.

Last night you said you were going to memorize your lines in your apartment, but when I went to your place to find you, although the lights were on in your apartment, there was no one inside!"

"A sad girl."

Shad, who was sitting in the front seat and looking back, whispered, while the black-haired sorceress smiled without saying anything.

The young man was not simply angry at the girl, but was expressing his doubts:

"Marisa, what's wrong with you? I thought there would be no secrets between us, what are you hiding from me?"

He wanted to reach out and hug the girl, but was gently pushed away by the girl in the flower girl costume. She lowered her head and looked sad:

"Don't ask, Faris, don't ask this question, this is my own business, I don't need you to care about it."

"But Marissa"

The girl turned and walked out of the door, and the lost young man lowered his head and didn't chase her, and stood for a long time before leaving.

"It looks like a love tragedy, but how could that girl have blasphemous elements? She is just an ordinary person, she shouldn't use the power of evil gods, right?"

Shad said, and then asked the lady beside him:

"Did you encounter any cultists during your stay in Vestal Forest?"

"At least I didn't encounter any in the city. You also know that the population here is not much compared to big cities, so the probability of evil god worshippers appearing is also very low."

She stood up:

"Let's go and see the situation. Don't you think it's a coincidence? We came here to find a way to help you, and then they showed up. What will happen this time? I don't know if Danister has told you about my preferences. I like to write reports and then put them away in different categories. Maybe the teacher chose me because of my preference."

It was not difficult to find out the identity of the young man and woman just now. The girl called "Marisa" was an actor in the local opera troupe. The Golden Music Hall also undertook opera performances in this era, and only focused on concerts thirty years later. This morning, Marisa was rehearsing with her companions.

This girl is not a very important figure in the opera troupe, but from the situation that Shad and Ms. Helena Carter were watching their rehearsal from the audience, she is quite popular.

From the conversation between her and her companions during the break, we can know that this girl is working in the opera troupe while preparing for the entrance exam to the "Riverwood Music Academy". In addition to the income from the opera troupe, she also works as a maid in a local noble family and has a good relationship with a noble lady that Shad has never heard of.

And the gentleman called "Farris" also let Shad and the others know his identity from the discussion of everyone in the opera troupe.

He is a genuine "knight" like Shad, but his knighthood is inherited. Of course, although he has the title of knight, his family itself has long been in decline.

Shad knew that in 1840, Carsenrick would issue a decree to restrict the continued inheritance of low-level noble titles such as knights, so this "Farris" is not a completely different person from "Marisa".

Although the girl in the opera troupe had the element of blasphemy, Shade could not see any abnormal behavior due to the influence of the element.

In fact, when Shade heard the conversation between the two young people in the performance hall just now, he thought that the young girl was engaged in some kind of undignified job, or was blackmailed because of her beauty, but it didn't seem to be the case.

So Shade followed Marissa with Ms. Helena Carter for the whole day. He followed her to rehearse at the opera house, followed her to eat with friends at noon, followed her to get off work as a maid for the noble lady in the afternoon, and then followed her to return to her apartment in the old town in the north of the city after work in the afternoon.

Of course, from the perspective of 1821, it could not be called the old town.

Although it seemed boring to follow this ordinary girl, because there was someone to chat with, this day seemed quite fulfilling.

Shade talked with Miss Danister's teacher about what he learned from Miss Danister, and talked about how he saw Miss Danister also use the "Moonlight Greatsword", and even talked about the scabbard that Miss Danister recently gave him.