Whispering Verse

Chapter 2858 Happiness and redundant memories

Shade didn't know why, but he found this scene quite funny. After all, not long ago they were fighting a dangerous thing, but now they were all frowning because of the bitterness of the tea.

But watching everyone chewing tea leaves together and listening to the sound of the bonfire in front of him, the last chill was dispelled. He felt a strange sense of security for some reason, but this sense of security was not enough to free Shade from the bitter taste. Let him feel the so-called "happiness" feeling.

"So what exactly is happiness?"

Shade chewed and touched little Mia while recalling:

“Having breakfast at home with little Mia on a sunny morning? Happiness indeed, but it doesn’t seem to be enough;

On a late winter night with snowflakes falling, holding Luvia in your arms and covering yourself with a quilt while reading a storybook together? It’s very warm, but it doesn’t seem to be enough;

When I wake up in the morning and see ladies washing up or reading newspapers, Tifa says 'good morning' to me? Speaking of which, I haven't had the chance to have a few words with Tifa recently, I'm just too busy;

Or maybe it's a gift they prepared for their birthday this year? No, no, now is not the time to think about this. "

"She" chuckled in her ear.

This kind of memory had no effect. Instead, Xia De felt that the skin in his mouth was dry and tight because of chewing tea leaves.

Other people probably had this kind of trouble. Iluna puffed out her cheeks and frowned, chewing as if taking medicine; Gray Wolf girl chewed extremely hard, as if the tea leaves had turned into undercooked beef that was difficult to swallow. The movements of Miss Metz, who wears glasses, are not that exaggerated, but she obviously has not found the trick.

But Miss Wilder's own progress was quite smooth, because Shade had already felt the traces of the spell on her body.

The green dragon girl was chewing tea leaves with a very happy look, and she was secretly looking at Shade while chewing. However, Shade didn't notice this because he was concentrating on meditation. In order to select the best tea leaves, the dragon maids often chew tea leaves to distinguish the quality of each batch of tea leaves. She is more tolerant of the bitter taste of tea than others.

"It's really bitter. Speaking of which, does tea count as food?"

Shade then remembered that his [Toymaker] spirit rune was also associated with the thaumaturgy of "candy making". This thaumaturgy allowed Shade to transform what he thought was food into candies he had tasted.

Thinking of this, Shade had a new idea. The next time the mouth chews and the teeth part, the tea leaves have been turned into candy.

It's just that if this thaumaturgy is not controlled carefully, the "made" candies will be transformed into Shade's favorite flavor at the moment according to his mental state. Amidst the bitterness in the mouth and the depression caused by the environment, the taste of the tea changed into a faint sweetness that outsiders had almost forgotten after the next time the teeth were closed.

It's not the high-end chocolate from my hometown, nor the high-end pastries made by Tifa herself. That taste...

A certain memory that had been dormant for a long time came up again. It was a summer afternoon when a foreigner was just a child. He bent down and picked red flowers from the potted plants celebrating the festival on the street, and then put them in his mouth. Suck nectar.

At that time, he did not understand the difficulty of life, the suffering in the future, or the troubles that were destined to come. He only remembered that amidst the sounds of traffic, the taste of nectar was indeed sweet. Although it was not very sweet compared to real candy, it was still flooding in his memory at this moment, making outsiders remember that moment. of happiness.

He understood why the "happiness" he just thought of could not trigger thaumaturgy, because those "happiness" would happen again. Only the faint sweetness of his childhood could never be found again even if he returned to his childhood or even his hometown.

After all, he already knows what life is all about.

[Outlander, you have obtained the thaumaturgy "Tea Extraction Method", which allows you to restore some spirit by chewing tea leaves, corresponding to the "Toy Maker" spirit rune. 】

"Her" voice was light and gentle in his ears. The success of thaumaturgy did not excite Shade. He continued to taste the faint sweetness slowly, trying to catch the fading memories that were surging.

Miss Wilder sensed Shade's success in some way, and when "she" reminded him softly in her ear, she already looked at Shade, and then congratulated him with gestures.

Iluna had been inattentive since just now because the tea was too bitter. Now that she saw that Shade seemed to have succeeded, she wanted to congratulate her in a low voice. But perhaps the continuous chewing action caused her to make a mistake. After opening her mouth, she was stunned for a moment, and then she said to the green dragon witch in an embarrassed lowered voice:

"Can you give me some more tea?"

"Yes, but the amount of tea won't make learning any less difficult."

The dragon maid reminded, and Iluna pursed her lips:

"Well, sorry, I accidentally swallowed the tea."

"Ahem!"

Hearing this, the gray wolf girl on the other side of Iluna failed to adjust her breathing rhythm, and made obvious swallowing movements, and even choked because of it. Seeing that both Iluna and Miss Wild were attracted by her coughing, the wolf behind her swung its tail to hide it, and then whispered with the same embarrassment with a blushing face:

"I want some more tea, too."

Fortunately, the only remaining Miss Metz was in a very stable mood. She just chewed tea leaves and looked at these people. When she recalled the happy scene just now, she somehow thought of many things that she didn't know.

That was her early memory. She seemed to have lived in a huge academy. But she had no idea that she had such an experience.

The forty minutes this time seemed to be plenty, but because I went out once, the end came to an end in the blink of an eye. And before the time came to an end, except for Shade who really learned the power through trickery, the other three girls just felt that chewing dry tea leaves was really bitter.

However, they have more time to stay here than Shade, so what limits their study is not time, but the total amount of tea brought by Shade.

Fortunately, based on this calculation, the "courses" of the gray wolf girl Miss Bister and the green dragon witch Miss Wilder should be considered completed. Iluna's course can be carried out while Shade is away. She is still very confident about this. of.

The last one left is Miss Metz, who is wearing glasses. As long as she completes her course next time, everyone can listen to the teachings of the gods, and then return to their starting points safely with their respective gains. In this way, Although this time adventure requires diving and fighting, it is not actually very complicated.

Before Shade was about to leave, he did not forget to remind Metz to write a new list of required materials. At this time, Iluna and Miss Bist were still chewing tea leaves hard. The latter even wanted to "feel happiness" better, It had turned into a small gray wolf and huddled on the mat, while little Mia lay on Shade's lap and looked at her curiously.

In the small corner of my outsider's heart, I hope that little Mia can learn something from Miss Bister.

The green dragon girl, who had put on her apron again, was standing by the fire making new black tea. She seemed to be in a really good mood. Miss Metz, who took the pen and paper from Shade, turned her head and spat out the tea leaves before saying:

"I originally thought about what I needed, but when I was chewing tea leaves just now, I recalled some things from the past."

Speaking of the companions this time, Shade almost knew the origins and stories of the gray wolf and the green dragon, but he and Miss Metz barely exchanged a few words:

"This is a strange statement. Have you ever lost your memory?"

Shade asked curiously. The human witch wearing glasses hesitated for a moment before shaking her head:

"At least I don't know that I have ever lost my memory. My memory of my life experience is very complete. But just now, for some reason, I suddenly remembered that I lived in a very big college for a long time. But I completely I don’t know which stage of my life that belongs to.”

Shade immediately looked at Miss Wilder, and the dragon maid who was wagging her tail and making tea immediately denied:

“No, these teas are not hallucinogenic!”

"It has nothing to do with tea. I feel that those are not hallucinations, those are very real memories."

Miss Metz shook her head vigorously and then began to write on the papers:

"There are many scenes of my learning in those memories. I found that the content in the memories overlapped with the content in this book "The Blessing of Books". So I adjusted the original teaching content, so that you might be able to learn it. More useful knowledge.”

Iluna, who quietly spat out the tea leaves, said:

"But are those memories really okay? My job is to investigate and deal with abnormal events. When strange memories suddenly appear like this, and there is also knowledge attached to the memory, there is usually no good outcome."

So the gray wolf on the cushion also spit out the tea leaves quietly. Although the werewolf's sense of taste is similar to that of humans, it is more sensitive. She has long been unable to stand the bitter taste of these specially processed tea leaves:

"Miss Metz, in what college do you remember your college life?"

As he spoke, he changed from the gray wolf form back to the human form, which made the cat's big amber eyes brighter.

"Sorry, that memory is not particularly complete yet."

She hurriedly wrote a few more lines in the notebook that Sha De handed over, and then handed the notebook to Sha De:

"After those memories appeared, they became clearer and clearer like a spring. I need time to sort them out, but I am very sure that those memories are not some kind of mental pollution."

Shade nodded worriedly and gestured with his eyes to the strongest gray wolf witch here to ask her to pay attention to Miss Metz's situation.

After doing this, this time has come to an end.