Whispering Verse

"Yes, you had a passing experience with Lesia the last time you went to Coldwater Port City. It's just that you didn't see her, but she saw you."

Miss Louisa nodded:

"Later, she sent people to investigate all the hotels nearby, checked the information of the guests, and finally found three possible places to stay, which people have been keeping an eye on. Until yesterday, when you were going to Coldwater Port again, she and I After talking about it, she found you indeed. Lesia is a princess, and she has enough manpower. If she wants to catch you or meet you, it is not a matter of luck, but a matter of time."

"Then why did she use a false identity to meet me?"

This is what Xia De is most confused about:

"Yesterday, I really thought she was a local correspondence magician."

The blonde girl smiled:

"She is the one who often touches her ears. The ruby ​​earrings she wears on her ears are a sage-level relic [the Saint's Curse-Removing Stone]. It was a gift given to her by her teacher when she entered school. The negative characteristics of that relic are very Seriously, when the holder is awake, the relic must be touched every half hour, otherwise the once-suppressed curse will be released. Fortunately, on the morning of our initial exchange, I went to Lesia before she came and remembered to dress up. Therefore, I have formed a small habit, which is difficult to correct. Even if I use my body, I will still do that action subconsciously. Based on this, you will find that Lecia meets you through my body, and it is actually only a few times. .”

She didn't know what she thought of, and blushed a little:

"I trust you very much, and Lesia is also willing to trust you, but she wants to determine what kind of person you are, and what kind of person you will be when you meet her soul and her body. That's why yesterday's matter."

"Then Princess"

"Don't use that title."

"So after yesterday's adventure, what does Princess Lesia think of me?"

Xia De was quite curious. Although his performance yesterday was quite satisfactory and he did not show any advantages or personality charm, he thought that he should be considered a "good person".

"She thinks you are very good, and she gets angry when you talk about it. When you and her were together for most of the day yesterday, she kept refusing me to exchange with her. In fact, I only found out what you met yesterday this morning."

This was why she was a little unhappy when she came in just now.

"Meow~"

Miss Louisa was a little too excited, which scared Mia. Even after spending a whole day with Miss Louisa, the cat still didn't show much affection towards her.

Shade quickly reached out and touched its little head to comfort it.

"Shade, thank you for saving her yesterday. I heard Lesia say that if you weren't here, I'm afraid she really wouldn't be able to get out. That ship blocked the connection between us. When you were in trouble, I felt nothing nothing."

"Do you still need to say thank you?"

Shade shook his head:

"Do you know the seriousness of the mermaid curse on her?"

"Of course I know, but don't worry. The information you obtained on the pirate ship is very important, but even without this, Lesia is a ring magician who once officially studied in the academy under the cooperation between the royal family and Zarath Academy of Literature. Even if she is now a Correspondence education, but if it really can’t be solved, Lesia can also ask Zarathwen School for help.”

Shade felt relieved now, and Miss Louisa took out another piece of letter paper:

"Before I came to see you this morning, we had a brief exchange. She only left this and asked me to give it to you. She didn't talk about yesterday's experience in too much detail."

On the letter paper was Lesia's handwriting. She explained what happened after Shade left early this morning.

The first was the cruise ship. The Church and the Delarian Navy took control of the ship and brought the ship and the corpses on board, as well as the madmen and semi-madmen infected with the curse of the Mermaid Song, back to the cold water port. The people who died on the pirate ship last night were also sent back by the captain as agreed. The dead accounted for one-third of the ordinary people on the ship.

This made the church overjoyed. There had never been such a high survival rate in a similar incident. Although the survivors were all infected with the curse and most of them were mentally ill, this could be considered a miracle.

Although time was a little tight, Lesia still got some news. No ring warlocks who jumped into the sea were found by the church, and the church barely pieced together the cause and effect of the incident from the mouths of those who were traumatized, and learned about the auction and the "fishbone pirate ship."

Even the unusually falling snow after the matter was resolved made the church in Coldwater Port think of more things. But so far, there is no evidence to prove those magical speculations.

After that, Lecia arranged for people to fully inform the church of the information obtained on the ship in the tone of those who had witnessed the incident. She explained in detail the connection between the Sea Return Ceremony and the sage-level relics [Mermaid Song] and [Fishbone Pirate Ship], and even revealed its connection with the evil god [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral]. In this way, it will soon be If a conspiracy occurs, the church can deal with it.

Her Royal Highness the Princess told Shade not to worry about the situation in Coldwater Port. As a member of the Cavendish family, she would of course protect her kingdom. What's more, after the second divine descending incident on the summer night in Tobesk, the Church of the Five Gods spared no effort to investigate the active cults in various parishes in the Old World. That so-called ritual will definitely not succeed.

"I will go to Coldwater Port City again on Wednesday to discuss the curse with her. I am very worried about the 'Sea Return' ceremony."

"Lecia welcomes you to visit her. So what do you think of Lecia?"

When Shade returned the diary to the blonde girl, she took the opportunity to ask, looking at Shade with green eyes that were very similar to the princess.

"It feels beautiful."

Miss Louisa raised her eyebrows:

"anything else?"

"It's very suitable to be friends. She is easy to get along with and very enthusiastic. However, it is really strange to think about it now. Princess Lesia and I are probably very familiar strangers."

Miss Louisa was very satisfied with this answer and corrected her with a smile:

"You will become friends with her. Lesia and I have the same view on you. I originally planned to wait for her to return to Tobesk and let her and I teach you together, but looking at it now, I'm afraid it won't work. It's going to take a while. Very good, Shade, get acquainted with Lesiya as soon as possible. In my opinion, instead of relying on Carina to hang out in Tobesk, you should take advantage of Lesiya's power and move forward properly. The gateway to the upper classes.”

Seeing what Shade wanted to say, Miss Louisa shook her head:

"I don't have a problem with your closeness to Carina, I just want to remind you that that woman may have a mental problem."

As she spoke, the blonde girl stood up to say goodbye, and Shade also stood up.

"In Coldwater Port, you can hang out with Lecia more. She's been bored lately."

Shade suddenly remembered that he had one more thing to say:

"Please wait a minute, this time I bought a very nice souvenir from Coldwater Port City. No, this time it's not free fish."

Miss Louisa was amused by his words. Shade took a few steps quickly and took out the shell bracelet in the box from the table in the study room:

"It's not worth it, but it's a thank you for taking classes every Saturday."

Miss Louisa took the box, opened it, took a look, hesitated and said:

"If you want to give me a gift next time, it's best if you can choose it yourself."

As he spoke, he tied the bracelet on his hand.

Shade looked at her doubtfully, reacted for a moment, and then nodded slowly, guessing that Miss Louisa was not satisfied with Princess Lesia's eyes.

"Oh, I have one more request. Can you let me see more of your diary? This is really more interesting than knight novels and court novels."

Shade asked again, he was really interested. But the blonde female writer pursed her lips, looked at him with green eyes, and the corners of her mouth trembled:

"You can ask Lesia, this is all I have in my diary."

As soon as the foreigner said it, he realized that this request was a bit impolite and smiled sheepishly:

"Well, when the princess comes back, we can meet here together. Then please be sure to tell me your story."

The blonde female writer originally opened the door and was about to go downstairs, but when she heard Shade say these words while holding the door handle, her movements suddenly stopped.

She paused, then turned around. The early morning sun shone into the room and illuminated her face, and something seemed wrong about her expression. I was still smiling just now, but now I feel a little sad:

"After you clean those lunch boxes, return them to me on Saturday."

"OK."

It's probably not the lunch box that makes me sad.

"Also, please call me by my first name from now on. Don't call me Miss Louisa anymore."

Shade nodded again:

"Okay Dorothy."

He still didn't understand. Dorothy looked at him, pursed her lips and gave an explanation:

"I would love to meet you here with her, but Shade, that's not possible."

"Why?"

"Because although our souls are connected to each other, and our powers can even communicate with each other to a limited extent, we cannot get close or look at each other. Once we get close or look at each other, there will be pain like a broken soul."

"What?"

Shade opened his mouth in surprise.

That's why St. Byrons couldn't find Dorothy Louisa's relationship with the royal family because she never had a formal meeting with the princess.

"Yes, we have the closest connection, but we also have a distance that will never see us in person."

The sadness was a little uncontrollable, and Dorothy forced a smile on her face:

"This should be called black humor, right? Two people with such a close relationship can use each other's body, but no matter how much they miss each other, they can never see each other with their own eyes. So, I really hate tragedies."

"this"

"Don't comfort me, I have accepted this fact. It's just that we can't meet each other. It's also fun to write letters using the other person's body. Shade, I have to go back and write the manuscript. The detective story will be serialized next week. Remember to mention it to the provider More material, see you then.”

"Goodbye, Dorothy."

She didn't let Shade send her downstairs, but left alone. Shade stood next to the sofa, listened to the footsteps and came downstairs, then opened the door and closed the door, and suddenly felt a sense of loss:

"The two closest souls can never meet each other."

He couldn't find any words to describe it.

"Meow~"

The cat lying on the sofa meowed softly, then closed its eyes as it lay there. It wasn't in a familiar environment yesterday, so it didn't sleep well all night. Now that she is finally back in her familiar home, Mia is going to sleep.

After all, no matter what happened, to the cat, it didn't matter as long as Shade was still around.

Shade sighed as he saw Dorothy leaving St. Teresa's Place from the living room window.

Now, he once again knew the secrets of his fellow ring warlocks. Now it seems that among the five people, there is a high probability that all of them have problems with their "other self".

But at least he has determined that Dorothy is not the "academic spy" suspected by the college. The academy's suspicions were justified. She was indeed connected to the Delarian royal family, and then to the students of Zarath Academy of Literature. However, this connection was not active, and Dorothy was not stealing the academy's knowledge.

It's a pity that Miss Writer regards her secret connection with Princess Lesia as their deepest secret and doesn't want anyone except Shade to know about it. Otherwise, Shade can help her clarify this matter to the college.

In fact, Shade had already guessed most of Dorothy's secrets after returning from Coldwater Port last night. What he was most worried about at the time was actually the exchange between Dorothy and the princess. It was not only the exchange of souls in space, but also in time. Then there would be meteorites falling or something like that.

Now it seems that these are unnecessary worries for him. And compared to evil gods, meteorites are not a threat to this world at all. Although the thirteen-ring warlocks do not have much advantage over ordinary people when facing gods, it is still very easy to deal with meteorites.

As for what was gained in Coldwater Harbor yesterday, it was not only the secrets of Dorothy and Lesia, nor even the property found in Flamel's safe house, but the magic potion "Elixir of the Fishman" and the Pocket coins.

Seeing Mia asleep on the sofa, Shade put on his slippers and went behind the hidden wall in the basement.

The magic potion "Elixir of Age" was won during a bet with the captain. Shade was not sure of its specific function, so he planned to ask someone.

As for the bag of coins, after Shade returned to Saint Teresa Square, he immediately threw it into the [God's Gift Box] for storage.

He knew there were ten coins inside, but he didn't even dare to open it to see what they were. According to the knowledge gained from the fortune teller Anat, coin-type relics usually have curses, and it is best to store them in a containment tool.

He planned to write to Anat and ask her to come tonight and use these coins for divination. It is better to use these dangerous things as soon as possible. Putting them in the basement always feels like constantly placing steam bombs under the house.

"Oh, I almost forgot about this."

Shade reached out and took out the poet-level relic [Universal Currency] from his pocket, and then also threw it into the [God's Gift Box]. This was won by gambling with Mr. Darkness in the tavern. Not counting the blood money that needed to be left behind to detect other blood money, Shade now had eleven coins to consume.

No matter how unlucky it is, these coins should be enough to find the missing part of the God Summoning Ritual - Contacting the [Diastrophic Door].