Whispering Verse

"Copywriter? This is what I wrote."

Upon hearing Shade's request, Priest Augustus pointed to himself and asked doubtfully:

"Is there anything wrong with the speech?"

"No, no problem, it's just...priest, are you good at this kind of thing?"

Shade asked again, and Priest August nodded with some satisfaction:

"I entered the church in my twenties and was responsible for similar clerical work most of the time. I have been writing speeches and public documents for a lifetime."

Shade looked at the old man in front of him with great admiration. Compared to Dorothy, who often polished reports, Priest August was actually a real talent.

After finishing his speech, Shade's work in the church was basically completed. Bishop Owen took time out of his busy schedule to meet with him. Not only did he give him 20 pounds as a lecture fee, he also encouraged him to come to church frequently. It seemed that the bishop believed that the outsider had the potential to become that kind of senior devout believer.

Hamilton of Rejed, in turn with Bishop Owen, gave an interview to the Torbesk Morning News in the bishop's office. The magnesium strip flash of an old camera is very bright, but the questions you ask are already prepared. Shade stood there with a smile on his face. Most of the time it was Bishop Owen who spoke. He only needed to praise the arrangements of the church today.

This money is really easy to make.

After the interview, Priest August also brought Shade a church donation voucher that he planned to reimburse in August.

It was already evening, and Shade, who had been busy all afternoon, finally had time to take the cat for a walk around the celebration square.

This afternoon, after eating, Mia followed Shade obediently. When Shade participated in activities, he lay quietly on Shade's lap, either dozing off or staring at his tail. When Shade was giving a speech, the cat lay next to the water glass on Shade's right hand side, so that once when he was carrying the water glass, Shade almost picked up the cat.

The cat, who was still timid about the unfamiliar celebration environment at noon, has almost completely adapted to it. So after saying goodbye to Bishop Owen, Shade thought about taking the cat outside to take a look.

Just as he and Priest August left the bishop's office, a tall middle-aged priest hurried over:

"Mr. Hamilton! Someone is looking for you."

“Don’t run around in church.”

Priest Augustus said to the priest quite seriously, and the latter apologized in a low voice and said that the person looking for Shade outside was from Duchess Carina Cavendish.

"You have something to do again?"

The priest asked Xia De with interest, and Xia De didn't know why the other party was looking for him. But according to previous experiences, Miss Carina must have something important to do every time she comes to him.

"Then I'll go first, priest, and say goodbye to Bishop Owen for me."

"I'll give it to you."

With that said, the two said goodbye to the priest and walked out along the corridor. After turning the corner, the priest looked back and saw no one behind him, so he whispered to Shade:

"I remember you still have 15 credits left. If nothing happens the day after tomorrow on Thursday, go to a place with me. Half the chance is an evil spirit, and half the chance the relic is out of control."

"Oh? Priest, is there anyone else going together besides us?"

Shade also asked quietly.

Of course he will go. Although he hopes that Iluna, who will return to Tobesk soon, will bring him new things, after all, there is only a probability of finding trouble there. If the priest also has problems to deal with here, of course Shade will not Will miss the opportunity.

"Just the two of us, two second-level warlocks are enough, and we both know how to exorcise demons."

Priest August said that two young priests holding documents happened to pass by. Priest August stopped to greet them and asked about the distribution of promotional pages.

"Priest, I'm going to pick someone up from the train station on Thursday morning."

This refers to Iluna who has returned from the Holy See of the Church of the Sun. She has been away for more than a week.

"How about we meet at the door of the church at ten o'clock?"

"No, not at church. I will go to your house to find you at ten o'clock on Thursday morning."

The priest said, then patted Shade on the shoulder:

"If the relic is really out of control, all the credit for this time will be given to you. I calculated that the mercury vial you mentioned is worth about 4 or five credits. If this incident is really a relic out of control, You submitted the report and the dangerous relic that was out of control. Even if it is just a clerical-level relic, it is worth at least 9 credits, which is almost enough."

The doctor obtained the Keeper-level relic [the forged Philosopher's Stone] for only five credits. That was because the academy provided a large number of clues. In addition to the credits, there was also a private reward from the professor who issued the mission. More importantly, the doctor only submitted the relics, while Shade may provide a containment report that can be used for future reference.

"Priest, how can I thank you?"

Shade was a little embarrassed.

"No need to thank you, it's just a small thing, and it's not necessarily a relic. Doctors and others will help you in this way if they have the chance. Remember what happened on Thursday, we will meet on time at Saint Teresa Square at ten in the morning. Also, I will bring you the Feast of Holy Prayer souvenirs you want and the magic potion you asked me to identify on Thursday."

"No problem, priest."

After leaving the church gate and saying goodbye to the priest, Shade stood on the high steps and saw Miss Carina's carriage parked at the edge of the square.

I walked quickly through the vendors in the square with my cat in my arms. I glanced at the seminarian student who was wearing a hat and standing on a stool and giving a loud speech. When I passed by the stall selling shiny souvenirs, the cat in my arms meowed. He screamed and wanted to take a look, but Shade didn't stop.

As soon as he approached the carriage, the police came to stop him, but after the coachman said something, Shade was allowed to approach the carriage.

The door on one side of the carriage was pushed open, and he walked in with his head lowered. I thought that the maid lady Tifa Servit would be in the car, but I didn't expect that the maid lady and Miss Carina were both there.

After not seeing each other for more than a week, the Duchess, who was injured due to the divine incident, seems to have fully recovered. She greeted Shade with a smile while holding the tea cup, and then asked Shade to sit down and talk.

The carriage started slowly and left Dawn Square. There was a buzz of people outside the carriage. Although only believers would come to the church to participate in the celebration, and the excitement of the celebration could not affect the entire city, this was already the most lively scene Shade had ever seen in the world.

"Good afternoon, Detective."

The scent of perfume, known as the "witch's scent", is very strong in the car.

"Good afternoon, Miss Carina."

Shade responded, and then asked in confusion:

"Where are we going?"

"send you home."

"Um?"

"I happened to go to Yodel Palace today, and when I was about to go back, I thought of something I wanted to tell you. I knew you would come to participate in the Feast of Holy Prayer, so I came directly here to find you. Did I disturb your mood for the festival? "

She asked with a smile, while the maid quietly poured tea for Shade:

"No need to bother me. I originally planned to go home later. After all, I have something to do in the evening."

"That's good. I'm not giving you a task this time, but I have two important things to tell you."

She looked at the black-haired maid, who carefully took out an iron triangular object from her pocket and dropped it on the floor. It should be something like a "Silent Note Spell".

"The first thing is to confirm that "The Whispering Canto" is completely correct. After the first chosen one appeared, other witches in the council have become active recently. This group of people actually preferred to stay in one place before... ...So Detective, you'd better not leave Tobesk casually, not every witch is as friendly as me."

Miss Carina warned.

"Yes, I understand."

Shade nodded:

"What about the second thing?"

"There's news about the second chosen one."

"Um?"

Shade's surprise at this moment was as if he suddenly discovered that little Mia was catching mice. Although this incident is normal, it is not normal.

"The Church of the Righteous God, the Academy of Thaumaturgy, as well as ring magicians including the Council and other organizations, fought in the newly excavated Fifth Age ruins in the New World to snatch the brand-new stone tablet engraved with the content of "The Whispering Canto". The stone tablet finally I don’t know who got it, but almost everyone knows the content on the slate. I think it will spread around the world in a few days.”

Although such an important topic was mentioned, the red-haired duchess still spoke in a relaxed tone:

"Don't worry, this time it has nothing to do with us. That stone tablet does not directly give the identity of the selected person, but delineates a range."

"What exactly did you say?"

Shade hurriedly asked, which made Miss Carina a little confused:

"Are you interested in the chosen one? Well, young gentleman, you cannot win the favor of the ladies by being so impatient."

She teased, and the maid smiled.

"The stone tablet says that before darkness falls, the chosen one is in danger on the sea. That is the direction of the setting sun, that is the harbor of the old land, and he will escape from the bandits on the ocean."

The "ta" here uses a gender-neutral personal pronoun, which means the gender is uncertain.

Shade's face tightened and his mouth closed subconsciously because he thought of something:

"Um......"

"This is an obvious instruction. It probably means that before the chosen one truly awakens, he will be in danger on the west coast of the Old World. The danger encountered is related to pirates, but since it is worthy of being written in "The Whispering Psalms", then the so-called pirates are not Probably a common pirate."

"Um......"

Miss Carina concluded:

"Counting from the time half a year before the first chosen one appeared, until now, among the escapees from the mysterious pirate incident that appeared on the west coast of the Old World, one must be the second chosen one. "

She nodded as she spoke, and the maid lady said:

"The prophecies of the Witch Emperors are really accurate. They can predict events thousands of years from now with such accuracy."

Only Shade didn't speak. He hugged the cat and kept his mouth shut. No one knew what he was thinking.

There were more than ten ring warlocks on the cruise ship yesterday, and most of them were still alive when they finally jumped off the ship and escaped.

Now he finally figured out why the cruise ship happened to encounter a sage-level relic. If he guessed correctly, the ship the witch was talking about was most likely referring to them. I encountered the relic because there were selected people on the cruise ship who were not fully awakened.

But if you think about it carefully, the west coast of the Old World is so long from south to north. This is definitely not the only incident involving pirates. Maybe Shade's guess is not true.

"You should know that the ancient organizations have more or less mastered some fragments of "The Whispering Psalms." Now with such important information, combined with the clues in their hands, the church and college have begun a comprehensive search, and the parliament has also Working in secret. I think it won't take a few days to find out which incident the chosen one survived. The witches from the council will rush there to investigate, just like I came to Tobesk."

Miss Carina said again, and then Shade, who was holding the cat, spoke:

"Just a few days? Doesn't this require a large-scale search? I thought it would take a few months."

The witch smiled:

"Shade, although the world is dangerous, at least the civilized world is safer. The depths of the ocean are areas where all kinds of weird incidents occur, but the areas near the coastline are still very peaceful. Otherwise, the kingdom's offshore fishery would have collapsed long ago. Counting from half a year ago, how many things do you think can happen offshore? No, actually not many. What's more, the time span should not even start from half a year ago, but a few months ago, after all The Whispering Cantos refers to the time period 'nearly before awakening'."

"Although the time span is not large, the west coast of the Old World is very long."

Shade whispered, and Miss Carina shook her head again and said in a teaching tone:

"Things related to pirates, you can imagine, are definitely not just a static object. Most of the relics in such incidents are higher than the Keeper level. Think about it carefully, Shade, the level of the relics is above the Keeper level. What is the probability of something like this happening? Think about it again, most of these things happen in the deep sea far away from the coast, how many of them can happen on the coastline?”