Whispering Verse

Warm yellow light illuminated Shade's face and his whole body. At this moment, Shade could even imagine that this light would illuminate this street, this city, and this world.

The fall of night is the fear of all civilizations, but the light of civilization drives away this darkness:

"This is civilization, this is light. The light of civilization"

For a moment, there was vague steam appearing from behind, and at the same time, the spirit and elements in the soul were moving crazily:

"No, no!"

But the touch at this moment actually subsided, and Shade did not obtain the Enlightenment Rune.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes and exhaled, the light of the bright lights was vaguely reflected in his eyes.

Because they have seen more, understood more, and understood more, foreigners know that [civilization] is definitely not that simple. It is precisely because he knows the weight of civilization that he cannot obtain that heavy spiritual rune just by relying on this moment of touch.

"The fire of civilization is shining at this moment, but civilization is definitely not just shining at this moment."

Shade closed his eyes again, trying to firmly imprint the sensation of numbness on his scalp into his memory.

He did not regret that he had not been able to condense the feelings of "light" and "civilization" into spiritual runes. It would be a shame if [Civilization] was used here. He wanted more.

"oh!"

Unexpectedly, he was hit by someone with his eyes closed. Xia De was shocked and completely broke away from the illusion that he had just seen the entire civilization at a glance.

He hurriedly reached out to check his wallet and belongings, but everything was there, and the other person seemed to have really just bumped into him.

Standing at the entrance of the alley and looking to the left side of Silver Cross Avenue, among the bustling crowd, it was impossible to tell who had bumped into him just now.

Shade wanted to ask the voice in her heart and ask her to confirm the clothes of the guy who hit her just now, but then she found that a crumpled newspaper like garbage had fallen under her feet.

"Was there something here just now?"

Thinking suspiciously, he picked up the newspaper on the ground. This is tonight's "Terrael River Evening News". The rest of the evening news is normal, but on the edge of the second page, a series of numbers are written lightly in pencil.

[This was left behind by the person who hit you just now. 】

The sound in my ears rang at the right time.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Xia De thought in surprise, looking around for the person who threw the newspaper:

"Could it be that the way of meeting Lesiya has changed, and this is a new contact code? But it's just numbers, not a code book. Besides, it's just a one-time meeting, why does it look like a spy contact?"

Just as he was thinking about it, his eyes suddenly darkened. It turned out that a four-wheeled carriage was parked at the entrance of the alley, covering up the gas lights coming from Silver Cross Avenue.

The coachman who tightened the reins lowered his hat and nuzzled at Shade. Shade saw the gorgeous falcon emblem on the door on the side of the carriage. Judging from the decoration on the outside of the badge, it is the family crest of a certain marquis. It seems that the carriage was borrowed by Lesia.

Shade immediately got into the carriage according to Dorothy's instructions, and the carriage drove forward again without any hesitation.

"etc."

In the carriage, Shade held the cushion under his buttocks and sat down, then frowned and looked at the newspaper in his hand:

"If Lesia's carriage arrived on time, then what kind of trash is this newspaper? Am I overthinking it?"

Shade thought again of the divination conducted by President Stan not long ago:

"The way I was dressed just now couldn't be a coincidence. The person who bumped into me thought I was someone else, right?"

Shade pursed his lips, folded the newspaper and stuffed it into his pocket. Whether this newspaper is trash or something else, that's not what tonight is about.

Let's welcome Lesia back to Tobesk tonight.

There was no conversation between the driver and Shade along the way. After the carriage left Silver Cross Avenue, it first drove east, then turned south, and finally stopped at the entrance of Hummingbird Pedestrian Street on the edge of the University District and Tobesk South District.

After the carriage stopped, Shade quickly got out of the car. But before he could thank the coachman, the coachman turned the carriage around and returned the same way.

“What a professional.”

Shade whispered, looked around, and walked towards the one on the left.

The "Red Flame Restaurant" Dorothy mentioned was on Hummingbird Walk. Shade saw the sign as soon as he got off the carriage. But because she asked Shade to walk around twice to kill time and wait until 7:40 before entering the restaurant, Shade did not walk directly there. Instead, he put his hands in his pockets and wanted to walk on the pedestrian street.

The nobles of Tobesk usually live in the south city. In addition, it is close to the university district, so the neighborhood is very prosperous. Now night has completely fallen, but the shops facing the street are not closed yet.

Shade looked around and spent fifteen minutes walking from one end of the pedestrian street to the other. Most of the time he stopped at a shop specializing in steam pipes and discussed some topics about pipe models with the shop owner.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shade straightened his clothes and then came to the door of the Red Flame Restaurant. This is a high-end restaurant with waiters greeting guests at the door.

Seeing Xia De coming with a rose, he immediately greeted him:

"Is this Mr. Hamilton?"

he asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

Shade also lowered his voice. The middle-aged waiter in uniform nodded, and then led Shade from the first floor to the second floor. After pushing open the door at the end of the corridor, he bent down and made an invitation to come in. After Shade entered, he carefully closed the door.

But there was no Lesia Cavendish in the room. There were three maids in the room. Two of them Shade has never met before, and the oldest middle-aged maid is Ms. Hells. Shade has met her at Sophia's mansion in Coldwater Port. She is a person whom Lesia trusts very much.

"Mr. Hamilton."

Seeing Shade entering the door, Ms. Hells came over hurriedly, and then whispered:

"Sorry, His Highness has encountered something and may not be able to come for a while."

"It's okay. Is it a troublesome thing? Do you need my help?"

Shade asked.

"Things about Yodel Palace."

She hesitated for a moment:

"His Majesty and His Highness Rendal Cavendish had a quarrel over the advance legion of the New World Kingdom, so His Highness cannot leave for the time being."

"Oh, there's no need to worry, this matter is important."

Shade said quite understandingly.

The New World Advance Corps is a New World expedition team organized by the Kingdom of Delarian. It is responsible for drawing maps, exploring minerals, cooperating with scholars and churches to explore some ancient ruins, and establishing semi-permanent settlements in the coastal areas of the New World to maintain order among adventurers.

This is one of the most important military operations of the kingdom. Some people believe that the progress of Delarion and Kasenric's development of the New Continent will determine the overall order of the Old Continent in the next five hundred years.

So Shade had dinner alone. After the meal, Lecia had not arrived yet, but she sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that it would take some time.

Therefore, Shade could only go to the opera house with three maids and listen to the opera in the box while waiting. Lesia knew that Shade could not appreciate the art of opera, so she specially chose "Children of Light" which had a stronger story. The story tells the story of the ancient warriors who inherited the light, defeated fear and darkness, and passed on courage and knowledge.

This is a more typical old-style knight opera.

Shade was not very interested in opera, and even the gorgeously dressed female actors on the stage did not interest him much. It was the discussion of "light" in the story that made him think deeply for a while.

He has been reading "Crazy Light Chaser" for two months, and Shade has already had a premonition that the spiritual runes related to it are about to be born. It may be the next moment, it may take a few days, but it won't be long.

"What exactly is light?"

This is what Shade is thinking about. Unless he is lucky enough to directly obtain the [Light] Spirit Rune, once it is a spiritual rune derived from a concept, his understanding will affect the specific meaning of the spiritual rune.

"Dark Nemesis, Bond, Light of Civilization, Justice, and Moonlight, don't forget this."

When he went to the bathroom on the way, Shade was still thinking about this matter. After leaving the bathroom and listening to the singing voice that was weakened by the soundproof wall, I walked towards the private room. When I passed through the corridor covered with red carpets and hung with portraits of famous singers, I met a maid lady.

Because serious maid skirts have roughly the same style, Shade, who doesn't know much about women's clothes, thought her outfit was the same as Lesia's maid.

And the maid came to see him as expected:

"Mr. Hamilton, His Highness sent me to find you."

"Lecia is here?"

Xia De was overjoyed, but remained calm on the surface:

"Okay, let's go back."

So the maid led the way, but as she walked, Shade felt something was wrong. The box he had just taken didn't seem to be in this direction:

"Oh, I understand, I need to be more careful, so I changed the place."

I was thinking in my mind, and then I was led to the door of the private room on the third floor by the maid who spoke in a low voice.

After knocking on the door, I got an immediate response of allowing entry.

So Shade adjusted his collar before walking in.

He saw a red-haired girl in front of him, and he was about to say hello when he realized that the person was wrong. A princess indeed, and a Cavendish indeed. But not Lesia Cavendish, but Agelina Cavendish.

The sixteen-year-old princess noticed the astonished expression on Shade's face and put down the bone folding fan in her hand:

"Mr. Hamilton, you seem surprised to see me."

Agelina Cavendish, who was wearing a blue fluffy dress, touched her face to make sure there was nothing on her face:

"My maids said they saw you just now, so I asked them to find you. After the last meeting at the Prophet's Association, I have been looking forward to you joining my salon, but I haven't received your letter yet. Good evening, Rejed's Hamilton."