Whispering Verse

Seeing Shade looking at her maid, Miss Carina put down her tea cup and said:

"However, if you have any other questions, I can tell you."

"Yes, Miss Carina, I do have some problems with my studies as a ring warlock. This is the case. In the past few months, I have been learning the spiritual runes of [Light] through "Crazy Light Chaser", but the progress is a bit slow. , so I would like to ask for your opinion.”

To fight against the demons in the [Dark Realm], you need the [Light] Spirit Rune. Shade felt that he was just one step away, so he asked the witch for advice.

"[Light]? I'm not good at this, but Xiwei is very good at it."

Behind Miss Aurora's seat in the [Witch Council] is the rune representing "light". At the same time, the light magic she used when fighting Darkness in the Fishman Temple also left a deep impression on Shade.

"I will help you make arrangements for you to meet with Xiwei in the parliament before Thursday at the latest. I think she will be happy to help you."

Miss Carina said, then leaned lazily on the back of the sofa and looked at Shade:

"But what exactly do you want to do? It's not just about learning, right?"

There was a smile in her eyes:

"Although Tifa refused to talk about what happened to the ophthalmologist, when I was looking for someone to confirm the doctor's condition, I took a look nearby. There seemed to be traces of demons there, and the demons in the [Dark Realm] are hidden. The servants of the Servant just want to use the [Light] Spirit Rune to fight. Shade, what are you going to do? Why are you suddenly interested in that place?"

She touched her chin and saw that Shade wanted to speak, but stopped him:

"No, don't lie to me. It's better to say nothing than to get a lie. I won't force you to tell your secrets, but you must pay attention to your own safety."

She said softly:

"I can understand that ring wizards inevitably have to take various adventures. But Shade, if you die, I will be very sad."

Shade didn't know what to say. He raised his head and looked at the black-haired maid standing behind Miss Carina. The latter shook her head and motioned for him not to say anything.

Temporarily shelving the investigation to find the blue-gray shorthair cat, Shade took the time to find Luvia and Iluna on Monday afternoon. The three met at St. Teresa Square. Shade told them that Darkness had already News that appeared in the area around Tobesk.

Although they had long expected that he would come to this city at the end of the Flower Moon, when he actually arrived, the three of them suddenly became nervous.

Miss Carina wanted to kill Darkness herself, but Luvia just wanted to make sure that Darkness would not become the second chosen one, or that he would die after becoming the chosen one. Therefore, next, Iluna, who will definitely be incorporated into the team to fight against Darkness by the Church, will pass on the information about Darkness.

Once the church fails to prevent Darkness from entering the [Dark Realm] and gives it the opportunity to conduct the Chosen Ceremony of which the full details are not yet known, then Shade and the other three will personally enter the out-of-control angel-level relics. Coverage, three people take action to kill Darkness.

Shade still hopes that the church or the witch can succeed, which will save him a lot of trouble.

"Shadow, are you going to Queen Diana's birthday party on Wednesday?"

After talking about Darkness, Luvia asked. Shade nodded:

"Do you want to participate too?"

"Yes, Marquis Emanus Grassley, Marquis Lacan Jacques, and Marquis Heinrich Ocken wanted to organize a Rhodes card game at the banquet, so they sent a letter to the Prophets Association, hoping that the association would send work Personnel are on site to conduct Rhodes card identification, card issuance and other tasks.”

She smiled somewhat relaxedly and said:

"This is a good job. Although I can only attend the banquet because of work, you can't enter this kind of banquet casually. The association has been arguing for a long time about the quota. I'm lucky. My name is on the list. Shade, We can have a dance at the banquet then.”

Iluna remained silent. She was busy with work recently. Even if she received an invitation, she would definitely not have time to attend the royal banquet.

"Dancing? No problem"

Shade was smiling, but suddenly he thought of a new question:

"Dorothy will definitely attend the banquet, and Lecia gave her an invitation. There is a high probability that Priest Augustus will also attend the banquet. As the most respected clergyman of Dawn Church in this diocese, there is no reason why Bishop Owen should not attend the banquet. Hold him. In this way, except the doctor, all four members of the team will appear at the banquet on Wednesday night. I wonder if Dr. Schneider will also go."

Considering what happened the last time the five members of the group gathered at Lakeview Manor for a banquet, Shade frowned. Although it was impossible for Tobesk to have another divine accident, for the sake of safety, he still had to ask the doctor about his schedule for Wednesday night.

Judging from the doctor's luck, if he really wanted to attend the banquet, then Shade would have to consider bringing all the relics and casting materials before going to the Yodel Palace for the banquet.

After discussing their recent actions with Luvia and Iluna, Shade took the time to go to Coldwater Port again that evening and brought back all the doctor's materials entrusted to the Seven Broomsticks Tavern.

With this reason, I wrote a letter to the doctor on Tuesday morning, stating that I would visit him in the afternoon with the materials, and then I took the lazy Mia out for a long time, preparing to look for the blue-gray short-haired kitten. .

Shade thought it was not good for Mia to stay at home all the time. It would be better for her physical and mental health to occasionally walk around the city with him and breathe fresh air.

There was still mist in Tobesk today, and the weather was a bit bad. It seemed like it was going to rain. Therefore, even though it was already nine o'clock in the morning after I finished sending the letter, the sky was still dim.

The client, Mrs. Midela, lives in the west district of Tobesk, and the place where the cat was lost is near the Golden Wool Textile Factory.

The day before yesterday evening, the old man went to the factory with his cat to do some work. On his way home a block away from the textile factory, he stopped and wanted to go to the copper shop to customize a brand new smoke pot. But when he reached out to push open the door of the shop, the cat He escaped from the embrace, got into the alley and was never seen again.

"Mia won't run away like this one day, right?"

When he boarded the carriage and was about to set off, Shade suddenly thought of it. But when he lowered his head to look at the lazy cat because he went out, he felt that his worries were completely unnecessary.

So the carriage carried Shade across the Terrarel River that crossed the city, and dropped him off on the east side of the street with the "Minkwell Street" sign.

Shade took the cat into "Johnson's Copper Shop". He was first attracted by the exquisite copper engravings depicting the street scene of Silver Cross Avenue hanging in the copper shop. Curious, he inquired about the price and spent 4 pounds 16 shillings. He bought it for a price and asked the shopkeeper to send it to Saint Teresa Square. Shade wanted to hang it on the corner of the stairs as a decoration.

Then, he asked the shop owner about the area where wild cats gathered nearby. Because Shade was spending a lot of money, the elderly shopkeeper enthusiastically pointed Shade to the "Good Luck Bookstore" diagonally opposite the copper shop. The shopkeeper there liked to feed cats in the nearby alley.

So Shade went to the bookstore again. The fat middle-aged female shopkeeper heard that Shade was helping people find cats, and immediately said that the old lady Midela had already searched all the nearby wild cat gathering spots the day before yesterday.

But Shade thought it was still necessary to go and have a look. The female shopkeeper also enthusiastically told Shade three locations, which were the garbage at the end of the alley next door where the steam pipes were piled, and across the street from Minkwell Street. station, and the grassy backyard of the shipping company at the end of the street, which is being renovated.

Shade first looked at the rusted steam pipes according to the distance. The diameter of these pipes is very large, enough for cats of any size to get through. They may have been originally intended to be the city's main steam pipes, but they were placed here for unknown reasons.

After Shade walked around the garbage pile and approached the pipes, the Mia cat on his shoulder suddenly raised its nose, and then let out a menacing, sharp cry. While frightening Shade, the three stray cats that had been hiding in the pipe jumped out and ran away along the alley.

There were no blue-gray short-haired kittens among them.

"Mia!"

"Meow~"

Shade looked seriously at little Mia on his shoulder, who also looked at him with wide eyes.

"Don't scream, I'm working. If you scare the target away, I will expand the search atmosphere to the entire city."

He regretted bringing Mia out. The cat probably hated Shade's approach to other cats.

Then we came to the shipping company, which was originally the office of a grain station. It was sold to the shipping company a few weeks ago and is therefore being renovated. The old man at the gate initially did not allow Shade to enter at will, but seeing that he had neglected to drop the one shilling silver coin in his wallet on the ground, he allowed him in.

Sure enough, there was a group of stray cats in the grass in the backyard. Mia didn't bark this time, but when Shade rummaged through the grass to look for them, she was obviously a little unhappy.

But unfortunately, there is no missing cat here either.

Finally, we went to the garbage disposal station farthest from the place where the cat was lost. This is a public department set up by the city hall and covers a large area. Although it is a garbage disposal station, it is only responsible for recycling metal waste from nearby neighborhoods. After sorting it, some metal materials can be reused.

But this does not mean that people in this era have the idea of ​​"sustainable development". Shade heard from Priest August that this is a new government department established by the civil servants in the city hall in order to expand the influence of the department. It doesn't have much use other than draining tax dollars.

Because it is a free time, the people who work here are very keen to feed the stray cats in nearby neighborhoods. In addition, the yard of the metal garbage disposal station is quite large, so it has become a gathering place for stray cats.