Whispering Verse

"Okay, let's split up. After returning home from the witch, I will immediately prepare to enter the dark realm, casting materials, relics and the box that seals the devil. As soon as there is any bad news, we will set off. Luvia , after you come back from the black market, in addition to preparing the ritual to seal the devil, don't forget to inform our other friend, even if you can't find her, you must find a way to leave a message for her."

Iluna has been temporarily assigned to the Sun Church's special operations team these days, so she will not be in the security company.

"Okay, detective. Be careful. We've been preparing for this for so long, and now it's really time."

Luvia reached out and hugged Shade.

"Yes, it's time."

Shade hugged the purple-eyed girl with a serious look on his face.

After the Cold Water Port incident, he had been waiting for Darkness' arrival. They had long known that once Darkness appeared, it would be a decisive battle. But when it comes to this moment, it feels a little unreal.

But no matter what, since we have decided to witness the thirteen chosen ones, there is no way to escape this matter.

Shade and Luvia separated in Psalm Square. Shade got on the carriage and went directly to Miss Carina's manor in the south of the city without even going home.

It was just a very unfortunate coincidence that neither Miss Carina nor Tifa were in the manor. Shade learned from the housekeeper of the manor that the duchess accompanied Queen Diana to the racecourse to relax.

This somewhat disrupted Shade's arrangements. Shade originally thought that he could take the Dark Box back with him on this trip, so that he could use the last key from 1784 to complete the gamble with three Rhodes cards and obtain the light. Spirit runes.

But they were not here, and Shade couldn't wait here for too long. After all, Luvia might go to St. Teresa Square to find him at any time.

So he left a letter, explaining the matter of Darkness in detail, and hoped that the duchess would send someone to send the Dark Box to Saint Teresa Square as soon as possible while handling the matter.

Asking the housekeeper to deliver the letter to the Royal Racecourse in person, Shade returned to the city in a carriage and went straight to his home.

The sound of him opening the door and going upstairs was so hurried that Mia at home was startled and thought something had happened. While Shade was packing the items he might need, the orange cat kept following Shade's feet, as if he was worried that Shade would run away from home with his luggage but not take it with him.

The gun of kindness that can kill with one hit on certain occasions, the pages of poems that may deliver the dream of St. Byrons College at any time, the last pirate's blood money, the twenty-sided dice that interferes with the fortune of divination, and the youth used for healing. The immortal leaf, the demon hunting seal against demons, and the reincarnation ring that can be used as a life, are all on him.

The soul fishing rod is inconvenient to carry, so it is left at home, but as the key item, the god's gift box must be brought.

But this box was also inconvenient to carry, so Shade used the needles, threads, fabrics and scissors at home to make an ugly backpack.

Putting the heavy metal box into the cloth bag, Shade tried to carry it and jumped a few times. After confirming that it was strong, he placed it on the coffee table. Opening the lid of the box, I thought about whether I should put some relics that were not used in battle into the box instead of putting them on my body to prevent losing control due to the dark realm.

"Safety first, just keep it all on your body."

He thought for a while, then put the demon hunting seal and the reincarnation ring on his right hand, and the soul crystal ring on his left hand. Although Shade has no desire to become a woman, when necessary, life is still more important than principles.

After looking at his hand, Shade took off the pebble ring again:

"The change between positive and negative is the beginning of a new life."

He quickly recited the incantation to prevent himself from forgetting when it was time to use it, and then put the ring on his finger again.

At the same time, Mia the cat, who had always regarded the metamorphosis ring as a toy, squatted on the sofa and stared at Shade. Seeing that Shade was muttering a list of items in a low voice, with no intention of returning the ring or playing with it, the small orange cat meowed again, flicked its tail, looked at its paws, and was placed on the coffee table by Shade. relics.

"There is also a weak angel potion, don't forget this."

Get up from the sofa and take out the potion that was kept away from light from the locked drawer in the study. Next to this tube of medicine is eye drops that are as viscous as oil. The ophthalmologist mixed the precious red drops into the medicine. Although it doesn't allow eye magic to evolve like red potion, it has the effect of enhancing eyesight, so Shade took out this one as well.

I stood in the living room and thought about it:

"Help me think about it, is there anything else I need to prepare?"

Your door lock.

She whispered softly in her ear, and Shade immediately patted his forehead:

"Oh, yes, don't forget this. Even if Miss Carina doesn't have time to send the Dark Box, the last chance can still provide me with 20 minutes of safety and rest. Not to mention, once I win If you win the bet, you might even get a chance to briefly talk to the God of Gamblers. It’s really the right choice to not use the key in advance.”

While praising himself, he took the time key and put it in his pocket. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa looking at the relics on the coffee table.

At this moment, outsiders don’t know whether they should be nervous or excited.

It was past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon when I returned home from Miss Carina's manor, and it was already almost five o'clock after packing up the items that might be used for the adventure.

Shade didn't want to miss Luvia's news because of eating, so he just had some bread at home for dinner. At this time, Mia, who was still eating cod liver oil mixed with cat food, thought that Shade was out of food.

So, this cat, which was very rare, did not finish all the food that Shade gave it, but left some. Then it stood on the dining table and came to Shade with its little head holding its own small bowl.

Shade was still a little anxious, but when he saw little Mia's appearance, he felt inexplicably relaxed:

"I've been preparing for this for so long, nothing will happen."

He didn't change into his home clothes, but wore clothes that were convenient for going out. He took Miss Feliana's notebook on the sofa and looked through it that night.

Luvia finally knocked on the door downstairs at around ten o'clock on this Thursday night. Judging from her appearance, she had not been idle all afternoon and evening:

"The good news is that Darkness and the Bloodweeper have not entered the dark realm so far. The bad news is that the church can't find any trace of them. If a thirteen-ring warlock wants to hide, no one can do it easily. find him."

The purple-eyed girl sat on the sofa a little tiredly:

"The church has received our news, but I couldn't see Iluna. She went directly to the south of the city with the church's team. I think the church is planning to let the Sun Sword lead it if something goes wrong. Iluna enters the dark realm and confronts Darkness and Hermons.”

"That's not bad, but we can't just sit around with news about Iluna."

"Yes, some diviners from the Prophet Association have also been dispatched to the south of the city. I will return to the association in a moment to collect information from the association's channels. If it is confirmed that Darkness has entered the dark realm, I will come to you immediately. Shade, Don’t sleep too hard tonight, I might knock on your door at any time.”

Shade nodded and looked at the relics he placed on the table:

"Louvia, please also pay attention to rest, don't be too..."

"How can I rest at this time!"

Gu/span\u003e Her voice suddenly became louder, and she pushed the cat Shade straight into Shade's arms.

The purple-eyed girl immediately showed an expression of regret:

"Feel sorry."

This look was very similar to the almost out-of-control scene when she learned that Shade had confirmed who the chosen one was at Coldwater Port.

"Luvia, calm down."

Shade remained calm and reached out to hold Luvia's left hand:

"I don't know why, but you get emotional when it comes to the chosen ones. But in the current situation, we have the advantage, so there is no need to rush."

"Sorry, I lost my temper."

She raised her right hand to cover her forehead:

"When I thought about the possibility of Darkness completing the ritual and escaping from Tobesk, I felt that the world was about to end. I'm sorry, Shade, I'm really sorry."

She lowered her head and said nothing. Shade held her hand and looked at the starry sky outside the window:

"No matter what, I'm always here."

He said in an almost whisper.

Luvia left quickly, and Shade did not go to bed to sleep all night. Instead, he rested on the sofa wearing clothes and a blanket, ready to go at any time. Although he only has the second ring, his strong physical fitness can barely support him to do this.

But if this continues for several days, Shade will definitely not be able to hold on.

But it made no difference to little Mia where Shade slept. She slept on the back of the sofa all night. After waking up on Friday morning, I screamed a few times in a daze, as if I couldn't understand why I was in the living room and couldn't see Shade. But when the cat woke up completely, he lowered his head and saw Shade on the sofa. He immediately became very interested and asked Shade to prepare breakfast.

"Good morning, Mia."

Shade yawned, lifted up the blanket and got up from the sofa. When he stretched, his bones seemed to be shaking. This noise was not an illusion, because the orange cat also heard it and looked at Shade very curiously.

After breakfast, Shade returned to the living room to wait. At this time, whether Miss Carina asks the servant holding the Dark Box to come, or Luvia comes to visit again, Shade can be surprised.

But from this morning until this evening, no one came to visit. It wasn't until Shade came back from taking Mia out to eat in the evening that he finally saw the girl waiting at the door of his house.

But not Luvia, but Dorothy.

The blond female writer stood at the door of Shade's house, bathing in the late summer sunset. Suddenly turning his head and smiling at the stranger carrying the cat, Shade felt that his heart was about to stop beating.

During this visit, Dorothy first borrowed Detective Sparrow's detective records from Shade. She wanted to excerpt some parts that would not reveal privacy and mail them to her writer friends to share.

Of course Shade had no objection to this, but when Dorothy followed Shade to the second floor and saw the table full of relics and spell-casting materials, she stopped in surprise:

"Is the thing you've been busy with lately finally coming to an end?"

"Yes."

Shade nodded. Seeing that he didn't want to talk more, Dorothy pursed her lips:

"If help is needed, Lesia can probably pull out a steam infantry company of more than a hundred people in the city."

"No, no, I can handle it myself."

Shade shook his head slightly. In any case, he would not involve Dorothy and Lesia in terrible things related to demons.

"You really don't need my help?"

"No need, I'm not doing anything dangerous."

"Okay, take this."

She took out the piece of youthful leaf from the gap of the silver jewelry hanging around her neck:

"Lend it to me again in a few days to prove that you didn't do anything dangerous."

"OK."

Shade smiled and nodded. After completing the key in his hand, there were still two leaves, so he was confident that he would not see through it.

"Also, this is the ancient text of Kiss of the Tree that Lesia helped me find. I originally planned to give it to you during the meeting tomorrow, Saturday."

She pushed another roll of parchment to Shade:

"Your Tree Kiss Spirit rune is not related to thaumaturgy, and I always feel a little bad about it, so if you hold this, it may be able to help you some time."

Shade looked at the things in his hands:

"me"

"I'm waiting for you to tell me your story after your adventure."

She smiled and said:

"Xia De, you must tell me."

This time Shade felt even more guilty about lying.

Mia got into the god's gift box, and seeing that Shade didn't pull it out this time, she curiously looked at the two people looking at each other under the sunset.