Whispering Verse

Carrying the [God's Gift Box] on his back, Shade immediately entered the manor while supporting Luvia, whose condition was getting worse and worse.

In the courtyard, they did not see any sleeping maids, and after struggling to open the door that was locked from the inside, no one appeared.

Because everything is pitch black, the inside of the building looks the same as the outside. Just be careful not to hit the wall. Seeing that no one showed up, Shade was a little uneasy. Fortunately, the pendant he carried could detect the witches around him. Even if the [Dark Realm] hinders the function of the pendant, at least it does not completely eliminate the function.

Based on the difference in heat emitted by the pendant at different locations, Shade took Luvia to the third floor of the manor and stopped at the door of the master bedroom of the manor. This is Miss Carina's bedroom. Only Tifa can enter and exit at will without permission. Shade has never been in before.

At this time, the two doors were tightly closed in the darkness. Shade stretched out his hand to push it. Unexpectedly, the red-gold runes on the door flashed, and Shade was pushed open.

Instead of being surprised, Xia De smiled:

"I know that even though Miss Carina may not be in the manor, it is impossible for all the servants in the manor to fall asleep due to the expansion of darkness. Luvia, do you recognize the ritual on the door?"

Shade turned around and asked. Luvia tried her best to open her eyes and took a look, then shook her head:

"The ceremony doesn't matter, why don't you just knock on the door?"

"Oh, that makes sense. If anyone is still awake, we can just knock on the door."

Because the door would prevent touching, Shade finally chose to shout a few times into the door. After waiting for more than ten seconds, a weak voice came from behind the door. Inside the [Dark Domain], the voice would also be swallowed up by the darkness, so behind a door, someone should also be shouting loudly:

"Is it Shade?"

"It's me, and I have my friends with me."

Shade recognized that the slightly distorted voice was Tifa. It seemed that Miss Carina did not leave the manor with her when the incident happened.

"Prove your identity."

The voice inside the door said again.

"Last time we investigated the ophthalmologist together, I asked you to drop blood into my eyes when I was using the medicine."

"Oh, it's really you."

From the inside, Tifa carefully pushed open the double-door door on the right side of the bedroom, leaving only a crack enough for Shade to enter sideways. Shade restored a mask from his pocket and handed it to Luvia, but the latter shook her head;

"No need, I think it doesn't matter even if the witch knows what I look like."

Shade entered the door first, and after confirming that the door was safe, he poked his head through the crack of the door and pulled Luvia in.

For the first time in a long time, a weak light source appeared in the room. The light source was placed on the carpet in the center of the bedroom. More than thirty girls in maid uniforms were either lying on the desk or lying in groups on the carpet. They were in various places in the room. They were sleeping soundly or talking quietly, and the light source covered their bodies, making their shadows sway slightly.

No matter which angle you look at this scene, it is quite impressive.

Tifa was still wearing her usual maid dress. From her perspective, Shade, whose whole body exuded the shimmer of the silver moon, walked in with a very elegant lady carrying a luminous box. This scene was even more interesting. The impact of the image.

Tifa was not the only one who was not resting in the room. In addition to her, there were four maids wearing maid skirts and three ladies wearing their own regular skirts.

These seven ladies are also ring magicians around Miss Carina, two are second-level magicians, one is a third-level magician, and the other four are all middle-level magicians, but none are above Tifa's level.

At this time, five of the ring magicians were sitting in front of the only light source in the room, and some ashes were used to outline the ritual traces of the six-pointed star on the carpet. The remaining two and Tifa stood in front of the door to welcome Shade's arrival. Shade was also a frequent visitor to Miss Carina's manor, and all the maids here knew him.

"This is my friend, the fortune teller"

"Luvia Anat."

Shade originally wanted to say a pseudonym, but Luvia herself revealed her real name.

Tifa smiled and nodded to introduce herself, then arranged for the awake maid to wake up her sleeping companion and prepare hot tea for the two people who had come from afar.

"What's going on now? Isn't Miss Carina here?"

The door closed behind him, shutting out the darkness. There is a very strong fragrance in the bedroom. Miss Carina probably likes to light incense in the bedroom.

"Before the darkness spread this morning, the young lady went out alone. When the incident happened, the manor itself could not resist for less than five minutes. During this time, I summoned the servants of the manor to enter the mansion to take shelter. Only five people in the back garden did not return in time. . Now the male servants are in the kitchen on the first floor, and they must have fallen asleep. The other maids, led by the housekeeper, went to the dining room on the second floor. I think they should have fallen asleep. The people here are all maids responsible for taking personal care of the young lady. , so I brought them up without notifying the lady. They are not falling asleep due to the influence of the relics, but because they are under too much mental pressure, so they must sleep frequently. "

Tifa said softly. valley

Although Miss Carina hates men, some heavy manual work in the manor requires male servants, and if there is no male servant in the manor, it is easy for others to think of something, so there are male servants here, but they are not allowed to enter Second floor and above.

"Are you okay?"

Shade asked with concern. He also lowered his voice to prevent waking up others who were sleeping.

"It's okay for now. Miss foresees the worst case scenario, so she left this."

Tifa pointed to the light source behind her, which was a cylindrical kerosene lamp. Made of bronze metal, the main body is cylindrical and supported by three legs below. The height of the kerosene lamp can reach to Shade's chest. It is divided into five sections, each section has a separate glowing wick. The lampshade is made of glass, and there is a phoenix pattern on the metal that fixes the lampshade. There is also a lifelike bronze phoenix statue at the top of the lamppost.

This is a relic.

"The secret keeper level (level 3) [Phoenix Lamp], the only positive feature is that it can continue to emit heat and illuminate the surroundings, and will not go out no matter what. The negative feature is that if this lamp is not enclosed in a refractory material If you contain them, the probability of fires in the surrounding area will be greatly increased, and if the fire is not dealt with in time, some monsters that even the lady will find troublesome will appear in the flames."

Tifa explained to Shade:

"Because there is only one characteristic, it can keep shining in the [Dark Realm]. However, the difference between [Phoenix Lamp] and [Dark Realm] is still a bit too big. Ritual assistance must be used to enhance the light and let it cover the range A little bigger. But as long as there are no new changes, these lights should be enough to last us until the end of the matter."

"Miss Carina anticipated this situation in advance? She is really amazing."

Shade admired softly.

"No, in my opinion, it's remarkable that you came here when the relics were out of control. The situation outside must be very bad, right?"

Tifa said, Shade shook his head:

"This is not my fault, it is the friends I know who gave me strength. Let's not talk about this anymore, Luvia, you will stay here for a while. You can't follow me any longer, I will go on alone."

The purple-eyed girl who had already sat down looked at Shade with regret, but what Shade said was indeed reality.

"Tifa, does Miss Carina have a map of the core area of ​​[Dark Realm]? I have something to move on to."

"Yes, it's right here with me. But I'm going with you. No, please don't call for rejection."

She still had a peaceful expression on her face and looked up at Shade:

"I'm also worried about Miss, she is probably also in the center of the relic. Things happened suddenly, and I'm not sure whether Miss is ready to deal with it. Since you want to go there, why not go with me. After all, I I don’t know what’s going on outside, so I need your help.”

Her statement made it seem like she needed Shade to accompany her.

Shade knew that Tifa wanted to protect him, so he thought about it carefully and did not refuse. But before setting off, he had one more thing to do:

"Is [Dark Box] in the manor now?"

Although the extreme fear has passed, Shade also sees strength in fear. But that is the power of courage. For the [Light] Spirit Rune, it is still necessary to try again.

"Yes, but I suggest you not to use it lightly."

She took Shade to the bedside in the bedroom. The master bedroom of the manor was huge, and the four-poster bed placed on two steps higher than the ground was even bigger. However, the curtains were lowered to cover the situation on the bed, and Shade did not have the impoliteness to explore.

The light of the [Phoenix Lamp] only extends to the edge of the bed, but the light and darkness do not smoothly pass. The boundary between the two is very clear, as if there is a line dividing them.

The brass-colored gear mechanism box is placed on the boundary line between light and darkness, and the dividing line completely coincides with the central axis of the upper surface of the mechanism box.

This is the [Dark Box] that I haven’t seen for a long time.

"Why did you bring it to Miss Carina's bedroom? Did you foresee my return?"

Shade asked, but Tifa shook her head, squatted down and carefully moved the box to the area covered by the light. Only then did Shade realize that there were disgusting black uneven stains on the large and small gears on the side of the box. .

"We were able to successfully escape here because we used this relic."

Tifa explained:

"The characteristic of the [Dark Box] itself is that by rotating the six-sided gear according to certain rules, darkness can be controllably released from the box. Darkness and darkness are also different. When the darkness of the [Dark Box] covers us, The darkness of the [Dark Realm] will not be able to affect us for the time being.”

Shade raised his eyebrows, this approach was very interesting. Priest Augustus said before Shade set off that it is not necessarily light that defeats darkness, but he did not expect that darkness could actually fight against darkness.