Whispering Verse

It happened to be lunch time, and Granny Cassandra invited Shade to have dinner with her, wanting to talk to him about Miss Carina. Shade happened to be looking for a place to eat, so he agreed.

The two did not eat inside the auction house, but at Wood's Restaurant on Oak Street. This is a high-end restaurant located in the city center. As a wealthy businessman, Granny Cassandra naturally received warm hospitality.

The specialty of Wood Restaurant is that all the tableware here, except for cutlery and forks, are all made of wood. Of course, if the customer requests, it can also be replaced with metal tableware or porcelain tableware.

As the oldest existing witch in the Witch Council, Granny Cassandra knows many things. It was also from her that Shade learned that Miss Carina's teacher was actually a member of the royal family, but he was not directly related to the Cavendish family. Based on the blood relationship at that time, the succession ranking might be After fifteen. . .

Of course, this does not mean that the Cavendish family has become a ring magician family like the Aurora family. Before Miss Carina and her cousin, there were no royal members in the witch's seat.

Mother-in-law Cassandra was very talkative, and she even mentioned to Shad an interesting story about Miss Carina when she was a child, the kind of interesting story that Shad would probably be thrown out of the Witch Manor if he dared to mention it.

And not only that, she even talked to Shade about Sister Devlin of the [Spiritual Order]. Xina Cassandra, who is over a hundred years old, knew the Spiritual Order when she was young and witnessed the change of the three chief nuns of the Order. Even the current leader, Sister Devlin, was discovered to be a gifted person by Granny Cassandra.

"Devlin is really talented, especially her eyes that can see through death. This is a very rare talent."

The old witch made this comment, with a platter of vegetable salad in front of her.

"Then why didn't you choose her as your successor?"

Shade asked curiously. The old man across the table shook his head:

"I have consulted my teacher's opinion, and she believes that Devlin is more suitable for the spiritual cult than the power of the witch. The cult she leads can exert more power for the world. Judging from the current situation , the teacher deserves to be a teacher.”

When Granny Cassandra inherited the seat, the previous generation of great witches unfortunately died young, so her teacher was another ring sorcerer. Shade heard this mentioned by Sister Devlin and Miss Carina.

"Then your teacher is."

Now that the other party mentioned this news, Xia De took the opportunity to ask curiously.

"Oh, I can't say the teacher's name casually. However, the teacher happens to be at Fort Midhill and is preparing for a ceremony that takes place every twenty-two years. I can introduce you to him during the ceremony."

Granny Cassandra said with a smile, Shade nodded and did not ask any further questions. However, based on the information currently known, Shade strongly doubted that the teacher of the old man in front of him was a 12th or even 13th ring warlock.

After all, she was older than Granny Cassandra.

"Oh, speaking of which, are there any ring warlocks in Fort Midhill who are extremely good at the power of death? They don't have to be very strong, but they must be good at it. I need help from this ring warlock for some things."

During the meal, Shade asked casually, and the witch who had already heard the news about the third chosen one naturally gave the answer:

"Carina asked you to help me? No, young man, it's not necessary. I will investigate this matter myself. I know you are very capable, but don't get involved in matters related to "The Whispering Cantos" easily."

"I see."

Shade didn't ask any more questions to avoid arousing the witch's suspicion. In his mind, he was thinking that Sister Devlin also knew about the "Mumbling Psalms", so he couldn't ask the spiritual cult for help.

After lunch, Shade said goodbye to Granny Cassandra and went to Fort Midhill Mechanical College.

Interestingly, after the real "Fort Midhill" in the old days, that is, the castle camp used for defense, was abandoned, it was not demolished, but became the site of the Fort Midhill Mechanical Institute that was later established. station.

The castle is located at the foot of the Sikal Mountain, and its main body is in the shape of the Chinese character "Hui", which means the hometown of foreigners.

The entire college, in addition to the castle itself and the large open space in the center of the castle, also includes parts separated by independent outer walls, as well as other teaching buildings later built next to the castle.

Compared to the St. Byrons Comprehensive College (Note), which Shade already knew was larger than a city, the old-era masonry castle that even had a spire that he saw after getting off the carriage was in line with his idea of ​​a "magic and spell school". Imagine.

It's a pity that this is just an ordinary local higher education institution. No one will fly on a broom here.

Unlike Tobesk, a large university district composed of several well-known schools in the Kingdom, Fort Midhill has only two well-known schools. Among them, the older Fort Midhill Mechanical College is directly connected to the steam factory area at the foot of the mountain, which can be regarded as the integration of industry, education and research.

Near the castle, you can see countless towering chimneys spraying black smoke. At the same time, you can also see horse-drawn carriages passing by in a hurry on the streets, and merchants walking around frequently. Compared to the city center, this neighborhood looks more lively.

The weather was still gloomy. It was even drizzling when Shade got on the carriage, but it stopped when he got off the carriage. Shade has never been here, so if he wants to find Professor John Dunn, he must ask someone.

While he was looking around, a figure hurriedly walking towards him from his left immediately caught his eye.

"Um?"

"Um?"

The man wearing the uniform of the Royal Army was surprisingly the "Eight-Gun Captain" Captain Rades whom he had not seen for more than half a month. Although Shad was now wearing eyeshadow given by the witch and was wearing clothes he had never worn in Tobesk City, Captain Rades still recognized him:

"Mr. Hamilton?"

Of course, this sturdy officer was not sure that what he saw was Shad Hamilton. Tobesk is too far away from Fort Midhill, and because of the influence of eye shadow, Shade does look different from before.

Shade thought about many things for a moment, but finally nodded:

"it's me."

Now that he has been recognized, it is okay to pretend to be here on business. As long as he does not appear in the newspapers for anything in Tobesk in the past two weeks, he will not be exposed.

So he motioned to Captain Rades to talk to him in a remote location under the willow tree by the wall. Captain Rades saw Shad at Fort Midhill and seemed very excited:

"Oh, detective, why are you at Fort Midhill? I almost didn't recognize you just now."

He shook hands with Sha De warmly, truly treating Sha De as a friend.

"Because of a troublesome commission."

Mr. Tobesk's detective pretended to be troubled:

"I just arrived here a few days ago. Tobesk's client asked me to come here to investigate a matter related to an illegitimate child. The client's identity is very sensitive, so I cannot reveal my purpose. The investigation is over I will leave soon. Captain, now my pseudonym is John Watson, and I am a writer, so please call me by this name."

"John Watson? Oh, I remember that."

The captain nodded, quite understanding the reason given by Shade:

"Illegitimate children are really troublesome. Is this a big noble? Oh, I shouldn't ask. But Mr. Watson, you can completely refuse this commission. After all, it takes a week to get here from Tobesk by train. Very powerful?"

Captain Rades thought he had found the answer and couldn't help but frowned:

"Did they threaten you?"

"No, no, I know Duchess Carina. Who dares to threaten me? It's because the other party gave me too much."

Shade twirled his fingers. Now, Captain Rades understood Shade better. The middle-aged man couldn't help but smile:

"So what are you doing now? Do you need my help? I'm familiar with this city."

"In order to investigate the illegitimate child, I established a relationship with a local wealthy businessman through the network. But the wealthy businessman asked me to help find a lost antique before he would help me. Captain, you know the folklore professors at the college, Where are they usually?"

PS: What the doctor mentioned in Chapter 573, in order to prevent forgetting, here is a reminder, it is not a setting that appeared out of thin air.