Whispering Verse

Time came this Thursday. When I woke up early in the morning, I heard the sound of rain hitting the window outside. I put on my slippers and opened the curtains. I saw this calm Tobesk morning, and it started to rain. Xiaoyu:

"Autumn rain, it seems like it's going to cool down again."

Autumn in Tobesk is relatively short compared to the slightly longer summer. Once the Harvest Moon has passed, it is equivalent to less than half of the fall. People in the countryside will consider storing food for the winter in the next month and consider the source of winter income, while detectives living in the city will also have to consider whether they want to use the fireplace in the living room on the second floor during the winter.

Although the residents of Saint Teresa Square enjoy the unified heating of steam pipes, if they want to live more comfortably in winter, a fireplace is still indispensable.

"However, an iron fence needs to be installed in front of the fireplace, otherwise it will be terrible if little Mia runs in."

Thinking in his mind, he touched the cat that was being held. The cat lay lazily in Shade's arms. Not sure if it was an illusion, but Xia De always felt that the cat that had just woken up was softer than the usual cats. . .

Thinking in his mind, he reached out and poked little Mia's belly. This resulted in the cat not talking to Shade again until after breakfast.

Shade had no plans to go to Fort Midhill this morning. After breakfast, he held an umbrella and left the house with Mia, who was unwilling to go out, and headed to Quill Street.

After knocking on the door of Dorothy's rented apartment, the landlady took a look at little Mia, who was wrapped in Shade's coat with only her head exposed to prevent it from getting wet by the rain, and then reluctantly let him in.

Shade also politely put away his umbrella and placed it in the storage bucket behind the door. He wiped his shoes clean on the mat before walking up the stairs.

"Oh, Shade, good morning. I hope you didn't bring some bad news when you came to visit me so early this time."

Dorothy smiled and joked that because of the rain, she didn't seem to be going out today, so she was wearing home clothes.

It was a blue cloth dress, and the style looked very similar to those worn by noble governesses. On the front of the upper body, there are two rows of decorative silver buttons arranged parallel and vertically. This is probably a new style for this autumn.

"I heard that Lecia went to your place yesterday morning?"

"Yes, I took the opportunity of Princess Agelina to go out and went to my place with her. We talked about the [Sleeping] Spirit Rune."

Shade sat on the sofa and took the tea cup from the blonde girl, who sat on the sofa opposite him:

"Has Agelina gone? I don't know about this. I just heard that Lesia said she would look for you on Tuesday morning."

"Lesia's relationship with Agelina seems to be very good, and it seems to be better than the relationship with her other siblings."

"There's a reason for that."

Dorothy winked at Shade, but did not explain the specific reason:

"So detective, why did you come to see me? Is there something troublesome that needs to be solved?"

Shade took out the red copper butterfly pendant from his pocket, then split it into two parts, and explained the rumors he knew about the "Twin Gods" and his experience at Fort Midhill.

This is a relatively long story, and Shade told it as briefly as possible, starting from the bard at the Sikal Hotel to Professor Manning last night, which lasted ten minutes.

During this period, Dorothy picked up the two red butterfly pendants and checked them. After Shade finished speaking, she smiled and shook her head:

"Lecia and I have tried many ways, but none of them can solve the problem of us not being able to see each other. Yes, we have really tried many ways."

It seems that she does not believe that this problem can be solved so easily:

"At first, we just communicated from the diary after exchanging bodies. Later, we gradually became curious about each other, so that we finally decided that we must meet. Time didn't seem to pass long, but it always felt like it was really a long time ago. memories."

She said a little lonely.

"Then have you sought help from the power of the old gods [Twin Gods]?"

"No."

The blonde shook her head.

"Then give it a try. I will go to the address Lesia left for me later and ask Agelina's maid to bring half of the red butterfly into Yodel Palace. At ten o'clock, you and I will hold an umbrella together, After passing the entrance of Yodel Palace, Lesia can stand at the window and look at us. Then you can try to look at each other, so you will know whether this is useful."

Shade separated the red butterfly that was stuck together again by Dorothy, handed one to her, and put the other into his pocket:

"Don't refuse. I just want to tell Lesia that the investigation she asked me to investigate at Fort Midhill has come to a conclusion, so please send the letter and this half of the red butterfly."

Seeing Shade's insistence, Dorothy smiled tenderly at him:

"That's fine."

She looked uninterested, and Shade could understand it. Maybe it was because many previous attempts had failed, so she didn't want to be hit again.

"Let's go back to St. Teresa's Square together. I'll deliver the letter. You can help me take care of Mia at my place. When the time is up, we'll go to Silver Cross Avenue."

Shade handed the cat huddled in his arms to Dorothy.

"Why did you take it out?"

Mia looked at Shade pitifully in Dorothy's arms, obviously unwilling to leave him outside the home.

"Always at home, it's time to come out and get some air. I also plan to wait for the situation in Fort Midhill to stabilize and take it to see the mountains. This cat always likes to bully its own kind. Maybe I can find it in the mountains. A tiger, let it change its temper."

"I bet you wouldn't want to leave Mia to a tiger."

Dorothy said with a smile, hugging the cat tightly who was unwilling to leave Shade:

"Speaking of which, why haven't you bought it from your client yet?"

"Miss Gothe is seriously ill. How should I speak in this situation?"

Shade sighed:

"I wish her good health. If she is really seriously ill, after the incident at Fort Midhill is over, I will personally go to the town where her hometown is. Taking a train from Fort Midhill is better than traveling from Fort Midhill. Besker is much faster.”

"Why wait until Fort Midhill is over?"

Dorothy asked suspiciously:

"I heard you said that there is a big problem in Fort Midhill, but what does this have to do with you? Wait, Shade, you are not going to do something dangerous again, are you?"

Shade shook his head hurriedly:

"Don't worry, I'm just investigating some things there. At least so far, I don't want to make any specific plans."

"That's best. I hope you can become a so-called hero."

This was the first time she called Shade in this tone.

"But I don't want to suddenly hear from you in a few days that you have solved the problem in Fort Midhill City."

"I'm afraid the things there can't be resolved in a few days."

Shade whispered in his heart, and then heard "her" chuckle again.

Although the rain was not heavy, it seemed like it wanted to last all day. Dorothy carried Mia and went to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square first. Shade held an umbrella and stepped on the muddy water on the road to the "Mary Jane Flower Shop" on Silver Cross Avenue.

Although it was only his first time here, someone greeted him as soon as he walked in:

"Mr. Hamilton."

After confirming that the other party was Agelina's maid, Shade handed her the letter and half of the butterfly, and the maid immediately changed her clothes and prepared to enter the Yodel Palace.

Shade also found out later that in fact everyone in the flower shop was Agelina's maid.

It was already very close to ten o'clock. After Shade returned home, he just drank a cup of tea and chatted with Dorothy about her "Hamilton Detective Stories". She heard her talk about Shade's investigation yesterday. After the experience of the college murder case was adapted into a story, the two went out again.

This time, Mia hid on the wardrobe in the bedroom in advance, and no matter how much Shade shouted, she couldn't come down. This cat hates going out, especially on rainy days. With the experience of being tempted by Shad with bacon in the morning and then being caught and taken out, it may have to think carefully before biting the food from Shad's hand for a long time.

According to Shade's understanding of the cat, "a period of time" would probably last an entire afternoon.

Dorothy's mood was still not very high. When she and Shade were walking on the Silver Cross Avenue under an umbrella, they just chatted with Shade.

The rain was pouring, and there were not many pedestrians on the usually busy Silver Cross Avenue. Only when the carriage hurriedly passed by, it would splash a small splash of water on the roadside.

Because they had calculated the time accurately, it happened to be exactly ten o'clock in the morning when the two of them passed by across the street from Yodel Palace. Shade and Dorothy raised their umbrellas slightly back together, then turned to look at the tallest building in Yodel Palace.

The main building of Yodel Palace is some distance away from the street, and when you look at the window, it is a little blurry through the rain. But the two of them still accurately captured the dazzling long red hair by the window on the left side of the third floor. Shade, who squinted his eyes, vaguely noticed that there was another shorter red-haired person beside her.

"How about it?"

Shade asked Dorothy expectantly, but he didn't expect the blond writer lady to freeze there and keep turning her head to look at the rain curtain.

"What's wrong?"

Dorothy shook her head, holding the red butterfly with only half a wing in her left hand, and threw the umbrella in her hand to the ground.

She turned around, raised her head, with slightly red eyes, and stared blankly at the window of Yodel Palace in the rain. The rain wet her blond hair and shoulders, and the water slid down her fair cheeks.

Shade wasn't sure if it was rain or tears.

Avoiding the speeding four-wheel taxi, when the water on the ground splashed on Shade's boots, he bent down and picked up the umbrella that was about to be blown away by the wind, and then stood behind Dorothy to help. She shielded herself from the rain and looked at the Yodel Palace with her under this gloomy sky.

Tobesk on a rainy day is like a faded oil painting, leaving only black and gray. But the two red butterfly pendants with only half wings seemed to be the only color in the black and white picture at this moment.

He already understood that the red butterfly pendant that Old John made based on the ballad or poem was effective.

He understood better that in that distant building, there was another girl by the window looking here, looking at Dorothy, also crying.

"Joy? Happiness? Or other emotions?"

Shade didn't know and couldn't guess. He was in a good mood at this time, holding an umbrella and standing silently behind Dorothy. He was just thinking that folklore and history are really interesting.

PS: Three chapters were added in the morning, totaling 10,000 chapters. Tomorrow, another 10,000 chapters will be added. In addition to the 5,000 chapters that were originally supposed to be updated, a total of 1.5,000 chapters will be updated tomorrow.