Whispering Verse

Dorothy was in such a bad state that of course Shade couldn't let her return to the apartment on Quill Street so late, so in the end she stayed at Shade's place for the night, and Shade slept on the sofa all night.

Because the sofa area was not large enough for Mia to lie next to the pillow, it lay on the back of the soft sofa and "accidentally" rolled up at 6:30 in the morning, hitting Shade directly in the chest.

Shade no longer remembered what he was dreaming about, but when he opened his eyes and sat up, he still remembered that his dream ended with No. 6 St. Teresa Square collapsing and crushing him.

"Mia, why did you fall? So careless?"

The sleepy Shade opened the quilt on his body. He originally thought that Mia had accidentally fallen off, but after he woke up, he realized the subtle time of "six-thirty" and looked at the cat suspiciously:

"Are you hungry again?"

The orange cat rubbed the back of Shade's hand, meowed, and trotted towards the stairs. Despite not being able to sleep in the bed, the cat seemed to be in a good mood.

Dorothy went back without having breakfast with Shade. After being officially promoted to the fifth ring, she still had a lot of time to do during this period. And she also needs to confirm what is going on with Lesia. In short, in the next period of time, besides "Hamilton Detective Stories", Dorothy will have more things to be busy with.

Therefore, Shade still ate alone with the cat this morning. . . But the first piece of news he saw after sitting at the dining table and unfolding the newspaper made him frown:

"A major earthquake occurred in the Sikar Mountain area?"

He put down the spoon in his hand and unfolded the newspaper with both hands in disbelief:

"Last night? Oh, what happened there?"

He wouldn't think it was just an earthquake.

Therefore, after breakfast, he did not go to Fort Midhill immediately. Instead, he calculated the time for the Prophet Association to go to work and went to the association to find Luvia.

Luvia will continue to watch stars at Shade's house from today on, but this is not what Shade wants to talk to her about:

"Did you see the news?"

Holding the cat and sitting down in the divination room on the second floor of the association, Shade handed the newspaper in his hand to Luvia. Luvia didn't seem to have read the newspaper this morning, so she frowned immediately after seeing the news, then raised her head and asked Shade:

"Shad, what did you do at Fort Midhill last evening?"

"Huh? What does this have to do with me? I was busy helping Dorothy with the promotion ceremony yesterday and didn't go to Midhill Fort. Oh, Dorothy has become a five-ring warlock."

Shade hurriedly clarified his relationship:

"It has nothing to do with you? This is something new. However, an earthquake at this time does not look like a normal situation."

Luvia put down the newspaper in silence, took the crystal ball from the cabinet on the side, and looked at it for a long time before saying:

"There should be a problem in the narrow space of life and death. Although it doesn't mean that the disaster has begun, there must have been unexpected changes."

"I'll go to Fort Midhill to check on the situation later. Wait until..."

"No, don't go today."

Luvia stopped Shade:

"I wrote to Iluna and asked her to inquire about the news there first through the church's channels. The church has already taken the initiative to talk to her about Fort Midhill, so there is every reason to ask about the earthquake. Shade , you have other things to do in Tobesk."

Shade immediately cheered up:

"Is there a mission for me? Are there any clues about new coins?"

"Iluna and I will settle the coin matter. Here's the thing. I found a small fragment of "The Whispering Canto"."

"Meow!"

Because Shade touched the cat too hard, Mia screamed immediately.

"Fragments of a psalm?"

"Yeah, is that weird?"

The purple-eyed girl frowned slightly:

"There are at least three digit fragments of the Whispering Cantos known to exist, so why can't I find a copy?"

"Then how did you find it?"

Shade was very curious, but Luvia shook her head and did not tell him the answer:

"In short, there is a fragment of "The Whispering Psalms" in Tobesk right now, and no one has noticed it except me. To be precise, the fragment is on the base of a stone figurine discovered by archaeology. Go up. That human figurine is actually a handicraft made by the Witch Emperors of the Fifth Age."

She looked around and lowered her voice:

"The specific size is about the same size as my crystal ball."

Luvia described it more specifically:

“The figurine is in the hands of a local collector.”

As he said that, he handed Shade a business card with Simil Pasolo's name and address written on it, and his occupation was writer.

"I'm going to find a collector and buy that antique?"

"No, no, no, he's dead."

The girl with purple eyes shook her head again:

"This old gentleman lives alone. His family has just arrived in Tobesk, so the things in the house should not be moved. What you need to do is sneak into this address."

She clicked on the business card:

"Find the stone figurine and record the information on the base. We just want to know what is written on it, there is no need to actually get it."

Shade nodded and glanced at the address:

"No problem. I'll set off after I send Mia home. I'll try to give you news before this evening. Luvia, I'm a professional at sneaking into other people's homes."

He said confidently, especially the new thaumaturgy [Silent Moonlight], which is more suitable for Shade to do tasks such as infiltration.

"It's hard for me to imagine what you usually do."

Luvia shook her head:

"Let's meet at your house in the evening. I'll ask Iluna to come over too. Let's discuss the progress of the third chosen person. It's been almost two weeks since you rescued Priest Augustus, but our investigation progress is almost not yet."

"No problem, see you tonight."

So Shade set off again.

Coincidentally, the deceased antique collector Mr. Simil Pasolo actually lived in the same house as Miss White's sister, Miss Black, who had traveled to Fort Midhill. A street.

The apartment buildings facing the street stand tall and tall, with old architectural styles and walls, but the attached steam pipes and street vendors give them a new era style. When Shade stood on this street again, he still couldn't help but sigh at the changes of the times. But before he could figure out whether he should use Raglai's jump to sneak in through the second-floor window while no one was paying attention, or find the back door of the apartment building and sneak in, a very familiar four-wheeled carriage unexpectedly appeared. Stopping next to Shade.

Shade thought someone was getting off the bus at the intersection and he was blocking the way, so he walked towards the mailbox on the other side of the street. But as soon as he took a step forward, he saw the car window opened, and Tifa's smiling face appeared in the car window:

"Good morning, Shade."