Whispering Verse

"Then priest, when does the church plan to start that ceremony?"

"Next week or the week after that, it will be within the Moon of Dead Leaves. After all, Hazama is about to lose his strength."

The last earthquake had weakened Shade's "Tree Kiss" mystery chain a lot, and the death outbreak was indeed not far away.

"In addition, I heard uncertain news. The Church of Nature invited a 'Sister of Thorns' from the Holy See."

The priest lowered his voice

"Sister of Thorns?"

This is the most surprising news tonight, because the "Sister of Thorns" represents the divine dependence cultivated by the natural church. She was the purest girl who had been trained by the Church of Nature since childhood. They know their responsibilities and regard this responsibility as an honor.

In other words, these are fanatical believers who are qualified to descend from God. It is a very obvious sign that the church mobilizes them.

"Nature teaches thinking"

Shade pointed to the sky.

"I don't know anything. I'm probably preparing for the worst."

Priest August shook his head cautiously, and looked at the fire in front of him with Shade:

"But detective, everyone is very cautious about this matter, yes, very cautious. I have seen it, seen what will happen once death breaks out and the day of death comes."

The bonfire crackled, and Shade narrowed his eyes:

"what happens?"

"It was so scary. When the black sun fell, the white mist in the narrow space turned into black mist and enveloped the area. The world of the living and the world of the dead were completely mixed together, and even time and space were confused. Everything fell into an eternal cycle. With the end of the world, the map of the Old Continent may be missing a piece from now on."

Priest August also had his own affairs at this charity banquet, so he left without chatting with Shade for long.

After he and Shade said goodbye temporarily, the time was almost half past eight. Clusters of bonfires were dancing in the courtyard of the college, and people were gathering in the distance. It seemed that this grand autumn night banquet had officially begun. Representatives of the chamber of commerce and local city hall officials who sponsored the Fire Worship Festival banquet were speaking.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very good, but Shade did not join in the fun and listen to others. He estimated that the witches were about to arrive, so he gave up his plan to play Rhodes for the time being. Instead, he straightened his clothes, then slowly walked to the entrance of the courtyard opposite the castle of Miburg Mechanical College, and went to talk to him first. Mother-in-law Cassandra and Miss Aurora meet up.

Because of their aversion to men, the two witches would not take the initiative to join the banquet. Instead, they planned to take the opportunity of this banquet to finalize some cooperation agreements with their business partners.

The three met in a separate lounge next to the auditorium on the first floor on the east side of the castle. Miss Aurora, who had not seen each other for more than a month, was still so elegant and beautiful. The witch with long curly brown hair was also very happy to see Shade. After letting him sit down on the sofa, she ordered her maid to pour tea and go to the kitchen to bring some snacks.

"I haven't been to Fort Midhill for several years. The autumn here is very good, especially the season of falling leaves. I still remember the last time I went hunting here and saw the dead leaves and swirling leaves covering the ground. The falling yellow leaves are very artistic.”

The gas light in the room was very bright, and the servants of Miss Aurora and Granny Cassandra stood behind the two witches. Outside the window, there is a courtyard with clusters of bonfires burning. Although the room is a little quiet, you can still feel the atmosphere of the Fire Festival banquet.

Shade suddenly thought of the fire-wielding nun, and was curious whether the Fire Worship Festival had special meaning to her.

"Miss Aurora, you already know about the passage on the mountainside, right?"

"I know, you did a great job."

She also guessed that it was Shade who provided information to Miss Carina:

"Grandma Cassandra and I will go check it out tomorrow. You don't have to go with us, but if you want to know the progress of the matter, you can come to us the day after tomorrow."

"no problem."

Shade nodded:

"There is no need for me to go with you for such a dangerous matter. But since the passage is in a narrow room, after you go to the real mountainside cave to check, how do you plan to enter the narrow room? You are also looking for an entrance that appears by chance, and then use rituals to fix the entrance. ?"

"That's what the ring wizards do."

Grandma Cassandra shook her head:

"Witches have their own ways. We will first enter the dreamland, and then directly enter the narrow room from the dreamland."

"Dreamland" refers to a strange world where specious dreams and phantoms intersect, but similar to Hazama, it is not a real world. At the end of the summer night banquet at Lakeview Manor, Luvia went to the Dreamland, observed the manor from the perspective of the Dreamland, and eliminated the most critical node of the god-summoning ritual.

"If possible, I hope you can take me with you when you enter the dreamland. I have experience there in the past and can help. Moreover, I also want to go to the narrow room again, and someone has entrusted someone to collect some plants. "

This was "big business" for Mr. Copus of Tobesk.

"No problem, Carina praised you, and the last time you entered the narrow room, it will indeed be helpful to us."

Mother-in-law Cassandra nodded, while Miss Aurora raised her eyebrows. She had no idea what Shade had done in this city.

"In addition, the scabbard is here. When the banquet is about to end, you can take it from me, as well as the information about the [Sin Mansion]."

The old witch asked the maid behind her to hand Shade a few pages of paper:

"Location-type relics are generally Sage-level (Level 2) or above, but [Sin Mansion] is a rare Keeper-level (Level 3) relic. It is more like a trading location. You will understand after reading the information. [Sin Mansion] randomly appears in the material world every 66 years, attracting sinners. But everyone has original sin, so theoretically, any intelligent creature is its target."

Shade lowered his head and looked at the papers:

"The Mansion of Sin is a place to pay for one's own sins? The depth of the sin will determine what happens inside the relic. The more you bear the sin, the easier it is to die inside, but the more you bear the sin, the more you can use the sin you have stripped away to escape. In exchange for the power of Sin Mansion."

"As long as you haven't done too many wrong things, [Sin Mansion] is not dangerous to you. Moreover, entering alone is safer than entering with multiple people, because you can't know exactly what your companions have done. .”

Granny Cassandra explained.

"Is this a relic that appeared in the Sikal Mountain?"

Miss Aurora was very curious and picked the curls beside her ear with her right index finger.

"Yes, because the restlessness in the narrow space caused element chaos in nearby areas, the number of relics in the Sikal Mountain area and this city will increase greatly in the recent period."

The old witch nodded.

"I'll go in alone tomorrow and take a look. If it's just the Keeper level, I think I can handle it."

Shade put the information away, and Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora did not stop him.

Shade thought for a while and asked again:

"Speaking of which, mother-in-law, you said some time ago that you wanted to invite me to your teacher's ceremony, which happens every twenty-two years. I don't know the name of your teacher yet."

He deliberately asked in front of Miss Aurora. The witches should all know this information.

"The teacher's name, she has two common names."

Grandma Cassandra didn't seem surprised by Shad's question:

"Helen Black, and Grace White."

"It's really them"

The corners of Shade's mouth trembled, and the images of the twin girls appeared in front of him almost immediately.

"Also, I entrusted you to come to this castle to find the lost bronze jar some time ago. In fact, it was the teacher who arranged for you to do it."

Grandma Cassandra said again:

"The teacher is a lecturer in the history department at this college. She wants to meet you secretly, so she asked me to arrange for you to come to the college."

The missions of witches always have a different purpose. Miss Aurora frowned slightly. She didn't know the story between Shade and Gemini. She only knew that Shade was related to a beautiful "young" girl again.

"Well, would it be my honor to meet Miss Black now?"

Shade asked, and the old witch smiled and shook her head:

"The teacher is busy with that key ceremony, so there can't be any mistakes. However, if you want to see her, follow me up the mountain next Monday, and the ceremony will take place."

Shade didn't say anything else, he just sighed that after a long time, he finally got to see them again.

[At that time, they were only 14 years old. 】

"She" reminded softly.

"I know, well, who do you think I am?"

Shade immediately retorted in his heart:

"I was just thinking, no matter whether it was Helen or Grace who commissioned Detective Sparrow in the first place, since she chose Hamilton Detective Agency by such a coincidence, I don't believe her or she has never seen me before I woke up. .”

【So, you want】

"I want to know, in the eyes of Gemini, what kind of person Shade was in the past with abnormal brains. Although St. Byrons said that the original owner of this body had no problem in the past, I always feel that the past is not that simple. .”

【Yeah? 】

She was laughing softly, as if a breeze was blowing in her ears. Somehow, Shade remembered the huge moon disk above the endless wilderness in his dream.

Divine and beautiful, containing secrets, so fascinating.

[Are you talking about the moon, or me? 】

Shade didn't answer, but they both knew the answer.

PS: There is one more chapter, which is an extra update.