Whispering Verse

After reading the note, Shade blinked and muttered:

"Something fancy."

Then hold the silver cube:

"Collecting stories can you open it to get the so-called gift. The invisible abandoned church on Cherry Leaf Street."

The cube, which had not yet been warmed by the warmth of Shade's palm, immediately began to feel hot. Shade's palm was keenly aware of the concave and convex marks on one side of the cube. When he opened his palm and took a look, he saw densely packed letters appearing on one of the six sides.

"Wouldn't it be better to just leave me a note?"

The letters were so small that even if Shade looked closer, it would be difficult to make out complete sentences. Fortunately, there was "she". After Shade's fingertips rubbed against the metal block, "she" repeated the above sentence:

[Between 11 and 12 Cherry Leaf Street, there is an abandoned church that cannot be observed in its normal state. The church belonged to the old god "The Forgotten Old Man". After the god left in the Fifth Era, the church was struggled to be supported by mortal believers and eventually completely collapsed. If you want to observe the church, it is very simple. Put the middle finger, index finger, ring finger and little finger of either hand together, look at the wall between No. 11 and No. 12 through the gap between the fingers, and pray softly - praise the departing gods. , the world is with you and me! 】

"So simple?"

Shade thought to himself, and then tried his best to remember the old god "Old Forgotten". But no matter how he recalled it, he seemed to have never heard of this god's name from any source.

He lowered his head and looked at the silver cube in his hand. At this time, the small letters on the surface of the cube had disappeared, so Shade tried again:

"The only time key to [The Past and the Sixth Era]."

Seeing that Silver Cube didn't respond, he changed his explanation:

"The Key to Mysterious Events Hidden in Randall's Valley."

Still no response.

"The time key to cycle through the Sixth Era."

Still no response,

"I knew it wasn't that simple. However, if this silver cube also records other secrets related to this city, even if there is nothing hidden in the silver cube, Mr. Thomas Granger really left it for me. An incredible item, the key, isn’t it in here?”

The time has come to the afternoon, and Shade has no intention of staying here anymore. After all, Luvia will not arrive until tomorrow. After leaving the hotel, he quickly returned to Cherry Leaf Street and found a location between No. 11 and No. 12.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he followed the prompts given on the silver cube, looked at the wall through the gaps between his fingers, and then prayed softly:

"Praise be to the departed gods, the world is with you and me."

The light was distorted, and then as if the space had been expanded, the courtyard of the abandoned church forcefully "squeezed out" the gaps in the bricks of the wall and appeared in Cherry Leaf Street.

Shade looked at this scene in surprise, and while no one noticed, he used "Raglai's Jump" to directly enter the courtyard. Then he stood in the snowy yard and watched people coming and going outside:

"It's really interesting. There are no footprints on the snow, and there are no traces of anyone active inside the church. So will this unknown courtyard belong to me from now on?"

When I came here just now, I just found my way out in the church. At this time, he took advantage of the time to explore the old church more carefully, and then had to admit that except for construction waste, at least he could not find anything valuable here.

So he returned home through the hidden space in the church basement. Of course, he didn't forget to take the books and gold coins in the box home, and the box was left here as a token.

When I walked out of the basement, I was a little confused when I didn't see the cheerful cat. Then I realized that little Mia had been taken away and taken care of by Dorothy.

So that night, Shade had dinner with Dorothy on Silver Cross Avenue, and excitedly described to her what he had seen today. Compared with arriving in a new city before, this experience was particularly interesting, and Dorothy obviously thought so too:

"The invisible old church in the city? Yes, it's a very good subject. Just hearing the outline, I can think of a very interesting detective story!"

However, Miss Writer has never heard of the name of the old god [Old Forgotten]. However, Lesia has found the way Shade tried to learn his singing ability:

"Since you hope to permanently gain the ability to sing, then excluding potions and alchemical items, only spells and thaumaturgy are left. Among your spiritual runes, only [Echo] can be associated with similar power."

The blonde girl and Shade sat across from each other in the restaurant, which was a high-end restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue. Both of them were dressed formally, while Mia was obediently lying on a high stool. The light of the gas lamps in the restaurant was deliberately dimmed, but the light of the candlesticks on each table was very bright.

People were talking in hushed tones, and every table covered with white tablecloths was far apart. This was indeed a very suitable place for a date.

"Thumbology [The Sound of Music]."

Dorothy looked at Shade with her green eyes:

"This is not for you to learn to sing, but for you to record a piece of music yourself. Whether it is through an instrument such as a piano, a gramophone, or a real person singing, it can be recorded and then performed by yourself Singing. Of course, the timbre will become your own voice, after all, the human voice cannot simulate the sound of a violin."

Shade nodded, and waited until the waiter who brought the fried scallops with foie gras left, then said again:

"Sounds very good. After I go back tonight, I will go to the academy to apply. I will be awarded two new thaumaturgy techniques during the school year assessment. The academy can even directly provide the materials for the ceremony. But this thaumaturgy was originally used for What? Created and passed down just to record sounds?”

Simple alchemical items can do this.

"It is for the ring magicians themselves to record the sounds of nature. The sound of wind, rain, and thunder. According to rumors, skilled ring magicians who can contact nature will enter the mountains and forests alone and record the music of nature and the earth with themselves. , to receive enlightenment from the world. However, for you, if you just want to record a song and then let yourself sing it, this is enough."

Dorothy said, then pointed to little Mia with a smile:

"Your cat just has 'Give me something to eat' written on its face."

"This cat has been eating a lot since the New Year's Day. I've been thinking about putting it on a diet recently. Of course, I'm just thinking about it."

Shade said with a smile and touched the cat's little head. Mia also squinted her eyes and rubbed her head against Shade's palm.

Dorothy continued:

"There are still some problems with the learning materials for thaumaturgy. I know that the academy provides it to you for free, but the main ingredients of the potion that this type of thaumaturgy requires are [three purple echograss plants that are over thirty years old and have intact roots]. Xia said that the three major academies have been out of stock recently. Of course, it’s not impossible to find it, but it takes time, but don’t you hope that you can use your time key again on the weekend?”

"Where is it produced?"

"The town of Stardew Valley in Carsonrick and its surrounding areas. Yes, Randall Valley is also within the scope, which is where you are going now. Lesia also considered that you can go there, so she found this strange place. Technique."

Shade nodded:

"I'll go to the local black market and look for it. If that doesn't work, I'll look for other methods. But after that, I need to record a beautiful song. Do you know who has a nice singing voice?"

Miss Writer coughed reservedly, then blinked and looked at Shade, who nodded suddenly:

"At that time, I will trouble you again."

The writer's face turned red, and then she said "hmm" softly.

(Little Mia is running.)

Early on Wednesday morning, Shade was not in a hurry to go to the Randall Valley to meet Luvia who had arrived today. Instead, he went to Old John's pawn shop first.

"Dad John, can you tell what this is?"

There were no customers in the pawn shop early in the morning. Xia De exchanged greetings with the old man who was reading the newspaper, and then took out the silver cube.

Old John, wearing reading glasses, tilted his head from behind the counter and looked at the metal block on the table:

"If it's not a relic, it would be difficult for me to give a specific result, but it's okay to identify the material."

He put on his gloves and did a simple inspection, then he was amazed:

"What a waste. If I'm not mistaken, the metal layer of this thing is a layer of mithril. And it's not ordinary mithril. It has been blessed by the priests of the gods. Moreover, there are other materials besides mithril. I think Look. About three hundred years ago, the Sussex School of Medicine invented a new mithril alloy formula that made the mithril material extremely flexible. If I guessed correctly, this metal block , it should be able to change its shape, right?”

"It can reveal words and change shapes, I don't know."

Shade said that he had also heard of the so-called "Mithril" in the basic courses and the knowledge of witches. Of course, the name "Mithril" was also translated by him. This is an extremely expensive material metal. It is more precious than the so-called "mithril" in the hometown stories that foreigners remember. It itself has extremely excellent impact resistance and top-level spiritual adaptability.

The price of mithril is immeasurable because it cannot be found on the black market. Even if college professors conduct experiments, they must apply strictly to the college to obtain this material.

Of course, Shade had also seen items made of mithril before, namely Sister Devlin's eyepatch. The eyepatch with dense patterns is a top magical item handed down from the ancient Death Cult. Although the power of the eyepatch has little to do with the material, it is enough to show the preciousness of "mithril".

Therefore, the value of the small silver cube in Shade's hand was even more exaggerated than he thought yesterday afternoon.