Whispering Verse

"Xia De, although you are not a student of the School of Astronomy, the compulsory courses for your third and fourth years still include astrology. This is because of your [Silver Moon] core spiritual rune. Different moon phase cycles correspond to different powers of the moon. , the waning moon period corresponds to the power of healing, acceptance, recovery, and dreams, from which [Moon Dream] comes. This is a very complex thaumaturgy, and it belongs exclusively to the St. Byrons Library and cannot be found anywhere else. This time, I will only provide you with three ritual materials, but there is a high probability that you will not succeed. Therefore, before the arrival of spring, collect the materials yourself and try the thaumaturgy repeatedly until you fully master it."

The female teacher's tone at this time was very majestic:

"When the first Randall flower blooms in the Randall Valley of Carsonlik and spring arrives in the Old World, I will have you come to St. Byrons again and show me the fruits of your learning. If If you fail to reach the level I want, Shade, for the rest of this year, you should prepare to face my challenge. If you fully master [Moon Dream], maybe I can give you some rewards. "

She smiled and winked at Shade, and Shade understood that this was definitely not a joke.

Thaumaturgy - [Moon Dream], corresponding to the spiritual runes of March, [Moon], [Dream], and [Meditation]. Judging from the description of the effects of thaumaturgy and the learning ritual, this is a relatively typical high-level thaumaturgy, which means it is suitable for learning in the high-level thaumaturgy. It seems that Miss Denister does have high expectations for Shade.

The effect of thaumaturgy is more complicated, and can be summarized simply. After falling asleep, you can touch the moon in the astral realm in your sleep in a semi-meditative state. After a complete sleep process of six hours at a time, curses are removed, negative states are removed, damaged spirits are healed, and soul damage is slightly cured. Not only that, complete mastery of the magic technique can also greatly enhance the effect of meditation and enhance mental resistance. Every time a complete moon phase cycle is passed, the upper limit of the spirit and the recovery speed of the spirit can also be enhanced, and all moon-related thaumaturgic effects can be enhanced.

Of course, the most peculiar effect is that after fully mastering thaumaturgy, the rate of decay of mortal souls will nearly stagnate during sleep. This has almost touched the realm of time, and the near-stasis of soul decay means that the soul can carry it for longer.

Of course, one must practice [Moon Dream] to an extremely advanced level in order to have such an effect.

And because Sister Devlin had opened the library of the [Spiritual Order] to Shade, Shade knew that there were similar thaumaturgy in the [Spiritual Order], but the focus was slightly different from [Moon Dream]. .

This is more of a meditative technique than thaumaturgy. As for the study of [Moon Dream], in addition to the most basic ritual matrix, most of the others are various spices and incense to assist in falling asleep better and entering a deep meditation stage.

"No problem, I will start studying."

Shade wrote down the ceremony, and the materials would be passed to him later on the poem page.

"I have another question. Do you know what the Sands of Time soaked by night are?"

Shade asked again, but unfortunately, even the librarian lady had never heard of it. The Sand of Time's own time power allows it to be protected from infection by other forces. It is basically impossible for the night to "infect" such a relic.

The conversation with Miss Denister lasted from this morning until almost noon. The librarian lady systematically analyzed the knowledge that Shade currently needs to learn, and listened to Shade's analysis of the sublimated words "The shadow of the silver moon guides the final direction" that he "accidentally" obtained.

She had no opinion on which word of sublimation Shade used. After all, it was Shade's own choice.

After the projection ceremony, it was already noon. So Shade took Mia to have lunch with Dorothy, and explained to Dorothy his concerns about his recent study status being too slack.

The blonde girl looked at him while eating, and waited until Shade finished speaking before saying:

"I don't feel that you are slacking off. Instead, I feel like you are being chased by some monster all the time. You are running forward all the time."

She touched the cat that was eating, and then received a fierce "meow~" from Mia.

"Shad, sometimes it really feels like you are trying to be the perfect saint."

His green eyes were full of worry:

"Being able to see you stop and take a rest occasionally makes me feel happy."

Shade blinked:

"Me? Perfect like a saint? This must be an illusion. My desire is stronger than anyone else."

He didn't feel this way himself, but in order to break Dorothy's worries, he stood up slightly and said something in Miss Writer's ear. The small ears next to the blond hair immediately turned red, and those green eyes looked at Shade with some annoyance:

"Really, did you secretly read those Agelina's illegal books that Leziya confiscated? Or does little Agelina still have some in stock? Really, I don't know where she got them from. Those books I got from the maid.”

It seemed that she and Lesia both knew what was in the illegal publications collected by the little princess.

After Dorothy finished speaking, she looked around and said softly:

"It's not impossible. But your final thoughts must wait until Luvia comes back and ask for her opinion."

By the time Shade arrived at Randall Valley City this afternoon, it was already half past one. When entering the main hall of the Forgotten Church, I happened to encounter the Ring Warlocks of the Golden Dawn repairing the broken stone chairs.

Miss Lassus and Miss Bernanice were also here. The former sat next to her father, bowing her head and praying silently, while the big witch stood in circles under the beam of skylight. Seeing Shade appear out of the corner of his eye, he immediately stopped with a red face, without mentioning what he was doing just now.

"Good afternoon, Shade."

She said hello to Shade, who happened to be looking for her:

"Can you inform the church that something big will happen near Lake Eldron tomorrow night, that is, Thursday night. I don't know what it is, but it must be a big deal."

"Does it need to be informed through the parliament or anonymously through the black market?"

Miss Benenice also didn't ask Shade about the source of his information.

"The black market tells it anonymously, but with enough weight for the church to believe it."

If it goes through the parliament, it cannot be ruled out that the local demons know about this and then infer that "John Watson" is related to the witch parliament.

"no problem."

Now there are three things left for Shade to do, which is to visit the locations of the three auction items. Since it was already the afternoon, he went directly to Oxenfurt Manor, and really hoped to get the statue this time.

I rode horseback and rushed out of the city, running on a familiar road. Because this road was already going smoothly, it took less time than the previous two times.

When we arrived at the manor, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. The old and remote manor still looked so gloomy. Stone Oxenfurt was still not at home today. The old butler greeted Shade at the door and already knew his purpose.

Haila Oxenfurt still welcomed Shade as the hostess. She took Shade with an indifferent expression to the room where the stone statues were stored. After opening the lock of the glass cabinet, Shade finally got the statue.

Originally, he wanted to make up an excuse himself and stay at the manor for a while to look for other clues. But before Shade could speak, the woman wearing a black veil took the initiative to invite:

"Mr. Watson, let's have a cup of afternoon tea before leaving."

Naturally, Shade would not refuse.

Behind the sofa set in front of the fireplace in the living room on the first floor is a long table that can seat eight people, with one person sitting on the two short sides and three people on each long side.

This is also a place for the family to eat. It's not that the manor doesn't have a special restaurant. When the servants only have an old housekeeper and a maid, there is really no need to use a special restaurant.

The maid went to prepare tea and snacks. Helena Oxenfurt sat at the end of the long table, and Shade sat on the side of the long table across a seat. Taking advantage of the time alone again, Shade also wanted to ask some questions involving Oxenfurt's secrets. But before he could speak, the lady wrote in the air again, and "she" told Shad the content of that sentence:

[We won’t talk about those topics today. 】

Although he didn't know why, Shade nodded.

"Did you meet my husband yesterday?"

she asked.

"Yes, I saw it at the wedding banquet of Miss Mason and Mr. Enriquez. He showed me some very amazing skills. We even saw an undead."

Shade briefly described the story between two living people and a ghost. After listening to the story, the veiled woman lowered her eyes and remained silent. Shade expressed his sigh:

"I also asked around in the city today. The wedding of Miss Mason and Mr. Enriquez ended smoothly. I didn't hear anyone mention anything about ghosts. It seems that the young man and woman chose to hide this incident. They still want to maintain their marriage or other decisions. I don’t want to comment on the right or wrong of this matter, I just lament this story.”

Haela Oxenfurt said softly:

"This is just the current situation. In fact, the story between them cannot be judged based on hearsay alone. There will be a price to pay for maintaining a marriage and relationship."

Shade didn't expect her to speak, so he nodded in surprise:

"Yes, ma'am, although I am not married yet, I agree with this sentence. I will continue to pay attention to their next story. I have always believed that marriage is the process of two different individuals becoming a whole. Emotions Passion is often time-limited. When that passion inevitably fades, the trivial matters of life will make two different individuals realize once again that they are actually different. However, the relationship between you and Mr. Oxenfurt should be very That’s right, I heard that in order to marry you, he even renovated this manor where his ancestors lived.”

With the sound of clattering, the maid pushed the dining cart over. After the maid finished serving the tea, Helena Oxenfurt nodded:

"Stone really loved me and gave me his whole heart."