Whispering Verse

A clerical relic [wishing coin], draw a pentagram pattern on the ground, put five candles of different lengths at the top of the pentagram, then throw the coin to the center of the pentagram, and you can make a wish.

The way wishes are realized is always strange, and the smaller the wish, the more normal the way it is realized; the more grand the wish, the more likely it is to cause other disasters.

Shade once got this coin from Miss Carina (Chapter 467). At that time, his relationship with Miss Carina was not as close as it is now, and the reward the Duchess requested was

[Have dinner with her. 】

The second time I encountered this kind of coin, Mr. Edmond sold it at the normal price. Because wish-making relics are relatively rare, no matter how strong the side effects are, they are still very useful after all. Therefore, [Wish Coin] is considered a relatively expensive type among clerical relics. But no matter how expensive it was, Shade had to buy it.

Considering that the journey from the abandoned tower in the mountains to Fort Rice, and from the White River Valley Vineyard to the city of Huntington is quite long, after leaving Coldwater Port, Shade just went home and took a shower, and then made arrangements to wake up. After dinner for the napping cat, he left another note for Dorothy who might come tonight, and then headed to the Randall Valley.

It was still early for Margaret's banquet, so Shade went to the Prophet's Association to find Luvia.

Now Luvia has been in Randall Valley for more than a month and has gradually adapted to the work here. A few days ago, the Association informed her that the negotiations with the Order had made critical progress, but in fact Miss Lassers said that the Prophet Association seemed to have simply forgotten to send her a letter.

In short, when Shade came to the Prophet's Association, Luvia was still busy with work and asked Shade to wait for her at the Fertile Land Hotel. After Shade read an entire copy of the Randall Valley Evening News and chatted with the guests at the next table for half an hour about the "petrified plague" that had appeared in the city in the past few days, Luvia hurried over.

She didn't look like she was off work, so she wasn't holding her clutch.

This time the two did not chat on the first floor of the hotel, but went to Luvia's room. Shade happily showed off the two coins he got today, while Luvia looked troubled:

"I really can't leave recently because the local association is short of manpower due to the issue of the selected candidates. So the association communicated with the college and extended my secondment. Now I'm afraid I really have to wait until spring to return to Torbes. gram."

"What does it matter? No matter where I am, you can see me every day."

Shade said:

"Also. Iluna told me at noon today that she has been notified that she will leave on Sunday and arrive locally later next week."

"The church must have made great progress, otherwise Iluna would not be allowed to come now."

Luvia was a little worried:

"Those two coins, do you want to divination now? Use divination to find the sapphire earrings and the two hexagonal gems that are missing."

"It's not necessary now, maybe I can run into them myself. Spring is getting closer and closer, and there will be more important things waiting for divination in the future."

Shade said, and then issued an invitation:

"I'm going to Margaret's party tonight. Do you want to go with me?"

"There is still some unfinished work in the association. The association is trying to rely on divination to learn the location of the crazy land in the entire area. Today we found one, and the church has already gone to deal with it."

The purple-eyed girl said, holding Shade's hand. She really wanted to accompany Shade:

"In addition, the 'universal earth elixir' you asked the witch to give to the church is indeed effective. I heard the news that diluting the elixir from 10 to 500 times can delay or even treat different degrees of petrification. Although it is not a cure, it is It’s already very effective. As for the [Healing] Holy Grail, it’s a pity that the potion transformed by the Holy Grail has no effect.”

"It's a pity that the Holy Grail in my hand is not enough."

"The number of cases today is 302. Even if you get a Holy Grail in one day, it will not be enough."

Luvia saw clearly:

"We can never hope that we can save everyone."

Purple eyes looked at Shade. For a moment, Shade wondered who had said this to him.

Since Luvia had no time, Shade went alone to the manor where Margaret was staying to attend the banquet.

The manor where the princess and prince live is a local asset of the Angevin royal family. Located in an area north of the city center, the manor covers an area approximately twice that of Earl Granger's manor.

Although Margaret said that this was a banquet to celebrate the completion of the shipyard and invited relevant people and their families to attend, the actual number of visitors to the banquet exceeded Shade's expectations.

He came early and talked for a while with Margaret in the room. By the time Margaret went to greet the guests with her maid and attendants, and when Chad also came to the banquet hall, the long dining table, illuminated by the overhead crystal lamp and the gas lamp with the Anjou family crest, was already full of people standing around it. people.

"Did the shipyard matter involve so many local people?"

Margaret and Prince William were the hosts of the party and were busy at the start of the party, so Shade was able to wander around. He originally thought about whether he could meet Stone Oxenfurt again, but then he thought that even if he did, there would be nothing to say.

Then he thought about seeing who was playing Rhodes in the banquet hall so that he could kill time, but when he was walking through the lively crowd with a wine glass, he noticed an acquaintance standing by the window.

Shade then changed his direction and walked over with the wine glass:

"Mr. Henriquez, I didn't expect to meet you again."

The man who was looking out the window alone also turned around, and then recognized that this was the young gentleman he met at Earl Granger's place on Tuesday:

"Mr. Watson, what a coincidence, I meet you again."

The two clinked their glasses, and Shade also glanced out the window. The banquet hall is on the first floor, and outside this window is the back garden of the manor. It is now the end of winter, and although the weather is still surprisingly cold, there are still many people who are willing to travel at night in such temperatures.

At this moment, around the corner of the evergreen bushes, two ladies could be seen sitting on a stone bench covered with cushions.

Only a few lonely gas lamps were still burning in the garden, leaving the two ladies talking in low voices in the dark and cold. The banquet hall was warm and bright, with pleasant music and lively chatter coming and going. Because the room is so bright, the glass reflects the situation inside the window.

Mr. Henriquez's face is therefore reflected in the glass, almost coinciding with the figure of Mrs. Henriquez sitting far away in the garden, draped in a white shawl.

One is outside and the other is inside, one is cold and the other is warm and comfortable.

"If Mrs. Enriquez was talking to a young, handsome man instead of an older woman, it would almost be a world-famous painting."

The stranger said something in his heart that only he could understand, and then asked Mr. Henriquez:

"What's wrong with your wife in such a cold weather?"

"She was talking to Aunt Angela."

Mr. Henriquez's expression was melancholy and his tone was particularly low. He probably didn't care who he was talking to, he just wanted someone to talk to:

"It's really cold outside, but..."

He drank all the wine in his glass in one gulp, and Shade looked out the window:

"Please forgive me for being nosy. Are you having a relationship problem?"

Mr. Enriquez nodded slightly, put the wine glass on the window sill, and asked instead:

"Speaking of which, Mr. Watson, I think you have reached the age of marriage. Are you married now?"

Shade shook his head:

"No, but I do have a few girls of the same age who are quite close to me."

【Overage. 】

Mr. Enriquez nodded. He was from a noble family, so he naturally understood what Xade meant.

He looked outside with bright eyes:

"It's better not to get married. Love is always happy and fulfilling, but marriage is always the grave of love. I didn't understand this sentence before, but when I got married, I realized how accurate it is. So, Mr. Watson, do you know why fairy tales always end with the wedding of the prince and the princess?"

Xia De followed his train of thought and thought:

"Because after marriage, it is no longer as beautiful as fairy tales. Ordinary life, friction over trivial matters, and conflicts in personal habits. Children who read fairy tales should not be exposed to the helplessness of the adult world at a very young age. "

"Yes, the helplessness of the adult world."

Mr. Henriquez stared blankly at the two people holding hands and talking outside the window:

"I used to be immersed in the beauty of love. It wasn't until I got married that I realized how difficult it is to start a family with another person."

It seems that what troubles him is not only his wife's experience while studying in Willendale City, but also the fact that after getting married, life is different from what he imagined.

However, although he seemed to be confiding in Shade, Mr. Enriquez never told what he knew. No matter how distressed she is, her wife has had a past with someone else, but she cannot tell it to a stranger.

"Perhaps you could ask your long-married relatives for help."

However, Shade still gave his own suggestions:

"Although young people often think that older people have outdated ideas, in fact they are right most of the time."

Mr. Henriquez nodded:

"Yes, that's why my aunt was talking to my wife outside. But she obviously misunderstood and thought it was my slovenly habits that made Maggie a little disappointed in me. In fact, it was"

He did not continue, but took another glass of wine from the passing waiter's tray.

There is no so-called "marriage counselor" in this era, but Shade knows of a similar profession:

"Have you considered seeing a psychiatrist?"