Whispering Verse

The body passed through the curtain, and then immediately noticed the sound of raindrops, but the body did not feel the dripping of rainwater.

There were only dim lights in the art gallery just now, but now the lights are a bit bright and dazzling. Shade and Fiona both narrowed their eyes subconsciously, and then they saw that they did not appear on the street at all, but appeared high up in a certain building.

"Is this a terrace?"

Looking behind me, below is the city in the rainy night, with only a few buildings and a few streets still lit. And in the darkness of the city, some strange figures are patrolling. Even some giant-like behemoths were walking in the city, but all their movements were silent.

They were actually quite lucky and did not encounter the most difficult enemy.

Their current location seems to be on the top terrace of an extremely huge obsidian palace building. The terrace is quite large in area and is in the shape of a semicircle. The curved side is where the fence is, while the straight side is the wall and the closed double metal doors.

There is a light in two corners of the terrace. The color of the light is like the brightest sunset before sunset. It is this light that illuminates this place. The two metal doors were painted with patterns of dusk, sunset, and stars in the sky. On the door at dusk and sunset, there is writing in ancient characters:

【The place of dusk】

"The place of dusk, so when you open this door, it's night."

Shade said softly, and Fiona nodded nervously:

"Yes, the final destination should be behind the door."

"I don't feel the power of the Great One."

Shade said and glanced at his hands, but saw no trace of the afterglow of divinity:

"We are still in 'twilight' now, so 'dark night' has not come yet. If I guess correctly, if you open that door, the king of this city, the old god who symbolizes night, should appear."

Fiona nodded nervously:

"Then do you want to go in with me and leave later, or should we go in next time?"

"Next time, after all, it's still unclear what bargaining chips Miss Feliana has prepared, and I don't have much time."

Shade said:

"You take a rest here first. It would be best if you can recall what Miss Feliana told you through Moon Dream."

"Going to sleep again."

Fiona said with a sad face, but she also knew that there was nothing she could do about it.

Shade only had the last few minutes left and no time for small talk. Fiona recovered the curtain, but the compass was left in the art gallery and could not be retrieved.

Shade helped her set up a camp. The tent was still covered with soft bedding and a fence was installed outside the tent.

Three-color moonlight thorn bushes cling to the fence, protecting the tent within it. Fiona sat in the tent pitifully and stretched out her hand to Shade. Shade was stunned for a moment before he remembered to take off his coat and hand it to her. The previous one had been burned in the "Dragon Egg".

He turned Mia, who was looking at everything around her, into a toy and put it in the chest pocket of his shirt. There's only half a minute left, it's time to leave:

"I'll see you next time, Fiona."

"Want to see my new skills?"

The red-haired girl asked. Her red-gold eyes had already seen the white mist rising around Shade, so she said without giving Shade a chance to answer:

"Probably because of the ritual materials you used, I can actually paint in the night now. Yes, I just need to stretch out my fingers and light up the moonlight."

Her fingertips with some glimmer of light moved gently in the night, leaving a trace of light.

[Shad Suellen Hamilton]'s cursive name was written between the two of them. Shade looked at this scene with a smile, then stretched out his hand and hugged her gently:

"The next time will be the last time. It will definitely go well. Oh, if you can't sleep, you can try painting in the night. I can appreciate it carefully when I come back."

The red-haired girl bit her lower lip:

"Goodbye, Shade. Please wish me good night. I've been sleeping too much lately."

"Good night."

He stretched his head forward slightly, and the red-haired girl closed her eyes and moved her face closer, but she still didn't feel the touch.

When he opened his eyes again, Shade had disappeared.

"I really won't let you go next time."

(Little Mia is running.)

When Shade stumbled out of the bedroom door of Luvia's rented room at the Fertile Land Hotel, Luvia was still sitting in front of the dressing table looking at his face.

When she heard the voice, she finally moved her gaze from herself in the mirror to Shade:

"Where did your coat go?"

However, she didn't want to get an answer from Sha De. Instead, she stood up with a smile and walked towards Sha De:

"Go downstairs for breakfast. I like the Randall Valley's special sugar cookies. I won't be able to eat them when I return to Tobesk. You can't find the maple syrup Tobesk here."

Suddenly he stretched out his head and sniffed Shade's neck, then looked at him suspiciously. Shade wanted to explain, but the purple-eyed girl reached out and covered his mouth:

"Xia De, you have worked really hard."

When going downstairs for breakfast, Shade asked Luvia a very important question:

"Last time Miss Denister came here to see you, did she tell you where she lives now?"

"As I said, St. Byrons also has college assets locally, which is a ship repair factory. Miss Denister and several other professors sent by the college all live in the manor listed in the factory assets list, she said If I encounter trouble or danger, I can go to her."

Luvia informed Shad of his specific address, and then watched Shad feed the cat with a sad expression on his face:

"Do you want to go find Miss Danister? Although she may have guessed something about you, but it's still a little inappropriate to let her know that you can run around anywhere, right?"

"This key to time is in trouble."

His eyes glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention to them nearby, and Mia took advantage of this opportunity to take away the entire cookie that Shade had originally planned to break and feed to it.

Shade originally wanted to reward the cat, so he didn't care, so he picked up the knife and fork and started cutting the sausage:

"Miss Fiona Drago still hasn't remembered something. We are going to make a deal with an old god, which will determine the establishment of St. Byrons. If Fiona can't remember what the price is, she needs me. Go and find out from Miss Daniste.”

"It's such an amazing feeling."

The purple-eyed girl smiled and said:

"On an ordinary morning, in the corner of an inconspicuous hotel, while eating a relatively cheap breakfast, I listened to you talking about these things."

She shook her head:

"Don't ask me what I think. No one can participate in the events of the last era except you. Shade, ask yourself, you will have the answer."

Shade nodded, and then while he was thinking for a moment, Mia took away the freshly cut sausage. It timidly bit the sausage and looked at Shade, thinking that Shade would stop or scold it. Unexpectedly, Shade just looked at it indifferently, then picked up the spoon to stir his soup.

This made Mia afraid to continue eating.

After breakfast, Shade sent little Mia home first, then opened the [God's Gift Box] in the basement and took out this week's gifts. After experiencing the precious bottle of No. 1 holy water last week, this week's gift is just a very ordinary ivory comb.

Although expensive, it was of little use to Shade. The task is to wash your hair twice a week, which is easier than going to church.

Shade did not stay at home for long, and then went to Coldwater Port and went to the beach to pick a few fresh Houttuynia cordata to prepare for the assessment work [Underwater Breathing Potion] he was preparing to complete in the fourth grade potions class recently.

After returning from Cold Water Port, I returned to the Randall Valley. It was already ten o'clock in the morning. He went to the Wilde Opera House to borrow a horse, and then rode to the old cemetery of the Granger family in the northeast outside the city.

Because the location was a bit far away, Shade didn't arrive at his destination until almost noon. This is now the private forest farm of Earl Granger. In order to prevent being thought of as poachers and illegal loggers, Shade deliberately found the forest ranger's hut and showed him the certificate written by the Earl.

The ranger who looks after the forest farm is a sturdy man in his forties who also works as a logger in summer and autumn. He was very friendly to Shade and pointed out to him the location of the old cemetery deep in the forest.

But he also kindly reminded Xia De that although the old site had not been planted with trees or developed as required, it was already in a state of disrepair. The valuable things inside were taken away by the Granger family themselves and the occasional thieves a hundred years ago, so apart from the possibility of encountering hibernating animals, there is not much else to explore.

This old cemetery was destroyed by the Randall Valley earthquake in 1498 GCE. Before that, the Granger family was already a prominent local family, so the cemetery was very large.

Shade left his horse outside the guard's hut, and then followed the guard's instructions and walked alone in the forest. It was around 11:30 noon that he saw the cemetery surrounded by iron fences.

The fence must have been renovated in recent years and looks better than the one at the haunted Watson Manor. It’s just that the inside of the fence is almost in ruins. Even if the count arranges for people to clear the weeds every year, the three hundred years of desolation are enough to erase most traces of the past.

Since he got the key from the guard, Shade went in directly through the front door. The weather is getting warmer now, but the snow outside the city still shows no sign of melting. On the snowy ground, countless crooked stone monuments stand. In addition, there are still the remains of the chapel building in the cemetery, and there is no trace of the tombkeeper's hut at all.