Whispering Verse

If it weren't for the upcoming decisive battle, Shade would be willing to take Luvia here to see the scenery, and even sit around the lights at night to talk about plans for future life and their respective life ideals.

[Do you really just want to talk about life ideals with her here? 】

"Oh, don't disturb my thoughts with such things when I am sighing."

Shade complained softly in his heart, and then prepared to leave. He had to prepare for his visit to Oxenfurt Manor on Friday night, and maybe once he had dealt with the demon, the Chosen One ceremony would begin.

【somebody is coming. 】

"She" suddenly said in Shade's ear. Shade listened intently to the voice, but heard nothing.

[Not a human being, but the traces of elements on his body are obvious. He is not a stranger. 】

"Where is the other party?"

[You don’t have to move, she’s coming. 】

While he was talking, black smoke composed of a swarm of mosquitoes flew up from the hole with a ladder on the side. The black smoke, on the top floor of the watchtower, formed the expressionless face of Mrs. Helena Oxenfurt's maid in an old-fashioned yellowed maid dress.

Shade and Dr. Schneider discussed the old housekeeper and maid of Oxenfurt Manor. The doctor believed that they were lower-level demons and were used by the Stone Mirror Demon to monitor the activities of the manor. The "lower-level demons" here refer to the alien demons themselves, not the ancient Third Age evil spirits.

"Well hello."

Shade raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"Did Oxenfurt send you to find me, or did the devil behind you send you to find me. It can't be Haela Oxenfurt who sent you, right?"

He couldn't understand the reason for meeting each other here.

"Master Oxenfurt sent me to inform you of the time to visit the manor on Friday night, no later than half past seven in the evening.

Shade frowned slightly:

"Is he so worried that I will break my promise? Don't worry, I will be there on time."

"Besides, I also have something to come to you for."

The maid put her hands together in front of her body, which was a very common gesture for Tifa. When Tifa does it, it looks natural and elegant, but when the maid in front of her does it, it looks strange no matter how you look at it:

"To be precise, the housekeeper and I decided to come find you before Friday."

"You guys? What's going on?"

Shade put a hand on the fence and asked casually.

"We hope that you can free us."

She remained expressionless.

"What's the meaning?"

"We are no one's subordinates. The devil who must not be named, induced Stone Oxenfurt to call us with rituals and bind us to watch over his estate and his wife for him. We are tired of this work, so I hope you can free us.”

Although people often say that you can’t just believe in demons, this incident actually sounds like it’s true:

"It sounds funny that demons can be restrained by humans."

"You should understand that sometimes, humans are scarier than demons."

Shade quite agrees with this last sentence:

"So, you took advantage of this opportunity to meet me and tell me this? It's hard for me to believe you, but I'm curious. What do you want me to do? Kill Oxenfurt?"

"No, the bondage will not be released so easily. You have to let him admit with his own mouth that we are free."

This doesn't sound very difficult. Shade immediately thought of many ways:

"To be honest, I have no grudges against you. If what you say is true, I also sympathize with you. But why should I do this? You are also demons, maybe not as old as that guy, nor as good as that guy. Evil, but still evil.”

Shade put his hands on the fence and looked at the sunset with his back to the maid behind him. He wasn't worried about being attacked on his back. "She" kept looking at Shade's back.

“I understand that there is a price to pay for your freedom, and that’s fair.

Due to the constraints of the contract, we cannot give you important information about the evil entity and Stone Oxenfurt, but there is something we can say - Stone Oxenfurt took back the ring from you, The medal and sapphire earrings were part of his contract with the ancient evil being. By obtaining these three items that he could never find, he could, to a certain extent, get rid of the shackles of the evil being and gain greater freedom. strength. "

Stone Oxenfurt really wanted to rebel against Goethe.

Shade nodded, so the maid continued to speak in the wind at the top of the tower. "She" reminded Shade that the maid did not open her mouth at all:

"The real contract between Stone Oxenfurt and the evil existence lies in the heart. If you want to completely eliminate Oxenfurt, you have to pay attention to the heart."

Shade frowned slightly, this was indeed quite useful information. At least, it can provide him with next steps when he encounters difficulties:

"Is that all?"

The maid nodded slightly:

"When we are free, we will be able to give you more information."

"Well, I can't promise to do anything, but I can promise you that if there is a chance, I can try to get Stone Oxenfurt to speak and give you your freedom. Although I will not sign any contract with you, but This is my promise and I am a very honest person."

Shade said, turned around and stretched out his hand. The maid hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and shook it with him. In fact, Shade didn't promise anything. He decided to wait until Friday night to decide what he wanted to do based on the situation.

"I have one more question."

Shade looked at her and asked:

"You are telling me this here, are you really not afraid of being discovered by it?"

"It is busy with other things now. Besides, although I am not as strong as it, I am still a devil."

The maid said, then pointed to the big lake:

"I know what you came here to find. It was indeed sealed here. But when it broke away from the seal, it destroyed most of the things. If you want some clues, go to the lake. Maybe some things are still there. At the bottom of the lake, it went unnoticed.”

After saying that, she bowed slightly to Shade, and then turned into black smoke composed of mosquitoes again, flying towards the bright sunset sky in the distance.

"Going into the water again? It's winter now."

Shade covered his forehead and complained softly, and then under the setting sun, the dancing red butterflies flew out of his body one by one, until his whole body dispersed into a group of butterflies and flew towards the sky below. Big red lake.

Of course, after landing later, he did not forget to come back and close the door.

(Little Mia is running.)

"Is this what you found?"

Thursday morning, Carson Creek United Kingdom, Randall Valley, Benanis Manor.

Shade caressed Mia and sat at the breakfast table. The long dining table was very busy. Everyone was there except Luvia, who was called to help by the Prophet Association, and Margaret, who was busy preparing for tonight's banquet. Even Iluna is there. And it was Iluna who asked the question just now. She thanked the maid who brought her scrambled eggs and continued her conversation with Shade.

"Yes, I swam at the bottom of the lake for four hours last night! By the time I landed, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening!"

Shade said while drinking hot soup. Sitting opposite him, Miss Aurora, who was cutting bacon with a table knife, said with a smile:

"If Miss Anat were here, she would definitely talk about you."

"So I'm going to say it while she's not around."

Shade said, pushing aside the cat that was sniffing on the table, and continued to point at the gravel he took out.

There are three stones in total. The smaller one is about the size of a palm. The back is quite rough and looks like it was peeled off from something big. The front is a smooth plane with a ring inlaid in the center. The ring is the center. Radiating dents and runes in all directions.

Of course, since there is only a palm-sized piece left, we can only roughly judge that this is one of the cores of the seal:

"If I hadn't been aware of the whispering element at that time, I wouldn't have been able to find these rubbles."

As he spoke, he asked the maid for a clean table knife, and then pulled the ring out of the stone.

The band of the ring is black iron, and the surface of the ring is made of darker, rustic black iron. The ring surface is rectangular, slightly convex around the edges and concave inside, but the pattern inside the rectangle is convex.

The pattern was an ancient Third Age rune.

"Secretkeeper-level relic, demon hunting seal."

Shade said the name of the relic:

"The symbol of the witchers of the Third Age, the seal itself and the pattern printed on the seal can all cause great harm to demons. But correspondingly, holding a seal will increase the probability of encountering demons. Moreover, it has not been used for a long time. Once the [Demon Hunting Seal] held by the Ring Warlock is held again, there is a high probability of encountering a demon immediately."

Shade played with the ring in his hand:

"Of course, because I have been in contact with demons a lot recently, the negative properties of the ring have not been exerted for the time being."

"I remember you already have one."

Sitting next to Miss Benenice is Miss Carina. The red-haired duchess is the latest to get up today. According to her, her origin and the struggles of her ancestors have determined that she does not have to get up too early.

"Yes, I got it from an ophthalmologist in Tobesk. Tifa was also with me at the time, acting as my detective assistant. After getting my ring, we immediately met someone from the [Dark Realm] 】's subordinate demon's 'hidden servant'."

Shade nodded. That was also one of the commissions left by Detective Sparrow. Along with the ring, there were also clues about the [Night Watch] in Sikal Mountain.

The black-haired maid smiled when Shade mentioned her name, and Miss Sylvia, who also had beautiful black hair, waved and let the stone without the ring fly towards her:

"Let me take a look at this. You said this is a sealing ceremony set up by the Ring Warlock when the ancient Kingdom of Stonewell was destroyed? I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful sealing master in this era."