Whispering Verse

"Why sigh?"

The blonde girl suddenly asked Shade, which made Shade, who thought he only needed to act as a backdrop, a little at a loss:

"Because this is my habit. When I encounter a melancholy story, I always sigh to highlight the atmosphere."

Siris Grand Lassus wanted to laugh, but felt it was inappropriate:

"Now that I know the answer, I have no other ideas."

She also looked at Shade:

"Looking at you, it seems like you want me to hold you and cry?"

"No, no, no, last time you held me and cried in church until one o'clock in the morning, that was enough."

The young girl really smiled at this moment, but Shade was a little unsure whether it was his imagination. Sirius walked up to him, and after giving Shade a signal, Shade reached out and hugged her, but she quickly broke away.

The blonde girl sighed again. She was not as calm as she said:

"No matter what, I know my father's last thoughts, and that's enough. Although I'm still unhappy with him leaving without saying goodbye, at least I know the reason, and the reason is great. My father is also a great person. Man. He said, I can choose my own life and I understand."

[She has figured it out, you probably don’t need to worry, she will choose self-sacrifice. 】

"She" whispered softly in Shade's ear. Shade also noticed this and felt relieved a little.

He bent down and picked up the mirror. Although the mirror itself was intact, it could no longer play any role:

"Take this, and when we bury Mr. Lassers, this will be the last relic. Keep it as a souvenir."

Sirius nodded:

"Then, let's go back. There are still many things to do today."

"etc."

Shade stopped her:

"Don't forget, there is the last intact prayer cupboard that we haven't opened yet."

The blonde girl hesitated:

"According to the rules just now, the last one should still be 'I'. It's better to deal with it now than to have everyone see my jealousy when I clean it later. Especially, I can't let Vanessa see it. .”

"Don't worry, I won't say a word about what happened just now."

Shade promised, then reached for the door handle of the last prayer cupboard.

The white thread of memory spurted out again, and then, Sirius, with black smoke all over his body, walked out of the door. But this time, she didn't yell any words, she just looked at Shade:

"I"

She opened her mouth to say something, but as soon as Siris spoke, the real blonde shouted, completely covering her voice. Then, she walked forward angrily:

"I will solve my problems myself!"

She was really angry.

The girl with the black smoke showed an understanding smile. She patted Sirius on the shoulder, pointed at Shade, whispered something in her ear, and then handed a stone to Sirius, and then she Disappeared.

"Don't ask anything!"

The blonde girl warned Shade with her eyes, so Shade kept his mouth shut and looked at her hand. What the vanished girl with black smoke handed her was a smooth white pebble. Shade recognized this. When he visited the Night Temple for the second time, Sirius extracted exactly the same pebbles from the earth:

"Memory crystal?"

"Yes, memory crystal."

Siris put it to his ear and listened carefully, and confirmed after a moment:

"Father's memory."

"Before returning to the opera house, would you like to read the contents of this memory?"

Shad suggested:

"I remember that it was easy to just put the crystals in boiling water."

There is no need to stay in a cold and dark prayer room to watch the memories crystallized in memory. The two returned to the main hall of the church together. Shade restored the water basin toy into a water basin and placed it on the pulpit of the main hall. Then he poured in a large amount of water that he brought with him. After calling out a flame to heat it, Sirius threw the crystal in.

Shade took the initiative to take a step back and gave up his position to Sirius, but the blonde girl held his hand and asked him to come over:

"Let's take a look together."

"But this is your father's memory."

"What does that matter?"

She asked Shade to stand beside her:

"This basin is big enough. You hold my hand and be careful not to close your eyes. I will guide you to watch the memory together. Get ready, three, two, one."

Their heads were immersed in the basin together, but Shade didn't feel like he was choking on the water. He felt like he was looking down at the earth from the sky and saw the dusty Mr. Lassus. In the basement of the church, he retrieved a gauze bag less than the size of a palm from the gap in the wall.

He opened the cloth bag tremblingly, and then the miraculous golden aura soared into the sky, even directly ejecting Shade and Sirius from their brief memories.

And Shade is quite familiar with that kind of power.

【Heart of the Earth. 】

The memory just now was of the scene where Mr. Lassus obtained the fragment of the Heart of the Earth at the end of the Guardian's Road.

That power had no effect on Shade, but behind Sirius beside him, a seven-ring life ring emerged from the steam mist. The miraculous elements are gathered on the surface of the life ring until the miraculous - [Earth] spirit rune is engraved.

"I have mastered the thaumaturgy - the power of the earth and the memory of the earth. When I set foot on the earth, I can directly learn the secrets of this land. I can communicate with the land to know the soil environment and weather conditions in the near future. I can help you in the Black Night Temple. , to retrieve that memory."

Sirius, who was in a daze for a moment, said to Shade. Shade nodded in surprise, but he still had to wait until the matter was over to extract the black time key:

"I noticed that your seven-ring and four-spirit runes are complete. In other words, you can already advance to the eighth-ring. Even compared to those unreasonable witches, your speed is too amazing. To be honest. , I have met many ring magicians, but you are definitely the most talented. Siris, I remember your age, but you are younger than me."

His words are not an exaggeration. In terms of the profession of ring warlock, Siris Lassus is definitely a true genius.

But Shade actually has doubts in his heart. The memory crystal that remembers the power of the Heart of the Earth obtained in the prayer room was placed by Mr. Lassus before he officially became a guardian to tell the story of this place to those who came after him. Or is it a guardian? It was placed by Mr. Lassus to force Siris to obtain the power of the earth.

But this question was meaningless now. Asking it would only destroy Mr. Lassus's image in Hillis' mind and create more suspicion, so he did not ask it.

Sirius asked Shade for a piece of black cloth and covered it on the head of the stone statue sitting on the first row of benches:

"Father, this is the final farewell."

She bowed to the stone statue, then held Shade's hand again, and said with a smile:

"Look, Miss Anat's divination is really accurate. I will cut off a relationship in the near future. Divination is really magical. Let's go back."

Back at the Wilde Opera House, it was already half past four in the afternoon. No one asked what Shade and Siris saw in the church, but Miss Benanis was still a little concerned about the two coming back holding hands.

Everyone's departure time is after six o'clock, so there is no need to return to the manor for dinner. But even so, Miss Bernanise, as the host, still prepared a sumptuous banquet. Although there is no dedicated restaurant in the opera house, it is still possible to clean up the stage and use tables to form a long dining table.

The witch and apprentice, Shade, Luvia and Siris, all sat together and enjoyed the dinner before departure. The golden candlesticks were lit with dazzling candles, and the silver plates contained tempting food.

Iluna also came during dinner time. She hurried to the opera house. Shad pulled up a chair. Luvia made some room to the side. Tifa brought her a plate and cup and let Ten The seven-year-old girl sat between Shade and Luvia.

"I can only stay here for twenty minutes before I have to rush to the church."

Iluna said, picking up the red wine glass and taking a big sip, which made Miss Carina frown slightly:

"Beas, pay attention to the etiquette of a lady! Also, which area are you responsible for tonight?"

"I was not responsible anywhere. I stayed at the church in the city to await orders and was responsible for the city's defense around the church."

Iluna put down her wine glass and reached out to touch the cat lying next to Shade, waiting to be fed, but Mia easily dodged it. The seventeen-year-old girl didn't care, but looked at the witches at the table, feeling that this scene was really wonderful:

"Staying in the city is also convenient for setting off at any time to the place where the final ceremony of the chosen ones will be held. After all, since Sister Devlin is outside the city, there is no need for me to go outside the city."

She didn't move the knife and fork in front of her. Apparently dinner was also prepared at the church:

"Shadow, how are you preparing?"

"We will set off for Oxenfurt Manor in a moment and try to come back before midnight. I have special information channels. The crazy guardian will not show up before one-thirty in the morning."

Iluna naturally knew that the special channel was Luvia’s special divination:

"Is it one-thirty in the morning? That's okay, there is plenty of time. Then we will meet at the ceremony of the chosen ones. I know you will definitely show up."

She said with a smile, and none of the great witches interrupted. Listening to the exchange between Shade and Iluna, there was only the sound of plates and knives and forks clashing around the table.

"The flowers of the four seasons are already here, and the guardians themselves are also prepared. As for the five holders of the power of the earth."

Shade pointed at himself, Sirius, Luvia and Miss Benanis:

"The Zhengshen Church still needs at least one person, but I remember that your church has many holders of the power of the earth."

“I can’t tell you how many people there are, but it’s no problem to put together five people.”

Iluna nodded and glanced at everyone around the table:

"You have to be careful yourself. I don't want Miss Feliana to say that the girls of our time didn't take good care of you the next time I see her."

The ladies at the table all smiled, and Luvia said:

"You should also take care of yourself. When the disaster appears after nightfall, we may not have time to see each other again."

"Don't worry, I'm the real candidate! And I'm the first candidate."

Iluna patted her chest, where a bone whistle hung:

"The mount that could only be used three times was repaired through the enlightened knowledge of the wise chosen one, and now it can be used infinitely. Although I can't fly, that skeletal horse can fly."

He picked up the red wine glass again and drank all the wine in one go:

"I want to go back, so I'll say goodbye. Shade, we'll see you in the evening."

"See you tonight."

Everyone watched her leave. After Iluna disappeared, Miss Benanis asked with great interest:

"Although after the Balanced Chosen One arrived locally, I knew that her relationship with Shade was very unusual, but what exactly is their relationship? Are Shade's methods so powerful?"

Luvia smiled and gave the answer:

"Miss Iluna Bayas is the girl who agreed to go to the end with Shade."