Whispering Verse

"Speaking of which, although this question may seem a bit bragging - do you know that your entire property is about to be investigated and punished?"

Shade asked again, Oxenfurt nodded:

"I received some news this morning. It seems that the order was given directly by the Emperor of Kasenrik, so there is no room for maneuver. Speaking of which, Mr. Watson, you also know many big people, Margaret. Your Highness?"

Although Shade tried his best to avoid involving other people, his connection with Her Royal Highness the Princess was still too close, and it was not surprising that Oxenfurt guessed some things. Of course, there was no need to worry about Margaret's safety tonight. She and Prince William lived directly in the Church of the Sun, that is, with Iluna.

"I do have some relationship with that Highness, but she happens to be short of money to appease the Masons' Association. Don't you feel sorry? That is your property after all."

The owner of the manor looked at the window again and saw his phantom back:

"Of course it's a pity, that's a lot of money. But after tonight, everything will be different. As long as I can survive tonight, everything can start again. As long as you no longer exist, if you want to get back those lost , it will become very simple.”

His eyes looked at Shade's hand, which was wearing the [Demon Hunting Seal]:

"I'm glad to see that you found this. But it's not enough. It's not enough to deal with it."

"But it's enough to deal with you."

Shade looked down at his ring:

"You still don't understand, right? It and I are chess players, and you are the pawn. Because I'm involved in more troublesome things, it doesn't want to take away my soul yet, at least not yet. Same thing. Yes, since I’m not worried about what it thinks of me, why should I actively become its enemy?”

"Because, that's who you are."

Oxenfurt looked at him:

"I'll never be like you, but you're a great friend."

"Should I say thank you for the compliment?"

Shade stood up and looked indoors:

"I have said so many serious things, but actually I am more interested in the life of you and Mrs. Haila than those. Tell me about the way you get along with each other."

Shade looked at the woman on the bed:

"For example, after she is 'resurrected', will you sleep together? Will you have a normal nightlife as a couple?"

Oxenfurt narrowed his eyes and looked at him:

"You want to provoke me on purpose? No, you have already agreed not to fight me within half an hour."

"But I'm really curious."

Shade walked to the bed, with his back to the phantom of the groom in the window, and facing the bride's corpse on the bed, he asked him:

"I'm pretty sure you still love her, but why do you seem to be avoiding her? Because of the guilt of killing her whole family? Or for some other reason? I'm curious, I'm really curious."

"This has nothing to do with what happened tonight."

Oxenfurt said, Shade raised his head slightly:

"Anyway, you still have time, what's wrong with talking to me?"

"Your curiosity is really perverted."

Oxenfurt said, taking one last look at the body on the bed and the scene of his wedding:

"I'll wait for you in the yard. When the time is up, you can leave this room."

After saying that, without giving Shade a chance to speak, he turned around and walked out of the door.

Shade shook his head, looked at the position of the window, and counted down three numbers in his heart:

"Three, two, one."

Two plumes of black smoke flew in from the gray snow outside the window through the open terrace door, and after landing, they transformed into the maid and butler.

"I thought you would just leave."

"You fulfilled your commitment and we will fulfill ours."

The maid wearing an old-fashioned maid dress said:

"You saved us, we should repay you. The contract is lifted, but we still can't reveal the key information, so we can give you a hint."

Shade nodded:

"I want to talk to Haila Oxenfurt. Since Stone Oxenfurt asked her to 'sleep' tonight, there must be a special reason."

"no problem."

The steward first said:

"But before I do that, I want to ask you a question: What is your favorite animal?"

Shade was stunned:

"Of course Cat, what does this question mean?"

"Since you like cats, you like not lions, right?"

The old housekeeper asked. Shade didn't quite understand this sentence, but he still nodded:

"Indeed it's not a lion."

The maid said:

"Mrs. Haila is currently sealed. Since you already know that she has died a long time ago, you should understand that her current death is just an illusion. Unlock the seal, and she will be able to recover. To untie the seal, you can rely on the magic weapon in your hand. seal."

After saying these words, the maid and the housekeeper nodded to Shade, and then turned into black smoke and flew out of the window.

Shade quickly came to the window and watched them fly into the deep eastern night in the heavy snow. He didn't look back until they were completely out of sight.

[I thought you wouldn’t let these two demons go. 】

"She" said softly. Although there were no stars or moonlight tonight, Shade still felt that the silver moon was shining on him.

"That was the original plan, but they didn't leave just now even though they could, and they came back specifically to remind me that I wanted to change some of my thoughts. Besides, I can't catch up with them."

After hesitating for a moment, he added in his mind:

"[Desire] once told me that when the end comes, sins are also power. Keep them, maybe we will meet again in the future."

Turning around and looking at the corpse lying on the bed, the petrified rose vines seen from the sight demon's perspective should be the so-called seals.

If "Night Watch" is in hand now, Shade can destroy those rose vines with just a gesture. Now that I don't have a sword, I'm afraid it will be a little more troublesome.

He took off the ring and stamped it on the colorless ink pad mixed with the No. 1 holy water obtained from the [God's Gift Box], then pointed the stamp at Mrs. Haila's palm and lightly stamped it.

The squeaking sound and the black smoke rose almost at the same time, and in the sight of the "seeing demon", the petrified rose vine actually began to be burned by the flames.

So Shade printed seals on the forehead, throat and chest of the corpse. After waiting for a while, the petrified rose vine was burned away bit by bit, and the pale woman on the bed opened her eyes.

She looked at the ceiling, then kept her head still and looked sideways at Shade. This look was really weird.

Shade picked up the veil placed beside the bed and handed it to her, then stretched out his hand to help her sit up.

The woman looked at the illusion in the room, and then put on the black veil with an expressionless face.

"According to the agreement with you, Oxenfurt's property is over. In about ten minutes, I will go downstairs to duel with him, and then plunge the sword into his chest."

Shade said, raising his sword to signal.

Helena Oxenfurt stood up from the bed, her face still expressionless. Neither the scene on the wedding night nor the news brought by Shade could bring about the slightest change in her.

She just glanced at the black rose in her hand, and then said:

"You should have something else you want to ask me."

"Yes."

Shade nodded. He deliberately angered Oxenfurt because he wanted to know something that even he didn't know:

"I know your story, so what happened to the poisoned wine on the day your father first came to this manor?"

The eyes behind the veil looked at Shade:

"It has nothing to do with my father, and it has nothing to do with Stone."

"About you?"

The pale woman nodded and told the story of the past in a plain voice:

"My father has always looked down on Stone, and the prenuptial agreement was too much. I thought that if the wine my father brought caused everyone to be accidentally poisoned, maybe he would give up the agreement out of guilt, or at least Stone could force He waived some of the terms. The poison was not fatal and should have been fine."

Shade frowned deeply. Sure enough, there was no one with normal thinking in this matter:

"But things were beyond your expectation. Oxenfurt's anger had already reached its peak. He lost his mind because of the poisoned wine, and because of the content of the agreement, he believed that your father wanted to murder him to obtain the family property. Only then did he Leading to the destruction of the Watson family.”

He did not continue, but in this way, the woman who died of a broken heart was not just sad that her husband killed her whole family.

On her wedding night, she thought about the cruel things her husband had done and the death of her relatives that she had caused. Her feelings that night made even Shade feel numb just thinking about it.

The last time Shade asked her if she knew about the destruction of the Watson family, her abnormal attitude could be explained.

"Who told you about the 'good idea' of poisoning?"

Shade asked again.

"I thought of it myself."

But she is just an ordinary person. If someone gives her a hint, she can't tell it at all.

"Where does the poison that is not fatal but makes people vomit blood come from?"

"I asked the maid for it."

The maid had already left, so Shade didn't know if this was another trick of the Stone Mirror Demon, or if it was really a joke of fate.

The story of Oxenfurt and the devil is full of weirdness and weirdness. Shade originally thought that the love in it was at least sincere, but unexpectedly he learned something even more outrageous.

He could only say that what Miss Feliana said at the beginning, "Cherish your soul and stay away from demons," was indeed correct.

Seeing Shade's silence, Haila Oxenfurt said again;

"Before you duel with Stone, there is one more thing you need to know, about his immortality and the way to defeat him. Part of the devil's contract stipulates the circumstances under which his death can lead to his death. Losing a bet with the devil, I don't know that. But I do know how to completely destroy his immortality."

The woman wearing a veil covered her left chest:

"His heart is not normal."

PS: It’s time to guess the winner of each roll again:

1. Siris Lassers

2. Guardian (including Siris)

3. Guardian (including Oxenfurt)

4. Guardian

5. Stone Oxenfurt

6. Iluna Bayas

7. Long-haired Luvia

8. Fiona Drago on the other side of time

9. The broken-arm statue carved by Shade