Whispering Verse

Miss Carina introduced briefly, and then saw Shade still looking at her.

"What's wrong?"

the duchess asked curiously.

"Are they just tutors and personal doctors? I thought that the great witches all have very prominent secular identities."

Schade listed:

"You are a duke with a fiefdom in Delarion. The Aurora family's marine business is world-famous. Cassandra Auction House is almost unknown in the Old World. That Miss Sylvia is just the royal family's tutor. That’s it? Then how does she afford her daily expenses? Will the council reimburse the witches’ research and study expenses?”

Miss Carina was amused by Shade:

"Sylvia is a girl of commoner origin. Her teacher, the witch who passed away due to an experimental accident three years ago, left her a very rich property, enough to support her expenses for nearly ten years. As for the future, when she becomes an adult People have to be responsible for themselves, and the parliament does not pay living expenses.”

Shade was very curious about this great witch who was at the bottom of the parliament, but it would take half a month before the foreign delegation arrived. As for the fact that the princess she met in Middleburg also had witch powers, Miss Carina had investigated it, but to no avail:

"We have no right to ask other people's followers. Oh, the Speaker has the power. But that princess cannot be Sylvia's apprentice. Sylvia is still too young. Before she can master her own power, , the Speaker forbids her from having her own apprentice. Besides, do you think it is so easy to find a ring warlock who has space talent and is adaptable to the witch's power?"

The red-haired duchess said before Shade spoke:

"Of course, you don't count. Besides, you also said that the princess of the Anjou family has very little witch power. I think Sylvia just developed her into a follower. As for whether there is any other deeper meaning to this. , I don’t know yet.”

As she spoke, she motioned for Shade to follow her to the stables to choose some horses. Miss Carina once said that she would teach Shade to ride a horse, but now that it's late autumn, if she doesn't learn how to do it this year, she won't have the chance.

Of course, Shade not only wants to learn horse riding from the Duchess, but also plans to learn simple knitting skills from Tifa. To complete his gift box assignment this week, he plans to make his own scarf. If it fails, or you can't finish it in a week, sew the finished product together to make a cat nest, which the cat might like.

The time has come to Friday, officially entering the penultimate month of the year, the first day of the Frost Moon.

Naturally, there are many things to deal with at the beginning of a new month, such as steam bills, gas bills, taxes, newspaper advertising fees, etc.

When Shade went to the "Municipal Waste Management Center" in Tobesk West District to collect his salary from MI6 and make reasonable expense reimbursements, Mr. Johnson, who was responsible for receiving Shade, also revealed that Margaret Anjou was about to News of the visit.

Of course, he didn't know as much as Miss Carina. He just heard that Shade would be assigned an important task.

Shade spent the whole morning of Friday running around the city. In the afternoon, he went to Coldwater Port and asked Mr. Edmond about the stories about gods and saints based on the legends he heard from Sister Devlin. Of course, Shade has not forgotten that the knowledge about time perception left by the old god [Grey Robe Sage] may now be in St. Byrons, Apuna Library and Guiding Light Monastery, so he entrusted Ed with the task. Mr. Mond was searching for information about the followers of [Grey Sage] and time perception in the monastery.

After taking care of these things, Shade has no other important matters in his hands before the next time key is opened.

He returned home with this idea in his mind and was met by a visit from his long-lost client.

It was obvious that Shad was just an ordinary detective, but Mr. Hank, who lived in the South District of Tobesk and came for help after seeing the detective advertisement in the newspaper, wanted to entrust Shad to investigate the haunting in his home.

Mr. Hank is a retired accountant who used to do small financial accounting tasks at City Hall. He has been going on for a week, and every night when he closes his eyes, he can hear faint breathing and hoarse indistinguishable murmurs in his ears. After I couldn't bear it anymore, I decided to find a detective to solve the problem:

"I always thought insomnia was just a mental illness for idle people, but now I know it's really tormenting."

Mr. Hank's mental state is very tired.

The strange sounds in his ears were not because he was about to become a ring warlock, Shade was sure of that. If the haunting is true, Shade would like to introduce him to Priest August, because he is only responsible for cases of living people; if the haunting is false, then it is necessary to take out Dr. Schneider's business card so that a psychiatrist can treat this The problem.

Of course, in order to first determine what happened, Shade visited Mr. Hank's home on Friday night, and then he really found a resident soul in the old man's home.

The other party is not even considered an evil spirit, and will disappear after a few weeks even if left alone. Borrowing the ability of [Soul Echo], Shade learned part of the soul's memory by touching the soul, and thus learned that the soul was Mr. Hank's friend during his lifetime. After death, he worried that Mr. Hank, who lived alone, would be as lonely as himself. He died at home and no one collected his body, so he appeared here.

"It turns out that in this era there is also a problem of elderly people living alone."

Shade in the bedroom looked at Mr. Hank who was preparing tea for him in the kitchen, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The next thing was much simpler. Shade asked for more detailed information about the so-called "haunted" incident, and then pretended to look around the house, specifically asking Mr. Hank if he had been to the cemetery recently. Before leaving, he got The identities of Mr. Hank Sr.'s acquaintances.

"Detective, do you really think this is...haunted?"

The old man looked like he wanted to ask but didn't dare.

"It's not certain yet, but I really think you need to go to church and pray, it will at least put you in a better mood."

On Saturday morning, Shade visited Mr. Hank's acquaintances one after another as planned, and then was "surprised" to find that Mr. Conde, who lived in the university district of Tobesk City, died at home.

Because the weather has turned cold recently and Mr. Kant lived alone, the neighbors did not find that the old gentleman was dead. It was Detective Hamilton's cat with a keen sense of smell that suddenly barked when Detective Hamilton was about to give up knocking on the door. Only then did Detective Hamilton, who was resourceful, brave and cheap, realize that there might be a problem in the house.

The police from Redwich Field arrived quickly, and Shad's client Mr. Hank also came after hearing the news. He was unable to enter the apartment or see the body. For the sake of "Rejed's Hamilton," the police let Mr. Hank know some of the facts of the case.

Shade's client, with a pale face, roughly guessed the truth about the haunting in his home. His somewhat peeling lips trembled slightly, and he left there with Shade:

"It was really unfortunate that he was killed by a collapsed bookshelf at home and his body was buried among the books."

He murmured to himself, and Shade gave another suggestion:

"Mr. Hank, I think this commission is probably over. If you need help, you can go to Dawn Church for help. The clergy there are very professional."

Shade still remembered that he was a disciple of the Dawn in name only, and he pretended to draw the holy symbol on his chest.

Mr. Hank sighed and nodded:

"Detective, I will remit the balance to you tomorrow. I really didn't expect such a thing to happen. Do you think there are really ghosts in this world?"

Mr. Hank said softly, devastated by his friend's death. Of course the old gentleman had doubts about the existence of ghosts, otherwise he wouldn't have entrusted Shade with him in the first place. But now that I saw the corpse and thought about the experience every night, the idea that I had been holding on to was finally shaken.

"I don't know either."

Shade shook his head slightly, and a chuckle immediately sounded in his ears, but he ignored it.

Although the long-lost commission didn't make Shad earn many gold pounds, at least the story was pretty good. During the meeting at Dr. Schneider's place that afternoon, Shade told Dorothy about the commission.

Because Priest August will probably come back tomorrow, there are still only four people in the meeting today.

Dorothy and Luvia sat on the couch, and Shade and Dr. Schneider sat on the short couches on either side. Shade didn't know if Dorothy had talked to Luvia in private, but at least they seemed to be getting along well today.

Even after the day's study meeting ended with Dr. Schneider repeatedly emphasizing the importance of next month's upgrade exam, the blond female writer actually went to the city to buy clothes with the purple-eyed female fortune teller. Winter is coming, and respectable ladies need to think ahead about their winter clothing. In the past, Luvia and Dorothy often shopped for clothes together, but since what happened last Saturday, every time the two of them appeared together, the guilt and worry in Shade's heart would emerge together.

Luvia has long known about Shade's greed and accepted this fact. But what exactly Dorothy and Lesia think, and what is their attitude towards Luvia, Shade wants to find out as soon as possible.

But at least this Saturday, Shade had the rare chance of not being with Dorothy. He originally wanted to ask about the next plan for Saturday night's class, to advance to the fourth ring, and the [Strength] Spirit Rune became the current key. But at least it is not difficult to obtain this spiritual rune, because almost two-thirds of the ring magicians possess this spiritual rune. [Power] can be associated with a large number of thaumaturgy, such as [Xi'er] in Shade's hand. Dun Dharma Seal].