Whispering Verse

Princess Margaret was the star of the party and therefore could not stay here too long. After she informed Miss Sylvia of the specific time and arrangements for going to the airship, she stood up and prepared to leave.

But as soon as she stood up, the princess pursed her lips and sat down again.

He glanced at his personal maid, who wisely left the room temporarily. The princess looked at Miss Sylvia's personal servant, the lady who brought Shade here, but the latter was unmoved.

Princess Margaret bit her lip again, and then asked softly:

"Teacher, are you still unwilling to let me be your apprentice?"

Shade in the closet held his breath, while the big witch looked at her suspiciously:

"Margaret, we have discussed this issue many times. I am willing to be your teacher, but you cannot be my apprentice. You do not have the talent for space, and this cannot be changed."

"What if I could engrave [space] spirit runes on myself?"

The princess asked excitedly, but the witch still shook her head:

"You know my character very well. If you want to inherit my position in the parliament, in addition to space, you must also understand mathematics. I want to find a student who can truly pass on all my knowledge. But mathematics...not Yes, but no, even if you gain knowledge through those extraordinary powers, your logic and way of thinking cannot be changed so easily."

Shade's eyes widened and he looked out through the cracks in the closet, fearing that he would miss any details. Although this is somewhat immoral, this conversation is much more interesting than the banquet itself.

He understood Miss Sylvia's thoughts very well. This great witch wanted to find a true heir. He also understood Princess Margaret's thoughts. Although she became a student of Serksese and even a student of a vice-dean through the royal family, no member of the royal family has ever been able to do so in history. Become a high level warlock like never before. This may be a coincidence, or it may be inevitable under some tacit understanding.

Therefore, if Margaret Anjou wants to go further on the path of a ring sorcerer, Miss Sylvia is the best choice.

"teacher......"

The princess bowed her head in silence and stood up to leave. But suddenly he asked again:

"Do you have a suitable apprentice candidate now?"

"You know I rarely lie, let alone to you. Yes, I do."

Margaret Anjou looked up and looked at her teacher in shock. She just asked casually:

"Why?"

"His... her core spiritual rune is... [Space], and she masters space magic that even I can't analyze. And she can easily fight with her without any preparation. I talk about functions and space geometry issues, and I have profound knowledge in advanced mathematics. I even have my own opinions on the issue of imaginary numbers. The viewpoints on groups and sets I put forward pointed out the direction of my future research."

Miss Sylvia looked at her student with regret:

"I can't think of a better person."

Princess Margaret could no longer control her expression:

"Teacher, does the person you are talking about really exist?"

"It really exists."

The great witch controlled the urge to look at the closet.

"She is an old scholar who has been immersed in academics for many years? Which school in the United Kingdom is she from?"

"She's young, younger than you. She doesn't belong to any school, actually, from what I know..."

Miss Sylvia looked at her student. Her Royal Highness knew her teacher well and knew that what she was about to tell was a cruel truth:

"According to what I know, she is self-taught and has not even attended elementary school."

She did not say that according to the information provided by Miss Carina, Shade was most likely not even literate before this summer. These knowledge and talents were all acquired through adventure and hard work in the past six months.

But even with Miss Sylvia's "compassion", the princess still closed her eyes in pain:

"Teacher, are you saying that geniuses really exist in this world?"

"Yes."

The great witch expressed her opinion very carefully:

"Sometimes, talent is really important. But you don't have to be too sad, she rejected me."

"What?"

The princess wearing the silver crown opened her eyes again:

"She doesn't want to be your apprentice?"

"Because there were a lot of people who wanted to teach her."

Miss Sylvia pursed her lips, which meant she was thinking of something bad.

"So teacher, can I see her?"

Princess Margaret asked again, and the great witch immediately shook her head:

"She is not in this city, and she will not reveal her identity to you."

"where is she?"

"Tobesk City."

The princess nodded:

"I understand, teacher. Since she rejected you, please remember that I will never reject you...I was the one who came first."

This young lady, who seemed intellectually generous and quite royal to outsiders, showed a pitiful expression, but this did not move the witch sitting on the sofa. Miss Sylvia smiled and said:

"Margaret, you have used this trick many times. It would be a tragedy for both of us if I took you on as my apprentice out of sympathy... Enjoy the party and head to Torbes After that, there will be a lot of things to do."

"Okay, teacher. Then we'll see you later... I'm obviously the one who came first."

Princess Margaret left the room, seemingly in a good mood. After the door was closed, Shade waited for more than ten seconds before opening the closet door and taking off the red lady's soft hat that fell on her head when she rushed into the closet:

"Miss Sylvia, I will not see her in Tobesk."

"Don't worry, I won't let you see her either."

The witch said, sighed, and looked at the moon outside the window:

"But I have a hunch that this visit to Tobesk will definitely not be simple. Now that we have suddenly obtained a new fragment of the poem, there is reason to believe that the fourth chosen one will probably be on board soon. On the stage of that unpredictable destiny...but, where will the stage be this time?"

Shade did not stay in Miss Sylvia's lounge for long. Shortly after Princess Margaret left, he also returned to the banquet venue on the first floor of the manor and joined Mr. Bernhardt.

When I found this gentleman, he was in the sofa seating area in the corner of the hall, playing Rhodes with the "drug dealer" Baron York who wore gold-rimmed glasses under the watch of a circle of guests.

Shade saw that they were focused on playing, so he stood behind the crowd and did not interrupt. However, listening to the comments of the people around him, the two gentlemen used their respective collections of expensive wines as bets. This seemed to the Rhodes players in Huntington City. , is an upper-class bet second only to the "Special Rules" Rhodes card.

Rhodes is indeed the most popular game in this era. At Kasenrik's banquet, people also used the nobles' Rhodes game as a symbol of status. Those Kasonrik people were discussing the progress of the card game and predicting who would win. Shade saw that the card game had just begun and would last for a long time, so he turned around to search for traces of Princess Margaret.

He still remembered that Miss Sylvia gave him the invitation letter so that he could pay attention to the unusual events around the princess during the banquet.

At this time, the ball was getting ready to start, and the servants of the manor were removing the long table. Her Royal Highness the Princess was also sitting in the nearby sofa seating area, discussing something with the local ladies, noble youths and noble girls. The other nobles accompanying the delegation also chatted with local nobles in Huntingdon City in small groups, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

When Shade saw the princess, the princess also saw him. She was a little stunned and asked the maid to call Shade over:

"This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who runs a winery in the New World and is a friend of Viscount Bernhardt."

She introduced it to others, and then revealed the purpose of calling Shade:

"Mr. Holmes, you are from Delrayon, so you probably don't understand Kasenrik's banquet. Our large banquet here will prepare some interesting games. Are you interested in participating? We just happen to be missing an interesting player. .”

Shade blinked. Although he was curious about why the other party called him to play games, he still nodded:

"Of course, it's an honor."

Nothing to do anyway.

"But what to play? I'm quite confident in Rhodes."

Shade said slightly modestly, and Princess Margaret smiled:

“The gentlemen here are very good at Rhodes, so come and try another game.”

As she spoke, she ordered the servant to fetch three empty tall glasses, placed the three glasses closely together in a triangle shape, and placed them on the coffee table. Then someone called for an opaque black cloth, and the princess asked for three coins from her maid.

That was not an ordinary Kasenrik crown, it was a "Kasenrik Kingdom commemorative gold coin" made of pure gold. This kind of commemorative coin is also regarded as a large-denomination currency. Foreigners who have an in-depth understanding of the world's monetary system know that one gold coin can be exchanged for 10 to 12 crowns.

"Cover your eyes with a cloth and stand at a distance and throw gold coins into the cups. If someone can put three gold coins into three wine glasses, these three gold coins and my earrings will belong to him."

Princess Margaret announced, actually speaking to Shade, because the young gentlemen around seemed to know about it.

Xia De nodded suspiciously to express his understanding. He still didn't know why the other party specially found him. It was definitely not because he wanted to show the friendship between the two countries.

In short, this unexpected drinking party game started like this. There were a total of seven people who signed up to participate in the game, and each of them looked extremely confident.

Princess Margaret asked people to clear the space in front of the coffee table and stretched a strip of cloth on the ground to serve as the starting line for coin toss. The banquet games hosted by the princess herself, as well as the "precious" game prizes, also attracted more people to come and watch.

After all, the dance party hasn't started yet, and it's the busiest place now.

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ps: A total of 3 chapters will be updated tomorrow, each chapter is 5k.

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