Whispering Verse

"The church bribed the great witch of the [Witch Council] to find a more authentic source for the magical materials obtained by the students of St. Byrons?"

Ignoring the so-called "reward" issue, Shade summarized the current situation:

"That's at least one-fifth of the electorate's ticket. Wouldn't the Council be interested in gaining control of this thing?"

[Wise Man's Pyroxene] can only transfer ownership once and cannot be forcibly deprived or obtained through intimidation or deception.

"Currently, only the Church of the Five Gods knows that the second pyroxene is in your hand. I did not inform the other great witches that you have a pyroxene in your hand."

Miss Carina saw the expression on Shade's face with satisfaction:

"I will not actively involve you in matters related to the chosen ones, and you exposed this pyroxene because you probably didn't want to trade with us."

She waved her hand and lowered her head to handle the food on the plate:

"I went to a meeting just now, and the Speaker mentioned that he wanted to buy the fragments of their poems from [Apna Library]."

"[Apna Library] has sold those materials not only once, but twice as far as I know. If you need it, I will write you the materials."

Shade had read the information when he helped Old John pick up the goods. The only valuable thing was that this ceremony of the chosen ones needed to be held on the water.

"What we want is the carrier itself. After all, it is the relic of the Witch Emperor."

Miss Carina said, gesturing for Tifa to continue pouring wine for her. She slid her right hand a few times and let the knife cut the food on the plate. She pressed her neck with her right hand:

"You don't have to worry about Wednesday. Except for the church and the Prophets Association, no one knows that you have [Wise Man's Pyroxene] in your hand. Just wait for them to make a price. But Sylvia should get the price from Margaret of Anjou." She heard about it there and I will tell her to keep it a secret. She appreciates you very much and will definitely be willing to keep it a secret."

Shade nodded, and the witch asked again:

"Have you never planned to keep this pyroxene? It can increase your wisdom and give you extraordinary talents. Even if it is not a material for the chosen one's ceremony, it is still an extremely valuable item."

"No, no, wisdom cannot be obtained with the help of external objects. 'A wise man never gives power directly, a wise man only gives guidance'."

Shade said with certainty.

"Who said this?"

"The old gods I met in Fifth Age 5177."

Miss Carina's hand holding the wine glass trembled, and Shade lowered his head to look at the box at hand:

"Speaking of which, can the parliament confirm the fourth candidate?"

"New news came from St. Byrons, confirming that the chosen one this time is still a man. It's really amazing, three of the four chosen ones are actually men...those' There must be a chosen one near the location where the "Keeper of Secrets" appears. The church is comparing the guest list of the Lakeview Manor banquet with the people around the location of the abnormal phenomenon in the past few days, which also includes the guest list of Little Lesia Salon. Guest. Of course, the church will not doubt you."

She said with a smile, and Shade thought for a moment:

"Actually, there is no need to doubt me. Luvia said that anyone can be the chosen one, but I cannot be the one."

Miss Carina glanced at Shade and thought of the girl with purple eyes:

"What do you want to do this time? I am very interested in your actions. Your actions were so successful the first three times, so you can't do nothing this time, right?"

"We will have a specific action plan after we determine who the chosen one is. Now we are just waiting for the news and trying to collect pyroxene."

"How can the chosen one be found out so easily? In addition to Iluna being discovered by the church in advance, Ivan Darkness had clearly been to Tobesk City, but was only discovered to be the chosen one when he arrived at Coldwater Port; Joey ·Barton is even more outrageous. He has lived under the nose of the church for so many years, and it was only before the Battle of Fort Midhill that he came out and said he wanted to resurrect his lover. The church didn't even know who he was at the beginning."

The witch grabbed her knife again:

"Probably the chosen one this time will also jump out of nowhere, and then be bumped into by you for strange reasons, and finally fight with you for strange reasons."

The witch's golden eyes looked at Shade.

"Iluna didn't fight with me at that time."

Shade retorted, and Miss Carina smiled and toasted to Shade:

"But I have something to ask you. After [Jack Thief] was caught by you, was it really the box of jewels and diamonds that he gave you?"

"Of course not, I got that box of jewels from Huntington. [Jack Thief] asked me to choose one of the three relics, but I wanted it stolen from my friend Dorothy Louisa. Letter, and asked to return the relics stolen from Iluna’s team.”

Shade told the truth, and then saw the witch showing a strange smile:

"I'm just talking about how Iluna was in such a good mood when the church found me through Larus III. As for Louisa... If I remember correctly, the Miss Louisa you are talking about is the one The beautiful blonde writer who once worked with Lesia and you..."

"Ahem."

Tifa's timely coughing prevented the duchess from uttering an unseemly sentence.

Shade cut a small piece of beef from his dinner plate and put it on the plate in front of little Mia. The cat sniffed the taste excitedly. In order to prevent the witch from teasing her further, Shade opened the jewelry box and pushed it to Miss Carina:

"Want to choose one?"

"Lecia was still in Yodel Palace this morning, asking me if you were awake. She rarely takes the initiative to talk to me. Detective, you are very capable."

As the witch spoke, her slender fingers picked out a small silver brooch inlaid with diamonds from the box.

She casually put the brooch on the table, then waved the wine glass to Shade:

"Before you leave tomorrow, remember to make more red wine. After drinking your red wine, other wines will be almost tasteless."

"Is it so exaggerated?"

Shade didn't believe it.

"That's because you don't know how to taste wine."

The Duchess said regretfully, winking at Shade:

"Wine tasting is a necessary skill for nobles. You must not understand this. When you have time in the future, you still have many things to learn from me. It is not good to not understand anything."

Shade originally thought that Miss Carina would also mention the "two dangerous entities that descended on St. Teresa's Square", but on Friday morning, when he saw Luvia at the Prophet's Association, Shade knew that [Brave All the contents of the game are known only to the church.

At that time, the only people who watched the game in full were the church's ring warlocks and the three princesses. The church imposed strict confidentiality restrictions. Even if the Prophet Association knew that Shade had the [Wise Pyroxene] in his hand, it did not disclose the "dangerous existence." things.

Fortunately, before [Jack the Thief] left, he had informed the church that the "dangerous presence" had also left, otherwise St. Teresa's Square would have been under surveillance for several months.

"That's it, I didn't let you take a closer look Wednesday night."

In the divination room on the second floor of the Prophet Association, Shade handed the blue teardrop-shaped crystal to Luvia. He sat with his back to the window, and there was heavy snow falling outside. It was snowing heavily when I woke up on Thursday evening, and it is still snowing heavily on Friday.

Little Mia stood on the windowsill, her tail raised, and her eyes widened as she looked at the falling snow outside. This scene surprised the cat.

"One of the five pieces of [Wise Man's Pyroxene]."

Luvia's purple eyes looked at the stone that turned into a gray petrified state in her hand:

"Now Iluna has a piece there, and you have a piece here. But it's not necessarily all the pyroxenes, and the church may not necessarily have found out the locations of all the secret keepers."

"Yes, although we only know two pieces at the moment, maybe the real chosen one tomorrow will have obtained five pieces of pyroxene and held a ceremony."

Shade nodded:

"Still haven't found the chosen one? There are no clues from the witch's side either. The church's progress should be faster than ours. We know that the chosen one is a man, but I'm afraid we haven't been able to find out the specific identity of the other person."

Luvia returned the pyroxene to Shade:

"The pyroxene in Iluna's hand is the first and only pyroxene on the surface. At this point in the selection ceremony, it can be regarded as officially beginning. The power of the three major academies has been allowed to directly enter Tobesk. About next The professors from Zhou College will arrive. Before that, we may have no other way to determine the identity of the chosen one."

She sighed slightly:

"The [Truth Society] definitely has clues that we don't know about. Ms. Pavo's clone disappeared after receiving Iluna's [Sunshine Gun] attack on Wednesday night. Now that I think about it, she didn't join in person on Wednesday. [Collection of Dice Stories], but let professors from the [Truth Society] participate, probably to confirm some things. I want to make an irresponsible guess, this lady is more intelligent than we think."

"But you've already established that she's not at least the first candidate."

"Yes, she is indeed not the first candidate, but she is very likely to be ranked lower."

Having said this, Luvia smiled again:

"In short, although the accident on Wednesday night was sudden, you and Iluna cooperated well. Two of the five pyroxenes are in our hands. If it is determined that the fourth chosen person can cooperate, then this chosen person will definitely It’s up to us…the advantage is ours.”

"I'm afraid this is just the best result. Moreover, the church will not let me, an ordinary person, hold this stone forever."

Shade clicked on the beautiful crystal, then turned around in his chair and looked at the cat in the window.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier. This snow is the biggest snow in Tobesk so far this winter. The temperature is likely to drop rapidly in the next few days.

"The church will send a representative to talk to you soon. Have you really decided not to hand over the pyroxene to the academy? That is a sage-level relic."

Sage-level relics will not be circulated on the market and will never be found on the black market. The only sage-level relics in Shade's hands were the [God's Gift Box] and the [Arrow of Knowledge of Iken'ora]. Apart from that, among his friends around him, he only knew clearly about Lesia's red earrings. [The Saint's Curse-Removing Stone] is of the sage level, and the red butterfly pendant [True Red Butterfly] is of the sage level.

[God’s Gift Box] spanned a complete time key mission, and accompanied Iluna to break into the underground ruins, kill the silver-eyed man, and complete the chosen one’s ceremony. The mission of [True Red Butterfly] was obtained through experience After reading the long story of the Red Butterflies Twins, and after the God’s Drinking Party, Shade perfectly solved the twins’ problems in this era, and the pendant came into his hands; even if it is the simplest [Arrow of Knowledge of Aikenora] ], also related to a series of cases more than ten years ago.

Therefore, sage-level relics are quite tempting to Shade, but he still shook his head slightly:

"I want to trade this stone for something more valuable and safer."

[Wise Man's Pyroxene] can only be traded once. After agreeing to trade with the church, this pyroxene will still be stored in Shade's hands. When the church needs it, he will transfer it to others. Therefore, agreeing to the church's transaction does not mean It represents the disappearance of dominance, but it also means that Shade can get some things that are usually unavailable.

[What you want is written directly on your face. 】

Shade touched his face, and then he and Luvia saw little Mia in front of the glass window. She slapped the glass with her little paws. The cat couldn't wait to touch the snow outside. Obviously Shade can also control the snowfall, but the natural environment of the city turning silvery white is still very new to little Mia, who was probably born in the spring of 1853.

Shade and Luvia both smiled. Such a comfortable morning made life seem much calmer than it seemed.

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ps: There must be sage-level relics on the Witch and Sister Devlin, but they are not shown in the article for the time being. And generally speaking, there are few sage-level relics that have little side effects. Therefore, in this chapter, Shade only thought of gift boxes, arrows, and Lesia's curse-breaking stone. These three items are among the few that can be carried around without causing any problems. A sage-level relic that lost control of itself and was contaminated on a large scale.

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