Whispering Verse

It was already the third day after the incident at Lakeview Manor. Miss Louisa recovered quickly. When she and Shade were walking along the boulevard, there was no sign that her life had been extended by [False Immortality] three days ago.

Probably pretty girls like cute cats. Miss Louisa was very interested in Mia and thought she was a pet adopted by Shade. But even after explaining that it was fostered at her home, the blond girl still wanted to hug the small orange cat, but Mia refused to leave Shad.

"Detective, you are really good at raising cats."

"Speaking of which, can I take the cat with me? Do you want to send Mia back first?"

Shade asked again. He actually liked "seeing the world" with high-level ring warlocks.

"No need, this trip is safe, you can think of it as learning a lot. Detective, sooner or later you will go to recover the [relics] alone."

Miss Louisa said easily, and then directed Shade to join her at the next intersection and turn into Tyon College Street on the right.

Just as Shade guessed, Miss Louisa came here to recover a relic. The cause of the matter was that an old writer who lived alone and was familiar with Miss Louisa passed away two months ago. When people who knew the old man were helping him sort out his belongings, Miss Louisa discovered from his diary that the writer owned a magical pen.

"Can you automatically write papers or reports?"

Shade guessed that half of the houses on this street were gray stone houses with very similar styles, all with three floors. Stepping here is like returning to medieval civilization from the steam age. However, the steam pipes clinging to the stone walls, the clothes of pedestrians strolling on the streets, and the ubiquitous shouts are reminders that this is the age of steam all the time.

Tion Academy Street should be the old neighborhood of Tobesk.

"Detective, how could such a good thing happen, and [relics] are not something that can be used casually."

Miss Louisa said, walking forward side by side with Shade. Shade noticed that Miss Louisa did not frequently touch her earlobes today.

"I took the diary away privately and discovered that if the pen uses the writer's blood as ink and uses letters on the paper to depict any human image, then the depicted image can enter the writer's dream, and then ..."

She glanced at Shade, who blinked:

"Why are not you talking?"

Hearing the woman's laughter in his head, he suddenly realized that he had not thought in this direction at all:

"No, no, no need to explain, I understand. But why is there such a relic?"

After passing Tiang Academy Street, the two continued walking eastward. After passing the private Tiang Mechanical College, they turned into Mao Tail Alley where their destination was.

"This is not the strangest relic. I have seen even stranger ones. But this relic is not weak. I found information from the college's library. [Happy Dream Pen]. According to the classification, it should be clerical grade. (Level 4). This pen will actively appear in dreams, tempting the user to use it in the correct way. After being influenced, ordinary people will try to write with their own pen out of curiosity that they think is normal, leading to tragedy. .I suspect that its original owner’s death had something to do with it.”

Shade nodded, thinking about the pen's possible uses for the Ring Warlock. Then I discovered that at least this pen was of no use to me. The dream pen absorbs the user's blood, not the enemy's blood, so it cannot constitute a condition for absorbing the power of the gods.

Miss Louisa continued to speak:

"After the old writer died, the pen disappeared inexplicably. I traced it for two months and found out that before the writer died, he sold the pen to an old professor named Tiris Manning who lived nearby. Professor Manning is a collector, and I just want to visit him today."

Professor Manning lived in an apartment at No. 17 Mao Tail Lane. When they were searching along the house number, a little girl selling flowers in the alley came towards them.

Probably misunderstanding the relationship between Shade and Miss Louisa, the little flower seller took the initiative to sell her goods. After Shade politely refused, the flowers in the flower basket were almost bitten by the cat that Shade was holding.

I saw that the little girl's clothes were patched, and the shoes on her feet were obviously inappropriate. Although he didn't buy flowers, Shade still gave her three pence as compensation for being frightened by Mia.

"I didn't expect you to have such a kind heart."

After the little flower seller left, Miss Louisa joked that she knew that Shade's financial situation was not very good either.

"They are all poor people. Although I can't help everyone, I am happy to help the people in front of me without affecting myself. Mia, three pence will be deducted from your dinner, so you can't eat randomly."

Shade touched the cat's head as he spoke, and the orange cat squirmed dissatisfied.

Miss Louisa smiled softly:

"You are really a good person. If the poor girl in the fairy tale could meet you, there wouldn't be so many tragedies."

No. 17 Mao Tail Lane is a three-story apartment building with a loft. It has a dark yellow exterior wall. The walls are covered with moss along the bottom of the street. Judging from Miss Louisa's preliminary investigation, the entire building is owned by Professor Manning.

Because they had made an appointment to meet in advance, after knocking on the door, the fat maid who opened the door confirmed the identity of the visitor and invited the two in. Miss Louisa is the buyer this time, and Shade is the attendant hired by Miss Louisa to protect the weak lady who carries a large amount of cash.

No. 17 Mao Tail Lane is divided into left and right sides, one side is rented, and Professor Manning lives in the right building. Under the guidance of the fat maid, they walked along the slightly narrow stairs to the second floor. The professor entertained the two of them in the crowded study room on the second floor filled with books.

The walls of the study room are covered with photos of Professor Manning from various places in the Old World. He seems to be a professor of archeology who visited various places in the Old World when he was young. Even the books stacked in the study room are mostly historical books. Professional books in this era were still very expensive, and professors should be quite wealthy.

Professor Manning is a tall, thin, bald old man wearing round glasses. Probably because he spent too long teaching time, when he greeted Miss Louisa and Shade, his tone sounded like he was giving a lecture. But the old professor was quite kind and entertained them with some very good black tea.

He also had a pet cat at home, so he didn't blame the detective for bringing the cat to the door. However, the dark-skinned cat looked to be an adult and was very interested in Mia. He hid his body behind the desk and poked his head out to look at the orange cat being held by Shade.

But Mia didn't seem to see it and didn't want to play with it.