Whispering Verse

Shade raised his eyebrows and asked Brother Fulun:

"Your mother is also a Delarian?"

"Yes, my mother's family used to be the lords of Green Lake. But then the Edwards family declined, and our grandfather went to Carsonrick alone and started a family in Willendale. He gave birth to a child when he was in his forties. Our mother. So, we do have a quarter of Delrayon blood. However, almost every resident of the two cities in the Green Lake area has ancestry from another country, so which country does Edwards’ ancestry belong to? Yes, it’s really hard to say.”

Eric Foran said with a smile, and then the two brothers formally said goodbye to Shade, who said goodbye to them at the door of his home.

"In the letters, the same sun, moon and stars as the Tower and Night Temple appear in the letters. Among the descendants of the Edwards family, in addition to the great witch Audrey Edwards, there is actually a ring magician? There is a ring magician in their family. Is the probability so high?”

Shade looked at their backs:

"Could it be that these Edwards, who have no connection with each other, are actually ring warlocks?"

[So do you want to report to Daniste now? 】

"No, no, we still need to investigate clearly. I just need to write a reply to Miss Gothe, so I will send another letter to Margaret and Miss Sylvia, asking them to investigate Fu in Willendale City. The affairs of the mother’s family of the Lun brothers. I don’t know if their mother and grandfather are still alive...The witch Audrey Edwards should be their aunt in terms of seniority."

This afternoon was the group's study meeting as usual, and all five members of the group attended on time. But in addition to them, the professors responsible for the background investigation of correspondence students in the Tobesk area also appeared again and announced that after a week of investigation, the college believed that the backgrounds of all five members of Bill Schneider's team were OK.

This was a real relief for everyone, and the professors talked to each person individually for a few minutes before leaving. When it was Shade's turn, Professor Andor from the School of Chemistry first talked to Shade about the [Faceless Man] and warned Shade not to do such dangerous things in the future, but they did not say that what Shade did was wrong. :

"The Church of the Righteous God has tracked the relic, and the other party's condition is very strange now. The church will ask you to provide a report on your contact with the other party through the officials of the Kingdom of Delarian. Remember to submit that report to Academy. This is information about direct contact with the [Faceless Man], and the academy will give you rewards that are not limited to practical credits."

After talking about this, the professor mentioned "Miss Mia Gold" that Shade told them last week:

"Judging from your description, you have never met Miss Gothe, so we thought that the other party might be an illusory character such as a sage-level relic [the non-existent pen pal]. In fact, there is no such thing. When people write to you, everything is your illusion. But after investigation, we confirmed that Miss Gothe is fine."

The old professor said, and Shade, who was holding Mia, felt relieved. Although Miss Gothe sent him letters every month, and even sent him a set of armor as a gift last month, because the commission left by Detective Sparrow was really evil, he always felt that there was something wrong with the lady:

"Has the college contacted that lady? I hope this will not cause her any trouble."

"Don't worry, we have not had direct contact, but intelligence shows that the remote and declining town on the east coast does exist. Literary and historical data can prove this. Moreover, we have also found someone who had contact with the lady in the town. People, that’s all fine.”

Now Shade felt much more relieved, but when he and the doctor went downstairs to say goodbye to the professors, he thought of a new question:

"Is the college's investigation necessarily correct? The college still thinks that there is nothing wrong with my background... Is their investigation of Miss Gothe really accurate?"

"She" sighed helplessly in Shade's ear, as if she was lamenting that Shade was always so suspicious of everything around him.

There was nothing new in this week's study meeting. Everyone congratulated Shade for winning the 1854 Equestrian Competition around the city. Priest August even asked Shade to go to Dawn Church tomorrow. Bishop Owen invited Shade to come with him. Go to the city welfare home to visit the children. The children will definitely be very happy with the arrival of the "Knight".

The meeting ended very early that day, and everyone dispersed at three o'clock. Although it was a date on Saturday, it was still early to meet. Because Dorothy encountered a forced exchange and it was actually Lecia, she temporarily separated from Shade and went to the Steam Bird Newspaper Agency to pick up the sample book of the next edition of the published book. , and agreed to meet Xia De in the evening.

Shade was fine for the time being. After calculating the return of their bet with him at the doctor's clinic, he invited Dr. Schneider to go with him to the cemetery outside the city to visit Sparrow Hamilton. This was something they had agreed on when they were in Randall Valley, but it was just because Shade fell seriously ill after returning home, and then encountered the competition, so it has been postponed until now.

And it turns out that, just as Shade said last fall, the flower has already bloomed in front of Sparrow Hamilton's grave.

Early on Sunday morning, Lesia made breakfast for Shade after getting up. Then she returned to Dorothy's soul and had breakfast with Shade in good spirits.

After breakfast, the writer lady left. Xia De tidied up and went to deal with his own personal affairs for the new month. At noon, he did not forget to go to the Church of the Dawn in accordance with the instructions of Priest Augustus. He accepted people's congratulations as the champion of the city riding competition, and then met Bishop Owen, Priest Augustus and several others. The priests, who looked familiar but could not recognize their names, went to the orphanage in Tobesk City to visit the orphans who had no parents.

Although there are funds from the city hall and the care of the Zhengshen Church, the building of the orphanage still looks a bit dilapidated. However, the children living among them looked healthy. Although they were wearing various patched old clothes, they were at least alive and well.

They were all very excited about the appearance of the "knight". After lunch, they gathered around Shade and asked him to tell him stories about knights. Except for the few books left behind by Detective Sparrow, the stranger had actually not read many chivalric novels, so he could only mix and tell the stories he had heard from operas, fairy tales, etc. But the children were still very happy and invited Shade to come and play often when he had time.

When I left the orphanage and prepared to return to the church, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.

"how do you feel?"

The carriage had difficulty maneuvering into the narrow street, so the party had to cross the street to board the carriage. Shade looked back at the dirty-looking yard at the end of the road:

"The children used younger children's dirty diapers as steam bombs for the 'war game', which really surprised me; also, although the gas lights in the house are still working and not very old, It is best to switch to the latest model that can adjust the brightness with seven scales. Living in a dark and depressing environment will not be good for them.”

Priest August nodded and was about to add something when he heard Shade say:

"In addition, I plan to donate half of the winnings from the riding competition to renovate the orphanage. I think Dawn Church should be willing to accept this donation."

"That's not a small amount of money. I remember the prize was 3,000 pounds."

the priest reminded.

The prize money for the Ring City Riding Competition is the same as the prize money for "Big City Players", but the former has more honors. Basically all the nobles in the Old Continent will pay attention to this event. The latter has a high reputation among the Rhodes players, but not many people know it outside of the Rhodes players.

"It's only 1,500 pounds. I don't live on this."

Shade shook his head indifferently:

"I can't change the world now, and even if I change the world, there will always be poor people. I can only do what I can do in front of me. This is probably the duty of a human being."

Of course, Priest August would never guess how much money Shade had made by relying on the doctor's bets in underground casinos.

Priest August and Bishop Owen originally planned to invite Shade to have dinner at the church, but in the morning Shade received a letter from Miss Carina, inviting him to have dinner at the manor tonight.

When the carriage carried Shade to its destination, the sunset on the horizon dyed the sky behind the manor house red. At the beginning of the day, when Shade followed the maid along the courtyard walk to the mansion, the gas lamps in the windows also lit up one by one.

Xia De originally thought he would meet Yin Luna, who came to class every Sunday, but Yin Luna left at about four o'clock in the afternoon. What the witch wanted tonight was a romantic candlelight dinner for two. She even said hello in advance during the city riding competition and brought fresh cod from Baden, a famous fishing port city on the east coast of the Old World. , transported top-quality beef from the central plain pastures of Kasenlik and the pastoral city of Cochem, and also sent spices produced in the New World to the New World exploration team that had just returned to Hong Kong.

If it weren't for the "Bottle of Dionysus" given to her by Shade, the red wine from the ancient wineries in Huntington City would also be indispensable. But since there is no need for red wine, the step of transporting wine is naturally saved.

When dinner started, there were only Shade and Carina at the table. Mia sat obediently on the high stool next to Shade, staring with big amber eyes, waiting to be fed, while the maids in black and white maid dresses were sitting on the table with the gas lights out and only the golden candlesticks on the table. In an environment illuminated by cashmere candles, a dining cart was busy delivering dishes.

The candle smelled of spices and cedar, which was quite pleasant.