Whispering Verse

The old witch sitting on the sofa nodded slowly to Shade:

"Yes, there is indeed a witch in Willendale City. I can't tell you which one it is. Have you heard the rumors? Well, I'll talk to her next week and ask her to keep a low profile recently."

Shade nodded and said nothing more. He is just curious about what direction the civilization of this steam age will take after the two major human kingdoms in the material world have obtained part of the theoretical data and models of the "Difference Engine".

During the entire day, Shade did not leave Fort Midhill. After lunch, he went to the House of the Blind and the black market at the station to gather information. I haven't heard any valuable information, but I have heard that after the earthquake, Mount Sikal became dangerous at night.

Ring warlocks living in this city already know that the evil spirits here are becoming more powerful. As for the Zhengshen Church, they have frequently been in and out of the mountains and forests recently, so it seems that the large-scale ceremony is about to begin.

After returning home in the evening, I solemnly put away the 200 crowns, and then went to find Dorothy and asked her to tell Lesia that the suitcase had been delivered to where it should go. As for the 1,000 pounds promised by the southern princess, Shade was not in a hurry to pick it up at the address on the note. This is partly because the information should not reach Tobesk so quickly, and partly because the grey-headed eagle still needs to be more reserved.

He planned to pick it up in a few weeks if he ran out of money.

Later, Shade wrote to Miss Carina, wanting to talk to her about the witch in Willondale, the capital of the South. .

He was not very familiar with Granny Cassandra, but he already trusted Miss Carina quite a bit. The princess of Kasonlik actually has the power of a witch, and Miss Carina must know this no matter what.

And that night, Luvia, who was stargazing in St. Teresa Square, unexpectedly broke into Shade's bedroom again at one o'clock in the middle of the night.

Little Mia, who had already experienced it once, immediately got into the quilt. This time, she would not be thrown into the closet by Shade no matter what she said.

"Oh, Shade, wake up and see what I found?"

The girl with purple eyes held a hand-drawn star map and a black and white photo, standing beside Shade's bed and trying to wake him up.

Mia poked her head out of the quilt and looked at the shaking photo curiously. Shade, who was sleepy, yawned and got up from the comfortable bed:

"Oh, Luvia, do you know it's one o'clock in the morning?"

But he still turned on the gas table lamp beside the bed and took the hand-drawn star map and the photo of the star map:

"I see. Your hand drawing is very accurate? Yes, it's really good."

"No, it's a sign, the big guy is coming from the stars!"

Luvia seemed particularly excited, and this statement suddenly made Shade completely awake. He looked up in horror:

"The matters at Fort Midhill have not been resolved yet. What is coming from the stars this time? An unspeakable evil? An evil god preparing to descend? Or an ancient being existing in the void?"

"No, no, it's the Star Sea Whale!"

Luvia was extremely excited, and now only the bedside gas lamp was turned on in the bedroom. She stood in the shadow by the window, her purple eyes seemed to really shine:

"You mentioned to me, didn't you drink the blood brew of this creature?"

Shade, who was still a little confused, thought for a moment:

"Yes, Miss Carina said that due to excessive hunting by the Witch Emperors of the Fifth Age, the starry sky creatures have come to the material world once every 300 years to only appear in the material world every 1,200 years, and they used to be Appearing alone, now appearing in groups. The last time it appeared was" (Chapter 569)

Because he was woken up suddenly, Xia De's memory was a little blurry.

[General calendar is more than 600 years old. 】

She smiled and whispered in Shade's ear.

"The universal calendar is more than six hundred years old."

He yawned and pulled the cat out of the quilt. He usually does not allow this cat to enter the quilt. Although Mia hardly sheds hair and has no peculiar smell, he still thinks that it is best not for pet cats to enter the quilt.

"Yes, six hundred years after 1,200 years, isn't it now? It's 1853!"

Luvia pointed upward excitedly:

"Through observation, I am almost certain that the Star Sea Whale will definitely appear in the night sky of the physical world before the end of this autumn! There must be a best observation location, oh, I want to seize this opportunity that comes once in 1,200 years!"

"Does the academy know about this?"

Shade said, resisting the urge to yawn again.

"The astrological equipment of the college is better, and the night sky in the far north is much clearer than the night sky in the city. Yes, the college should be able to observe this sign tonight! Stargazing activities this fall may include observing whales in the sea of ​​stars. , as a high-scoring exam content!”

She bent down and hugged Shade's head, kissed him, and said quickly:

"I must get high scores so that I can take Professor Scarlanci's "The Starry Sky and Another Me" next spring!"

After saying that, the purple-eyed girl turned around and left the bedroom, and heard the voice return to the third floor. Shade was left sitting on the bed holding the cat, one person and one cat looking at each other.

"What just happened?"

he asked Mia.

"Meow~"

The soft cat in his arms rubbed Shade's pajamas, then squinted his eyes as if he fell asleep again.

(Little Mia is running.)

"Why do you look like you haven't woken up?"

On Thursday morning, Miss Carina, who was sitting on the sofa, asked Shade teasingly. Shade shook his head:

"I had a weird dream. I was running on the sea and was chased by a huge killer whale."

"And you killed the whale?"

"No, it was the even bigger little Mia who suddenly jumped out of the sun, and then took the whale out of the sea in one mouthful."

Laughter suddenly came from the side. Shade and Miss Carina both looked aside and found that it was the young maid who brought the tea cup who accidentally laughed.

This maid's name is Vera Torian, one of Miss Carina's personal maids, and Shade has met her many times.

"Control your emotions and don't embarrass me outside."

Miss Carina said, and then Tifa took the young maid who accidentally laughed to the kitchen to lecture her.

"I'm a little too nice to them, so these girls do get a little unruly sometimes."

The red-haired witch said to Shade, then picked up the teacup:

"But when you wrote to me, you probably didn't want to meet my personal maids, right?"

"Of course not, that's the case. I met a sorceress with the power of a witch in Fort Midhill, but she wasn't Cassandra's mother-in-law, but the princess of Kasenrik."

"Oh? Are you sure that the princess of Kasenlik appeared at Midhill Castle?"

Miss Carina focuses on this.

"She was still at Fort Midhill yesterday morning. I think no matter how fast she goes, she won't be able to return to Willondale, the capital city, right away today. I just need to do some research on this."

"It's quite interesting. She actually turned the princess of Kasenrik into her follower."

Miss Carina smiled, she was not as surprised as Shade yesterday.

"So, there really is a great witch in Willendale City?"

"Yes, there is indeed one. I won't say which one it is."

"So, there is actually a ring warlock in the Kasenlik royal family?"

"Of course. Since you know Lesia, you should know that the Delarian royal family, our Cavendish family, is connected to the Zalas Academy of Literature, so they will send talented members of the family to study at the academy. . So as the human kingdom of Kasenric and Delarion, does the royal family really have no connection with the mysterious world? Even if it is not to compete with Delarion, the Anjou family must be afraid of the Five Gods Church."

"Which college is the Anjou family connected to? St. Byrons where I studied? Or the Serxes Higher School of Medicine, which specializes in potions and alchemy?"

"It's the latter. But I'm not sure that the princess you met was actually trained by the witch, but by Serkses. This is quite interesting. I think it is necessary to investigate."

Miss Carina narrowed her eyes, wondering what else she had in mind. Although the southern princess is a follower of another big witch in the parliament, Miss Carina doesn't mind taking advantage of these things to gain some benefits for herself. After all, her fiefdom, Saladir County, is located in the southwest of the kingdom and has a border with the United Kingdom of Kasenlik.

"The royal family of Delarion is connected to Zarath Literary Academy, and the royal family of Kasenric is connected to Serkses?"

Shade is still thinking about this.

"Yes, although the three major thaumaturgy academies are all on the fringes of human civilization, they also have their own industries in civilized society, and there are considerations in this regard as they are related to the royal family."

"But in this era, there are only two largest human kingdoms. Zarath and Serkses each have one contact, so what about St. Byrons?"

"St Byrons don't need it because they are very strong in their own right."

"Why?"

"Because what St. Byrons is proficient in is containing relics."

Miss Carina said simply:

"The top witches of the fifth era can compete with level 0 relics themselves, and can even chat and laugh with saints, but the thirteen-ring warlocks of the sixth era cannot. This is the reason."

Miss Carina had other things to do today, so she chatted with Shade for a few words and then left.

Shade also had something to do, so he left Mia to look after the house. After preparing lunch for him, he set off for Fort Midhill.

Today is Thursday. After the murder case at Fort Midhill Mechanical College was solved last week, the captain invited Shade to take advantage of his day off to meet him at the camp on Windy Trail so that old friends could chat with each other. Or go hunting together.

Of course, if there is no fog in Sikal Mountain in the afternoon, Shade also plans to look for the witcher's sword.

Therefore, after walking out of the ruined tower and entering the mountain road through the forest, Shade did not choose to head towards the city of Mibao at the bottom of the mountain. Instead, he continued up the mountain along the mountain road.

The Wind Rises Trail is one of the most important passages for hiking across the national border of the Sikal Mountains, and the Red Water Camp where Captain Rades is located is the largest military camp next to the Wind Rises Trail.