"I had a strange dream last night. In the dream, Lesia and I held hands and turned into a red butterfly, and then flew, flew, flew. The red light was spread by our wings.
The people in the city who were hit also turned into red butterflies. In the end, everyone turned into red butterflies and everyone flew together."
"This is indeed strange. What happened in the end?"
Shade asked curiously. The blonde girl carefully picked up the bacon with a fork. The cat lying on Shade's lap sniffed and opened its eyes:
"Then I saw little Mia squatting on the top of the clock tower under the setting sun, and then she pounced and swallowed us up."
"Meow!"
Mia jumped from Shade's lap to the table. Even if it didn't intend to grab the food, it at least wanted to smell it. However, Shade, who knew the nature of this cat, grabbed the back of its neck and pulled it.
He picked the cat up and put it back on his lap.
Dorothy looked at the scene in front of her with a smile. She felt that in the rainy weather, watching Shade play with the cat was a good enjoyment:
"What do you think this dream means?"
"Well, if you miss Lesia very much, don't worry, isn't this Saturday the new Red Butterfly Day?"
Then he was rewarded by Dorothy's "dream interpretation" which she ignored for several minutes.
The wooden boat that Shade brought back from the bottom of the island on Monday night has been repaired on Megan and Audrey's cruise ship after a day of processing yesterday. It is not that the power of time is used to repair the wreckage of a hundred years ago, but
The restoration work was completed with skillful craftsmanship.
That morning, Shade handed the cat to Dorothy and came to the cruise ship docked on the Duin River under an umbrella. In addition to Megan and Audrey, Miss Sylvia was also here.
"Good morning, Shade."
The black-haired space witch greeted Shade and took Shade to the cabin of the cruise ship. Megan was standing in the innermost drainage cabin, looking at the repaired boat in front of her. Originally, there were two sticks sticking out from behind her.
With one arm, he gestured as if he was about to cast a spell. Seeing Shade coming, the two real arms immediately retracted:
"Good morning, Shade."
Shade's purpose of getting the ship out was to find a way to make the boatman's soul appear and obtain the key. Megan and Audrey repaired the ship and even invited the people who were supposed to handle the affairs of the City of Glass.
Miss Sylvia naturally has her own ideas:
"We don't know if we can still summon souls after leaving that island, but we have to try anyway. Therefore, we must restore the environment where this soul appeared as much as possible, that is, the chaotic state of water and space. In addition, normal
We must also try the method of stimulating the soul, which is to repeat what the boatman did during his lifetime."
She handed Shade and Miss Sylvia exactly the same information:
"I have checked, and if there is no mistake, this boat belongs to Old Renault, the second-to-last boatman in Green Lake Town. He inherited the responsibility from his father and is responsible for the ferry work in Green Lake Town."
"Wait a minute, that town is so big, and it usually only relies on a small boat. How can it maintain the connection between the townspeople and the outside world?"
Miss Sylvia asked a question, and Meghan replied:
"Of course we don't just rely on this boat. Green Lake Town belongs to the Kingdom of Delrayon, and there is usually a daily big boat to communicate with Green Lake City. If any residents miss the big boat at ten o'clock every morning, Old Renault will be responsible for it.
Send them to the lakeside. Sylvia, don’t think that the town more than a hundred years ago was as prosperous as ordinary towns now. At that time, the wave of the steam revolution was just beginning to take shape. How many townspeople in the countryside do you think?
Travel needs?”
"You said he is the second to last one?"
Shade also raised questions.
"Yes, he disappeared before the town of Green Lake was abandoned. Judging from the current situation, he set up a boat alone and sank in the lake. After that, his son became the town's new boatman and escaped that night.
Green Lake Town. Today, the descendants of the boatman old Renault's son still live in the village of Pukhov on the lakeside. My girls found them while investigating the descendants of Green Lake Town and got this."
She showed off a rusty and simple silver pendant that looked like a ship anchor:
"Their family heirloom is not sterling silver. It is said that this thing has been passed down in the family since the days of Green Lake Town. I checked it and it was just ordinary silver jewelry, and it was said to be a family heirloom. It cost an extra 15 pounds. It was easy to buy it.
Now that I have it, I might be able to use it soon."
"15 pounds."
Shade once again felt that the witches' view of money was different from his own. Miss Mia Gold only sent 10 pounds a month.
"Something is wrong. Shade said that the location of the sunken ship is very close to the shore. Moreover, it is impossible that the boatman cannot swim. I don't understand, how did old Renault die as you mentioned?"
After reading the information and Megan's plan, Miss Sylvia couldn't help but ask again. Megan shook her head:
"If you are curious, you can ask him yourself later. However, I guess it has something to do with the ancestors. Although my grandfather destroyed the sealing ceremony on the island, allowing four people of my father's generation to live outside the island, but now it seems
Come on, the ancestor was arranging the thirteen keys before that, so it’s hard to say whether he knows what his grandfather did. Let’s go, Sylvia, you brought that relic, right?
?”
The boat was moved to the Duin River, and then Shade and the two great witches walked aboard together. This very primitive boat needed oars to move. Although the witches could make it move by itself, this was in the city, so
It can only be drawn by Shade.
In order to restore the situation back then, Shade rowed the boat from the city to the mouth of the river until it entered Green Lake. This made him suspect that the two witches had found him just for the purpose of rowing. Fortunately, they were able to go down the river.
, so it’s not very laborious.
After the illusion enveloped the surroundings, the boat stopped on the lake. Megan dropped the obstructive umbrella and used an invisible position to drain the rainwater above the boat.
She nodded to Miss Sylvia, who then took out two metal dolls, back to back and stuck together.
Both dolls are palm-sized and roughly made. They both wear buttoned coats, black boots and hats. The appearance of the metal dolls is exactly the same. The only difference is the color of the clothes and hats. One is all red and the other is all red.
It's green. Although you can tell at a glance that it's made of metal, it's still a very cheap toy, the kind that Lesia and Margaret will never see.
Although the paint on the surface has not peeled off, it has already shown a worn appearance due to time. There are some letters engraved on the faces of the two dolls, which are connected to form a complete sentence:
【Confusing colors means confusing the world.】
"They have magnets on the back, so they can stick together back to back."
Miss Sylvia explained:
"Secretkeeper-level relic-[Red and Green].
The only detachable part of these two dolls is the hat. Under normal conditions, red clothes wear red hats, and green clothes wear cuckolds. At this time, they can be contained by putting them and a certain amount of green ridge ore in the same airtight container.
Once the hats of the two are exchanged, the relic's characteristics will take effect, causing chaos in the surrounding space. During this period, everyone who has witnessed the hat exchange process will have strange red and green lights alternately appear in their vision. Once a certain kind of light no longer
If it flashes but appears for a long time, it means that the relic is out of control:
The red light always exists: with the puppet as the center, it gradually erases all entities in the surrounding space; the green light always exists, and the puppet is activated and transformed into an evil thing that I cannot name."
Megan stood next to Shade and added:
"This is a more dangerous Keeper-level relic, almost as good as the Keeper-level measuring object [The Eye of the Keeper]. I remember it was Sylvia's teacher who completed the containment about 15 years ago.
"
"Yes, when the teacher was still here, I often used this to practice my spatial awareness."
The black-haired witch recalled the past, sighed, and then revealed the purpose of asking Shade to come with her:
"This relic can easily get out of control. When the teacher was still there, she also had your ability to stabilize the surrounding space with a halo or a field. Although I have similar thaumaturgy now, spaces like Green Lake are inherently fragile.
In this hellish place, no one can guarantee whether this relic will be in another condition. So for the sake of safety, you must be present before we can use this relic."
"no problem."
For safety reasons, Shade even took off the black time key and turned it into the [Stand of Yectrasil]. This was the first time for Miss Sylvia to see Shade use this angel-level magic.
It's a staff weapon, but I'm doing serious business now, so I don't ask too much about the origin of the relic.
After Shade and Miss Sylvia were ready, Audrey's hand was stretched out from behind Megan and the hat of the doll was changed. This way, if something happened, Megan could react immediately.
The hats of the two dolls were also fixed by magnets, so they were easy to s When the swap was completed, Shade felt that the raining sky suddenly turned into black night, and then alternately flashed red and green colors of unknown origin.
The light almost blinded his eyes:
"Wait a minute, why is it dark?"
"I don't know either, but the relic hasn't gone out of control yet and the space chaos effect is about to begin. Be prepared."
Shade's perception had already detected the power of the chaotic space of the Whispering Elements, so he held the long staff on the boat and waited calmly with the two witches. Megan also put the "heirloom" on the bow of the boat.
The plan went quite smoothly. At the specially vacated bow position, as the red and green light flashed alternately again and again, the ghostly green soul slowly took shape, and then he bent down and picked up the silver anchor pendant.
