Following the squire to find the maid Tifa, while walking through the long and quiet corridor, Shade first considered the price of the carpet under his feet and how much Mia was worth, and then realized that after meeting the king, he was not like in the stories he had read in the past.
Like the protagonist, he has the idea of "I can replace him".
Not only because, compared to the occult and those extraordinary powers, worldly rights are really nothing. But also because the study of ring magicians is too time-consuming, and the king just now was actually still working at eight o'clock in the evening, and even did not work at eight o'clock in the evening.
It's not the end.
The other party's tragic hairline can well illustrate the hard work of the king's profession.
After finally arriving in a different world, foreigners want to see more of this magnificent and mysterious world instead of spending their lives in front of a desk.
After meeting the maid Tifa, the two left Yoder Palace. However, they did not return to Saint Teresa Square immediately. Instead, they took a carriage to pick up the relic promised by the duchess.
By the way, the maid will also give the promised "white stone crystal" to Shade.
On the carriage, Shade got back those belongings that belonged to him. And he also mentioned the conversation with Larus III, especially the last sentence. Miss Tifa Servit smiled after hearing the question, and asked Shade
Don't worry about this:
"Those who hold power will always think that they are surrounded by pretenders. Obviously our king cannot escape this sentence."
The promised relics were placed in Miss Carina's mansion on the outskirts of the city. Although Shade got the address last time, this was his first time here.
This place is really weird.
He looked out from the window of the carriage the whole time, and found that the closer he got to the house, the thicker the surrounding fog became, and the fog did not look like a heavy fog caused by exhaust emissions in the city.
When the carriage stopped in front of the tall fence gate of the suburban mansion, the surrounding fog suddenly disappeared. Looking around, except for the dirt road the carriage came from, it was actually surrounded by woods and wasteland, and beyond.
It's completely gray.
"This place looks a bit like the witch's house in the story."
Of course, he just thought about it and did not dare to express his thoughts in front of the maid.
Because the owner of the mansion, Miss Carina, was not there, Shade did not go in, but waited on the carriage. The maid Tifa soon returned along the gravel path along the central axis of the mansion's courtyard. After boarding the carriage, the carriage immediately turned around and returned.
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Shade looked at the house in the night from the car window, and then realized that not a single light was on inside. This strange situation increased his doubts about this place, but because he did not actually enter the house, so
The inner voice cannot perceive the elements either.
"Detective, this is what you want."
While Shade was thinking wildly, the maid had carefully opened the cloth bag in her hand. Wrapped in the yellow linen with blood stains, was a stone mask with a ferocious face, but it only had holes for the mouth, eyes and
The nose is blocked.
Shade's thoughts were suddenly withdrawn. After a blink of an eye, [Echo of Blood] was activated, and the stone mask was covered with blood stains.
"This is a secret-keeper-level relic that the young lady found for you. Detective, would you like to guess its function?"
She asked, and then handed the mask to Shade. Because it was made entirely of stone, it was quite heavy. The surface of the stone was rough and even felt prickly:
"Wearing it will turn humans into vampires?"
Shade thought for a while and said jokingly.
"No, this is a secret-keeper-level relic [the other face]. If you drip two drops of your own blood onto the two eyes of the mask, the user can control this face to make it fly. You
Share your vision, smell and senses with it. The mask itself is extremely aggressive and has the ability to devour and digest. If the mask swallows any living creature, it will bring a short-term increase in strength and physical strength to the holder."
"What about the side effects?"
If you just listen to these functions, [Other Face] can be regarded as a perfect long-range attack weapon.
"Once you start using this mask, the association with it cannot be broken unless the user dies. The user must control this mask to eat a living person every week, otherwise it will lose control and forcibly attach to the back of the user's head.
Devour the soul of the user and manipulate the soulless corpse. Do not put it on the head of any creature, and when left unattended, be sure to wrap it with this linen cloth. There are hundreds of pious people on this cloth.
The blood of church clergy is a condition of containment."
Probably because the wheels crushed the stones, the carriage shook:
"Detective, are you satisfied with this relic?"
She asked Xiang Shade, and she also knew that the negative characteristics of this relic were almost unacceptable to normal people.
In a relatively small space, Shade could easily sense the smell of the maid's perfume. When she asked, she would subconsciously stretch her head forward, which made the smell even more obvious.
Although the side effects of the relic are huge, Shade fully accepts it. He does not need weapons, but disposable props.
As long as he uses this mask when he has the opportunity to absorb divinity, even if he fails, the mask will be shattered because he tries to devour the god beyond his own control, and he will never be allowed to have it forever.
"Very satisfied."
Hearing this answer, the maid showed a strange expression, but she didn't ask any more questions.
"Besides, this is the white stone crystal you want."
She then handed a tawny wooden box to Shade. After opening it, she saw that it was filled with straw, and in the center of the straw lay a round crystal as big as a goose egg.
It is white and translucent, and the interior is not uniform, but has floc. This is not a standard elliptical sphere, and its surface is a small pentagonal surface.
Shade just glanced at it and closed the box. Although he could not find the information on "White Stone Crystal", he also understood that the other party did not need to deceive him:
"So Miss Servit, as the price for me to obtain this crystal, what do you need me to do?"
He didn't forget that this came at a price.
The maid who was in the same compartment as Shade smiled, because her lips were painted with very light lipstick. This action made the lines of her lips clearer:
"It's not a difficult task. It doesn't even have anything to do with dangerous relics. It's my private matter. That's right. I've been researching some unique potions recently."
She put her right hand into the pocket of her maid's skirt and took out three thumb-thick wooden vials of exactly the same style but with different numbers engraved on the surface between her fingers. The length was similar to an ordinary fountain pen.
Shaking his palm, the small bottle between his fingers immediately made the sound of liquid sloshing:
"I probably succeeded, but I hope I can find someone to help me..."
"No, I will not drink any potion of unknown origin."
Shade shook his head and said that white stone crystals are not only available here. He is not willing to take risks to try any magic potion. Although the maid and Miss Carina are temporarily trusted by him conditionally, this does not mean that he will do it without thinking.
Promise to anything.
And more importantly, he didn't understand Tifa Servet's potion skills at all.