"Yuewan area? This is indeed uncertain news, but it is also worth going to Yuewan to have a look in person. The plague in Miss Gaode's hometown is not over yet, and I have nothing else to do recently."
At the back of the letter is written information obtained by Miss Benenice's friends. Shade can follow those clues to investigate.
Miss Carina's eyes were filled with worry. She waited until Shade finished reading and then said:
"Actually, the friend Vanessa mentioned who provided her with information is another big witch in the parliament."
"oh?"
Shade looked up at her:
"Who?"
"The great witch of fate."
The Duchess replied without mentioning the other person's name:
"Level 11, the tenth seat of the parliament. She has some strange abilities. If we introduce her identity and name to you in detail, she may be able to sense it. So without involving her name, now
I can only roughly tell you her background."
"No problem, please introduce me."
Shade then sat up straight.
"As I said just now, the actual ruler of the Yuewan area is the City Council of Yuewan City. Most of the members of the city council come from ancient families that existed when Yuewan City was founded. 'The Glorious Seven Families of Yuewan City'
', is what they call themselves.
In modern times, the impact of the steam revolution has led to the rise of new aristocrats, but there are still three families that firmly control the power passed down by their ancestors-Hawthorne, Eddington and Belindell. The great witch of fate is one of them.
The family is quite famous in the Yuewan area."
Miss Carina did not forget to remind Shade:
"Of course the great witch of fate is also a soothsayer, but don't judge the witch soothsayer based on your impression of Luvia. She sometimes does some extraordinary things. If we talk about Megan and Audrey's previous madness,
It's because of the chaos in her soul, so she might really have a mental illness."
"Sorry, what does this mean?"
"The great witch of fate, who believes in and reveres fate too much, is too persistent and cautious, makes her fall into the trap of fate. The Speaker has told her many times, but she never changes. Whatever decision she makes, as long as it appears
Before you make a choice, you must do some divination to determine the direction of your destiny. Although this is an exaggeration, Shade, can you imagine that a person has to toss a coin every day before going out to decide which foot should be taken first? "
Shade laughed. This is a classic joke among fortune tellers. It means to satirize those guys who have to divine everything and "ask for instructions" about fate before doing anything. Although Luvia has excellent fortune-telling skills, she has almost no luck in daily life.
Can't see her doing this.
"However, the fortune teller who once held the Hope Diamond could not be the witch, right?"
Miss Carina shook her head:
"Of course not, this can be guaranteed."
"I probably know it. But the Yuewan area is so big, and the clue given by Miss Benanis is in the Lower City. The probability of me meeting that lady from a wealthy family shouldn't be high, right?"
"Oh, knight, it would be strange if you didn't meet her. Besides, didn't you tell us that it was Miss Myrna Feliana who gave you the task to master the witch?"
"It's about controlling the council, not the witch."
Shade corrected it in time, and the red-haired duchess smiled and joked:
"It's not important. Sometimes I wonder if fate is guiding you to find the witch."
"Why does fate do such boring things?"
So Carina Cavendish looked at him and said very gently:
"Because we, at least the us you know, really need you."
It's a brand new Tuesday, and Shade and Miss Carina also have things to do. There were all-day parties on Sunday and Monday, and they can't stay in the manor today.
Miss Carina and Shade took a carriage into the city together. The duchess was going to Yodel Palace. On the way, the witch and Shade were of course intimate again, but only slightly:
"You are definitely not human."
The great witch of balance is not a joke or a sigh:
"Although I expected the possibility of a birthday 'party', you actually did it. I don't believe that this is something that an ordinary seven-ring warlock can do. I am a twelfth-level one. Shade, maybe you should explore your past. Saint
Did Byrons really find nothing in his background check on you?"
Her golden eyes were full of worry and concern. When she put her hand on Shade's chest and touched the cross inlaid with the Philosopher's Stone, she guessed again:
"For example, is your body also a work of human body? Or, you have a high-level bloodline that even Cassandra's relics cannot identify. Or, a certain god, that
The ancient moon god you refused to tell us has placed a heavy bet on you."
"This body of mine can't be made of the Philosopher's Stone, right?"
Shade wanted to reassure her, so he joked:
"It is well known that the Philosopher's Stone will fuse with the Philosopher's Stone upon contact, but I have touched the Philosopher's Stone many times and never seen the material enter my body. Don't worry, I know my stuff.
.Besides, Miss Feliana and the others also agreed to help me check if there is anything wrong with my blood."
It was now completely clear to Shad why he came to this world. The only remaining question was what relationship he had with the ancient tower of Mount Karas that collapsed in the spring of 1853.
"She" chuckled softly in Shade's ear.
Shade did not get off the car at St. Teresa Square, but got off the car in advance and took little Mia to Old John's pawn shop. When he opened the door and entered, Father John was reading the newspaper behind the counter and heard the sound of the door opening.
Then he looked up at Shade:
"Oh, it's a detective. It's a coincidence that you came here. I got three more antiques you were looking for. Let's try again this time. I don't believe there are none that meet the requirements."
Shade did not reveal the true function of the "Butterfly Solitaire", but he told Old John that he wanted to use the cards to seal items. Old John only thought it was some kind of strange alchemy item, so he did not delve into it. Instead, he was curious about what those cards were.
What kind of item is it.
"New goods are here again, that's really good, but I also want to buy items that can increase my luck. Yes, it's the same as before."
"No problem, yes, I'm just waiting for you to speak."
Shade walked to the counter with the cat in his arms, and then saw the newspaper put down by the old man, which wrote about Tobesk City's measures to stabilize food prices:
"Is the price going to increase again? Autumn hasn't arrived yet."
"Looking at the recent weather, even the nobles in the city who can't tell the difference between wheat and rice know that there will be a big problem with food this year before autumn."
The old man who was rummaging for the warehouse keys under the counter shook his head, then asked Shade to wait for a while while he followed the stairs to the second floor.
With nothing to do, he asked Mia to lie down on the counter and not move. Shade opened the newspaper. He had not read the morning paper today. Just now, Old John was reading the news on page three, and the report on page two was forward.
The situation of domestic plague pandemic.
At the beginning of the month, when Shade and Miss Carina talked about the plague in Miss Gauthe's hometown, the Duchess said that it was only a situation that occurred in a few cities. But now, more than half a month later, similar pandemics have appeared in more and more places.
, so the kingdom finally paid attention to it.
At present, there are still no cases reported in the Tobesk area, so the citizens only learn about distant news from newspapers, and look warily at every "countryman" who does not speak Tobesk-accented Delarian. 5
The Church of God is cooperating with local city halls to actively carry out plague prevention and control work. Therefore, although the sequelae of this strange plague are serious, the mortality rate is not high.
Although the church does not use extraordinary means to treat patients, the understanding of diseases promoted by potions and alchemy has greatly improved the medical level of this era, which is also one of the benefits of the extraordinary world.
Continuing to turn forward and looking at the front page, the newspaper is still reporting that the conflict between Delrayon and Kasenlik is further escalating. It has been a month since the Green Lake negotiations ended, but there is no sign of a restart. The domestic militants in the two countries
Voices have taken over and they want to teach the Southerners/Yankees a lesson. It seems that the old continent has been peaceful for so long that people have forgotten what war really means.
It's just that the kingdom's upper echelons have many concerns. Shade heard from Miss Carina that King Larousse III actually doesn't mind using a war to vent the economic and political pressures facing the country. It's not a good thing to just start a war at will.
Moreover, no one can guarantee victory once a war begins, so the country of Tobesk currently maintains a strange situation in which it seems to be clamoring for war, but in fact everything is calm.
But everyone knows that this kind of calm will not last long. Especially after the autumn grain harvest, once the rise in grain prices drives the prices of other commodities to skyrocket, then whether to go to war or not cannot be reversed by personal will.
Father John soon came back with the box. Seeing Shade reading the newspaper, he casually chatted with him about how the world has become worse and worse in the past two years. The two of them also talked about the Battle of Green Lake before.
The old man of Guiding Light Hermitage sighed. He told Shade about the recent moves of the monastery that Mr. Edmond had mentioned, and even told Shade that the monastery was planning to establish a business in the Tobesk area.
The location of the "shelter" and construction plans.
The land price in Tobesk is extremely expensive, and in order not to attract too much attention, the monastery chose undeveloped land on the northern outskirts of the city. Now everything is just beginning. The establishment of the shelter is divided into three phases. It will take the shortest time
It will take two years to complete.
"Detective, this is what you want, see for yourself."
Shade then took out a blank "Butterfly" card and touched the three antiques one by one. Finally, the card reacted to a broken blade. The rusty metal strip originally belonged to a long sword, but it was now severely rusted and was only used as a
Ordinary cursed items exist, not even alchemical items.
If this kind of item is not an antique, it can only be regarded as an alchemical material "cursed ancient metal". Therefore, although the price is very expensive, it is very cheap compared to relics and ancient alchemical items.
Old John gave the origin of this severed blade:
"The religious story "The Day of Rebirth" in the early fifth era. A certain area is cursed by the great one. All the deceased will be reborn after a week, and the pain of death will remain after rebirth. Only those who are killed by the same cursed person will be reborn.
, in order to completely fall into eternal sleep, but each cursed person can only permanently kill one person, cannot be killed at the same time, and cannot commit suicide, so in the end there is only one unlucky guy left.
The last survivor prayed to the gods for forgiveness and endured a hundred years of punishment in pain and torture. In the end, he got the sword he used to kill his cursed father with his own hands, and used this sword to gain the qualification to die. Ancient times
Religious stories have always been in this style. But this is just a story, and no one can say how different it is from what really happened. But at least the broken blade in your hand must be related to the prototype of the story."
