As he spoke, Shade thought of the first god he met, and of the young man wearing a clown hat in the toy store:
"He once created an eternal fire and an everlasting spring for the beautiful witch princess. But when the witch princess asked Him for immortality, the god left her."
Laughing in response to Mr. Anderson's slang-infused joke that wasn't actually too funny, Shade summed up his approach:
"Immature children always have various wishes. Of course, we must find ways to realize those warm and sincere wishes. We must correct and remind those wishes that may have problems. As for how to distinguish children's wishes, what should we do?
Dealing with the ideas of immature young people is what qualified adults have to do. This is probably the responsibility of adults towards children."
"Her" smile in Shade's ear became gentler, and in Shade's pocket, the anchor's silver jewelry was also exuding a warm temperature. The anchor accepted this method of handling the task, and Miss Eliaser's
The second task officially ends here.
The meeting with the porter Anderson also implies that Shade wants to contact the "Eternal Light". Unfortunately, Mr. Anderson did not let go until the end, and did not tell Shade how to contact the other people of the "Eternal Light"
connection.
But at least he told Shade the internal structure of "Eternal Light", which even the police may not have figured out:
"The supreme leader is called the 'Archbishop.' I have never met him, but people praise him as a devout ascetic."
"Pious? Who do you believe in?"
"It is not a god, but the light itself. He and the two cardinals formed a committee to jointly manage the eternal light. Of course, these are what I have heard. Under the leader and the two cardinals, they govern different areas
There are high priests at the meeting place, and then there are ordinary priests in charge of specific meeting places. Different meeting places have their own managers, including people who distribute leaflets to the outside world, people who manage new strangers who join the meeting, and so on."
"This is really a huge organization. But as far as I know, due to the constant tracking by the police in recent years, hasn't Eternal Light already moved underground, so there are only a few members?"
The porter also answered Shade’s doubts:
"So those of us are not official members. Official members usually wear robes. I have the honor to meet them. Every time they appear, they will tell us something like nobles and businessmen are bad things. However, their whereabouts are strictly confidential, even if you
If you can find the meeting place through people like me, I'm afraid you won't be able to meet them. Official members will only show up in front of familiar faces who have attended the meeting for at least half a year."
Although he did not have direct contact with the "Eternal Light", the information provided by Mr. Anderson was still quite useful. After lunch that day, Shade still chose to exchange contact information with the porter and his son. Maybe he would need them again in the future.
A place to help.
It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Standing on the dock pier and watching the snowflakes sprinkle on the harbor sea covered with sails, this scene was more romantic than imagined, but it was also cruel to the farmers.
The full cat wanted to take a nap, so Shade had to send it home first. After throwing away the glass slipper and returning home, he saw a letter on the coffee table in the living room:
"Miss Carina's handwriting, oh, Miss Benanis responded. Siris sent the things needed to restore memory to Green Island through Miss Sylvia."
The cat skillfully climbed up the window sill and basked in the sun, squinting his eyes. His little ears listened as Shade went to the basement downstairs and came back ten minutes later.
At this time, Shade had a wooden box in his hand. In addition to Siris's letter, there was also a holy emblem of the old god [The Forgotten Old Man] that exuded strong miraculous elements and a small pocket women's pistol.
This pistol is also the sage-level relic [Faded Memories] left by Laplace Howard.
[Faded Memories] itself is in the shape of a revolver. By adjusting the rotation of the revolver, it can be divided into three modes, namely extracting memories and projecting them, extracting terrible memories to make bullets have a strong killing effect, extracting biological memories and projecting entities.
The diviner who transcended the Thirteen Rings relied on this pistol to extract the memory of the third-generation eldest son and confirm the truth he had glimpsed in the long river of time. In other words, "extracting memory" is the main function of this gun.
If Siris came to Moon Bay City in person, then with this gun alone, she would be able to obtain the memory Shade wanted. But the blonde girl could not leave Willendale for the time being, so in order to assist Shade, she used her Holy Emblem to
Temporarily loaned to Shade.
The Holy Emblem is a sacred object passed down by successive bishops of the [Order of the Forgotten]. It is the most powerful magical object inherited by the declining Order. With this sacred object, even if Shade does not know the magic of memory,
It can also be easily combined with the relics to obtain memories. And Sirius's willingness to lend this holy symbol to Shade also represents the girl's affection.
Siris' letter explained how Shade wanted to use these two items. Other than that, the greetings were quite simple, but Shade still read the letter several times. After understanding his thoughts and desires some time ago,
Shade no longer struggled with this kind of thing, but he still felt a little guilty in his heart.
So I thought that I could plan a date next time I saw Sirius. Judging from the current situation in Yuewan City, the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe would arrive there sooner or later.
Leaving the cat at home to take a nap, Shade did not return to Moon Bay immediately. Instead, he took a carriage to Cat Tail Alley in the Tobesk University District to visit Professor Manning.
The old professor is idle at home after retirement. Although he usually goes fishing, visits friends in the city, and occasionally attends lectures and academic conferences, under normal circumstances Shade can always find him at his home.
It was the same today. After knocking on the door, the servant saw that it was Shad who was visiting, so he directly invited Shad to come in. At this time, the professor had other friends here, and Shad saw Rusty Edwards floating around at a glance.
Then he saw Durut Giles sitting on the sofa talking to the professor.
After the incident in Green Lake, Durut Giles, who returned home, stayed in Tobesk and lived as a history lecturer at the school. Rust Edwards, who returned from death, naturally stayed there.
By his side.
Shade visited them twice last month, but he didn't expect to meet Professor Manning again today.
"Ah, it's you! Are you spying on us?"
The girl is still so lively and energetic.
"Mr. Hamilton, we meet again."
Durut Giles stood up and greeted respectfully.
"Shadow, good afternoon."
Professor Manning greeted with a smile. It seemed that the young history lecturer came here to discuss a paper that was about to be submitted with the professor. Seeing that Sha De had arrived, he exchanged a few words with Sha De and then brought him
The girl, who was full of joy, said goodbye and left.
When the servant prepared tea for Shade, the old professor said with great satisfaction:
"Giles is a very talented person. He couldn't concentrate on learning before. Since I met you and traveled from Green Lake, he has become much more at ease after coming back. If all the young people in the school can
It would be great to be like him."
"What he experienced in Green Lake is something that others may never want to encounter in their lifetime."
Shade smiled and shook his head:
"I came to visit you this time because I want to ask you something. It is related to your experience when you were young. Well, more than ten years ago, you went to Yuewan, right? Yuewan City on the west coast."
Professor Manning held the teacup and nodded, with a surprised expression:
"Yes, why, did you encounter trouble in Yuewan this time?"
"A gift for you."
Seeing the servant leave, Shade took out a jar of honey from his pocket that he bought from Duke Bee Store before leaving Yuewan City today. Professor Manning nodded tacitly when he saw the label in Kasenric language on the jar.
head:
"I have only been to Yuewan once. It was summer and the weather was much better than this year. I still remember the scene of standing on the pier watching the seagulls. At that time, two of my colleagues and I went to Delrayon and Carsonlik.
For academic exchange activities, I went to Yuewan City to participate in an excavation of ancient ruins that cannot be made public. You know, it is related to mysticism."
The old professor held a tea cup and recalled the past:
"The location of the ruins is very remote. If I go there again now, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it. But I remember that the writing on the stone tablets unearthed in the ruins is very strange. It is not any kind of writing that I know. Even after looking at it for a long time, I still can't find it.
It will cause mental tension and fear. But this is not the first time I have encountered similar things. When I was young, I saw more weird things."
"Then did you leave any photos or fragments of the unearthed stone tablets privately?"
Shade asked expectantly, Professor Manning shook his head decisively:
"Of course not, this is illegal. In this kind of excavation activity led by the church, it is strictly prohibited to hide any items privately, and it is even more strictly prohibited to leave any uncensored records. Detective, I can travel all over the Old Continent and have participated in various places.
Archaeological excavation activities, but still healthy and sitting here talking to you at this age, it depends on this caution."
Shade was slightly disappointed, but at the same time he agreed with Professor Manning's approach:
"You are right, then I will go to other places to look for clues. This matter involves the legendary dragon. Yes, it is the one in the story. I don't know what will happen this time."
"Giant dragon? Speaking of which, those strange patterns I saw back then turned out to be giant dragons~ I thought they were big lizards. I thought it was strange at the time. There are no ancient legends about lizard worship in the Yuewan area."
Professor Manning suddenly realized it, and then thought of another thing.