After bidding farewell to Shade and Luvia, Iluna and Emilia went to the study to verify every detail of the [Cult of Doom] and the four relics that appeared next to Emilia.
Initially, Iluna was a little unhappy with Emilia's appearance, but as the two of them gradually became familiar with each other, all these small emotions disappeared. In the gap between conversations and recordings, Emilia did not hesitate to express her gratitude.
Praise for Iluna’s talent:
"I have also heard of many, many powerful seniors and sisters in the academy, but none of them can compare to you."
Iluna smiled reservedly. She had heard similar words a lot, but she had never been proud of it. After all, in her opinion, Shade was the real genius, and she was just a friend of Shade and Luvia.
With help, I was able to get where I am now.
The elf girl seemed to have a unique affinity, and Iluna soon became friends with her. When talking about the last battle last night, a detail that Emilia inadvertently mentioned was captured by Iluna -
—
"That black staff must also be a very powerful relic, right? Oh, Iluna, during the summer when I left St. Byrons, I came into contact with relics that exceeded the level of the Keeper, more than I did in the past fifty years.
I have seen more than all of them put together. That staff must be very powerful, and I learned in school that staff relics are rarer than cold weapon relics, but... I don’t know why I saw that staff.
Staff, I feel very sad."
She pursed her lips and recalled the situation last night, but she was not sure whether it was the influence of the relic [Friendly Neighbor] on her. After all, she was really dizzy at the time. Of course, these contents will not be written in the investigation report, Yi
Luna was surprised for a moment, and then suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
"Is that staff a dead thing?"
"Sorry, what?"
Emilia's beautiful and innocent big eyes looked at her, and Iluna, who was worried, changed her words:
"Do you know what that staff is? Although I have seen it, Shade never mentioned where the weapon came from. Since Luvia didn't ask, of course no one else would ask either. Do you know it?
"
The blond elf shook his head quickly:
"It feels very familiar, but I think I have never seen it before. Each rod relic is unique, and my memory will not be wrong. When I go back, I can investigate it. But this is
Prying into Shade's privacy?"
"this"
Iluna hesitated for a moment, and then saw the cat lying on the desk. It was foggy in the city this morning, and there was not much sunlight on the windowsill of the living room, so the lazy cat followed them in the study.
"Little Mia, does this count as prying into Shade's privacy?"
Iluna then asked the cat. The cat was lying on the table and taking a nap. When his name was called, he just said "meow~".
"You see, little Mia said it doesn't count."
Iluna said with certainty, and then met the young elf's suspicious eyes:
"Iluna, do you still understand cat language?"
"Of course I don't understand, but please listen to me. I have never had bad intentions towards Shade, but we do"
She wanted to say "lover relationship", but she noticed that the cat seemed to be looking at her with one eye squinted. For some reason, she was embarrassed to say this. So in the end she had to lower her voice and whispered next to the elf's pointed ears.
:
"We have kissed. No, it's not the kind of pure kiss you imagined, it's a very passionate kiss. This is a year-end gift from Shade, and it's in my apartment."
After saying that, he sat back in his seat with a blushing face, and then he saw that the innocent elf girl also blushed:
"Shad turned out to be so many. No problem. After I return to school, I will try my best to investigate what the staff is that feels very familiar to me. It may have something to do with the elves. I need some time."
Iluna nodded with satisfaction. She didn't dare to forget any of the clues she got from "If":
"Fire, power, resurrection, cards, love."
She repeated these five words in her mind, but she didn't see the sleeping cat on the table still looking at her.
On the other side, Shade has arrived at Yuewan City. There is no rain or snow here today, but the weather in Yuewan City, which is usually gloomy, is still not good. Seeing that it was still early, Shade did not go to Spider Alley immediately, but first
Went to Belindale Manor in the city center.
The maids in the manor were already quite familiar with Shade. When Miss Matilda came over after hearing the news and took Shade to the third floor, Miss Belindel looked like she was about to go out. She was wearing a white dress.
Wearing a wide-brimmed hat with lace decoration, this is not the look for attending a formal meeting:
"The Marchioness of Ankara, the Countess of Eddington, the old Countess of Hawthorne, and several other noble ladies invited me to go to the manor outside the city to relax. Although this kind of social life is boring, sometimes I have to participate.
.”
But it doesn't look like she finds it boring.
Shade stood at the door. The countess accepted the maids' adjustments to her jewelry and clothes. She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror and looked at herself, complaining in her mouth:
"Speaking of which, if we have something to do with you, where should we contact you? The address of Prince's trading partner you left is just to help you receive mail. What should I do if I want to find you immediately?
You should have a place to live locally, right?"
"It's hard to say."
"Yes, yes, you always have a lot of secrets of your own. People often say that women with secrets are very charming. Let me see, men with secrets are also very charming."
The maids all chuckled. Shade saw the countess' golden eyes looking at him in the mirror, so he coughed:
"Are you looking for me for something? I'm really sorry. Yesterday, my friend encountered some trouble and was entangled by a cultist. No, it's not the [Dragon Cult], it's something else, but it has been solved."
"I indeed have something to ask you. The Marquis of Ankara and Marika Frost met at my manor yesterday. The latter did not want to return to a normal life. Finally we discussed it and I asked Marika Frost to
She stays here temporarily to help in the kitchen, so that I can regularly provide her with wolfsbane potion that suppresses her urge to transform on full moon nights, so I have an extra werewolf at my disposal."
She waved the maids back and turned around in front of the mirror as if admiring her own figure, but everyone here could see that she was showing off her clothes to Shade.
So the foreigner consciously spoke up and praised:
"A very beautiful dress, it suits you very well."
Although this compliment is very simple, the Countess is still quite satisfied:
"The Marchioness of Ankara and Marika Frost went with me to see what was left of the Frost family, and they confirmed that the undead we saw clinging to the tree was the dead Marika Frost.
Lost's husband's grandfather. He once held a very high position in the Wood family. After a little investigation, I confirmed that the ghost must have known some secrets of the Wood family during his lifetime. After his death, he was attached to the tree not by accident.
Go up, he knew where it was before he was alive."
Shade raised his eyebrows:
"Yesterday, you actually investigated so many things?"
"I am a fortune teller, and a very powerful fortune teller."
The maids continued to do the count's hair, and Miss Belindel continued:
"It's not just that. Since the ghost could find things while he was alive, I followed the clues to investigate and found some interesting documents from the Wood family. Now it is basically certain that the ancestors of our seven major families should all be from
The dragon they met together had something very interesting in their hands."
"Ha, I knew that the chosen one's ceremony is indeed to collect seven dragon scales!"
"Don't be so sure. Where did you come from with this guess?"
The witch looked at him in the mirror and said:
"But they are indeed dragon scales. At least Belindel's is the golden dragon's scale. The Wood family's seems to be the green dragon's scale, but I'm still checking the specific location. It's true, the Wood family has the location of our dragon scale.
, my ancestors before me knew nothing about it. What the Wright family obtained was very clearly the dragon scales of the white dragon. As for the Hawthorne family, I only found something that seemed to be related to the brass dragon. Eddington, Blake, West
Elf doesn’t know yet.”
Shade wrote down this information:
"You said that the golden dragon scales most likely came from the incarnation of the ancient god. It's really interesting. What kind of dragon did your ancestors encounter? How come the scales are so different? There shouldn't be two different scales on a dragon at the same time.
Are there different kinds of dragon scales?"
Even the witch doesn’t know:
"What's even weirder is that the ancestors should have encountered the dragon in the late fifth era, but the ancient god had already left by then."
"Although I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the Chosen One ceremony, we should get it."
"Yes, it is consistent with my idea. Leave this matter to me. You should investigate along the direction of the sewer laboratory. I have prepared the sewer drawings around the steam bathhouse. I will let Matilda take it later.
I’ll ask you to get it. The church’s investigation into the sewer yesterday found nothing. You can go in with your friends today. Do you need me to send someone to follow you?”
She asked again worriedly, and Shade shook his head:
"Don't you know how powerful I am?"
Thinking of what happened on Sunday night, the witch nodded unconsciously, but at the same time she couldn't bear the dirty sewers to stain those beautiful silver scales:
"So are your friends reliable?"
"Very reliable. I knew him before I met Miss Benenice."
Now the witch felt a little relieved:
"Would you like to stay and have dinner together tonight? Let me also hear what you learned today."
The topic changed a little too quickly, but looking at her expression in the mirror, Shade still nodded:
"If the investigation goes well, I think it will be fine."