Closing your eyes and opening them again not only means the arrival of another Friday, but also the end of the Thunder Moon, the arrival of the Flower Moon, and the slightly cold summer has officially entered the second half.
"What was I doing this time last year?"
He murmured to himself, sat up, and opened the bedroom curtains with a wave of his fingers.
"Shad, is it raining outside?"
The sleepy blonde girl lying beside asked softly, and greeted softly in the sound of rain:
"Lecia also asked me to say good morning to you. It's already August. I've only written the beginning of this month's manuscript."
During breakfast, Shade told Miss Carina and Dorothy what happened in Moon Bay yesterday. After breakfast, Shade took the cat to Moon Bay again, but he did not immediately change the cat from the toy state.
Changed back because he was going to visit a dangerous "person".
Count Darmanin's mansion is located in the westernmost part of Yuewan City. When he walked uphill to the outside of the manor, he saw a lonely building standing under the clouds. Shade felt that this place would not be seen by the mermaid.
, I will definitely be attracted by other weird things in the future.
The beautiful and enchanting countess was already waiting for Shade with her equally beautiful maids. Although they still said some provocative words when leading him to the elevator in the basement, they did not dare to delay.
Shade's meeting with his "master".
The ancient elevator made a series of sounds when it was operating. After reaching the bottom and walking out the door, you will see the rocks protruding toward the sea under the sea cliff.
Shade restored the pink crystal from the toy, bent down and placed it at the end of the reef, then took a few steps back. Then a white mist suddenly rose under the gloomy sky, and the white mist quickly enveloped it.
around.
When it was so thick that Shade couldn't see the sea in the distance, a sound like a big fish swimming appeared under the water near the reef. With a pop-dong sound, the beautiful black hair
The woman's head popped out of the sea.
The water droplets crossed the shallow fat-red birthmark between the eyebrows, and the purple eyes looked at Shade on the reef with a charming expression:
"You are indeed as capable as I thought."
The waves surged up and engulfed the pink crystal. When the waves receded, the crystal disappeared and was replaced by a high-end-looking red wooden gift box.
The box automatically flew in front of Shade. After opening it, he found that inside the soft velvet lining lay not the dragon scales that Shade had imagined, but a roll of parchment tied with a red ribbon.
He reached out and took out the parchment, opened it, glanced at the contents on it, and then said:
"Actually, just tell me directly. There is no need to prepare a special box and parchment."
There is a smile on the charming face in the water:
"Little boy, this is called a sense of ritual. Why don't you even understand this?"
She did not directly give the promised dragon scale to Shade, but told him the location and history of the dragon scale.
Specifically, it was a piece of silver dragon scale, belonging to the "Silver Family", that is, the family that was engaged in the shipbuilding business in Moon Bay, but had never been able to compete with the Aurora family in Carsonlik.
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Dragon Scale is not within the city limits of Yuewan, but on a small island outside Yuewan Port. According to the records on the parchment, about 1,200 years ago, that is, at the beginning of the Sixth Era, the Yuewan area experienced a
A major turmoil.
The Silver family, which was still in its heyday at that time, was worried that the family would be wiped out, so some members of the family took the family's treasures to the sea to take refuge. As a result, the people who stayed in Yuewan successfully survived the turmoil, and instead went to the sea.
The elves encountered a huge storm that had never happened in a century, and both people and boats disappeared into the vast sea.
The wrecked ship carried that piece of dragon scale that ordinary people didn't know the specific value of. After all the changes in the sea, it is now quietly buried on a small island not far from Yuewan Port. Its specific location is written in great detail on the parchment.
With this address, it is actually equivalent to getting the dragon scales. Counting the black, gold, and green ones before, we have already got more than half of the seven dragon scales. Maybe we can try to ask Luvia to perform divination again.
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"What did you and Richard talk about?"
While Xia De was thinking, the beautiful head looking at him suddenly asked again. He raised his head and looked into those watery eyes, and then quickly moved away:
"We talked about the story of him and Madeleine in the Fourth Age. Then we talked about you."
Shade didn't think that "Desire" really didn't know about the conversation between them last night, so he didn't hide it.
As expected, that beautiful head showed no surprise or anger. She still had a beautiful smile, and even smiled better than before:
"Very good, the little boy really knows that I don't like people lying to me.
In this way, the matter of that silly girl Madeleine has been solved smoothly. The remnants of her soul will be together with the remnants of Richard's soul forever. If the God of Love has not left yet, I think He
You will also praise me for fulfilling the wish of a couple of lovers."
Shade did not comment on this, just as he did not express his own opinions on Carina and Dorothy when he told the love story of Madeleine and Richard at the dinner table this morning.
"I won't guess whether you were just a bystander in the story of those two people, or whether you also contributed to something. In fact, I have one more thing."
Her lips, painted with unknown red lipstick, were slightly raised. Following the sound of water, her white left hand stretched out from under the water, holding the slightly tilted beautiful head on the left cheek:
"I knew you must have something else, and I understand the desire in your heart."
She smiled broadly:
"Want to ask about 'Gluttony'?"
Shade was not surprised that his mind was read:
"Yes, you understand. Even I don't have the confidence to win the next battle. Now those cultists are making preparations, and I have to draw a few more cards. Can you help me with this matter?
me?"
After asking, I felt like I was a little greedy. The thing in the water had no reason to help me like this.
But what he got was a smile, a smile that danced lightly on the sea. The sound of the water was like a girl's legs hidden in the fog gently lapping the water:
"Look, you are still influenced by me. You were so wary of me at first, but now you have the courage to ask me for a deal."
The smiling head was the most exquisite work of art in the eyes of outsiders. Just staring at her made him have the urge to cut off the head and put it on his bedside to watch and use.
After holding his breath and concentrating on throwing away the imaginary scenes and eliminating distracting thoughts, Shade lowered his eyes:
"This is what you yourself told me: When the final disaster comes, even sin is strength. Well, I feel like I am quibbling. Do you want to help me? If you can help me, what price do I need to pay?
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"Of course I want to help you. My purpose is to see you relying on me again and again, and in the end you can't do without me at all."
The tone sounded like a joke, but Shade still felt a little cold behind his back.
"Because of what happened to Tobesk last year, it's too late for His followers to look for it now. As for the pepper shaker you used in that City of Spring, I don't have it in my hand either."
She paused deliberately, as if she wanted to whet Shade's appetite, while Shade waited patiently.
Then the purple eyes looked at her angrily:
"Really, I was waiting for you to question me. I really don't know how you charmed those witches.
But there is actually a simpler way to call Him. There is no need for sacrificial groups and large-scale ceremonies, and there is no need for the help of specific relics and magical items. You only need to have a strong, extremely strong desire to eat, and He will naturally watch.
You. After all, He has already put a label on you."
Shade nodded. This method indeed sounds reliable. But the problem is, how can he have such a strong desire, how can he persuade the other party to help him, and how can he prepare for the divine body to descend.
"You don't have to worry about why that person wants to help you."
The beautiful head on the sea continued to speak, which was a secret that mortals did not know:
"He is seriously hostile to the [Dragon-Eating Demon] itself."
"Why are the powers of these two people related to devouring and gluttony?"
Shade understood immediately. His left hand in the water retracted underwater. The head moved closer to the edge of the reef with a splashing sound. The watery purple eyes were attracting Shade's soul:
"It is even simpler for God to descend into a body. His requirements for this are not high. You only need to find a body with the sin of gluttony. You don't even need to care about life or death."
She completely saw through Shade's thoughts:
"As for how I gave you such a strong desire to eat, am I not here?"
"Desire" said with a smile:
"Look at me or I won't go on."
Shade was forced to raise his head and look at the head that had come to the reef. The other person looked at Shade with a smile. He did not speak immediately, but waited for at least two minutes. When Shade pursed his lips, his face turned pale.
After Hongcai said:
"When you need help, I will naturally help you, but whether you can succeed or not depends on you. As for the cost, I see that you have been busy enough recently, why not come to me again after the incident in Yuewan is over?
.Give me a full bottle of fragrance as a meeting gift, and then I will tell you the price you have to pay."
The index finger of his right hand stretched out under the water touched his lips, and his charming eyes made Shade want to dig them out and collect them.
"Of course, I won't let you do things you don't like. After all, I like you very much."
It is simple to have a full bottle of fragrance, but the price that was discovered only after the Yuewan incident was equivalent to putting Shade on a debt with no interest, but after thinking about it, he felt that he did not need to refuse. Compared to
The mermaid in front of me is still the evil god - [Dragon Eater], which is even more terrifying.
