Fortunately, Shade never thought about taking the church’s job:
"It's good that your mother is fine. The situation at that time was very chaotic, and it was difficult for me to take care of her during the final battle."
Thinking of the many rumors about the Battle of Moon Bay, the strange celestial phenomena that repeatedly switched between day and night that day, and the terrifying scenes of the rumored Battle of the Five Gods, Eric Fulan reluctantly smiled:
"Are Megan and Aunt Audrey okay too?"
"It's okay, but they've been busy with other things recently and haven't followed me to Vista City, but they might come after a while. Not to mention the lady sitting next to me."
Any further talk would involve Miss Winslet, and Shade didn't want to expose her secret.
Eric Folan also wisely avoided this topic and asked instead:
"Do you have something to do when you come to the local area? Do you need our help?"
"I don't need help at the moment. Do you know the young yellow-haired second lieutenant sitting in the fifth row behind you?"
Although he didn't pay special attention to it, he was a ring warlock after all, and he had been promoted to the sixth ring after the Green Lake incident. Eric Foran recalled it and nodded:
"Meet, York Bronte. His father, Baron Bronte, served as a staff officer in the First Army Corps. Although his status was not particularly high, he was very popular because of his generous spending.
The Bronte family is also from Brookwood, sorry, it is a local traditional aristocrat in Vista City. York Bronte is the second son of the family. He grew up in Willondale rather than Vista City. He was just passed away by the baron last year.
Arrangements were made to enter the army."
"He's also from Ximu Town. What's his reputation like?"
Shade asked curiously, and Eric Folan thought about it again:
"In the eyes of outsiders, he probably has a bright future. Although the family title is destined to be passed on to his eldest brother, his development in the army will not be hindered by his father's arrangements. This man is extremely generous, or he doesn't care much about money.
He is a frequent visitor to Rhodes Casino. And he hears about his private life.”
After speaking, he shook his head:
"Of course, this is just a rumor. Charles and I have no interaction with him. We only heard friends talk about him. What, is there something wrong with this person?"
"No, I'm just curious. But there may be something wrong with Ximu Town."
Eric Folan blinked and moved closer to Shad:
"This question refers to"
"If you two brothers are here just to listen to the concert, you'd better leave immediately. Listen to me, if you two don't want to be involved in a big incident like Green Lake and Moon Bay, run as fast as possible."
The aristocratic young man from Willendale took a breath of cold air, thinking that he might as well leave with his younger brother now.
The two did not talk in the corridor for too long, and went back before the solo "Starry Night Aria" ended. It seemed that this should be the last time that the Fullen brothers and Schade met this autumn, and they knew how serious Schade's description was.
Miss Denister didn't ask what Shade had done. She waited until the intermission and people started talking before saying:
"It's hard to finish one thing. Let's go out and listen to the concert together. Don't be busy with other things."
Shade stood up from the comfortable seat:
"Just catching up with relatives."
Upon hearing the word "relatives", Miss Winslet immediately looked at them, while the red-haired girl shook her finger and said:
"I've seen your background check. Where are your relatives from?"
Then he thought of the beautiful girls around Shade, and then raised his eyebrows:
"I understand, if that's the case, you do have a lot of relatives."
Then she deliberately ended the topic without explaining to the witch beside her what she had said.
During the twenty minutes between concerts, Shade did not do anything else, and did not even leave his seat. However, he did talk to Miss Bell about the card [Carson Lick Southern Folklore·Moondance Festival], and then talked about it again.
The origin of that card:
"Last summer I received a commission from Greta Watson. She found the body of her husband who had been missing for thirty years behind a large hole in her basement."
He told the story of an old lady who killed her cheating husband while drunk, and her brother who took the initiative to destroy the evidence and surrendered to the police in order to cover up his sister's crime. When the bones were found behind the basement wall many years later, even the man who had been released from prison
My younger brother has also been dead for ten years.
At the funeral where the thirty-year-old skeleton was buried last summer, Shade saw the souls of his "husband" Mr. Watson and his "brother" Mr. Mason. After attending the funeral with them, he stayed with them.
That rainy afternoon, I played the final game of Rhodes under the trees in the cemetery.
"The blessing of the soul allows me to draw this card on any occasion, but unfortunately it only lasts for one year and is now invalid."
He handed the cards to Miss Bell. The young brunette standing on the red carpet in the aisle looked very excited:
"Sure enough, just like everyone said, every card of a legendary player is also a legend!"
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"This story sounds familiar. Is it adapted into the story of Miss Louisa?"
Miss Winslet, who was also standing next to Shade's chair and talking, asked, and Shade nodded:
"Yes, it is at the beginning of the detective story collection. But compared to the sentimental and regretful story in the rain that I experienced myself, her adapted story has a more suspenseful and thrilling feel.
After all, detective novels require detectives to discover the truth themselves, rather than asking ghosts directly."
"That Miss Louisa is lucky. Speaking of which, that Miss Louisa is yours."
"I will not disclose other people's privacy."
Shade shook his head and refused, and the witch didn't care. She guessed that it was definitely not a serious relationship, but she also thought about whether Carina would discipline this handsome man. She knew how attractive he was.
After the break, the performance continued, and the second half began with the dance song "Silver Fantasia." For some reason, Shade felt tired again and quietly yawned.
Because it was a performance dance, the lights were turned off in the audience this time. The dimness of the lights once again aggravated his sleepiness.
As the dancers came on stage one after another, the red-haired girl beside him noticed that Shade's head was slightly lowered and his eyes were closed.
This reminded her of those students who stayed up late at night reading novels and failed to get a potion to wake them up before class the next day. As a result, they were drowsy in the morning class. But Shade was different from the naughty young people in the academy.
Of course you won't be punished for copying books or cleaning the library.
She originally wanted to wake him up again, but when she thought about how he had been running around and accompanying them to the concert during what was supposed to be their rest time at night, she pursed her lips and showed a somewhat pitiful expression:
"Go to sleep and have sweet dreams."
To the sound of the classical-style "Silver Fantasia", Shade finally fell into a dream in his tiredness and completely severed his connection with the real world.
All the strange things since tonight disappeared without a trace as he closed his eyes. Shade, whose mind fell into chaos, felt as if he was being pulled towards an unknown and distant place.
He soon realized that he was dreaming, but had no intention of breaking away from this strange feeling.
So when his feet stepped on the earth, the endless wilderness under the vast sea of stars in the dream appeared again. Standing on the ridge of the field and looking at the silver moon, Shade was stunned because music sounded in the dream.
It is not the "Silver Fantasia" in the real world or the later "Autumn Rhapsody", but an ancient, desolate but sacred dance music.
He withdrew his gaze from staring at the silver moon, and followed the sound of music as he moved forward in the wilderness. It was not that he had never explored this dreamland in the past, but it was only the time when the "Vampire God" fell into a dream that he encountered a different scenery.
But this time, after pursuing the sound of music, maybe it was just a few minutes, or maybe it took a long time, a faint light of fire appeared in the wilderness under the sea of stars. And what Shade saw when he walked over was tens of thousands of people wearing robes.
People were dancing under the moonlight around the huge bonfire.
An open-air sacrificial site suddenly appeared in the wilderness under the moonlit night. It was the same ancient building as the "Dragon Feast Sacrificial Site", but it was more complete, as if Shade had returned to the original era.
All the runes, statues, stone carvings and steps and pillars of the sacrificial site were carved out of silver-white stone. The silver flames burning on the huge altar in the center, together with the silver moon, dyed those who worshiped and danced towards the moon.
Silvery white.
Shade found that he had unknowingly reached the outskirts of the majestic sacrificial site. Then at some point, people dancing, kneeling and praying made way for him to lead to the center of the sacrificial site.
No one paid any attention to Shade. When Shade moved towards the center of the magnificent sacrificial field, no one bumped into or looked at him.
The miraculous elements seemed to rise and fall with the ancient dance music at this moment, and the runes that lit up in the sacrificial field were gradually constructing the elements and spirits generated in this grand sacrifice into a part of a larger ceremony.
After passing through the crowd, climbing up the steps, past the luminous stone pillars, and across the edge of the shadow that danced due to the swaying of the silver fire, there were only a few people in the center of the sacrificial site.
But before Shade could identify the ancient poems written completely on the stone slab under his feet, and before Shade could feel the temperature of the strange silver flames, there were six girls in cool clothes and silver jewelry surrounding him.
Came over.
They laughed and touched Shade, holding Shade's hand and wanting to dance with Shade to the ritual dance music. But Shade politely refused them out of instinct, so the girls retreated with regret.
He stood in front of the altar and looked up at the moon again. With the silver moon as the center, the deep starry sky seemed to form a figure wearing a silver-blue hood with a halo.
He stared at this scene in a daze, while the silver fire burning on the huge altar in front of him suddenly exploded into the night sky.