"Priest, when does the church plan to start that ceremony?"
"Next week or the week after that, it will be within the Moon of Withered Leaves. After all, Hazama will soon be unable to hold on."
The last earthquake also weakened Shade's "Tree Kiss" mystery chain a lot, and the death outbreak is indeed not far away.
"In addition, I heard some uncertain news. The Natural Church invited a 'Sister of Thorns' from the Holy See."
The priest lowered his voice
"Sister of Thorns?"
This is the most surprising news tonight, because the "Sisters of Thorns" represent the divine possession cultivated by the Natural Church. They are the purest girls who have been cultivated by the Natural Church since childhood. They know their responsibilities,
I also regard this responsibility as an honor.
In other words, these are fanatical believers who are qualified to descend from God, and it is a very obvious sign that the church is mobilizing them.
"Nature teaches thinking"
Shade pointed to the sky.
"I don't know anything. I'm probably just preparing for the worst."
Priest August shook his head cautiously, and looked at the fire in front of him with Shade:
"But detective, everyone is very cautious about this matter, yes, very cautious. I have seen it, I have seen what will happen once death breaks out and the day of death comes."
The bonfire crackled, and Shade narrowed his eyes:
"what happens?"
"That's terrible. When the black sun comes, the white mist in the narrow space turns into black mist and covers the area. The world of the living and the world of the dead are completely mixed together. Even time and space will be confused. Everything falls into an eternal cycle.
With the end of the world, the map of the Old World may be missing a piece from now on."
Priest August also had his own affairs at this charity banquet, so he left without chatting with Shade for long.
After he and Shade said goodbye temporarily, the time was almost half past eight. Clusters of bonfires were dancing in the courtyard of the college, and people were gathering in the distance. It seemed that this grand autumn night banquet had officially begun. Sponsor this event
Representatives of the chamber of commerce and local city hall officials were speaking at the Zoroastrian feast.
The atmosphere of the banquet was very good, but Shade did not join in the fun and listen to other people's speeches. He estimated that the witches were coming soon, so he temporarily gave up his plan to play Rhodes, but straightened his clothes, and then slowly
He walked towards the entrance of the courtyard of the Castle of the Middleburg Mechanical College, and first met up with Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora.
Because of their aversion to men, the two witches would not take the initiative to participate in the banquet. Instead, they planned to take the opportunity of this banquet to finalize some cooperation agreements with their business partners.
The three met in a separate lounge next to the auditorium on the first floor on the east side of the castle. Miss Aurora, who had not seen each other for more than a month, was still so elegant and beautiful. This witch with long curly brown hair was very excited about meeting Shade.
He was also very happy. After letting him sit down on the sofa, he ordered the maid who was with him to pour tea and go to the kitchen to bring some snacks.
"I haven't been to Fort Midhill for several years. The autumn here is very good, especially the season of falling leaves. I still remember the last time I went hunting in the mountains here and saw the dead leaves covering the ground and the swirling leaves.
The falling yellow leaves are very artistic."
The gas lamp in the room was very bright, and the servants of Miss Aurora and Granny Cassandra were standing behind the two witches. Outside the window, there was a courtyard with clusters of bonfires burning. Although the room was a little quiet, it was still able to
Feel the atmosphere of the Fire Festival banquet.
Shade suddenly thought of the fire-wielding nun and was curious whether the Fire Worship Festival had special meaning to her.
"Miss Aurora, you already know about the passage on the mountainside, right?"
"I see, you did a great job."
She also guessed that Shade provided information to Miss Carina:
"Grandma Cassandra and I will go check it out tomorrow. You don't have to go with us, but if you want to know the progress of the matter, you can come to us the day after tomorrow."
"no problem."
Shade nodded:
"There is no need for me to go with you for such a dangerous matter. But since the passage is in a narrow room, after you go to the real mountainside cave to check, how do you plan to enter the narrow room? You are also looking for an entrance that appears by chance, and then use rituals to fix the entrance.
?"
"That's what the ring wizards do."
Grandma Cassandra shook her head:
"Witches have their own ways. We will first enter the dreamland, and then directly enter the narrow room from the dreamland."
"Dreamland" refers to a strange world where specious dreams and phantoms intersect, but similar to Hazama, it is not a real world. At the end of the night party at Lakeview Manor in the summer, Luvia went there
In the dreamland, observing the manor from the perspective of the dreamland, the most critical node of the god-summoning ritual has been removed.
"If possible, I hope you can take me with you when you enter the dreamland. I have experience there in the past and can be of some help. Moreover, I also want to go to the narrow room again and someone has commissioned me to collect some plants.
"
This is "big business" for Mr. Copus of Tobesk.
"No problem, Carina praised you, and the last time you entered the narrow room, it will indeed be helpful to us."
Granny Cassandra nodded, while Miss Aurora raised her eyebrows. She had no idea what Shade had done in this city.
"In addition, the scabbard is here. When the banquet is about to end, you can take it from me, as well as the information about the [Sin Mansion]."
The old witch asked the maid behind her to hand Shade a few pages of paper:
"Location-type relics are generally Sage-level (Level 2) or above, but [Sin Mansion] is a rare Keeper-level (Level 3) relic. It is more like a trading location. You will understand after reading the information.
[Sin Mansion] randomly appears in the material world every 66 years, attracting sinners. But everyone has original sin, so theoretically, any intelligent creature is its target."
Shade lowered his head and looked at the papers:
"The Mansion of Sin is a place to pay for one's own sins? The severity of the sin will determine what happens inside the relic. The more you bear the sin, the easier it is to die inside, but the more you bear the sin, the more you can use the sin you have stripped away to
In exchange for the power of Sin Mansion."
"As long as you haven't done too many wrong things, [Sin Mansion] is not dangerous to you. Moreover, entering alone is safer than entering with multiple people, because you can't know exactly what your companions have done.
.”
Granny Cassandra explained.
"Is this a relic that appeared in the Sikal Mountain?"
Miss Aurora was very curious and picked up the curly hair beside her ear with her right index finger.
"Yes, because the restlessness in the narrow space caused element chaos in nearby areas, the number of relics in the Sikal Mountain area and this city will increase greatly in the recent period."
The old witch nodded.
"I'll go in alone tomorrow and take a look. If it's just a secret keeper level, I think I can handle it."
Shade put the information away, and Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora did not stop him.
Shade thought for a while and asked again:
"Speaking of which, mother-in-law, you said some time ago that you wanted to invite me to your teacher's ceremony, which is the ceremony that happens every twenty-two years. I don't know the name of your teacher yet."
He deliberately asked in front of Miss Aurora. The witches should all know this information.
"The teacher's name, she has two common names."
Grandma Cassandra didn't seem surprised by Shad's question:
"Helen Black, and Grace White."
"It's really them"
The corner of Shade's mouth trembled, and the images of the twin girls almost immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
"Also, I entrusted you to come to this castle to look for the lost bronze jar some time ago. In fact, it was the teacher who arranged for you to do it."
Grandma Cassandra said again:
"The teacher is a lecturer in the history department at this college. She wants to meet you secretly, so she asked me to arrange for you to come to the college."
The missions of the witches always have a different purpose. Miss Aurora frowned slightly. She didn't know the story between Shade and the twins. She only knew that Shade was related to a beautiful "young" girl.
Already.
"So, would it be my honor to meet Miss Black now?"
Shade asked, and the old witch smiled and shook her head:
"Teacher is busy with that key ceremony, so there can be no mistakes. However, if you want to see her, follow me up the mountain next Monday, and the ceremony will begin."
Shade didn't say anything else, he just sighed that after a long time, he finally got to see them again.
[Back then, they were only 14 years old.]
"She" reminded softly.
"I know, well, who do you think I am?"
Shade immediately retorted in his heart:
"I was just thinking, no matter whether it was Helen or Grace who commissioned Detective Sparrow in the first place, since she chose Hamilton Detective Agency by such a coincidence, I don't believe her or she has never seen me before I woke up.
.”
【So, you want】
"I want to know, in the eyes of Gemini, what kind of person Shade was with his abnormal brain in the past. Although St. Byrons said that there was nothing wrong with the past of the original owner of this body, I always feel that the past is not that simple.
.”
【Yeah?】
She was laughing softly, as if a breeze was blowing by her ears. Somehow, Shade thought of the huge moon disk above the endless wilderness in his dream again.
Sacred and beautiful, containing secrets, so charming.
【Are you talking about the moon, or me? 】
Shade didn't answer, but they all knew the answer.
PS: There is one more chapter, which is an extra update.