Although the [Golden Lucky Rabbit Leg] brought too much luck to Shade who successfully arrived in Huntingdon, it not only allowed him to find Mr. Bernhardt, but also allowed him to get acquainted with Sylvie without any risk.
Miss Ya, but Shade will not forget the negative characteristics of the relic.
Before he rested in the guest room of Carina Manor that night, he was still anxiously thinking about what kind of dream he would have tonight. So Miss Carina smiled and asked if Shade wanted to come to the sofa in her bedroom.
Rest, but rejected by Shade:
"That dream shouldn't be so dangerous."
Staying in the manor was just to be on the safe side. He wasn't worried that his mind would be twisted by the crazy rabbits or even lose control. He was just worried that the nightmares at night would affect his energy during the day, causing delays in getting down to business.
But no matter what, Shade always had to sleep. After washing up in the bathroom of the guest room, he closed the door and turned the main gas light valve in the room next to the door to extinguish the gas lights on the wall and the gas chandelier overhead.
After climbing into bed, I touched little Mia who was already lying next to the pillow, then pulled up the soft and smooth quilt, and closed my eyes uneasily. The curtains were not closed, and the March light shone into the somewhat empty room.
, the gentle light shone on the pillow, but did not disturb Shade and Mia.
The quality of the beds and quilts in the manor were obviously better than those in Shade's home. The soft and warm quilt made Shade fall asleep quickly, and the negative characteristics of the relics took effect almost immediately.
Shade realized that he was dreaming, and saw countless pairs of rabbit eyes glowing red in the darkness, staring at him.
He was a little scared because it was not an ordinary rabbit, but a rabbit similar to the illustration in a children's story book. It stood on two legs, its ears were longer than its body, the rabbit's head grew on the human body, and the rabbit's mouth was
He made a sound similar to chanting a mantra, but even Shade couldn't understand the meaning of those words because they were just unconscious murmurs.
Those rabbits were getting closer and closer to Shade in the dream, carrying crazy emotions, trying to drag Shade in the dream into the abyss of madness.
But in this deep dream, as the first ray of fire appeared on Shade's fingertips and spread to the cracks in his body, the faint light of the first fire radiated out in the form of the remaining parts, and the fiery red light spots were on the hem of his clothes.
Falling slowly.
The crazy rabbits were frightened by the fire and hesitated to move forward, leaving only pairs of scarlet eyes watching him in the extreme darkness.
Shade did not want to fight back in the dream. In the dream, his thinking was a little slow and chaotic. He just subconsciously raised his head, and then the light appeared again in the dark dream. The huge silver moon seemed to have broken through the top of the head.
Darkness appeared above, and as the moonlight illuminated the surroundings, the vast wilderness spread out to the surroundings.
Shade stood on the ridge of the field, his body gleaming with the remnants of the first fire, looking up at the moon, and the malicious rabbits around him seemed to have been assimilated by Shade, and were forced to raise their heads, and
Together they looked up at the moon.
The light of the scarlet eyes extinguished and turned into pure silver. Thousands of rabbits in the wilderness were silent, illuminated by the silver moon, but they seemed to be worshiping the strangers on the field ridge.
In reality, in the dim and quiet bedroom with the moonlight illuminating the window, Miss Carina, who was wearing a nightgown, and Tifa standing aside looked at Shade and the cat on the bed. She saw Shade sleeping.
The moonlight shone on the back of Mia, who was like a cat ball, making the orange and white hair even more shiny.
"Shh~"
The duchess made a silent gesture to her maid, and after confirming that Shade was safe, she wanted to leave. But suddenly she stopped, and moved as slowly as possible in the darkness, and kissed Shade on the forehead.
:
"Good night, my knight."
With a rare blush on her face, Carina Cavendish turned and walked towards the door, as if she was worried that Tifa would see her expression.
The black-haired maid chuckled and wanted to follow her master. But she turned to look at Shade. The index and middle fingers of her right hand were pressed together in front of her red lips. While blinking her left eye at Shade, she pointed her finger at Shade.
After throwing it away, he walked out of the bedroom in a good mood.
"Meow~"
Mia let out a not-so-loud murmur in her sleep, squirmed her body to stand up, and crawled onto the quilt on Shade's chest in a daze, and lay down. Suddenly she lay up again, exposing her belly, squinting her eyes and squinting her four little claws.
After fluttering for a few times, his body tilted and fell to the pillow again.
So, in his dream, Shade watched the silver moon with countless rabbits all night. In the middle of the dream, he also dreamed of the inexplicable fragrance of flowers and his chest being pressed by a boulder, but when he woke up, the dream became blurry.
He still remembered being surrounded by rabbits with red eyes in the dark, but he couldn't remember what happened next:
"Did I dream about little Mia, and the cat defeated the rabbit?"
He thought suspiciously, and then recalled the dream, but the details in the dream were even more vague. He sat up from the bed, first glanced at the bright morning light outside the window, and then looked down at Mia, who was sleeping curled up like a cat ball.
I always felt that my sleep last night was more comfortable than usual.
Today is Friday, so naturally we had breakfast in the witch’s manor. While eating breakfast, Miss Carina also asked Shade what he dreamed about last night. When Shade mentioned the strange fragrance of flowers, Carina
The young lady smiled for some reason, but she said nothing when Shade asked.
"What did she do to me last night?"
Shade asked in his mind as he lowered his head and spread butter on the bread with a silver table knife.
【She kissed you.】
Hearing "her" chuckle, Shade looked up again to see Miss Carina sitting there. The lazy witch seemed to know what Shade was thinking, and turned to the maid beside her and said:
"Tifa, go peel an egg for the detective."
Tifa's face immediately turned red and she lowered her head without moving. Shade coughed violently and did not dare to ask any more questions.
It is possible that the fragments of the poem will be obtained in the near future. Of course, Shade will inform Luvia about this. Shade set off directly from Miss Carina's manor in a carriage. When he arrived at Silver Cross Avenue, the Prophet Association
Just opened for business.
His appearance surprised Vice President Mark, who had just come to work:
"In order to find Anat's divination, you actually came earlier than me?"
This hard-working gentleman took out his silver pocket watch and took a look at it:
"It's only 8:20 in the morning, and I'm even here early. Mr. Hamilton, you worked really hard!"
He showed an expression of great admiration:
"When I was young, in order to pursue my wife, I just sent her a few love letters, quietly chatted with her outside the fence of her house at night, and gave her a few beautiful roses. Today's young people are really amazing. Ah, the love of young people is always so enviable."
He said with a nostalgic expression.
"Mr. Mark, is there any news from the association about the two [Original] series Rhodes cards collected by the association?"
Shade has not forgotten this incident, while Mr. Mark shook his head with regret:
"I'm sorry. Mr. Schubert, the current president of the Prophet Association, also wrote a letter to you to express his apology. I will give you the letter later. As for those two cards, I don't think there will be any in a short time. Got it somehow."
The fact that the other party was so polite was also related to Shade's status as the "Champion of Big City Players 1853". He is now a hot promotional material for the Prophet Association.
Luvia did not go to work early like Vice President Mark, but showed up at the door of the Prophet's Association ten minutes late on time. Fortunately, the Prophet's Association did not have a clock-in system, and most of the fortune-tellers were lazy, so There will be no deduction from basic salary.
At that time, Shade had been arranged to wait in the divination room on the second floor. Luvia changed clothes in the association's dressing room, and then came to the divination room to find him:
"Xia De, you came so early, didn't you ask me to watch the opera tonight?"
She sat down with a smile and seemed to be in a good mood this morning.
Shade shook his head and briefly described Princess Margaret of Anjou and the book "The Secret of Agelessness". Luvia immediately became serious, not for the fragments of the poem, but for the book:
"It turns out that the "Secret of Agelessness" is in Serkeses."
"Is this book famous?"
"Yes, this is the method that the witches of the Fifth Age have summarized to make themselves look immortal. It contains information on a variety of thaumaturgy, spells, rituals and relics. It is the most complete record of the containment of [Eternal Youth Leaf]. , in that book. The type of this book is very similar to the "Pink Book" in your hand. It does not refer to the content, but to the two books, which are both a collection of extraordinary knowledge for certain specific purposes. "
Luvia glanced at Shade's cat:
"Time will leave traces on any mortal thing. Even the great witches will worry about their appearance getting older. It is said that some people have really obtained the secret of never aging through the "Secret of Agelessness". This is not the case. The technique of applying pearl powder on the face, Xia De, no one will refuse the temptation of immortality."
As he spoke, he touched his face.
"Miss Carina asked Miss Sylvia to bring that book to the council. Not only is it a relic of the Witch Emperor, but the great witches also want the knowledge in it. Luvia, your skin is really good, then. , do you need me to copy the contents of that book for you?"
Shade asked, and the purple-eyed fortune teller immediately smiled:
"If it is convenient, thank you very much, knight."
The two did not talk more about the fragments of the poem. After all, it is only a fragment at the moment. It has been one month since the Fort Midhill incident, and the fourth candidate has not yet been selected.
No clues have been revealed.
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