"It's not difficult to persuade her. Just say that this can further explore the local secrets and the rules of time travel. As for me helping you, you only need to do me a small favor."
Miss Winslet smiled at the red-haired girl, who was very alert:
"Do you want to know about Shade's past, or do you want me to persuade Shade to go out on a date with you? No, I won't do that. I know what you are thinking, Flora, that is immoral."
The witch raised her eyebrows:
"Then you are wrong. I am not interested in men. I am somewhat interested in your student, but not that kind of interest. I do want to know more about him. He is a rare and interesting person.
I just want you to agree to let me teach him some transformation skills. No, don't look at me with that kind of disgust and vigilance. I don't want to take away your position as 'teacher', I just want him to trust me more
Some, and he does have the talent for transformation."
The golden eyes looked at the rose-red eyes. After a moment, the red-haired girl picked up the book again:
"You can teach him if you want. I can't control him anyway, but now he wants to control me."
The witch smiled and said in a pleasant tone:
"The only problem is, if everything goes well with our operation, that's fine. But if we run into trouble trying to get you to safely use the tree hole, and your curse deepens, I shudder to think what that young gentleman will do.
He looked at the two of us with his eyes."
The red-haired girl did not respond to this topic.
There were no girls staying at home on Tuesday night, but Shade still remembered that the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe's train would arrive in Tobesk tomorrow afternoon, so it was obvious that Wednesday night would be very lively at home.
Early on Wednesday morning, Shade, who had made a comprehensive plan, hurriedly had breakfast and took little Mia to the Schneider Psychological Clinic.
Because it was too early, the clinic hadn't even opened yet. When the servant led Shade to see the doctor, the doctor was sitting at the dining table with a coffee cup and reading the newspaper:
"I'm curious about what kind of work and rest habits you have. You don't sleep at night, right? Don't worry, I've already prepared what you want."
He invited Shade to have breakfast with him, but Shade politely refused. Then the doctor went to the bedroom and fetched a small box. The contents in the box were not ancient at all, because it was a medical syringe.
Although not ancient, it is very mysterious. The surface of the glass syringe is engraved with the ancient demonic rune "Cowardice", and the needle made of fine gold provided by Shade is even engraved with something that ordinary people can't even see with the naked eye.
Obtained exquisite dirty runes.
Shade can clearly feel the power of the devil without turning on the thaumaturgy of "Seeing Demons".
"This box has two layers, and there are two paper figures on the lower layer. This is the method I came up with based on the secret technique spread in the southern rainforest of Kasenlik. The needle extracts the sins, and then you write the name of the person being extracted on the paper figures.
and stick the opponent's hair to the paper figurine, and finally inject the sins in the syringe into the paper figurine, which can temporarily store the sins.
The stored sins must be consumed within a week or so, otherwise it will cause big trouble."
The doctor didn't say what the big trouble was, but showed him the hand-folded paper figures placed on the bottom of the box. Those paper figures were ordinary, probably the doctor's own handiwork, but the materials used to make them were obviously extraordinary.
, because the paper color is dark red:
"Absorbing sin itself is a kind of sin, so although you want 1 moment of [cowardice], I will only give you two chances. After two times, no matter what the result is, you must destroy the needle yourself. Detective, you are a cautious person
I won’t tell you anything else.”
Shade nodded and touched the cat on his shoulder. The cat was looking at the paper figures with wide eyes:
"Thank you very much. I know the risks involved."
Just as he was putting these things away, he thought of another thing:
"Doctor, I am now in the Vista Woodland area. It is widely rumored there that three hundred years ago when the city was still Ximu Town, ancient evil spirits and demons appeared in the area, but they were finally killed by the Thirteen-ring Warlocks' Patrolling Hunters of the Church of Nature.
'It was sealed using an angel-level relic, do you know about this?"
The doctor has been searching for rumors about demons from all over the material world, and Shade just wanted to ask him for advice. Although the demon was sealed many years ago and is now safely contained in the Holy See of the Church of Nature, the doctor may be in the process of investigation.
, knew other local things.
The doctor who was about to reopen the newspaper actually looked over again:
"Of course I know. This is something I investigated in the early years. I even went to Vista City myself for this purpose. I have to admit that the air there is really good.
But I didn’t find out much at the time. I stayed in Vista City for a week, attended two concerts and then left. The concert commemorative badge I bought at that time is still lying in my drawer.”
He said with a smile, and Shade asked again:
"Didn't you find any traces of demons in the area?"
The doctor smiled awkwardly:
"Okay, I dug several graves that were said to be victims of the demonic incident back then, and I sensed the smell of those things in the remaining bones. But other than that, I gained nothing. Three hundred years have passed.
That city of music was very peaceful, so I never visited it again. Are you in Vista City now? You must go to the Golden Music Hall to listen to a concert, it’s really great.”
The doctor was embarrassed when it came to "digging graves", but Shade didn't care. After all, he also broke into other people's private cemeteries:
"Then can you determine what the evil spirit demon was three hundred years ago?"
The doctor shook his head regretfully:
"I can't be sure. After integrating local legends and stories, I can only speculate that the other party's power is related to the woods, and he shouldn't be a very powerful guy.
'The Dreaded Wood Monster - Black Annie', 'The Rotten Giant - Reagan Wendell', 'The Ogre Demon - Wendigo', 'The Forest Demon Who Tempts Children - Capillona', these are all possible, but they are not related to us.
The black crow I encountered for the first time is completely incomparable to the demon of misfortune, Fanarius."
He raised his eyebrows at Shade:
"Why, do you think that one from the Church of Nature actually failed to contain that thing?"
"Of course not, it's just that I found some tree holes that travel through time and space locally."
After speaking, he glanced at the doctor carefully. Bill Schneider, who was very good at guessing other people's thoughts, shook his head:
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in traveling through time and reversing the past."
He picked up this morning's "Tobesk Morning News" again. Now that the harvest month is at the end of the month, the newspaper has been reporting on the grain harvest situation in various parts of Delrayon for several days in a row. The original intention of the newspaper is to comfort
The public mood advised everyone not to panic and stock up on grains, but the citizens of Tobesk instead took the comforting messages in the newspapers as a sign that this autumn's harvest would be severely harvested.
Even outsiders who don't have to buy their own food now can feel the recent increase in food prices.
"Detective, I have never thought about such silly questions as 'Would my life have been different if that thing had not happened?'. On the contrary, I am very grateful that I can have the life I have now. Although there are all kinds of worries and that
The ultimate big trouble, but at least I accept this life and am deeply grateful that it hasn't gotten any worse.
In my opinion, only real fools will try to reverse the past. Each of us has the power to face the future. Even if the future is not good, time will eventually take us forward and look back.
There's no point trying to go back."
Shade has always felt that maybe Bill Schneider could achieve good results by becoming a philosopher.
"Besides, given my luck, I'm worried that once I change the past, the present will become more dangerous and unacceptable. Detective, if I hadn't met you opposite the Lark Club last summer, oh, I can't imagine what it is now.
What life will be like for the four of us in the group.”
The doctor behind the newspaper sighed. He cherished the life he already had, so he didn't want to change the past. Although this sounds simple, in fact, there are only a few people like doctors.
Shade is confident that he does not have the sin of "cowardice", or even if he does, it is not much, and the girls around him probably do not have such sins either.
Therefore, qualified candidates have to be looked for outside. Although it is not good to bother Carina all the time, after getting the "Devil Needle" with basically no conditions for use, Shade decided to meet Carina tonight.
When looking for Lina, ask her to help find out if there are any "cowardly" people.
Vanessa and Sirius arrived today, and it was impossible for Carina not to come out to greet them.
Of course, welcoming the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe and their entourage was in the evening, and Shade had no intention of taking any time off during the day.
Adele Isabella arrived in Vista City, so he did not dare to approach the Accordion Hotel easily, but this did not prevent him from taking little Mia to the tree house of the mysterious elf lady in the forest.
Sure enough, the snacks left on the table by the door yesterday morning had disappeared, but Miss Elf was still not at home this Wednesday morning. But Shade walked around and saw him again in the sea of silver-blue flowers.
she.
During the day, the light spots emitted by the flowers were covered by the sun's rays, so the scene of the sea of flowers was not as shocking as at night. She was carrying a small basket, as if she was collecting work, and stopped Shade when he tried to get closer:
"do not come!"
The elf in silver-blue robes stood up and quickly took a few steps back. His pointed ears trembled slightly, making Shade, who was carrying the cat on his shoulders, confused for a moment.
"I'm allergic to cats!"
She said this, staring at the cat with big amber eyes:
"So please don't bring your cat to see me, I will be angry next time!"
"Allergic to cats? This is the first time I've heard that a pure-blooded elf who loves nature can be allergic to natural animals."
Shade asked suspiciously. Seeing that the elf lady still insisted that she had a "special constitution", she had no choice but to nod:
"I'm so sorry. I'll pay attention next time."
He took out another bag of sweets from his pocket, this time frosted donuts and cupcakes:
"The matter of those antique elf arrows has not been settled yet. I will find them as soon as possible. Are you comfortable living here? Do you need me to bring you some daily necessities?"
He asked with great concern, bending down and placing the snacks on the grass at the edge of the sea of flowers.