Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1272 Letter Spirit and Key

"Roast goose, vegetable salad, steak. They look really good. Your new spell has almost no disadvantages except that the casting materials are too expensive."

Luvia commented, and put Littlea, who smelled the smell of dinner, back into Shad's arms.

So the two and the cat sat around the campfire and had dinner. After the dinner was finished, the plates and pots were simply cleaned and turned into toys and put away. Xia De hesitated to talk about another thing:
"Actually. This morning, I received a letter from Miss Gao De."

"Miss Gold? Who is that?"

Luvia thought for a while before remembering:

"Oh, Miriam's master. I remember you said that in the letter you sent last month, it was mentioned that Miriam would be formally adopted."

"I just mentioned it as a joke."

Xia De spoke slowly. He sat on the rock, let the cat lie on his lap, and took out the folded letter from his pocket:

"Actually, I haven't taken it apart to see what's inside."

The envelope glowed red from the light of the bonfire.

"Haven't you always been decisive in doing things?"

Luvia took the letter, glanced at the mailing address and helped Xia De open it.First took out the monthly customary "Mia child support", then glanced at the content of the two pages of letter paper, and then handed it to Xia De again after reading:

"Miss Gothe's handwriting is really beautiful. Don't worry, the 'joke' you said last time was not mentioned in the letter. But, is Miss Gothe in poor health? She said she was sick again."

"Sick again?"

Xia De went to read the letter. In the letter, Miss Gould said that she was busy with family affairs, dealing with the family's manor, wharf, old house, farm, etc., so that she was tired again in winter.But fortunately, the many strange things surrounding that remote town have been suppressed by the Orthodox Church, so Ms. Gao De can recruit people to deal with the property and garbage left by her ancestors.

Her illness this time was not as serious as last autumn, and in the letter she reassured Xia De not to worry about her.She even talked about some interesting things she encountered when dealing with the family property. For example, some blue ore crystals with the color of the starry sky were found in the almost deserted farm. The people in the church said that they might be meteorites; Some containers that once contained human blood were found in a manor specially used for feasting and pleasure, and the church is also investigating; for example, traces of suspicious creatures were found in the sewer under the ancestral house she mentioned; even And on the small town pier behind the ancestral home, some strange scales were found, and people followed the scales to find the bay caves covered with glowing corals
"Tell me, is it possible that Ms. Gao De is the chosen one?"

Xia De couldn't help but ask Luvia, and Luvia looked at him suspiciously:
"You are already a little nervous, the chosen one will appear so easily."

"But anything that Miss Gould mentioned in her letter is suspicious."

He raised the letter and handed it to Mia. The cat stretched its neck and sniffed it immediately, then opened its mouth wide and "meow~".The cat wriggled in Xia De's arms, with its four hooves upwards revealing its snow-white and soft belly. Xia De reached out to stroke it:
"I've already made up my mind. When spring comes, I will go to that town anyway. Starting from Fort Midhill, heading east to the east coast of the Old World, it only takes a day or two by train. .Of course, we will leave after the incident in Randall Valley City is over."

"Then I hope the gods will protect that town."

Luvia held the teacup and said softly, Xia De didn't understand what she meant, but continued to look at the end of the letter:
"Look, Miss Gould said that she is going to send me some interesting things she found in the ancestral home next month."

"What could it be?"

"It doesn't matter what it is. Speaking of it, I even doubted whether that Miss Gothe really existed."

He smiled and folded the letter paper, planning to write a reply after returning home:

"But since we can receive the mailed goods, Miss Gothe must exist."

"Why do you think Mia Gould doesn't exist?"

Luvia asked again.

"After all, I have never met that lady, and among the four commissions left by Detective Sparrow, the other three all point to extremely dangerous follow-ups—

Investigating my lover allowed me to find the blood of Mercury and witnessed Tobesk’s blood feast; looking for a doctor to treat eye diseases allowed me to get the clue of [Night Watchman], and I saw the demon seal and life and death narrow The seal of the witch in the world; helping Miss White find her missing sister is even more remarkable, and Grace and Helen appeared directly in front of my eyes.

In this case, isn't it normal to suspect that there is something wrong with Miss Gao De? "

Xia De said seriously, and Luvia pointed out the loopholes:
"Then why is the problem with the client and not the object—that is, your cat?"

"Meow?"

Mia let out a soft cry, tilting her head to look at her.

"Mia has a problem? Of course Mia has a problem. As a cat, she is too cute."

"Cough cough."

"It's too smart and sensible, but over the weekend, I tested the blood in Fort Midhill and found that it has an extremely thin lineage of [Son of the Sun], which explains all this very well. So, Gothe Maybe there is a big secret about the young lady, and her suspicious "declining family", maybe the ancestors of the family are obsessed with occultism, accidentally discovered or summoned some ancient evil, and that evil is in the basement of her ancestral home. "

Xia De analyzed seriously.

"I thank you for your 'reasoning' on behalf of Miss Gold. I think even if you want to take the cat as your own, there is no need to curse her like this?"

Luvia said half angrily and half funny, and Xia De changed his words again:
"I wish Miss Gothe all the best, and wish Miss Gothe's family can be revitalized smoothly, just like the Oxenfurt family. This spring, I will definitely visit that town in person, and no matter what troubles there are, I will take care of them. I can solve it for her. If it can’t be solved, I can report it to the church after finding out the truth.”

The tuft of tail feathers given by the unicorn last week, Xia De has brought to Old John and entrusted him to make a headband, but it has not been brought yet today.Luvia still remembered this incident, and even thought about showing it off to Dorothy when she returned to Tobesk.She chatted with Xia De one after another. Mia was very energetic after dinner and ran around in the snow, but she never left Xia De's sight.

When the sun had completely set, the time came to [-]:[-], and a very penetrating cry of "ang~" was heard from the creek covered with snowflakes. This was the cry of the little beast. .

Sure enough, after a while, a small beast exuding pure white light and shadow appeared from the forest carrying a beautiful blond elf.The elf sits sideways on the back of the unicorn, covering himself with a hood, but the hair still protrudes from the brim of the hood. This scene is like a fairy tale coming true.

The elf girl Emilia jumped off the unicorn outside the camp and entered the camp with the little beast.The fire illuminated them, and Xia De hugged the cat that ran back and saw the little beast at once. When the latter came to Xia De's side and rubbed against him, Mia broke free from Xia De's arms and jumped to the solitary animal. on the head of the horned beast.

"Meow?"

One cat and one beast began to playfully play -- at least that's how Xia De felt, after all, he didn't see the bigger unicorn bullying Mia.Together with Shad and Luvia, the elf girl sat down by the bonfire. Shad put his hand into his pocket, and then took out a suitcase that could never fit in his pocket:
"It's all fresh ingredients, you can count them."

The blond elf nodded cautiously, and then handed over the information about "Randall Valley" and "Crazy Land" she got from the library to Shad.

In addition to those materials, she even gave Xia De a time key:
"I heard that you are a time investigator, and this is a gift for you. The corresponding time point is probably the middle of the Fifth Epoch, around 3000 years ago. I didn't calibrate the time carefully, but the error will not exceed 50 years."

She was even worried that Xia De would not accept it:
"Thank you for helping take care of it."

They all looked at the cat and the unicorn. At this moment, they were in the shadow of the firelight, and Miya was still standing on the head of the unicorn. The pure white little beast seemed timid and a little scared.It seems that they get along very well, the mighty unicorn is not bullying the weaker cat.

"And for ring warlocks who don't have the time spirit rune, it's useless to keep the [Time Key] in their hands."

"The time key around 3000 years ago in the Fifth Epoch?"

The first trip to the Forest of Thousand Trees where I met Miss Flianna and Miss Oranold was in 3002 of the Fifth Era; and the second time I met Miss Oranold, Miss Samuel and Miss Drago Dead Silent Valley - The trip to Gaddis Library is in 3024.

Although even if you reach those time points, you may not be able to meet the ladies you are familiar with, but using this key will undoubtedly greatly increase the probability of meeting old people.

She was very satisfied with the materials Shad prepared for the elf girl. After the two parties exchanged goods and money, Emilia Sianod mentioned that she had not found the "hidden space" that Shad called.

It would be abnormal to find it in such a short period of time, so Xia De didn't care.However, the two parties agreed that the elf girl would report the progress of the investigation to Xia De once a week, and Xia De would teach her new ancient elf characters every time.

The trading location is not set here, but the Fengrao Land Hotel in the city:
"Every time I come to Randall Valley, I eat there."

She said embarrassingly, obviously she also had ample means of camouflage.

This time, Xia De also prepared a long poem written in ancient elf language as a reward for the transaction.The blond elf girl was holding a book and carefully reading and extracting it by the bonfire. Shade added firewood to the bonfire, and Luvia smiled and stroked the unicorn lying next to Shad.

The little white beast didn't look very happy. Of course, it wasn't because of being stroked by Luvia, but because there was a cat resting on its back.

The bonfire made a crackling sound, and everyone was silent for a while.But suddenly, the little beast took the initiative to stand up, and when the cat was also standing on the back of the unicorn, the little beast turned and looked towards the forest, which was also the direction of the city, and then let out a loud "ang~" Voice.

The golden unicorn shone slightly, as if a gentle wind had blown through everyone present.Everyone looked towards the dark forest, but there was clearly nothing there.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The elf girl hurriedly comforted the unicorn, and after he hesitated to get down again, she explained to Xia De and Luvia:
"There is a very evil thing hidden in this city. The perception of humans and elves is not enough to detect it without the other party actively releasing its power, but the unicorn is very sensitive to its power. Liana can occasionally Be aware of it, and it's the reaction every single time."

"Lianna" is the elf girl's name for the unicorn.

"You should also be very careful when you move in this city. The other party may be some kind of very ancient existence."

This reminded Shad that in the "St. Perry's Cemetery", before the old nun disappeared, she reminded the city that there were not only guardians, but also some kind of evil power.Thinking about it now, it should be the strange power that the unicorn vaguely sensed just now.And thinking of "evil power", Xia De unconsciously thought of that weird Mr. Stone Oxenfurt, who claimed to have clues to [Genesis·Earth].

Xia De's inspiration has always been very accurate. Once such an association occurs, it means that there is a need for investigation.But he plans to go to the Stonemasons Association tomorrow to find out the local legends.As for Stone Oxenfurt and the evil entrenched in the city of Spring, it would be too late to ask Dr. Schneider for advice on Saturday.

(End of this chapter)