Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1381 The Grave of Love

The clerical-level relic [Wishing Coin] draws a pentagram pattern on the ground, puts five candles of different lengths on the apex of the pentagram, and then throws the coin to the center of the pentagram to make a wish.

Wishes are always realized in a strange way, and the smaller the wish, the more normal the way of fulfillment; the more grand the wish, the more likely it is to cause other disasters.

This coin Shad had once received from Miss Galina (Chapter 467), when his relationship with Miss Galina was not as close as it is now, and the payment the Duchess demanded was
【Eat dinner with her. 】

The second time I encountered this kind of coin, Mr. Edmond's selling price here is the normal price.Because wishing relics are relatively rare, no matter how strong the side effects are, they are still very useful.Therefore, [Wishing Coin] is also considered to be the more expensive type of clerical relic.But no matter how expensive it is, Xia De must buy it.

And considering that the distance from the abandoned tower in the mountains to Middleburg, and from the vineyards of the White River Valley to Huntington City is a bit long, so after leaving Lengshuigang, Xia De just went home to take a shower, and then arranged to wake up. Supper for the napping cat, leaving another note for Dorothy who might come tonight, and off to Randall's Vale.

It was still early before Margaret's banquet, so Xia De went to the Prophet Association to find Luvia.

Now Luvia has been in Randall Valley for more than a month, and she has gradually adapted to the work here.A few days ago, the association also informed her that the negotiations with the church had made critical progress, but in fact, Miss Lasers said that the association of prophets seemed to have simply forgotten to send her a letter.

In short, when Xia De came to the Prophet Association, Luvia was still busy with work and asked Xia De to wait for her at the Harvest Land Hotel.After Shade finished reading the entire Randall Valley Evening News and chatted with the guests at the next table for half an hour about the "petrified plague" that had occurred in the city in recent days, Luvia hurried over.

She didn't look like she was off work, so she wasn't carrying her handbag.

This time, the two did not chat on the first floor of the hotel, but went to Luvia's room.Xia De happily showed the two coins he got today, while Luvia looked very troubled:
"Recently, I really can't leave. Because of the selected person, the local association is very short of manpower. So the association communicated with the college and extended my secondment time. I'm afraid I really have to wait until spring to return to Tobes gram."

"What does that matter, no matter where you are, you can see me every day."

Shad said:

"In addition. Iluna told me at noon today that she has received a notice to leave on Sunday and arrive locally later next week."

"The church must have made great progress, otherwise Iluna would not be allowed to come now."

Luvia was a little worried:
"Those two coins, do you want to divination now? Use divination to find the sapphire earring, and the two hexagonal gemstones whose whereabouts are unknown."

"No need for now, maybe I can meet them myself. The spring is getting closer and closer, and there are more important things waiting for divination in the future."

Shad said, and then extended the invitation:
"I'm going to Margaret's banquet tonight, do you want to go with me?"

"There is still some work in the association that has not been completed. The association is trying to use divination to learn the location of the crazy land in the entire area. I found one today, and the church has already dealt with it."

The purple-eyed girl said, holding Xia De's hand, she really wanted to go with Xia De:

"In addition, the 'universal earth elixir' you asked the witch to give to the church is indeed effective. I heard the news that the elixir can delay or even treat petrification to varying degrees if it is diluted by 10 to 500 times. Although it is not a cure, it is It is already very effective. As for the Holy Grail of [Healing], it is a pity that the potion transformed by the Holy Grail has no effect."

"It's a pity that I don't have enough holy grails in my hand."

"The number of cases today is 302. Even if you get one holy grail a day, it will not be enough."

Luvia saw clearly:

"We can never hope that we can save everyone."

Looking at Xia De with purple eyes, Xia De wondered for a moment who said this sentence to him.

Since Luvia didn't have time, Xia De went to the manor where Margaret stayed to attend the banquet alone.

The manor where the princess and the prince live is the local asset of the Anjou royal family.Located in the north of the city center, the manor covers an area roughly twice that of Earl Granger's manor.

Although Margaret said that this time it was a banquet that invited relevant people and their families to celebrate the completion of the shipyard, the number of visitors to the banquet actually exceeded Shad's expectations.

He came early and talked for a while with Marguerite in the room.And when Margaret took her maids and attendants to welcome the guests, and Shade also came to the banquet hall, the long dining table illuminated by the crystal lamp above the head and the gas lamp with the Anjou family pattern was already full of people. people.

"Did the matter of the shipyard involve so many local people?"

Margaret and Prince William, as hosts of the event, were busy at the start of the event, so Shad could have a look around.He was still thinking about whether he could meet Stone Oxenfurt again, but then he thought that even if he did, he would have nothing to say.

Then he thought about going to see who was playing Rhodes in the banquet hall. He could also kill time, but when walking through the lively crowd with a glass of wine, he noticed an acquaintance standing by the window.

So Xia De changed his direction and walked over with a wine glass:

"Mr. Enriquez, I didn't expect to meet you again."

The man who was looking out the window alone turned around, and recognized the young gentleman he had met at Earl Granger's on Tuesday:
"Mr. Watson, what a coincidence, I met you again."

The two clinked glasses, and Xia De also glanced out the window.The banquet hall is on the first floor, and the outside of this window is the back garden of the manor.Now that it is the end of winter, although the weather is still surprisingly cold, there are many people who are willing to travel at night in this temperature.

At this time, at the corner of the evergreen bushes, two ladies can be seen sitting on a stone bench covered with cushions.

Only a few solitary gas lamps were still burning in the garden, leaving the two women who were talking in low tones in the dark and cold.In the banquet hall, it was warm and bright, with melodious music and lively chatter coming and going.Because the room is so bright, the glass reflects the situation inside the window.

The face of Mr. Enriquez is thus reflected on the glass, almost coincident with the figure of Mrs. Enriquez sitting in the far distance of the garden, wearing a white shawl.

One is outside and one is inside, one is cold and one is warm and comfortable.

"If instead of an elderly woman talking to Madame Enriquez, a young and handsome man, it would be almost a world-famous painting."

The stranger said in his heart what only he could understand, and then asked Mr. Enriquez:
"It's such a cold weather, what's wrong with your wife?"

"She was talking to Aunt Angela."

Mr. Enriquez's expression was melancholy, and his tone was particularly low.He probably doesn't care who he is talking to, he just wants to find someone to talk to:
"It's really cold outside, but..."

He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, Xia De looked out of the window:

"Please forgive me for being nosy, are you guys having problems with your relationship?"

Mr. Enriquez nodded slightly, put the wine glass on the window sill, and asked instead:
"Speaking of which, Mr. Watson, I think you have reached the age of marriage. Are you married now?"

Xia De shook his head:

"No, but I do have a few pretty close girls of the same age."

[Overage. 】

Mr. Enriquez nodded. He came from a noble family, so he naturally understood what Shade meant.

He looked outside with piercing eyes:

"It's better not to be married. Love is always happy and fulfilling, but marriage is always the tomb of love. I didn't understand this sentence before. When I got married, I realized how accurate this sentence is. So, Mr. Watson, do you know why fairy tales always end with the wedding of the prince and princess?"

Xia De followed his train of thought to think:

"Because after getting married, it is no longer as beautiful as a fairy tale. An ordinary life, the friction of trivial matters, and the conflict of personal habits. Children who read fairy tales should not be exposed to the helplessness of the adult world at a very young age. "

"Yes, the helplessness of the adult world."

Mr. Enriquez stared blankly at the two people holding hands and talking outside the window:

"I used to be immersed in the beauty of love. I didn't know how difficult it is to start a family with another person until I got married."

It seems that what troubled him was not only the experience of his wife when she was studying in Willendale, but also the difference between life and imagination after she got married.

However, although he seemed to be confiding to Shad, Mr. Enriquez did not say what he knew from the beginning to the end.No matter how distressed she was, the wife had a past with other people outside, and she could not tell strangers.

"Maybe you can ask your long-married relatives for help."

However, Shade still gave his own advice:

"Although young people always think that old people's ideas are old, in fact they are right most of the time."

Mr. Enriquez nodded:
"Yes, that's why my aunt and my wife talk outside. But she obviously misunderstood, thinking that it was my slovenly habits that made Maggie a little disappointed in me, but it was"

He did not continue, but took another glass of wine from the passing waiter's tray.

There is no so-called "marriage counselor" in this era, but Xia De knows a similar profession:

"Considering going to see a psychiatrist?"

(End of this chapter)