Whispering Poems.

"Have you always been this talkative?"

Megan changed from pursing her lips to biting her lips:
"I'll tell you about me next week. I'm waiting for a very important guest. As for what we talked about, it doesn't really matter. We talked about their grandfather and my father. After leaving the island I also mentioned recent events. We all thought that whatever the patriarch wanted to do, it seemed that he had no good intentions. Good people don’t cooperate with cultists.”

Xia De, who had accepted a drop of the evil god's divinity, was embarrassed to speak.

"The two brothers are very interesting. I will arrange for my subordinates to contact them again. But first, I need to find out what their origins are—the ring warlocks."

The promotion method of ring warlocks determines that it is impossible for ring warlocks to find out by themselves after reading a few books.All ring magicians must rely on a certain organization.The Fulun brothers both have five rings, and their strength is not weak, so they must have their own organization.

"They don't seem to be from the three major academies, let alone members of the church. And there are only a few well-known ring magician organizations in the Willendale area."

"You can decide for yourself. I will continue to contact Brother Fulun. If it is not necessary, don't involve them in the affairs of the chosen ones. People only know that the chosen ones are powerful, but they don't know what their identity is. How many responsibilities and troubles have been shouldered."

Xia De sighed. The three living chosen ones, Iluna aside, Sister Divelin and the Guardian of the Earth don't look like normal people.

"You really know everything."

Megan said with a smile, and moved closer to Shad:
"Then we have agreed that next week, we will confess our respective identities."

"Yes. It's done."

Xia De nodded, and then prayed in his heart that he had better not make the atmosphere too embarrassing.

【Who are you praying to? 】

"She" asked suddenly.

"Well Mia."

The carriage rolled over the cobblestone road, making regular sounds, and the clattering of horseshoes seemed more rhythmic in the light rain.The sorceress in the carriage asked Shad again:

"If one day I encounter misfortune, will you protect me?"

"That's a question you asked Monday night. Yes, to the best of my ability."

Xia De replied, and the red lips stuck to his profile.The shy brown-haired lady then sat back to her original position, folded her hands on her lap, and turned her head to look at the scenery outside the car window with a blushing face.The earlobes were reddish, and the brown hair around the ears was blown by the wind outside the window.

The two didn't speak again until the carriage stopped at the front door of the Green Lake Hotel.When Xia De was about to get up to say goodbye, he felt the badge on his chest heating up.

Looking at the young lady unexpectedly, the latter finally turned her head and made a small request:

"This farewell, can you call me 'Audrey'? This is also my name, and you can call me whatever you want in the future."

It seems that she hasn't forgotten what happened when she said goodbye on Monday.

"Alright then, goodbye, Audrey."

"Goodbye."

She watched as Xia De opened the car door, hurried through the rain curtain and entered the hotel.The doors were closed, and the carriage continued to drive forward.She covered her burning face, and began to worry about how to explain the man's matter when the other great witches from the Witch Council arrived next week.

(Iruna is praying.)

"Meow~"

Xia De had just come out of the basement and walked around to the entrance of the stairs in the hall, when he saw Mia standing on the third step and yelled "seriously" at him.Of course, the cat's meow is actually soft, far less disturbing than the stray wild cats who often meow at night recently.

"What's wrong with this?"

Xia De bent down to pick it up, but Mia turned around and flicked Xia De's hand with her tail, then jumped up the higher steps and walked towards the second floor.

[Hugged other cats in the cafe. 】

"She" reminded gently, and Xia De finally understood.But it is actually very simple to solve the unhappiness of this cat with a very sensitive nose. He tidied up a little bit and called Mia to go out for lunch together. He walked towards Xia De with catwalks.

Xia De didn't know why he could see such rich emotions from a cat.

[Before going out, wipe off the lipstick on your face. 】

"Oh, almost forgot that."

While scrubbing in front of the mirror, I thought of the time key again.It may take two or three days or even longer to land on the island again, and a decision needs to be made on whether to keep the time key until then.

If you stay here, you may be able to gain valuable time; use the key, and among the task rewards, there is a "powerful space perception" that can play a huge role on the foggy island.

"We'll decide tonight."

Thinking in his heart, he picked up the cat who was both looking forward to and disgusting, and went out happily.

Today's Tobesk is still full of fog, and the sky is also gloomy.Sure enough, it began to rain lightly during lunch, causing people walking on the street to flee in a hurry.

There was no shortage of rain gear in Xia De's portable toys, but after lunch, he didn't go directly to Professor Manning, but sent Mia home first.Because of Professor Manning's unique hobby, Xia De would never bring Mia there.

Visiting a retired history professor with a unique aesthetic and tastes on a rainy day is often the beginning of a horror story.When Xia De knocked on the door of the professor's house in Maowei Lane, he was still thinking about what kind of story he would encounter this time.

The servant opened the door for Xia De, and Xia De saw the old professor in the living room.

Long time no see, Professor Manning is in good health and spirit.He wore a brown wool shirt over a white shirt, giving him a homely look.After welcoming Xia De with a smile, he also asked if he had fully recovered from the serious illness more than a month ago.

"Of course, I feel fine now."

"I didn't expect people like you to get sick."

This refers to the Ring Warlock.

"Some accidents happened, it's okay. Professor, thank you for visiting me with a gift. I fell asleep at the time. It seems that the maid received you, right?"

"It's okay, it's okay, you were sick at the time, I can understand."

"There is also the matter of honorary degrees. I didn't have time to thank you."

After exchanging greetings, we got down to business. The two sat down in the living room. When Shad took out the pen and mentioned the name Durut Giles, Professor Manning showed a rather surprised expression:

"Giles. I know this young man. He is very talented. When he came to Tobesk three years ago, I met him when he was invited to give a lecture at the school. He was holding the Willendale Holy Law A letter of introduction from Bury College, just joined the School of History of Tobesk University, I heard that he is a researcher. He is withdrawn and has no friends. Later, he came to me to ask questions, and we became acquainted."

The professor recalled, and then showed a hesitant look:
"Mr Hamilton, is there a question for Gilles?"

"He's also a Ring Warlock."

Shad told the truth to Professor Manning:
"He led a group of tomb robbers to rob a tomb in the Green Lake area. The group of tomb robbers have all died because of the curse, well, there is one more breath left. When I tracked down the funeral objects they stole, I traced Here comes the Gilles."

"Ring Warlock, there is still a curse"

Professor Manning took a deep breath. It can be seen that the last [Happy Dream Pen] incident left a deep impression on him:

"Fortunately, I corresponded with him most of the time, and he only visited three times."

"Professor, where is he now? I entrusted someone else to investigate Willendell. His former colleagues said that he seemed to have disappeared from the beginning of this year, and he has not contacted Willendell's friends and colleagues at all. He Is it... already dead."

Xia De is now afraid to let himself dig another tomb.

"Probably not. I received a letter from him last month."

Professor Manning immediately shook his head:

"However, he has not been in good health in the past six months. He was seriously ill like you some time ago. It took you half a month to recover, but he has not recovered. I have a lot of contacts in Tobesk archeology. When Zhou was having dinner with his old colleagues, I heard that Gilles has been asking for leave intermittently for the past six months."

Xia De frowned slightly, as if he was not dead:
"It's probably the cursed professor I mentioned. Where does he live? I'll go find him now to see the situation."

"Gills also lives in the University District, but it's a bit far away. I heard that he came here to join his relatives, but I don't know why he is living in a difficult situation."

Saying that, the old professor clenched his fists and gritted his teeth:

"I'll go with you. It just so happens that I haven't seen him for a long time. If he doesn't want to provide you with information, I can help you persuade him. He is really a very talented young man. Although he stole tomb, but there may still be a chance to be saved. I don’t want to excuse him, but I really hope he can get a chance to be redeemed.”

Professor Manning helped Xia De several times, and Xia De also respected the professor very much.Therefore, because of the professor's persuasion, Xia De is not willing to subdue the other party as soon as they meet, but he doesn't want the professor to get involved:
"Professor, if you're worried, just wait here for me. I'll bring him over. Something might happen in a while. Although I'm more confident than him, I may not be able to protect you."

Although Megan said that the other party was only a low-level warlock three years ago, he should not take it lightly.

"I can wait for you downstairs."

"Then why don't you wait for me here?"

Xia De smiled and asked:

"And it's still raining outside. You write a letter and I'll bring it to Giles. If he reads the letter and wants to believe in you who helped him, then he'll save himself trouble. You'll have hot tea ready at home." , I promise to bring him here. Oh, I'm going to disguise my face in a moment, I don't want people to know who I am."

The professor nodded, and did not forget to ask:
"Be careful yourself, or ask Louisa to go with you."

"I won't bother her for now, I can handle this matter myself."

Of the six boroughs in Tobeysk, the University District has the smallest footprint, but even so, it was not easy to find where Durott Giles lived.In Xia De's imagination, the other party is a ring warlock, even if he has to keep a low profile for some reason, at least he will have his own detached apartment.

But in fact, he was as shabby as Professor Manning said, and he lived in a shared apartment building with others.It was a single room with wooden partitions, and it was the worst kind of housing in the University District.

The apartment building is hidden in an alley in the southwestern part of the University District, and one street further west will enter Tobesque West.

This kind of apartment that is specially rented out to students in the university area usually occupies a small area, but it is quite crowded.But now it is Wednesday afternoon, most of the tenants are away, and Xia De is not willing to let others know that he is here, so he disguised his identity and arrived at the door of No. 12 Nottingham Lane, closed his eyes to make sure there was no heartbeat behind the door, and then pretended He took out his key and poked it into the lock.

click~
The keyhole rotated automatically, and Xia De walked in without blushing.

The lighting in this house is very poor, and the interior is even darker on rainy days.Xia De kept an eye on his surroundings, climbed up the narrow stairs from the first floor to the third floor, turned into the corridor and found the door with the number "3" on it.

Close your eyes again and listen, there are people in the room behind the door.So, Xia De held his breath and knocked on the door twice——

when~when~
When the crisp knock on the door sounded in the dark corridor, Xia De felt a little gloomy for no reason.

[It's not inexplicable. 】

"what?"

Then he saw a nearly completely transparent spirit body floating out of the head and upper body through the wall beside it.The appearance of the spirit body looked like a little girl, she tilted her head to look at Xia De.

When Xia De also looked at her, the girl's soul showed an extremely shocked expression, apparently not understanding why Xia De could see her.

She quickly retracted into the wall with a whoosh - the onomatopoeia was Shad's imagination, but then he really heard the panicked sound of getting up inside the door, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of footsteps approaching the side with windows wall.

The locked door was pushed open by Xia De, and when he entered the door, his hand directly pressed the wall of the room.Blood-red thorn bushes immediately blocked the door and the only window in the room.

The pale young man in a nightgown stood at the window and looked back at Xia De in despair, while the floating girl's soul gloated beside him and said:
"Giles, Giles, you're in trouble!"

"I know cough cough."

The man who looked to be in his 30s coughed twice, but didn't dare to test what the blood-red thorns were.He walked dejectedly back to the bed and sat down, then looked at Xia De with bloodshot eyes:

"what are you going to do?"

"Before I say what I'm going to do, can you explain why you're running away?"

Xia De stood at the door and asked, basically sure that this is what he was looking for.

Durut Giles was speechless for a moment, so Shad looked at the soul floating next to him again:

"You are. Ruster Edwards?"

Saying this name, the little girl's soul froze for a moment, then she clapped her hands and said:
"You know me, you know me!"

There is a problem with her intelligence level, even if she becomes an undead, she shouldn't talk like this.

Looking at the pale man again, there was more despair in his tone:

"Are you from Green Lake?"

"That's true, but I'm from Tobesk."

Said the stranger who had a house on the Place de Saint Teresa, and then introduced himself:
"You probably misunderstood my identity. I am not from the Edwards family, nor am I hired by anyone."

He took out the letter from Professor Manning and the pen he picked up from the bottom of the lake:
"In order to find a burial object, I traced from the Randall Valley to the city of glass - Mikaela Blast Furnace City, and then found clues in the central island of Green Lake, traced it all the way to Green Lake City, and wiped out the local gang leader Later, I found Willendell through your pen, then learned that you were in Tobesk, and finally found Professor Tiris Manning."

He himself felt that the process was complicated, but it was definitely worth it.

The man sitting by the bed looked up at the pen he had lost long ago, and then looked down at the letter:

"The City of Spring - Randall Valley, that's a big city in the southwest of the Old Continent. I've never been there. Why are you...wait a minute, what did those grave robbers sell?"

He didn't know about the phalanx being sold to Randall's Valley.

Seeing that the other party could communicate, Xia De also breathed a sigh of relief:

"It seems that the things you encountered on the island are more complicated than I thought. Professor Manning said that you are very talented, so let me not do anything to you casually. I respect this old gentleman, so please go with me Professor there."

Then, he also introduced his relationship with the professor:
"He met me when he was young, and we did some small favors for each other. But just because I respect Professor Manning doesn't mean I'm really kind to you, so don't play tricks on me."

The man had finished reading the letter at this time, but he did not make a decision immediately, but looked at the floating soul beside him.Ruster Edwards, the eldest daughter of the second generation of the Edwards family who died young, pouted and thought for a moment:
"Go with him, go with him!"

"I will go with you."

Durut Giles nodded to Shad.

"Don't move, let me see what curse is on you."

After speaking, he walked over and held the other person's hand, and after frowning slightly, he was sure that this was the same curse as that lunatic tomb robber in Green Lake City who had only one breath left.This curse is rooted in the soul, constantly sapping the vitality and will of the cursed.Even Xia De couldn't see what this strange curse was.

"It's very troublesome. Let's talk about the curse after we meet the professor."

He asked Durut Giles to change clothes and look for shoes, and the latter obediently complied.While waiting, Xia De asked curiously:
"Speaking of which, what is your relationship with this little lady?"

It wasn't the curse that bound the two of them. The soul of Ruster Edwards, who died young, seemed to stay by his side voluntarily.

PS: Another 5K chapter.It was still 5K in the afternoon, which is equivalent to 1.5W more today, 9k more than usual.