"He has a faint smell of the devil. It seems that in addition to the night we witnessed Sir Prisha talking to the devil when the princess was attacked, he did meet Fanny on the top floor of the concert hall. But I can be sure that the knight did not accept the power of the devil. At most, he had contact with the devil. Even the devil of multiplying desires cannot seduce him to fall. What are you worried about? He is a very determined person."
The doctor asked with a smile, and was about to say goodbye and leave. Shade opened the door to send the doctor out, but before the doctor walked down the steps, he added:
"Of course, there are other possibilities."
"What possibilities?"
"Even the devil can't satisfy his desire for knowledge, so he chooses to ignore the deal proposed by the devil. He wants more, he craves more."
Xia De nodded slowly, thinking about something.
Nothing else happened this Monday. In the evening, Princess Margaret's servant brought an invitation to Shad, formally inviting him to attend a dinner at Canary Manor the next night.
The news has been published in the newspapers. As long as there is no snowstorm, the Carsenrick delegation will leave Tobesk City by steam train at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and then transfer to a steam airship to return to Huntington City in the United Kingdom of Carsenrick, and then take the train back to the royal capital, Willendel.
Margaret of Anjou's trip to Tobesc finally came to an end.
Shade invited Luvia to be his female companion, and the purple-eyed girl planned to come to Shade's house in the afternoon. So on Tuesday morning, Shade planned to pack his luggage at home.
Luvia confirmed that the location of the Chosen Ceremony was not Tobesk, so it was most likely the Pantanal region. Since the exact time of the ceremony was unknown, Shad had to be ready to leave at any time after Sir Prisha left with the visiting group. It would definitely be too late to pack up by then.
But changes always happen faster than planned. At eight o'clock in the morning, Tifa appeared downstairs of Shad's house, and then took Shad, who was holding the cat, to the manor outside the city.
When I met Miss Carina in the study on the third floor, Miss Sylvia was talking to her with a smile. On the coffee table was the book "The Secret of Immortality". Miss Carina had been studying it recently. Even a witch would worry about the aging of her face.
"Good morning, Shad."
The young witch greeted him first, and Miss Carina smiled and motioned for Shade to sit down and talk:
"I saw the note you left for me on Sunday. Is there anything you want to ask me? Oh, and I won't be attending the party tonight. I hope you have a good time."
"Anything else going on tonight? Another Secret Keeper showing up?"
Shade asked in surprise.
"Of course not, it's because I'm sick."
The red-haired Duchess motioned for Shade to touch her forehead. After Shade really reached out and touched her forehead, Miss Carina smiled with satisfaction:
"I caught a cold when it snowed a few days ago, so I have to stay in bed and rest. I probably won't be well until the end of the year."
Shade took back his hand and looked at her suspiciously. Not to mention the possibility of catching a cold with the physical fitness of an eleventh-level witch, even if it was a cold, a very ordinary potion could cure it, and Shade could make such a potion himself. Even if the potion couldn't cure it, he bought a plague doctor ring some time ago, which he now wears on Xiaomia's tail.
"I will not be seeing guests during my illness. Daily affairs will be handled by my personal maid Tifa."
Miss Carina took the opportunity to grab the black-haired maid's hand:
"Servet, everything is up to you."
Normally, she wouldn't call her maid that.
"Yes, ma'am."
Tifa said with a smile.
"So what's going on?"
Xia De then asked Miss Sylvia who was standing beside him, and she chuckled:
"Ms. Carina plans to go to Carsenrick with me as part of the visiting delegation. But given her status, it would be strange for her not to appear in public for a long time, so she plans to stay in bed and rest for a while. Shade, you can take the time to come here occasionally to visit Miss Carina, so it will seem more real."
"That's a good idea."
Miss Carina nodded and glanced at Tifa, somewhat worried that something might happen when they met alone while she was away.
"To the Kingdom of Carsenrick?"
Shade raised an eyebrow.
"The speaker confirmed that the ceremony was not held in Tobisk, but further south. However, the chosen one is still in Tobisk. Therefore, the delegation that is about to leave is particularly suspicious."
The Duchess said:
"There are two male ring sorcerers in the visiting group. In addition to Laijins Prisha, there is another one who is a bodyguard hired by the accompanying nobles. He only has two rings."
She hummed:
"Of course, there must be more than just these two ring sorcerers who have left the city recently to spend the winter in the south. Although I am not sure that the chosen ones will be these two, Sylvia and I are together. If a new situation arises, she can use the power of space to rush to the scene of the incident with me more quickly. The Speaker also agreed to our plan, and Xiwei is now heading to Huntington City. If we are lucky, three great witches will participate in this incident."
"How did the Council plan to deal with the Chosen One this time? The fragments of the poem have already pointed out that he is a male."
Xia De asked again.
"Trying to fight against fate will only make fate play tricks on you. The appearance of the Chosen One is bound to happen in the Sixth Era. Moreover, we learned from Sister Defulin of the Spiritual Order that there are still candidates for the Chosen One. Even if we kill a male, we are not sure what gender the second candidate is and which faction he belongs to. Therefore, the Council requires us to just observe and not take any action yet."
Miss Carina smiled and said to Shade:
"But I know that no matter where the final ceremony is held, you will appear inexplicably, just like the previous three times, right?"
Miss Sylvia raised her eyebrows, Tifa smiled, and Shade sat on the sofa very relaxedly:
"Then Miss Carina, let's meet in Huntington City. The climate there is better than Tobesk... Speaking of which, if I have the chance, I would also like to try riding a steam-powered airship and see what it feels like."
After talking about the topic of the Chosen One, while the two witches were both here today, Shade asked them a question:
"I am here for something this weekend. Ladies, do you know Miss Chloe Yin who lived in the year 903 of the Fifth Era? She was also a witch and once visited a snowy mountain."
"Is this the witch you met in the past again?"
Miss Carina smiled, recalled, and shook her head:
"The data from the early Fifth Epoch has been lost too severely, and with only a first name, or even a last name, it's hard for us to know who you're talking about."
"She is not tall, has long silver-white hair, red eyes, and is very beautiful..."
Seeing the two witches showing unhappy expressions, Tifa immediately coughed to give Shad a hint, and Shad quickly added:
"Of course, not as good as you. Oh, Miss Chloe Yin is a full member of Parliament."
It was inevitable that she would leave behind the witch's echo.
"Members of the Council?"
Miss Carina glanced at Miss Sylvia, and both of them fell into thought:
"No more biographical information?"
"No."
Shade shook his head slightly.
"At least I can't think of any corresponding characters."
The Duchess said regretfully, so Shade looked at Miss Sylvia again. The latter thought for a long time before shaking her head slightly:
"I don't remember either... How about I take you to find it by yourself?"
"What?"
Xia De was puzzled, and Miss Carina stood up:
"The parliament has information about all the great witches, but of course, it's incomplete. Although theoretically, only the speaker is qualified to look through that information, the speaker of this generation has opened it up to us, so we can look up the less important content. It's Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, and everyone is busy. I guess there's no one in the parliament... I'll go in and take a look first to make sure no one comes out to call you."
The witch's song is the first key to open the parliament. In the gentlest song, you enter the long and narrow ancient corridor. After entering the white mist door at the end, the real key to open the parliament is the witch's jewelry.
Among the four witches that Shade has come into contact with so far, Miss Carina owns the ancient witch's golden necklace among the thirteen sage-level relics, Miss Sylvie Aurora owns the ancient witch's golden ring (first from the right), Granny Zina Cassandra owns the ancient witch's golden button, and Miss Emma Sylvia, whom he met this time, owns the ancient witch's golden ring (second from the left).
That ring was very similar to Miss Aurora's ring, except for the patterns on the surface and the runes around the ring.
After using the witch jewelry to open the door of the parliament, there was indeed no one inside. The empty stone round table was located in the circular open space at the bottom, surrounded by dilapidated steps leading up to the heights shrouded in terrifying darkness.
The white light source, which came from nowhere, only illuminated the round table and a small area around it.
Behind each white stone chair at the round table, there is a symbol representing the witch's seat. Miss Carina is "balance", Miss Aurora is "light", Granny Cassandra is "darkness", and Miss Sylvia is "space".
If the dark stairs hidden in the darkness were not counted, the parliament area could almost be seen at a glance, and there was no place to store information.
"Do we have to go up along the surrounding stairs?"
But before Shad could raise his question, Miss Carina took her necklace, came to the back of the chair corresponding to the Moon Seat, and raised her jewelry to the steps behind the chair.
As the golden necklace emitted a soft light, the originally hard stone steps began to ripple like a phantom, and soon a square hole was revealed, allowing one to continue walking inside.
There is a hidden wall in front.
"She" smiled and whispered in Xia De's ear, this scene was indeed like Xia De opening the hidden space under his own house.
"Emma, Shad, come with me."
Miss Carina waved and walked in first. The square hole was as high as a half-shard, and after the two witches walked in, the passage inside was also very spacious.