Afterwards, Luvia went to the Prophet's Association to confirm, and finally confirmed that Shade's guess was correct. However, "The Codex of Sublimation" is the most secret knowledge of the Ringwitch Organization. The Prophet's Association has not yet negotiated terms with the Forgotten Cult, and they often forget about this matter.
But with Shade's channel, Luvia no longer needed to wait for the Prophet Association's negotiations. In order to stay in Randall Valley for a while longer, she did not inform the association that she had established a relationship with the cult, but went to the Wilde Opera House with Shade that morning and met Miss Benanis and Miss Lassers.
Compared to last night's emotional collapse, Miss Lathers was obviously normal this morning. She even apologized and thanked Shade rather embarrassedly. Shade knew why she was thanking him, but she didn't say the reason for the apology. Shade thought that he should be the one to apologize.
The four of them sat down in the renovated office on the top floor of the opera house. Because the opera house required very strict sound insulation, the sound insulation effect of this "Golden Dawn Leader's Office" exclusively for Miss Benanis was quite good.
The maids brought tea, fruit and snacks and then left temporarily, leaving only the four of them to talk.
"Yes, it is us who are in contact with the Prophet Association... Oh, it turns out that it is for Miss Anat's Words of Ascension."
Shade only mentioned this matter, and Miss Lathers understood:
"No problem, just read the Codex of Ascension. Do you want to read it directly or through the Prophet's Association?"
"Look, negotiations with the association continue, and Luvia needs a reason to stay local for a while."
Shade said, "But the Codex of Ascension is not in the opera house at the moment. This kind of information needs to be stored in a safer place, so Miss Lathers asked someone to get it, and they will be able to see it at noon." Shade was also very interested in the Golden Dawn's Codex of Ascension, after all, his Central Ring Language of Ascension had not yet been found.
"How was it last night?"
"What else can we do? The erosion of the Crazy Land was solved by you and Sirius's father. Although the guests at the banquet were frightened, fortunately the problem was dealt with in time, so no one was injured. However, the subsequent mental stability assessment results will probably give the church a headache for a while."
The witch spoke lazily and nodded to Shade:
"I know what you want to ask. It has been confirmed that it was indeed the cultists of the Blood Spirit School and the evil god Stone Heart Demon who were there last night. In fact, the latter has been active in the local area for nearly a year."
“The association has similar reports.”
Luvia added.
"So the gray stone man last night..."
"The church has sent us news. The magic of Earth Power: Stone Incarnation is similar to the magic you introduced, which allows one to transform into a group of butterflies. It causes the body to undergo a fundamental transformation, but does not affect the soul. The black mud from the Crazy Earth Source has the least effect on stone, so this magic can indeed allow the user to resist the black mud, but the soul is still affected after all."
Miss Benaness looked at Shad:
"You said that the chosen ones of the earth must possess the power of the earth?"
"Yes, there are five targets now: me, Luvia, Mr. Thomas Granger, Mr. Lathers, and the cultist. Luvia and I are not, and the two souls still need to be found, so the cultist needs to be investigated clearly. If possible, catch him and let me talk to him. I can identify the chosen one to a certain extent."
This is actually Luvia's ability, but Shad doesn't want to expose Luvia's peculiarity.
"Don't you have too many special abilities?"
The blonde witch laughed, but she approved of Shade's plan:
"Leave it to me. As the local witch, I should let you see my influence in the local area."
Shade had no objection to this, but he did not think that the cultist was the chosen one this time. There was no evidence, it was just his intuition.
"So, Miss Lathers's father..."
Finally talking about this topic, the witch looked at her best friend with concern, and Miss Lathers said softly:
"Don't worry. Actually, I have wondered whether my father has passed away a few years ago... But it is still a bit unbearable to confirm this. I have accepted the reality. I learned that he is still active in the material world after he left. I really want to talk to him."
She sighed:
"Regarding that church, Shad, although it's a bit inappropriate to say this at this time, I want to take it back."
After all, it was a church belonging to the religious order, so Shade was prepared for this:
“I need to have access and right of passage there at all times.”
"no problem."
Miss Lathers nodded:
"There are only six circle sorcerers left in the Order who believe in our Lord, the Forgotten Old Man, including me. We are only cleaning the building and hanging the holy emblem again. We will not disturb you when you use it."
The declining sect didn't even have enough staff to stay in the church permanently.
"Regarding my father's affairs, I plan to sort out his... belongings."
She said this word with great difficulty, and the "relics" here refer to the relics left by real people after their death:
"I didn't believe he left like that before, so I kept all of my father's things and never sorted them out carefully. To find the whereabouts of my father's soul, I need those documents and clues. Maybe there will be clues in diaries or letters. Even for divination, I need my father's personal belongings."
Although she claimed that she "had accepted the fact", the expression on her face was still so sad.
Both Shade and Luvia understood this feeling, but they didn't expect the young girl to ask:
"Then Shade, how should I thank you? You brought news about my father, told me the location of the church, and wasted a clay chalice because of me last night. I can't regard these as what you should do."
"Don't say thank you. Just let Luvia and I look through the Tome of Ascension. That's enough."
The strong young girl shook her head:
"Even if the cult has fallen, as the high priest of this generation, I cannot simply accept favors from others on behalf of the cult. We also treasure some 'good things' left over from ancient times. When you check the sublimation code at noon, please choose one at random."
"Shad, don't refuse. Sirius has always been like this."
The witch interrupted, but Shade still shook his head:
"Just like Benanis, you owe me a favor. I will make a request later. However, among the goodies in your collection, is there a time key?"
Luvia herself was there, and Shade didn't say that it was the black time key of the dead tree.
"No, there is no one in the cult who holds the Time Spirit Rune. All the Time Keys that were obtained before have been traded away."
It seems that Xia De still needs to find it.
Shade and Luvia stayed at the Wilde Opera House for the whole morning. At noon, the witch and Miss Lathers had lunch with the two of them. After lunch, everyone went to the Forgotten Church, along with the followers of the Forgotten Old Man in the Golden Dawn.
The weather was gradually getting warmer, but the floor of the main hall of the church, which had a hole in the roof, was still mostly covered with white snow. The sunlight stopped at the edge of the snow, and the statues in the front row turned their backs to the sun, still looking at the wall where the holy emblem should have been hung in the shadows.
The Forgotten Order's "Tome of Ascension" is not a fancy alchemical item, but a simple book. However, compared with Saint Byron's book, this "Tome of Ascension" is much thinner.
The book had a faint element of miracle attached to it. Before handing it to Shade and Luvia, Miss Lathers added:
"The ring sorcerers of the cult are good at manipulating memories, not only human memories, but also the memories of the earth and all things. Some of the words of sublimation in the Codex of Sublimation were obtained by extracting the memories of the earth, so we cannot be sure of the effect."
"It doesn't matter. The Word of Ascension I want is not a special one. The Association said that someone in your cult has it."
Luvia opened the book and read it with great interest, while Miss Lasser and Miss Benanis took people to the collapsed area behind the church to check the situation.
The Purple Eyed Girl has four core spiritual runes, namely Noble Fate Destroyer and Doom.
Among them, her sublimation words at the low level are May the stars bless you, the noble king of the future, which are composed of the Enlightenment Stars, Miracle Blessing, Whispering Future, Blasphemy King, and her own core spirit rune Enlightenment Nobility. Shade has never seen Luvia use the sublimation words, and the function of this sublimation word is to transform into a "noble king" under the starry sky. Luvia actually can't explain the specific effect. In short, even the Prophet Association thinks that this sublimation word is quite remarkable.
The Tome of Ascension of the Society of Prophets is a special relic. The Word of Ascension chooses the Ringwitch, rather than the Ringwitch choosing the Word of Ascension.
The Prophet Association believes that Luvia's mid-ring sublimation words, which inherit the low-ring and pave the way for the high-ring, should be centered on fate and should be close to the application of "fate manipulation". The association itself did not find a suitable sublimation word, so the high-ring great fortune-tellers made an exception and held a large-scale ceremony for the association members to peek into fate. In the end, the divination guided Luvia to the local area, and Luvia quickly found the target based on the effect described by the association, and excitedly pointed it out to Shade:
"Look, that's it - writing the poem of fate in the whisper. Whisper, pen, writing, fate, poem. Oh, it looks like I'll have to ask Dorothy for help. She had the spirit runes of writing and poetry even in the low ring!"