Captain Woody also stood with his hands behind his back, feeling the cold wind of late winter and looking at the children on the river. He held his cane in both hands and stood in a very stable posture:
"No, I think you are the one who can kill Oxenfurt. Although I dare not go to the church, I have also looked for other people over the years to try to take revenge on Oxenfurt. When they heard about the ancient devil, they were all scared and never contacted me again, but you are the only one who is different. Although you look young, the arrogance in you is unmatched by others."
"Arrogant?"
Shade smiled:
"Give me the photos and the letter, and I'll take care of Oxenfurt. If possible, I can also try to deal with your affairs."
We can bring the doctor over to take a look then. Dr. Schneider definitely wouldn’t mind having one more target.
"The photos and the letter... ...rescue the child and I'll give them to you."
The old man said.
"What?"
Shade raised his eyebrows, and then saw Captain Woody's eyes looking at the children on the ice, counting down in his mouth:
"Three, two, one."
The voice fell, and with a very slight click, one of the boys fell directly into the ice hole. This was not a trick played by the captain, this should be the ability he got from the devil, knowing who would fall into the water:
"Oh, I just told them not to play around on the ice!"
Because they were worried that the hole in the ice would get bigger, the other children wanted to save their friends but didn't dare to get close to the hole. But Shade had already run over, and told the children not to get close, then he stomped his feet to break a larger area of the ice, making the hole large enough for him to pass through, and then he jumped in neatly.
A few bubbles appeared on the water surface, and then there was no more movement. The older children quickly ran to the village to find adults. When people from the village across the river came with floating objects and ropes, Shad had already moved the boy to the shore with the man leading the donkey who had just met at the mill gate, and the experienced Captain Woody was rescuing him.
Fortunately, Xia De was very fast at the time, and the boy did not stay underwater for too long. So he coughed a few times, spit out several mouthfuls of water, and then woke up.
The villagers gathered around happily, and the boy's mother, a thin woman with a spatula in her right hand, hugged him and cried loudly.
The wet Shad and Captain Woody squeezed out of the crowd and headed back towards the manor:
"I didn't expect that you would only ask for this after you promised to give me those letters and photos... Is this kindness? To make up for the wrong things you've done in your life?"
Shade asked, but the old captain shook his head:
"I have the ability to see if someone will die in the water in the near future, and seeing it means that death is certain. Only in very rare cases and with very high abilities can I reverse the deaths I have discovered. So far, I have only encountered this situation twice. The first time was when a priest who could walk on the water rescued a soldier who fell into the water with the New World Development Corps. The second time was when a mermaid with glowing scales all over her body dragged a girl who fell into the water onto the reef. And you are the third one."
"Do you trust my ability?"
"Yes, you may keep the letter and the photograph. If you kill Oxenfurt, please burn the parchments. There is no need to keep them around any longer."
The crowd by the river was still making a lot of noise. The boy's mother held him and prepared to go back with the others. The boy had to clean himself as soon as possible to prevent himself from getting sick. Colds and fevers were very dangerous in this era. Of course, people also thanked the old captain and the unknown young man who had gone far away. The old captain did not turn around, but just raised his hand and waved behind him.
The ice surface broke just now, not because of the children's jumping, but because the temperature was not enough to support the thickness of the ice layer at the fragile part of the ice surface. The temperature was rising little by little, and the snow that covered the Randall River Valley for a whole winter also showed signs of melting.
Spring is probably really coming.
After getting the letter and photo, Shade, who was soaked all over, took a carriage back to the Forgotten Church and then returned home. The driver who was carrying him was curious about what Shade was doing, and Shade replied that he was going to the river to fish.
After taking a nice hot bath at home, I put on my pajamas, hugged Mia on the sofa in front of the fireplace, and checked the photos and letters in the light of the fireplace.
Although the old captain had confiscated them, he still kept them well. In the black and white photo, Stone and Hela, who were photographed together, looked quite young. Stone Osenfurt looked nervous, while Hela Watson was smiling. The performances of the two were completely different from what Shade knew them to be.
There were three photos in total, one was a group photo taken in a photo studio, one was a group photo taken on the ship, and one was a single photo of Hela Oxenfurt. There were five letters in total, all from the year 1847 of the Common Calendar. That year, Stone Oxenfurt was still on the ship but had already obtained the information about the devil's summoning, and the old captain had already suspected that Oxenfurt was the thief.
Xia De arranged the letters in chronological order. The five letters were written between April and July of that year. Mrs. Hela's handwriting was very beautiful. In the letters, she looked forward to their meeting again after the ship docked, and looked forward to beautiful love and future life.
She mentioned in the letter that Stone Oxenfurt seemed to have told her before that he had recently found a way to make a fortune and would soon have enough money to buy back his family's old house and get her merchant father to agree to their wedding. Hela in the letter was extremely worried about this. She probably suspected that Stone Oxenfurt had gone astray, so she persuaded him not to take risks.
... ... I have saved a sum of private money for myself over the years. When we are really going to get married, you can use this money for emergency use... ...
She said this in the letter, and Shad understood why the old stonemason from the Stonemason Association and Captain Woody both thought she loved him very much.
In today's situation, it is difficult to say what the source of the tragedy is. But when Shade put away the last letter and looked at the fire in the fireplace, he vaguely saw a fire in Randall Valley City and countless souls wailing in it:
“No one deserves pity.”
At 11:30 am, a knock on the door downstairs indicated that Yin Luna had arrived.
Xia De changed out of his pajamas and was ready to go out, so he took Mia downstairs and opened the door to welcome Yin Luna:
"Good afternoon, you are so punctual. I booked a restaurant yesterday. Do you want to come in and rest for a while? Or go straight to lunch?"
Shad asked.
Yin Luna, who seemed to be wearing light makeup, stood outside the door a little stiffly. She looked at Xia De's outfit with a smile on her face:
"Let's go straight to lunch, we can chat at the table. Oh, my departure time is in the evening, so there's no rush."
"Okay, I'll just tell you the story I learned today."
Xia De then picked up the cat at his feet and prepared to go out, and "she" beside his ear gently reminded him:
Praise her.
"I forgot to tell you just now, Yin Luna, you look so beautiful today."
Xia De then smiled and said again, a faint blush appeared on Yin Luna's face, she turned and walked down the stairs, waiting for Xia De to close the door.
However, before Shade changed his shoes, he felt the badge on his chest begin to heat up. Sure enough, when he walked out of the house, Miss Carina's carriage stopped at the door of No. 6 St. Teresa Square, and Tifa stuck her head out of the window:
"Good afternoon, Shade, good afternoon, Miss Beas."
Yin Luna had a bad feeling, and the elegant maid had already opened the car door:
"Miss knows that Miss Beas is leaving today, so please go to her place for lunch. The meal is ready, and Miss is waiting for you."
An unhappy expression appeared on the face of the seventeen-year-old girl, but she couldn't get angry at the maid in front of her because Tifa had done nothing wrong.
So Yin Luna turned to look at Xia De. Although she didn't say anything, her emotions were written directly on her face.
"Tifa, I've already booked a restaurant."
So Shade said, showing an apologetic expression to Tifa, while the maid still had a smile on her face:
"Miss said she wanted to give Miss Bayas something to help her move in the Randall Valley."
So Yin Luna could only get on the carriage with an unhappy face, and went to the manor outside the city with Tifa and Shade. After arriving at the manor, a sumptuous lunch was indeed prepared in the restaurant.
Miss Carina sat at the main seat at the end of the dining table, Xia De sat on her left, and Yin Luna sat on her right.
In fact, Yin Luna had come to the manor to meet Miss Carina yesterday and told her that she was going to Randall Valley. Therefore, Yin Luna thought that the Duchess deliberately ruined her date time.
But in fact, Miss Carina really has something to say.
Seeing that Xia De was fighting with his cat to prevent the cat from peeking at the steak that had just been served, and had no time to join the conversation, Miss Carina said to Yin Luna:
"Beas, Shade should have explained the current situation in the Randall Valley to you very clearly. The situation this time is different from the past. I plan to go to the Randall Valley around the next weekend. Before that, I need you to do something for the Witch Council."
"Ms. Carina, how are you going to get there?"
Shade asked as he restrained the cat with his arms.
"Sylvia open the door."
The red-haired witch said it succinctly:
"Ever since she invented that thing and gained enlightenment - weaving spirit runes, the power of space has also been enhanced. Sylvia will go to the Randall River Valley one step ahead, and then hold a large ceremony with Benannis to directly open the space channel for us to pass through."