"Okay then, I will play games with the devil. However, I would like to ask another question, is my blood any different from that of a normal person?"
He looked at the angel inquiringly, and the angel said seriously:
"A wise man does not give knowledge directly, a wise man only gives guidance."
"so... ... "
"You won't find the answer from me."
With the answer he got from the Lady of the Lake, on Saturday morning, the first day of the Windy Month in March 1854, Shad told Luvia and Yin Luna about the "Flowers of the Four Seasons".
The three of them gathered in the room that Luvia rented on the third floor of the Plenty Land Inn. The purple-eyed girl sat on the long sofa, Yin Luna sat on the short sofa, and Xia De was looking at the foggy city by the window.
Around two o'clock this morning, another small earthquake occurred in the Randall River Valley with its epicenter in the city center, making the already restless city even more turbulent.
"The flowers of the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, also conform to the authority of the Earth Mother Goddess over the 'Earth' and 'Four Seasons'. Now I have obtained the flowers of spring and summer, and the remaining two flowers have also been found."
"Are you really going to summon that desire for the sake of autumn flowers?"
Yin Luna asked in disbelief. She was in the sewer yesterday and she also heard what the flower girl said.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Luckily, when I met Sister Defulin at Lake Pantanal last time, she told me how to summon her: liquefy the crystals of desire, put them into a perfume bottle, and then throw them into the water."
There is also the Desire Crystal Shad, which is the spoils obtained after Tobesk defeated the "Demon of Proliferating Desire - Fanni".
"Like Yin Luna, I don't quite agree with you doing this."
Luvia held the armrest of the sofa with one hand:
"It's not the last minute yet, so don't summon that thing. However, you can carry the perfume bottle and the crystals you prepared with you, and do this when needed."
Xia De thought about it:
"Okay."
"Tonight, I will cooperate with the witch Sylvia to open the portal and let Carina and her followers come to the local area. The church's action is also scheduled for next week. Regarding next week's events, Luvia, do you have anything to say?"
Yin Luna asked Luvia again, and Luvia thought for a moment:
"In a week at most, the first Randall flower will bloom. This time we have two opponents, the cultists and the demons. The demons will be dealt with by Shade, and the cultists will rely on the church. Fortunately, we are not dealing with the chosen one this time, which makes things a little simpler."
"After experiencing balance, darkness, death, and knowledge, I found that except for Yin Luna, the 'Guardian' is the most normal chosen one we have met."
Xia De said, Yin Luna and Luvia both laughed, and the latter asked again:
"But you also said, are Guardians really normal? Voluntarily giving up their individual independence and constantly integrating new souls. Although this way of existence is indeed novel, it is definitely not normal."
"It's good that he's on our side. Now we're worried that the guardian will go crazy after being polluted by the earth."
Yin Luna then said:
"After walking around the city with Shad yesterday, I basically understood the dire situation here. Now all we need to do is wait and hope that nothing else will happen in the next few days."
"It's impossible for the cultists lurking in the dark to do nothing. Besides, the church didn't catch the Blood-weeper Helmons who reappeared. Since he appeared, there's no reason for him to just be a tool of the cultists."
Luvia sighed slightly, while Shad looked out the window, watching a team of ring wizards from the Church of the Dawn hurrying by on the street.
Saturday afternoon was the usual group meeting, so Shad returned to Tobesk and, after the group meeting, informed the doctor that he would probably need to be ready to go at any time next week.
After the group meeting was over, Shad and Dorothy left together. However, after dinner, he did not start the class immediately. Instead, he asked Dorothy to wait at home and went to Midhill Castle alone.
After entering the city from the abandoned tower in the mountains and arriving at the Cassandra Auction House, Shad borrowed the Secret Keeper-level relic magician's escape box, and planned to take it back and put it in the doctor's clinic so that the doctor could use it at any time.
He came at a perfect time, as Grandma Cassandra had already received a notice from the parliament. After Miss Sylvia opened the first portal, she had enough energy to open the second one immediately, so Miss Rita Swift, with her long flaxen hair, was anxiously waiting to set off in the basement of the auction house with two high-level and five middle-level ladies.
Since Shad had encountered this, he waited in the basement with Miss Swift. Grandma Cassandra was still explaining the relevant matters of Randall Valley to her apprentice, while Helen and Grace stopped Shad and handed him the silver flute:
"Sir, we succeeded!"
"What succeeded?"
Shad recognized the flute as the "Butterfly Calling Flute" he got from St. Perry's Cemetery. He left it in Midhill Castle because it could suppress the revival of the power of Helen and Grace's relics.
The last time I saw this flute, there were only fluttering butterflies engraved on the metal surface, and the fine texture could only be felt by rubbing it with fingers. But now, there are two very clear red butterfly patterns on the end of the flute. Xia De touched it with his hand and realized that it was the power of Helen and Grace.
"Sir, this flute allows you to call the butterflies when you play it. And now, it can be used to call us."
Grace in the white dress said excitedly:
"We know that you don't want us to get involved in your adventures, but we are still worried after learning from Zina what you have been busy with recently. At least this time, at least for this matter in the Randall Valley, please use this flute to call us when the time is right. After playing, we can exist for ten minutes and will automatically return to our original place after ten minutes."
"Yes, my sister and I won't cause you any trouble."
Helen also said immediately. The Red Butterfly girls were still in their 15- or 16-year-old forms. They both looked up and looked at Xia De pitifully. Xia De had thought before that he must not involve them, who had experienced so much suffering, in trouble again. But now that he was being watched by two pairs of eyes, he took the flute after hesitating:
"If I need you, I'll call you."
In fact, I was thinking in my heart, try to avoid doing this.
Although Miss Rita Swift had gone out alone to help the old witch deal with things before, this was the first time she represented her teacher in a major operation of the Witch Council.
Although the old witch kindly told her that she just needed to pay attention to her own safety, Miss Swift, who had never been very confident, still seemed very nervous.
The agreed time of 7:30 on Saturday night soon arrived. As the gravel on the basement floor shook slightly, with a clear sound of glass shattering, a spiral vortex of gold and black appeared in front of the wall at the end of the basement.
A sizzling sound appeared along with the whirlpool, and the wind blowing from the whirlpool had a force that made Shade feel quite dangerous.
He once went directly from Huntington City to the central area of the Pantanal Swamp through the passage opened by Miss Sylvia with the help of the parliament. But the last time, there was not such a big commotion as this time.
“It seems that Miss Sylvia has really benefited a lot from weaving spirit runes.”
"Then teacher, let's go."
The flaxen-haired girl said to the old witch, and Granny Cassandra hugged her tenderly:
"It doesn't matter if you can't complete the mission. Just remember to be safe. The Randall Valley is a little colder than here, so be careful with your clothes."
Then Miss Swift showed an expression as if she wanted to cry, and from the spinning black and gold vortex, the voice of Miss Sylvia came out:
"Come here quickly, I can't hold on any longer!"
So the witch's followers walked over first. Miss Swift, who was carrying a backpack, said goodbye to the old witch reluctantly and walked towards the portal.
"Then I'll pass through here too."
Shade tied the magician's escape box to his back with the chain of the deadly sin, said goodbye to the old witch and the red butterfly girls, and then followed Miss Swift into the vortex.
This way of spatial transfer was fine except for the dizziness when I stepped across the vortex. The vortex closed behind Shade, and he saw clearly that this was the basement of Miss Benanis's manor. The wine cabinet was placed against the wall, and the sundries were piled in another corner:
"Good evening."
He smiled and greeted Miss Aurora and Miss Sylvia. The former seemed to be there to watch the fun, while the latter was trying hard to smooth out the last trace of space ripples.
As for Miss Swift and the other five girls, they were all pressing their chests and retching.
"Space sickness is one of the few side effects of traveling in this way."
Miss Sylvia explained with a smile, the dim grey light in her hand moving back and forth in front of her.
Xia De looked around:
"Isn't Yin Luna here?"
"Ms. Beas just met with Carina and went to the church to negotiate. She asked the patrol team that was going to this area tonight to delay its departure."
Miss Aurora said, and Shade nodded, but did not put down the cabinet behind him:
"I'll help Miss Swift to rest first. No, you don't have to refuse. I promised Mother-in-law Cassandra to take good care of you in the Randall Valley. I'll go see Miss Carina later. When Sister Defulin, who will be handling the affairs of the 'Spiritual Order', arrives tomorrow, we will be all here."
"Yeah, now we just have to wait for Randall to bloom."