The church currently has no plans to completely block the island because the existence of the white fog makes it impossible for people to stay on the island or even in the surrounding area for a long time.
"Thirteen Rings... Are there any clues regarding the investigation of the other island?"
"Unfortunately, no. If many people hadn't seen another island that night, even I might have thought it was an illusion. As for the captain we brought back, his soul disappeared. It seems that our ancestors did make all kinds of preparations."
Shade nodded and then opened the letter from Professor Boulanger.
Professor Boulanger had indeed found the whereabouts of the owner of the pen, Durut Gilles, a lecturer at Saint-Fabry College in Willendel.
He wrote to his friends in Willendel and learned that Durut Giles had resigned from St. Fabry College shortly after he went to the Green Lake area alone three years ago. His whereabouts after resigning were very clear: he was a bachelor who moved alone to Tobesk, Delarion, and has lived there ever since.
Although he never returned to Willendale since then, his former colleagues and friends occasionally wrote to him, so they knew that he was doing well. However, this correspondence came to an abrupt end more than two months ago, in early 1854.
Professor Boulanger's friends asked around and learned that during his stay in Tobesk, Durut Gilles had visited a respected old professor of history in the "Pearl of the North" many times to discuss issues. So, if Shad wanted to find Durut Gilles' whereabouts, he could first go to Tobesk to find the old professor:
"The professor's name is... Tiris Manning, he's retired, and he lives at 17 Cattail Lane in the university district of Tobesk... Ha, I'm not surprised at all."
The old professor who revealed his love for cat girls because of the joyful dream pen has helped Shad a lot in this year. Shad also received an honorary doctorate a month ago thanks to the help of Professor Manning. Speaking of which, Shad has not visited Professor Manning since he recovered from his illness, so this is a good opportunity.
"Does Durrut Giles have any clues?"
Megan saw that Xia De had finished reading the letter and asked curiously. Xia De nodded:
"Find him within two days. Dead or alive, this trail of grave robbers is finally closed."
As he spoke, he took out his notebook and flipped through it. It recorded the daily schedules of Carsenrick's negotiation team and Delarion's negotiation team:
"This week's negotiations are in Green Lake City. The morning schedule is... There are no meetings this morning. Will Representative Carsonrick visit the local church?"
He sensed the current time. It was about an hour before the delegation arrived at the "War and Peace Church". Choosing the Peace Church as the first stop of the visit was also a very meaningful arrangement. Although the negotiations between the two countries had not made much progress, this courtesy arrangement was well done.
"Megan, would you like to go to the Peace Church with me?"
Xia De suddenly asked, and Megan blinked in surprise:
"What?"
"I'm going to see Edward Edwards' grandchildren and try to get the blood. Last time I asked them if they wanted to meet you, and they said they would think about it. If they agree this time, I'll let you meet them directly. Now there are only two living descendants of Edwards of the fifth and sixth generations. You haven't met them yet, right?"
Megan thought for a moment:
"I've forgotten how long it's been since I last went to church. No problem, I accept your invitation."
Shade smiled:
"You haven't been to church for a long time? I'm different from you. I'm a loyal follower of Mr. Liming... relatively loyal. In the area where I've lived for a long time, I'm a core believer in the local church. I'm the kind of person who is invited to give a speech during the Holy Prayer Festival."
“What exactly is your social identity?”
The sorceress held up her face and asked Xia De, her eyelashes trembling slightly, which was really charming.
"You'll find out next week, I promise."
Megan then said:
"Before you leave, I want to give you a gift. No, don't be quick to refuse."
She grabbed Shade's hand across the table:
"When I touched the heart on Monday, and when you came out of the water at night, I noticed something was wrong with your expression. The emptiness and indifference in your heart can drive you crazy."
"But those things are in the past, and I am normal now. I talked to an old friend for a few minutes and figured it all out."
But Megan still shook her head:
"You said that it was the sequelae of your contact with the angel-level relic. Don't make it sound so easy. I have decades of experience in mental disorders and emotional disorders... I mean, I want to give you a relic that can enhance emotions. But I don't have it yet. I'll take you there next time we meet."
"Relics? Please don't give me anything too valuable."
Shade immediately shook his head, and the sorceress smiled and said:
"You've helped me so much, can't I give you a gift
And it's not very expensive, it's just to mobilize emotions. The poet-level relic, the Ring of Mood, only serves to enhance certain emotions and offset the wear and tear of emotions. Oh, it can also store certain emotions and release them to yourself at the right time, turning you into a master of acting. The ancient wisdom engraved on the ring shows the importance of rich emotions to us. "
She coughed and said formally:
“The blend of joy and sorrow is the inner interpretation of wisdom.”
Shade inexplicably felt that this ring might be suitable for his cat. If he remembered correctly, the side effect of the immortality ring obtained from the devil was that it would wear away emotions.
Moreover, the sentence structure of the ancient message on the ring is very similar to that of the other five rings in the "Five Rings of Mia".
Seeing that Megan insisted on giving him a gift, he did not refuse, but asked again:
"This ring is very suitable for assisting certain magics that require extreme emotions. For example, my magic of turning into an angel statue requires anger. The magic of making ice explode that I recently learned requires positive emotions. Since it is a poet-level relic, the containment method should be very simple, and the negative properties should be small, right?"
Megan nodded:
"According to the information I have obtained, this relic is easy to contain, and any walnut wooden box will do. The side effect is that it may trigger extreme emotions and cause the ring warlock to lose control. Oh, and if this relic is used to offset the negative effects of other relics that grind emotions, it will cause permanent blindness. But it will not have this negative characteristic when offsetting the effects of spellcasting, alchemical items, and potions—emotions are blind, or so it seems."
"Negate the effect of the Immortal Ring, and cause blindness..."
Xia De nodded thoughtfully. What he was thinking about was not what to find to offset the negative properties of the relic, but how many rings could be strung on Mia's little tail.
The only thing to note when going to the church is that you cannot bring any relics. After packing up, Shade and Megan set off together. Her carriage was waiting outside the hotel, and it was another rainy day in Green Lake today.
However, today's rain was very light, so light that I didn't even need an umbrella. This was the kind of misty drizzle that belongs to spring. The rain on Monday was really too much.
The War and Peace Church in Green Lake City is located in the city center, not far from the Green Lake Hotel. In front of the church is a large circular square. If it is not raining, you can see the white pigeons raised by the church. Unfortunately, the pigeons did not come out to look for food on rainy days.
Although the Carsenrick delegation is coming to visit today, the church will not be closed to other believers. The delegation is not so proud as to ask the church to do so.
It was still early when Shad and Megan arrived, so they did not enter the church immediately, but waited for a while in the carriage. Through the carriage window, they could see the poor people waiting for relief food at the side door of the church, lined up against the wall.
This scene made the outsiders feel deeply moved:
“It turns out that the Peace Church distributes relief food on Wednesday mornings.”
He remembered clearly that Dawn Church was held in the evening on weekends.
"Yes, we give out more in the winter. I heard from the girls in charge of Green Lake City's business that in recent years, more and more poor people have become beggars due to bankruptcy and unemployment in Green Lake City, and more and more people are lining up to receive relief food."
Xia De nodded slightly, and suddenly asked again:
"And what about the City of Glass on the south shore of Green Lake?"
"It's the same. Even though the industry and commerce in the Glass City are more developed, there are more and more beggars. Therefore, people like Rotten Eye Bali can recruit enough people. When a person can't support himself, he always has to find some way to keep himself alive."
Seeing Xia De pursing his lips and looking outside, the brown-haired lady suggested again:
"We got a lot of money from Rotten Eyes Barry. Since neither you nor I want that dirty money, let's donate it to the church as we said before. However, we can't donate it all at once to prevent being discovered that we have a connection with Barry."
She thought for a moment, wrote a note and handed it to the driver outside. The driver left in a hurry, and after waiting for about twenty minutes, someone handed in a bearer bill through the window.
This money order only needs to be shown to receive money, and even a password or key is not required. It is one of the most convenient payment methods of this era.
The sorceress examined the bill, flicked it, and handed it to Shade.
Xia De put it away, looked at the line of people waiting in the rain outside the window and said:
"We all know that just donating money won't change this situation."
“You want to change the world?”
"No, of course not. I just want to have fewer beggars, so that people can rely on their own wisdom or strength to eat and make money and live a better life. This is a very idealistic idea, but isn't this the inner cause and result of the progress of civilization?"