The light of the moons shines on the earth, and the lake under the moon is still calm.
As Shad's figure rose from the lake to the night sky, black shadows the size of rice grains appeared on the edges of the three moons higher up and spread toward other parts of the moon.
This speed is difficult to detect with the naked eye, but Luvia, who was in front of the astronomical telescope on the third floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, captured it immediately.
She left the telescope, confirmed the time with her pocket watch, wrote down the time, then looked into the telescope again and quickly drew the shape of the moon at that moment on a piece of white paper with a pencil in her hand.
Although she was busy with her work, the girl with purple eyes was still worried about Xia De, who should have returned home by now but had not returned yet.
"Meow~"
Suddenly I heard a cat's meow. I turned around and saw Xiaomia appear at the door of the room, lowering her head and meowing.
"Are you worried about Shade too?"
She asked softly, put down the paper and pen in her hand, took out the midnight snack that Xia De prepared for her from under the upside-down food box, put it on the table for the cat to eat, and then quickly walked to the table and picked up her fortune-telling cards. Without any preparation, she just casually drew a card from it, and her pretty eyebrows frowned:
"Is this... a lover?"
"here we go."
Far North, St Byrons Comprehensive College.
As the ceiling in the center of the library gradually became transparent, the planetarium also disappeared, and the starry sky in the far north appeared behind the ceiling. Miss Danister raised her hand to command, causing the starry sky to continue to expand until the three moons undergoing lunar eclipses occupied the entire field of vision, which also allowed people sitting on the sofa in the central open space of the library to clearly see the changes in the starry sky.
Principal Mr. Pigman, librarian Miss Danister, professors of the School of Astronomy, and some students who were nervously preparing to take notes all looked up at the extremely clear starry sky. The dean of the School of Astronomy, Ms. Molly Torrel, who had divined for Shade when he entered school last summer and got the "detective holding the bloody Rhodes card", smiled and joked:
"This is obviously a library, but it has the best astrology equipment in the entire school. Even our Astronomy Department doesn't have similar equipment."
"There's nothing we can do about it. When the Fifth Era Academy was first built, this library was the original building, so it has the most effort from Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod."
The headmaster, Mr. Andre Pigman, the "Silver Guardian", who was wearing a monocle, said with a smile that as for the name "Miss Orlanod", it was only recently investigated and confirmed.
"This is the property of the library and has been since the Fifth Era, so the School of Astronomy does not need to test me."
Miss Danister also said this, and then signaled everyone to concentrate on observing this total lunar eclipse that occurs only once in a thousand years.
Professor Lagus, the vice president of the School of Astronomy, had stood up and started explaining the lunar eclipse. All the lights in the library were turned off, and under the control of Miss Danister, the full view of the starry sky at the moment was projected below March.
Professor Lagus tapped his throat and then spoke in a resounding voice:
"Dear professors and students, please pay attention, this is..."
The red-haired librarian was originally looking at the moons with a smile, feeling the impact of the lunar eclipse on her. But suddenly her expression changed, and she raised her hand and a small leather book with a red cover flew over to her hand, and the book was clearly fading.
"What's wrong?"
The headmaster asked softly, and Miss Danister stood up from the sofa regardless of the surprise of others:
"You guys continue, I'll leave for a while."
"Where are you going?"
"Green Lake."
"What?"
But the sorceress had already turned into a red light and disappeared on the spot.
"here we go."
Tobysk, Church of the Sun, top of the right tower of the church.
In the night breeze, the church's ring wizards held their glasses together, talking and laughing as they looked up at the starry sky. Mr. "Sunshine Greatsword" Hog Rundle and Yin Luna, who was wearing a brown coat, stood together:
"Mr. Randall, thank you for inviting me to enjoy the moon. It is really boring to be alone at home. However, I never thought that in my 17 years of life, I would not only encounter a star sea whale passing through the material world, but also see a total lunar eclipse of such a large scale."
The 17-year-old girl exclaimed. Actually, she originally wanted to go to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square to find Luvia. She was a little worried about Shad's situation. The lunar eclipse has a great impact on users of the moon's power:
“It’s getting more and more chaotic.”
"The epic of the chosen ones is moving forward steadily. Of course, the world will not be as peaceful as before. But let's not talk about work tonight, Miss Bei Yasi. Why don't you let me test you? What is the meaning of the lunar eclipse, besides the astronomical phenomenon?"
The two clinked their glasses, and the red wine in Mr. Rundle's hand shook together with the juice in Yin Luna's glass.
"This is not a problem for me. When I was trained in the Church, I just didn't do well in ancient languages... The sun and the moon are the supreme beings that symbolize the light of the world. The two circulate alternately to maintain the basic rules of the material world. Once a solar or lunar eclipse occurs, it means that certain rules can become blurred in a short period of time."
"Yes."
Sunshine Great Sword smiled and nodded, looking in the direction of the distant Midhill Castle:
"Fortunately, the chaos at the border between life and death happened last fall. If it happened now, it would be really bad... However, problems are also occurring in the Green Lake area. The chaotic space is affecting the entire material world."
"Yes, and it is said that the three major colleges have also sent letters to students around the world, warning ring sorcerers to pay attention to unusual spatial phenomena around them, and said that these phenomena will become more frequent after the lunar eclipse. Since last year, the number of spatial chaos zones in the material world has been increasing rapidly, and the number of ordinary people we have counted who have been inexplicably teleported to distant places has also increased."
Yin Luna sighed softly, and had an inexplicable ominous premonition in her heart. She always felt that Xia De would encounter something very dangerous tonight.
“Has it started yet?”
At the entrance of Green Lake Hotel in Green Lake City, a lady who was about to push the door to enter looked up at the night sky with some surprise. The dim lights from the carriage window, the street gas lamps, and the hotel window illuminated her figure together, and there was a puzzled look on her pretty face:
"So soon? I thought it would take dozens of minutes."
However, she did not continue to observe the night sky, but pushed the door and went straight into the hotel.
It was already past ten in the evening, and only a few guests were still dining on the first floor of the hotel. The hotel owners, Mr. Soren Green and Miss Helena Green, were checking the accounts and bills behind the counter. Today was the last day of the Seeding Moon, and this was something that had to be done.
Hearing the door open, Soren Green subconsciously looked up and wanted to say welcome, but when he saw the breathtakingly beautiful lady, the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them.
The lady who came in didn't want to talk to the man at all. She came to the counter and said to Ms. Helena Green:
"Has John Watson, who lives on the third floor, been seen since this evening?"
Her golden eyes stared at the woman in front of her. Somehow, Ms. Green blurted out the guest's privacy that should not have been disclosed:
"No, ma'am. He went out this morning and never came back."
Then he realized something was wrong, covered his mouth and took two steps back. Mr. Green reached for the pistol under the counter, wanting to protect his sister, but was stopped by the red-haired lady:
"Don't be so nervous. I'm his...lover."
She looked at the twin brother and sister behind the counter with deep meaning:
"I heard that he had an affair with another woman in the local area, so I came to take a look... Could that woman be a relative of yours? For example, your aunt?"
Mr. Green immediately put down the pistol under the counter, looked at his sister and took a step back, letting her answer. Of course, they knew about Megan's relationship with "John Watson", and naturally they had heard that the powerful ringmaster had his own lover in another place.
"This lady... this..."
The woman with glasses had never dealt with this kind of thing before, and for a moment she didn't know what to say:
"Our aunt, and Mr. Watson, they are..."
Fortunately, Carina Cavendish, who had disguised her appearance, did not press them any further. While Ms. Helena Green was hesitating, she turned around and looked at the hotel with great interest, and then suddenly looked in the direction of Green Lake. She noticed an unusual elemental reaction:
"Don't tell anyone I was here."
After saying this, he made a spellcasting motion, then turned around and left the hotel. Hearing footsteps, the door of the carriage parked at the entrance of the hotel was opened, and Tifa's voice came from the carriage:
"Miss, have you found it?"
"It looks like the fight started on the surface of Green Lake... I took you off the train and flew over here ahead of time. I wanted to give him a surprise."
She didn't get on the carriage, but waved to Tifa:
"But this is also a surprise. Go to the train station and wait for Ajelina and the others to arrive. I want to see what kind of trouble Megan has caused Xia De again."
Although the best place to observe the lunar eclipse is in the middle of the Old World, this rare astronomical phenomenon can actually be observed in other areas of the Old World. Residents on both sides of Green Lake learned from newspapers in advance that a lunar eclipse would occur, so many people did not go to bed early tonight, but waited to observe this rare astronomical wonder.
The ring warlocks of the church around Green Lake naturally looked up at the three moons with black shadows on them while they were on duty.
But soon, while feeling the world-wide changes in spirits and elements caused by the emergence of unique astronomical phenomena, they saw a sight even more amazing than the moon.