After saying goodbye to the doctor, Shad met Father Augustus downstairs who had not left yet, and then left with the priest in a carriage.
Father Augustus waited for Shade on purpose, of course he had something to say:
"Wednesday, did you use that thorn ring I gave you?"
"Yes, I used it to tap into the power lent to me by others. Now the thorn ring has many cracks. I guess it will be damaged the next time I use it."
Xia De sighed at the effect of the halo:
"It really helped me. Otherwise, I really don't know how to solve the situation at that time... I have no clues about the skull for the time being. Priest, can't you make an alchemical tool to track the skeleton over a long distance?"
"Young man, don't think alchemy is omnipotent."
The priest smiled and shook his head:
"You don't have to be too anxious about this matter. Whether we can find the person or not doesn't really affect us that much. Anyway, if you need me to go there, I can go at any time. If I didn't want the church to know where I went, I could even ask the church to reimburse me for my train tickets and accommodation... The young people who are in charge of the church's finances now are all those I brought up."
At least while Dr. Schneider was in Green Lake, Shade didn't want Reverend Augustus to go there. But judging from the current situation, Shade really needed the help of the entire team this time.
The carriage first took the priest to the Dawn Church, and then took Shad home.
When I went upstairs, I found that the house was quite lively. Dorothy, Luvia and even Yin Luna were all here. The purple-eyed girl was preparing tea in the kitchen, and Yin Luna was excitedly talking to Dorothy about the details of the serial story published in the Steambird Daily this week:
"Is this going to be a long novel with five or six issues? The story is so interesting. The missing pet dog and the strange cat must have important stories. It would be a shame if it ends with just three parts."
Dorothy's latest serial, "Cats, Dogs and Detectives", is based on Shad's experience in the Randall River Valley. The demons summoned by Stone Oxenfurt to deal with the Stoneheart Demon transformed into a butler and a maid, and after being freed by Shad, they gave him important clues about the final mystery. After hearing this story, Dorothy cleverly changed the identities of the two to cats and dogs. So far, this story has been published twice in newspapers and has received wide acclaim.
Seeing Xia De coming back, the girls all stood up to greet him. Miss Writer saw that Xia De and Yin Luna had something important to discuss, so she said goodbye temporarily and went to the publishing house to handle things, and agreed to come back in more than an hour.
After all, today was Saturday and she wouldn't miss her date.
"What is this painting?"
When Shade came downstairs to send Dorothy back, Yin Luna, who was sitting on the sofa, pointed to the picture frame covered by black cloth on the wall and asked Shade curiously. Shade pointed casually, and the canvas opened to both sides, revealing the colorful underwater mermaid oil painting.
Yin Luna was shocked at once:
"This... I have never seen such a beautiful painting. I am not saying that I don't have the ability to appreciate art, but this painting... No one can deny its artistic level. I have never seen such a work of art. Even the broken-armed statue that Shade once gave to Princess Ajelina Cavendish... Is this also Shade's work?"
She looked at Xia De in shock, and Xia De immediately denied it:
"I'm not that good, and I'm not that unlucky."
"Shad said that this painting should not be looked at for too long."
Luvia, who came over with a tea tray, reminded her that she had never seen "desire" and Shade could not describe it in detail to her, so she only knew the general idea:
"But Shade said that you have seen the being depicted in the painting."
“By the Pantanal.”
Xia De also reminded.
Yin Luna thought about it, and was shocked at first, then showed a dissatisfied expression, obviously still remembering the woman's head in the water made a very wrong evaluation of her. Although "simple" is a neutral and positive word, she doesn't want to be evaluated as simple when she is already 17 years old and almost 18 years old... ... Especially when Xia De was also there at the time:
“Actually, this painting isn’t very pretty.”
She whispered again.
Luvia laughed, and Shad also looked up at the painting. The painting had been hanging here for half a week, and there was indeed nothing unusual. However, he would not let his guard down, as he could never figure out the strange idea of "Desire".
Leaving Mia in the living room, Xia De went to the bedroom to change his clothes before sitting down to talk.
"The church has given me orders. I leave on Monday, but I won't be at Green Lake next week."
Yin Luna shook her head:
"The church arranged for me to return to the Holy See for half a week of training."
"Training on what?"
Xia De asked curiously, and Luvia had a guess:
"A way to counter the power of space, right?"
Yin Luna nodded:
"Yes, that island is very dangerous, but as the chosen one, I can't not go to the island. In order to prevent any accidents, I need to undergo some safety training, at least to ensure that I have a chance to fight back when facing a chaotic space."
This is not difficult for her. The power of "balance" can maintain the stability of space. Although the release effect is not as good as Xia De's "Space Stability Aura" that is specifically used to deal with unstable space, with a little training, Yin Luna can master the method of self-protection.
"Although this isn't my first business trip, it's already early June and I'm afraid I won't be back until at least the end of the month."
Yin Luna said this, and glanced at the two of them quietly. Luvia gave Xia De a look, and Xia De certainly understood what she meant:
"If you're not back by your birthday, I'll go celebrate for you on Luvia's behalf."
"I didn't mean birthday..."
"I have prepared the gift."
The purple-eyed girl said, and Shade nodded:
"I want to prepare some unexpected gifts this time. The eighteenth birthday is very important."
He has already found the gift, but he is not sure whether he can get it. After all, the gift is still in the Fifth Age.
Yin Luna thanked him somewhat embarrassedly, and Luvia took out the small bag that Father Augustus had given her at the group study meeting.
"Yin Luna happened to be here too. I got enough coins. Before Yin Luna leaves, we need to clarify some things. For example, is the traitor of the Prophet Association who calls himself the 'Chosen One of Space' really who he claims to be?"
The bag was opened, revealing four coins, three of which were identical and brand new coins that Shade had never seen before.
The coin was quite large, about half the size of a palm, made of brass, and quite thin. What Shade thought was the front was a house pattern, and the back was all text:
A house is not a home, but without a house there is no home.
"The Poet-level Relic Home Coin is a simple and straightforward name. The purpose is to throw the coin into a lake or river at midnight on a night when the yellow moon is full among the three moons. Then, within a month, you can legally get a house that belongs to you completely."
Luvia introduced it. Xia De and Yin Luna were both very interested in it. The female fortune teller said:
"It could be a simple straw house, or it could be an expensive property like Six Saint Teresa's Square that most people can never afford in their lifetime. Poet-level relics are not very dangerous, but houses obtained with this kind of coins are prone to attract unclean things."
She gave an example:
"For example, if a humanoid relic visits the neighborhood, it will most likely go straight to the house obtained with this coin. Although the house is important, no one should take such a risk."
"No, I think there should be someone... Oh, I recognize the last coin."
The stranger put away his nostalgia for his hometown and picked up the remaining coin in his bag:
"The Soul Coin of the Clerical-level Relic Fanatic (Chapter 796). This coin can be used to trade with demons or some humanoid relics, but once you do so, you will be stained with irreparable sins. Unexpectedly, Father Augustus found such a coin for us."
“The priest is an amazing man.”
Luvia said, and asked Shade to take out the only remaining ghost iron coin:
"This way, we have five coins that we can spend, in addition to the fortune teller's silver coins that we don't want to spend. I'm going to try to do an extra-standard divination. Xia De, Yin Luna, I need you to help me."
"What do you want to predict?"
Shad asked.
"I still can't directly divine the identity of the chosen one, but as my level increases, I can already access more detailed information about the chosen one. Since the chosen one in this space has the characteristic of 'unity of many', I will divine how many people there are in those 'unity' components, and who they are."
They went to Room 2 on the third floor together. This room, which had not yet been used, was spacious and very suitable for holding the ceremony.
Theoretically, Luvia's special divination method cannot be enhanced in any way. Even relics that can assist divination, such as the fortune-teller's silver coin and obsidian pendulum in her hand, have no effect on it.
Xia De and Yin Luna both vaguely knew that Luvia's special divination was related to her powerful power in the past. Therefore, in order to enhance this power, she could only use a power beyond the mundane.
Such as the power of the chosen.
Following Luvia's instructions, Shad painted the sun, moon and star pattern that he and Miss Danister had been investigating on the floor. Luvia vaguely felt that this ritual array had a great origin, so she decided to give it a try.
As for Yin Luna, she summoned the life ring behind her and transformed the brass life ring into a dark golden scale. Then she carefully held her own scale and handed it to Luvia.