In short, after Shad returned home and picked up the cat who was reluctant to go out, he immediately rushed from Green Lake Hotel to Michaela Blast Furnace City.
The weather was obviously very good in the morning, but when the carriage carrying Shad returned to Buck Manor where Margaret was staying, the sky was already covered with dark clouds, and the falling raindrops formed lines that dispelled the steaming heat of the spring afternoon.
In the sound of the rain, Shade, holding the cat, trotted into the manor, and then had lunch with Miss Sylvia, enjoying a nice afternoon in the study. Of course, the two mainly talked about the situation in the Green Lake area. Miss Sylvia wanted to be affectionate in other ways, but unfortunately, although she had arrived in the Green Lake area, the goods she prepared were still on the way.
At four o'clock this Sunday afternoon, Margaret returned to the manor and was about to change into her banquet dress to prepare for tonight's banquet. She saw Xia De in the study, which surprised her greatly:
"Shadow, long time no see, how have you been lately?"
She also gave Shade a warm hug, and then spoke quickly about the changes that had taken place in her since she became a witch's apprentice, as well as the new skills she had learned from Miss Benannis.
Miss Sylvia watched them communicate with a smile, but still reminded Margaret not to delay the party.
However, Shade and Miss Sylvia only attended the first two hours of the banquet that night. At about eight o'clock, they said goodbye to Margaret, met up with Megan who also appeared at the banquet, and returned to Buck Manor in advance.
The carriage left the manor where the banquet was held in a low-key manner, and Megan and Sylvia, who had not had time to talk at the banquet, also started chatting. However, the two had just met in the parliament the night before, so there was no need for too much small talk.
The young black-haired witch smiled and said:
"I heard Xia De talking about you this afternoon. How do you feel now? Xia De only said that your soul state has stabilized, but he refused to tell you what happened to you. Now it seems that you are ready to advance to the twelfth level?"
Megan did not answer her question first, but looked at Xia De unexpectedly:
"You really did remember to keep my secret... Well, this used to be my weakness, but now I don't have to worry about it."
Illusory pure white light particles appeared behind her, and then Audrey's soul appeared behind her, and then waved to Miss Sylvia. Even though the witch was well-informed, she was still shocked by this scene.
Then, seeing Audrey in spirit form reaching out to hold Shade's hand, she was even more surprised:
"A spirit can actually directly contact a physical body? Is this a perfect union? I have only seen this state in the documents left by my teacher. If you are like this from the beginning, maybe you should take my seat."
Megan smiled and nodded:
"This is all thanks to Shade. Emma, I've wanted to ask you some more questions recently. I don't know if it's because of my ancestors or the influence of my soul reaching its perfect form, but these past few days, the knowledge about space power has always appeared automatically in my dreams, and I'm sure I've never learned this."
Xia De asked suspiciously:
"A racial talent similar to that of an alien creature?"
The spirit Audrey thought for a moment:
"Yes."
"Your ancestor's transformation of the family bloodline was really thorough. Maybe he shouldn't have become a prophet, but should have joined the Sukses Higher Medical School, where they have studied this kind of knowledge."
Miss Sylvia said, still looking at her colleague in amazement:
"I think that even after thousands of years, there might not be a soul like yours. It's incredible. Speaking of which, since you were able to enter the Witch Council, it means that no matter which soul it is, it will be regarded as a witch, and the identity of a witch cannot be divided. Therefore, you are actually one person, but with two soul appearances, just like two people carved on a piece of jade, but they are seen differently from different angles... ... A perfect two-in-one, what kind of coincidence and fate can give birth to an existence like you."
Megan and Audrey felt a little embarrassed when she said that. The carriage bumped over the road and she turned her face slightly:
"I thought you would think I looked weird."
"Strange? You don't know how many people envy you. A ring sorcerer is a profession that unifies the soul and the body. Any distortion of either the soul or the body will lead to loss of control. As for a witch, it is even more required to be 'perfect'. Your soul and body are still perfect even in this form. This is definitely not something that can be created by humans. This is a miracle of the world."
From Miss Sylvia's tone, she seemed to be really envious of this. Xia De looked at the young witch with some concern, and the latter gestured to Xia De to be at ease:
"Don't worry, I'm just envious, I don't really want to become like this."
Then, he asked Meghan curiously:
"Your soul is two-in-one, so what is the manifestation of the physical body? Your body is definitely not the same as ours!"
Although she was young, this great witch of space was indeed very knowledgeable. Xia De had not told her about Megan's birthmark in advance, but she actually guessed it on her own initiative.
Audrey's soul returned to her body, and Megan nodded gently, not hiding anything from Miss Sylvia:
"Look at my face."
The birthmark crawled to her forehead, and then a golden vertical mark appeared from her forehead. Not only Miss Sylvia was shocked, but even Shade was greatly surprised:
“That’s amazing!”
"Don't praise me like that. It makes me feel like a monkey in a zoo."
Megan raised her hand and wiped it across her forehead to erase the eye, then she opened her palm and let the two look at her palm. This time, an eye appeared in her palm.
"It's really amazing. This isn't just looking at a weird creature, it's admiration from the bottom of my heart!"
The black-haired witch said, then stood up and leaned over to ask Megan in her ear:
"In that case, could you please..."
Even though Shade was so close, he didn't hear the last half of the sentence. Megan's face turned red, and she gently pushed Miss Sylvia away:
"Why did you think of that first? Isn't that a little weird?"
"Is it really possible?"
The black-haired witch was shocked, and Shade asked curiously:
"What are you talking about?"
"Shad, don't ask."
Megan reached out and asked Xia De to turn his face back, but when her palm touched the side of Xia De's face, Xia De clearly felt that he was licked.
When they returned to Buck Manor, Miss Carina, who had come secretly from the north shore of Green Lake, was already waiting for the three of them in the study. Tifa came with her, holding Little Mia, who was left here by Shade. Shade couldn't tell how the cat felt about this, but at least it didn't object.
It wasn't a long time since they last met, so there was no need to greet each other. After sitting down, Xia De first explained the investigation of Nicholas Green's body this morning, and then talked about the key:
"Although I don't know whether the thirteen keys really correspond to the thirteen chosen ones, based on the reaction of 'Bad-Eyed Barry' when Megan and I took his keys, these keys must be very important."
Megan's four keys came from the island's blacksmith, mineralogist, Barry the Rotten-Eye and grave robber Durut Giles. The three witches each took a key and looked at it carefully, but they couldn't see the uniqueness of these keys. Megan described her dream about the bloody door to them, but she couldn't see the door, and no one knew what it represented.
"There's something to do next."
The Duchess said lazily:
"No matter what these keys are used for, even if it is a trap set by the Thirteen-Ring Fortuneteller, we have to find them all first. There are five keys now, and we still need eight. The Forlan brothers, the Green siblings, and the two brothers from the Mirror Association should have some clues. According to Shade's investigation today, the dead Edwards should also have clues. These are the focus of the investigation."
"I will have someone investigate my father's grave. I will also handle the clues from Soren and Helena."
Megan volunteered.
"The Rosicrucian Order has probably already informed the Church about the Forren brothers' affairs. It would be better if the Witch Council could tell the Church about the key and the bones and let them take action as well."
Shade suggested, and Miss Sylvia nodded:
"Meghan and Carina are too conspicuous, I'll do this."
"As for the Mirror Society, to be honest, I haven't seen them since the night of the lunar eclipse last Wednesday, but they definitely haven't retreated. Let's think of a solution."
Shade sighed:
"It's really annoying to be enemies with a fortune teller like this. I never know what I'm doing is not in his plan. It is said that the president of the Prophet Association will also come to our place, but I don't know when."
Miss Sylvia smiled and said:
"We know what you're worried about. Don't worry, no matter how powerful he is, he's not a god. Do you remember what the Speaker's seat is?"
Shade thought for a moment:
"time."
"Yes, the thirteenth-level Time Witch is completely comparable to that antique from hundreds of years ago."
"So she..."
"Of course not."
Miss Carina interrupted Shade's guess:
"It is not yet time for the Speaker to show up, but she and the Great Witch of Fate have glimpsed the future in the parliament. You also know that the Witch Parliament can enhance our strength."
"so... ... "
“The Speaker has prepared a to-do list for us.”
As she spoke, the Duchess took the parchment scroll from Tifa's hand. As for Mia, she was still lazily lying in Tifa's arms.
Miss Carina showed Shad the rather long piece of parchment, which was filled with densely packed information about various times and places.