Seeing that the time had not come yet, Shad and Megan went to Shad's room on the third floor to wait. During this time, Shad knocked on Dr. Schneider's door again, but unfortunately the doctor still hadn't come back.
At 6:20, Xia De and Megan went to the restaurant on the second floor together. At this time, the Forlan brothers had arrived, Ms. Helena Green was still in the kitchen urging the chef to prepare the dishes, and Mr. Soren Green was chatting with the Forlan brothers.
After Shad and Megan sat down, two brothers from the Mirror Association wearing black coats also came.
They politely brought a gift - a bottle of wine, and were a little overwhelmed when they were welcomed by the enthusiastic Ms. Helena Green. This was completely different from the impression of the illegal organization's ring warlocks who were "cruel, murderous, and full of conspiracy."
"Good evening, relatives."
It was at this time that they finally said their names. The older twin brother was "Wood Edwards" and the younger twin brother was "Glas Edwards". They were the grandsons of the fourth-generation eldest son, so they were older than the granddaughter of the fourth-generation youngest daughter, Ms. Helena Green, but they seemed to be meeting elders in front of the innkeeper.
Of course, Charles Foran and Eric Foran, who had spoken to them, were curious about what was going on with their cousins' eyes, but Wood and Glass only said that it was an accident many years ago:
"Many years ago, I met a very powerful man who could fly, breathe black fire, and was 10 feet (about 3m) tall!"
Shad was a little skeptical whether they were talking about a doctor.
The atmosphere of the gathering was very harmonious. Although the descendants of Edwards, who did not know each other, met for the first time, there was no direct conflict between them and they had a common enemy. Therefore, once they talked about the family stories they learned from their parents, they could often immediately resonate with others.
Three pairs of sixth-generation twins sat opposite each other on both sides of the long dining table. Megan and Audrey, the only elders, sat in the main seats, and Shad sat next to her... It was of course crowded, but Megan and Audrey were happy to do so, and the other "younger generations" naturally did not raise any objections.
The Green siblings prepared a sumptuous meal in advance. The servants and chefs knew that this was their employer's family gathering, so they naturally did their best to prepare.
In short, when the dinner started at 6:30 and many Edwardses raised their glasses with Shad, everyone was in a good mood.
As the elder here, Megan took the initiative to say when she raised her glass:
"Although the family has gone through so much, it is still able to grow into what it is today. No matter what happens in the future, please remember this moment. When my father and your grandfather and grandfather fled their homeland shrouded in thick fog by boat at night, they must have hoped for this day, hoping that the descendants of the family could reunite at Green Lake and remember the place where they grew up together."
At this point, even the great witch lost control of her emotions. She probably thought of her father again:
"Let's all thank Aunt Maria for leaving this store behind and for being able to reunite here."
“Thank you grandma/great aunt, thank you for being able to be reunited here!”
The cups were raised together, and everyone except Shad paid tribute to the soul that still lingers in the Green Lake area.
After they sat down, Megan cast a spell to seal the space, and then Shad told them the information he had obtained from Mr. Nicholas Green.
The Fulan brothers here have already established a connection with the church through the cooperation between the Rosicrucian Society and the Orthodox Church, and the Edwards brothers are members of an illegal ring magic group. When Shade shared this information, more secrets of the Edwards family would inevitably spread to other people, but this was exactly what he wanted.
The Green siblings were both excited and sad when they heard the news that their father had become a ghoul. On the other hand, the Edwards and Forlan brothers, who learned that their father/mother was not dead and had become a cultist, were shocked and puzzled:
“Why would the father/mother do this?”
As for the matter of the thirteen keys, everyone here already knew about it. After Shade shared the news and everyone thanked him, the Forlan brothers said that they had found clues to a key, and the church was helping to prepare the forging materials, while the Edwards brothers from the Mirror Association directly took out a small key that had already been forged.
In this way, Megan and Audrey have four keys in their hands, including the blacksmith, the mineralogist, Barry with bad eyes and Durrut Giles, one key from old Mr. Green, and two pairs of twins. The Green siblings also found clues to the keys from their grandmother's belongings. In this way, the whereabouts of eight of the thirteen keys have been confirmed.
In addition, the Forlan brothers and the Edwards brothers also have unique news to share with everyone.
First, here is the information the Fulan brothers got from the church:
"Didn't the church have a large-scale island landing operation some time ago? Although they failed to find the entrance to another island, they unexpectedly discovered ancient traces on the island. Those were ancient relics that existed on the island many years ago before the ancestors betrayed the Prophet Association. Combined with the local information kept by the Green Lake City Library, the church believes that there were traces of civilization and ancient religious groups on that island in the distant past, even not just dating back to the Fifth Era."
Eric Foran pushed up his monocle:
"The Orthodox Church hopes to find traces of that ancient sect to understand how those ancient people traveled between the two islands. This will help find a way to enter the other island. The God Summoner has proven..."
He glanced at Shade. Except for the ordinary Green siblings, everyone here guessed that Shade was the "God Summoner", but no one took the initiative to say:
"The Godcaller has proven that although the ancestors are powerful, they are not strong enough to fight against multiple Thirteen Rings. As long as they can find a way to enter another island, the church can overwhelm Green Lake with numbers."
In the material world, only the Five Gods Church has this confidence. Even if it does not unite the three major colleges, the number of thirteen rings in the church itself is quite astonishing.
Then the two brothers from the Mirror Association shared information. The Mirror Association indeed had more fragments of poems, and before the two brothers came to the party, the "Mirror Hider" should have allowed them to exchange information to a certain extent:
"We still don't know how our ancestors determined the information about the 'chosen ones', but based on the fragments of the poem the association has, the chosen ones are probably the entire Edwards family."
Wood Edwards said, wearing an eye patch on his left eye, but his expression was serious even if you only looked at his right eye:
"Based on the contents of those fragments, removing the unimportant parts, the most critical feature of the chosen one is: unity among many. There are relatively strict requirements for the location of the ceremony, and the association is still interpreting this."
This Shad knew that the ritual required being performed in a solid space outside the physical world.
“And the specific content of the ritual requires the creation of space.”
The ring magicians present frowned when they heard this. Of course, it was not because "creating space" was impossible. In fact, creating space was something that only gods could accomplish, but if this concept was broad, then it only required "opening up" rather than "creating".
Although this is also quite difficult, there are ways to do similar things. For example, to extend the originally fixed-size space, such as Sister Defulin mentioned the creation of portable space alchemy props like making steam bombs. Even opening up the subspace to seal evil things is also a kind of "creating space".
If the concept is broader, even puzzle locks and words of sublimation can be included.
"Since this is a ritual for the chosen, the 'creation of space' you mentioned should not be a magic trick like the 'space extension spell' that people with spatial talents can use. Although it is impossible to achieve such a great power as creating a world out of thin air, it is not easy."
Megan analyzed, and Wood Edwards nodded slightly:
"Yes, aunt. So Mr. Cangjingren believes that our ancestor did not take the initiative to leave the island because he was busy with this matter and could not get away. He is very likely to have found a way. Once he succeeds, I am afraid that will be the day when he invites us, his descendants, to return to the family."
The people at the table all looked thoughtful. What Shad was thinking about was the string of Girard stones with the property of "creating space" that he took out of the "God's Gift Box" this week. Those stones might come in handy in the future.
If I remember correctly, those stones seemed to be taken out of the box by the cat's tail, not you.
"Well... it's not important."
All in all, the family dinner went quite smoothly and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed and pleasant.
The sixth generation descendants of Edwards formally promised to help each other and try their best to stop the conspiracy of their common ancestor in the future family affairs. The Forlan brothers will inform the church of the attitude of the Edwards brothers, and the Mirror Association will compromise and give up the idea of creating a conspiracy in Green Lake or exploring the island alone.
This is related to the fact that the "Hidden Mirror Man" lost a bet with Shade on the night of the lunar eclipse. Although it is an illegal ring magician group, this thirteen-ring magician actually has an amazing spirit of contract... Of course, he will never take the initiative to show up and admit that he lost.
As for the only fifth-generation descendants present, Megan and Audrey, the witch agreed to help her nephews in the tone of an elder. She was the one with the highest rank and the oldest generation among all the people present, so she was naturally regarded as the leader of the group by the sixth-generation descendants.