"Captain, don't blame me for dragging you into this. But this is not an opportunity I give you. It's an opportunity you give yourself. If you don't cheer up quickly after returning to Tobesk and make contributions in Midhill Castle, it will be useless even if I want to give you a chance."
Shad said, raising his glass and clinking it with Captain Rades.
At this moment, he suddenly had a strange feeling. The man in front of him, whose fate had been changed step by step because of his arrival, might be one of the traces of the existence of outsiders in this world.
“Perhaps, when I see the disaster transformed by Captain Rades in my past life, I will be able to truly understand what I have done in this world.”
He drank the glass of mild ale, and after putting it down, he saw Captain Rades looking out the window at the children in the village playing in the stable of the tavern, so he asked again:
"Captain, do you think our meeting and conversation will be recorded in future history books?"
The captain looked at the children outside the window and shook his head slightly:
"Detective, this is a really heavy topic. But please, please don't record this in history books."
After all, the records in history books are too heavy.
Captain Rades was very grateful to Shade for giving him this opportunity. Rumors about Shade and the Duchess had long been flying around, and since it was a handwritten letter from Shade, the captain didn't have to worry about being pulled out to take the blame or being secretly dealt with afterwards.
The two men sat in the pub for a while, chatting about the possible follow-up effects of what was about to happen, until about eleven o'clock, when they said goodbye to each other and left.
Because Cassandra's train was about to arrive in Green Lake City in the afternoon, Shade wanted to go back to the city to greet her, which was also a way to show respect to the old witch. However, when he was looking for a carriage to return to the city in Crossroads Village, he looked up and saw the priest and the doctor walking together.
The two came from the direction of the city, and it seemed that they were going to cross the border to the city on the other side of the lake. After Xia De waved and said hello, the doctor was the first to see Xia De:
"Detective, are you waiting for us?"
He asked with a smile.
Xia De also smiled and replied:
"I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting for you to come to the pub for lunch. Are you going to go across the street later?"
The priest nodded cautiously:
"Yes, I can almost predict where the three brothers will appear. I called the doctor because I was worried that I couldn't stop them myself."
Shade replied in surprise:
"If that's the case, then I'll go along too. Come to think of it, it seems like the three of us have never acted together before."
The priest waved his hand:
"You don't have to come with us now. If you have time, you can come to us tonight. The doctor and I will go to arrange the ceremony first to prevent any accidents. We will start the operation at six o'clock, no, eight o'clock in the evening."
As he said that, he took out a notebook and wrote the address to Xia De.
Xia De put it away:
"Can we catch them tonight and get those materials you need?"
"That depends on luck."
said the priest, but at least he looked confident.
After saying goodbye to the doctor and the priest, Shad finally chose to throw the crystal slipper home, and then returned to the Green Lake Hotel from home. After having lunch with Dorothy, the writer heard that Shad was going to meet the Red Butterfly Sisters in the afternoon, so she also asked to go with Shad:
"Although this counts as leaving the hotel, you're with me. Even if I get lost again, it'll be with you."
As she spoke, she grabbed Shad's arms and placed them against her chest. It was really difficult for Shad to refuse such a request.
The train that the old witch and her group took was not late, and it stopped at the Green Lake City Railway Station on time at 2:35 pm. For this era, a train that was not late was as incredible as a city hall without corruption.
Cassandra's auction house was very wealthy, and the group had booked two carriages. In addition to Shade, Megan and Audrey, who had nothing else to do, came to greet Cassandra.
The brown-haired witch wore a blue dress with flowers today and covered half of her face with a wide-brimmed hat.
"Mother-in-law, Miss Swift!"
When the train stopped and the young witch apprentice helped Grandma Cassandra out of the car, Shad immediately greeted them. Dorothy and Megan, who were talking behind him, also followed.
Then, Grace and Helen also appeared from the door and waved to Shade with a smile. The two sisters who traveled by train still wore black and white dresses according to their own habits. However, in order to adapt to the long-term sitting posture, the dresses were not as complicated as when they were in Middlesbrough, but made them look more youthful and energetic.
They greeted Shad first, then spoke to Dorothy, and finally noticed brown-haired Megan.
Megan had only heard of these two "teachers" of Cassandra's mother-in-law. Seeing them now, and having seen them the night when Resia and Dorothy unexpectedly appeared, she had already vaguely guessed who they were, even though Shade and the old witch hadn't introduced them.
She had a vague sense of the ruby butterfly pendant that Luvia had hung around her neck a few days ago, and when Grace and Helen saw her, they already knew who this special soul in front of them was.
Helen in a black dress seemed to have something to say, but was patted by her sister and shut up again. The group did not greet each other at the train station, but got on the carriage arranged by Megan and went to the residence of Cassandra's mother-in-law and her group.
It is worth mentioning that although Cassandra Auction House is almost everywhere in the Old World, the backward Green Lake City is a "countryside place" without an auction house. There is a Cassandra Auction House in the Glass City on the other side of the lake, but unfortunately, Granny Cassandra came to the local area as a commercial representative of the Kingdom of Drarion, so it is impossible for her to live in the neighboring country.
Nowadays, almost all places in Green Lake City that can accommodate outsiders are already full. Shade wanted to let Cassandra and her group stay at the Green Lake Hotel, but the hotel didn't have enough rooms.
Therefore, in the end, Miss Carina, in her capacity as a duke, found a small manor in the city for the old witch. Although the area was not comparable to the Rose Manor where she temporarily lived, the location of the small manor was very good, almost next to the Rose Manor. This way, it was also very convenient to live there.
Miss Carina had already arranged the furniture and servants for the manor. In addition, Mother-in-law Cassandra also had a maid by her side, so there was no need to pack anything special when moving into the manor.
After the group arrived at the manor, Grace and Helen quietly pulled Shade's sleeves, so Shade took the time to temporarily leave the reception room while others were chatting. In the corridor, he saw the two sisters whose clones were chatting in the room and whose real bodies had quietly run out:
"That great witch of knowledge and wisdom is truly extraordinary. If she lived in our time, perhaps the Church of the Twin Gods would not be interested in us. It's truly amazing, we've never seen such a peculiar twin soul."
Considering the sisters' age and experience, their compliments carry a lot of weight.
"I'm very curious. In my opinion, Audrey and Megan's current situation makes them more suitable to be the first-line chosen ones than the Edwards family. I wouldn't be surprised if they were revered as 'saints' by the believers of the ancient space gods in ancient times. But why, even so, do they still not appear as independent candidates for the chosen ones?"
Xia De said this, his original intention was to express his doubts, not to ask questions to the two sisters. Unexpectedly, Grace glanced at her sister and pulled Xia De's sleeve again:
"Sir, when we were in the Randall Valley, you should have discovered that the Earth Witch Vanessa Benanis also has the potential to become the chosen one of the earth, but she is still not the chosen one."
Xia De nodded, and Helen in the black dress pursed her lips and said softly:
"After this, you will find that the witches of the Witch Council, no matter how much they meet the requirements of the Chosen, are definitely not the Chosen... It is hard to say where the Chosen of Chaos will be. Although we have never been members of the Council, we have had more contact with the witches of the 'dark' series represented by Zina and others over the years, and we have learned some inside information. The thirteen unique witches have a unique mission inherited from their ancestors. This is their ultimate secret, and they must remember their mission, so they will not be the Chosen."
"I see..."
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen in the true information about the Fifth Age that Tree Father had given him that the two great witches who launched the Witch War decided to end the Fifth Age because they believed that other witches had forgotten their responsibilities (383).
It's just that Grace and Helen only know a little about the ultimate secret of the Witch Council, but they have forgotten what they know. As for asking the great witch around him, Shade thinks that he is unlikely to get an answer. Only when he really masters it one day... ... is really trusted by the Witch Council, maybe he can learn these things from the great witch of time.
"Speaking of the Twin Gods Church, I met the last two believers of the church a few days ago. Don't be so surprised, they are just ordinary people. Although the church still exists in name, it is actually extinct. But..."
Xia De reached into his pocket and took out the red gem with a red butterfly inside when facing the sun. Although he didn't know what it was, since it was given to Grace and Helen by the two old ladies, he would not hide it.