In addition to the relics, curses and nursery rhymes, Miss Princess also wanted to buy some books from the lighthouse to kill her recent boring time, so after the conversation on the cliff, Shad and the others were finally invited into the lighthouse.
The brick and stone structure of the lighthouse is small, but at least it is clean and has no strange smell. The bottom floor is the living area of the tower keeper, and the upper floor is the work area. Mr. Edmund entertained them with cheap tea, and Miss Princess finally spent 78 pounds and bought two books.
One of them is the study notes of a ring warlock who is proficient in the element of enlightenment, and the other is an old book that may obtain the Ocean Spirit Rune after reading it.
In the morning, Shad got an old book about wind, "The Windy Abyss", from Lemaire's safe house. While Miss Princess was selecting old books, Shad took it out and asked Mr. Edmond to estimate its price. The old man finally offered a price of 41 pounds and 4 shillings, which was much lower than the "Sea Soul" bought by Miss Princess.
After all, "The Windy Abyss" is considered a basic book on the elemental runes of earth, wind, water and fire, and the copy in hand is a handwritten copy after the original version has been translated twice, so it is normal for the price to be lower.
Instead of staying, Shade sold the book to Mr. Edmund. If he wanted to obtain the Spirit Rune Wind in the future, he could borrow the book from St. Byrons Library. It was not a precious book. With the Red Moon Witch, he didn't have to worry about not being able to borrow the book.
It’s a pity that St. Byrons does not give practical credits for recycling similar occult books, otherwise Shad’s 15 credits pressure could be alleviated a little.
The two spent the remaining hour and a half of the afternoon in the old lighthouse. By the time they said goodbye to old Mr. Edmund, sunset had already appeared in the western sky.
Instead of leaving immediately, he stood on the cliff, looked out to sea and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the lighthouse was too stuffy.
The calm sea surface was now reflected in red, and the sparkling light was even a little dazzling. Seagulls were circling in the distant space, and the sound of whistles came slowly from farther away, overlapping with the sound of the waves.
"That curse..."
Shade was about to say something, but stopped talking, and Miss Princess reached out and took off the mask on her face. Shade saw her face, which was a very beautiful lady, and her expression occasionally revealed an expression that Shade was very familiar with.
"Don't worry. Although it is a curse caused by an angel-level relic, hasn't it been contained now?"
She shook the golden ring on her right finger. The sea breeze blew, and her hair at the temples swayed in the wind. Her emerald eyes reflected Xia De who was close at hand.
Shade looked back at the lighthouse behind him and took off his mask. He hesitated, exchanged glances with Miss Princess, and then turned to look at the sea. In his past life and new life, he had never lived in a city near the sea. Although he had been to Coldwater Harbor before, he had never had the opportunity to quietly watch the sea under the setting sun like he did now.
Neither of them spoke. When the seagulls flew over their heads, bringing their distant cries across the sky, Xia De suddenly spoke:
"If you trust me... would you let me touch your forehead with my finger? I have a strange ability to detect curses."
Shade wanted to rely on close skin contact to detect traces of the whispering element. Although Miss Princess had nothing to do with Shade, since he met her occasionally and she was helping him wholeheartedly, Shade wanted to help her.
However, not only for ordinary people, but also for ring sorcerers, having someone touch their head with their fingers is a very dangerous behavior. Many mind control and necromancy spells require touching the head as a condition.
"Of course I believe you."
Unlike what Shade thought, Miss Princess did not refuse politely, and even nodded in agreement without any extra thought. Seeing him in a daze, she smiled and asked:
"What's wrong? Do you need anything extra?"
"No, that's not necessary."
As the sun set, the sea breeze became stronger. Miss Princess raised her right hand to lift the strands of hair on her forehead, then tilted her body slightly and stretched her head over.
Her skin was very good, without any obvious pores or acne marks. She came closer to Xia De with a relaxed smile on her face, which made Xia De hesitate:
"Is her favorability towards me a little too high?"
But thinking that the other party had helped him wholeheartedly, and that he was cursed by the sage-level relic and would not live long, Xia De stretched out his right index finger and placed it on the other party's forehead.
The skin was warm, making Xia De feel a little embarrassed:
"Please wait a few minutes."
He said, and then asked in his heart:
“Is this kind of contact okay?”
Yes, I have sensed the whispering element. It is indeed a very strong curse.
Xia De waited quietly for a while, keeping his hand on the other person's forehead. When neither of them spoke, the atmosphere was a little awkward. At a close distance, Xia De could also smell the pleasant perfume on the other person.
The smell was very light and not pungent at all. He had never smelled a similar smell on anyone else, and even the three-pound perfume that Iluna had mentioned didn't seem to smell as good as this one.
That's fine.
"What's the result?"
The whispering element was very strong and entangled with her soul. The rings she bought and the rubies she wore in her ears could curb the curse, but they could not completely cure it.
"Is there anything I can do to help her?"
Pull her soul out of her body completely, then use your "Soul Echo" to tear the soul apart inch by inch, and illuminate it with moonlight.
"OK."
Xia De nodded and took his hand back:
"I'm sorry, I don't think I can help you with that."
"It doesn't matter. If the curse spread by a sage-level relic can be lifted so easily, then we have to doubt whether this relic is qualified to be rated as a sage-level relic."
The blonde said, with a look of regret on her face, but not because Shade couldn't help her:
"It's already evening... Today has passed so quickly."
The sunset at the seaside was particularly dazzling, and Miss Princess's long hair sparkled in the sun. She sighed at the sea under the sunset, then turned to look at Shade:
"Well, Mr. Watson, we have one last trip today. After that, our employment relationship will end."
"Um... OK. Where to go next?"
"There's a small local auction for ring sorcerers, and I happen to have an invitation. But to attend the auction, you need to dress formally."
She took a look at Shade's outfit:
"How about we each go back and change our clothes and meet at the Conch Street intersection in the dock area in an hour?"
"One hour... I don't have any formal clothes in my luggage."
Xia De said a little embarrassedly that an hour was not enough to travel home and back, as he was now far away from the landing beach.
"But if it's any later, we'll be late."
Miss Princess stared at him.
"Oh, actually I can find a clothing store and buy a formal suit."
Xia De just didn't want to spend the extra money. The price of formal clothes worn for formal occasions was not calculated based on the fabric and workmanship. A set of clothes was enough for an ordinary person to earn several weeks' salary.
"Actually, you can rent one."
He nodded and said.
"Don't bother with that. I do have a set of formal men's clothing that I prepared for the last time I went out in disguise."
Miss Princess said.
"But... will it fit?"
Shad felt a little embarrassed, as he was much taller than Miss Princess, and the young sorceress was rather thin.
"It probably will fit."
She said it in a lighthearted tone, but she didn't look worried at all.
So the two of them first walked back to the dock area from the remote old lighthouse sea cliff, and then took a carriage back to the Robin Hood Street Apartment in the southern part of Coldwater Port.
Because the journey was a bit long, by the time they pushed the door and entered the apartment again, the street lights outside were already on.
Miss Princess opened her closet and actually took out a set of formal men's suits from the closet, including a coat, shirt, pants, leather shoes, tie, belt, and even a tie clip.
Because the only narrow bathroom in the apartment was completely isolated from other spaces, Miss Princess asked Shad to change in the bathroom while she changed outside.
Of course Xia De agreed, but after he changed his clothes, he found that this set of clothes was not only suitable, but also fitted.
He looked at himself in the mirror in the bathroom, adjusted his tie, and became more and more confused about the lady changing her clothes outside:
"This can no longer be explained by coincidence... Could it be that Miss Karina, whom I haven't seen for a week, is playing a joke on me..."
But the lady outside was obviously not a witch, and there was no connection between her and the Duchess. But Shade thought of the contents of the diary he had read in the afternoon, the inexplicable familiarity of Miss Princess, and all her abnormal behaviors today:
"Could it be..."
Shad frowned.
Miss Princess changed into a nice blue dress, but her jewelry remained the same. After packing up, the two of them left the apartment and got in a carriage to the dock area.
The carriage carried them all the way to the pier at the dock area. The two men got off the carriage after putting on masks, and then walked onto the pier side by side.
The sun completely disappeared below the horizon dozens of minutes ago, and the night of Lengshuigang City fell. When I came to the beach, even though it was still summer, I still felt a little cold in the sea breeze.
Even if it was a small-scale auction, it would not be bold enough to be held in the city of Lengshui Port, under the eyes of the Five Gods Church. The specific location was at sea, and a masked banquet was held on the deck of the cruise ship for local ladies and gentlemen. Because they were masked, it was not difficult to guess what the people who came to this kind of banquet wanted to do.
The ring wizards boarded the cruise ship in the name of participants in the deck party, wearing masks, and participated in a small auction after the cruise ship left the coastline, and returned to the port at midnight. The ladies and gentlemen would run out of the cabin rooms under the cover of night, kiss the strangers goodbye and leave, and the ring wizards could conceal their identities.
In this free-spirited and chaotic port city, outsiders can encounter more unimaginable things.