Before Miss Feliana left yesterday, she suggested that Iluna seek out the witch who controls the power of balance. Coincidentally, the symbol behind Miss Carina's chair in the Witch Council is exactly "balance".
Iluna did not object at the first moment, and Miss Carina did not urge her, but glanced at Shade.
After thinking carefully, Iluna gathered her long hair, glanced at Shade, and then said in a low voice:
"Sorry, I like men."
The Witch Council is very mysterious and low-key. Even the church is not sure that these women who call themselves witches really hold the power of the Fifth Age. The general perception of the outside world is that the Witch Council is called the "Handkerchief Lovers Association", so Iluna is a little worried about her safety.
"Don't worry about this."
Miss Carina smiled:
"I don't like men."
Iluna looked even more worried.
"But I also don't like girls like you who don't have much figure. Look at my maid."
She held Tifa's hand, and the maid smiled shyly at Iluna. Iluna looked at her with a stern face, then looked down at herself.
"Don't worry, I assure you on my honor that Miss Carina is not a bad person."
Shade finally spoke up. No matter what Miss Carina's purpose was, it would be a good thing if Iluna could follow her and go further on the path of "balance". After all, judging from Darkness's performance, the potential of the chosen one was indeed astonishingly terrifying.
"Well...Okay, Ms. Carina Cavendish, but I must emphasize that I will not call you a teacher, nor will I reveal any secrets about you to the church. As a reward for learning, if you need me to do something, I will not refuse as long as it is not against morality. Oh, and you can't mention my affairs to anyone."
Iluna said, and Miss Carina nodded:
"That's fair. I'll send you a letter in a few days to discuss your study plans."
Then he said to Shade:
"Look, detective. Although I failed to kill Darkness myself as the council requested, at least I have gained a good student."
"I wanted to ask just now, why didn't I see Luvia?"
Iluna asked curiously:
"Didn't Xia De say in her letter yesterday that she would also go with us to look for the Human Pus?"
"She... needs to rest now."
After Shade explained this, Iluna nodded without thinking much about it.
Miss Carina, who was sitting opposite Shade, smiled.
For ordinary people, dripping "Human Pus" into their eyes is no different from suicide. However, Shade's Blood Echo has the function of automatically removing dangerous components from body fluids. In addition, Human Pus gave up all his strength to barely escape, and now is the weakest period, so he dared to do this.
Of course, having Miss Karina's care around is also a very important reason.
The pus he collected was not much, and it could only maintain the effect of the magic for more than an hour. Therefore, after sending Miss Carina to Yodel Palace, Shad, Tifa, and Iluna moved around the city in a carriage.
Starting from the south of the city, a blood-red light formed a thin line with a halo in the air, representing the movement trajectory of the human pus.
Shade wasn't sure whether the extreme weakening of strength would have an impact on the opponent's intelligence, but looking at the direction of movement, the Human Pus was actually heading towards the center of Tobesk where the Yodel Palace was located.
“Could it be that because Darkness brought it to meet the royal family at Yodel Palace, it had already decided on its next host?”
He informed his two companions of his discovery, but Iluna waved her hand and told Shade not to worry:
"The Orthodox Church and the Cavendish royal family have an agreement. The church protects the safety of the royal family. The weakened human pus cannot break through the security measures set up by the church."
"Miss didn't receive the news either. Everything was normal at Yodel Palace last night."
Tifa also added.
The red halo entered the university district from the south of the city, but before continuing north into the core urban area, it suddenly turned directly east.
So the carriage carried the three of them from the university district to the eastern part of Tobysk. After passing through almost half of the city, Shade saw the familiar scene of Roentgen Avenue:
"No way..."
He comes here every Saturday afternoon.
The traces of human pus in the air almost went straight into the Schneider Psychological Clinic in the middle of Roentgen Avenue. When the carriage passed the door of the clinic, due to shock and surprise, Shade didn't even have time to stop the carriage in time.
Finally, the carriage of the three of them stopped at the intersection of Roentgen Avenue and Smith Commercial Street. After careful consideration, Shad did not let Iluna and Tifa get off the carriage to follow him:
"Wait for me for a moment, I have something to deal with."
He carried God's gift box alone, and he wanted to find out what had happened to the Human Pus and the doctor.
"What's wrong? Have you found your target? Why don't you let us follow you?"
Iluna was very confused, and Tifa was unwilling to let Shad act alone.
"Maybe there were some troubles, but they weren't big troubles."
He said with some concern, took out a notebook and wrote down the address of Dr. Schneider's clinic, closed the notebook and handed it to Tifa:
"My performance in the dark realm has not convinced you, have you? Don't follow me. If I don't come back within half an hour, you can hand the address in the notebook to the church and ask the church to send the Thirteen Ring Warlock to solve the problem."
He took out the umbrella that Iluna had just used from the storage box on the side.
"Shad..."
"Don't worry, I can handle it."
He jumped out of the carriage, opened his umbrella and looked towards the Schneider Psychological Clinic on Silver Cross Avenue.
Maybe the demon in the doctor was not as powerful as the human pus, so he was possessed at a deeper level; maybe the doctor had already been connected to the human pus and he was actually a bad guy; maybe there were other reasons. But Shad wanted to face what happened next by himself. Even if Bill Snyder really had a problem, he would solve it by himself.
"The doctor's luck shouldn't be that bad..."
When this thought came to his mind, Xia De suddenly felt that he should have expected this to happen:
"The doctor was not in the city yesterday afternoon. Could it be that he really went to the south of the city by coincidence?"
Everyone in the psychological clinic knew Xia De, who often visited. Xia De asked around and found out that the doctor was indeed in the clinic, and that the previous patient had just left and he was probably writing a medical record.
"It's a good sign that he didn't suddenly go out of town."
He thought about this and met Dr. Schneider in the reception room on the second floor. The gas lamp in the room was not turned on because it was still raining outside, so the room looked particularly gloomy. The doctor was sitting behind the desk, frowning and writing something. The gas lamp in front of him was the only light source.
Bill Schneider looked no different than usual. On the contrary, after seeing Shade, he was surprised to think that Shade was in trouble:
"Why are you here? Please take a seat. Oh, there is a problem with the gas light in this room. Shall we go to another room to talk?"
"It's fine here. I'm not in any trouble either, Doc."
Xia De closed the door behind him and looked at the light from the gas station. He walked over in silence and extended his right hand to the doctor who stood up:
"Long time no see, doctor."
"What do you mean it's been a long time? Didn't we go together to make you a spiritual crystal on Tuesday night?"
The doctor asked in surprise, very confused about Xia De's attitude, but still held Xia De's hand and shook it.
Everything works fine.
Xia De felt a little relieved.
The two sat down on the sofa. The rain outside the window hit the glass. The dim light penetrated the clouds and the fog, and when it reached the room on the second floor of the clinic, it was already quite weak.
Listening to the sound of rain, across the coffee table, Xia De didn't know what to say. Seeing Xia De's expression, Dr. Schneider seemed even more worried:
"Shad, I'm the one who led you to the extraordinary path. You can always trust me."
The doctor spoke very sincerely, perhaps this was just an ordinary Sunday morning for him.
Xia De nodded hesitantly, reached into his pocket, and took out the Demon Hunting Seal:
"Doctor, I have a ring here. Can you put it on your finger?"
The doctor subconsciously bent down and reached across the coffee table, trying to take the ring that Xia De had placed in his palm. But when he reached out halfway, he saw what was in Xia De's palm above the coffee table, and the expression on the middle-aged man's face suddenly froze.
He opened his mouth slightly and looked at Xia De, then slowly retracted his arms, put his hands on his knees, and sat there hunched over. He lowered his head, and he looked like he had aged ten years.
Xia De pursed his lips, looked at the ring in his hand, and put it on his finger. For a moment, neither of the two men spoke, but their hearts were not at peace.
The sound of rain seemed to be getting louder, the light in the room was getting dimmer, and the light from the gas lamp seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them.
After a while, the doctor stood up and walked to the window under Xia De's gaze. Today is the first day of September. Although it is not autumn in the strict sense, the rain has already added some bleak meaning to the air.
Outside the window was the street view of Roentgen Avenue. Today was Sunday, and even with a light rain, the street was still very lively. Even with the windows closed, one could still hear the noisy sounds on the street amid the rain, but this noise had nothing to do with the two people in the room.
"What do you know, Detective?"
The doctor asked, his back turned to Shad.
Xia De did not stand up from the sofa, nor did he answer the question. Instead, he asked his own question:
"Doctor, do you have the human pus?"
The doctor looked out the window, while Shad turned his head to look at the doctor. The weather in Tobesk was very strange. Even though it was raining, there was still a thin mist outside, like a faded street painting with water stains. The doctor dared to turn his back to Shad at such a close distance. If Shad intended to use magic to attack him, the doctor would definitely be dead.
Hearing "Human Pus", the doctor's figure swayed, and he nodded slightly:
"Yes, I... ate it."