"A new force..."
Xia De turned his head and looked behind him. As expected, there was no one there. However, the movement of turning his head made the doctor realize that something was wrong:
"Shad, is your neck injured?"
Just now, Xia De unbuttoned his collar, and the movement of turning his head exposed some of the skin that was originally covered by clothes. The doctor saw some abnormal marks, so he asked casually.
Xia De immediately put his hands to his neck and hurriedly buttoned his clothes again.
The middle-aged doctor smiled:
"Oh, I see."
Just as they were about to tease Xia De, they both turned their heads to look at the doctor's desk. Something was glowing on the desk, and the light was unusually conspicuous.
"Did the college give any notice?"
The doctor frowned and walked away from the window, picking up the page of the poem from the desk. He glanced at the words on it, then looked up and said to Xia De:
"The academy requires the five of us in our group to gather within two hours. The professor of the academy will personally ask us some questions. I think it should be Miss Feliana's business."
He took a pen and wrote a reply on the paper, and the glowing paper returned to calm.
"Two hours? Doctor, you go find Dorothy and Reverend Augustus, and I'll go pick up Luvia outside the city. Time is a bit tight."
"Why is she out of town?"
The doctor asked curiously, but Xia De didn't answer, nor did he appreciate it.
"Shade, let's split up and look for people. Also, the academy will definitely ask about our schedule yesterday afternoon, so don't forget to think about how to explain it."
Dr. Schneider himself went to the south of the city, and he also needed to make up an itinerary, so he reminded Xia De.
After leaving the clinic, Shade returned to the carriage at the street corner carrying the gift box from God. After informing the two girls that she had eliminated the human pus, Iluna went directly back to the Sun Church. She still had a lot of things to deal with, but she would come to St. Teresa's Square in the evening.
Tifa went to Yodel Palace to meet Miss Carina, and Shad returned to Miss Carina's manor alone on horseback. On the way back, the paper that Shad carried with him also sent a message.
The college required Shad to return the relic within half an hour. If the time was exceeded, a formal written explanation must be given.
"The academy doubted me."
This was Xia De's first reaction, but if he didn't doubt it, it would mean there was something wrong. After all, judging from the time, the appearance of Miss Feliana and the time when the academy passed on the relic almost completely overlapped.
But it was not impossible for Shade to conceal it. Normally, people in the dark realm would be completely forgotten, and the academy would not remember to give him the relic. He somehow made the academy remember this incident because of the 20-sided dice of fate.
After he threw it, the academy immediately gave him the relic, which means that the academy remembered him not because they had a flash of inspiration after 20 appeared, but because they had always remembered him. So, Shade can use this reason to prove that he was not in the dark realm at that time.
23 minutes after the notification arrived, Shad successfully returned to the manor. After returning the dream of St. Byrons Comprehensive College, which was temporarily left here and was not easy to carry, to the academy through a piece of paper, he called Luvia who was having lunch and set off immediately.
Physical injuries are actually very easy to heal. She was actually too mentally exhausted last night, so Xia De didn't call her when she woke up this morning.
"The academy suspects you?"
On the way back to the city, Luvia returned to her usual attitude and did not change herself because of the sudden development of their relationship last night.
"It doesn't matter. The snuff bottle hasn't changed at all. The academy hasn't been able to figure out the secret for thousands of years, and it's impossible for them to figure it out right now."
Shade was not worried about this. Although he promised to keep the doctor's secret, he still briefly told Luvia what happened this morning. When Luvia frowned and guessed which demon was in the doctor's body, Shade took out the Origin of Darkness from his pocket.
The card was flying in the carriage, and for Shad, manipulating it was as easy as controlling his own hands and feet.
"This is really strange. I didn't expect that by carrying the cards and witnessing the appearance of a chosen one, I would gain the ability to manipulate the corresponding cards. This is the second time, just like the Genesis Balance."
But now he no longer doubts that he is the chosen one, he has not gained any other power at all. Although at the end of the battle, he also swallowed the darkness and merged the power of the past, but it is obvious that he is not even a candidate.
“Darkness was killed after successfully completing the ritual. The Chosen One of Darkness will not appear. Really, there are more and more things that are unclear.”
Luvia shook her head in annoyance:
"But I accept your suggestion. I will not consider the third chosen one until the big city players are finished. I originally planned to advance from the third ring to the fourth ring after the Iluna matter was over. It has been delayed for more than a month. It is a good opportunity to take advantage of this time to gather all the materials for the ceremony."
The promotion of the level of a ring warlock also requires a ceremony. Shade's two promotions were both achieved by abnormal external forces, which is an extremely rare situation.
"Take a break for a while. These past two months have been really busy."
Shade said, hesitating for a moment, and gently put his arm around the girl sitting next to him. Luvia smiled, tilted her head slightly, and leaned on Shade's shoulder.
This time Mia the cat did not disturb the two of them. In the gift box of God placed on the seat opposite, the cat was curled up in a cat ball and sleeping soundly. It liked this small and safe space very much.
The carriage first took the two to Saint Teresa Square, and asked Shade to leave some things that were inconvenient to take to the doctor. After all, before entering the dark realm, Shade took almost all of his belongings.
When they got home, Mia the cat suddenly woke up and wanted to go out with Shade. So the two of them and the cat came to the doctor's clinic within the two-hour time limit given by the academy. Dorothy and Reverend Augustus were already in the city, so they arrived early.
When Xia De and Luvia walked into the reception room on the second floor of the clinic together, the three of them were discussing what happened yesterday as expected.
The rumor about "Miss Mana Felena's appearance" spread throughout Tobesk in just one day. This was not because the church did a bad job of keeping it secret, but because there were too many people who saw this scene, and it was a bit too incredible.
"Good afternoon, Shad, good afternoon, Luvia."
Dorothy smiled and greeted them while Father Augustus and the doctor examined the four benches and the basin in the center.
Shad had arranged this kind of ceremony many times, so he came to help. Shad put the cat on the sofa. Seeing that Shad ignored it, the dishonest orange cat walked closer to Dorothy. During the Coldwater Harbor incident, it had been with Dorothy for a few days and was quite familiar with her.
"You have a great relationship with Shade's cat."
Luvia said with a smile, Dorothy nodded, and was about to pick up the small cat, but Mia suddenly stopped, looked up with amber eyes and looked at the girl in front of her suspiciously. After sniffing a few times, it suddenly made a sharp meow, and the cat's fur stood up, and it rushed to the feet of Shade who was using a compass to confirm the direction.
"What's wrong?"
Shade turned around and asked, then saw Dorothy's embarrassed expression. Seeing Shade looking at her, the blonde writer raised her hand to touch her ear, then raised her eyebrows.
"Not Dorothy, but Resia."
Now Xia De understood that the two girls had eight hours of mandatory exchange time every week, and the exact time of exchange was completely out of control. Apparently, this time it happened on a weekend afternoon, and then it happened that the professor of the college came to ask about the matter.
"But Mia can actually identify the two of them?"
Xia De was very surprised by this. After all, even he, who knew the truth, hadn't figured it out just now:
"You can use Mia to distinguish Dorothy from Lecia in the future."
Xia De thought to himself.
"When I get familiar with the cat, Shade won't be able to tell the difference between us."
The blonde girl sitting on the sofa thought to herself, then suddenly turned her head to look at Luvia.
"What's wrong?"
The fortune teller blinked.
"Why do you feel a little different today?"
"Dorothy" asked Luvia in a very familiar tone and manner, and her tone and demeanor were no different from those of a real female writer. Perhaps only a timid and alert little animal like Mia the cat could detect that something was wrong with her.
"You're in good spirits. You look relieved."
"Really? This is just your illusion."
The purple-eyed girl said with certainty.
The notice sent by the college to the doctor said that three people would be projected from St. Byrons, so only the doctor sat down on the four chairs in the east, west, south and north.
At 1:37 pm, the ceremony officially began. As the doctor threw the parchment roll into the basin, a cold wind blew from the closed room.
Mia, who was held by Shad, squirmed in his arms, showing her uneasiness, and three transparent figures had arrived here.
Sitting opposite the doctor was Professor Hames Sanchez, the vice-president of St. Byron's and director of the student administration department. He wore round-framed glasses, a formal black suit, and a pocket watch chain protruding from his chest pocket and tied to his chest button. This gentleman seemed to be dressed like this every time he appeared.
Sitting on the southern chair was a middle-aged woman wearing a pointed hat and a robe. Her eyes were sharp, and you could tell at a glance that she was the kind of person who was rigorous and serious about her work:
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I am Professor Via Miral from the School of Astronomy."
She gave an extra nod to Luvia, who was a student at the School of Astronomy.