"Let Ms. Cassandra be in charge? If Midhill Castle is really that dangerous, wouldn't it be too dangerous to leave Ms. Cassandra there alone? After all, she only has ten rings."
Xia De couldn't help asking, and Miss Carina shook her head:
“But she had a good teacher.”
Sister Devlin also said this, and the nun also said that Mother-in-law Cassandra's teacher was not a witch.
"Ms. Cassandra's teacher, what ring is it?"
"I don't know, but she's not a witch. You probably know that the power of the Council is passed down through the ancient apprenticeship system. Each of us has our own training target, that is, our apprentice."
The teacher trains the apprentices and provides them with free accommodation, but in return, the apprentices also have to assume corresponding obligations during the learning period and after graduation. This is a very old tradition.
"The seat that Granny Cassandra corresponds to is 'Darkness', but the previous generation of 'Darkness' witch and apprentice died in a terrible accident at the same time. At that time, Granny Cassandra was just an ordinary student of the previous generation of witches, somewhat similar to my other followers. It was Granny Cassandra's teacher, a good friend of the previous generation of Dark Witch, who recommended her to the previous generation of the Speaker of the Parliament and personally taught her the knowledge of the Ring Warlock. That respectable lady also understands some of the witch's power."
"So Grandma Cassandra's teacher is older than Grandma Cassandra? Oh, is she still alive? What's her ring?"
"He is indeed still alive and very strong. The Speaker said it himself, very strong."
Miss Carina commented cautiously:
"I was in Midhill Castle and had the honor of meeting that lady. She looked very young, probably... younger than Tifa. And she looked very strange. Her mental state was not like that of an elderly person like Grandma. Instead, she looked like a young person of the same age as her appearance... But anyway, with Grandma Cassandra's teacher in Midhill Castle, Grandma can handle most of the troubles. If she really can't handle it, the parliament will consider sending other witches to help her."
"That's good."
Shade said, and then looked out the window at the morning glow. The current situation in Midhill Castle is still unclear. Regarding the third chosen person, Luvia still needs to conduct divination and investigation before he can take targeted actions.
Therefore, after rescuing the priest, he no longer had any urgent matters to do, and life seemed to have returned to normal for the time being.
"However, Father Augustus and Sister Devlin could both be the chosen ones... Who could it be? Or are they just second-place candidates, and the real chosen one has not yet appeared."
You probably still have some things to do.
"She" reminded softly, and Miss Carina asked Shade to change into formal clothes and go to have breakfast with her. The Duchess had reserved a table at a high-end restaurant in the private club in the east of the city. There was a new chef named Carsenrick who was very skilled, and Shade seemed to have not tasted Carsenrick's special breakfast yet.
"Yes, I'm going to play a few games with the Rhodes card players in Midhill Castle. Maybe I can get some interesting special cards."
While choosing clothes in front of the closet, Xia De joked in his heart.
Tifa also walked into the bedroom and asked Shad to move away from the closet, obviously wanting to help Shad choose clothes. There were several very nice formal suits in Shad's closet, and only the one without sleeves was left by the previous detective, and the rest were gifts from others.
"Besides playing cards, there is indeed something else to do, the witcher's sword, and the return of the corporal's pistol to the army at Windy Pass."
Miss Carina's voice came from the living room at this time, and she asked Tifa to help Shad choose a nice tie.
"However, these two things are not important. They can be completed at any time."
is that so
she chuckled.
Xia De looked toward the bedroom window:
"According to the game in my hometown, these two things are branches in the river. It's better to complete them, but it doesn't matter if they are not completed. Therefore, the most important thing for me in Midhill Castle is to let Father Augustus treat me to a meal at the best restaurant in the city."
He still hasn't forgotten it.
After breakfast, the witch did not leave Shade's house, but prepared to teach Iluna at his house. The 17-year-old girl has officially started to learn the power of balance from the witch. Although she is reluctant in her heart, she at least respects Miss Carina in her attitude. Last weekend, both of them missed a class because of something, but why they have to take classes here in Shade this Monday, the young outsider can't figure it out.
However, he did not audit the courses that were of little significance to him, but instead organized his own gains.
This half-week "Operation Augustus Priest Rescue" did not bring any benefits to Shad. Although Shad was forced to gain the negative effects of "being easily attacked by evil spirits" and not knowing when he would be unlucky because of using the relic that manipulated luck, he also obtained the first spirit rune of the three rings, Whispering True Death.
This spiritual rune is currently linked to the magic of Death's Door, but this magic is completely useless to Shade. He has no idea why he would enter the land of death again.
Therefore, he planned to learn another magic related to it. But what exactly he would learn, Shade decided to decide when he went to Midhill Castle to meet the priest on Tuesday.
But what really bothered him was the cursed blood wine brewing that he had obtained at the second wine party after listening to the ten stories of the evil god brewing blood wine.
The effect of this spell is not complicated. It uses a bottle with a stopper that has once held any kind of alcohol as the casting material. It can turn any creature that has completely lost consciousness into blood wine and absorb it into the bottle. This process is not completed in an instant, but requires a long wait.
The spell is useless against those who are much stronger than the caster. When the spell is effective, the stronger the opponent is, the longer it takes to brew the blood brew, and the cycle may reach several years. During the process, the target must always fall into the deepest coma, and bury the opening of the wine bottle into the target's body. However, once the unconscious person wakes up, the brewed blood brew will become invalid, and the target cannot be selected again.
When the spell ends, the clothes fall back to where they were, and the flesh and soul are brewed into blood wine.
Drinking this blood wine can heal one's own injuries, strengthen one's body and soul, and gain some of the memory and power of the person who drank it, and even spiritual runes.
The spell also works on corpses, because without the soul, there is only flesh and blood. Therefore, although the casting speed is greatly increased, the effect is only to heal and strengthen one's own physical fitness.
In addition to animals with souls, the spell also works on plants without souls. However, using this ability on plants such as apples and grapes is basically equivalent to brewing wine. Wine made from ordinary plants without souls can hardly be called "blood brew", but can only be regarded as plant wine or fruit wine of quite good quality.
To put it simply, the essence of this spell is a more elegant way of "eating people", and it is an extremely rare ability in the Sixth Epoch to imprison the soul.
If we don't make moral judgments, the effect of this spell is simply omnipotent, stronger than any spell that Shade has mastered, and even more powerful than most magic. But the problem is that any intelligent creature, if it is mentally normal, cannot "eat" its own kind without any psychological barriers.
The outsider was not very clear about why the evil god gave Shade this ability, but he knew very well that the other party must be expecting him to use this power and then get lost in it.
Perhaps, the evil god will show up when Shade falls completely into madness, and then use the same method to turn Shade, this special individual, into blood wine.
Of course, the above is purely speculation. It is also possible that the other party just wants to have some fun watching Shade repeatedly struggle between morality and power.
But when the stranger first came to this world and first came into contact with the mystery, he had a conversation with Dr. Schneider about the relevant topic. Although he was thirsty for power, he also had his own principles. Therefore, even though he now had the spell to brew blood wine, he was determined that he could use this spell in his lifetime, but he would never drink the blood wine made by any intelligent life with a soul.
He has no interest in "eating people".
Even if the other party was a villain like Ivan Darkness, Shad would not make blood wine from him and drink it. In order to help himself remember the oath at this time, Shad even asked the "her" in his heart to help remember this, and then remind him at any time when Shad might "eat people" for power.
I will not interfere with your choice.
This was the response given by "her" when having dinner with Miss Carina. Iluna had already gone back. Her companion was injured while collecting the relics, so she had to take on the recent work of Blackwater Security Company.
Exotic dishes were served one by one, and Shade and the Duchess sat opposite each other. The dessert before the meal was now served, and Shade and Mia liked the dessert called "Grilled Wind Mushrooms". This was a specialty of Carsenrick, a mushroom that looked like a windmill. It was baked and spread with sweet bean sauce, and the mushrooms and fruits were served together.
One mushroom is about the size of Mia the cat’s head, and it doesn’t taste like ordinary mushrooms, but rather like melon with a mushroom texture.
"I didn't ask you to interfere with me, I just reminded me."
Xia De thought absentmindedly:
"How about just pretending that you are watching over me? Always behind me, but I can't see you. But at the same time, you are watching over my heart to make sure I don't go down the wrong path, although it's hard to say what's wrong and what's right... It sounds like a good material for a novel. I can give it to Dorothy for reference, such as the criminal motives of a psychopath with a dual personality."