By the time Shade had changed his clothes and returned to the living room with the dozing cat, Luvia had already brought the teapot. In three months, the high-end black tea left by Detective Sparrow had been consumed, but in order to commemorate the detective, Shade found a shop in the city that sold the same tea and bought some more, so the black tea he had now was still that kind of tea.
"In general, judging from the people I met, I doubt that Father Augustus and Sister Defulin of the Spiritual Order are the chosen ones. This suspicion is groundless and has little value."
Shade told of his gains and placed the only remaining blood money on the table. Luvia played with the upright coin in her hand and listened quietly to Shade's story of what he saw and heard before and after rescuing Priest Augustus:
"The only thing that can be confirmed now is that the third chosen one is the chosen one of 'death'."
She summed it up and looked at the coin in her hand:
"I have already tried it during the day. This coin is not compatible with my divination. I can't tell much with it."
After all, the main property of the upright coin is the coin's upright state, not its tradability.
The current situation is different from that of the "Darkness" Chosen Ones more than a month ago. At that time, Shad got a bag of special coins from the Fishbone Pirate Ship, but now they only have two coins in their hands, and the three of them believe that the blood money cannot be spent at will.
"I applied to the church for a currency relic some time ago, and I think there should be a result this week..."
Iluna reminded, but if there are only one or two, it will still be impossible to find the chosen one as accurately as last time.
"Then the recent arrangement is that I will try my luck in Midhill Castle, learn about local customs and legends, monitor the narrow space between life and death, and prepare for what will happen next. The two of you will be responsible for finding coins or getting news from the Prophet Association and the Church."
Shad said:
"At present, it seems that the Whispering Poems, which contains information about the Chosen Ones, is at least partially in the hands of the Five Gods Church, and the Academy should only know very little about it."
He looked at Iluna, who nodded:
"No problem. I will try to find out as much information as possible this week. If the church is clear about the matter of the chosen one, they will also let me go to Midhill Castle. Also, Shad, give you this."
She took out a familiar brooch with a sun-patterned holy emblem from her handbag:
"The commotion caused by Midhill Castle will probably be even bigger than the commotion caused by Darkness last month. The events of The Whispering Poems will become more and more important in the material world. Shade, you must be careful about your actions in Midhill Castle."
“I understand. I have some friends in the area who can help me.”
Shade nodded and took the brooch. Mia immediately looked at it with wide eyes. In addition to the two rings on its tail, this cat has always been interested in items related to the power of the sun... For example, it likes to take a nap in the sun.
Shade looked at Luvia again:
"Also, can you find some information about the spiritual sect in the Prophet's Association? I want to know if the emergence of the sect is related to the local tradition of worshiping death, worshiping the moon, and worshiping the mountains."
The reason why Iluna was not allowed to help investigate was to prevent the church from paying attention to the blind nuns and monks.
Luvia nodded:
"Speaking of this, it reminds me that the spiritual sect does worship death. Maybe besides Sister Defulin you mentioned, there are other people in the sect who are related to death."
"I will pay attention to it, but I don't think it will go smoothly. After all, I have no reason to pay attention to the talents of every member of the cult... Oh, and, does anyone know about the Phoenix?"
Xia De suddenly asked, briefly recounting his experience in the afternoon, and then the red stone that no one knew what it was made of. There was no sunlight now, but Iluna could simulate the sun's rays and let the three see the flying birds in the red stone.
"In Miss Feliana's reverberations, there is some basic knowledge about the alien species. I only know that this creature can be resurrected in fire."
"I don't know much about this creature, but I remember when I drew the divination cards at the beginning of the month, the phoenix appeared."
Luvia reminded and Shade nodded.
Shad is the phoenix, Luvia is the broken fate, the doctor is the lucky man, Reverend Augustus is death, and Dorothy is the red butterfly.
"I know!"
Iluna gave an answer that Shade had not expected. Seeing the other two looking at her, the seventeen-year-old girl felt a little embarrassed:
"The intention of the phoenix is related to the sun, so our church has a lot of knowledge about the phoenix. However, the phoenix is a vanished alien creature. We don't know whether they have all left the material world or are hiding there. The church believes that the Sexess Higher Medical School, one of the three major thaumaturgy schools, should have relevant information and may know where the phoenixes have gone."
"Do you think that the ancient being who sealed the mountaintop passage in the narrow space is the Phoenix?"
Luvia asked Xia De, and Xia De nodded:
"It's just a guess."
The three of them discussed the matter of the third chosen one until late at night, and Luvia returned the upright coin to Shade, after all, it was useless for her to keep it.
Iluna left at 10pm, as she had a mission the next day. Luvia did not leave, as she had finally installed her stargazing equipment after two days of hard work. So before the best stargazing time in autumn ended, which was the past half month, she would spend the night here in Shade every few days. Today was the first day of stargazing, and since she started working at 10am, she would probably be busy until about 1am.
The bed on the first floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa's Square had been made and Luvia could use it at any time, so Shad said hello to the female fortune teller and returned to the bedroom after washing up.
Now I am copying the story of "Sleeping Princess" given by Leicia, and then I flipped through the book "Crazy Thunder Book" for the next spiritual rune taught by the academy.
At eleven o'clock, he left the desk and went to bed to rest. The hot tea was placed on the bedside table. Under the gas lamp above the bed, Xia De held the cat and read his second-grade textbook "The Great Ones Gone: The Old Gods" for a while. The book was twice as thick as ordinary red bricks. He turned off the lights and went to bed at around twelve o'clock.
He planned to leave for Midhill Castle at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, because the priest had agreed to meet at ten o'clock. After that, he could take a walk around the mountain city, whether to visit the local folklorist or to look for the relic sword.
After closing his eyes, the stranger, who had a good sleep quality, fell asleep quickly, and silence fell in this bedroom. After an unknown amount of time, Mia, who was curled up beside the pillow, suddenly opened her eyes, and her big amber eyes seemed to be shining in the darkness.
It stood up immediately, first carefully sharpened its claws on Shade's pillow, and then made a sharp cry towards the door:
"Meow~"
"What's wrong?"
Xia De, who was very alert, sat up suddenly, shone the light of the silver moon in his right hand towards the bedroom door, and drew out the moonlight sword with his left hand and held it in front of him. Under the light was the purple-eyed girl in pajamas.
The white dress was very thin and somewhat inappropriate for this season, but the small white flower pinned on her ear was very beautiful:
"Young knight, I am a poor girl passing by here. It's a bit cold tonight. Do you mind if I stay with you to keep warm?"
Luvia tilted her head and said.
"Um... ... "
The silver moon in Shad's right hand was still shining, but the sword in his left hand turned into tiny silver dots and disappeared. He then noticed that Luvia was actually barefoot.
"Oh, handsome knight, please grant my request. It's really cold outside."
She said with a smile, her purple eyes reflecting the light from Shade's fingertips, the purple light in the darkness was very beautiful. Although her actual age was older than the body of the stranger, Luvia really looked like a girl.
Speaking of which, among the girls Shad knows, the only ones younger than him are seventeen-year-old Iluna and sixteen-year-old Princess Ajelina.
“Is this a dream or reality?”
Xia De asked in his heart.
Reality, the kind of reality you expect.
"She" was chuckling.
The purple-eyed girl walked into the door, put her hands behind her back, leaned against the door, and slowly closed the bedroom door. Her white feet stepped on the floor, making a very interesting sound:
"Knight, tonight, will you touch my darkness?"
Shad had heard of this metaphor before; it appeared in the book left by Detective Sparrow, The Queen and Her Lovers, which he had studied thoroughly.
He let the moonlight fall on his fingertips, looked at the cat beside him, then looked at the closed bedroom door, and finally looked at the wardrobe against the wall.
So Mia spent the rest of the night in the closet.