Shade came to the doctor early in the morning, and he didn't plan to go to Midhill Castle in the morning because he had to see Iluna off in the morning. After returning home last night, Luvia, who was doing astrologers on the third floor, told Shade that the Church of the Sun had officially decided to let Iluna take a steam-powered airship to Midhill Castle and set off this afternoon.
According to the wind direction of this season and the weather along the way predicted by the Prophet Association, Iluna and her group should arrive at the Mountain City during the day on Monday. Since they were leaving and didn't know when they would return, Luvia decided to see Iluna off at No. 6 St. Teresa's Square.
That's why Shad came to disturb the doctor so early. He wanted to go home as soon as possible.
Although for Shade, who could travel between the two places at will, Iluna's "departure" was limited to the two days she was traveling in the air. But once she arrived at Midhill Castle, Iluna could not meet Shade at any time, so Luvia wanted to tell her some things to prevent unexpected situations.
It was obvious that the 17-year-old girl didn't want to leave Tobesk. When she said goodbye to Shade and Luvia, she hugged them reluctantly and even hugged Mia, who was not very willing to leave.
"I'll send you a postcard..."
Finally, when they stood in the hallway downstairs and thanked the two of them, Iluna said with some reluctance, and Shade wisely did not say that he could also buy postcards.
"In short, be careful in Midhill Castle. If anything happens, remember to write to the Blind House that Shade mentioned. Shade will go to help you."
Luvia reminded him tirelessly.
Although Iluna had performed a ceremony to advance to the fourth ring after obtaining the Tragic Spirit Rune, and was one ring higher than Shad again, in Luvia's opinion she was still just an immature girl who had just reached adulthood (note: 16 years old).
"Yes, I understand. Don't worry about me. I'm very powerful."
She embraced Luvia again:
"You should also be careful, especially Shade."
Then the young girl looked at Xia De again:
"The church opened some of its internal information to me, and now the situation in Fort Midhill is really bad."
"I have high-level warlock friends in the area. They will protect me."
Shade smiled and said:
"We'll meet at Midhill Castle on Monday. Although I can't go to see you directly, I can go to the entrance of the Sun Church and wait for you all to enter the church. Remember to look around when you get there. You should be able to see my... Oh, take this. I think it will be useful."
As he said this, he took out his pocket watch, pulled out a leaf of eternal youth from the cover of the pocket watch and handed it to Iluna. After the cocktail party, he had three leaves in his hand, and his reserve of leaves was sufficient.
Iluna had seen this kind of leaf when the three of them broke into the ruins to fight the Silver Eyed One, so Shade didn't have to explain what it was:
"I have a lot more, you can take it."
"Okay then."
She hesitated for a moment, took the leaf, then stood on tiptoe and kissed Xia De on the side of his face:
"Then wish me a safe journey, Shad."
Xia De glanced at Luvia and saw that she was looking at the two of them with a smile, so he said softly:
"Have a safe trip, Iluna. See you at Midhill Castle."
Today is Friday, the fourth day of the Harvest Moon. After bidding farewell to Iluna, Luvia also left and returned to the Prophet's Association, so Shade finally had time to write a reply to Miss Mia Gold.
The letter arrived this morning, but Shade was in a hurry to go to the doctor to ask about the Balrog, so he didn't even open the letter.
This letter was the same as the letters in the past few months. In addition to the usual £10 cat-raising fee, the letter still expressed Miss Gold's concern for the orange cat.
Miss Gold also stated her health condition in the letter. She was ill in the summer and her condition was even worse last month. But this month, she seemed to be better, at least according to the letter.
In his reply, Shade first expressed his concern for his client, and then described in detail the details of his daily interactions with Mia. In the end, he praised the cat for its cuteness and wrote almost with an exclamation:
If I could come across this kind of cat, I would have adopted it.
This is also part of the test, and Xia De is waiting for the right time.
He is now like Miss Gold's pen pal. The two of them exchange letters once a month and discuss topics such as cat breeding and physical health. In the past few letters, Shade has properly expressed his love for the cat, so this time he went a step further and said such words in order to finally say that he wants to adopt the cat in the winter.
"I really took a lot of trouble for you."
He put down the pen in his hand and touched the cat squatting on the desk looking at the letter on the table. When Xia De touched her, Mia squinted her eyes and meowed, looking very satisfied.
I had planned to go to Midhill Castle after sending the letter, and if nothing happened, I would come back at 4pm and read at home. But before Shade could leave, Luvia, who had been away for only an hour, came back.
"What's wrong? You can't find any new information about the Chosen One of Death?"
Luvia was going to conduct the autumn astrology activity in Shade, so she had the spare key in her hand. When she rushed up, she almost scared Mia.
"No, no, it's what you asked me to check!"
She held a notebook in her hands:
"Didn't you ask me to investigate the spiritual sect a while ago? I got the documents right after I left you and arrived at the association!"
"Oh, what's the news?"
Xia De asked curiously, and Luvia smiled:
"Very good news, Shade. The spiritual cult is indeed related to the disappeared ancient god's cult! Which ancient god's cult do you think they are a branch of?"
"Hmm... the moon?"
"Of course not, it's death. How could you think it was the moon?"
Luvia asked curiously, asked Shade to sit down, and handed him the notebook:
"I provided the association with effective intelligence during the Darkness Descent incident in Tobesk, so I was able to obtain this confidential information this time. This information is top secret, and the original intelligence cannot be taken out of the association. The content in the notebook is what I copied. It's really interesting. Guess what the association recorded?"
Xia De looked down at his notebook:
"After the ancient god of death left, due to problems in the interpretation of the doctrine, his cult collapsed into different factions, and evolved into different organizations over time... ... Is the spiritual cult a branch of the ancient church of death?"
"Yes, and more than that, look behind."
Luvia seemed very excited:
"I didn't expect that the association would be willing to open such information to me. Although the association's statement was vague and even just mentioned it briefly, I can see that the association's data records that the Church of Creation and Destruction and the Church of Nature and Evil have each absorbed a part of the branch of the Ancient Church of Death."
"What?"
Xia De looked at her in surprise:
"The True God Church absorbed part of the Ancient God Church?"
"Yes."
Luvia nodded, smiling very clearly:
"This can explain a lot of things, including why the righteous gods are more powerful than the existing evil gods, and why the righteous gods are called righteous gods. I think a bold guess can be made!"
"Yes. After the original thirteen gods left, other great ones inherited some of their power."
Xia De also expressed his own judgment. This was the idea he came up with after communicating with Miss Aurora on the train back to Coldwater Port after he obtained the "vibration" spirit rune through the Earthshaker Worm:
"But they didn't inherit all the power. The two true gods only inherited a part of the power of the ancient death gods. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why some branches of the sects that believe in the ancient gods merged into the true god church, because their doctrines can be explained, and for people living in the era when the ancient gods left, this is not apostasy!"
"Yes."
Luvia was glad that Shade was able to follow her ideas.
"But what intelligence did you submit that made the association willing to share such information?"
"Nothing much, just some of the rules of the 'Chosen Ones' that Iluna mentioned, and the information about the 'Dark Dungeon' that you told me. Also, didn't Iluna mention that the Church of the Dawn also has a Dark Portal (Chapter 548)? I told the Church about that as well."
Luvia said.
"How do you explain the source of the intelligence?"
Although the association knows that Luvia's divination is sometimes "very accurate", such information is probably not something that can be divined by divination alone.
"I was in the dark realm. Didn't I leave alone to look for help? During this time, I met a strange shadow, and it was it that told me."
"What shadow?"
Shade asked curiously.
"How should I know?"
Luvia shook her head, somewhat proudly:
"Let the association guess. Anyway, the information I provide is completely accurate. For a fortune teller, the process of divination is not as important as the conclusion. After all, people only care about the result."
After the ancient gods left, the righteous gods, old gods and the existing evil gods inherited some of their power. This was something Shade had already guessed. He even thought that the difference between "miracle" and "blasphemy" should be related to this. But it was only after hearing Luvia's information today that he really confirmed this.
The secret of the ancient gods' departure and the source of the power of the existing gods also have a lot to do with Shade. After all, the ultimate goal of his twelve divine natures is to become a true god.
Since Luvia knew that the Spiritual Cult was a branch of the ancient Church of the God of Death, she encouraged Shad to have more contact with the Spiritual Cult.
Perhaps Sister Defulin, whose eyes can see souls, is really the third chosen one they have been looking for for a long time.