"Then priest, when exactly does the church plan to start that ceremony?"
"Next week or the week after, in the Moon of Dead Leaves. After all, the narrow space can no longer hold out."
The last earthquake weakened Shade's "Tree Kiss" maze a lot, and the death outbreak is indeed not far away.
"Also, I heard some uncertain news that the Church of Nature has invited a 'Sister of Thorns' from the Holy See."
The priest lowered his voice
"Sister Thorn?"
This is the most surprising news tonight, because the "Sister of Thorns" represents the divine possession cultivated by the Church of Nature. They are the purest girls cultivated by the Church of Nature since childhood. They know their responsibilities and regard this responsibility as an honor.
In other words, these are fanatics who are qualified to be sent by God, and the church's mobilization of them is a very obvious signal.
"Naturally the Church wants to..."
Shade pointed to the sky.
"I don't know anything, probably to prepare for the worst."
Priest Augustus shook his head cautiously, and looked at the fire in front of him with Shade:
"But detective, everyone is very cautious about this matter. Yes, very cautious. I have seen it. I have seen what will happen once the death breaks out and the day of death comes."
The bonfire crackled, and Shade narrowed his eyes:
"what happens?"
"That's too scary. When the black sun comes, the narrow white fog turns into black fog and covers the area. The world of the living and the world of the dead are completely mixed together, and even time and space are confused. Everything falls into an eternal cycle of death. The map of the old continent may be missing a piece from now on."
Father Augustus also had his own business at the charity banquet, so he left without chatting with Shad for long.
After he and Shade said goodbye temporarily, it was almost half past eight. Clusters of bonfires were dancing in the courtyard of the college, and people were gathering in the distance. It seemed that this grand autumn night banquet had officially begun. The representatives of the Chamber of Commerce who sponsored this Fire Festival banquet and the local city hall officials were speaking.
The atmosphere of the banquet was very good, but Shade did not join in the fun or listen to other people's talk. He estimated that the witches would soon arrive, so he temporarily gave up the plan to play Rhodes cards, and instead tidied his clothes, then slowly walked towards the entrance of the castle of Middleburg Mechanical College facing the courtyard, to meet up with Grandma Cassandra and Miss Aurora first.
Because of their hatred of men, the two witches will not take the initiative to join the party, but plan to use this party as an opportunity to finalize some cooperation terms with their business partners.
The three of them met in a separate lounge next to the auditorium on the first floor of the east side of the castle. Miss Aurora, who had not been seen for more than a month, was still as elegant and beautiful as ever. The witch with curly brown hair was also very happy to see Shade. After letting him sit on the sofa, she ordered her maid to pour tea and bring some snacks from the kitchen.
"I haven't been to Fort Midhill for several years. The autumn here is very nice, especially the season of falling leaves. I still remember the last time I went hunting in the mountains here, I saw dead leaves covering the ground and yellow leaves swirling and falling, which was very artistic."
The gas lamps in the room were very bright. The servants of Miss Aurora and Grandma Cassandra stood behind the two witches. Outside the window was a courtyard with bonfires burning. Although the room was a little quiet, the atmosphere of the Fire Festival banquet could still be felt.
Xia De suddenly thought of the nun holding the fire, and was curious whether Fire Festival had any special meaning to her.
"Ms. Aurora, you already know about the passage on the mountainside, right?"
"Got it. You did a great job."
She also guessed that it was Shade who provided information to Miss Carina:
"Mother Cassandra and I will go check it out tomorrow. You don't have to go with us, but if you want to know the progress of the matter, you can come to us the day after tomorrow."
"no problem."
Xia De nodded:
"There's no need for me to go with you on such a dangerous matter. But since the passage is in the narrow space, how do you plan to enter the narrow space after checking the real mountainside cave? Are you also going to look for an entrance that appears by chance, and then use a ritual to fix the entrance?"
"That's what the ring wizards do."
Granny Cassandra shook her head:
"Witches have their own methods. We will first enter the Dreamland, and then directly enter the Narrow Space from the Dreamland."
"Dreamland" refers to a strange world of seemingly real dreams and phantoms, but similar to the narrow space, it is not a real world. At the end of the Lake View Manor Night Banquet in the summer, Luvia went to the Dreamland, observed the manor from the perspective of the Dreamland, and removed the most critical node of the God-summoning ritual.
"If possible, I hope you can take me with you when you enter the Dreamland. I have experience there and can help. Also, I want to go to the narrow space again. Someone has asked me to pick some plants."
This is Mr. Kopps's "big business" in Tobesk.
"No problem. Karina praised you, and you will be helpful to us when you entered the narrow room last time."
Grandma Cassandra nodded, and Miss Aurora raised her eyebrows. She didn't know what Shad had done in this city.
"Also, the scabbard is here. You can take it from me when the banquet is about to end. There is also information about the Guilty Mansion."
The old witch asked the maid behind her to hand Shade a few pages of paper:
"Location-type relics are usually above the Sage level (Level 2), but the Sin Mansion is a rare Secret Keeper level (Level 3) relic. It is more like a trading location. You will understand after reading the information. The Sin Mansion appears randomly in the material world once every 66 years, attracting sinners to enter. But everyone has original sin, so theoretically, any intelligent creature is its target."
Xia De lowered his head and looked at the papers:
"Is the Mansion of Sin a place to pay for one's sins? The severity of one's sins will determine what happens inside the relic. The more sins one carries, the easier it is to die inside. But the more sins one carries, the more one can use the sins that one has shed to exchange for the power of the Mansion of Sin..."
"As long as you haven't done too many wrong things, the Sin Mansion won't be dangerous to you. Moreover, it is safer to enter alone than to enter with multiple people, because you can't know exactly what your companions have done."
Granny Cassandra explained.
“Is this the relic that appeared in Mount Xikar?”
Miss Aurora was curious and picked at the curls by her ear with her right index finger.
"Yes, because the unrest in the narrow space caused chaos in the elements of the nearby areas, resulting in a significant increase in the number of relics in the Xikar Mountain area and this city in recent times."
The old witch nodded.
"I will go in alone tomorrow to see if it's just a keeper level, I think I can handle it."
Shade put the information away, and Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora did not stop him.
Xia De thought for a moment and asked again:
"Speaking of which, mother-in-law, you said some time ago that you wanted to invite me to attend your teacher's ceremony, the one that takes place every twenty-two years. I don't know the name of your teacher yet."
He asked this deliberately in front of Miss Aurora, and the witches should all know this information.
"The teacher's name. She has two common names."
Granny Cassandra didn't seem surprised by Shade's question:
"Helen Black, and Grace White."
"It's really them..."
The corner of Xia De's mouth twitched, and the images of the twin girls appeared in front of him almost immediately.
"Also, I asked you to come to this castle to find the lost bronze jar a while ago. It was actually arranged by the teacher that I asked you to do this."
Granny Cassandra added:
"The teacher is a lecturer in the history department of this college. She wants to meet you secretly, so she asked me to arrange for you to come to the college."
The witches' missions always have other purposes. Miss Aurora frowned slightly. She didn't know the story between Shade and the twins. She only knew that Shade was involved with the beautiful "young" girl again.
"Well, may I have the honor of meeting Miss Black now?"
Xia De asked, and the old witch smiled and shook her head:
"The teacher is busy with that crucial ceremony, and there can be no mistakes. However, if you want to see her, follow me up the mountain next Monday, and the ceremony will be carried out."
Xia De didn't say anything else, but just sighed that after such a long time, he was finally going to see them again.
At that time, they were only 14 years old.
"She" reminded softly.
"I know... Well, who do you think I am?"
Xia De immediately refuted in his heart:
"I was just thinking, no matter whether it was Helen or Grace who commissioned Detective Sparrow, since they chose the Hamilton Detective Agency by such a coincidence, I don't believe that she or she has never seen me before 'awakening'."
So, you want to...
"I want to know what kind of person the abnormal Shad was in the eyes of the twins. Although Saint Byrons said that there was no problem with the past of the original owner of this body, I always feel that the past is not that simple."
Yeah
She was laughing softly, as if the breeze was blowing past his ears. Somehow, Shade remembered the huge moon disk in his dream above the endless wilderness.
Sacred and beautiful, full of secrets, it is so fascinating.
Are you talking about the moon or me
Shade didn't answer, but they all knew the answer.