The Prophet Association was very busy at noon. Even when it was almost lunchtime, there was a constant stream of guests coming and going in the lobby on the first floor.
While Xia De was waiting on the first floor, he happened to meet Vice President Mark with a group of people carrying the pre-release flyers for the next edition of Rhodes cards. Seeing Xia De standing here waiting for someone, Vice President Mark smiled and asked:
"Mr. Hamilton, are you here to see Luvia Annette again?"
Because Xia De came so frequently, and almost every time he came to Luvia for divination, the receptionists on the first floor all knew Xia De. When they heard Vice President Mark's ridicule, they all laughed.
"I'm here to invite Miss Anat to lunch with me."
Xia De said this rather embarrassedly, then patted his cat to make it behave itself.
"Lunch?"
Vice President Mark took out his pocket watch and took a look:
"It's eleven fifteen, so you should go with Miss Anat now. There are still five minutes until lunch break, and I think it's okay to let her go early."
"You're so nice? I'll wait another five minutes."
Xia De shook his head firmly and refused. It was not because he was polite, but because he had already waited for fifteen minutes, and there was no problem waiting for another five minutes.
"Meow~"
The cat in his arms rubbed against Xia De's chest and squirmed, trying to change its lying position.
"Okay, then why don't you come sit in my office and we can talk about the next edition of Rhodes."
So, at noon, while having lunch at the Canary Restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue, Xia De took the opportunity to tell Luvia about the interesting experience of meeting Vice President Mark while the dishes were being served.
Silver Cross Avenue is the central street of Tobesk, and the consumption here is extremely high. Canary Restaurant is a high-end restaurant. Because they want to discuss important matters, Shade even deliberately chose a corner location.
"How was the trip to the Sin Mansion, though?"
After the waiter left, Luvia asked, and Shade told her what happened the whole morning. The last time Shade met Desire in Coldwater Harbor, he had told Luvia about the Level 0 relic, so Luvia also knew what it was.
After hearing that Xia De had encountered desire again, she was even more surprised than Xia De had obtained the third spirit rune of the three rings:
"You always say that you can't find any ownerless relics, and even complain that blood money appeared as soon as I appeared in Xikar Mountain. Look, you have encountered desire again, and it seems to be targeting you."
She carefully asked about all the details of Xia De's trip to the Sin Mansion this morning. After lunch, she insisted on taking Xia De to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square for a physical examination to confirm that Desire had not done anything to Xia De.
The first step of the physical examination was to ask Shad to take off his shirt in the bedroom, but when Shad lowered his head to unbutton his shirt, he found that Luvia was holding the door handle with both hands behind her back, closing the door while backing away.
"Hmm... what are you doing? Mia seems to be still outside."
Because of the light, Mia's nap spot is usually on the windowsill or on the back of the sofa in the living room, at least in summer and autumn.
"I want to examine you."
The purple-eyed girl said with a smile.
"But you haven't been..."
"Oh, young gentleman, have some common sense. That period won't last forever."
So Shade blinked, and indeed saw that the blood energy in Luvia's body had dissipated a lot.
Is this how you are supposed to use this magic
"Since it's a physical examination, of course we have to go deeper."
Luvia said with a smile, pointing at the curtains, and with a rustling sound, the curtains on both sides automatically closed towards the middle.
Therefore, the physical examination took the two of them a whole afternoon. When the sun set and the sound of the cat scratching the door could be heard outside, Luvia confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Shade's body:
"Yes, it's completely normal. In fact, you're in better shape than before."
"I used the power of the Phoenix Flame to unleash the sin of gluttony, but the flame burned my body after all, so it's normal for my physical fitness to improve... That's what the story says."
Xia De walked to the door in slippers and opened it. The aggrieved cat immediately meowed.
He smiled, squatted down and picked up the cat, and rolled his fingers to create a small flame, which then changed into the shape of a cat, and Mia's attention was immediately attracted.
Luvia, who had reapplied her lipstick in front of the small mirror at the desk, also stood up. She glanced at the sheets and decided to take them home and wash them herself. She would not let Carina Cavendish's maids wash such sheets.
"The story also says that bathing in dragon blood can make you stronger, but who would do such a stupid thing? Shade, have you found that your body is abnormal? Devouring the flesh and blood of desire and experiencing the burning of the phoenix's flame can make you stronger. Even every time you are promoted, your physical fitness improves far beyond the normal level. This is not normal at all."
Luvia asked, looking surprisingly good despite having been in the house all afternoon. She was turning up the collar of her white shirt to cover her neck.
"Perhaps this has something to do with my greatest secret, which I have yet to reveal to you."
What Shade was referring to was the secret of divinity. He believed that it was the divinity deep in the soul that was subtly influencing the body, coupled with the insignificant specialness of the outsider's soul, that led to this result.
"Well, it's not a bad thing anyway, and..."
She walked to the bedroom door and put her short brown hair behind her head with both hands. The curtains had been opened, and under the light of the setting sun, the purple-eyed girl's skin was rosy and shiny.
She kissed Xia De's cheek at the bedroom door, and then looked at Xia De closely with her purple eyes:
"I am also a beneficiary, am I not? Very well done, knight."
Although his intimate relationship with Luvia had begun for more than a month, Shade still blushed a little, which made the purple-eyed girl laugh:
"I just hope that the influence of the Level 0 Relic Desire on you is really just to slightly increase your desire. I am obviously one level higher than you, but I already feel a little overwhelmed. Also, what are you going to do with the Pink Book? Keep it for yourself, or find a reason to sell it to the academy?"
The sun was setting outside, and the two of them, tired from working all afternoon, decided to go out for dinner. The time agreed by Shade and Sister Defulin was 8pm, so there was no need to rush.
"Stay here. The spell on it is very valuable. I already have over 7,000 pounds in savings, so I won't be short of money during this period."
"Indeed, if you exclude those weird uses, this can almost be considered a basic spell encyclopedia."
Luvia also supported Shad's idea, but reminded Shad to check his mental state every time after reading. She was still worried that desire had played a trick on Shad or on the parchment, and this worry was definitely not unnecessary.
After dinner, the two went to the university district to walk the cat. Among the six districts of Tobesk, the university district has the best environment and is the quietest.
Shad originally wanted to take advantage of the time now to go to the Black Raven Library to look for magic related to laziness to add power to the new spiritual rune, but Luvia told him not to rush.
"It was mentioned in the first grade knowledge that spirit runes can also affect the ring sorcerer in reverse. Unlike gluttony and greed, laziness is not your cardinal sin at all. Are you sure you can adapt to its power? If you dig too deeply into its power without preparation, laziness will definitely affect you directly."
Walking on the embankment of the university district, Luvia gave a suggestion, which was to wait until Shad was promoted to the fourth ring before considering the lazy magic.
What she said made sense. Shade thought that gluttony and greed were in line with his personality, but laziness was completely contrary to his personality. Moreover, laziness was not evidence of a completely suppressed power. There were still only gluttony and greed rune chains on the chains of the deadly sins.
Although he had acquired the power of laziness, he had not mastered it.
In fact, this is the norm for a ring warlock. After obtaining a spirit rune, one must experience and polish its power, and finally fully control it. The spirit rune that Shade had previously had a high degree of compatibility with him, so there was no such trouble.
When they returned to Saint Teresa's Square, the gas lamps around the square were already lit, and Shade and Luvia began to formally discuss the matter of "the Chosen One of Death".
"The information provided by Sister Defulin is very interesting. The suspicion of 'Reverser' Joey Barton has increased infinitely."
Shade put the two new blood coins, the old blood coins and the upright coins on the coffee table, while Luvia took out the dragon blood coins and the fortune teller's silver coins.
"Finally I can tell fortunes."
Luvia was about to start, but was stopped by Shade:
"I remember you once said that as long as you saw the chosen one, or more precisely, the first candidate for the chosen one, you would know that 'it's him'."
"Yes, that's how I found Iluna."
Luvia nodded, and Shade said:
"You won't be able to see Joy Barton, but Sister Develyn will be here in a little over an hour, so you can meet her."
"That's a great idea."
"Meow~"
Mia pounced on the coin on the table, and was then caught in the air by Shade:
"If you extrapolate this way, Father Augustus would not be the first candidate because you have seen him countless times."
"No."
Luvia rejected Shade's idea:
"Only when the chosen one has developed his or her talent to the limit and is sufficient to support the ritual, can I detect clues through my perception of his or her unique talent when I see him or her. Moreover, this requires at least one minute of observation."
"That is to say, the suspicion of Father Augustus cannot be ruled out... No problem, meet Sister Defulin today, and I will bring the key to the city tomorrow and let you take a look at the priest."
Therefore, the six coins were not used for the time being. If Luvia could rule out the suspicion of Father Augustus and Sister Defulin, or confirm their identities, then the cost of divination would be much lower.
If there are enough coins, Luvia can not only continue to divine the chosen one's ceremony, but also have the opportunity to divine a solution to the narrow space problem.
Chapter 712 Physical Examination