Because Shade spent almost half of Wednesday's day in bed. This "lazy" life made Shade think that he was affected by the Laziness Spirit Rune. But from "her" laughter, Shade thought that it was affected by Seyu.
"No, I haven't opened the Pink Book yet."
In short, after excluding Sister Devlin as the first candidate, the possibilities fell on Priest Augustus and the first-ring warlock Joey Barton.
So early Thursday morning, Shade set off for Midhill Castle. Of course, he brought Mia the cat with him, because he didn't dare leave the cat alone at home.
After finding a way to contact Priest Augustus of the Church of Dawn, the two asked for a room at the Sikar Hotel.
Afterwards, Shad used the key of the traveler's travel door to connect his home and Middlesbrough again, and asked Luvia to come to the inn to carefully observe Father Augustus.
"What on earth are you doing?"
The old priest was wearing a gray robe and just sat on the chair the whole time. He only asked Xia De curiously after Luvia left.
"Luvia's divination ability has improved a lot recently. She wants to do divination for all her friends."
Shade explained, and Father Augustus suddenly realized it, but he didn't think much about it:
"I have analyzed the blood brew you gave me at the Fire Festival dinner. Just as you said, it contains only some illegal hallucinogenic drugs."
"The local blood-sucking species are actually just a group of drug dealers. What do they want to do with all these relics?"
"Oh, Shade, we don't have time to worry about the vampires anymore. The problem in the narrow space is the key."
The priest stood up from his chair and patted Shad on the shoulder:
"If there's nothing else, I won't have lunch with you at noon. The church still needs my help. The big ceremony will probably start next week, or the week after. After the ceremony, I can return to Tobysk and probably see you before winter comes."
After saying this, the priest said goodbye and left, while Shade stayed in the room. An hour later, he opened the key again and let Luvia come back here.
"The first candidate for the Chosen One of Death is not a priest."
The purple-eyed girl sat in a chair near the door and gave a brief answer:
"But what's strange is that the priest, like Sister Defulin, has a chance of being a candidate for the Chosen One."
“That’s not surprising at all.”
Shade shook his head:
"I will go to the witches first and ask them about their findings from exploring the cave in the mountain. In the afternoon, I will take Iluna to visit Joey Barton. We will do divination again in the evening. This time, we must find out the matter of the third chosen one."
"Then be careful."
When Shade arrived at Cassandra's auction house, Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora were both there. It was lunch time, so the witches invited Shade to have lunch with them.
During the meal, they also explained what they had gained yesterday. Just as Xia De thought, behind the platform on the other side of the big hole in the mountain was the remains left by the Witch Emperor.
"Violet Marshall, ruler of Witton, Witch Queen at the end of the Fifth Era. But she was not a participant in the final war. Strictly speaking, she was the second-to-last Great Witch of the Fifth Era."
The knowledgeable Cassandra explained the situation, and Miss Aurora supplemented with a cup of tea:
"The emperor left many illusion devices and ritual traps in the ruins. It's hard to imagine that those defense measures are still effective after two thousand years. Grandma Cassandra and I found something valuable in the last room. It was the notebook of the great witch, which recorded some witch knowledge and some interesting alchemical recipes. In addition, there was a stone tablet that detailed the problem about the narrow mountainside passage."
"So, the mountainside passage is really at the corresponding position of the narrow space?"
Shade asked expectantly.
"Yes."
The old witch nodded very cautiously:
"The problem of the narrow space can't be delayed any longer. The church is already preparing to seal the foot and top of the mountain. The seal on the mountainside must also be reinforced as soon as possible. Xia De, if you decide to go with us, then come here at 8 o'clock next Wednesday morning."
A week was used for preparation. The witches could not seal the passage to the concept of death with nothing. Moreover, after two earthquakes, the evil spirits in the narrow space were definitely not as weak as when Shade entered a month ago.
"I'll go with you. Don't worry, if there's real danger, I can stay away from the passage."
Shade promised. It was obvious that Miss Aurora didn't want Shade to go with her, but she couldn't think of a reason to convince him.
"Also, do you know anything about the four dead people who returned to the world of the living?"
Xia De asked again.
"Yes. When the Speaker informed the Church of the Five Gods that we would help seal the mountainside passage, the church passed on the information to us. Now, among the methods to stabilize the narrow space, pulling out the four nails and reinforcing the three seals are equally important, but neither of them can completely solve the problem of the narrow space."
But for Fort Midhill, postponing the disaster as much as possible is what needs to be considered at the moment.
After lunch, Shad went to the local Sun Church and found Iluna who had sneaked out. He and Iluna went to the Crow Club in Pigtail Alley together.
In order to prevent Iluna, the chosen one, from being recognized by others, Shade once again borrowed the Secret Keeper-level relic Unknown Name ID Card from Granny Cassandra. This time, Iluna's identity was Agatha Holmes, the fiancée of the writer John Watson. Because Mr. Watson had seen the magical ability of Joey Barton last time, he dragged his fiancée to try it out as well.
"Come to think of it, how come you look... handsome again?"
This was the question the seventeen-year-old girl suddenly asked when she got off the carriage. It seemed that the fire of the phoenix was really useful.
Anyway, the two successfully met the "Reverse Life Man" Joey Barton in the dark room at the deepest part of the club. This gentleman, who was about 5 feet tall (about 1.52 meters), had abnormally thick limbs but a thin body. He was still dressed the same as last week. It was just that the headscarf on his head had changed from brown to black, but Shade could still see that he had no hair.
Joey Barton was also impressed by "John Watson", a guest who was supposed to have died at the beginning of the year. After exchanging pleasantries, Shad introduced his fiancée to him.
Following the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, Iluna played the role of a quiet and shy girl, so she just nodded and sat next to Shade.
Mia was still following Shade, but Shade was not worried that Mia would reveal her identity. After all, Mia was not very recognizable. Although she was very cute, she was indeed a mixed-blooded urban orange cat. However, Mia was not used to the smell of spices in the room, and she was also hostile to the crow in the cage at the door.
As for the crow, it seemed to be very afraid of Mia. After the two people and the cat came in, it shrank into the cage and made no sound.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Barton. You don't need to tell fortunes for me this time. Please tell fortunes for Agatha and my dear pet cat Sherlock."
Xia De patted the cat's head, and the cat immediately made a gentle cry. The dim room could not conceal the luster of its fur. This cat had sufficient nutrition intake.
"No problem, animals can also tell fortunes, but they are not as accurate as humans."
Joey Barton obviously didn't want to tell fortunes for Shade anymore, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became much more genuine.
Just like last time, before the official death fortune-telling, the fortune-telling cards were used for fortune-telling. After Iluna explained the card she wanted to draw, Shade turned it over for her, and the card was "Hero".
“A good sign.”
Everyone was very happy that the situation like last time did not happen again.
Then the orange cat came to draw cards. Shade was worried that it would make trouble, but when he held the cat close to the coffee table, the cat just stretched out its little paw and slapped the cards in the second row. After turning it over, the card was "Sun".
There were not originally 108 divination cards as there are today. It is said that there were only 13 divination cards in the beginning, and "The Sun" was one of the first divination cards.
"Mr. Watson, this is also a good sign. It means that your pet cat has strong vitality and is very healthy."
Mr. Barton said politely that he didn't want the gold pounds, and motioned the people opposite the coffee table to sit down. He was going to officially start divination.
He still took out the Rhodes card that could not be seen from the front to cover his right eye, and then looked at Iluna with his left eye. The girl with short brown hair was a little nervous, and pulled Shade's sleeve with her right hand.
After waiting for a few seconds, Mr. Barton put down the cards and shook his head with some regret:
"Sorry, I can't see it."
Although his tone was a little confused, he was not as surprised as when he was fortune-telling for Shad last week.
"Can't you see?"
"Yes, it's a rare situation, but it's not like I haven't encountered it before. Just like the fortune tellers in the Prophecy Association, it's impossible for them to make accurate predictions for every event. Even I can't predict the death date of every person. This is normal... at least it's more normal than your situation."
Mr. Barton said, not giving Shad a chance to ask questions, he covered his eyes with the cards again, and then looked at the cat Shad was holding.
"Meow?"
Mia squatted on Shad's legs, her confused eyes looking at the "child" across the coffee table.
After the cat's cry, the room was quiet for a moment. An inexplicable inspiration made Shade realize that something was about to happen -
"oh!"
Mr. Barton screamed and lowered his head, and the cards in his hand were thrown onto the table. This middle-aged man who looked like a child but was actually in his forties, covered his face with his hands. And Shade clearly saw that blood was flowing from his fingers and his left eye was bleeding.
Chapter 714: Hero and the Sun