The two did nothing that night. Luvia held Shad in her arms, allowing Shad to have a perfect sleep.
He closed his eyes at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night and woke up at 7 o'clock on Thursday morning without any dreams. Mia didn't even wake him up at 6:30 on time, probably because she knew that Xia De was really exhausted. When Xia De opened his eyes, he even thought that this was the best night of rest he had ever had in this world.
“I didn’t even have that dream of looking up at the silver moon.”
When he sat up from the bed, he felt refreshed. A night's rest had restored Shade to his normal state. The purple-eyed girl was no longer in the bed. She had to go to the Prophet's Association, so she had left. However, the bed was still warm, so she must have been gone for a while.
Xia De was in a good mood. He hooked his finger at the tightly closed curtains. With a slight sound, the curtains were slightly opened, allowing the late autumn morning light to shine through the hazy mist into the bedroom on the second floor.
"Meow~"
A cat's meow that sounded aggrieved came from the door. Mia, who heard Shade getting up, walked in from the living room with her short legs and stood at the door urging Shade to make breakfast.
Xia De lifted the quilt and prepared to get out of bed, but suddenly smiled and pointed his finger:
"Daylight rays."
A thin beam of positive energy shot out from his fingers, leaving a small circular spot on the floor in front of Mia. Normal sunlight rays can only last for a very short time, using strong energy to fight against undead creatures. Shade was controlling his own spirit to output light at the lowest power, so the light could last for a long time.
"Meow?"
The cat looked at the bright spot in front of it in surprise, then suddenly stretched out its furry right front paw to slap. Mia is an orange and white cat, with the fur on her back mostly orange and her four short legs mostly white.
It hit the bright spot, and then found that the bright spot appeared further ahead, so it stretched out its left front paw to hit it again, and saw the bright spot moving forward and shaking again:
"Meow?"
The little orange cat was confused for a moment, then suddenly jumped up, hopping on the spot and patting the ground back and forth with its front paws.
This look made Shad laugh.
The new day began with the friendly interaction between Shad and his pet cat Mia. He hoped that he could maintain this good mood throughout the day.
Now that the danger at home has been resolved, Mia can stay at home alone. During this period, I often took the cat out, but it didn't make her like going out.
After breakfast that morning, when Shad was getting ready to leave, he didn't call Mia, which made Mia very happy as she was standing on the stairs looking at Shad.
Perhaps for this cat, staying at home every day waiting for Shade to come back is the simplest happiness.
It was still foggy in Middleburg today, but perhaps because of the ancient god statue, the fog from the mountains and forests did not invade the basement of the abandoned tower. But looking up from the basement through the trap door, the thick fog even prevented Shade from seeing the early morning sun.
"The seal on the mountainside has been reinforced. What happened here?"
After leaving the abandoned tower, the fog in the mountains became even more exaggerated. After walking a few steps, Shade even had the illusion that he had entered the ancient god space. And this was obviously in the mist that escaped from the narrow space, and a large number of undead souls that should have left were wandering around. But fortunately, the side effect of attracting undead souls brought by Shade's use of the relic had long disappeared. With "her" reminder and the blessing of the witch queen Violet, he barely avoided the possible battle and arrived in the city at nine o'clock in the morning.
The situation in the city was no better than in the mountains. Midhill Castle was no longer as lively as before under the heavy fog. It was clearly Thursday morning, but there were hardly any people on the streets. The occasional people were also hurriedly holding onto the low walls on the side of the street.
Even on the way to the Sun Church, Shade didn't see any carriages. In this kind of weather, even hanging lanterns was useless, and the whole city was shrouded in white fog.
Without a carriage, Shade could only walk through the city. The most common thing he saw on the road was the police running hurriedly on the street with kerosene lamps. The sound of police whistles occasionally sounded from the distant blocks. This strange foggy weather was indeed a good opportunity for those with bad intentions to commit crimes.
Xia De wanted to learn about the changes in the city today, but for some reason, he didn't even meet a child selling newspapers along the way. Fortunately, when he passed the intersection of Evergreen Street, he met a little girl selling flowers on the street who was timid and didn't dare to cross the street directly.
The little girl was very short, carrying a basket that was scrubbed but still worn out. The shoes on her feet were too big, and her gray skirt and hat were patched. She was very thin, probably due to long-term malnutrition, so Shade could not judge her exact age.
The flower girl also noticed Xia De coming out of the fog, and hesitated before approaching him, but she didn't dare to get close. So Xia De stopped and put his hand in his pocket to take out the money, but this action made the flower girl hesitate even more.
In foggy weather, if Xia De took out a handkerchief that could knock people unconscious, no one could save her. The children selling flowers and newspapers on the street had already learned how to protect themselves in their hard lives.
“This is a wallet.”
Shade shook the wallet he inherited from Detective Sparrow and motioned for the flower girl to come over:
"I want to know something. When did this fog come up? Yesterday evening, I remember the fog seemed to be dispersing."
He flicked the 1 shilling coin in his hand and caught it. The thin girl selling flowers stared at the flying coin and walked over slowly:
"Sir, the fog came out last night."
The accent in Midhill Castle is very strong, and the people here are accustomed to stressing the retarded tongue sounds when speaking.
"From the mountains?"
"No, it just appeared from the city, just like the usual autumn fog."
The girl couldn't describe the situation very well when the fog appeared, but based on what she said, it can be inferred that this heavy fog had nothing to do with the narrow seal in the mountain, and it was not that there was a mistake in the seal yesterday.
"Okay, I understand."
Shade nodded and threw the one-shilling coin to the girl who refused to approach him. He wanted to leave, but stopped and asked:
"It's such bad weather, you should go home as soon as possible. It's not suitable to go out in this weather."
"But...but I haven't sold all my flowers yet."
The little girl said timidly.
Xia De certainly knew the reason why she didn't want to go home. Going home now not only meant no income, but also meant that the money spent in advance on buying flowers was given to the florist for nothing. He asked this question in order to elicit the following words:
"How much do you have for these flowers? Sell them all to me."
With the physical strength of a little girl who has been malnourished for many years, there are not many flowers in the basket. And the flower girls who sell flowers on the street usually don't buy too expensive bouquets, so Xia De's expenditure is not large.
"Sir, I..."
She didn't know whether it was because she was surprised or because she couldn't come up with an answer for the moment, but she stammered and couldn't utter a word.
So, Shad took out the change from his wallet and pocket, about 12 shillings, put it in his hand and handed it to the flower girl, then took out all the flowers in her basket.
There were fewer than Shade had thought, and he could catch them all with one hand:
"Take the money and go home quickly. Remember not to tell anyone that you have so much money. Good luck to you!"
The girl hurriedly wanted to thank him, but Shade shook his head, turned around, waved his hand with his back to her, and walked into the fog again. After confirming that there was no one around, the stranger wrapped the flowers in his coat, stuffed them into his pocket like toys, but only left a bunch of red roses that were not bright in color.
Unlike the Natural Church and the Dawn Church, which are located in the center of Middleburg, the Church of the Sun is located in the parish, in the southwest of the city near the mountains. After going down the mountain, Shad entered the city, and then walked around the city for a short while, and came to St. Laurent Square in Middleburg, which is also the core of the old city in the west of the city.
Unlike the Dawn Church in Tobesk Parish, which is located in the center of Dawn Square, the Sun Church in Middleburg Parish is only on one side of St. Laurent Square. However, because this is the old city, there is a lot of land that can be developed and utilized, so the Sun Church is actually larger than the most prosperous natural church in the area.
Because of the influence of the divine power radiated by the church, the thick fog near Saint-Laurent Square thinned a little, and scattered merchants could be vaguely seen hawking their wares in the square, but the number of pedestrians was still small.
In the Sun Church, Shade discussed the topic of the special Rhodes card with the vendors selling sundries before waiting for Iluna. She found a suitable reason to leave the church, so she walked out of the church without any hesitation.
"Is it for me?"
Seeing Shade holding a red rose, Iluna asked with a smile, and Shade nodded immediately:
"Yes."
He handed over the red rose, which made Iluna smile even more happily.
The two of them had agreed to meet today to exchange information. They found a teahouse on the street and sat down. Iluna told Shade about the results of the encirclement and suppression of the Truth Society, and Shade told her about what happened when he followed the witches to the narrow space yesterday.
So far, the three passages between life and death have all been reinforced to a certain extent. The seal at the foot of the mountain was reinforced by Shade's Tree Kiss Mystic Lock, and a weak bonfire was still lit in front of the Gate of Death; the seal on the mountainside was reinforced by the witches and Shade, and the shaking silver threads and witch hair ensured that there would be no problems with the seal; and the seal on the top of the mountain was stabilized by Sister Defulin on Monday when she met the Red Butterfly Twins.
This is just the initial reinforcement, and the church will need a large-scale divine ritual later. Of the four nails that fix reality and the gap together, one has been killed by Sister Develyn, and one has been taken hostage by Joey Barton into the gap. The four nails correspond to four strong emotions. The woman in the deserted village is "fear", and the clown should be "joy".
As for the remaining Sorrow and Rage, Father Augustus will try to search with Shade in the afternoon, and the Orthodox Church has already locked on one of them:
"The Narrow Space of Life and Death itself is a Level 0 relic, and Joey Barton is the first candidate for the Chosen One, so it is difficult for the Church to predict him. But as for the Nail of Resurrection, with the cooperation of the Prophet's Association, since we can find the Joker, we can also find the second one."
Iluna sat opposite Shade, holding a teacup, her tone very confident. Next to her was a small bottle bought from a teahouse, filled with water, and a wilted rose was inserted in it.
"Have you found the other two?"
"We only found one, roughly located north of Fort Midhill. Once we get more accurate information, we'll probably take action on Friday or Saturday."
Shade wrote down this information, and he and the priest could start their afternoon search from the south of Middlesbrough:
"Also, regarding the Chosen, it seems that every time there are changes beyond the plan. We don't know what means Joey Barton intends to use to retrieve the dead. But once you are sure that what he is going to do is irreversible, you must make sure to kill him with your own hands. Joey Barton may not know about the Chosen Ceremony, so your opponent this time may not be as powerful as Darkness."