Mr. Madison and the disguised Princess Margaret came to the Three Cats Inn on this foggy Friday afternoon. They chose a table close to the woman sitting alone and sat down. The maid of the Three Cats Inn quickly brought them drinks.
Shad saw Mr. Madison asked the maid not to leave, and then pointed at the woman sitting alone, as if asking about her. The waitress, who was dressed very simply, also answered a few words, and in return received two small coins handed over by Princess Margaret.
"Doctor, don't prepare the ceremony."
Xia De, who saw the "bean-picking" scene just now, kicked the doctor under the table, then raised his finger to signal him to be quiet, and then pointed to the table on the other side of the patio.
The doctor also saw Mr. Madison and the other lady. He frowned and thought for a moment, then motioned to Shade to keep quiet. The doctor wrote something in his notebook and passed it to Shade:
Although we are friends, they have their own actions. We should not get involved in such matters. If it is the matter of the Sukses Higher Medical College, our presence will only cause unnecessary trouble.
Dr. Xia Dechong nodded. The woman was obviously the target of the correspondence ring sorcerers of Serksais.
He was not worried that Mr. Madison and Princess Margaret would stay here forever. The newspaper said that Princess Margaret was invited to go to the King's Opera House of De La Riom with Queen Diana and others to watch the De La Riom Opera tonight and experience the traditional art of De La Riom.
Therefore, Princess Margaret conservatively estimated that she would have to return to the manor where she was staying before five o'clock.
"She is really busy. She has to attend overseas visits and take care of her studies as a ring wizard. The princess's schedule must be quite horrible."
Xia De thought to himself.
In order to prevent Mr. Madison and Princess Margaret from seeing them, Shad and the doctor stood up and moved to a position that was not illuminated by the gas lamp while they were not paying attention, leaving the sleepy accountant lying on the ground in his original position. Sleeping drunk and lying on the ground was a common "scenery" in the Three Cats Inn, so it was not abrupt.
In the first ten minutes after Mr. Madison and the princess sat down, everything was completely normal. But at 3:17 pm, the woman holding the wine glass put down the beer in her hand again. She did not pour herself a glass of wine as before, or take other things on the table, but held her cheeks with both hands and lifted her head from her neck again.
Xia De had just seen this scene, but Dr. Schneider, who had only heard Xia De say that the woman was strange, was really shocked when he saw this scene.
Outsider, you have touched the whispers.
The head was held up for less than ten seconds before being put back on the neck. During this time, another peanut popped out from under the head. It seems that this "detachable" head is not suitable for eating beans.
The hint of the "whisper" element appears only when the head is separated. When the head and neck are reconnected, there is no trace of the element anymore.
Xia De looked at Dr. Schneider with a stern face. The doctor's face was a little blurry in the shadow.
"Doctor, can you identify what that is?"
Shad wrote in his notebook.
"have no idea."
The doctor also wrote on the paper, and then emphasized again that this was a matter for the Sexes Higher Medical School, and it would be best for the two not to intervene until the other party clearly needed help.
Dr. Shade and Schneider noticed something unusual even from such a distance, and of course Mr. Madison and Princess Margaret saw it too.
Xia De couldn't see the expressions of the two people, he could only see that they were communicating with each other again.
Then, while Princess Margaret sat there motionless, Mr. Madison actually stood up and walked to the woman who had picked up her glass to drink again, leaned over and said a few words, then returned to his table again.
"This is a test. We can determine the other party's mental state through language, and determine whether the other party's body is alienated through close visual observation. This is a relatively basic and primitive method of testing when encountering strange humanoid creatures."
The doctor wrote on the paper and motioned for Shad to continue reading.
Mr. Madison sat back down opposite Princess Margaret, and the two spoke in low voices again, then took out something that Shad couldn't see clearly and put it on the table.
"It's time to take action. They are preparing items for the spell. There should also be items for the containment ceremony. That woman is related to the relic!"
The doctor wrote in his notebook again, his handwriting was very neat.
"Why not lead her to a deserted place before taking action?"
Xia De asked in his notebook, and the doctor shook his head. He didn't know the specific situation:
"Alan is a very reliable person, don't worry."
When Shad saw the letter written by the doctor, he immediately began to worry.
Princess Margaret and Mr. Madison didn't take too long to prepare. They walked towards the woman who was drinking alone. The woman holding the wine glass looked confused by their arrival and turned to look at them.
What happened next happened so fast that Shad couldn't see it clearly. He only saw Mr. Madison took out something and waved it in front of the woman, while Princess Margaret walked behind the woman and tried to strangle her neck from behind with an invisible transparent rope.
All this happened silently, but it was obvious that they had failed. The object in Mr. Madison's hand suddenly caught fire, and the bright flame flashed for a moment before disappearing. Princess Margaret seemed to be pushed back by a huge force. She maintained the posture of strangling people, and her body stiffly retreated two or three steps before she could stand firm.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the woman stood up, took off her head with one hand, and waved it at Mr. Madison and Princess Margaret.
"Oh~"
The fluctuation of the whispering element suddenly increased, and Shade heard the doctor sighing softly, while Mr. Madison and the princess nearby were obviously directly affected by the relic. They both covered their necks with their hands and staggered back, and the princess with the fourth ring sat down on an empty chair.
Still no one paid attention to what was happening in the corner, and after forcing back the two ring wizards, the woman put her head on her neck and turned to run. Mr. Madison, with a pale face, staggered and chased after her, while the princess took more than ten seconds to stand up and chased after her quickly.
The two ring magicians did not dare to use their power in public places, so they could only follow the woman and try to find a corner where no one was around to try again. But they had no chance. The woman who was walking in front did not leave this floor, but walked almost straight in the direction of Dr. Schneider and Shade.
As she got closer, both Shad and the doctor felt something was wrong. But they didn't have a chance to get up and leave. The woman passed by the sleeping Mr. Jems and pulled out a chair to sit next to Shad and the doctor.
Xia De looked at the doctor, and the doctor seemed to understand what he meant:
“It’s definitely not because I’m unlucky.”
The doctor also didn't say anything, but Shad felt that he understood his expression.
Even without removing the head, Shade could still feel the coldness of the middle-aged woman with light makeup nearby and the influence of the curse with whispering elements. The mental oppression forced Shade and the doctor to not dare to move, and at the same time, both of them felt an itchy feeling on their necks.
Xia De looked at the doctor and clearly saw a black line on the doctor's neck. Judging from the doctor's expression, Xia De should have a similar mark on his neck.
Mr. Madison had already caught up with them. He also had an abnormal black line on his neck. Neither Dr. Shade nor Dr. Schneider disguised themselves, and Mr. Madison recognized them immediately. The gentleman with his head wrapped in a turban slowed down his pace slightly and showed a relieved expression.
He hesitated for a moment, then walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, sitting opposite the woman, close to Dr. Schneider's side.
Princess Margaret, who arrived shortly after, also saw the situation here. Shade sat still, thinking about it and not deliberately disguising himself, so the princess, who came over in a panic, first saw Dr. Schneider, whom she had met at the banquet at Lake View Manor, and then her eyes fell on Shade's face.
For a moment, Shad almost thought that she would scream in surprise, but Her Royal Highness the Princess had a very strong psychological quality. Even after seeing such an incredible scene, she still pretended to be calm and imitated Mr. Alan Madison, pulling out a chair and sitting down.
She sat opposite the woman, to the right of Mr. Madison, near the end of Shade. She also had a strange black line on her neck, which was a sign of the relic curse.
"Let's introduce each other."
The woman who could take off her own head seemed to be frozen after sitting down, like a wax figure. Mr. Madison said in distress, and then complained in a low voice:
"Bill, if I knew you were here, I would never store the relics here. Oh, this is Mr. Hamilton, the correspondence ring mage from St. Byrons. I have met him before. He is an excellent correspondence ring mage. Knight, this is a correspondence student from out of town..."
"Miss Mary."
Princess Margaret said, extremely surprised.
"Mary" is the most frequently used name among females in Delarion. Using this name to introduce yourself is basically equivalent to telling others that it is a pseudonym.
"Sorry, my identity is a bit sensitive."
She said to Shad apologetically, and Shad nodded. He didn't care much about Princess Margaret knowing that he was a student of St. Byron's. It was even better to let her know in this way. Now the princess knew that he was a ring mage, but she didn't know that he knew she was also a ring mage, and she didn't know that he knew she knew he was a ring mage. This was an interesting situation.
"Are you trying to say that it was my bad luck that caused this?"
The doctor complained to Mr. Madison, knocked on the table, and looked at the frozen woman. After the latter infected Shade and the doctor with the curse, she no longer made any other moves:
"Alan, what's going on?"