"Don't worry, what am I going to do in that kind of place?"
Shad shrugged:
"The priest can only come out by himself, and all I can do is to figure out what to do to help him come out."
Tomorrow is Saturday, and the four of them agreed that this week's study meeting would be temporarily changed to No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa, and then the doctor left first, while Dorothy stayed to help Shade take care of the cat.
Luvia was not in a hurry to leave, she made a request to Xia De:
"I participated in the astrology event held by the Astronomy Academy in St. Byrence in the autumn. This year's event was relatively large. The academy sent me a special stargazing equipment, but my apartment was facing the wrong direction and the area was not large enough. ..."
In fact, it is not that the area is not large enough, but that the open space is not large enough. The stargazing of fortune-tellers is not enough to put on a telescope and a planetarium. They need enough space to draw a ritual array, and they need space to place star charts and various professional instruments that Shad does not know the specific use of.
"It doesn't matter, you can go to the third floor and choose a room. There is no furniture on the third floor, and I use it as a ritual practice site."
"Well, I think I'm going to borrow it for an autumn. Your house faces very well."
Luvia nodded, and Xia De found a spare key for her, and asked her to move those stargazing equipment over in the past few days, so that she can come to stargazing at any time in the future.
He asked Dorothy to look after Mia, he might not be back until very late, and then he took the letter of introduction from Miss Galina and walked to the first floor.
On the sofa, Luvia and Dorothy sat opposite each other. Mia squatted on the coffee table and shook her head from side to side, looking at the two girls, and finally jumped to the side of the more familiar Dorothy.
The blonde girl picked up the cat, smiled and asked the female fortune teller who was playing with the key:
"How are you going to pay for the room? The housing price in the Saint-Andrés Square area is very high...won't you use yourself?"
she asked jokingly.
Luvia shook her head, her short brown hair rubbed against her shoulders:
"Shad won't charge me rent."
Dorothy smiled, and stopped joking:
"However, aren't you worried that stargazing in this 'haunted house' will affect your stargazing results?"
"Stargazing is different from divination. Although both are affected by the environment, stargazing is slightly affected. Besides, Xia De believes that his family has no problems now."
Luvia looked up at the ceiling.
"If there is really no problem, why haven't I seen any creatures in this house other than Shad and Mia throughout the summer? Mice, spiders, flies, ants, nothing."
Dorothy stroked Mia and said that the cat didn't seem very pleased with Dorothy's petting skills.
The smile on Luvia's face subsided:
"I used to think it was the influence of the underground, but now that I think about it, maybe the basement is not the only one that has problems. It seems that Xia De doesn't plan to move away from here. Maybe only a special person like him can let this house see. It looks normal."
As he spoke, he stood up and planned to hire a carriage to transport his stargazing equipment. Things can be delivered in two or three trips, but it is very troublesome to assemble.
"Since you are watching stars on the third floor, the main thing that may affect the result should be the anomaly on the third floor. Speaking of which, what happened on the third floor of Xia De's house? I remember he mentioned it once."
Dorothy stood up and prepared to leave together. She wanted to go home and get the documents and materials she had written.
He wanted to walk with Mia in his arms, but most of the time Mia was unwilling to even go out with Shad, so she immediately jumped out of Dorothy's arms. It jumped onto the living room window sill, basking in the autumn afternoon sun, getting ready for a good night's sleep.
Dorothy also knew that the cat didn't want to go out, so she didn't try to catch it again. The two girls disappeared along the stairs, and a voice came from downstairs:
"I remember, it seems that after entering the third floor, someone never appeared again? Oh, this is very similar to what Priest Augustus experienced."
"Meow~"
The cat on the window sill on the second floor stretched out, the sun shone on its fur, and the orange pattern on the back of the cat squinting with its two front paws really seemed to be emitting golden light.
That is the glow of the sun.
(Mia is taking a nap zZ...)
On the other side, Shad once again appeared in the abandoned tower in the mountainous area outside Midhill Castle through the statue of the ancient **** in his basement.
This time, he didn't have to worry about being discovered, so he left the basement directly with "Ragley's Jump". After that, he didn't immediately go to the urban area along the road he had walked, but stood behind the abandoned tower, looking at the city stretching down the mountain in the distance.
"Fort Midhill..."
The city is divided into grid-like blocks, and ants-like pedestrians and carriages move at a constant speed. In addition to the natural church in the city center, the most conspicuous thing in the city is the factory near the foot of the mountain, as well as the railway that passes through Fort Midhill and then enters the mountain pass. aisle.
"It doesn't look like a volcano here."
Xia De muttered, then turned and went down the mountain.
It was already afternoon, and like yesterday, there was a thin layer of mist in the mountains and forests. Although the mist doesn't particularly obstruct the line of sight, it is still very obstructive for Shad, who is moving in the primeval forest with no roads.
Even though he had already walked the road once, it still took him almost the same time as yesterday when he walked down the mountain for the first time.
First, he passed through the small village at the foot of the mountain, then passed through the smelting factory in the early stage of urban development, and finally found the carriage after approaching the urban area, and took Xia De to No. 15, Luf Lane.
Miss Galina gave Xia De the way to contact the [Spiritual Religion], but Xia De felt that it would be better to ask an acquaintance to introduce him than to contact a ring magician whom he did not know rashly.
The "House of the Blind", a mutual aid association for the blind, is always open during the day. When Xia De visited again, Ms. Michelle was having psychological counseling with a woman who came to seek help, so Xia De waited for nearly half It was only when I was young that I saw Ms. Michelle coming in a hurry.
Normally, she would cover her eyes with sackcloth strips, but this did not affect her actions in the slightest. Xia De speculated that maybe that layer of linen was actually light-transmitting, or that she had the ability of "mind's eye".
But when Xia De took out the letter written by Miss Galina, and Ms. Michel took off the cloth strip in front of her and read it, he realized that the nuns of the Spiritual Order can't really "blindly recognize things".
"Witch? Mr. Watson, do you know a witch?"
Ms. Michel frowned slightly and looked at Xia De, who nodded. Of course he did not forget to tell Miss Galina that his alias was John Watson:
"Yes, when I was in Tobesk, I did some things for an unidentified lady, and later found out that 'the lady' was a witch. I heard that I was coming to Midhill Castle to find friends, 'The lady 'So I asked the servant to give me a letter. I thought it would be useless, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to Priest Augustus just after I came to this city... Is this letter enough to teach me? Do you have any help?"
Xia De didn't open the letter, so he didn't know exactly how Miss Galina praised him.
Ms. Michelle was very hesitant about this letter because she knew the [Witch Council]'s attitude towards men. But since Xia De had already taken out the letter, she had to pass it on.
Ms. Michel therefore gave Shad a break at the House of the Blind while she went to personally deliver the letter to Sister Deveryn, the leader of the Order.
[Spiritual Religion] is a very interesting organization. Everyone in this organization is called a certain nun or a certain monk, so it is difficult to judge who is the real leader just by the title.
If Xia De went to the local great witch first, and then went to the [Spiritual Training Sect], then he might be able to go directly to the real resident of the Sect, and he would definitely be treated courteously. But now such an indirect introduction, he can only wait honestly, and it is not sure whether the sister Daveline of the eleventh ring is willing to see him.
It depends on whether Miss Galina's face is big enough.
After waiting from two o'clock in the afternoon to three o'clock, Ms. Michelle returned to the Blind House in a hurry. She first expressed her apology to Xia De for making him wait so long, and then let him board the carriage and go with her to meet the leader of the spiritual congregation, the Sister Divelin on the eleventh ring.
[Spiritual Religion] is a ring magician group outside the church. Its scale is larger than the [Blood of Mercury] that Shade encountered, but it is far inferior to the Prophet Association. They also did not fully cooperate with the Orthodox Church like the Prophet Association, and even somewhat rejected the Orthodox Church. Therefore, Xia De, who had only gained preliminary trust, was not able to go directly to the headquarters of the order to meet Sister Devlin.
The final meeting place was not the House of the Blind, but two blocks west of the House of the Blind, a club on the same street as the local Creation Church.
The club with its impressive decoration and appearance is called the "Disciple Club". It is difficult to judge the nature of the club from the name. Sister Devlin met Shade alone in the reception room on the third floor. When Shade opened the door, the first thing he saw was the nun's profile.
She looked to be in her twenties, with decaying gray hair. Like the nuns Shad had seen in [Dark Realm], she wore a silver crown-shaped eyepatch to cover her eyes. And the pattern on the silver crown was more complicated than any that Shade had seen on the faces of other nuns.
She was wearing a more traditional gray and black skirt, which looked like a nun's dress, and a black shawl that seemed to be made of silk was draped over a black top. The shawl looked very thin, but when Xia De sat down, it felt like gauze material.
Whoever saw this lady for the first time thought that she must be an abiding nun.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Watson."
The lips moved slightly, and the calm and slow voice said. Sister Devlin placed Miss Galina's letter on the table between them, just to the side of the teacup in front of her, as if she could see everything in front of her.
"Good evening, Sister Deverlyne, I am sorry to bother you like this."
Xia De said politely, looking around the room from the corner of his eye. This is the reception room on the top floor of a high-end club located in the city center, but the decoration style is surprisingly plain. At a glance, there are no valuable antique furniture or expensive oil paintings. The interior style is mainly cool gray, which is in line with the temperament of the young nun in front of her.
"Here, it should also be one of the local strongholds of [Spiritual Practice Order]."
Xia De judged in his heart.
"I have read the letter from the seventh witch, Mr. Watson, we have a very good relationship with the council. Since the witch said that you are a very capable person, we are naturally willing to help you. About your friend , Sister Michelle has already told me, so, what help do you hope we can provide you?"
The nun asked softly, even though her rank was far higher than Xia De, when she spoke, there was a natural humility in her tone. Of course, it wasn't that she had peeped into the secret of Xia De's divinity. This nun should always talk like this.
Not only that, although she also speaks Delarion, but the grammar is a bit strange. After thinking about it, Xia De understood from the "Draion Language Gift Pack" that the grammar she used was relatively ancient and not the grammar commonly used in contemporary times. This is a way of speaking that can only be heard in that kind of ancient noble family. Xia De is very curious about the background of the other party before becoming a ring magician.
"I want to know more about [Life and Death], maybe you can provide some information."
Xia De said, without touching the tea on the table.
"Of course, if it helps you save your friend, that's great."
"Also, in the past, is there any precedent for rescuing those who fell into the borderline of life and death?"
The nun nodded:
"The world of the dead should not overlap with the world of the living. Those who should leave should leave permanently. And people who fall into the boundary of life and death belong to accidental deaths that should not have died, so there are indeed targeted Sexual Rescue"
Shad looked at each other, and he believed that Sister Devlin could sense his gaze.
"But we also respect death and maintain respect for it, and will not disturb those who sleep peacefully. Therefore, even within the religious order, few people know how to help those living people who unfortunately enter another world. "
"May I ask what reward I need to pay in order for the religious group to help me rescue my friends?"
Xia De asked, even if he asked Miss Galina to help, he would pay for it, so he naturally understood that no one would help him for no reason.
"No."
Sister Devlin shook her head slightly.
"You don't want to help?"
"I mean, no payment is required, I am willing to help you on behalf of the religious order."
Xia De was taken aback:
"Sorry, you mean, are you willing to help me rescue Augustus Priest from that suspected unknown relic?"
"Yes."
The nun nodded.
This made Xia De a little embarrassed. Just now he thought that the nun wanted to make him pay the price~www.mtlnovel.com~ That's why he repeatedly emphasized that the order respects the law of life and death.
"Sorry, may I ask... um... why are you willing to help me? I thought that you would at least let me do something for you, complete difficult tasks, and even investigate dangerous Relics, only willing to help."
There was a quiet smile under the silver blindfold with fine patterns. Sister Divelin was sitting in a very elegant posture, with her two white hands placed on her lap. Even the princesses Shade knew probably couldn't show such a smile. Elegant temperament.
"Priest Rat Augustus is old with the predecessors of the church, and helping a kind person to save another kind person is what should be done."
She kept her head slightly lowered just now, but now she raised her head, and the eyes behind the silver blindfold were facing Xia De:
"Mr. John Watson, please answer a question: If it were you, would you help someone you don't know but who is in desperate need of help?"
There is no need to think about this question at all. If Xia De was not such a person, he would not turn around when the girl's family was about to be taken away by the evil god, and he would not resolutely roll the dice when the woman who lost her child asked for help , he would not appear here now... The last example is not appropriate, because he and Augustus Priest are very familiar people.
"I will, as long as it doesn't cost me a lot, I am willing to help those kind people."
Xia De said seriously, and a smile appeared on Sister Devlin's face:
"So, the religious order is also willing to help you. I don't want to talk about the deep truth, but this is a bond, and the religious group believes that this kind of bond of goodwill can make this world a better place."
At this moment, Xia De's respect for the [Spiritual Religion] reached its peak.