"It turned out that the lady was the oldest witch in the council, older than Granny Cassandra. I am not sad about this. Natural death is the best ending for mortals. She had a premonition of her own death.
We summoned everyone to the council in advance and walked to the end with our company. The lady was at level 11 when she died, and her age seemed to be 270 years old."
"Is 270 the normal age of death for a witch?"
"It is said that witches in the fifth era can live at least five hundred years as long as they reach a high level, but this has been reduced a lot in the sixth era. However, the number of witches in this era is small, and their life spans are shortened and they die prematurely due to various reasons.
, so the average value of normal conditions cannot be calculated.”
She moved a little closer to Shade on the sofa, and Shade felt that the perfume on her body smelled very good.
"In the current parliament, the vast majority of witches are genuine 'young people'. This is the era when the average strength of the witch parliament is the strongest since the beginning of the Sixth Era, and it is also the era when the average age is the lowest. And you, my dear knight
, it appears quietly in times like this, and then slips into our hearts while we are not paying attention.”
Looking at Sha De with his golden eyes, he smiled and picked up a peeled orange from the coffee table and stuffed it into Sha De's mouth. His right hand was already holding Sha De's left hand.
"I didn't sneak in, I broke in openly."
Shade corrected while chewing the orange in her mouth, so the duchess thought about it for a moment, with an increasingly softer expression on her face:
"Yes, yes, then tonight, do you still want to try to break into me again?"
The black-haired maid on the side had already walked over holding an exquisite red box. The box was opened, and the [Eternal Youth Leaf] was presented to its master.
(Little Mia is running.)
The arrival of Monday means that the Sunshine Moon has come to the last day, and it also means that tomorrow is the day when the St. Byrons off-campus practice group will arrive in Tobesk.
At the beginning of a new week, No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in Tobesk received an inexpensive but warm blanket as a gift for this week, and Shade had a weekly task to carefully take care of pets.
As for Yuewan City on the far west coast, it is still extremely dark because it is shrouded in black clouds. The "Yuewan City Ship Museum" located in the southwest of the city, near the dock area, opened on time at 9 a.m., and then ushered in the visitors.
Foreigners who come to visit. The museum is not large, with only three floors above and below ground. The "Seagull Lane" where it is located is not a prosperous area in the city, so early on Monday morning, the museum seemed very busy.
It's deserted.
The exhibits of the Ship Museum are of course all related to ships, among which the "Ancient Ship Wrecks and Relics Area" is on the underground floor, and it only occupies a very small part. Most of the museum's exhibition areas display the development of the Yuewan City dock area, as well as the development of the shipwrecks in the past century.
The improvement process of ships from generation to generation.
The scaled-down ships made of wood and metal models looked particularly exquisite in the glass exhibition cabinets. The steam-powered mechanism in the fish tank was continuously demonstrated in a loop, which was a model of pirate ships in the old era that robbed merchant ships. This attracted Shade, and he thought
I wanted to get one at home, but I thought it would be dangerous for a hyperactive cat to fall into it, so I gave up the idea.
The oil paintings and black-and-white photos on the wall, including photos of ships from different countries and regions in different eras, seemed to allow him to experience in just a few dozen minutes the wisdom and sweat that humans have put into navigation, written through the efforts of generations.
A long scroll of poetry. And the leaf specimens brought back from the New World by the Kasenlik people after they first landed in the New World are used as the center of the "Modern Exhibition Area" of the entire museum, illuminated with spotlights to highlight their importance.
The meeting time agreed upon with the Witch was ten o'clock in the morning, so Shade had enough time to slowly visit here. When he finally came to the location of the two deck wreckage of the "Brilliant Messenger", he thought he would find something special.
, but what we actually saw were just two ordinary-looking pieces of rotten wooden boards like the display cabinet next to it.
If it weren't for the label on the outside of the showcase, it would be no different from the rotten wood in the garbage dump.
Since there was no one around, Shade even quietly opened the glass display case with the "Door Key" and touched the two pieces of wood with his hands, but still didn't find anything special.
As for the label on the display case, it reads simply "Ancient Ship Wreck Found on the Seabed (No. 5410)", and the perfunctory attitude can easily be seen.
"That's right. If there was really something wrong with these two wooden boards, the church would have discovered it long ago."
Although nothing has been discovered for the time being, Shade still wants to take these two wooden boards back and study them carefully. After all, in order for Miss Teresa and the others to leave the Sunless Sea, he must find out the cause of the sinking of the "Brilliant Messenger". However, he must find out.
He did not choose to steal, but wanted to discuss with the museum people whether he could buy it. If not, he would consider other means.
And just as he turned around to return to the first floor from the underground, other visitors had already appeared in the museum. Although this museum does not sound very interesting, the rich Yuewan City has never lacked people who like to visit museums.
Loungers and celebrities at art gallery events.
After arriving at the museum curator's office smoothly and explaining his purpose, the old curator, who was wearing a black formal suit, had gray hair and was short and fat, hesitated for a moment:
"Exhibit No. 5410, this is a bit difficult to handle."
He asked Shade to sit down first, then stood up and dug out a record from the filing cabinet on the side of the office:
"This exhibit was donated to us many years ago. Although it is said to be a donation, in fact we have no ownership but only exhibition rights. The ownership of the wooden planks belongs to the descendants of the old captain who brought back these wrecks."
Shade blinked:
"It turns out it's not a church."
After that, he added:
"I knew the information about this exhibit in advance and knew that it was salvaged by the Church of Dawn. Later, it was said that because of the resentment attached to the ship, it was exorcised in the church for many years before it was donated to the museum."
The old curator adjusted his glasses:
"That's true, but that happened many years ago. The original owner was indeed the local Dawn Church. Later, he somehow escaped, and the ownership of the wreckage was transferred several times. In short, although it is now on display here,
But their ownership belongs to Miss Angel Illustrious."
"Eleisseteris? This surname is rare, Miss Guanghui? Oh, do you have the contact information of that lady here?"
Shade asked again, and the old curator nodded:
"You don't have to go out to find her. She is in the museum today. She comes here every week. You should be able to see her in the underground exhibition area. The girl with the silver anchor on her hat is her."
Xia De just came from the underground exhibition area, but he didn't see this person, so he probably missed it.
So he went back the same way. This time, as soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw a woman standing in front of the exhibition stand where the two wooden boards were displayed. She was wearing a long blue silk skirt with a prominent waistline and a hat.
Girl in wide-brimmed hat decorated with anchor silver ornaments.
She looks about twenty years old, more mature than Iluna and Agelina, but younger than Luvia, Lesia and Dorothy. Her long hair is black and her temperament is very outstanding. Judging from her clothes,
Just by looking at it, you can tell that he must be from a noble family.
When Shade walked over and was about to speak, the girl turned and looked at him. Her dark blue eyes were as deep as the sea, and at the same time, those eyes seemed to laugh on their own:
"Good day, sir."
She told Shade that the pronunciation of Kassenlik was extremely standard, but the way to say "good day" seemed like ancient grammar:
"What can I do for you?"
The multi-layered skirt covered her feet. This strange girl seemed to particularly like ships. In addition to the silver ornaments on her hat, Shade also noticed that she wore a silver anchor-shaped necklace outside her long gloves.
ring.
Shade introduced himself:
"Excuse me, are you Miss Elisatris? That's right, I want to acquire this board. I am John Watson, a writer who traveled in the Old World. These two boards give me very different feelings. I
I want to take them back to see for myself, it will bring me inspiration.”
The surrounding display cabinets display wooden planks, anchors, cables, crew's daily necessities, and logbooks. There is even a rusty ship's bow statue standing on the wall. There are only two of them in the nearby area. The girl with blue eyes has a clear voice.
The smile is really charming:
"You may come here every day to find inspiration. Trust me, it is better to keep them as your own than to appreciate them in the atmosphere of a museum. The exhibits here originally belonged to the sea, but now they have to go ashore. They should have been integrated with the sea long ago.
, since we can’t do it now, why not just stay here and quietly enjoy the last time before decay with these similarly pitiful companions around us.”
Although the words were very polite, it was clear that he did not want to sell, but Xia De still wanted to fight for it:
"Miss, how about you listen to my quotation? I know this is an antique, and I also understand the market conditions. How about 75 crowns? This is definitely a high price. If it doesn't work, we can still discuss it."
The girl with beautiful blue eyes smiled and shook her head:
"I am sorry."
"Okay then, can you tell me the story of your family and these two wooden boards?"
Shade asked again, even taking out his notebook and pretending to record:
"I want to find some writing materials. For example, did your ancestors leave records of salvaging the wreckage, or did your elders pass down strange stories?"