That morning, Shade and Mr. Albert talked about many things. At eleven o'clock in the morning, they parted at the entrance of the Spider Hotel.
Shade put his hands in his pockets, leaning sideways in the bright sunshine, watching the coroner in a burqa walking towards the dark sewer entrance of the autopsy room. Maybe it was because of the warm sunlight, maybe because the battle between gods was over in his heart.
After unloading the big stone, he was in a really good mood:
"Luvia probably won't leave Moon Bay right away. Next time I come to visit Mr. Albert, Luvia will probably come with me."
The purple-eyed girl definitely wants to talk to the seventh chosen person in person before going home.
【What are you going to do next?】
The gentle wind blew against the side of her face, "she" asked softly.
Shade turned to look at the other end of Spider Alley, then raised his hand and touched little Mia on his shoulder:
"That mermaid is willing to help me, but the price is that after everything is over, I have to go find her, and she will give me a task. If I remember correctly, she also asked me to bring a bottle full of pink essence as a gift."
【Isn’t it almost full last night?】
There seemed to be something else in "her" smile. Shade shook his head:
"I think she means the high-concentration fragrance that glows, and I don't want to do such a mind-numbing thing today. The Battle of Moon Bay is coming to an end, and so is the summer of 1854. I want to take a break.
Take a break, yes, take a break."
When she returned to Belindel Manor, Carina had already returned to Tobesk with a few maids. Apart from the maids, the only one who left with her was Lesia. The Day of the Red Butterfly was over, and she had nothing else to do if she stayed.
As for Dorothy, she stayed behind. She wanted to return to Moon Bay with Luvia, Agelina and the others. According to the writer, she finally arrived at the summer resort on the west coast, and she wanted to have a good experience here.
Exotic scenery and enjoying the last moments of summer to make up for the busyness of the recent period.
So Lecia seems to be gone, but in fact she has always been there.
Of course, Helen and Grace have also returned to Fort Midhill. Although it is a mystery how long the two sisters were able to leave there, it is not false to say that they are still bound by the Sikal Mountain.
"Shadow."
Before lunch that day, Siris found Shade alone, who had just returned to the ship and was going to the "Princess Trading Partner" to see if Ms. Anne Bonny and the others had survived the disaster safely, and handed him a
tickets.
The young blonde girl had a high-spirited smile on her face, as if something great had happened to her:
"This is for you. The Golden Dawn Opera Troupe will probably not leave Moon Bay until autumn, but I think you won't be active in Moon Bay very soon. So tomorrow night, the troupe will prepare a performance for you alone.
Yes, Vanessa will also appear in person."
She put the ticket directly into Shade's pocket, and even patted her pocket to make sure:
"Remember to come."
"Is Vanessa's performance the same dance she did alone when we were in Randall Valley?"
Shade asked softly, his head unconsciously replaying the sweaty solo dance.
Sirius looked at Shade's expression and found it funny:
"What are you thinking about? The opera troupe wants to perform for you once in order to reward you as a great hero. Not only Vanessa and the girls from the troupe, but I will also be on stage. But don't go to the wrong place, the location is not
The Eddington Opera House is the indoor theater on board the 'Brilliant Messenger', and Miss Elisa agreed to lend us the place."
"But do you really not invite other people? If you are on the boat, you can let me."
"Vanessa said this is a thank you gift dedicated solely to the greatest contributor, so you don't need to think too much about it."
She said with a smile, looked around to make sure that no one else on the deck was looking over, then stood on tiptoe and kissed Shade on the side of his face:
"Remember to come tomorrow night, we have prepared a surprise for you then."
Tomorrow's performance is not a dance, but an opera written and performed by the opera troupe. But Sirius was mysterious and refused to name the opera, only saying that Shade must like it.
Now that Carina and Lesia have returned to Tobesk, Shad also returned to his home where he had not returned all day in the afternoon, storing the relics he did not need in the future in a hidden space in the basement.
He will still spend the night in Moon Bay tonight. After all, Miss Feliana and Fiona, who have come from afar, are still on the "Brilliant Messenger". Shade feels that he cannot neglect them.
And when he was placing those relics that afternoon, he thought of the cultists' [Bone Sacrifice Sword] again and didn't know who was in it now:
"After all, it is a sage-level relic. If the church takes it away, it should compensate us, right?"
He was thinking in his mind, standing next to the statue of the ancient god - the original rift, and poured out the glittering diamond half the size of his palm from the bag, and let it lie in the palm of his right hand.
"Meow~"
The cat meowed, then lay on Shade's shoulder and looked curiously at this beautiful diamond.
The unknowable relic [Hope Diamond], the diamond has a total of 58 facets and is crystal clear. Even in a completely dark environment, it will always reflect light from an unknown source.
Except that its appearance is a bit larger, it is not much different from normal diamonds. Compared with the simple [Moon in the Water] and [Time of Retrospect], this unknowable relic does not look particularly magical in appearance.
place.
Shade kept looking at the diamond against the light emitted by the statue, and finally saw a line of very small words from the transparent interior of the diamond:
【Hope is ahead.】
This ancient writing is the so-called "Myser language", and it is also the language Adele used when she asked Shade to ask about the diamond. Shade originally did not know "Myser language", but fortunately, Evans of "Sunless Sea"
The professor taught him a table of simple Mithian translation words.
There is only one known characteristic of this relic: when people facing desperate situations look at it, it will show them hope. This characteristic does not involve "Mystic", so the relic actually has more than one function.
Shade recalled the knowledge, then faced the diamond and asked in Mystic, which he was not very proficient in:
"How to stop Luvia Anat's plot?"
I thought there would be no results, or it would just be an ordinary picture like myself and Luvia hugging each other, or living together, but when one of the 58 slices no longer radiated brilliant light, but the picture appeared.
After that, Shade squinted his eyes and looked at it for less than a second, then he hugged the diamond with both hands in surprise.
The picture was blocked, and Shade immediately turned to look at the cat on his shoulder. Little Mia should have seen the picture shown in the diamond just now, but fortunately, it was licking its paws boredly at this time.
"Did I see it wrong? Look again."
After letting go of my hand, I looked at the dimly lit section, and sure enough, the picture inside the transparent diamond was still continuing. It was actually not a picture, but a moving scene.
The scene is in the bedroom at home, and the time is probably night. There are no clothes. The scene shown in the cross-section of Shade holding Luvia is very healthy. It only shows Shade’s upper body and Luvia being held and stretched by Shade.
Two hands behind the back.
But Shade could tell what the two were doing at a glance, which was really easy to guess.
He took a deep breath and threw the diamond directly into the small bag provided by Mr. Albert. The bag was full of sand and dust. Shade made sure that the diamond was completely buried in the sand and dust before closing the bag.
The current practical way to contain the [Hope Diamond] is to bury it in the [Sands of Time]. Only time can erase hope, this is what Mr. Albert told him.
"Is this true that I am not hallucinating? Or, am I triggering the negative characteristics of this relic?"
"She" smiled in Shade's ear:
[It is not an illusion. Although the whispering element of the relic is powerful, there is no sign of losing control next to the statue of the ancient god. 】
"Then it's not that I doubt the result of [The Diamond of Hope]. It probably means that I can continue to help the long-haired Luvia repair her soul, or that I can use my emotions to maintain her and prevent her from doing weird things."
Thoughts, but”
Shade touched the cat again and asked rather embarrassedly:
"How do I tell Adele this?"
[Just say whatever you see, you can’t deceive her, right?]
"She" answered with a smile, and Shade knew that she was definitely making fun of herself.
But fortunately, the "Key of Uggdrasil" has been disabled for one month. This does not mean that the key cannot be opened from Sunday, the tenth day of the Flower Moon to the tenth day of the Harvest Moon.
The key cannot be opened during the entire "Harvest Moon" period.
Therefore, the next time Shade saw the past Adele to inform him of the result would be nearly two months later. By then, he should have thought of a way to answer this question:
"You have to believe in the wisdom of my future self. But speaking of which, Adele left before I even said thank you to her. She didn't even see Miss Feliana and Fiona."
I still felt a little melancholy when I thought of this, but then I asked in my heart:
"The [Dragon Feast Sacrifice] above Moon Bay is now intact, so can I use the Word of Sublimation there again to bring Adele back? Or can I use the Word of Sublimation to call other witches over?"
[This is not possible for the time being. The multiple consecutive God Summoning Ceremonies, the Chosen One Ceremony and your words of sublimation have seriously consumed the power of the sacrificial site. 】
"How long does it take to recover?"
[Maybe next month, maybe 100 years from now.]
"She" did not give a definite answer, but at least the sacrificial site has not been destroyed. In other words, as long as the doomsday has not come, sooner or later, Shade will still be able to rely on there to use his low-level sublimation words to make Ah
Dale once again came to the world before the end.
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