"Of course I'm surprised. Also, isn't it blasphemous for mortals to convert the old temple of the ancient gods into a concert hall? I haven't heard of any rumors of concertgoers being struck to death by lightning when they went out."
Shade, who was stroking the cat that was drinking milk, stopped suddenly, and Miss Elf waved her hand to tell him not to be so excited:
"It's been so long since the tree father left. It's not considered sacrilegious for mortals to reuse the temple. They didn't transform it into a dirty place, but it's elegant to build a concert hall.
I investigated that during the renovation of the ruins half a century ago, workers found some antiques there, so they secretly hid them and sold them separately. It was during this process that the arrows ended up in Ximu Town, but I couldn’t be sure of the arrows.
The exact total."
Shade already frowned:
"This is really unexpected. Apart from the arrows made from the branches of the World Tree, what else was discovered together?"
He asked again, but this time the elf just shook his head:
"I don't know. My investigation is very superficial. There are probably some stone slabs and the like. They are found in all ruins.
The arrow you found is the second one I got. I bought the first one at a local thrift store. The owner of the store regarded it as a handicraft and only charged me 13 pfennigs, but he also said
I don’t know from whom I bought this arrow.”
"Are there any further clues for investigation?"
"Of course, if you want to continue the investigation in this area, you can try to find people who participated in the renovation of the ruins.
That was half a century ago. The workers did not leave their names. Although the church sent people to supervise the project, it was difficult to check the records. However, I investigated and found that a history professor at a school in Willondale was accused of
I am interested in the shape of the temple and sent people to investigate and record it during the construction period. Although it is estimated that everyone who worked there has passed away after half a century, you can still start investigating from this aspect."
Shade nodded and wrote down the clues, planning to entrust Margaret to investigate in Willendale.
He lowered his head and thought about it, took a few more bites of breakfast, and then suddenly asked:
"Speaking of which, when did you come to Vista Woodland? How long has it been? Have you always lived alone here?"
The expression in the elf girl's emerald green eyes became softer:
"I refuse to answer this question. Our relationship shouldn't be that good yet, right?"
Although she said such "cold" words, the two people and the cat still enjoyed a pleasant breakfast time in front of the tree house in the forest. This was the first time for Shade to have such a unique breakfast, and because of the mosquito repellent aromatherapy
There was no need to worry about mosquitoes, and he found that he liked the environment here.
After breakfast, he took little Mia to leave. As for the potion that the elf promised to prepare, it could not be prepared immediately, so Shade could ask her when he came to deliver breakfast every day. Maybe it would happen suddenly.
There will be a surprise.
I entered the city with many worries, and it was already half past nine in the morning when I arrived at the Accordion Hotel.
Of course, Miss Daniste and Miss Winslet had already had breakfast. When Shade entered Room 317, they were looking at the "Paradox Bug" information:
"This is a letter from Emilia. Although it is a letter for you, you don't mind if I open it, right?"
The red-haired girl asked, while the chubby round-faced owl turned back into human form. She didn't like to maintain the owl form in front of Shade:
"Good morning, I entered the parliament again this morning. Your Excellency the Speaker has gone to Willendale to meet another witch, and now he is back to his original place. Look at this, this is what the Speaker sent to you this morning.
, can help temporarily suppress the curse."
Miss Bell handed the jewelry box on the coffee table to Shade. After opening it, there was an amber ring inside.
The ring looked like some kind of mithril alloy. The surface of the ring was made of silver alloy that held the piece of light yellow amber like claws. There was a very familiar black insect sealed inside the amber, but if you look closely, there was only the insect shell.
The ring is engraved with elven secret text:
【Ugly insects deserve to be imprisoned forever!】
It is rare to see elegant ancient Elvish language write such tempered sentences.
"The Keeper-level relic [Insect Ring], this relic has been kept by the council, but no one knew what it was used for."
The witch said and stretched. This action was very unladylike, but she didn't seem to care at all:
"We only know that wearing this ring can seriously interfere with the operation of time-like forces. Whether it is rituals, thaumaturgy or even sublimation words, it can be interfered with, but the degree of interference is different. But because of its own negative characteristics, it is also very troublesome, so
Only great witches throughout the ages would use it occasionally."
"Time-interfering thaumaturgy?"
Shade raised his eyebrows in surprise and threw the ring to Miss Danister:
"Try it."
Among the three ladies present, only the red-haired girl knew about Shade's magic, so she readily agreed:
"This ring can suppress the time curse to a certain extent. Although I am still eighteen years old after wearing it, my level has reached the tenth ring. Although I cannot wear it all the time, it should be no problem in case of emergency in battle."
After saying that, she put it on the middle finger of her right hand. Her appearance did not change much, but her aura suddenly became stronger.
“You’ll know after you try it.”
As he spoke, he took out Adele's lady's pocket watch and clasped it in his hand:
"Time stands still!"
A click sound came from the void, and the beautiful red-haired girl still looked at Shade with a smile:
"How about it? You really can't do it, right?"
"Wait a minute, why does this thaumaturgy look so familiar?"
Miss Winslet on the side asked, Shade hesitated and decided to tell the truth:
"Adele taught me, I mean Miss Isabella."
The witch and the witch apprentice looked at him in surprise. Although they knew that there must be "something" between the two of them, they did not expect that the future lord would even be willing to teach this kind of magic.
The outsiders who refused to admit defeat planned to continue trying:
"Miss Denister, don't take off the ring yet, I haven't used my full strength just now!"
"Young people are tough-talking. I'm younger than you now. Then try again, come on."
She said with a smile, so this time Shade summoned the life ring completely. The huge eight-ring life ring made the witch stunned.
"Although I saw it yesterday, it turns out it is really an eight-ringed ring. Isn't the size abnormal?"
And Shade has concentrated on lighting up the core spiritual rune [Time and Space]:
"Thumography - Adele's time stands still!"
The index finger and the middle finger were brought together to point at the red-haired girl. As a clearer clicking sound came from the void, the red-haired girl immediately froze in time.
The foreigner nodded happily.
He actually doubted that the insect shell in this [Insect Ring] was also the corpse of the "Paradox Insect", otherwise it was just a "Secret Keeper Level (Level 3)" relic that should not be able to interfere with the "Curse of Time".
But he had no way to destroy a relic of this level, and even if he could take out the insect shell, the strong whispering element would make the insect shell lose its medicinal value.
However, Shade told the two ladies about the magic potion prepared by the Paradox Bug to slow down the effects of the curse.
Miss Winslet said to Miss Danister enviously:
"Not only do you have a good ancestor, you also have a good student. Find a few more Paradox Bugs, and you can gradually get closer to normal even if you cannot fully recover. I am different. I can only see if other people's students are willing to help."
As he spoke, he glanced at Shade, while Miss Denister looked a little worried:
"Wouldn't that elf be so kind as to help me prepare the potion for free? This potion sounds unusual."
"She asked me to bring her breakfast every morning."
So Miss Denister stopped asking, but she looked a little angry.
In addition to the [Insect Ring], in order to prevent accidents in the "cabinet" and "door" from happening again, Miss Danist and Miss Isabella each prepared relics to isolate the influence of the two tree holes.
Among them, the one sent from St. Byrons is the Keeper-level relic [Distant Pointe Alley]. The relic itself is a street sign that reads "Pointe Alley", and its function is to elongate the place where the relic is placed.
length of space.
In other words, the distance that seems to be spanned by only one or two steps has actually become the length of the entire alley under the influence of the relic. This is quite effective for the characteristic of "Twisted Tree Hole" that it can only affect a certain distance.
No need to worry about Miss Denister getting involved again.
When Shade checked the street sign, he saw a line of small words on the back that looked like they were carved on by fingernails:
[After the divorce, chasing you who took away all the family property made this road extremely long].
It seems that there is an extremely sad story behind this relic.
The relic supported by the Witch Council is the Keeper-level relic [The Unique Lock]. The relic itself is a brass lock and a matching key. The lock can only be used on "doors" and "windows" that match the appearance of the lock.
scene.
Once the lock is locked and takes effect, in addition to using the matching key, only a few methods such as the relic [Master Key] can open it. Considering that every time the cabinet takes effect, the cabinet door below it will definitely open automatically, so
This lock is perfect for cabinets.
Similarly, there is also a line of small words on the lock that are difficult to detect and look like leaf patterns:
[The lock is absolutely reliable, but the nasty thief will just move the entire box!]
It seems like this is also a sad story.
After chatting with the two ladies about the reaction of the local church, Xia Decai proposed what to do today:
"Now that it has been confirmed that James Cumming is using that book to contact Erica Cumming in the past, let's solve the matter today. Of course, if we encounter the Paradox Bug again, we probably won't do it this time.