The librarian lady paused for a moment, looked at the back suspiciously, and then followed her.
"You did a good job, oh, be careful not to burn the insect shells too!"
The elf girl in the forest reminded her in a good mood. Shade nodded and did not ask her why she appeared so coincidentally. Instead, she watched Sister Devlin stand up as well.
She and Shade stood one on the left and the other on the right, and then at the same time stretched out their right hands and placed them on the hilt of [Ashes]. Then the flames that were originally clinging to the sword burned to their right hands, the nun's hair, and the eye patch.
and the back of his robe, Shade's eyes simultaneously flashed traces of flames.
The initial fire, which became stronger due to the new "firewood", gave them new powers:
"From now on, the power of the original fire can directly harm the 'paradox insect'."
Sister Devlin said softly, her voice still calm, but Shade could feel that she was very happy at this time.
The flames quickly engulfed the remaining body of the insect. When the flames were about to extinguish, she stretched out her burned hand and pulled out the [Ashes]. Then, only the body was left on the sunken ground that had been burned downwards.
The insect shell is still slightly red.
"It looks like you can deal with this bug without me."
The blond elf continued to praise with a smile. Shade reached out and pulled out the staff stuck on the ground and turned it back into a key:
"I think I still need you. The paradox bug this time was only bred by ordinary people, and the paradox is just 'the son is older than the father'. Although this bug has evolved to the second stage, it is not strong.
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He looked at Cumming and his son who were lying on the ground again. It should be said that this time it was thanks to Baron Cumming that he maintained the continuity of time and logical self-consistency. Otherwise, Shade would have to do more than just listen to the story and then kill.
Insects are so simple.
"As long as you know the danger, I will help you. Oh, this is really hot. I brought this back. The potion is still being prepared. I should be able to prepare the first batch soon."
Miss Elf bent down and picked up the insect shell, and Shade found that she was avoiding Sister Devlin's "sight" as if she had a guilty conscience.
Although the nun was blind, she could see the soul directly. The elf was next to her at the moment. She tilted her head slightly as if confused, and then "looked" at Shade. Seeing that Shade didn't say anything, she didn't say anything either.
Tell me what you saw.
Shade nodded slightly:
"At this point, the affairs of the Cumming family have come to an end for the time being."
"The Cumming family is an outsider to Ximu Town. What you see now is probably just the tip of the iceberg of the story of Ximu Town."
Miss Elf reminded her, also avoiding Miss Daniste's eyes as she looked at her, resolutely refusing to look at the red-haired girl.
The blond elf girl took away the second carapace of the "Insect of Time" and then disappeared into the forest without looking back, feeling quite like she was on the run.
"Last time I just saw her pulling you into the sky. This time I saw her up close. Doesn't she look familiar?"
Even Miss Daniste discovered this, and Shade explained this as:
"She said that she is also an elf from the Yuexi clan, so she probably looks a lot like Emilia."
"is that so?"
Miss Denister had more questions:
"Isn't that right? The Yuexi Clan has moved to St. Byrons as a whole since the Fifth Era. Where can there be elves from the Yuexi Clan in the outside world now? Is she also from the academy? What level of student is she? How come I haven't seen her before?
she?"
So the elf girl is actually not good at hiding herself.
In short, just as Shade said, the affairs of the Cumming family came to an end for the time being. Shade woke up the two unconscious father and son and watched them leave the forest together before returning to the city with the girls.
As the evening approached, there was still a lively atmosphere in the city due to the opening of the Moon Dance Festival. But in this lively atmosphere, Shade unexpectedly felt something stormy.
After all, counting the time, the local Church of the Dawn and the Church of the Sun have probably figured out the matter of "time travel" from Father Francois.
However, Shade had no acquaintances in the local church, so he could not inquire about the situation. On the way back, Miss Danister and Miss Bell, who were traveling with him, were still thinking about what happened this afternoon, so they did not speak.
Sister Devlin, who liked to chat, didn't even speak.
The two followers of the witch and the two blind nuns with high rings also had no intention of striking up a conversation with Shade, so the journey back seemed a bit boring.
After returning to the Accordion Hotel, he and the ladies had a simple dinner and then went into the woods again with the three nuns.
He took the nuns to touch the statue of the ancient god in the "inextricable woodland", and then sent the three nuns out of the woodland before turning back home to change clothes so that they could come back for the concert at night.
During the process of entering the forest, Shade also talked with Sister Devlin in detail about the recent events in the Vista Woodland, but the nun just listened quietly.
It was only when they were saying goodbye to each other at the edge of the woodland that Sister Devlin spoke:
"Do you recognize the elf?"
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Shade immediately laughed:
"Yes, she is not good at hiding herself. I knew you could see it too. Can you tell her specific age?"
"56 years old."
56 years old is the adult age standard for contemporary elves, and if Shade remembers correctly, the age of Emilia Siam Nord, who is still raising unicorns in the academy, is 53 years old (Chapter 2178).
"Three years, I understand, but do elves grow and develop so quickly?"
He gestured with his hand to show his height. Sister Devlin shook her head and did not answer.
So they parted ways for the time being, but Shade will come back tonight after attending the concert, find the nuns' camp in the forest and borrow the nuns' blindfold.
They had a tacit understanding and did not bring up this topic in town. Shade knew that Sister Devlin didn't like to be seen under her blindfold.
By the time I got home and changed my clothes before heading into the city, the street lights had already lit up this night of shining stars. "Stars" not only refers to the fact that there are no clouds in the sky tonight, so you can clearly see the stars and the moon, but also refers to the sky tonight.
The musicians performing in the Golden Music Hall are all the stars of this era.
At least yesterday, Saturday night, when Shade talked about this concert, Dorothy expressed envy.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the city of Vista seemed to be agitated with music tonight. Even the Accordion Hotel responded to the occasion and decorated the doors and windows with silver ribbons on the opening night of the Moon Dance Festival. Even the entire hotel tonight
The bards performing on the floor all tell stories about the night and the moon.
The joy of the festival also infected the outsider, and he even felt that his soul was vaguely restless. With some longing for the concert, he opened the door of Room 321, and then he saw a large group of gray-brown
Feather pounced on him:
"You actually know how to lock!"
The owl pounced on his face almost immediately, and it was only after Shade hugged the owl that he understood what she was talking about:
"Good evening, wasn't it the topic of conversation two hours ago?"
The owl rolled and turned its face towards him:
"But I only found out after you left after dinner! I was wondering why no one said anything during the meal, but they actually saw that kind of thing!"
Shade felt like she was becoming more and more like a real owl recently.
[Isn’t Deniste Gustav looking more and more like a real eighteen-year-old? 】
The puffy round-faced owl struggled to fly out of his hand, landed on the ground and transformed into Flora Winslet in a dress.
Miss Bell and Miss Daniste were neither here. The witch smoothed her hair with her hands, and then said to Shade:
"Charlotte told me everything! You actually know how to do locks! Do you know that even in the Parliament, there are only three witches who can do locks! Among them is the Speaker!"
One of the remaining two is Vanessa, the witch of the earth. I don’t know what her [Mystery Lock - The Golden Stage of Acura Glory] will look like after being promoted to the thirteenth level.
But obviously, Miss Artist's dissatisfaction today is not because Shade never mentioned that she would be obsessed with locks, but because——
"If you say in advance that you want to use the Mystery Lock, I will follow you in the afternoon!"
Although she was "complaining" about Shade, it was more like she was sulking at herself.
"But I didn't expect to use the Mystery Lock this afternoon. It was Sister Devlin's suggestion."
Shade explained, but it seemed that the Witch did not associate Shade with the Godcaller based on the "Bell Tower". After all, the most striking feature when he merged with the nun was the "sea of fire".
"I have always wanted to use the environments and scenes in the mystery lock that are very different from the real world to expand my painting skills and ideas. Next time you show it to me, I also want to see what's going on inside the flame mystery lock."
"But I only have eight rings, and the mystery lock can't be opened just by looking at it. Besides, the characteristics of the mystery lock have nothing to do with flames."
Shade shook his head, and the witch with her long gray-black hair beautifully styled took a step closer:
"Then can you reveal the true characteristics of that mysterious lock?"
Shade thought about it and felt that this was not impossible to say:
"Do you know the fairy tale - Lovers in the Bell Tower? It's a fairy tale in which soldiers are recruited, lovers wait in their hometown, and finally the bones of the two merge into one. So why is this story considered a fairy tale?"
"Of course I know this. Huh?"
She took a step back and looked up and down at Shade with some surprise. Shade nodded:
"Yes, it's just what you thought: Mystery Lock - Lovers in the Bell Tower."
"I knew that your relationship with Sister Devlin was definitely not as simple as you said!"
"Why are your and Miss Denist's concerns so strange?"
She was indeed angry that she missed the "big event" this afternoon, but she also knew that it was not Shade's fault, so she remained depressed until the group was about to leave for the Golden Concert Hall.