None of the ladies mentioned the suggestion that Shade move out of here and find a larger residence in the city. After all, they all knew Shade's feelings for this house, and it was impossible for him to give up No. 6 Saint Teresa Square.
That night, Sirius was also invited to stay overnight, but she and Luvia went to live in Room 2 on the second floor. Luvia said on the surface that she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sirius, but in fact, the girl with purple eyes was just
It is knowing what the duchess wants to do.
Sure enough, when there was a movement that night, the silver burning moon-shaped "Eternal Fire Seal" that automatically appeared on Carina Cavendish's right arm immediately caught Vanessa's attention.
After learning about the effects of Shade's magic, she asked Shade to leave the same mark for her like other girls. But this time, Carina didn't even use Carina to "hijack" her. She took the initiative to ask Shade to leave her the same mark.
De stretched out his arm.
Because things went so smoothly, Carina quietly asked Vanessa early in the morning the next Monday while everyone at home was washing up:
"Have you not considered asking Shade to leave the fire mark on other places on his body?"
The blond lady who was drawing her eyebrows at the dressing table shook her head slightly:
"I haven't thought about it. I know Shade doesn't like strange marks on our bodies, so the arms are enough.
Carina, do you think it would look better if I made my eyebrows longer? I need to cover up my good complexion, otherwise the girls in the troupe will gossip."
“They all look good.”
Carina said perfunctorily, and what Vanessa thought was a natural answer made the duchess fall into self-doubt:
"Does Vanessa know Shade better than I do?"
However, this self-doubt did not last long, because the atmosphere of the family sitting at the dining table, chatting and laughing about the newspaper, and their plans for the new week was so warm that after breakfast, Carina didn't care about it at all.
Something happened.
Today is Monday again, so Shade has naturally not forgotten about this week’s gift. However, the [God’s Gift Box] is now at Miss Elf’s place, so Shade will not deal with this matter until he visits Professor Manning.
As expected, the professor who lived in Mao Tail Lane hadn't gone out yet early Monday morning. After the maid brought Shade in, the professor who had just finished breakfast and was reading the newspaper was still very happy:
"I haven't seen you in about a month, Detective. Are you in trouble again? Otherwise you wouldn't have come to my place so early on Monday morning."
As he spoke, he stood up from the dining table and came to the living room with Shade.
"Yes, but it's not a big trouble."
They sat down on the soft fabric sofa, and Shade briefly described what happened to Professor Quinto. Professor Manning had a very good memory, and he still remembered this friend he met more than 20 years ago.
However, he had almost completely forgotten the details of that conversation, so he could only go to the study with Shade to look for information. Because he didn’t know any clues this time, even Shade’s thaumaturgy [Moon Library]
] search functions are unable to work.
The search lasted all morning, and even Durute Giles, who had made an appointment to visit last week, helped to search. However, Rusty Edwards, who was in his soul state, did not help and instead floated around.
He watched the three people working in the study.
Fortunately, this search was not meaningless. When eleven o'clock in the morning was still three minutes away, Professor Manning finally happily shook the notebook in his hand at Shade:
"Found it! I just said that these materials were transferred to my home when the school office was soaked by water. I have never been in the habit of losing books or notebooks. I have treasured all the materials in my life."
The three of them went back to the living room downstairs to talk. The little girl's soul wandered closer to Shade, showing curiosity but also a little fear of him.
The young history lecturer Durut Giles did not discipline her this time, but listened to Professor Manning's story with Shade:
"The ruins similar to the Golden Music Hall that I mentioned to Professor Quintu back then are located in the city of Eskares, the 'City of Golden Spikes' in our central Great Plains of Drarayon. This place has been in the news a lot recently.
It is the largest grain-producing area in Delarian."
Professor Manning said:
"The location of the ruins is in the north of the city. My eldest son was just born at that time. I received the letter from the postman at the excavation site. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Oh, I digress. Let's take a look.
, these are the inspection records and photos I left back then, I really miss them."
The ruins that Professor Manning participated in the excavation are in much worse condition than the concert hall in Vesta Grove. It is not too much to say that there are only ruins left there. However, a small amount of decoration remains on the unearthed stone building materials.
Although the pattern is not sexual, it does show a similar style to the Golden Concert Hall, and even some of the patterns are exactly the same.
Shade's knowledge of elves only gave him a rough understanding of the art of ancient elves, so he could not draw any conclusions based on this.
Professor Manning only has this information here. The ruins he participated in the excavation contained nothing but ruins.
Seeing that the clue was about to be interrupted again, Rusty Edwards, who was floating around, stretched his head to look at the photo in Dulute Giles' hand, and then suddenly said:
"Giles, I've seen this! There were similar patterns in the ruins that my father visited before! I've seen the photos!"
The little girl has lived with Durut Giles for half a year, and her tone of voice has become much more mature now, but Shade doubts that she is deliberately imitating the way adults speak.
Shade and Durut Giles both looked at her, while Professor Manning, an ordinary person, was a little confused because he couldn't see the floating soul.
"Where are the photos your father left now? Are there other records? Did he say anything else about the ruins?"
Shade asked, so the floating little girl put her hands on her waist and proudly made the request:
"Although my father's inheritance has been given to you, I remember that you want to marry my brother's descendants. So now you call me 'great-grandmother', and I will tell you what you want to know."
In fact, it doesn’t matter to call her great-grandmother. After all, she is indeed the sister of Megan and Audrey’s great-grandfather. Just as Shade was about to speak, Dulute Giles stopped him:
"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have to be like this. There is no need to meet all the children's requirements."
As he spoke, he sighed and raised his hand to hit Rusty Edwards on the head.
"Ah~ you bully me!"
So the girl pretended to cry again and grabbed Durut Giles' hair. After having enough fun, she told Shade that the photos she had seen were sandwiched in that notebook, and they are now in the big library on Green Island.
middle.
It can be seen that the relationship between Rusty Edwards and Durut Giles is quite good. Now that the strangers have arrived, Durut Giles will not be like in the past, just after landing on the island during the Green Lake Incident.
He was thrown into the space turbulence by Laplace Howard and became an "intelligent prophet".
Young historians may be able to accompany Rusty Edwards through this life, provided, of course, that the end does not come before the end of his life.
So he said goodbye to Professor Manning, and Shade returned home and went to Green Island through the "Space Maze". It's embarrassing to say that half a year has passed since he got that island, but Shade still hasn't collected the amazing number of books on it.
Checked out One Percent.
The notebook that Rusty Edwards pointed out falls within the scope of what he has not read yet. The location of Green Island is on the opposite side of the real world, and there are still followers of Megan and Audrey on the island who are counting who
The Fortune Teller's Legacy.
Shade said hello to the girls and was glad that after such a long time, the notebook was still in the corresponding position in the big library in the little girl's memory.
Laplace Howard seems to have obsessive-compulsive disorder when it comes to recording inspections, experiments, etc. Every record is meticulously written, with photos, texts and even objects to support it. And the little girl’s memory is indeed correct. It is included in the notebook.
The pattern on the decorative wall of the building in the photo is indeed very similar to the ancient pattern style of the Forest Concert Hall.
However, the Thirteen Rings fortune tellers at that time did not investigate the ruins carefully, but only recorded interesting places during their travels.
And when Shade determined the location of the relatively complete ruins in the photo, he unexpectedly discovered that the place was actually southeast of Coldwater Port City:
"Okay, let's go to Coldwater Port!"
It was rainy in Coldwater Harbor in the autumn. When Shade broke into the old lighthouse guarded by Mr. Edmond on the top of the sea cliff amidst the sound of rain, he also startled the old man who was making tea on the stove:
"I thought someone was going to rob me."
"Have you ever actually encountered a mugger?"
"Of course, old people living alone outside the city are easy targets to be robbed. Are you interested in what happened to those people? There are several interesting experiences here."
"No need for the moment. I'm here today to ask you something."
The last time Shade came here to fish with the old folklorist was nearly two months ago. At that time, the Moon Bay incident had just ended, and Shade came here to talk to him about the topic of Dragon Island. After all, the dragon was first mentioned.
The man on the island is Mr. Edmond.
And when Shade mentioned the ruins located southeast of Coldwater Port on this rainy autumn Monday, the old man nodded in surprise:
"Of course I know where it is, but please answer my question first. How do you know that I know it?"
"I don't know. I just know that the most knowledgeable person I know in Coldwater Port is you."
The old man was quite pleased with the compliment. He smiled and poured hot tea for Shade:
"Then you have really found the right person. There really is no one here who knows the 'Temple of Time' better than me."