Chapter 2762 Ancient traditions and the appearance of demons
"Let's wait for the further development of the matter. Since the demon took the initiative to show its power because it was disturbed by me, it is impossible for it not to take action later."
Shade's decision was quite strange. After all, in Flora's view, he had never acted passively like waiting for things to develop. However, she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, after the two left the manor, she turned into an owl again.
After flying into the sky, he asked:
"Are you really going to wait for things to change?"
"Of course not."
The cat caught by the owl said:
"The resentful spirit that led me to discover the secret room last night now seems to be clearly controlled by the devil. How could I tell the truth in that secret room? The so-called waiting for things to change is actually waiting for someone."
"Sister Devlin?"
the owl asked as it flew.
"No, it's my friend who knows a lot about demons. He is a professional hunter. He actually told me that everything will be solved when he comes. All we need to do is to prevent the demon from coming out in the city before he comes.
Something more serious. Then after he found all the clones of the devil, he arranged for people to defeat all those clones at the same time."
The howling wind from high in the sky sounded from around the owl:
"I'm not doubting your statement, but are you sure your friend is really that powerful?"
Shade still has great confidence in the doctor, as long as he doesn't let the doctor do anything to gamble on luck:
"Of course, don't worry about this. So I will arrange for people to monitor the Kande family, but don't get too close to them. I'm worried that you and Miss Sylvia's followers will really provoke the devil. Then I will arrange for Miss Bell,
We frequently exchange information with the church, pretending that we are actually working hard to investigate.
In this way, regardless of whether the devil believes that we are waiting for the situation to develop, the advantage is actually on our side. As for the connection between the Hoy Manor three hundred years ago and the Kant family today, we will have plenty of time to investigate after we defeat the devil.
"
Miss Owl heard what he said lightly, but she still felt uneasy:
"But after all, it's the evil spirits and demons. Forget it. You can do it if you think it's okay. Daniste also said that I'll just listen to you. So what else are you going to do today? It's only eleven o'clock in the morning."
"Of course I'm watching your performance. Isn't your performance more important than the devil?"
So after returning to the Accordion Hotel at noon, Shade did not go out all afternoon. Instead, he stayed in the room chatting with the two ladies about various things until three o'clock in the afternoon.
Flora needed to perform on stage in the evening, so of course she couldn't put on makeup and go directly to the backstage to wait. She had been assigned a separate dressing room, so it was almost time for the show. Miss Denister stayed to guard the two tree holes.
, Shade, Miss Bell and three other "musician assistants" followed Flora to the Golden Music Hall.
It was still raining in the morning, but the weather was exceptionally good in the afternoon, and the clear blue sky in autumn made people feel relaxed and happy. I don't know if it was because of what Shade said at noon, but the witch seemed to be looking forward to tonight's performance even more than yesterday.
The Harvest Concert uses the main hall of the Golden Concert Hall, so the dressing room assigned to Flora is also the best. She is not the finale musician of this performance, but it can also be regarded as the most important music of this concert.
Home.
After all, she did not participate in this year's Moondance Festival concert, but people are still looking forward to Flora Winslet's performance.
The air in the dressing room was very fresh, so Flora chatted with Shade while asking her followers to help with makeup. Thanks to her good skin and youthful appearance - this is definitely not a boast, so she put on makeup
There is no need for heavy makeup, just simple eyebrow drawing and lipstick.
When it was time to change into the performance dress, Shade stood up from his chair in a very gentlemanly manner:
"I'm going to the bathroom."
The gray-black haired witch originally wanted to say "just turn around" because that's what they did in the dream, but in the end she was too embarrassed to say this. After all, there were only the two of them in the dream, but now
But there are still four girls here.
The backstage of the concert hall is very large, and both sides of the long corridor are dressing rooms. Solo musicians like Flora can leisurely put on makeup in their dressing rooms, but the orchestras that need to appear together are already busy doing so.
A ball.
Considering that standing in the corridor would block other people's way, Shade had already seen the girl holding the dress almost tripping, and also saw the reckless young man holding the saucer and almost letting the teapot fly out, so he simply went straight to makeup.
He left the corridor and stood in the corridor at the entrance of the side hall of the concert hall where there were fewer people.
This performance hall was named "The Banyan Hall". At this time, the door was ajar, and the sound of violin practice could be heard inside. Shade predicted the time according to the time when Dorothy and Luvia changed their dresses.
I estimated that it would take me about half an hour to an hour to go back, so I looked up at the paintings on the wall and thought I might as well go to the museum next door and take a look around.
"Mr. Watson, have you read "Ximu Town and the World Tree"?"
There was a familiar voice behind me, and I turned around to see that it was indeed Professor Uke Wood whom I met at the charity auction last night.
The old professor waved to Shade:
"I came to the museum here to do some things. I just saw you standing here from the window, so I came over to say hello. How about it? The content in that book is interesting, isn't it?"
"I just got the book this morning. I left it in the hotel and haven't had a chance to read it yet."
Xia De also nodded to the professor, and then continued to look up at the landscape oil painting with the big tree:
"But do folklore books also have interesting content? I always thought that such professional books were boring."
The white-bearded professor smiled and said:
""Ximu Town and World Tree" is not written in the form of an academic book. It is more like a travel note, recording the author's experiences in Ximu Town. Some of the above content is actually very interesting, except for describing the town that is now
In addition to the Temple of Time, it also contains the author's description of the local lost 'Tree Hole Ceremony'."
Seeing Shade's interested expression, he continued to explain:
"This is a local tradition that has been lost before the age of steam industry. People believe that after the autumn harvest, the most precious food is stored in tree holes in the forest. When it is taken out the next winter, the food will have been harvested.
The blessings of trees and forests.
The passage of a year itself symbolizes the contract signed between man and time, that is, people offer sacrifices to the tree and time, and the tree and time give people the strength to overcome the difficult years."
Shade asked curiously:
"But it sounds like the townspeople just store food in a special way. Although it seems strange to take it out after a year has passed, this is probably just a strange habit and cannot be called a folklore tradition.
Moreover, during the month I stayed in Vista City, I also studied many local customs, but I have never heard of this matter."
"Because this happened a long, long time ago. It was so long ago that many of the towering trees in the forest were just saplings, and so long ago that the kingdom under our feet didn't exist yet."
Professor Uke Wood said, looking quite sad:
"Anyway, if you have time, read the book "Ximu Town and the World Tree". Although there are many fallacies in the content of that book, there is a lot of interesting content. Especially in the chapter that discusses the traditional folk customs of Ximu Town, there are many
The lost traditions are still recorded in it.”
"What about the World Tree?"
Shade asked again, and the old professor hesitantly touched his beard:
"Those already involve myths and legends. They are things from an older era. You can tell whether the contents are true or false by yourself."
He raised his hand and pointed at the oil painting that Shade was looking at just now:
"If you go to some important places in the local area, you can actually find that oil paintings with images of giant trees are hanging in almost all places. This is not because the tradition of worshiping giant trees is still spread locally, but because the local residents are unconscious
They revere trees as tall as the world tree."
"Is this a belief passed down by our ancestors and still influencing future generations? This statement does not seem to be scientific."
"It's the power of the tree that still affects this woodland. It has never left here."
Professor Wood left quickly, and Shade looked at his back and didn't know what to say:
"A very strange person, and he is also a first-level warlock. Euke Wood"
However, it didn't take much time to communicate with Professor Wood. Considering that Flora still needed some time to change clothes, Shade decided to go to the museum for a walk.
Then, as soon as he walked around the corner of the corridor, he saw young George Kant walking with Mr. Bennet. Shade's appearance at this time was a little different from the way he often appeared in the hotel. This was the effect of an illusion, so
Although Mr. Bennet had seen Shade many times in the city, he obviously did not have a deep impression of him.
But the young man who was rescued from the lake of love took the initiative to say hello with a smile:
"Mr. Watson, we meet again. I'm sorry for the poor reception at last night's auction."
"It doesn't matter, at least I bought what I wanted."
Shade shook his head, then shook hands with him, and then watched the two people leave along the corridor. The Bennet family and the Kant family are distantly related, so of course young George Kant and Mr. Bennet have a good relationship.
I just don’t know if Mr. Bennet still wants to find a marriage partner for his daughter this time. If so, then the Bennet family will be very unlucky:
"Devil"
Shade looked down at his hand, and he had to admit that the other party's disguise was really good. But when the two parties shook hands just now, he still sensed what George Kant was:
"This is the first time I have come into contact with him since he emerged from the bottom of the Lake of Love. This idea is really good. He pretends to be the victim of the last incident, and it is also the victim of a serious incident. George Kant is the fire