The warm yellow light illuminated Shade's face and his whole body. At this moment, Shade could even imagine that this light would illuminate this street, this city, and this world.
The fall of night is the fear of all civilizations, but the light of civilization drives away this darkness:
"This is civilization, this is light. The light of civilization"
For a moment, there was vague steam appearing from behind, and at the same time, the spirit and elements in the soul were moving crazily:
"No, no!"
But the touch at this moment actually subsided, and Shade did not obtain the Enlightenment Rune.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes and exhaled, the light of the bright lights was vaguely reflected in his eyes.
Because he has seen more, understood more, and understood more, foreigners know that [civilization] is definitely not that simple. It is also because he knows the weight of civilization that he cannot obtain it just by being touched at this moment.
A heavy spiritual rune.
"The fire of civilization is lighting up at this moment, but civilization is definitely not just shining at this moment."
Shade closed his eyes again, trying to firmly imprint the sensation of his scalp numbing in his memory.
He did not regret that he could not condense the feelings of "light" and "civilization" into spiritual runes. It would be a pity if [Civilization] was used here. He wanted more.
"oh!"
Unexpectedly, he was hit by someone with his eyes closed. Xia De was shocked and completely broke away from the illusion that he had just seen the entire civilization at a glance.
He hurriedly reached out to check his wallet and belongings, but everything was there, and it seemed that the other party really just bumped into him.
Standing at the entrance of the alley and looking to the left side of Silver Cross Avenue, among the bustling crowd, it was impossible to tell who had just bumped into him.
Shade wanted to ask the voice in her heart and ask her to confirm the clothes of the guy who hit her just now, but then she found a crumpled newspaper that looked like garbage dropped at her feet.
"Was there something here just now?"
Thinking suspiciously, he picked up the newspaper on the ground. This was tonight's "Terrael River Evening News". The rest of the evening news was normal, but the edges of the second page were lightly marked with a pencil.
Write a series of numbers.
[This was left behind by the person who hit you just now.]
The voice in my ears rang at the right time.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Xia De thought in surprise, looking around for the person who threw the newspaper:
"Could it be said that the way of meeting Lesiya has changed, and this is a new contact code? But it's just numbers, not a code book. Besides, it's just a one-time meeting, why does it look like a spy contact?"
Just as I was thinking about it, my eyes suddenly darkened. It turned out that a four-wheeled carriage was parked at the entrance of the alley, blocking the gas lights coming from Silver Cross Avenue.
The coachman who tightened the reins lowered his hat and nuzzled at Shade. Shade saw the gorgeous falcon badge on the door on one side of the carriage. Judging from the decoration on the outside of the badge, it was the family crest of a certain marquis. Look.
The carriage was borrowed by Lesia.
Shade immediately got into the carriage according to Dorothy's instructions, and the carriage drove forward again without any hesitation.
"etc."
In the carriage, Shade held the cushion under his buttocks and sat down, then frowned and looked at the newspaper in his hand:
"If Lesia's carriage arrived on time, then what kind of trash is this newspaper? Am I overthinking it?"
Shade thought again of the divination conducted by President Stan not long ago:
"The way I was dressed just now couldn't be a coincidence. The person who bumped into me thought I was someone else, right?"
Shade pursed his lips, folded the newspaper and stuffed it into his pocket. Whether this newspaper was garbage or something else, it was not the theme of tonight.
Let's welcome Lesia back to Tobesk tonight.
There was no conversation between the driver and Shade along the way. After the carriage left Silver Cross Avenue, it first drove east, then turned south, and finally stopped at the entrance of Hummingbird Pedestrian Street on the edge of the University District and Tobesk South District.
After the carriage stopped, Shade quickly got out of the carriage. But before he could thank the coachman, the coachman turned the carriage around and returned the same way.
“Really professional.”
Shade whispered, looked around, and walked towards the one on the left.
The "Red Flame Restaurant" Dorothy mentioned was on Hummingbird Walk. Shade saw the sign as soon as he got off the carriage. But because she asked Shade to walk around twice to kill time and wait until 7:40 before entering the restaurant,
Therefore, Shade did not walk directly over, but put his hands in his pockets and wanted to walk on the pedestrian street.
The nobles of Tobesk usually live in the south city, and it is close to the university district, so the neighborhood is very prosperous. Now that night has completely fallen, the shops facing the street are not closed yet.
Shade looked around and spent fifteen minutes walking from one end of the pedestrian street to the other. Most of the time he stopped at a shop specializing in steam pipes and discussed some topics about pipe models with the shop owner.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Shade straightened his clothes and then came to the door of the Red Flame Restaurant. This was a high-end restaurant, and there were waiters at the door to welcome guests.
Seeing Xia De coming with a rose, he immediately greeted him:
"Is this Mr. Hamilton?"
he asked in a low voice.
"Yes."
Shade also lowered his voice, and the middle-aged waiter in uniform nodded, and then led Shade from the first floor to the second floor. After pushing open the door at the end of the corridor, he bent down and made a gesture of inviting him in. After Shade
After entering, he carefully closed the door.
But there was no Lesia Cavendish in the room. There were three maids in the room. Two of them Shade had never seen before, and the oldest middle-aged maid was Ms. Hells. Shade was in Sophia in Cold Water Port.
I have met her in the mansion, and she is a person whom Lesia trusts very much.
"Mr. Hamilton."
Seeing Shade entering the door, Ms. Hers hurriedly came over and whispered:
"Sorry, His Highness has encountered something, so he may not be able to come for a while."
"It's okay. Is it a troublesome thing? Do you need my help?"
Shade asked.
"Things about Yodel Palace."
She hesitated:
"His Majesty and His Highness Rendal Cavendish had a quarrel over the advance legion of the Kingdom of the New World, so His Highness cannot leave for the time being."
"Oh, don't worry, this matter is important."
Shade said quite understandingly.
The New World Advance Corps is a New World expedition team organized by the Kingdom of Delarian. It is responsible for drawing maps, exploring minerals, cooperating with scholars and churches to explore some ancient ruins, and establishing semi-permanent settlements in the coastal areas of the New World to maintain order among adventurers.
This is one of the most important military operations of the kingdom. Some people believe that the progress of Delarion and Kasenric's development of the New Continent will determine the overall order of the Old Continent in the next five hundred years.
So Shade had dinner alone. After the meal, Lecia had not arrived yet, but she sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that it would take some time.
Therefore, Shade could only go to the opera house with the three maids, and listened to the opera in the box while waiting. Lesia knew that Shade could not appreciate the art of opera, so she specially chose "Children of Light" with a strong story.
". The story tells the story of the ancient warriors who inherited the light, defeated fear and darkness, and passed on courage and knowledge.
This is a more typical old-style knight opera.
Shade was not very interested in opera, and even the gorgeously dressed female actors on the stage did not interest him much. However, the discussion of "light" in the story made him think deeply for a while.
He has been reading "Crazy Light Chaser" for two months, and Shade has already had a premonition that the spiritual runes related to it are about to be born. Maybe it will be the next moment, maybe it will take a few days, but he won't wait too long.
"What exactly is light?"
This is what Shade is thinking about. Unless he is lucky enough to directly obtain the [Light] Spirit Rune, once it is a spiritual rune derived from a concept, his understanding will affect the specific meaning of the spirit rune.
"Dark nemesis, bond, light of civilization, justice, and moonlight, don't forget this."
When he went to the bathroom on the way, Shade was still thinking about this matter. He left the bathroom and listened to the singing voice that was weakened by the soundproof wall. He walked towards the box and passed through the corridor covered with red carpets and hung with portraits of famous singers.
A maid lady came.
Since serious maid dresses have roughly the same style, Shade, who doesn't know much about women's clothing, thought her outfit was the same as Lesia's maid.
And the maid came to see him as expected:
"Mr. Hamilton, His Highness sent me to find you."
"Lecia is here?"
Xia De was overjoyed, but remained calm on the surface:
"Okay, let's go back."
So the maid led the way, but as she walked, Shade felt something was wrong. The box he had just taken didn't seem to be in this direction:
"Oh, I understand, I need to be more careful, so I changed the place."
I was thinking in my mind, and then I was led to the door of the private room on the third floor by the maid who spoke in a low voice.
After knocking on the door, I immediately received a response that allowed me to enter.
So Shade adjusted his collar before walking in.
I saw a red-haired girl in front of me. I was about to say hello before I realized that the person was wrong. It was indeed the princess, and it was indeed Cavendish. But it was not Lesia Cavendish, but Agelina Cavendish.
May.
The sixteen-year-old princess noticed the astonished expression on Shade's face and put down the bone folding fan in her hand:
"Mr. Hamilton, you seem surprised to see me."
Agelina Cavendish, who was wearing a blue fluffy dress, touched her face to make sure there was nothing on her face:
"My maids said they saw you just now, so I asked them to find you. After the last meeting at the Prophet's Association, I have been looking forward to you joining my salon, but I haven't received your letter yet.