After bidding farewell to the doctor, Shade met Priest August downstairs who had not yet left, and then left in a carriage with the priest.
Priest Augustus specially waited for Shade, and of course he had something to say:
"Wednesday, you used the ring of thorns I gave you?"
"Yes, I used it to use the power that others lent me. Now there are many cracks in the thorn ring, and it will probably be damaged next time it is used."
Shade sighed at the effect of the halo:
"It really helped me, otherwise I really can't imagine how to solve the situation at that time... Regarding the skull, I don't have any clues yet. Priest, can't you make an alchemy tool that can track bones from a long distance? "
"Young man, don't think that alchemy is omnipotent."
The priest smiled and shook his head:
"You don't have to be too anxious about this matter. Whether we can find it or not actually doesn't have much impact on us. In short, if I need to go there, I can go there at any time. If I don't want the church to know where I have gone, I won't even I can ask the church to reimburse the train tickets and accommodation expenses... The young people who are now in charge of finance in the church were all brought out by me back then."
At least while Dr. Schneider was in Green Lake, Shade didn't want Priest Augustus to go there. But judging from the current situation, Shade really needs to rely on the strength of the entire team this time. .
The carriage first took the priest to Dawn Church, and then took Shade home.
When I went upstairs, I found that the house was quite busy. Dorothy, Luvia and even Iluna are here. The purple-eyed girl is preparing tea in the kitchen. Iluna is excitedly talking to Dorothy about the serial published in the "Steam Bird Daily" this week. Story details:
"Is this going to be a five- or six-issue long novel? The plot this time is so interesting. The missing pet dog and the strange cat must have very important stories. If it is just the top, middle and bottom It's such a shame that it ends after three articles.
Dorothy's most recent serialization, "Cats and Dogs and Detectives," is based on Shade's experiences in the Randall Valley. The demon summoned by Stone Oxenfurt in order to deal with the Stoneheart Demon transformed into a butler and maid, and gave him important clues about the final puzzle after being liberated by Shade. After Dorothy heard this story, she cleverly changed the identities of the two people into a cat and a dog. This story has been published twice in newspapers so far and has been widely praised.
Seeing Shade coming back, the girls all stood up to say hello. Miss Writer saw that Shade and Iluna had something very important to talk about, so she said goodbye temporarily and went to the publishing house to deal with the matter, and agreed to come back in more than an hour.
After all, it was Saturday and she wouldn't miss her date.
"What is this painting?"
When Shade went downstairs to see Dorothy back, Iluna on the sofa curiously pointed to the picture frame covered with black cloth on the wall and asked Shade. Shade pointed casually, and the canvas opened to both sides, revealing the brightly colored oil painting of an underwater mermaid.
Iluna was shocked immediately:
"This... I have never seen such a beautiful painting. I'm not saying that I don't have artistic appreciation, but this painting... no one will deny its artistic level. I have never I’ve seen such works of art. Even the broken-arm statue that Shade once gave to Princess Agelina Cavendish...is this also Shade’s work?”
She looked at Shade in shock, and Shade immediately denied:
"I don't have this kind of skill, and I'm not that unlucky either."
"Shade said you shouldn't look at this painting too much."
Luvia, who came over with a saucer, reminded that she had never seen "Desire", and it was impossible for Shade to describe it to her in detail, so she only knew roughly:
"But Shade said that you have seen the existence depicted in the painting."
"By the Pantanal Lake." Shade also reminded.
Iluna thought for a moment, and was shocked at first, and then showed a dissatisfied expression. Apparently she still remembered that the woman's head in the water made a very wrong evaluation of her. Although "innocent" is a neutral and positive word, she doesn't want to
He was already seventeen and almost eighteen years old, and he was still judged as innocent...especially since Shade was also there at the time:
"Actually, this painting is not very beautiful either." She said softly.
Luvia laughed, and Shade also looked up at the painting. There was indeed nothing unusual about the painting hanging here for half a week, but he would not let down his guard. The strange idea of "desire" was always elusive to him. well.
Leaving Mia in the living room, Shade went to the bedroom to change clothes, and then sat down to talk.
"The church has given me orders. I will leave on Monday, but I won't be able to reach Green Lake next week."
Iluna shook her head:
"The church arranged for me to go back to the Holy See for half a week of training."
"What training?"
Shade asked curiously, but Luvia had some guesses:
"A way to fight against the power of space, right?" Iluna nodded:
"Yes, that island is dangerous, but as a chosen one it is impossible not to go to the island. In order to prevent accidents, I need to conduct some safety training, at least to ensure that I have a chance to fight back when facing a chaotic space."
This is not difficult for her. The power of "balance" can maintain the stability of space. Although the release effect is not as good as Shade's "space stabilization halo" that specializes in dealing with unstable spaces, a little training can also allow Iluna to master self-protection. Methods.
"Although it's not my first business trip, it's early June now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until at least the end of the month."
Iluna said this and glanced at the two of them quietly. Luvia gave Shade a look, and of course Shade understood what she meant:
"If you haven't come back by the time of your birthday, I will go and celebrate it for you on Luvia's behalf.
"I didn't mean birthday..."
"I've prepared the gift."
The purple-eyed girl said, and Shade nodded:
"I want to prepare some unexpected gifts this time. The eighteenth birthday is very important."
He has already looked for a gift, but he is not sure whether he can get it yet. After all, the gift is still in the fifth era.
Iluna expressed her gratitude somewhat sheepishly, and Luvia took out the small bag that Priest August gave to her just now during the group study meeting:
"It just so happened that Iluna was here too. I got enough coins. Before Iluna sets off, we need to find out some things. For example, who is the traitor of the Prophet Association who claims to be the "Chosen One of Space"? That’s not the identity he said he was.”
The bag at the top was opened, and inside were four coins. Three of them were identical and brand new coins that Shade had never seen before.
The coin was quite large, as big as half a palm, made of brass, and quite thin in thickness. The front side that Shade thought was the pattern of a house, while the back side was all text:
[A house is not a home, but without a house there is no home. 】
"Poet-level relic [Home Coin], a very simple and straightforward name. Its function is to throw the coin into a lake or river at midnight on a night when the yellow moon is full among the three moons, and it will be legal within a month. Get a house of your own.
Luvia introduced that both Shade and Iluna were very interested in this, and the female diviner added:
"It may be a simple straw house, or it may be an expensive real estate like No. 6 Saint Teresa Square that most people can't afford in their lifetime. A poet-level relic, not very dangerous, just a house obtained with this kind of coin, some It’s easy to mess with unclean things. She gave an example:
"For example, if a humanoid relic visits the neighborhood, there is a high probability that it will go straight to the house obtained with this kind of coin. Although the house is important, no one should take such a risk."
"No, I think there should be someone... Oh, I know that last coin."
The stranger took back his nostalgia for his hometown and twisted the remaining coins in the bag:
"Clerical relic [Soul Coin of Fanatic Believer] (Chapter 796), this coin can be used to trade with demons or some humanoid relics, but once you do so, you will be contaminated with lawlessness.
Wash away the sins. Unexpectedly, Priest August found such a coin for us. "
"The priest is an amazing man."
Luvia said, and asked Shade to take out the only remaining [Ghost Iron Coin]:
"In this way, in addition to the [divineer's silver coins] that we are not willing to consume, we have five coins that we can consume. I am going to try to perform a super-standard divination, Shade, Iluna, I need you Come help me."
"What are you trying to divine?" Shade asked.
"I still can't directly divine the identity of the chosen one, but as my level increases, I can now touch on the vague information about the chosen one. Since this time the chosen one in space has the character of 'E Pluribus Unum' characteristics, then I will divine how many people there are in those 'United People' components, and who they are."
Together they went to Room 2 on the third floor. This room that had not yet found a use was very empty and very suitable for holding a ceremony.
Theoretically speaking, Luvia's special divination method cannot be enhanced in any way. Even the relics that can assist in divination, such as the [divineer's silver coin] and the [obsidian pendulum] in her hand, have no effect on it at all.
Both Shade and Iluna vaguely knew that Luvia's special divination was related to her powerful power in the past. Therefore, if you want to enhance this power, you can only use extraordinary power.
Just like the power of the chosen one.
Shade followed Luvia's instructions and painted the sun, moon and star patterns on the floor that he and Miss Daniste had been investigating. Luvia vaguely felt that this ritual array had great potential, so she decided to give it a try.
As for Iluna, she summoned the life ring behind her and turned the brass life ring into a dark golden scale. Then he carefully held his scale and handed it to Luvia.
