The Whispering Verses Chapter 196: “Kiss of the Tree”

I was very lucky today. When one person and one cat arrived at the Prophet's Association, Miss Anat was in the association. They met in the special fortune-telling room on the second floor of the association.

There is no need to worry about eavesdropping in this room. After all, the content of divination usually involves privacy, so the sound insulation effect is very good.

"Detective, I think the reason why you came to me specifically is not as simple as "divining when the pet cat will return to its owner."

Luvia Anat wore her own clothes even in the association, but hung the Ouroboros symbol on her chest to identify herself. As for the cat divination content, Shade casually thought of it on the way here.

"Meow~"

Mia lay on Shade's lap, looking at the unfamiliar room with wide eyes. This cat prefers indoors to outdoors.

"I came to see you the day before yesterday, but you were not here. I met your president."

Shad continued, Miss Anat was very interested in this topic and wanted to know what Shad's divination was about, but Shad just said it briefly and quickly jumped to what he really wanted to say:

"Can you please introduce me to Miss Bayas quickly? No matter how successful your work is, I will almost become best friends with her. I am very worried now. When our purpose is revealed to her The day she finds out, will she get so angry that she punches me?"

"Have you met her again recently?"

"It wasn't me who met her, it was she who met me. First four days ago on Sunday night, I went to play cards again."

Miss Anat looked at him suspiciously. Shade skipped the process of Rhodes cards and talked about the bones of the Inferi and four questions.

"At that time, our relationship was already considered as friends. Then two days ago on Tuesday, I came here to find you. I saw her on the way home. She went to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square to escape the summer heat. When she left Gave me this."

Taking out the brooch that can use the disposable "sunshine gun", Miss Anat held it in her hand and looked at it, and couldn't help but marvel:

"Although I have always known that the chosen ones are extremely powerful, I didn't expect that she would be able to make such a thing before she fully obtained all the powers."

"The problem now is not this. The problem now is, Miss Anat, if things are not going well on your side, why not let me introduce you to Miss Bayas, and then reveal the details about the chosen one? Isn’t this better? ”

He suggested that in this way there would be no deception by Shade, but Miss Anat hiding something from Miss Bayas.

She did hesitate for a moment at Shade's proposal, but still shook her head:

"Sorry, Shade, I still have to make the plan. I paid the price for divination to get the best way to gain her trust. The method the divination told me is for me to execute the plan."

"Okay then."

Xia De said helplessly and did not insist:

"I have a clue about the location of the Silver-Eyed Man. The source of the information cannot be said, but it is absolutely reliable. He is hiding in the underground ruins that contain the sage-level relic [God's Gift Box]. I will give you the location of the ruins later. You're marked on the map. The location was obtained by Dr. Schneider, which involves Monday's rainy night adventure. If you're interested, I can tell you."

"Did you find out? Oh, Shade, is your life always so colorful?"

The female fortune teller was a little surprised, and then said:

"Obviously I came to you to cooperate, but now it's you who help me. Shade, I won't say much more about my thanks. There will be a day when you can get a gift from me."

Miss Anat has not been idle these days. She is planning a costly divination. Originally, he wanted to divine the location of the silver-eyed person so that he could further contact Miss Bayas. Although the answer is now obtained directly, the divination still needs to be carried out, and the content is the last condition for Miss Bayas to truly become the chosen one.

Becoming the chosen one requires three conditions. The understanding of "balance" can only be understood by Miss Bayas herself. The items containing the power of the ancient gods have already received clues from Old John. Miss Anat said that obtaining I will tell Shade as soon as possible. Only the final conditions for completing a specific ritual are unclear.

The purple-eyed female fortune teller still didn’t tell Shade what price she had to pay to perform such accurate predictions. But for things like divination that involve the witch's great prophecies, the price to pay may not be small.

But according to her, the divination can be performed probably this weekend, and then she will introduce Shade to Miss Bayas, and then let Miss Bayas become the real chosen one, completing the first section of the whispering poem. all content.

The plan is great, it sounds like it can be completed this week. Shade very much hoped that there would be no accidents, but everyone knew that the possibility of no accidents was almost non-existent.

After talking about Miss Bayas, Shade grabbed Mia Cat's waist and hugged it with both hands. The lazy cat knew that Shade would not hurt it, so it did not resist.

"Miss Anat, actually there is one more thing. I want you to help me divine Mia. No, it is not to divine when it will return to Miss Mia Gold. I want to know whether it is a A normal cat."

"Meow?"

The cat squirmed in Shade's hands, but it wasn't struggling, it was just enjoying the fun.

"Why do you think so?"

Miss Anat put down the tea cup and reached out to hug the small orange cat. But the cat's paw slapped her hand away. Miss Anat was a little surprised and looked at Shade with a funny expression.

Xia De is a little worried:

"It has been acting smarter and smarter recently. This may be my illusion, but it does not rule out that there is a real problem. Can it be used for divination? Ordinary divination is fine."

"Of course there is no problem. Although I have never divined for pets, I think it is no problem."

This time Miss Anat used a more traditional card divination. Because the cat couldn't choose the cards, she asked Shade to hold the cat's paw to help choose. A total of three cards were chosen. Anat shook her head after reading:

"No problem, your cat is indeed a cat. At least that's what I think."

"Meow~"

Mia's claws broke away from Shade's hand and she screamed dissatisfied with him.

"That's good."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked:

"So when will it return to its owner? Just give me an answer. After all, this is the reason why I came to the association to find you."

"Do you want it to leave you?"

The fortune teller asked, holding a teacup, with a smile in his purple eyes. Shade thought for a while and shook his head decisively:

"If possible, of course I want Mia to be by my side all the time. But after all, it is someone else's cat..."

"Well, my answer is, it will stay with you forever."

Miss Anat is really understanding.

After leaving the Prophet's Association, Shade walked to Quill Avenue. When he arrived at the apartment rented by Miss Louisa, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning. Pedestrians on the street were in groups, and they all seemed to be students from nearby universities.

This reminded Shade that the academic report mentioned in the newspaper he saw at Captain Rades' house last week seemed to be on Friday, which is tomorrow. It just so happened that he didn't have any schedule on Friday yet, so he might consider going to sit in and learn about the development of materialist physics in the steam age where real mysticism exists.

Because he did not write a letter to visit in advance, Shade was still a little worried that Miss Louisa was not at home. But after the landlady who opened the door saw Shade's face, she turned back and shouted upstairs, which meant that the blond girl was at home.

They still entertained Shade in the living room, but unlike Dr. Schneider who thought something had happened again when he saw Shade, Miss Louisa saw the young detective and thought he was here to ask questions.

"Yes, I'm just here to ask questions."

After controlling the cat, Xia De took out two leaves. The only person who knew the secret of his time travel was Miss Louisa, so he came to ask her specifically.

He roughly explained the situation, without mentioning the witch and the Word of Ascension. He wanted Miss Louisa to give her some help on how to use the two leaves. Originally it was just a chance, but Miss Louisa looked at two leaves and gave the answer directly:

"I know how to use this."

She lazily sat on the red single sofa holding a tea cup.

"Huh?"

"Shadow, haven't you heard of the fairy tale "The Kiss of the Tree"?"

The blond writer asked.

"No."

He shook his head decisively. Although the character setting of "awakening from blindness and ignorance" did not give him the memory of the original owner in the past, it also gave him a reason for not being familiar with common sense.

"This is also a very famous fairy tale. I still remember that when I was a child, my mother often hugged me at night and told me these stories under gaslight."

Miss Louisa smiled, but she quickly walked out of her memories and told Shade the slightly sad story:

"The answer you want is in this story, please listen patiently:

This is a story of friendship between an old tree and a girl. Princess Taweil, who was betrayed by her parents and lover, was exiled to the terrifying Black Forest, where she finally encountered a strange giant tree deep in the forest.

When she was hungry, the giant tree gave her fruit;

When she was thirsty, the giant tree gave her dew;

When she felt lonely, the wind played music among the treetops;

When she is tired, the tree house hidden among the branches and leaves gives her safety and warmth.

So the girl stayed with the tree for a long time, singing to it under the tree in her free time, or leaning against it and telling her own stories. Time passed and no one saw the princess again, and one day her cruel parents wanted to find her.

But people only found a mummy hidden in the trunk of a giant hollow tree deep in the forest. They are together forever. ”

Miss Louisa has a beautiful voice, and she puts her emotions into it when telling stories. She was very satisfied with her performance. After a short pause to give Shade time to reflect, she asked with some expectation:

"How's the story?"

Xia De's first reaction was that he definitely did not bring this story from his hometown. But he couldn't say this, so he could only express his second reaction:

"Well...won't children feel scared listening to this kind of story?"