The Whispering Verses Chapter 522: Weak light
Carrying [God's Gift Box] on his back, Shade immediately entered the manor while supporting Luvia, whose condition was getting worse and worse.
In the courtyard, they did not see any sleeping maids. After struggling to open the door that was locked from the inside, no one appeared.
Because everything is pitch black, the inside of the building looks the same as the outside. Just be careful not to hit the wall. Seeing that no one showed up, Shade was a little uneasy. Fortunately, the pendant he carried could detect the witches around him. Even if the [Dark Realm] hinders the function of the pendant, at least it does not completely eliminate the function.
Based on the difference in heat emitted by the pendant at different locations, Shade took Luvia to the third floor of the manor and stopped at the door of the master bedroom of the manor. This is Miss Carina's bedroom. Only Tifa can enter and exit at will without permission. Shade has never been in before.
At this time, the two doors were tightly closed in the darkness. Shade stretched out his hand to push. Unexpectedly, the red-gold runes on the door flickered and pushed Shade open.
Far from being surprised, Xia De smiled:
"I know that even though Miss Carina may not be in the manor, it is impossible for all the servants in the manor to fall asleep due to the expansion of darkness. Luvia, do you recognize the ritual on the door?"
Shad turned around and asked, Luvia tried her best to open her eyes and looked, then shook her head:
"The ceremony doesn't matter, why don't you just knock on the door?"
"Oh, that makes sense. If anyone is still awake, we can just knock on the door."
Because this door would prevent touching, Shade finally chose to shout a few times into the door. After waiting for more than ten seconds, a weak voice came from behind the door. Inside the [Dark Domain], the voice would also be swallowed by the darkness, so behind a door, someone should also be shouting loudly:
"Is it Shad?"
"It's me, and I have my friends with me."
Shad recognized that the slightly distorted voice was Tifa. It seemed that Miss Carina did not leave the manor with her when the incident happened.
"Prove your identity."
The voice inside the door said again.
"Last time we investigated the ophthalmologist together, I asked you to drop blood into my eyes when I was using the medicine."
"Oh, it's really you."
From the inside, Tifa carefully pushed open the double-door door on the right side of the bedroom, leaving only a crack enough for Shade to enter sideways. Shade recovered a mask from his pocket and handed it to Luvia, but the latter shook her head;
"No need, I think it doesn't matter even if the witch knows my appearance."
Xia De walked in first, and after confirming that the door was safe, he poked his head through the crack of the door and pulled Luvia in.
For the first time in a long time, a weak light source appeared in the room. The light source was placed on the carpet in the center of the bedroom. More than thirty girls in maid outfits were lying on the desk or lying in groups on the carpet. Sleeping soundly or talking quietly in various parts of the room, the light source covers their bodies, making their shadows sway slightly.
No matter which angle you look at, this scene is quite impressive.
Tifa was still wearing her usual maid dress. From her perspective, Shade, whose whole body exuded the shimmer of the silver moon, walked in with a very elegant lady carrying a luminous box. One scene has more visual impact.
Tifa was not the only one who was not resting in the room. In addition to her, there were four maids wearing maid skirts and three ladies wearing their own regular skirts.
These seven ladies are also ring magicians around Miss Carina, two are second-level magicians, one is a third-level magician, and the other four are all middle-level magicians, but none are above Tifa's level.
At this time, five of the ring magicians were sitting in front of the only light source in the room, and some ashes were used to outline the ritual traces of the hexagram on the carpet. The remaining two and Tifa stood in front of the door to welcome Shade's arrival. Shade was also a frequent visitor to Miss Carina's manor, and all the maids here knew him.
"This is my friend, the fortune teller"
"Louvia Anat."
Shad originally wanted to say a pseudonym, but Luvia herself revealed her real name.
Tifa smiled and nodded to introduce herself, then arranged for the awake maid to wake up her sleeping companion and prepare hot tea for the two people who came from afar.
"What's going on now? Is Miss Carina not here?"
The door closed behind him, shutting out the darkness. There is a very strong fragrance in the bedroom. Miss Carina probably likes to light incense in the bedroom.
"Before the darkness expanded this morning, the lady went out alone. When the incident happened, the manor itself could not resist for less than five minutes. During this time, I summoned the servants of the manor to enter the mansion to take shelter. Only five of them were in the back garden. Didn't come back in time. The male servants must have fallen asleep in the kitchen on the first floor. The other maids were led by the housekeeper to the dining room on the second floor. I think the people here are responsible for personal care. The lady's maid, so I brought them up without informing the lady. They are not falling asleep due to the influence of the relics, but because they are under too much mental pressure, so they must sleep frequently."
Tifa said softly. Valley
Although Miss Carina hates men, some heavy physical work in the manor requires male servants, and if there is no male servant in the manor, it is easy for others to think of something, so there are male servants here, but they don’t Access is allowed to the second floor and above.
"Are you okay?"
Xia De asked with concern. He also lowered his voice to prevent waking up others who were sleeping.
"It's okay for now. Miss has foreseen the worst case scenario, so she left this."
Tifa pointed to the light source behind her, which was a cylindrical kerosene lamp. Made of bronze metal, the main body is cylindrical and supported by three legs below. The height of the kerosene lamp can reach to Shade's chest. It is divided into five sections, each section has a separate glowing wick. The lampshade is made of glass, and there is a phoenix pattern on the metal that fixes the lampshade. There is also a lifelike bronze phoenix statue at the top of the lamppost.
This is a relic.
"Keeper level (Level 3) [Phoenix Lamp], the only positive feature is that it can continue to emit heat and illuminate the surroundings, and will not go out no matter what. The negative feature is that if this lamp is not in a closed Contained in refractory materials, the probability of fire in the surrounding area will be greatly increased, and if the fire is not dealt with in time, some monsters that may be difficult for young ladies will appear in the flames."
Tifa explained to Shade:
"It is precisely because there is only one characteristic that it can keep shining in the [Dark Realm]. However, the difference between [Phoenix Lamp] and [Dark Realm] is still a bit too big. Ritual assistance must be used to enhance the light and let it shine." The coverage is larger, but as long as there are no new incidents, these lights should be enough to last us until the end of the matter."
"Miss Carina anticipated this situation in advance? She is really amazing."
Xia De admired softly.
"No, in my opinion, it is remarkable that you can come here when the relics are out of control. The situation outside must be very bad, right?"
Tifa said, Shade shook his head:
"This is not my fault, it is the friends I know who gave me strength. Let's not talk about this, Luvia, you will stay here for a while. You can't follow me to move on, I will go on alone."
The purple-eyed girl who had already sat down looked at Shade with regret, but what Shade said was indeed reality.
"Tifa, does Miss Carina have a map of the core area of [Dark Realm]? I have something to move on."
"Yes, it's right here with me. But I'll go with you. No, please don't call for rejection."
She still had a peaceful expression on her face and looked up at Shade:
"I'm also worried about Miss, she is probably also in the center of the relic. Things happened suddenly, and I'm not sure whether Miss is ready to deal with it. Since you want to go there, why not go with me. After all, I don’t know what’s going on outside, and I need your help.”
Her statement made it seem like she needed Shade to accompany her.
Shad knew that Tifa wanted to protect herself, so she thought about it carefully and did not refuse. But before setting off, he had one more thing to do:
"Is [Dark Box] in the manor now?"
Although the extreme fear has passed, Shade also sees strength in fear. But that is the power of courage. For the [Light] Spirit Rune, it is still necessary to try again.
"Yes, but I suggest you not to use it lightly."
She took Shade to the bedside in the bedroom. The master bedroom of the manor was huge, and the four-poster bed placed on two steps higher than the ground was even bigger. However, the curtains were lowered to hide the situation on the bed, and Shade did not have the impoliteness to explore.
The light of [Phoenix Lamp] only extends to the edge of the big bed, but the light and darkness are not smooth and smooth. The boundary between the two is very obvious, as if there is really a line dividing them.
The brass-colored gear mechanism box is placed on the boundary line between light and darkness, and the dividing line completely coincides with the central axis of the upper surface of the mechanism box.
This is the [Dark Box] that I haven’t seen for a long time.
"Why did you bring it to Miss Carina's bedroom? Did you foresee my return?"
Shad asked, but Tifa shook her head, squatted down and carefully moved the box to the area covered by the light. Only then did Shad realize that there were disgusting black dots on the large and small gears on the side of the box. Uneven stains.
"We were able to successfully escape here because we used this relic."
Tifa explained:
"The characteristic of [Dark Box] itself is that by rotating the six-sided gear according to certain rules, darkness can be controllably released from the box. Darkness and darkness are also different. When the darkness of [Dark Box] Covering us, the darkness of [Dark Realm] will not be able to affect us for the time being.”
Xia De raised his eyebrows, this approach was very interesting. Priest Augustus said before Shade set off that it is not necessarily light that defeats darkness, but he did not expect that darkness could actually fight against darkness.