Whispering Poems

Chapter 1372 The Soul of a Scholar
This time it was still the tiger, and it was still the tiger just now.

It came out of the forest again, but this time it was not to attack Shad and Mia.Behind it, followed by a young man dressed in summer clothes, or the soul of a young middle-aged man.The latter's neck is very wrong, it seems that this is the fatal injury.

Looking up at the bright afternoon sun above the tree branch, Xia De muttered in surprise:

"A ghost that can appear during the day?"

Such ghosts either have special encounters or are quite powerful themselves.

"Can you really see me?"

There was a surprised expression on the man's face, Xia De nodded, and looked at the tiger who obviously didn't want to get close to him:

"This tiger killed you?"

As he spoke, he wanted to do something, but the young man hurriedly shook his head:

"No, about two years ago, when I came to investigate nearby, I accidentally slipped and fell down the hillside, and then broke my neck. Although it ate my body later, I was already dead at that time. I don't know Is it because of this reason that I was able to follow it all the time, or that it followed me, and I helped it scare those small animals such as hares, and it followed my instructions to move in the mountains and forests."

Xia De had never heard of this strange symbiotic relationship.

"At noon, I couldn't move around, so it ran out by itself. Just now it ran back to me with injuries, I knew that we finally met those people who were rumored to be able to use witchcraft and magic .To be honest, although I was a folklorist when I was still alive, I didn't really believe in these things."

He stood in the shadow of the thick tree trunk and said, Xia De nodded, seeing that the soul was not abnormal, and he had not fallen because of killing people, so he offered to propose:

"You couldn't leave after you died. You should still have some wishes, right? You can tell me what you want to do. I can send you away and let you really go on."

The man immediately nodded with a smile:

"That would be great, oh, I forgot to introduce myself. Benjamin Erfurt, Willendale City, a scholar at Oric River University. I also know my wish, a very simple wish."

He showed an embarrassed expression:

"I have been researching in the Randall Valley for a year, and I have learned something about the local folk customs and festivals that worship the earth, and I have written an article, only the final revision and polishing are needed. Excuse me, can you help me to submit it ? I have already selected a journal, and I should be able to win it. If this article can be published before my death, I will probably be able to get an associate professor before I am 35 years old."

Xia De didn't hear the last half of the sentence clearly, but he could feel the sadness of that soul:
"You are dead. I can't publish this article under your name. Otherwise, it will cause trouble."

Shad said, Mr. Erfurt immediately shook his head:
"No, no, you don't need to use my name, as long as you thank me first in the acknowledgments. After all, I have finished writing it, and I lost my life for it. If I don't publish it, I really will."

Xia De understood what he meant, it was a very simple matter:

"No problem, I'll get Delarion to publish, no problem?"

"Thank you very much."

Just as Xia De wanted to say no thanks, he immediately remembered what Dorothy had said to him in the morning.Therefore, instead, he was a little embarrassed:

"Speaking of which, would you mind if I published under my name? I'm in the running for an honorary degree recently. Oh, lead the way, where are your notebooks and materials now?"

So Mr. Erfurt's soul rode on the tiger, and the tiger came to Xia De with its head downcast, and then led the way.The direction it was walking was the same direction as when one person, one tiger and one cat came.

"It's ok, don't know if it's ok to know, the honors degree you're aiming for is"

The soul riding the tiger asked curiously.

"Honorary Doctorate in History."

Shad said:

"With this degree, I can also have some confidence in front of female friends. Moreover, my current job can also give me a degree subsidy."

This is the benefit of public officials, and degree subsidies are issued according to the degree.The subsidy for honorary degrees is about three-fifths of the formal degree.

"That's it."

Mr. Erfurt nodded, and said in awe:
"I thought that a person with extraordinary power like you could not care about the things that ordinary people pay attention to."

"Even if you master extraordinary powers, you still have to live in a house at night, you have to eat during the day, you have to jump the watch to turn on the gas lamp, and it costs money to keep a cat."

Xia De said as he walked forward with the tiger, while Mia looked at the tiger, wondering what she was thinking:
"You can't imagine how high the house price is in the city where I live. If it weren't for the house left by my uncle to inherit, I would even rent a house to live in. It would be inconvenient to do many experiments. "

The topic immediately struck a chord with the soul:

"The house price in Willendale is not low. Don't think I can get a position in the college, but I haven't been rated as an associate professor, and I don't have a tenure track. My fiancée doesn't even want to marry me. But fortunately, I haven't been able to yet. Get married, or you're killing her now."

As he said that, Mr. Erfurt sighed. Shade knew that his sadness was mentioned, so he changed the subject:
"I will publish that paper as soon as possible. Your name will be mentioned in the acknowledgments, and the corresponding author will use the name of another old professor."

"No problem, but my article is biased towards folk customs. If you want to publish it successfully, you'd better find a respected old professor to help you."

Professor Tillis Manning is clearly one of those respectable old professors.

The two chatted while walking, and after crossing the frozen Elrond River, they actually returned to the place where Shad and Mia met the tiger just now.However, they did not approach the mountain where the Temple of the Night was located, but continued to go deep into the forest.At about four o'clock in the afternoon, after sliding down the snow slope with difficulty, I stopped on a pile of rubble that was not very hidden.

This is a very common but hidden hillside in the mountains. If it is summer with lush vegetation, it is indeed possible to slide down accidentally.

The tiger didn't dare to jump into the gravel pit in this season when there were no plants to climb, so only Shad jumped.Because the deceased was by his side, with the help of "Echo of Blood", Xia De easily found some human bones and a waterproof cloth satchel among the rubble.

He didn't open the satchel immediately, but after returning to the top, he found a place with plenty of sunlight and buried the remains of the human bones.Then he sat down on the spot, opened the satchel in front of Mr. Erfurt, and checked the contents.

The waterproof effect of this bag is not bad. Except for the moldy white bread wrapped in kraft paper, and the broken ink bottle and glasses, other things in the bag are still in good condition.

Mr. Erfurt was very grateful to Shad for burying his body, and was quite happy to say that everything in the bag belonged to Shad.

The tiger was lying above the burial place of his bones, and the soul leaned on the tiger, explaining to Xia De the information in the notebook, the recorded documents, and the article that had already been drafted.

He's actually done most of the work, and it's just the finishing touches left.For Mr. Erfurt's experience, Xia De also felt sorry for him, but the two years of ghost life made Mr. Erfurt understand many things. evil spirits:

"To be honest, compared to being a living person, it's much easier to die after death. You don't have to think of ways to deal with those students who don't hand in their homework honestly, you don't have to think about whether this year's research work is completed, and you don't have to keep thinking about writing projects. Application, just for those poor funds."

Xia De and sat opposite each other leaning on the tiger's soul, listening to each other tell about their life when they were still alive.Death is often so sudden. Compared with others, at least Mr. Erfurt was lucky enough to meet Shade.

He quickly finished explaining his article, and the wallet with little money left in the satchel, the room key of the Fertile Land Inn in Randall Valley, the leftovers of food and his personal letters were not Especially important.Especially the room key, room 303 is rented in Shade, so that there is a mailing address next to the room, it has already been rented to other people.

Shade respected Mr. Erfurt's wishes, burned his personal letters and a small number of personal items, and promised to take away the pocket watch with the photo in the cover, whether it was for Shade's own use or to find a chance to put it away. You can go to the door of this gentleman's fiancée's house.

In the end, Xia De actually found a Rhodes card storage box in the side pocket of the satchel, and there was a complete deck of cards in the box.

"It's also very interesting to play cards with strangers on the first floor of a tavern or hotel when you're away from home."

Mr. Erfurt said embarrassingly, Xia De originally planned to count these items and send him away immediately, but at this time he changed his mind, and he raised his head and proposed:

"Thank you very much for giving me that article. Why don't we play a game of Rhodes for the last time, how about I send you away?"

【You really want to thank him, not what you want】

"It's a good proposal. Before I really die, I met a stranger in the winter forest. Although I don't know the identity, but I can use extraordinary power to play cards. This is simply the best life I can imagine. One last thing before the end."

For special reasons, he can use his soul to affect reality, so he can also touch his Rhodes deck:

"Among my cards, there is a special card. After this game, it will belong to you."

(End of this chapter)