Whispering Poems

Chapter 1517 Lathers' Funeral
The Randall Valley Public Cemetery is divided into East Zone, Southeast Zone and South Zone according to the development time.Among them, the southern area is a cemetery built in the past ten years, and the funeral that Xia De will attend is here.

Because I knew the address in advance, I didn't get lost when I came in a hurry.But just as the cab driver said, last week's earthquake caused too many tragedies. On this foggy Monday morning, there were quite a lot of people in the cemetery.

No matter which part of the Old World it is, a funeral requires a final farewell ceremony in a church.But because I am too busy recently, the farewell ceremony in the church is kept simple.Hillis made an appointment at ten o'clock in the morning, because there were two funerals lined up ahead, so Shade came at 09:30 just in time.

When Shad found Siris, all the people attending the funeral had arrived and were standing and talking beside the tomb selected for Mr. Lassus on the side of the church.

The four great witches and the four witch apprentices are very conspicuous.The tall witches were all wearing black long skirts, black hats decorated with black fake flowers, and veils. Their red, golden, brown, and black long hair were all coiled up, looking very capable.

As for the young apprentices, they were dressed in different styles, only Tifa still wore a black and white maid dress.

And the real relative at the funeral was Sirius. She was wearing a black velvet skirt, a black slim-fitting coat with no decorations, and a white flower on her chest.The black hat is also decorated with black fake flowers, but she has no veil.

In addition to the nine, some members of the Golden Dawn also came here.However, these ring magicians did not approach the witch, but stood outside, as if they were on guard.

When Xia De's figure appeared from the hazy mist, the girls spotted him immediately.And when Shad also came under the big bare pine tree, Sirius directly opened his arms and hugged him.

The witches didn't say anything, and Miss Benanis even patted Sirius on the back lightly. The two were best friends.

"There are about 10 minutes left before we enter the church again."

Miss Aurora said softly at the side, this lady usually likes to wear all kinds of gemstone rings, but today when she attended the funeral, she only wore a relatively simple black gemstone ring.

Hearing her voice, Xia De immediately thought of what happened after lunch yesterday.He immediately freed himself from distracting thoughts and patted Sirius on the back lightly.

It took the young girl a long time to let go of Xia De, and stood beside him with her head down.

Shad asked again:
"Where is the coffin now?"

"In the basement of the church, people from the church will arrange to send it into the auditorium later."

Miss Galina said, this is the first time Xia De has seen the Grand Duchess of the Northland wearing this style of clothes, but she is still very beautiful.

"I thought the funeral would be held at the Church of the Forgotten."

"Since my father chose to be the guardian of the earth, I think his beliefs are not limited to my lord."

Sirius spoke next to Shad, her voice hoarse.

"The stone statue is heavier than the corpse. Wouldn't the people in the church find something wrong with the coffin?"

Shard asked again, and this time it was Miss Bernanice who answered:

"It doesn't matter, I carved a rune that affects gravity inside the coffin."

A beautiful blond lady with a sad face behind a veil, grieving for Sirius.Seeing Xia De looking at her, the witch lightly hooked Xia De's hand, and then there was an extra note in Xia De's hand.

So Xia De put his hand into his pocket, opened the note, and rubbed it with his fingertips.

[It says: Come to the opera house at nine o'clock tonight, I promise you, I will give you a solo performance. 】

"She" softly told Shad the contents of the note.

So Xia De nodded slightly to Miss Benanis imperceptibly, and asked again:

"The corpse of this kind of public funeral needs to be registered with the police department. How is the cause of death written? I remember that Mr. Lassus disappeared more than ten years ago in the official records."

"I got Margaret to help change the official records."

Miss Sylvia said, pointing to Her Royal Highness who was talking to Miss Rita Swift and Miss Hayley Aurora.In order to conceal her identity, Margaret covered herself tightly today, and her veil was also the thickest of all.However, Xia De could still see that she turned her head slightly and smiled to herself.

"It's not a complete revision of the record, but some details have been revised, and the body was found after changing missing to missing. Because the tomb was damaged by the earthquake, I thought about re-doing the funeral and relocating the tomb. Golden Dawn was not very famous more than ten years ago. Opera troupe, so few people remember this gentleman, and the revision of the official record will not attract the attention of others."

Miss Sylvia explained that the youngest great witch also dressed plainly.It's just that when she was talking, her eyes were fixed on Xia De's. Xia De thought that she probably thought of what happened yesterday afternoon.

"fair enough."

Shad sighed. Funerals are always sad.As he spoke, he looked up at the tall trees in front of him:

"This location is really good."

"Yes, after a while, when the weather gets warmer, I plan to move my mother's tomb here. The underground cemetery where my mother is buried has suffered serious water seepage in recent years."

Sirius whispered again, Shad thought for a while, and still expressed his thoughts:
"Actually, I have a way to turn that stone statue into flesh and blood."

Sirius looked up sharply, and the other witches also looked at Shad.

Shad shook his head:
"It's not resurrection, it's just turning the stone statue into a corpse. Mr. Lassus is dead, and his soul cannot return. This cannot be changed."

So Miss Benanis looked at Sirius, who nodded with her lips pursed:

"Also, burying a corpse is better than burying a stone statue."

Although the corpse is stored under the church, family members will not be stopped if they want to take a look at it before the funeral.

It is not necessary for everyone to go there. In the end, only Sirius, Miss Benanis and Miss Sylvia followed to the church basement.

The basement of the church in the cemetery has a special place for storing dead bodies.Because the first two funerals had already been held, and Mr. Lassers' funeral was the last one before noon, there were no other family members here.

The young priest who brought a group of people wisely left the space for the four of them. Xia De stretched out his hand and opened the brown lacquered coffin, and saw that the sitting stone statue had changed into a lying posture by some means .

After confirming with Siris for the last time, Shad reached out and pressed the forehead of the stone statue:
"Active clay."

The spell obtained from the divinity of the earth, under Xia De's hand, slightly radiated golden light.And in that light, the gray stone slowly transformed into the color of normal human skin.

Because Mr. Lassus was a normal person before being petrified, so when the retransformation is over, what lies in the coffin is a corpse as lifelike as a living person.

Sirius wept:
"Father."

Miss Benanis took a look at Xia De. Although she had seen Xia De use this spell to treat Miss Galina in the early hours of Saturday morning, she was still curious about this almost miraculous spell.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a normal spell.Although conjuration and thaumaturgy are supernatural powers, they also have to follow the rules.

The corpse's hands were originally placed on both sides of the body. Sirius reached out and moved the corpse's hands to his chest, then took off the ring he was wearing on his hand, and placed it in both hands.

"If the corpse is kept uncorrupted, maybe one day, I mean maybe, Mr. Lathers is willing to leave the Guardian's group, and maybe he can be resurrected."

Miss Benanis said softly, but Shad knew that this was absolutely impossible, and the guardians' unity was not reversible.

"No, he won't do it, and I don't want to."

Sirius shook his head, and took a step back from the coffin:
"Father has passed away, I don't want to reawaken the dead, I won't"

"Well."

Xia De nodded, and put the white bone ring that he managed to get back from Mia before going out, which is the clerical relic "Lord of Longevity" on his finger.After rubbing it twice, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled:

"The breath of time."

A negligible gray airflow sprayed out from the nasal cavity, and after covering the corpse, the corpse quickly shriveled like a living person.Although it did not rot, it turned into a haggard mummy in the blink of an eye under the acceleration of the ten-year limit of the current "breath of time".

"Goodbye, father."

Sirius said goodbye softly, and then solemnly closed the coffin lid.Miss Sylvia asked Xia De worriedly:

"How long did you lose your life just now?"

"No loss."

He shook the ring on his hand, the devil's "reward" he didn't tell anyone but the doctor:

"I found a way to offset the loss of lifespan. Of course, this is the power of the relic, so my thaumaturgy still cannot be easily used."

The four returned to the ground to join the others. At [-]:[-] a.m., a group of people finally entered the church and sat down under the guidance of the priest, and began the farewell process of the funeral under the auspices of the priest.

The Lassers family is not prosperous, and there are no relatives to call in this generation. In addition, the process is simple, so the elders skipped the link of recalling the story of the deceased, and Miss Lasses went directly as the daughter. Make final condolences.

The great witches sat in the first row, followed by the members of the Golden Dawn, and Xia De and the witch apprentices sat at the end.Because Shad also met Mr. Lathers, Shad will also deliver a short eulogy later.

On the way here, he temporarily prepared a short paragraph in his notebook, and when he was bowing his head for the final inspection, he suddenly heard someone coming from behind, and then sat beside him.

Shad turned his head and found that the face was Mr. Thomas Granger, also known as "The Guardian".

(End of this chapter)