Whispering Poems

Chapter 1658 "Winter Singer"

The dawn sun broke through the thick fog that hung over the Pearl of the North, shining on the awakening city.

On the channel of the Terraria River that runs through Tobesk, small boats carrying cargo quietly follow the current, sailing from upstream to downstream.Not far away, you can see the Disko Bridge with a steel cable structure, and it is only a 10-minute walk from the Saint-Andrés Square.

Workers ready to go to work have already appeared on the small pier by the river. On another ship in the distance, the sailors woke up and were urged by the captain to scrub the deck before breakfast.

No one noticed that the fog around the humble cargo boat was thicker than in other areas.That's because next to the metal black coffin placed on the deck, the golden Holy Grail is continuously generating fog.

This holy grail obtained from the purification of the earth on the central island of Green Lake has the power to generate fog.And the mist generated from the Holy Grail has properties very similar to the fog on the island.

Obviously the fog is not very thick, but the line of sight cannot be easily penetrated.Moreover, within the range of the fog, most space forces would be disturbed.

Dr. Schneider, who hadn't slept all night, stood on the deck and looked at the scenery on both sides of the river bank, the alert expression on his face did not disappear.And on the coffin beside him, the silver cat pushed away the orange and white cat countless times.There was an aggrieved expression on Miya's face, as if she didn't know why she was hated by Xia De.

"Xia De, stop bullying your cat."

"First, I didn't bully it. Second, it's not my cat."

The silver cat spoke to Dorothy, and the writer lady showed a smile, and continued to use a pencil sketch in her notebook to draw the appearance of the two cats "fighting".Although she can use a camera or her own thaumaturgy, she prefers the feeling of painting with her own hands.

She said this on purpose, because Xia De's appearance of complaining after turning into a cat really moved her heart.If she didn't want to finish the painting as soon as possible, she would have wanted to pet the cat like she did in the pumpkin carriage two hours ago during the transfer.

"That's why I don't want to tell anyone else that I learned Transfiguration. Oh, Mia, I know it's almost time for breakfast, and I won't forget!"

The silver cat continued to complain, but the indifference and emptiness in his heart caused by the contact of "nothingness" with his eyes had already healed a lot.The relic could not erase Xia De, because the divine personality in Xia De's body was much higher than it.But facing the characteristics of the relic head-on, it is impossible for Xia De to remain unaffected.

He had to go home and sleep for four hours, and use the "moon dream" to clear the last discomfort in his heart.

Priest Augustus yawned and walked out of the cabin. Hearing the voice of the silver cat on the coffin, he couldn't help smiling, but he wanted to say another thing:

"Bill, I've already slowed down the boat. Does Shade's Holy Grail need to be put away? I'm worried that the people the academy arranges to pick up the goods will not be able to find us because of this."

"You don't need to put it away. I contacted the academy just now, and they will send a very safe person to pick up the goods. Moreover, the mission reward has been increased this time, and the academy didn't expect that the relic could almost break through the containment."

The doctor said, stretching his waist in front of the first ray of sunrise, and the good news of the salary increase made everyone smile.

However, the smile on Luvia's face was the shallowest. Standing on the other side of the coffin, she first looked down at the long black staff in her hand, and then at the silver cat transformed by Shade.

It was obviously the first time she had seen and used this relic, but she felt inexplicably familiar with [Yuktrazil's Rod].It was as if she had been using this staff for a long time.The "sunshine gun" hit just now was not her thaumaturgy, but the thaumaturgy she used Iluna's "sunshine gun brooch", but even Shad didn't know that this relic could even enhance alchemy effect of the item.

"Although I have already praised you just now, your Transfiguration is indeed very powerful."

The purple-eyed girl said to Xia De that after seeing the two "cats" fighting and holding the staff tightly, her depressed mood obviously improved for some reason.She also reached out to touch Shad's cat, and as expected, heard Shad's complaint again.

"Although we all know that you will gain cat-related abilities sooner or later, I didn't expect that the first thing you get is the ability to turn into a cat. I thought it was to turn your cat into a human."

"Oh, Luvia, what do you think of me?"

Xia De said, and the other four smiled.

"Where did you get this staff? We originally thought that the only weapon you used was the sword."

Luvia asked again, asking quite generously.Shad had already prepared the answer, so while pushing Mia who was still wanting to get closer, he said:
"I can't say this for now, but it's related to my time key adventure."

He wasn't lying, but apparently Luvia and the others had a different understanding of "time adventure" than Shad intended.

The girl with purple eyes nodded and didn't ask any more questions.And the squatting silver cat, looking at Luvia's silhouette, asked "her" in his heart:
"What happened to the 'sunshine gun' that Luvia used to suppress the relics before leaving the warehouse? I even thought it was Iluna who came. The effect of that blow was already very close to Iluna, But Luvia has just been promoted to the sixth ring."

【Because she is the real owner of that staff. 】

"She" smiled softly, and then reminded:

[Someone is coming, downstream, on the surface of the water. 】

"Someone's coming, on the water, downstream from us."

The silver cat spoke, and the doctor glanced at the pocket watch in his hand:
"The time is just right. Don't be nervous. They are sent by the academy. But they should not be from the academy itself. After all, we must avoid being misunderstood by the church."

While talking, the others also saw figures appearing on the water in the early morning fog.They originally thought that there was a group of people receiving the goods, but they didn't expect that there was only one person stepping on the water.

If you look closely, the lady in the dark blue dress is not stepping on the water, but every time she lands, there will be ice under her feet to provide her with a foothold.

As the team leader, Dr. Schneider immediately walked to the edge of the ship to meet him. Dorothy, who put away her pencil, noticed the surprised expression on the silver cat's face.

"Xia De, what's the matter? The other party is not the receiver?"

She kept her voice as low as possible and raised her vigilance.

"The opponent is twelve, it's the thirteenth ring!"

As he spoke, he raised his paw and kicked the [Night Watchman].After catching it, Dorothy threw it into the cabin neatly, and then said doubtfully:
"Thirteen rings?"

"Yes, my perception is very keen. I am indeed the thirteenth ring."

The lady in the mist on the water surface turned into snowflakes and dissipated, and then the snowflakes condensed on the deck, revealing the lady's figure.

She looked to be Miss Galina's age—younger in appearance, with black hair and drop-shaped sapphire drop earrings in each ear.

Compared with the slightly tired five members of the group, she looked very energetic, and even looked at the two cats on the coffin with a smile, and looked at the appearance of the two cats in turn:

"Warm sun and soft moon, I think you should be a student of Dennist, Mr. Hamilton who keeps cats."

She said to the silver cat, Shade cat nodded, and pushed Little Miya again:

"Yes, ma'am, I didn't know you were."

In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, but he couldn't believe it.

"[Winter Chant], Aisha Asperger. Of course, people often call me 'Winter Singer.'"

She said reservedly, now except for the cat, the other four people quickly paid their respects to the lady:
"Ma'am, I didn't expect that it was you who came to pick up the goods."

This lady was seen at the end of the Battle of Randall's Dale, alongside Sister Deveryn against Hermons the Bloodcryer.It's just that the distance was too far, the sky was dark and it was snowing heavily, so Xia De couldn't see the opponent's face clearly.As for the surname "Aisberg", it is the same as the surname of Duke Eisberg of the Far North Garrison of the Third Legion of the Royal Delarion Army. At the end of last autumn, one of Rezia's younger sisters was married to Ace. Son of the Duke of Berg.

I just don't know if these two "Aspergers" are related.

The four members of the group knew that [Winter Hymn] had a close relationship with St. Byrence Comprehensive College. After all, this is part of the college's general education, so it seemed reasonable for her to pick up the goods, but the doctor still asked in awe. road:

"Ma'am, how did the academy let you come? I'm not questioning the academy's decision."

"Your principal and librarian have other things to do recently. But for safety, this dangerous relic must be monitored by the thirteen rings when it passes through the hinterland of civilization in the Old World. I shouldn't have appeared, but in Waiting outside Tobesk, but you made too much noise last night."

She looked up at the sky in Tobesk West District, under the sun, the cloud still hadn't completely dissipated:

"Although the relic is under control, in order to prevent similar situations from happening again, St. Byrence asked me to check and temporarily take charge of the next stop of the relic."

She walked to the coffin, Xia Deli jumped down.The silver cat turned into a silver ball of light, and Xia De's body recovered in the light ball.

He carried Mia down as well, and the black metal coffin shook, but very slightly.Then, the lady in a dark blue dress put her hands on it, and said to the five people after a while:
"You have done a good job, the power of the relic has indeed returned to the containment measures."

She took off a gray spar on the surface of the coffin and handed it to Xia De, and then patted the coffin twice, a layer of ice rustled and sealed the black coffin.The whispering elements that could still be slightly perceived at first subsided completely.

The five of them finally breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the mission was over.As for the task rewards, they will be distributed by the academy later.At this moment, Xia De fully understood why the people in the previous team showed such happy expressions when they picked up the goods at Tobesk Railway Station last night.

Though the mission was less than twelve hours long, the night was no easier than Shad's adventures.

"Although afterwards you must write a report on what happened before and after the relic went out of control last night and submit it to your academy, but I still want to ask, to what extent did the remains in the coffin go out of control last night? Did it sit up? ? You, how did you deal with it?"

The doctor and the priest looked at each other, then Shad coughed:
"For me, I was the closest last night. After the power of the remains was affected by the prayer of an unknown eight-ring magician, the coffin lid was blown away with me and my cat, and then I noticed that the room in the warehouse It disappeared with a push. Fortunately, there were white ash everywhere in the coffin, and the flying ash affected my vision, and I didn't see the whole picture of the thing in the coffin."

"It's because your academy deliberately filled it with a lot of white ash, that's to affect the sight of the remains. What about after that?"

The sorceress in a dark blue dress asked again.

"It sat up, yes. It sat up holding the edge of the coffin, so the walls of the warehouse and the outside of the walls were affected. At that time we were terrified that if we were caught in sight, we might disappear too."

Xia De said, and patted Mia's little head:

"But fortunately it lay back on its own. I don't know exactly what happened. It seemed that someone passed by outside the warehouse."

"Yes, someone passed by, a man with a long sword."

The doctor agreed, this is the justification they gave after discussion.

"Is that right?"

The sorceress obviously didn't quite believe it, but Shad added:

"We'll detail that later in the report we submit, but the main point right now is that everything is safe and the relics have been recontained."

"That's true, and besides, you correspondence St. Byrence students always have a lot of secrets."

Miss Asperger nodded and asked again:
"What did that unknown eight-ring warlock say when he triggered the relic riot?"

Dorothy said:
"It's something like praising nothing that doesn't exist."

Because she was worried that the coffin would riot again, she only said the first sentence.

The lady in the dark blue dress frowned slightly:

"This is different from what I thought. They probably didn't want to snatch this coffin, but they wanted to make this coffin go out of control inside Tobesk. You probably don't know what it is. Angel-level relic [unnamed The remains of the dead], the corpse lying in the coffin is indeed a corpse, but that corpse has vitality and a small amount of intelligence, and all things that are watched by its sight will be sent to nothingness.

Therefore, once the power of the relic breaks through the containment measures, it will cause large-scale changes in the space. If you just want to snatch it away, you will never deliberately let it get out of control. This is not good for anyone. I will tell St. Byrence It was reported that someone wanted to frame St. Byrence?Oh, this has nothing to do with you, you did a great job. "

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the black coffin wrapped in ice flew up.But before she left, she turned her head and looked at Xia De again:

"Miss Denist said, Mr. Hamilton, do you have something to say to us?"

She asked suddenly, and Xia De, who was still immersed in the information of the relic, was shocked:
"Yes, I do."

He wanted to ask whether [Vientiane Impermanence·Space] was in the other party's hands, but he didn't want to ask the leader of [Winter Hymn] directly, which would make his behavior extremely strange.

Seeing Xia De hesitate, the sorceress nodded:

"I want to take this coffin and leave as soon as possible. If you want to communicate with us, I will send someone to find you after a while."

As she said that, she nodded to the five people one by one, then jumped from the edge of the deck to the water with light steps, then stepped on the ice under her feet, took the coffin, and left towards the downstream of the river in the morning mist.

Shad bent down to pick up the Holy Grail on the deck and put it away, the doctor yawned:
"It's been a long night."

He waved to the other four:

"It's already Friday morning, let's leave for now. I'll distribute the harvest to you when we have a meeting tomorrow afternoon. There is an appointment for a patient at [-] o'clock this morning. He is an insomniac. I really hope he can As tired as I am now. Have to return this ship in a while."

The ship was also prepared by the doctor in advance, and he had already expected that it might be transferred from the warehouse.Even, if this ship is also found, he still has a third plan to implement, and the doctor fully understands that any accident is possible.

"It's really interesting. In the past, every time we acted in a group, the unlucky one was the doctor. This time the doctor was actually intact."

Luvia seemed to have returned to her normal demeanor, and said with a smile before they left.

Everyone else laughed too, only the doctor looked pensive, and looked at Xia De again:
"This shows that it is indeed correct to let Xia De join. Next time, why not?"

"There won't be a next time in the near future!"

Dorothy said immediately, looking at the city that was gradually waking up from slumber:
"It's exciting enough this time."

(End of this chapter)