Whispering Poems

Chapter 1822 Cat Washing and Council Rewards (Add more votes)
After leaving the dilapidated house outside the village, Xia De did not return to the city in a hurry, but crossed the border and went to the City of Glass. When crossing the border, he found that the border area seemed to be building new fortifications, but Xia De did not meet Rad Captain Si, so I didn't bother to find out.As for the reason for going to the City of Glass, it was to inform Her Royal Highness about the Gray Gloves undercover in the circus that Margaret asked him to investigate.

Of course, Margaret was still very busy, so she was still absent this morning, so it was still Miss Sylvia who received Shad and had lunch with him.

During lunch, the shouts of the procession outside the manor could still be heard even with the windows closed.Xia De put down the steak knife in his hand, raised his head and asked the young witch:

"Miss Sylvia, from your point of view, how would you like this negotiation to end?"

The black-haired witch sitting at the head of the long dining table gracefully wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and frowned in thought:

"From my personal point of view, it is easier for me to carry out my business if it is peaceful. But from the point of view of the parliament, during wartime, witches can better hide their identities and develop their own power. So, I don't care."

She knew what Shad was thinking:
"The negotiations are now in an anxious stage, so don't think too much. However, the issue of the border line of the 'Black Sun Forest' in the eastern Pantanal that has been discussed in the past two weeks has already caused quite a lot of disputes in Kasenlik. According to According to the agreement in 1205, it actually belongs to the Kingdom of Carsonrique, but De La Rion does not approve of that agreement."

When the agreement was signed in 1205, the situation in the north and the south was completely different from what it is now. That was an ancient agreement 600 years ago.

"What does Margaret say about that?"

"The domestic war faction is instigating the parliament to pass the military budget expansion bill, and Margaret's father is under great pressure."

The witch shook her head, no longer commenting on this.After all, whether it is peace or war, for these witches who are not afraid of hot weapons at all and can easily wipe out an entire legion, it just means a change in their way of life.

After having lunch with Miss Sylvia, Xia De told her the news he heard in the morning, and then returned home.

But when I got home, I remembered the plan of the previous few days, so I pretended to take Mia, who had already had lunch, to eat again, making the cat mistakenly think that Xia De had forgotten the number of times to eat, and then took this opportunity to catch He caught Little Miya and took her into the bathroom.

Spring has come at its best, and it's time to wash your cats again.

Miya, who never liked to take a bath, was really angry because of Xia De's behavior.When Shad immersed it in warm water, the cat struggled desperately, splashing water all over Shad, as if it would sink if Shad let go of his hand.And when Xia De really let go of his hand, the cat who didn't realize it immediately was still flapping its little paws and struggling in the bathtub.

However, no matter how Xia De looked at it, it looked like it was enjoying itself.

"Meow?"

The cat looked up and saw Xia De standing up and looking at it, his hands had been retracted, and he immediately jumped up to escape, but was pushed back by Xia De.After waiting for 10 minutes, Xia De wiped Xiao Miya's body with a towel, it was still angry with Xia De, and immediately jumped out to avoid Xia De's hand, it seemed that it didn't intend to talk to Richard before dinner .

However, Shard is going to dinner at the Green Lake Hotel tonight.Originally planned to save some cat food for Mia to have dinner, but seeing its angry appearance, she couldn't bear to leave the cat alone at home:
"I'm going to eat something good tonight, do you want to come together?"

So Mia temporarily forgave the rude outsider, and happily entered the basement with Xia De.

It was still early, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, when Shade came in from the main entrance of the Green Lake Hotel with Xiao Mia, who had just taken a bath and became more lovable, on his shoulders, Mr. Soren Green and Ms. Helena Green , are still busy preparing for tonight's banquet.

On the east side of the second floor of the Green Lake Hotel, there is a large room that can be used for birthday parties or receptions for guests. It is seldom used at ordinary times, and the family banquet will be held there tonight.

The siblings arranged for the servants to clean up and scrub the tableware, and urged the chef to prepare the ingredients in advance.Seeing that they were so busy, Xia De didn't bother, but went to the third floor and knocked on the door of the doctor's room.

It's a pity that the doctor isn't there. Xia De saw that there was still some time before the dinner began, and he knew that Miss Galina was having a meeting at the City of Glass at this time, so he had to go find Audrey and Megan.

Fortunately, the great witch of "wisdom and knowledge" is still on his cruise ship. When Xia De saw her in the laboratory on the bottom of the cruise ship, she was in a good mood and showed Xia De a test tube filled with luminescent colored potions :
"Look, this is a potion prepared using the mushroom sample you provided, combined with the auxiliary preparation of the Holy Grail. Because the mushroom sample is limited, I can only prepare these now, but the effect is very good. Drop it into the eyes, and you can restore the potion." As you mentioned now, you can see the effect of space cracks."

She shook the test tube:
"I plan to wait until all the witches have arrived, then use this potion and enter Green Lake together to find the entrance to another island. The information provided by the speaker is really effective. It is difficult to find this mushroom on our own. "

She described to Shad the process of making this potion and the peculiarity of the Holy Grail, then patted herself on the forehead, and took out a white envelope from the drawer under the experimental table beside her and handed it to Shad :

"Look, I actually forgot something important. Fortunately, Megan reminded me. This is your investigation reward. Once the tasks on the task list are completed, the council will have rewards. The mushroom task is on my name." Next, I will help you get the reward."

Although the mushroom is miraculous, because the investigation itself is quite simple and doesn't even involve ring warlocks, the rewards given by the council are not too generous.Of course, the envelope could not be a relic. After Xia De opened it, what he saw was a lock of long golden hair tied up with a red ribbon.

He was slightly surprised, but he understood immediately after touching the hair, so he was even more surprised:
"It won't be."

"Yes, the hair of the Great Witch of Time - Your Excellency Speaker Isabella. Galina and the others should have told you that the hair of the Great Witch is an excellent alternative material for spellcasting. Your Excellency the Speaker is one of the most outstanding ten of this generation. For a third-order witch, her hair is more valuable."

Audrey smiled and said:

"However, hair is a very sensitive item. You have to promise me that you will only use it as a ritual material, not for cursing or anything like that."

"Yes, with Mia's guarantee."

"Meow?"

Xia De patted the cat's head, and the cat lost interest in the hair.

Then Audrey added another sentence:
"Also ensure that it is not used for other suspicious purposes."

"Of course, guaranteed by the soul. What do you mean?"

Seeing Xia De looking at her suspiciously, the brown-haired girl smiled and shook her head:

"It's better if you don't know. Speaking of which, do you want to take a sniff while the smell is still there? Your Excellency Speaker's perfume smells so good, even I can't figure it out. How did she improve the original formula?" .”

"Take a sniff? Audrey, why do you think I would do such a thing?"

Xia De put his hair back into the envelope, and put it in his pocket quite solemnly.He touched the cat looking around on his shoulder:
"Look, even the gluttonous little Mia isn't interested in hair, so how could I be interested?"

The witch just smiled happily, and Xia De didn't know what she was thinking of.

There are still two hours before the family dinner in the evening, because it is not a formal banquet, so there is no need to prepare special clothes.And the Edwards who have almost never seen each other, there is no possibility of comparing their lives with each other, so as long as the time is up, go directly to the Green Lake Hotel.

Taking advantage of the time, Shade told Audrey the information he heard from Mr. Green in the morning.Audrey and Megan also knew how important this information was. After Shade finished telling the stories about the love and hatred of those families and the stories of each generation, and completely recounted Mr. Green's overall evaluation of the family, they were in a bit of a mood. The melancholy witch invited Xia De to go out for a walk to relieve the boredom in her heart.

On the Witch's task list, there happened to be a task on the side of Green Lake City in the upper reaches of the Duin River, so Audrey took Shad and planned to deal with it.

The description of this quest is simpler than that of "The Earl and the Mushroom" and "Dark Moon Faire". Specifically, on both sides of the Duin River on a cloudy day, there is a chance to see a door that should not exist on the west bank of the river. .

This description is very similar to the "non-existent street" and "non-existent shop" in urban legends, such as "The Forgotten Church" is the famous "non-existent church" in the local area.

However, according to Audrey and Megan's preliminary investigation, although there are similar legends in Green Lake City, there is no rumor of a "door" appearing beside the river.Therefore, it can basically be concluded that this is another temporary accident caused by the unstable space of the central island of Green Lake.

As for whether it is a relic, the method of a certain ring magician, or other circumstances, it is unknown.

There is no other definite rule for the appearance of the door except that it must be cloudy.Audrey, who conducted preliminary investigations on this task, only had an idea after configuring the "Colorful Mushroom Potion".Of course, more importantly, after hearing the family story, she wanted to go out for a walk with Xia De.

"To put it simply, according to the information obtained by Your Excellency the Speaker, when the door does not appear, it does not exist, but it is in an unobservable state."

Walking on the cloudy riverside path with Xia De, and passing by gas street lamps, Megan shook the small bottle in his hand, which contained a small amount of diluted solution of "Colorful Mushroom Potion" .

　PS: "Swimming Cat"

　
(End of this chapter)