Whispering Poems

Chapter 2605 Restriction Measures
"Of course I'm surprised. Also, mortals converted the old temple of the ancient gods into a concert hall. Isn't this blasphemy? Haven't you heard of audience members who went to listen to concerts being struck to death by lightning when they left?"

Shade, who was stroking the cat that was drinking milk, stopped immediately, and the elf lady waved her hand to tell him not to be so excited:
"It's been so long since the Treefather left that it's not a desecration for the mortals to re-use the temple. It's not like they turned it into something filthy; turning it into a concert hall is elegant.

I found out that during the renovation of the ruins half a century ago, workers found some antiques there, so they hid them secretly and sold them to each other. Those arrows were lost to Riverwood during this process, but I can't determine the exact total number of arrows."

Xia De has already frowned:

"I really didn't expect this. Besides the arrows made from the branches of the World Tree, what else was discovered?"

He asked again, but this time the elf just shook his head:

“I’m not sure. My research is very superficial. Maybe there are some stone slabs or something like that. They are found in all the ruins.

The arrow you found is the second one I got. I bought the first one at a local second-hand store. The owner of the store treated it as a work of art and only charged me 13 pfennigs, but he couldn't tell me who he bought it from. "

"Are there any clues for the next investigation?"

“Of course, if you want to continue investigating this aspect, you can try to find the people who participated in the renovation of the ruins.

That happened half a century ago. The workers did not leave their names. Although the church sent people to supervise the construction, it is difficult to check the records. However, I found out that a history professor at a school in Willendale was interested in the structure of the temple and sent people to investigate and record it during the construction. Although it is estimated that everyone at that time has passed away after half a century, you can still start your investigation from this aspect."

Shad nodded and wrote down the clue, intending to entrust Margaret to investigate in Willendel.

He lowered his head and thought about it, then ate a few more bites of breakfast, and then suddenly asked:

"Come to think of it, when did you come to Vista Forest? Has it been a long time? Have you always lived here alone?"

The expression in the elf girl's emerald green eyes softened a little:
"I refuse to answer this question. Is our relationship not that good yet?"

Although she said such "cold" words, the two people and the cat still enjoyed a pleasant breakfast time in front of the tree house in the forest. It was the first time for Shade to have such a unique breakfast, and because there was mosquito repellent aromatherapy, he didn't have to worry about mosquitoes. He found that he liked the environment here very much.

After breakfast, he took Mia and left. As for the potion that the elf promised to prepare, it could not be made immediately, so Shade could ask about it every day when he came to bring her breakfast, and maybe there would be a surprise suddenly.

I entered the city with a heavy heart, and it was already 9:30 in the morning when I arrived at the Accordion Hotel.

Miss Danister and Miss Winslet had already had breakfast, of course. When Shade entered Room 317, they were looking at the information about the "Paradox Worm":

"It's from Emilia. Although it's a letter for you, you don't mind if I open it, right?"

The red-haired girl asked, and the chubby round-faced owl turned back into human form. She didn't like maintaining her owl form in front of Shade:
"Good morning. I entered the parliament again this morning. The Speaker has gone to Willendel to meet another witch and is now returning to his original place. Look at this. This was sent by the Speaker this morning. It can help temporarily suppress the curse."

Miss Bell handed the jewelry box on the coffee table to Shad, and when she opened it, she found an amber ring inside.

The ring looked like some kind of mithril alloy, and the ring face was made of silver alloy, like a claw, grabbing the light yellow amber. Inside the amber was a very familiar black insect, but if you looked closely, you could see only an insect shell.

The ring is engraved with Elven code:
[Ugly insects deserve to be imprisoned forever! ]

It is rare to see such temperamental sentences written in the elegant ancient Elvish language.

"The Secret Keeper-level relic [Bug Ring]. This relic has been kept by the Council for a long time, but no one knew what it was used for."

The witch stretched out her body, which was very unladylike, but she didn't seem to care at all:
"We only know that wearing this ring can seriously interfere with the operation of time-related forces. Whether it is rituals, magic or even sublimation words, they can all be interfered with, but the degree of interference is different. However, because its own negative characteristics are also very troublesome, only the great witches of time throughout the ages will occasionally use it."

"Time-interference magic?"

Shade raised his eyebrows in surprise and threw the ring to Miss Danister:
"Try it."

Of the three ladies present, only the red-haired girl knew about Shade's magic, so she readily agreed:
"This ring can suppress the time curse to a certain extent. After I put it on, although I am still eighteen years old, my level has reached the tenth ring. Although I can't wear it all the time, it should be able to be used in emergencies during battle."

As she spoke, she put it on the middle finger of her right hand. Her appearance did not change much, but her aura suddenly became stronger.

“You’ll know after you try it.”

As he spoke, he took out Adele's ladies' pocket watch and put it in his hand:
"Time stands still!"

A click sound came from the void, and the beautiful red-haired girl looked at Xia De with a smile:

"Well, you really can't do it, right?"

"Wait, why does this thaumaturgy look so familiar?"

Miss Winslet asked, and Shade hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell the truth:
"Adele taught me, I mean Miss Isabella."

The witch and the witch apprentice looked at him in surprise. Although they knew that there must be "something going on" between the two of them, they did not expect that the future lord would be willing to teach him such a magical skill.

The unyielding outsider decided to keep trying:
"Ms. Danister, don't take off the ring yet. I haven't used my full strength yet!"

"Young people are always stubborn. I am younger than you now. Let's try again. Come on."

She said with a smile, so this time Shade summoned out the life ring in its entirety. The huge eight-ring life ring made the witch gasp in amazement;
"Although I saw it yesterday, it turns out it's really eight rings. Isn't this size abnormal?"

And Shade has already concentrated his mind and lit up the core spirit rune [Time and Space]:
"Thaumatology - Adele's time stops!"

He put his index finger and middle finger together and pointed at the red-haired girl. As a clearer click sound came from the void, the red-haired girl immediately froze in time.

The stranger then nodded with satisfaction.

He actually suspected that the insect shell in this [Insect Ring] was also the corpse of the "Paradox Insect", otherwise a relic of the "Secret Keeper Level (Level 3)" should not be able to interfere with the "Time Curse".

But he had no way to destroy a relic of this level. Moreover, even if he could take out the insect shell, the strong whisper element would make the insect shell lose its medicinal value.

However, Shade did tell the two ladies that the paradox worm-made potion could slow down the effects of the curse.

Miss Winslet said to Miss Danister with envy:
"You not only have a good ancestor, but also a good student. Find a few more paradox bugs, and even if you can't recover completely, you can gradually get closer to normal. It's different for me. I can only see if other people's students are willing to help."

As she spoke, she glanced at Shade, and Miss Danister looked a little worried:

"Will that elf be so kind as to help me prepare the potion for free? This potion doesn't sound ordinary."

"She asked me to bring her breakfast every morning."

So Miss Danister stopped asking, but she looked a little angry.

In addition to the [Bug Ring], in order to prevent any unexpected situations from happening again in the "cabinet" and "door", Miss Danister and Miss Isabella each prepared a relic to isolate the influence of the two tree holes.

Among them, the one sent from Saint Byrons was a keeper-level relic [Distant Puanti Alley]. The relic itself was a road sign with "Puanti Alley" written on it, and its function was to lengthen the length of the space where the relic was placed.

In other words, the distance that seems to be able to be crossed in only one or two steps has actually become the length of the entire alley under the effect of the relic. This is quite effective against the characteristic of the "twisted tree hole" that it can only affect a certain distance, so there is no need to worry about Miss Danister being sucked in again.

When Xia De checked the road sign, he saw a line of small words on the back of the sign that looked like they were carved by fingernails:

[After the divorce, you chased after me and took away all my property, making this alley extremely long].

It looks like there's an incredibly sad story behind this relic.

The relic supported by the Witch Council is the Secret Keeper-level relic [The Only Lock]. The relic itself is a brass padlock and a matching key. The lock can only be used on "doors", "windows" and other scenes that are suitable for the appearance of the lock.

Once the lock is locked, it can only be opened by using a matching key or a few other methods such as the relic [Master Key]. Considering that the door below the cabinet will automatically open every time the cabinet is locked, this lock is suitable for cabinets.

Similarly, there is a line of subtle small words on the lock that looks like leaf patterns:

[The lock is absolutely reliable, but the damn thief will just take the whole box away! ]

This also seems to be a sad story.

After talking to the two ladies about the response of the local church, Xia De finally proposed what he was going to do today:

"Since we've confirmed that James Cumming is using that book to contact Erica Cumming in the past, let's resolve this matter today. Of course, if we encounter a paradox worm again, it probably won't cause such a big commotion this time."