Whispering Poems

Chapter 2626: Nun, Cat, and Owl
The autumn morning sun shone on the yellow fallen leaves on the forest floor. Not far from the fire, Shad took a last look at the gradually dying flames. After confirming that no one was following him, he prepared to go back with the owl on his shoulder.

"The plan was successful. If those people were smart, they would have started interrogating them by now."

Shade said in a brisk tone.

"So, besides being a correspondence student of the academy, you were actually a member of the Church of the Sun!"

Miss Owl had held back until now to speak, but Shade shook his head:
"Of course not. Besides, the academy only recruits ordinary people who have just awakened. How could I be a ring warlock of the Church of the Sun? I need to emphasize that I believe in the God of Light and Shadow - Mr. Dawn. I have nothing to do with the God of the Sun and the Earth - the Old Man with the Lantern."

The round-faced owl didn't believe it at all. She flapped her wings slightly to attract Shade's attention:

"You were so impressive just now. Tell me, where did you learn these magic? We've been together for a week, and apart from the dangerous [Black Moon Symbol], you haven't used any magic from other moons."

She urged Xia De to get an answer, and when Xia De refused to speak, she asked again:

"Then at least tell me how you mastered the witch secrets! You are obviously not an apprentice of any witch, and you are a man, how could you master our power?"

If she had known about this when they first met, she might have already started planning to tell Miss Isabella, but now she just wanted to get to the bottom of it all.

"I can't answer this question either. For me, there is no difference between mastering these secret arts and mastering thaumaturgy. They are just power. Karina has also explored this question, but she couldn't find the answer either."

"That's really interesting. Would you let me study it? This doesn't make any sense!"

Miss Owl asked again:

"And the dragon roar! I could tell it was a dragon roar! You just used an ancient dragon language spell, right? So you are actually a dragonborn?"

She seemed to have too many questions.

"Can I not explain?"

The shoes made a pleasant sound when they stepped on the dry leaves. The dragon's roar just now scared away the small animals nearby. The forest was very quiet at this moment.

"Do you not trust me? Oh, does Carina know your secret?"

"Of course!"

Xia De answered as he continued walking deeper into the forest. He didn't intend to contact the [Forest Hermits], he just wanted to take a detour and return to the city.

Having just met the church, he was not in a hurry to find the hermits immediately.

"Karina knows, why can't I know?"

Miss Owl immediately asked again, but after asking, she realized that this question was very strange and she seemed a little self-righteous. She folded her wings and stopped talking. The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward. After Shade left for a long time, she whispered:
"If you want to learn, I can teach you Transfiguration."

The "she" beside my ear seemed to smile, and Xia De also smiled as he looked at the scenery in the autumn forest:

"You want to know more about me, that's not impossible."

"You mean to say that you don't completely trust me, right?"

Owl asked. Shad had almost trusted her. Miss Flora Winslet was a very interesting person.

"How about this? In the following actions, I will let you get to know me slowly. I will no longer hide my methods, and you can observe slowly on your own. It's not that I still don't trust you, but my situation is a little complicated."

"Then it's a deal! I knew you weren't a stingy person."

But she was so satisfied with this answer that when she flew to the city holding the cat not long after, her speed was much faster than usual.

After spending so much time in the woods and making such a long detour, Miss Bell and the others should have returned to the hotel, while Miss Shad and Miss Winslet were still in the flight, wondering whether they could make it in time for lunch with Miss Danister.

When they returned to the bustling city center, it was half past twelve in the afternoon. The owl flapped its wings, holding the cat, and landed on the windowsill of Room 321. It pecked the window lightly, pushed it open, and threw Shad inside.

The cat rolled over twice on the ground nimbly and was about to stand up and change back into human form when the door was opened from the outside.

Shade thought it was Miss Bell or Miss Danister, and looked up while maintaining the form of a cat, but saw the familiar gray and black nun's robe and the feet faintly visible under the robe.

The cat was very short, so what Shad actually saw was the hem of the robe, but he could tell who was in front of him without looking up.

At this time, the owl also swiftly came in through the window. Just as he was about to talk to Shade, he saw the funny scene in front of him -

The silver cat stood at the feet of the nun wearing an eye patch, and the nun, with her hands clasped together in front of her, tilted her head slightly and looked down at it.

It was only then that Miss Bell poked her head out from behind Sister Defulin. The black-haired young girl was unable to immediately notice the cat because of the nun's obstruction, so she just said to her teacher:

"Miss, Sister Defulyn came here two hours ago."

"Lady Isabella wishes me to see your curse."

The nun's voice was still calm and ethereal, and the owl, who had been frozen on the windowsill, finally reacted and hurriedly jumped off the windowsill and turned into a human form:
"Good morning, Sister Devereine."

She smoothed her hair and walked quickly to the door. She was not familiar with this nun who rarely spoke to her. After all, although the nun attended the council, she did not show up every time.

At this moment, she just wanted to "recover" the cat as soon as possible, but Sister Devlin bent down and picked up the cat before her.

"this is mine!"

The witch with gray-black hair immediately emphasized, and then a new figure appeared at the door, and the red-haired girl poked her head in:
"What's going on here? Why is it so busy?"

Sister Devlin turned and looked at her. Although Miss Danister had never had direct contact with her, she knew about this chosen one of death.

Just as she was about to say something, she saw the silver cat, and she understood immediately and tried hard to hold back her laughter:

"I'm sorry, I'm a guest staying in room 317, and this is my cat. You're so naughty, breaking into a strange girl's room."

As she was about to take the cat, the nun looked down at the cat held in her burnt hands.

Xia De looked at the silver eye patch for a moment, then said resignedly:

"Okay, I know things are a bit confusing right now. But anyway, welcome to Vista City, Sister Develyn."

The current situation is already very confusing, and he is too lazy to sort out complicated issues such as "who should know who", "who thinks who doesn't know him", and "who knows who knows him but has to pretend not to know".

The silver cat then nimbly jumped off the nun's hand and transformed into a human form:

"Good afternoon, everyone here."

Miss Winslet, who was surprised by his rash behavior, was even more surprised to find that the blind nun, whom she thought had "the beauty of an ice sculpture" and "probably had no human emotions", actually had a reserved smile on her face.

Although the silver eye mask covered most of her face, making it impossible to see her complete features, her gentle and calm temperament, coupled with her own sense of mystery, and her sudden smile, the artist, who had never seen such a scene, was stunned.

Then I realized:

"Shad, do you know Sister Develyn?"

She looked suspiciously at the man standing with his back to her, and the nun nodded gently to Shade:
"I've known him for a long time. Good afternoon, Shade."

After saying that, he walked in, and Xia De then called on the others:

"Miss Bell, Miss Danister, please come in and talk. Don't stand at the door."

"This seems to be my room."

The witch whispered, and then called everyone in:
"Charlotte, let them arrange lunch. You've been busy all morning. Come sit down and have lunch with us later."

Then he motioned to Shad to say something. Seeing that everyone was standing and looking at him, Shad said to Sister Defulin:
"You have met Miss Winslet. This is Miss Danister, the 'Red Moon Witch' of Saint Byrons. I don't know if the 'Speaker' has mentioned that she was also cursed by time. She is currently investigating this place with me in Vista City."

Sister Defulyn whispered a greeting to the red-haired girl, and the eighteen-year-old sorceress whispered back, very curious about the relationship between Shade and the nun.

"Ms. Winslet, Miss Danister, this is Sister Defulin from the Spiritual Order. You must all know her. She is mine."

Xia De blinked, unable to think of any words to describe the exact relationship between the two.

“Friends” is obviously not the right word, their relationship is much better than friends;

"Master and apprentice" is even more wrong. Although the nun did teach Shade many things, she did not pass on knowledge, but gave the "hero of fire" the necessary means to use fire;
The title of "guide" seems to be okay, but Sister Defulyn only guides Shad to use the power of the First Fire. In fact, the person who fits the identity of "guide for outsiders" should be Bill Schneider.

[What about a helper who is in a romantic relationship? ]

"Have you suddenly started to like teasing me recently?"

"Shad helped me a lot."

Seeing that Shade paused, the nun took the initiative to speak. Because no one could see her eyes, no one could tell her mood:

"He is the hero I chose to bear the fire."

The red-haired girl just looked at Shade strangely, she didn't realize the meaning of this sentence. The witch who knew some secrets of the spiritual sect looked at Shade hesitantly and nodded slightly:

"Is that so, Sister? Since you have known Shade for a long time,

Then he pretended to ask casually:
"Was it that grandmother who introduced you to each other?"