Whispering Poems

Chapter 2634 Moon Dance Festival Dream

Fortunately, Shade never thought of stealing the church's job:
"I'm glad your mother is okay. The situation was very chaotic and it was difficult for me to take care of her during the final battle."

Thinking of the many rumors about the Battle of Moon Bay, the strange astronomical phenomenon of repeated switching between day and night that day, and the horrific scene of the rumored battle of the five gods, Eric Foren forced a smile:
"Are Megan and Aunt Audrey okay too?"

"It's okay, but they have been busy with other things recently and didn't come with me to Vista City, but they may come in the future. I won't say anything about the lady sitting next to me."

To go on would involve Miss Winslet, and Shad didn't want to expose her secret.

Eric Foren tactfully avoided the topic and asked:
"Do you have something to do here? Do you need our help?"

"No help for now. Oh, do you know the young blond lieutenant sitting in the fifth row behind you?"

Although he had not paid much attention to it, he was a ring sorcerer after all, and had been promoted to the sixth ring after the Green Lake incident. Eric Foren recalled it and nodded:
"I know him, York Bronte. His father, Baron Bronte, is a staff officer in the First Army Corps. Although his position is not particularly high, he is very popular because of his generosity.

The Bronte family is also from Riverwood, sorry, it is a traditional noble family in Vesta. York Bronte is the second son in the family. He grew up in Willendell instead of Vesta. He was arranged by the baron to join the army last year.

"He's from Ximu Town too. What's his reputation like?"

Xia De asked curiously again, and Eric Foren thought about it again:

"From the perspective of outsiders, he probably has a promising future. Although the family title is destined to be passed on to his eldest brother, his father's arrangement will not hinder his development in the army. This person is extremely generous, or he doesn't care much about money. He is a frequent visitor to the Rod Casino. And I have heard about his private life."

Then he shook his head:

"Of course, this is just a rumor. Charles and I have no contact with him. We have only heard about him from our friends. What's wrong with this person?"

"No, I'm just curious. But there might be something wrong in Riverwood."

Eric Foren blinked and moved closer to Shade:
“This question refers to”

"If you two brothers are here just to listen to the concert, you'd better leave immediately. Listen to me, if you two don't want to be involved in big events like Green Lake and Moon Bay, the faster you run, the better."

The young nobleman from Willendel took a deep breath and thought to himself that it would be better to take his brother and leave now.

The two did not talk for long in the corridor, and went back before the solo "Starry Sky Aria" ended. It seemed that this should be the last time that the Forlan brothers and Shade met this autumn, and they knew how serious Shade's description was.

Miss Danister did not ask what Shade had done, but waited until the intermission when people started talking before she said:
"It's so hard to finish something, and everyone is out here to listen to a concert, so you shouldn't be busy with other things."

Xia De stood up from his comfortable chair:
"Just catching up with relatives."

Hearing the word "relatives", Miss Winslet immediately looked at them, and the red-haired girl shook her finger and said:

"I've seen your background check. Where are your relatives from?"

Then he thought of the beautiful girls around Xia De and raised his eyebrows:

"I see. If that's the case, you do have quite a few relatives."

Then she deliberately ended the topic without explaining to the witch beside her what she had said.

During the 20 minutes between concerts, Shade did nothing else, not even leaving his seat. However, he did talk to Miss Bell about the card [Carsenrick Southern Folklore·Moondance Festival], and then talked about the origin of the card:

"Last summer I received a commission from Mrs. Greta Watson, who found the remains of her husband who had been missing for 30 years behind a large hole in her basement."

He told the story of an old lady who killed her cheating husband after drinking, and her brother who took the initiative to destroy the evidence and turned himself in to the police in order to cover up his sister's crime. When the skeleton was found behind the wall of the basement many years later, even the brother who was released from prison had been dead for ten years.

At the funeral of the thirty-year-old corpse last summer, Shad met the spirits of her "husband" Mr. Watson and her "brother" Mr. Mason. After attending the funeral with them, she played the last Rhodes game with them under the tree in the cemetery on that rainy afternoon.

"The blessing of the soul allows me to draw this card in any situation, but unfortunately it only works for one year and is no longer effective now."

He handed the cards to Miss Bell, and the young dark-haired girl standing on the red carpet in the aisle looked very excited:
"Sure enough, just like everyone said, every card of the legendary player is also legendary!"

"This story sounds familiar. Is it adapted from the story of Miss Louisa?"

Miss Winslet, who was also standing next to Shade's chair and talking, asked, and Shade nodded:

"Yes, in the opening chapter of the detective story collection. But compared to the sentimental and regretful story in the rain that I experienced myself, the story she adapted has more suspense and thriller feeling.

After all, detective stories require the detective to discover the truth himself, rather than directly asking the ghost. "

"That Miss Louisa is lucky. By the way, Miss Louisa is yours."

"I won't disclose other people's privacy."

Xia De shook his head to refuse, and the witch didn't care. She guessed in her heart that it was definitely not a serious relationship. But this made her think about whether Jialina would discipline this handsome man. She knew how attractive he was.

After the break, the performance continued. The second half began with the dance music "Silver Fantasy". For some reason, Xia De, feeling tired again, yawned quietly.

Because it was a dance performance, the lights were turned off in the audience. The dim light once again exacerbated his sleepiness.

As the dancers came on stage one after another, the red-haired girl next to him noticed that Xia De's head was slightly lowered and his eyes were closed.

This reminded her of those students who stayed up late to read novels at night, and did not get the potion to wake up before the next day's class, and ended up drowsy in the morning class. But Shade was different from the naughty young people in the college, and of course he would not be punished to copy books or clean the library.

She wanted to wake him up again, but thinking of how he had been running around and how he had to accompany them to the concert during his rest time at night, she pursed her lips and showed a somewhat sympathetic expression:
"Go to sleep, and have a sweet dream."

With the classical music of "Silver Fantasy", Shade finally fell into a dream in his weariness and completely severed his connection with the real world.

All the strangeness that had occurred since tonight disappeared without a trace as he closed his eyes. With his mind in chaos, Xia De only felt as if he was being pulled towards an unknown and distant place.

He quickly realized that he was dreaming, but had no intention of breaking free from this wonderful feeling.

Then when his feet stepped on the ground, the endless wilderness under the vast sea of ​​stars in his dream appeared again. Standing on the ridge of the field and looking at the silver moon in the distance, Xia De was stunned because music sounded in his dream.

It is not the "Silver Fantasy" of the real world or the later "Autumn Rhapsody", but an ancient, desolate but sacred dance music.

He withdrew his gaze from the silver moon and followed the sound of music as he moved forward in the wilderness. It was not that he had not explored this dreamland before, but it was only when the "God of Bloodsucking" entered his dream that he encountered a different scenery.

This time, following the sound of music, maybe it was just a few minutes, maybe it was a long time, and a faint fire appeared in the wilderness under the sea of ​​stars. When Shade walked over, he saw tens of thousands of people in long robes dancing around the huge bonfire under the moon.

An open-air sacrificial site suddenly appeared in the wilderness under the moonlight. It was a building as ancient as the "Dragon Feast Sacrificial Site", but more complete, as if Shade had returned to the earliest era.

All the runes, statues, stone carvings and stair pillars of the sacrificial site were carved out of silvery-white stones. The silver flame burning on the huge altar in the center and the silver moon also dyed the people who were offering sacrifices and dancing to the moon silver-white.

Shade found himself walking to the outskirts of the magnificent sacrificial site without realizing it. Then, at some point, the people who were dancing, kneeling, and praying made way for him to pass through a passage leading to the very center of the site.

No one paid any attention to Shad, and no one bumped into him or looked at him as he moved toward the center of the magnificent sacrificial site.

The elements of miracles seemed to be rising and falling along with the ancient dance music at this moment, and the runes that lit up in the sacrificial field were gradually constructing the elements and spirits produced by this grand sacrifice into part of a larger ritual.

Walking past the crowd, up the steps, past the glowing stone pillars, and across the edge of the shadows that were jumping due to the flickering silver fire, there were only a few people in the center of the sacrificial site.

But before Xia De could identify the ancient poems written completely on the stone slabs under his feet, and before Xia De could feel the temperature of the strange silver flame, six girls in cool clothes and wearing silver ornaments came over.

They touched Shade with laughter and held his hand, wanting to dance with him to the sacrificial music, but Shade politely rejected them out of instinct, and the girls left with regret.

He stood in front of the altar and looked up at the moon again. With the silver moon as the center, the deep starry sky seemed to construct a figure with a halo and wearing a silver-blue hood.

He stared at the scene in a daze, while the silver fire burning on the huge altar in front of him suddenly exploded into the night sky.

(End of this chapter)