Whispering Poems

Chapter 2654 Afternoon at the Opera House
After breakfast, Shade ran to the corner of the street to find a carriage and personally sent Luvia to work at the Prophet's Association. Although the purple-eyed girl said that it was not necessary to waste money, it was obvious that she was still very happy.

The autumn with thunder and lightning announced the arrival of late autumn. Today was the last day of the harvest month, and September had come to an end. In the sound of the pattering rain, Shade once again rushed into the Dawn Church with Mia in his arms this morning.

The weather obviously affected the number of believers coming to the church for worship, so Father Augustus was free today and he received Shad in his room in the church.

"Vestal Glade? No, I haven't heard any rumors of angel bones there."

The priest poured Shade a glass of water and thought for a moment with a frown.
"Are you sure it's the power of that angel?"

"I haven't had direct contact, but I just feel it's very similar, but intuitively it must be."

"That's it, your intuition is very accurate."

Father Augustus nodded, and Shade asked the question:
"If that is indeed the skeleton of an angel, then is it possible for you to restore what was conceptually shattered by that skeleton?"

"no way."

The priest immediately destroyed Shad's hopes:

"Just like the dead can't be resurrected, but the injured can be healed. Damaged things can be repaired, but there's nothing I can do about things that are conceptually damaged."

Seeing Xia De's disappointed expression, he smiled and comforted him:
"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Although I can't restore what you said, I know that some relics can be restored. No matter how powerful that angel is, he is not the strongest being in the material world. Do you understand?"

"Understood, priest, what do I need to look for?"

The priest paced back and forth in the room.
"There are some things you won't be able to find even if I tell you, and there are some things I'm not sure if they'll be useful even if I find them. The key point now is that I don't know how strong the skeleton is. Only when I know for sure can I find the right relic."

"So, I need to bring back the skeleton?"

Shade asked, and the priest immediately shook his head:
"It would be even better if I could bring it back directly. If not, I can go and see it with my own eyes."

"Don't think about going outside for now. I'm not completely sure that the power still exists in the woods."

He briefly described the story of the young witch in the Fifth Age to the priest, and then mentioned the Nightsong Elves:

"I'm waiting for news from the Nightsong elves. If they don't have any records of that thing, I'm afraid I'll just have to try my luck and look for it in the woods."

After saying that, he asked curiously:

"Come to think of it, Priest, you have quite a few skeletons now. Is it impossible for you to make alchemical tools like the 'Detector'?"

When it comes to this issue, Father Augustus shook his head rather embarrassedly:

"It's not possible at the moment. The angel's power represents the end, which not only means that the skeleton itself possesses similar power, but also renders any attempt to detect it ineffective. Your pendant can now detect the skeleton at close range, which is already the limit, or I can go there myself."

"No need for the moment."

The situation in Vista City is too complicated now. Even the church only dares to send a thirteenth ring to deal with the local natural church. Before obtaining the power to effectively restrict the "Twisted Tree Hole", Shade will not let any of his friends go there. At present, the curse of the two ladies is already difficult enough.

Although the priest had nothing to do in the heavy rain, Shade did not disturb him for too long. After talking to him about the rumors about Vesta City, he took Mia to say goodbye. However, thinking that he seemed to have not come to church for a while, Shade was not in a hurry to leave, but talked with Bishop Owen of the church.

The old bishop obviously had a lot of free time today. Just as Shad mentioned that he was worried about famine this winter, he started to talk to Shad about the church's preparations for disaster relief this winter.

Bishop Owen did not want to persuade Shade to donate, but wanted to influence Miss Carina through Shade, so that the royal family would cooperate with the church to make corresponding preparations in advance. Of course, Delarion had actually made plans to deal with the poor harvest since this summer, but the focus of the church and the government was still somewhat different.

Obviously, it is a very convenient way to influence the Grand Duchess through Shade, the "Duke's Lover", and then directly influence the decision-making of the kingdom.

Once the old bishop started talking, he couldn't stop. Shad originally planned to chat with him for half an hour and then leave, but by the time Bishop Owen stopped talking, it was already lunch time.

Seeing that the rain outside seemed to be getting heavier, Shad had no choice but to have lunch with Mia in the church. However, he left after lunch and originally planned to go home, but when he got on the carriage, he thought about how Vanessa and Hillis had visited him since they came to Tobesk, but he didn't go to find them:
"Since we've already wasted so much time, why not go see them? Today is Tuesday, and the Golden Dawn Opera Company is rehearsing at the Queen Maria Opera House."

The opera house is closed on Tuesday afternoons, but it is not always idle. In addition to arranging cleaning and rehearsing for the upcoming troupe, the theater manager will also rent out certain performance halls for activities such as seminars and private celebrations.

Therefore, in the sound of the rain, the Queen Maria Opera House on Tuesday afternoon was not deserted at all. Although Vanessa and the others didn't know that Shade would come to visit, the doorman of the opera house obviously knew "Ray Jed's Hamilton", so he let him in directly.

The first person Shad saw backstage was not Vanessa but Hillis. When he walked into the collective dressing room backstage, the young blonde girl was holding the script and standing in front of the cabinet piled with costumes in the corner with the screenwriters in the troupe, discussing whether they should adjust some lines in the formal performance to prevent any more trouble at a time when the North and the South were already facing the shadow of war.

"Sirius!"

Xia De, who was holding the cat who was going to take a nap after lunch, waved and said hello, so the other girls smiled and gave them their place, and even "kindly" brought in a floor-to-ceiling mirror to block the view from other directions in the room.

Hillis was wearing a blue dress today, and because she had to work, her long golden hair was tied up behind her head. Seeing that it was Shade who came, she was of course surprised and happy:
"It's raining so hard outside, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

"Can't I come and see you guys if I'm alright?"

Shade asked with a smile, and then took out the parchment he bought from the hermits yesterday from his pocket:

"Look at this. I found it in the Vestal Glades. There are traces of your Forsaken Order in that grove as well."

The young girl took the parchment and looked at it with surprise, then looked at Shade. She then carefully placed the parchment on a low cabinet beside her, then stood on tiptoe and kissed Shade:
"Thank you for the gift. I thought you only remembered Vanessa these days and forgot about me."

Shade also put the cat on the low cabinet, looked around, and then reached out to hug Hillis. Hillis also smiled and hugged his neck and closed his eyes waiting for Shade to get closer. Of course, the kiss ended before Vanessa, who came after hearing the news, showed up. When the witch saw Shade, the floor-length mirror had been moved away, and Hillis was talking about the script with him sitting on the dressing table.

"You have Hillis's lipstick marks on your face."

The witch reminded him, but Shade, who had been teased by Carina once before, did not fall for it this time:

"Why do I have a lipstick mark from Hillis on my face?"

Hillis, who was standing by, was smiling happily with his lower face covered by the script. Vanessa, who was pouting slightly, came over and kissed him on the side of his cheek:
"Then I have to ask you what you just did. Then leave my lipstick mark."

Vanessa was also very happy that Shad could come to visit. They arranged for someone to take care of the cat who was taking a nap, and they took Shad to see the girls who were rehearsing on the stage, and jokingly asked Shad if he wanted to perform on stage as well.

Shade thought that this afternoon would continue like this, but around three o'clock, Jean Lanshere, a girl from the Fourth Ring Road, hurriedly found the witch who was watching the rehearsal of "La Traviata" with Shade under the stage:

"Captain, a group of policemen have come to the theater. They said there was an accident in the small hall on the second floor and asked us not to stay in the corridor until the evening."

"Accident? What accident? It can't be a murder, right?"

Vanessa asked suspiciously, and Shade took her hand and asked her to sit down, and then he stood up:

"I'll go take a look. I'm a local celebrity, and the police won't refuse my inquiries."

Many policemen came to the opera house in the rain, but most of them set up roadblocks and cordons in the corridors and stairs, and the small performance hall in the corner of the second floor of the opera house was blocked.

Xia De found a police officer with a police rank on his shoulder and wanted to ask about the situation. Although the other party knew "Hamilton of Lei Jiede", he shook his head in embarrassment:

"I'm sorry, we don't know the situation here either. We are responsible for preventing anyone from breaking in from the periphery, and the professional investigation team sent by our superiors will be handling the matter specifically."

Then Shade understood that this was the standard way for the church team to appear, and it seemed that something related to the ring warlock had happened.

He was originally curious about what was going on, but after saying goodbye to the big-nosed police officer, he turned around and saw Iluna, who was wearing a police uniform and had an ID hanging around her neck, walking towards him from the other side of the corridor.

It was rare for Shade to see her in a uniform like this, but at least it looked nice.

(End of this chapter)