Whispering Poems

Chapter 2674 The Reappearance of the Lady

Compared with the manor 33 years later, the current Collins Manor has hardly changed. When Shade walked along the dim path on the side of the mansion to the front courtyard of the manor illuminated by hanging kerosene lamps, he unexpectedly found that this wedding banquet was even more lively than the one 33 years later.

The open-air banquet actually lit a bonfire in the courtyard, and the night was even darker than in 1854. The guests were having fun, dancing around the bonfire, or walking and chatting with friends with glasses of wine, and no one noticed Shad's arrival.

The development of the steam industry has changed the times, and even though there was only a 33-year gap, people's clothing styles were very different from those in 1854. But fortunately, Shad was only wearing a white shirt, which at least did not look out of place.

For the time being, Xia De didn't know whose wedding this was, nor did he know what specific thing he was supposed to do when he was sent to 1821 by the relic, because he didn't hear the rules that the relic mentioned at all.

However, the effect of the "Beacon Acorn" had not yet expired. He was about to use the "Time Stamp" to find out if there were any time travelers in this era, but after activating the effect, he realized that he shouldn't do this:
"The hermits said that the function of the acorn is to find objects with different timestamps from its own, and apparently everyone's timestamp in the past is the same as living in 1854."

He stopped thinking as he faced the crowd illuminated by bonfires and lights, because after his perception was activated, he looked at the people dancing, joking, eating, drinking and talking, but he sensed only one "time traveler" instead of all of them.

Taking a deep breath, the stranger himself was a little confused. He covered his forehead, and a question that had arisen a long time ago seemed to be answered. He could travel through time at will, and it seemed that it was not simply because of the power of the tree father that allowed it. It seemed that he...
"My soul does not belong to any time in this world."

He stood at the outskirts of the banquet under the moonlight, and his figure seemed so lonely at this moment.

She said softly:

【But all time is willing to accept you, and all time is willing to give you a timestamp. Whenever you are, that is your home. 】

Shade continued to look at the bonfire that suddenly rose due to the addition of wine. People were laughing and screaming around it:
"So if Tree Father hadn't given me a time limit every time and asked me to return to the 'present time', theoretically, I could have lived in the Fifth Epoch with Chloe, Miss Felena, or Miss Violet? Could it be that Tree Father's mission time limit is not to put pressure on me or remind me, but to prevent me from staying?"

[This is a very dangerous thought. But you adjust your mood very quickly.]

Her voice was very gentle:
[Besides, are you really willing to abandon the people of the present and stay in the past? ]

A little inquiry revealed that this grand summer wedding was the wedding of the eldest son of the Collins family. And the Mr. Collins who got married in 1821 was the Earl Collins whom he met in Vista City 33 years later in 1854.

As for the only time traveler that Shad sensed nearby, he was also at the banquet. The Beacon Acorn played a very good role. Soon after Shad adjusted his mood and entered the banquet venue, he saw his target - York Bronte.

In other words, people now call him "Benn Brontë". He was not repatriated by Shad's "Time Travel". The time of repatriation was 1787. Today's Ben Brontë and his brother, Baron Brontë, who was the staff officer of the First Corps of the Royal Army 33 years later, attended the wedding together.

The witch also investigated the Bronte family's intelligence when investigating the traditional nobles of Riverwood. Ben Bronte died in 1829, 8 years ago. And the obvious thing is that the "Ben Bronte" at this time is not Ben Bronte at all. He is still the person who was supposed to live in 1787.

Even though the times have changed, Shad still stood in the courtyard of Collins Manor with a glass of champagne. No matter what secrets this Bronte has, the most pressing problem Shad needs to solve now is the matter of the boy who plays hide-and-seek with the secret-keeper-level relic.

"I don't know what the rules will be if Iluna and I both participate in the game, but it's always right to find the black ball."

He drank the champagne and was about to take action when he suddenly felt a flash of white light in front of him. The scene he saw was still a lively wedding banquet, but the blazing bonfires were gone. What illuminated the place were no longer early gas lamps and kerosene lamps but modern gas lamps, and the clothes people wore were thicker and more modern.

"Ok?"

But no one seemed to notice Shad's sudden appearance, because the next moment the white light appeared again, and Shad once again faced the wedding banquet of the "pre-steam era".

[It's not an illusion, you have briefly returned to 1854. ]

Xia De understood immediately:
"That Secret Keeper-level relic doesn't have the ability to completely send me to the past. I'm in a time-unstable state now!"

This is not a guess, but a fact that Shade inferred based on the current situation. Even if the relics have their own special features, according to the time rules of the Sixth Epoch, it is not easy for a Keeper-level relic to send a person to the past. After all, [Hide and Seek Boy] is not a simple time-related relic.

After figuring this out, the most important thing to do now seems to be not to look for the black ball, but to try to reunite with Iluna in 1854. However, Shad didn't know when he would see 1854 again, and he didn't know where Iluna would go:

"Or, should I go directly to find Miss Danister's teacher? Although the tree hole in the woods has been used as a one-way passage from 1854 to the present, maybe... Speaking of which, since there is no time limit this time, can I go directly to the woods to find the ruins leading to the [Space Maze] and then go home to take a look?"

This is also a very dangerous idea.

"Why? Since we are not traveling through the twisted tree hole this time, there shouldn't be a rule that prohibits us from leaving the Vista Woodland area, right?"

But in the end he failed to try out more of his bolder ideas - such as going to see the baby Carina of this era. It was as if fate was preventing Shad from running around in 1821. While he was thinking about his plan, a mature dark-haired lady in a beige sun hat and a black dress, who had separated from the lively banquet crowd, walked towards him.

In fact, Xia De didn't notice someone walking towards him at first. It was not until the lady was about to come in front of him that he suddenly realized someone was approaching.

When I looked up, I saw a lady whose attire was totally out of place at the party. She looked mature, about thirty years old, with black hair and a long black skirt, which made her look quite strange. The leather belt that tightly bound her slender waist and the big beige hat were the most inappropriate attire for this party.

As for the color of her eyes, her eyes were the same standard rose red as Miss Danister's. Realizing this, Shade understood immediately:
"You? I mean, hello, good evening."

The dark-haired lady smiled:
"Hello to you too, young man. We meet again."

This mature dark-haired lady was the teacher of Miss Danister, who had a brief conversation with Shad in the woods with her back to him the last time Shad and Miss Danister strayed into 1821.

Xia De didn't see the other person's face last time, but he wouldn't make a mistake. After all, it was unlikely that a second thirteen-ring sorceress would appear in Riverwood Town in this era. This was the first time Xia De saw her face to face, and the lady was also looking Xia De up and down. She reached out and picked up a wine glass from the table behind Xia De.

The light from the bonfire cast long shadows of the two people across the dining table behind them and onto the ground. The intersection of light and shadow showed that many remarkable things really happened in this hot summer of 1821:
"Just now I was wondering if I had seen the wrong person, young man. It's only been a week since we last met. Why do you miss this era so much?"

She was laughing and joking, and no one around looked at them. Shade guessed that this was some kind of trick of the thirteen-ring sorceress, so he smiled awkwardly, and when he raised his hand, he noticed that his shadow was also moving:

"I'm in trouble again, and I need your help this time. But can I ask you if you're here because you received an invitation from the Collins family?"

Shad glanced in the direction of the young married couple, but then looked back at "Benn Bronte":
"Or is it because of this person?"

The former librarian followed Xia De's gaze and nodded slightly:

"Did you and Danister also find problems in your time? Yes, there is a problem with this Brontë. After I came to the local area, I communicated with the hermits in the forest and bought some strange acorns from them, and then I found Ben Brontë."

But the hermits in 1854 did not say that they had talked to this lady about time travel. But considering that the hermits in 1802 said that they would not tell the next generation about the identities and experiences of the time travelers, it is also possible that the hermits in 1854 really did not know what happened 33 years ago.

"Benn Bronte is a young nobleman from Riverwood Town with a clear growth trajectory, but he doesn't belong to this era. I came here to find the trace of an astrologer, not because of time travel, and I didn't intend to take care of the things here. But after meeting you last week, I still investigated out of curiosity."

She stood side by side with Xia De, looking at the people attending the summer night party with him. Behind them were champagne towers and colorful fruit platters.

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Helena Carter".

The author is very satisfied with this picture.