Whispering Poems

Chapter 3188 The Nun’s Story

Many people have that key, and Shade considered whether it was appropriate to give it to him now, but after thinking it over, he felt that the key was not important, and what he wanted to express was important;

"Here is the key to number 6, St. Teresa's Square. I hope you will visit me often.

I mean, although this sacrificial site is also very good, you are welcome to go to my place anytime when you are troubled. I think that given the relationship between us, I mean the relationship of sharing power, this gift should be given now. "

The "she" beside my ear laughed, and after a moment's silence, the nun took the key out of the brazier with both hands, and picked up the key with her right hand which was still hot.

"This is a return gift."

After putting away the key, the nun raised her hand again to take off her blindfold, but was immediately stopped by Shade:
"Please wait a moment. I know that I seemed to want to see your face under the eye patch more often. But don't misunderstand me as the kind of person who is greedy for beauty. Anyway, don't do this. It makes me feel very strange.

If you want to return the favor, will you walk with me now? Go to the steps outside the shrine, to the graves of the nuns, to the broken stones in the snow. I just received a message a few hours ago, and I don’t know who to share it with. ”

A smile appeared on the nun's face. This time, Shade was definitely not wrong. She nodded slightly and stretched out her hand to Shade. Shade immediately stood up, then grabbed Sister Defulin's hand and helped her up.

Amid the rumbling sound of the elevator, the two returned to the ground from underground at the sacrificial site, then left the building and walked into the snow in the mountains.

Apart from what Shad had said at the beginning about "fate", they had not talked much, just walking together in the snow. Only when Sister Develyn stopped occasionally would she talk about the past here or there.

The nun rarely talked about her life experience before, but she mentioned it to Shade while walking in the snow that day. Unlike Sister Brock who was chosen by the previous generation of nuns in the Fifth Era, Sister Defulin grew up in the [Spiritual Order].

But she was not the child of a previous nun. She was sent to the Spiritual Order when she was still a baby because she had eye problems when she was born. When Sister Defulin was a child, she heard that her real parents were quite powerful, at least they were ordinary people who had enough contact with the extraordinary world, but she never asked about her life experience, and the nuns of the previous generation never mentioned it to her.

And with the passing of the previous generation of nuns, no one will ever explore these ignored past events.

In fact, the main method of increasing the members of the [Spiritual Order] is abandoned babies, which are the most abundant in this era. These girls who have no family ties are also the most suitable for "blind" asceticism.

Although Sister Defulin had left here for several years to live as an ordinary person when she was a young doctor at the Snake Heart Hospital during her teenage years, this sacrificial site on the top of the mountain is indeed where Sister Defulin grew up.

She knew everything here, and understood the different appearances of each stone in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Standing in the square surrounded by rubble, low walls and cliffs covered with dry vines below the sacrificial field, which was also the cemetery of the fire-guarding nuns, Sister Defulin asked Shade a rare question that had nothing to do with fire:
“Will you miss your family?”

The stranger was an orphan in his hometown, and he still didn't understand his identity in this world. He didn't need to think much before shaking his head:

"Sister, if you are talking about unknown family members related to my origin, since I don't know them, I certainly don't miss them. Now I have my own real family, which is what I should cherish."

Sister Defulin did not respond to this. On one side of the "square" blocked by the stone gate was a towering cliff, and on the other side was a thousand-foot cliff without even a guardrail. She and Shade stood beside the cliff, and her cold voice gave the answer in the snow:

"One of the three flames is in the Falling Star Bay area, which is where the [Destiny Base] you mentioned may appear."

This place is familiar to Shade. The tower that Sylvia's teacher left for her is located on the top of the snow-capped mountain of Fatumunster Island, the largest island in the Falling Star Bay. It is the territory of the Principality of Lagersen:
"I understand. After the exam week at the end of the year, I will try to look for it nearby."

The nun nodded slightly, folded her hands in front of her as usual, and asked Shade in a very calm voice again in the snow:

"This year, do you really not want to see me without my blindfold?"

Although he was tempted, Xia De firmly shook his head and refused:

"No need. I just promised you to do something very difficult. If I ask you to take off the blindfold now, it's like I'm blackmailing you. Anyway, it feels weird."

"If this is the case"

She turned around and moved closer to Xia De. After an imperceptible hesitation, she moved closer and closer to Xia De until her red lips kissed Xia De's cheek.

The kiss was so sudden that Shade only felt a momentary chill. By the time he covered his face with his hands and looked at the nun in surprise, the nun's face had already moved away from Shade as she retreated:

"See you next year, Fire Bearer Hero Shad."

Her expression was still so cold, without any warmth even in the snow, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was enough to make this scene in the snow the most unforgettable memory of Xia De.

Xia De continued to cover his face:

"See you next year, then. Next year."

Sister Defulin did not continue to say goodbye to Shad. She just left Shad and hurriedly walked along the dilapidated stone steps to the sacrificial site on the top of the mountain.

Xia De covered his face and looked at Sister Defulin's back. When her figure completely disappeared in the falling snow, he looked up at the sky in disbelief:
“The end of year festival is such a magical festival.”

That night, Xiwei brought her niece and the girls on the boat to Tobysk. However, they did not fly here on the Glorious Messenger, but traveled by train.

Including Flora, Granny Cassandra and Megan who have already arrived, as well as Karina who is already here, the number of great witches in Tobesk has suddenly increased to five.

Xiwei was of course also very surprised that Grandma Cassandra, who had originally said she would not come, actually came, but since it was a holiday, everyone was of course happy to have some fun.

Tonight's dinner was still held at Carina's manor, and the Duchess entertained the guests from afar with great care:

"This is also the first time I have entertained so many witches. In the past, everyone only gathered inside the parliament. The few times we met in real life were just brief encounters. Shade's arrival has really changed a lot of things. But Luvia, did you notice that Shade was jumping when he walked after returning from outside this evening?"

At the long table in the manor's banquet hall, Carina looked at the people at the table illuminated by the crystal chandelier, and asked the fortune teller beside her in a low voice while holding a glass of wine.

Luvia suppressed the smile on her face. Gathering witches in those cities where stories happened was nothing, but being able to gather so many witches during the "holiday" meant that Shade had really mastered the power of the ancient god of "chaos" represented by the [Witch Council].

"I arrived late, and he had already recovered by then, but the reason was easy to find."

Luvia asked Shade who was talking to Xivi about the situation in the Kingdom of the Islands:

"Shad, did you go to Vanessa's place first in the afternoon, or did you visit the nun first?"

"I went to Vanessa's place first."

Then Luvia turned to Carina and said:

"It seems that the nun gave him some sweet treats."

Xiwei chose a room in St. Teresa's Square after dinner. Because they wanted to live with Miss Elizabeth, they chose Room 2 on the second floor of No. 7 St. Teresa's Square. They lived in the master bedroom and the side bedroom respectively. Miss Hayley Aurora lived on the first floor with a few maids, just like Tifa, Miss Swift and Miss Bell.

The witch with brown wavy hair is very satisfied with her living environment:
"Living in a small house with friends and family, walking around in pajamas at night, chatting in front of the fireplace, while the snow falls outside, this is what ordinary people call happiness."

"Xiwei, ordinary people don't have a house in St. Teresa's Square."

Megan, who lived next door to them and came to join in the fun, said. She looked up and down at the figure of the boat girl who had changed into a nightgown, and then looked at Xiwei and herself. She was very surprised that the dragon bloodline buried in her bloodline by her ancestors could not be as clearly revealed as that of the girl who was not a dragon at all.

The girls didn't walk around in their pajamas outside their rooms when they were on the Radiant Emissary, but they all did so at 6 Saint Teresa's Place when night fell, because it was clearly "home".

After nightfall, everyone gathered on the second floor of Room 6.

The lights were on in the living room, and the girls and ladies were sitting on the sofas or on cushions in front of the fireplace with Shad.

The teapots, teacups, snacks and fruits prepared by the maids were scattered on the carpet and coffee table. The jumping firelight in the fireplace illuminated everyone's smiling faces. The witches who came from afar talked about the interesting things they encountered during their journeys, and compared the styles of nightgowns and the styles of evening jewelry that matched the dresses.

Flora talked about meeting Queen Diana today. When she said that the queen was "older" than she had imagined, everyone smiled. Dorothy admitted on behalf of Lesia that her mother, as an ordinary person, was indeed not young anymore. The princess accepted this reality, which no one could escape.

PS: Figure 1 in this chapter is "Sister Deverein in the Snow";
Figure 2 in this chapter: "Hayley Aurora";
Figure 3 in this chapter: "Household conditions at the end of the year in 1854 - 2".

The author is very satisfied with the first two new pictures.