Whispering Poems

Chapter 3222 The Hound Knocking on the Door

When there were only the nun and Theresa, they still had to worry about the return journey, whether the safe point was safe, and logistics, but after the arrival of Miss Shad and Liad, there was no need to consider many things, so ordinary tombs were indeed not a big threat to the four of them now.

Shad continued:

"If there is no rule that the more burial objects there are, the more dangers there are, and the longer you are outside, the more likely you are to be noticed, then gathering all the burial objects is just a matter of time and luck. But now it seems that we can't continue to dig ordinary tombs, and sooner or later we will face such a 'big tomb', so why not give it a try next time."

The four of them held their teacups and planned what to do next. Although there was still a lot of time left, Shade had no plans to go out again for the time being. Miss Liad shared her understanding of the [God of the Grave], and Theresa talked about her speculations about this world.

Although Sister Belen did not ask Shade to gain power from her again, she still shared with Shade more of her experience in perceiving and using the First Fire. There was silence outside the house, and Shade thought that he would end this adventure in the conversation until -

dong dong dong~
Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at the locked door. Although the house was made of stone, the door was made of wood. At this time, a very slight knocking sound appeared. After three consecutive knocks, there was a pause for a few seconds, and then there was another continuous knocking sound.

Miss Liad thought of what Shade had just said about "God" and her face turned pale. Shade looked at Theresa, wanting to confirm whether he had encountered a similar situation before, and the girl seemed to understand Shade's question just by looking at her eyes, and she shook her head slightly.

The situation outside the gravekeeper's hut cannot be detected by four people, which is one of the reasons why this house can be guaranteed to be safe - the inside and the outside are completely isolated.

They didn't say anything, but waited for things to change further. Of course, it would be better if the thing knocking on the door just left. But there was no sound of talking outside the door, and the knocking sound was intermittent and never disappeared.

Although Shade could leave at any time, he could not leave such danger behind. So after waiting for a while, he stood up and wanted to go see what was going on alone. But he did not expect that when he stood up, Miss Liad also stood up.

The girl held back her fear and wrote in the air with her fingers -

[I'll go. No matter what problems arise, you'll have time to react.]

She was not being polite to Xia De on purpose. After she finished writing, she immediately walked quickly towards the door, but was stopped by Xia De:
"You stay and stand behind me."

After that, he was ready to release the Heaton Seal. The nun and Theresa also stood up at this moment. The nun followed behind him, and Theresa was ready to cast a spell to attack the outside of the door. Miss Liad followed behind Theresa, pursing her lips and wondering what she was thinking.

He gently pressed his hand on the door, but felt no sign of anything. After frowning slightly, Xia De opened the locked wooden door, but surprisingly, there was nothing outside:

"Hmm? A traditional horror story plot?"

But it was not nothing. Before "she" could remind him, Shad looked down at his feet again. A black short-tailed hound tried to bang its head against the door again, and accidentally bumped into Shad's leg.

"No, it's a spirit!"

The hound also realized that the door was opened, and it quickly ran away from the door, but stopped in the open space, and looked back at Shade, obviously wanting Shade to follow it.

"What's going on outside?"

Seeing that Shade had been holding the door for a long time without moving, Theresa asked in a low voice. Sister Belen also walked to Shade's side and "saw" the scene outside. She described the situation outside to the two people in the room. Theresa and Miss Liad had surprisingly consistent views:
"Don't follow him. Compassion is good, but this is not the place to abuse it."

Of course Xia De also knew and understood this principle, but this time because of the extra time, he really wanted to follow and see. If he really encountered a situation that he couldn't handle, the worst thing he could do was to leave. After all, he wouldn't appear in the same place he left next time.

But perhaps because they had delayed too long, the black hound, seeing that Shade was not catching up, turned and ran into the tombstones.

But before long, even when Shade didn't have time to close the door because he wanted to observe the situation outside, the spiritual black hound ran back again.

This time it had something in its mouth. Seeing that Shade did not object to it running over, it came directly to Shade's feet, then spit out the two gold earrings in its mouth at the door, and then ran to the open space of the gravekeeper's hut again, waiting for Shade to catch up.

Although the hound can touch physical objects, it is still a spirit, so there is no saliva or anything like that on the two gold earrings. After Shade picked them up, he almost immediately confirmed that they were two burial objects.

He was just hesitating just now, but now that he had received the "deposit", he decided to follow the hound out. So he turned around and handed the two earrings to Sister Belen, then reached out and took a shovel from behind the door:
"I'll go out and take a look."

Theresa came over immediately without even asking Shade why he suddenly changed his mind:
"Last time it was Sister Belen, this time it's my turn to go out with you."

Miss Liad standing by felt as if she was being ignored.

"No, no, I'm going out alone this time, and there's a good chance that this shovel will be wasted."

Xia De shook his head and said to them seriously:

"I should leave now, so I can take this opportunity to go outside. No matter what happens, I can leave."

Teresa and the nun knew that he could leave, so they just kept silent, but Miss Liad heard about it for the first time:

"So he can return to the world of the living? He can call for help. He's from the future, right?"

"After I leave this time, I will most likely leave the Tombstone Wasteland directly if I encounter danger. There is a small chance that I will come back, but I won't have much time left. You'd better not explore outside while I'm away, unless there is a major accident. Otherwise, wait until I come back.

Also, is there anything you need? I can bring it when I come back, but only ordinary items.”

Theresa pulled Shade's sleeve and accepted this reality with great difficulty. The hound was still waiting outside. The three ladies discussed it and used [Reading] to make a list for Shade, among which Sister Belen seemed to need a lot of ritual items.

He returned the [One-Hit Kill Pistol] and the iron whistle to the witches, then hugged Theresa goodbye. The young girl worriedly told him to be careful.

Miss Liad said nothing, and Sister Belen seemed to want to say something but she didn't say anything in the end. The three of them stood at the door of the cottage and watched Shad and the black hound disappear into the dark mist.

The door was closed again. Although the fire was still burning, Theresa still felt that after Shad left, time here seemed to become sticky. The feeling that time was close to its normal flow rate turned into a feeling of complete disorder and chaos again.

Miss Liad and Sister Belen sat on the bedside and on the chair respectively, neither of them spoke. Schulze Theresa's witch talent was not the best, but her wonderful inspiration made her feel that the order of the world was closer to normal where Shade was.

The confusion of time and space and the sudden mental numbness made her want to sit down and rest for a while. Perhaps staring at the fire in a daze was the most important thing to do while waiting for Shade to come back. But she remembered that she had more important things to do. She bit the inside of her lip to cheer herself up, and then said:
"Sister, Miss Liad, can you help me with something?"

As she spoke, she untied the thick corset-like belt around her waist. There was a skirt belt tied inside the belt, so there was no need to worry about any problems with the skirt.

The silk belt was placed on the table. The front was decorated with gold thread and gemstones, while the back was covered with densely packed black tadpole letters.

"When I introduced myself, I told you who my teacher was."

She raised her voice slightly, and the young tomb robber was in awe, while the nun remained expressionless:

"Yes, you said your teacher couldn't help you either."

“But things are different now.”

Theresa bit her finger and pressed the bloody fingerprint on the inside of the belt. Just one drop of blood dyed all the "tadpoles" red. The densely arranged letters trembled and rearranged themselves, and as they moved, they vaguely formed a ritual array:

“Since the incident three years ago, Her Majesty Violet has told me that if Shade reappears, I must call her to my side no matter where I am. This belt was given to me by Her Majesty. Please help me perform the ritual to contact her. I’m not sure if this method still works in this world, so it will probably take us a long time.

Before Xia De comes back, let's not go out and concentrate on doing this."

"But why didn't you perform the ceremony while he was still here? Didn't you want him to know?"

Miss Liad asked quietly, and the girl with pigtails and glasses was very wise:
"I know very well that Shade will not allow me to do this. He doesn't want to involve other people here, even if that person is a demigod-level aunt. But I'm sorry Shade - this is the wish of all of us."

The young girl actually had some selfish motives. If her aunt wasn't around, she would have spent more time with Shade. But now that danger was approaching, Schultz Theresa couldn't be so "selfish".