Whispering Poems

Chapter 3250 Coin Game
"With Fanny, ahem, sorry, I mean Miss Benannis. I visited the Golden Dawn Opera Company's residence in Randall Valley while traveling. When I was watching a performance at the local Wilde Opera House, the lady noticed something special about me. She wanted to lock me up and study me, but it was the kind-hearted Miss Lathers who stopped her.

After that, something else happened. She asked me to stay in the Randall River Valley and wouldn't let me leave. When spring came, she forced me to perform with the opera troupe. During this period, many stories happened between us, and before we knew it, our relationship improved. "

Xia De touched Mia, sighed and lied against his will:

"One day, she suddenly said to me: Go away, never let me see you again, the farther the better. I was helping the girls in the troupe choose clothes for the performance, so I thought she was testing me and didn't leave. Later, our relationship became better and better, until the autumn of that year when I took the initiative to say goodbye to her. She cried and gave me a hug, and on behalf of everyone in the troupe, invited me to come back often to visit."

This is a romantic story that Vanessa wrote for herself, with herself as the protagonist, assuming that "the first person to meet Shade was me, not Carina." I have to admit that she is indeed very talented in writing. Every part of this story is well thought out. Even the Great Witch of the Sun, who is listening to the story at this moment, only understands the inside story through this short story:
"So you and her"

"The next time we met was early this morning, so she said it's been a long time."

So Claire Rinehart thought she understood it all, and she didn't seem to be at much of a disadvantage.

"As for the meeting with Miss Sylvia, that happened in Willendell."

He told another story Sylvia had written, which said a lot about her character:

"I went to a local school to visit a vampire friend who owned a winery. When I was leaving, I unexpectedly saw her giving an academic report at the classroom window. I was immediately attracted by this young girl who was proficient in number theory, so I ran to the back of the classroom to listen to the lecture, and then she noticed me. However, unlike Miss Benanis, Miss Sylvia did not reveal her identity at the beginning, but invited me to be her research assistant.

She originally wanted to use this excuse to discover my secret, but we got along better and better. One day, one of her important papers was accepted, and she invited me to a luxurious restaurant in Willendal for dinner. During the meal, she told me about witches, curses and the like, and wanted me to become her student.

Xia De took a deep breath. He knew that he would have to apologize many times in the future for telling these lies:

"That was more or less what happened. However, I didn't agree and she wouldn't let me go, so we had a fight. She was only a tenth ring back then, just one level higher than me, so we were even. We were both exhausted, so we spent the night lying on the hill outside the city, looking at the moon, and then she let me go."

The Great Witch of the Sun nodded slightly, thinking that the youngest girl in the council was indeed more resourceful, but she ultimately only considered the relationship to be that of "friends":
"By the way, how old are you?"

She asked Xia De curiously again. Talking about a man's age was not a taboo topic, so Xia De said as he usually did:
"22 is old."

The witch on the other side nodded. Although she had known that the other party was young, she didn't expect that her real age was as young as her appearance. In order to prevent her from being talked about her age - she was obviously much older than the outsider, she immediately changed the topic and chatted with Xia De about politics.

In the past two days, newspapers in the Principality of Lagsen have been publicizing that representatives of Draerion and Carsenrick are preparing to meet and hold talks in the principality. There is no definite conclusion as to whether the meeting place will be Lomare City or Wheel of Time City, but the newspapers believe that the former is more likely.

When the topic was over, the main course and salad had been removed, and the waiter brought the blueberry pudding as dessert to the table, the witch picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Shade again, then turned her head to look at the night view of the Wheel of Time City outside the window, and raised her eyebrows unexpectedly after a few seconds.

After the waiter left, she whispered:

"I just saw someone I know."

"An acquaintance? Someone from this town?"

Xia De asked, and the witch shook her head slightly:

"She was a friend I played with when I was a kid on the island. Later, her family moved to the city. I haven't seen her for more than ten years. Just now I saw her passing by the square in men's clothes."

"Want to catch up and take a look?"

Xia De asked again, and the witch's pale golden eyes moved from the window to the face of the young man holding a wine glass and smiling across the table. She admitted that she was in a trance for a moment. Under the light of the candles and crystal chandeliers, and the melodious sound of the violin in the restaurant, she felt that she was looking at the moon in her dream:

"No need, everyone has their own secrets, just like you."

Xia De put down the wine glass in his hand, and the smile on his face became softer:

"So, what else do you want to know?"

The witch winked at him and took out a 1-kroner coin from her purse:
"How about we play a little game? Guess the heads or tails of a coin, just play three rounds, and the loser needs to answer a question from the winner. Of course, it can't be too exaggerated. This will help us get to know each other better. I know you are curious about me too, right?"

Xia De was not curious. Jialina and the others said everything that should and should not be said. However, he thought of his "undercover mission":
"That sounds very interesting, but I have to say up front that I'm very lucky."

Miss Reinhart covered her mouth and smiled very ladylike:

"I'm pretty lucky here at the foot of the snowy mountain. So I'll assume you're willing to play. Which side do you want?"

"Allow me to get some luck first."

As Shad spoke, he touched Mia, and the cat meowed docilely. When it looked up at Shad, there was a faint light from the candle in its amber eyes.

“The digital side.”

"Okay, so I'm the other side."

She did not toss the coin, but twisted it gently, causing it to spin on the tablecloth. Shade wiped his hands with a handkerchief and put it aside, watching the coin gradually come to a stop, with the number side facing up.

The young girl with platinum blonde hair shook her head regretfully:
"Well, Mr. Watson, as a gentleman, what question do you want to ask me?"

"Do you like cats?"

He asked this, and the lady across the table made a slightly angry expression:
"I'm willing to accept the loss. If I lose, I lose. Don't ask me such questions. Oh, Mr. Watson, you think you are a gentleman, but in fact you can't please girls. Facing a beautiful girl who clinks glasses with you, you are not curious about her at all?"

Seeing that the preliminary preparations had been completed, Xia De made a thoughtful expression and then asked:

"Well, I asked you a question. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to tell me. Why did you quarrel with Elder Harald and leave the island?"

He didn't think he could only win once, so he didn't ask the question that might be very sensitive at the beginning. The witch was not surprised by Shade's question. She held her chin with her hand, and her eyebrows trembled as she looked at Shade with shining eyes. Even the most outstanding painter could not imagine the scenery in Shade's eyes at this moment:

"It's not a complicated matter. When I was young, I mean when I was still very young, I went to school in Willendel. After graduation, my grandfather wanted me to stay in the local area to inherit his business, or responsibility.

But I didn’t want to be trapped in this small place. I wanted to see a bigger world, I wanted to see and experience more stories. So I had a big fight with my grandfather, and then I left my hometown in anger. ”

She picked up her wine glass again. At this moment, there was only a light blush at the bottom of the glass. She pointed the body of the goblet at the candlelight on the table, and looked through the blush at the firelight and Shade. Although the eleventh-level witch would not get drunk, she felt inexplicably tipsy:
"That was three years ago. But actually, my grandfather and I didn't have that big of a conflict, and I've always been looking for an opportunity to apologize to him. So when I received his letter this time, I rushed back immediately. But after All Souls' Day, I should leave again."

Xia De thought that there was a high probability that she would not be able to leave. Judging from the strange things that had happened in recent days, Xia De was almost certain that the ninth chosen one was on this island.

"And what about you? Any plans after All Souls' Day?"

She put down the cup and asked Xia De with a hazy look in her eyes. The atmosphere was very good. After eating and drinking, people would always have ideas that they would not normally have. But before Xia De could answer, she smiled and shook her head:

"No, I haven't won yet, so you don't need to answer me - or guess the number?"

"Yes."

The coin was turned for the second time, and this time Shade won again. Miss Reinhart, who had long platinum-blonde hair, smiled gently. She tilted her head slightly and looked at Shade. The meaning in her light golden eyes clearly told Shade to continue asking questions.

"Let me think about it. Miss Benanis and the others all thought you were going to the New World with Miss Larson, so why did you lie and go here? The Council shouldn't discriminate against the tribesmen, right?"

The witch smiled with her lips curled;

"Of course not. I just have some personal reasons. This isn't a complicated issue. I just don't want them to realize that I have a happy family. You don't know many witches, so you probably don't know that most of the big witches live alone. I have the happiest family among them."

If you think about it carefully, it is true. Although Carina has a lot of nieces and nephews, her parents have passed away long ago, and the only remaining brothers and sisters are all old; there is no need to say much about grandma Cassandra, Sylvia and Vanessa have both lost their parents long ago; Megan and Audrey's "Edwards Family" now only has second-generation ghosts, fifth-generation ghouls and sixth-generation "young people"; Xiwei is the head of the family, and there is no relative older than her in Aurora's family; Bella of Yuewan still has her mother alive, but she is the only one left.

[There is also "Owl". ]

"Yes, Flora hates her father because of her mother's death. Hasn't she been busy trying to make her father lose his right to inherit the title?"

Shade thought to himself, while Miss Reinhart across the table not only had both parents alive - living as ordinary people in a small town, but even her grandparents were alive. The town was full of relatives and her childhood playmates. Although she did not have as much wealth and power as other witches, she was indeed very happy compared to others.

"Then I wish you can continue to live a happy life."

Shade raised his glass again, and Claire Reinhart also raised her glass. After drinking the remaining red wine, she wanted to pick up the coin again, but was stopped by Shade:
"I admit defeat. You can ask me in the third game."

So the young girl's tone was filled with more anger:
"Are you letting me down?"

The golden eyes reflecting the candlelight looked at him, and Shade also looked into her eyes:

"You can't win too much in some things. I always think that fate is a double-edged sword, so before one of the blades hits me, I will do it myself. Winning two out of three games is enough."

"Sweet talk, but it still sounds like you're deliberately letting me go."

Although she complained like this, she still smiled:

"So what will you do after you finish what you are doing now and All Souls' Day is over?"

"I'll probably be staying for a while. I'm here to look for some dangerous guy, and I have no idea where he is."

"Then I'll stay and help you too. After all, I don't have anything important to do recently."

She blinked gently:
"This is my way of thanking you."

Xia De thanked him quietly, and as he lowered his head to eat his dessert, he asked in his heart:

"I feel like Miss Reinhart is not in a good state tonight. Is she okay?"

[I didn't feel any abnormality. 】

She smiled softly:

【Perhaps, you should look for the reason in yourself. 】

"Hmm like?"

[Stop smiling at her.]