Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 459

2021-11-12

Chapter 458 The Old God [Earth Shaking Worm]

Time to Wednesday, St. Teresa Square Six The renovation is still in progress. Shade took a look at the third floor in the morning, and based on the current progress, most of the work should be completed this week.

Although after the repairs are over, the third floor will be completely brought into the usable range only after the cement drying and the trial of the gas and steam pipes, as well as the verification of the City Hall Housing Maintenance Center. But the joy that the long-awaited thing is about to be completed still puts Shade in a good mood.

Going to Coldwater Harbor today for an excursion with Demoness. So Shade went to Dorothy's after breakfast and asked her to take care of the cat for a while.

But unfortunately, Dorothy went out early today. Her "Hamilton Detective Tales" has been in the series for two weeks and has garnered an unexpectedly huge amount of attention. The landlady said that Dorothy went to the "Steam Bird Daily" newspaper office to discuss the next serialization plan with the editor, and I am afraid she will not be back before noon.

Shade has other options besides Dorothy. He thought about it carefully, and finally did not ask other friends for help.

Mia has a hard time getting close to strangers, and it took a long time to get used to her familiarity with Dorothy. Therefore, instead of letting the cat stay with others for a day, Shade thought that it would be better to take the cat to Cold Water Harbor by himself, and then entrust the cat to Miss Avrolla's maid to take care of it when she was going on an adventure.

In this way, Shade appeared at the Avrolla Manor on time at 8:30 in the morning. After a hasty bath, she was immediately pulled into the carriage by Miss Avrolla, and the carriage went straight. Coldwater Harbour Railway Station.

Miss Avrolla's trip, of course, will not be to carry a suitcase by herself. She bought tickets for the VIP compartment in advance, that is, a separate box. In addition to Shade, she was followed by three maids and a dozen ordinary servants who were in charge of carrying luggage.

The three maids are all ring warlocks, and the ranks are all five rings. They didn't look very old, only about two or three years older than Shade's body.

“Why are there so many female warlocks who are young but not low in grade around the Demoness? Even the Orthodox Church has a hard time finding so many young warlocks in Central.”

In the spare time of the journey, Shade asks Miss Avrolla for advice.

The wheels of the train rolled against the rails, making a regular rattling sound. Because of the installation of mechanical shock absorbers in the first-class carriages, train travel is still comfortable.

Demoness is sitting at the desk in the box with a book, while Shade is sitting on the sofa. This whole car is a box, arranged like a living room, and even has a decorative fireplace, not a car that Shade imagined is divided into five or six spaces.

In this era, the quality of life of the rich is beyond the imagination of outsiders.

"It's very simple, they all have the power of Demonness."

Demoness, with long curly brown hair, said, calling to the girl with short hair and shawl who was bending over to pour tea. :

"This is Keith. I found her from an orphanage when she was nine years old."

It is worth mentioning that although Miss Avrora is wearing lotus leaves She was wearing a long skirt, but she was in a very unladylike posture, with her legs crossed and one hand covering the book on the knee of her right leg.

She waved the lady maid to bow her head, then stroked her face with her hand.

"I originally wanted to train as a secretary who would help me with paperwork when I was an adult, didn't expect her to awaken her innate talent when she was seventeen years old. Keith is 24 years old this year, seven years , with the help of the power of Demoness, I became the fifth ring, although this speed is relatively fast compared to the normal ring warlock, but compared with you, it is already very slow."

Said, her right hand From the side of the maid, she rubbed the other's cheek and slipped down to her chin. Afterwards, Demoness's slender fingers tugged up the maid's chin, causing the latter's blushing face to slowly approach him.

Shade consciously covered Mia's eyes, who was squatting on the sofa cushion.

Miss Avrolla didn't do anything more than she did, she just kissed her personal maid gently and let the maid go back to work. Seeing Shade's sorry look, she also said lightly with a smile:
"Don't look like you haven't seen the world, Shade. Speaking of which, you won't have intimate contact with any girl yet, right? ?"

Seeing that Shade was unwilling to answer, he continued to say with a smile;
"Are the aesthetics of the girls living in the Pearl of the North different from the girls in the coastal areas? It's funny, or it's Galina who helped you stop those suitors."

"I don't think so, in fact, I rarely show up in public."

"Hamilton Knight of Rejed told me that he is a very low-key person."

Demoness smiled and shook his head:
"Wait and see, Shade, sooner or later you will receive Courtship letters will fill your mailbox. But I'm just curious what Galina will think about your relationship with her."

"Partner."

"Do you think so?"

Miss Shivi Avrolla raised her teacup and clinked to Shade:
"Then good luck, Mr. Detective."

The city of Klein is located in the east of Coldwater Harbor. Like most cities in the old continent, this city has progressed with the rise of the steam age, but it cannot be more advanced than Tobesque and Coldwater Harbor. Take advantage of the benefits of this era.

Heckiers Town is a small town south of Klein City. The town is mostly mountainous, but because it is the last pass from the open plain in the north into the rugged basin in the middle of the west coast of the old continent, So even just a town has a train station.

This is also the main traffic road in the east of Lengshuigang, but most of the tourists who stay here are scattered tourists, and the north-south transfer of goods is more by sea, so the identity of the traffic road does not bring the town. more trade opportunities.

The history of Herkils is completely unknown, but it is a town that offers a glimpse into both the past and the present. When Shade walked out of the station with Miss Avrora, he first sighed at the depression of the rural town, and then realized that compared with most of the small towns in the Delarion Kingdom, it was already prosperous.

The whole town consists of eight streets in total, three vertical and five horizontal. The city center is not the Shegils Town Sheriff's Hall in the center, but the town railway station in the west of the city. Around the train station, hotels, shops, restaurants, and pubs are lined up in sequence. At least in the two streets around the train station, you can still feel a little bit of the atmosphere of the big city.

Miss Avrolla brought Shade here, of course not for tourism. She booked a room early in the town's largest hotel, the Honest Hotel. After a short rest, a personal maid and other servants who were in charge of carrying luggage were guarding the luggage at the hotel and preparing to pick up. Shade took the cat and set out with the other two maids and Miss Avrora.

Because you have lunch specially served in the first-class carriage of the train, you don't have to worry about the food in the town anymore. Demoness is well prepared and all the action plans have been drawn up. The 1st Step is to visit the old lady Ilar who lives in Herkils Town.

Old Lady lives alone in a house on the edge of town. There are no single-family apartments that are common in cities in the town. The house where the old Mrs. Ilar lived, as if it was a product left over from before the age of steam, stood on the side of the street.

A rough dirt road extends in front of the house, and a crooked wooden fence is used to delimit the house. The old man opened up two vegetable fields in the yard in front of the house. Outsiders couldn't tell what those green vegetables were, but the cat he put on his shoulders was very interested in those plants.

Probably the city cat has not seen not only the sea, but also the vegetable field.

The steam pipes and gas pipes are not buried in the ground and enter the house directly against the ground. Pushing aside the fence door outside the yard, which seemed to be knocked down with a single kick, and avoiding the chickens running around in the yard, the four people came to the door.

This time Mia is more active. It is never afraid of creatures slightly larger than itself, so she has the idea of jumping off her shoulders and competing with those chickens.

As Shade held the cat down and looked at the chicken coop and vegetable patch in the yard, the maid was already knocking on the door.

"How does it feel to be here?"

Demoness asked Shade with great interest:
"I heard from Galina about your origin, you probably don't know anything about it. Memories of a place like this."

"Yeah, it seems interesting at first glance, but I prefer to live in the city."

Shade's answer was honest .

Someone came to open the door soon, probably with an appointment, so when the hunched Old Lady, who was wearing a headscarf and leaning on crutches, saw the four people and one cat outside the door. time, and was not surprised.

Old Mrs. Ilar is the oldest person Shade has ever met in this world, or at least the oldest person in appearance. She was a little uneasy walking, but she seemed to be in good spirits.

What surprised Shade most was that the other party was actually a ring warlock. But the level is very low. According to the reminder of the whispering voice in the ear, the other party is either one ring or two rings. Impossible is higher than Shade.

Inside the house, there is a strange smell characteristic of old people living alone, as if everything here is going to decay. The decor is old, and the wallpaper used to hide cracks in the walls has long since turned yellow. As for the old furniture, probably only the old John's pawnshop or the junkyard would be willing to recycle it. When Shade sat down on the sofa, he could even clearly hear the terrifying sound of the sofa.

Considering his standard weight, this can only mean that the sofa, like old lady Ilar, is about to reach the end of her life.

The two sides were seated, and the maids went to the kitchen to get some tea. Demoness finally introduced the identity of the Old Lady in front of Shade to Shade:

"This is the old god [Earth Shaking Worm]. ] is the current High Priest of the sect.”

“Don’t mention the High Priest, I am the only member of the sect at present.”

The old man sorry She waved her hand, her eyes were bright, and when she smiled, she looked very kind and kind.

(end of this chapter)