Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 565

2021-12-29

Chapter 563 Ayutthaya Player 1853
Sparrow is dead, Shade wants to honor his last wish, Let the story of "Grey Owl" end like this at No. 6 St. Teresa Square. Therefore, he will not do that task, even if it means 2,000 pounds, which is a huge sum of money that 99% of the people in this world will never earn in a lifetime.

Taking advantage of nothing else on Thursday, after taking the cat for lunch at noon, Shade first took his formal clothes to the clothing store on Silver Cross Avenue to entrust it to be cleaned, and agreed to pick it up early tomorrow morning.

Then did not go home directly, but went to the Prophet Society also on Silver Cross Avenue. I haven't seen Luvia for half a week, and Shade wants to invite her out for dinner tonight. If you have time, you can go to the opera.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of "1853 Ayutthaya Player Lord's Tournament", and the entire Society of Prophets has been redecorated. The banners were pulled up, the interior of the association was re-cleaned, and brand-new oil paintings and publicity boards were stacked in the lobby on the first floor for placement.

Everyone here is very busy, even for tomorrow's opening ceremony, the association only opens the Rhodes brand identification business today, and other businesses are temporarily suspended.

Since the association does not conduct divination today, Shade cannot meet Luvia on the grounds of "wanting to do divination for cats". But because he came too many times, and each time he pointed to Luvia Anat for divination, people also knew that the rumored "duchess' lover" was for people, not cats. Frequent appearances in associations.

The receptionists on the first floor brought Luvia for Shade with a smile, but when Shade said her invitation, the purple-eyed girl shook her head regretfully:
"Tomorrow is The opening ceremony, I even plan to live in the association today, there are still a lot of things to do. Tobesque branch, I finally won the right to host this year, President Stan and Mark Vice-President decided to run this year well So I don't have time to go out to dinner with you tonight."

"That's a shame."

Shade understands.

"But maybe we can go out together tomorrow night."

She said with a smile again, and looked at Shade:
"I didn't think about those things this week. It's a headache, and I've noticed that I'm not feeling normal some time ago. We'll have dinner together tomorrow night, and then watch the opera. However, I want to call Iluna, she'll be very happy."

Although It's not in Shade's plan to have the three of them together, but it's not bad:

"Of course I can, then I'll go book tickets first, I hope it's too late."

Lu The busyness of Via and Iluna made Shade seem to have nothing to do. In order to prove that he was also working hard, after leaving the association, he went to the apartment where Ms. Black lives in the south of the city.

Among the four tasks left by Detective Sparrow, only "helping Miss White to find the missing younger sister Miss Black" has not been completed. Shade visited the girl last week, who was really just a runaway, only to be back in the country for a holiday this week.

And when Shade came to visit for the second time, he learned from the neighbors that Miss Black had indeed returned from the country. But it was very unfortunate that she set off with her luggage on Tuesday and went to the city of Midhillsburg, which is known as the "city of mountains" in the southern part of the kingdom.

This is a city built on the northern foot of the Western Carr Mountain and built on the mountain. It is the most important mountain entrance through the Rommel Mountains that spans the eastern and central parts of the old continent, and it is also the most important entrance to the entire Delarion southeast part. important transportation hub city.

And "Fort Midhill" was originally a military-purpose castle on the border between Carsenrick and Delarion, and it took 3 centuries of changes to become the city it is today.

Not only a transportation hub, but also a very developed tourism and mining industry. Relying on the trade between the two countries and the rich local mineral and forest resources, a very prosperous steam industry has developed.

In short, Miss Black has gone to Midhill for a tour, and it will probably take half a month to come back.

But this time Shade's visit was not in vain. Miss Black's "disappearance" was actually a quarrel with her elder sister. In order not to worry the elder sister, she left a letter to the detective who came to look for it, explaining her whereabouts. In the letter, Miss Black hoped that Shade would be able to tell Miss White about her trip to Fort Midhill, and she even left a pound note in the envelope for this.

The two sisters seem to be very wealthy.

"However, judging from the detective records, Detective Sparrow has never met the client, Miss White. The other party sent a letter to entrust. At that time, Detective Sparrow was still curious about Miss White's identity. identity, and therefore guessed that the other party is a noble female noble."

Shade thought to himself, thanked the Old Mister who was going to walk the dog, and then lifted the head towards Miss Black's apartment:
"The two sisters had a quarrel, but I made a fortune. But why are they clearly sisters, one surnamed Black and the other White? Reorganizing the family? Or other reasons?"

In his mind Thinking about it, he grabbed the handle of the door downstairs in the apartment. I originally wanted to make sure that the door was locked, but didn't expect to just touch the cold metal door handle when I heard a voice in my ear:

[Outlander, you touched Whisper. ]

"What?"

He looked at the door in front of him in surprise and took a step back, as if worried that some monster would suddenly break through the door:

"Is there a relic here? I can finally meet a relic?"

Every time I encountered a relic before, it was because of someone else, and Shade himself had never encountered a relic alone.

[No, the Whisper element is very light, lighter than the tokens of the Relic, and lighter than any Whisper element you touch. There is even reason to believe that no one but you can detect such a slight trace of the element. ]

"Oh, that is to say, a long time ago, there were relics that appeared around here."

Now Shade is more relieved, and it is still today. Peaceful day.

He packed the letter and planned to write a letter to Miss White, the client, when he returned home, informing Miss Black of her whereabouts:
"I hope that Miss Black, who was traveling, can return safely, and let me End this commission. Otherwise, the detective's four commissions are really the only normal commission to find Mia."

The time finally came to Friday, the first time since a foreigner The tournament, the "Big City Player Rhodes Card" that I learned about when I set foot on the Prophet's Association, is finally about to start.

The full name of this tournament should be "1853 Tobesque Grand City Players Tournament of Rhodes", and the player who wins the final can get "1853 Lord of Rhodes" after the game. King of Rode Card in 1853)".

This is the publisher of Rhodes, a title officially recognized by the Prophet Association and recognized by players all over the world. And when playing poker with others, it is more face and honor to say that you are the champion of the big city players in a certain session than to brag about how many opponents your poker has beaten.

Even foreigners who have always claimed that they have no great desires are full of interest in this title.

After breakfast on Friday morning, Shade first went to Silver Cross Avenue to get the formal clothes that were entrusted to be cleaned. After returning home and packing up, I went out at 9:30 and went to the Prophet Society.

As soon as I turned into Silver Cross Avenue, I noticed that this street is very lively today.

The carriage parked at the entrance of the Prophet's Association is almost full of half a street, and gentlemen who speak various languages and use various accents gather from all parts of the new continent and the old continent with smiles, At the entrance of the association, flowers and red carpets have already been arranged to welcome the challengers.

If the birthday party of Queen Diana not long ago was a feast for the nobles, then today is a festival for all players in the world.

The opening ceremony is held in the large conference hall on the third floor of the Society of Prophets, and only those who have received an invitation letter are eligible to come. The opening ceremony started at ten o'clock in the morning and ended at about eleven o'clock. The players were looking forward to playing cards, not listening to lengthy speeches, so the main content was to announce the rules of this "big city player".

Shade also walked into the Prophet Society with a smile. As soon as I entered the lobby on the first floor, I saw Mark Vice-President hurriedly coming:

"Oh, Mr. Hamilton, I saw you. When they sent you an invitation letter, they forgot Put this in the envelope!"

Mark Vice-President greeted Shade with a breathless expression and handed Shade a Rhodes card:

"This is for you."

The Rhodes card he handed was not a special rule card, but a card with only a special card face.

The three suits are the same as Shade's [Founding·Silver Moon]. The special card face is the silhouette of the Tobesque branch of the Prophet Society located on Silver Cross Avenue. On the left side of the card is written "Ayutthaya Player 1853" in vertical writing, and "0003" is also written in vertical writing on the right side.

"What's this?"

Shade is curious, this is the first special card he's ever gotten, and it doesn't have rules, but he still loves it Card.

"This is a card from the [Big City Player] series, and it is also a qualification."

"Qualification?"

"Yes, after paying one pound After the registration fee, you can get this special card for free. You are a specially invited player, so the number is higher. This represents both eligibility and a card that can be used on the table."

Mark The Vice-President introduced with a smile:
"Mr. Hamilton, I know that your [Founder·Silver Moon] is Sun Three, but you can't possibly take out that card in all hands. So, I specially selected it for you. With Sun III, you can replace each other."

"Will the [Ayutthaya Players] series of cards be released to the public?"

Shade asked again.

"Of course not, you can only get it after signing up."

"That's really good."

Shade flicked the cards and took out his own. group to insert it. He can only sigh that these fortune-tellers are really business-minded.

He admires such business acumen very much. Although the entry fee of one pound is high, the unique and unmatched special deck of Rhodes can also offset this cost.

Poker players who really want to play will be happy to be able to play and get "free" cards, and the Prophet's Guild has to pay for design and printing costs.

It's a real win-win.

There are about a thousand or two thousand contestants in each "big city player" competition. Although it sounds like a lot, compared to the Rhodes players in the entire world, it is already very small.

Not only the high registration fee, but also the enthusiasm of the bottom players to sign up. Moreover, the entire tournament process lasts for two weeks, which is not a big impact for the locals, but not any out-of-towner who can spend two weeks in the out-of-town just to play cards.

Therefore, "big city players" refers not only to the size, but also to try to hold tournaments in big cities to attract more players. In each tournament, the number of local players can account for at least one third, which can also provide convenience to the association where the host city is located.

And the Rhodes players screened out in this way are the truly powerful or rich Rhodes experts. The gathered players will compete for the final winner through several rounds of preliminary rounds, semi-finals and finals within two weeks, and the winner will also receive honors, [Big City Players] series of special rules cards and monetary reward.

"Ayutthaya Rod Tournament" is a tournament officially supported by the kingdom, as each tournament raises a city's profile, and for several decades, the Society of Prophets has made people Accept this kind of gambling behavior, as long as both parties dress well, then it is a very high-level game.

So, when Shade and Mark Vice-President came together on the third floor where the association would not normally be open, only to find that today's opening ceremony, not only from the Prophet Association headquarters, Ragson, dukedom, the capital city of Lane The association, Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Rick, and Mr. Johnson Water, the mayor of Tobesque Town Hall, came from afar.

This is a kind man in a silk formal suit, with a big belly like a businessman rather than an official. He even took the initiative to find Shade during the waiting period before the opening and chatted with him a few boring words. weather topic.

Shade doesn't know much about Mr. Mayor, after all, although he is the mayor of Tobesque, this is the capital of Delarion. And the current king of the kingdom, Larus III, the Fire Jumper, unfortunately is a person who cares more about power. So the mayor of Tobesque was, in a sense, an idler.

"Good morning, Shade!"

Shade's friend Lavender Baron, along with Rwandan Baron, who is very difficult to deal with, arrives. The three greeted each other, gathered together, and in the noise, talked about the tournament that was about to begin.

The bustling crowd filled the auditorium, and the Rhodes plaques on the walls were collectibles everyone wanted. Men in formal suits are not discussing political topics here, all they care about is the cards.

Anyway, on the first Friday of this autumn harvest month of 1853 in the Gregorian calendar, players who were sufficiently invited to gather at the Silver Cross in the center of the city of Tobesque, the capital of the King of Delarion. Avenue, on the third floor of the Society of Prophets, to celebrate the official start of the "1853 Ayutthaya Players".

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