Whispering Verse

Since there was nothing to do in Midhill Castle, after bidding farewell to the nuns, Shad returned to Tobesk, put the long sword that he couldn't carry with him at home, and had lunch with Mia.

In the afternoon, I went to the Prophet Association and informed Luvia of the whereabouts of the blood money. Then I went to Lengshui Harbor to meet the old tower guard, Mr. Edmund, and asked him to help find some books about the The guardian of the museum, the information of the old **** [Grey Robe Sage].

Although the current key does not seem to require Xia De to find important mission items in the current time and space, but just in case, he thinks that the mission given by the tree father should not be so easy for him to complete.

Buying daily necessities for the witches is not too challenging.

The steam airship that Iluna was on arrived in Fort Midhill around four o'clock this afternoon. So after leaving Lengshuigang, Xia De turned the clothes he was going to wear at the banquet tonight into toys and put them away, arranged cat food for dinner for Mia, and headed to the city of mountains again.

There is a landing place for the steam airship in Fort Midhill, but Shad doesn't know the exact location. Even if he knows, he can't go with the local church to meet Tobesk's group. .

Therefore, he chose to wait at the gate of the local Sun Church. After waiting until 4:30 in the afternoon, I saw the convoy slowly approaching from the other side of the street.

Shad, who was reading the evening paper under the low wall, immediately put down the newspaper and took off his hat, and looked at the carriage in the middle of the convoy, but when the carriage passed by, Shad did not open the window.

Just when Xia De was a little disappointed, the sound of hoofbeats came from behind the convoy. The seventeen-year-old girl was riding a horse, wearing a hunting suit, and she looked heroic. Under the autumn afternoon sun, she smiled brightly, as if the light of the whole world was converging on her.

Nodding to Shad with a smile, and mouthing "Good afternoon", Iluna, who was riding a horse, followed the convoy in front.

"Good afternoon, Iruna."

Xia De also said in his heart, folded the newspaper with a smile, and then walked along the low wall of the street to the distance.

Seeing Iluna in Midhill Fort means that he has a completely trustworthy companion, and the next adventure will probably become more interesting.

After seeing Iluna, the most important thing today is to attend the charity dinner tonight. Because food will be provided at the dinner party, Shad did not eat in advance. He just rented a room at the Xikar Hotel, changed his clothes into decent formal clothes, and then stayed in the hotel until 6:30 in the evening before leaving.

Before Shade left, he didn't forget to ask about the blood-sucking uncle Bernhardt and his nephew who lived on the fourth floor of the hotel. Sure enough, they had moved out, the day Shade got the suitcase last week.

The Fire Worship Festival is a local traditional festival in Fort Midhill. The origin of the festival is unknown, but the local and surrounding areas still celebrate this festival with various names every autumn.

Therefore, since it is a charity dinner held on the first day of the week-long Fire Worship Festival, the layout of the venue must naturally be related to fire.

When the sun had completely set and the three moons had completely appeared in the night sky, Xia De entered the Mibao Mechanical Academy. At a glance, he saw a bonfire burning in the courtyard between the back-shaped castles.

The weather is not bad today, and the temperature is quite suitable, so this grand banquet attended by local nobles and wealthy businessmen will be held indoors and outdoors at the same time. This is also the tradition of the Fire Worship Festival. Around those bonfires, the long tables are already filled with food. In a few hours, men and women will dance around the bonfires under the moonlit night, and at the end of the banquet, Crowd together for a group dance.

Because it is an autumn festival, the Fire Worship Festival also has the meaning of celebrating a good harvest. In the past few hundred years, before the tide of the steam industry began to surge, this festival was a fusion of the tradition of the "Moon Dance Festival" in Carson Rik on the other side of the mountain. This kind of bonfire dance under the moon also has courtship and The meaning of praying for peace.

The above are all the knowledge Shade knew when he conducted the "Fort Midhill Folklore Examination". This diverse city, while retaining some traditions, has integrated the exotic customs brought by foreign merchants and adapted to this city. In the era of change, today's traditional festivals with localized characteristics have been formed.

Of course, the customs of Middle Hill had little to do with Xia De. He attended this banquet purely to meet Miss Xi Wei Aurora who had just arrived in Middle Hill Castle.

Miss Aurora, as a heavyweight guest, should not arrive too early, so even though the bonfire had already been lit when Xia De arrived at Mibao Mechanical College at seven o'clock, the well-dressed guests were all chatting and greeting around the long table , but this banquet is not officially started yet.

Xia De, who came over without eating, first handed out his own invitation outside the venue. After learning that the invitation card presented by Grandma Cassandra was a special invitation card, she was curious about what the special invitation card meant.

"When paying at the auction, you can get a 10% discount, and you can enter and exit any area of ​​the banquet."

The waiter in a white shirt and a black vest replied politely, disappointing Xia De who thought he had special treatment.

He came alone, and he had no intention of looking for a companion, so he walked to the long table by the campfire to fill his stomach a little.

Different from the western cuisine of De La Rion, which is famous for its "elegance" and "delicacy", the mountain cuisine represented by Mibao has higher meat content. Because of the eye shadow of Miss Galina on his face, people here can't recognize him. While Shade is standing by the bonfire in the southeast corner with a plate and looking at more and more people, no one knows this. Who is the young man standing alone by the campfire?

I don't know who Xia De is, but it doesn't affect the enthusiastic local girls who come to strike up a conversation. After devouring [Desire] flesh and blood, Xia De's appearance became more and more handsome, and after he was promoted to the third ring by washing the spirit runes with divinity again, his appearance was even more handsome—at least the one on the bed That's what Luvia and Tifa said when she was teaching Shad how to ride a horse.

But Xia De thought that he had provoked enough girls, so after the flaxen-haired shy girl gave him a silk scarf, he left the campfire, thinking about finding a place to play Rhodes cards at the banquet~www. readwn.com~Even if you don't play by yourself, you can still see how the local players play. There are more nobles and wealthy merchants with special cards than commoners.

However, before Xia De found the Rhodes Card venue, he actually saw an acquaintance in the courtyard.

It was Captain Rudds, who stood out in military uniform compared to men and women in suits and dresses. And Captain Lades didn't come alone, there was another man also wearing the uniform of the Royal Army standing beside him, looking at the medal on his shoulder, this was actually a brigadier general, this should be what Captain Lades mentioned Yes, the highest military officer of the Red Water Camp.

The two were talking to a plump, wig-wearing man in a crimson suit. Shad thought for a long time before realizing that it was Mr. Mayor of Fort Midhill, who he had seen in the newspaper.

At the same time that Shad noticed Captain Rudds, the captain also noticed him. The effect of eye shadow is to make people who are not familiar with it absolutely unrecognizable, but people who are familiar with it can still distinguish Xia De's appearance.

So Captain Shade blinked, whispered a few words in the ear of Brigadier General Carter, and walked over:

"Mr. Watson, I thought you had left the city."

Captain Lades still remembered Shad's disguised identity, and greeted him warmly.

"There's still a little bit of work to be done, but I don't think it's too far to be done with this."

Xia De said with a smile, the two were standing by the bonfire in the courtyard talking, and there was a ginkgo tree next to the bonfire, and the shadow of the trunk under the jumping firelight looked particularly weird.