Whispering Verse

Chapter 3174 Iluna's Homecoming

Speaking of "fate", Luvia frowned slightly, not knowing what she was thinking about. Shade reached out and held her right hand holding the cards:

"Don't think too much. The year-end holiday and the exam week are still the winter holidays this year. Whatever you want to do, just wait until 1855. And you see my fortune is the luckiest among us. If I don't trigger related events, I don't have to worry about related events hitting me."

Luvia nodded hesitantly, but when she looked at the card, there was still an unrelieved worry on her face.

The doctor sent everyone to the eastern part of Tobesk, and then drove the carriage back with the three copies of the "Weaver's Wreckage". Shad said goodbye to Luvia, Dorothy, and Reverend Augustus, and then Shad returned home alone, while Luvia and Dorothy arrived ten minutes later.

"We are embarrassed to be seen by the priest, so we will go home with you directly. An unmarried girl should be mindful of her reputation."

Together, they hugged Xia De, who was waiting for them in the hallway, and even pushed Mia, who had just come to welcome Xia De, onto the shoe cabinet.

Afterwards, the unmarried girls who cared about their reputations spent a wonderful night with their lovers.

What happened on Wednesday night did not cause much stir in the city. The topic of conversation among the idle people in Tobysk where it was snowing was still the conflicts of varying sizes on the border between the North and the South.

Although the possibility of a full-scale war this winter is very low due to the sudden blizzard that swept across the central part of the Old Continent, small-scale frictions have continued to erupt from the northern part of the Moon Bay area on the west coast of the Old Continent to the Rommel Mountains on the east coast of the Old Continent.

On Thursday morning, Shad received another letter from his good friend Major Rades. His naval fleet was now near the Kingdom of Islands on the west side of the Old Continent and was involved in a confrontation with the Carsenrick Navy.

In addition, the current king of the archipelago kingdom of Kailagli has denounced the "mainland guys" for attempting to ignite a war in their hometown. Now the navies of the three parties are gathering together near the "eye of the storm". Major Rades pessimistically believes that it will be difficult for him to return to Tobesk at the end of the year. Therefore, he sent a letter to greet Shad in advance and to send him a year-end gift.

The gift was an exquisite sextant and a small jar of pearl powder in a porcelain jar. The jar was engraved with the emblem of the Draerion Navy. Shad guessed that this should be a hot commodity circulated among naval officers.

"So what gift should I give him?"

This is what has been bothering him most recently.

Iluna was supposed to return to the capital from her hometown next week, but she came back on Friday. The 18-year-old girl brought souvenirs to her friends, including a famous local hand-woven sun hat for Luvia and a lucky four-leaf clover medal sold in the local town for Shade.

She originally didn't want to let Shade and Luvia know that she returned early. After all, she had some unpleasantness with her family and ended her "vacation" early, and she didn't think it was a good thing.

But it happened that on the Friday that Iluna came back, Priest Augustus saw her when he was sent by Bishop Owen to do some business at the Church of the Sun, and that afternoon the old priest casually mentioned the incident when Shad was "shopping" from him.

So at Friday dinner time, outside the window of number six St. Teresa's Square, snowflakes quickly swept past the lampshades of the gas street lamps surrounding the square, making the dim yellow light even dimmer.

Shade, Luvia, and Iluna were eating dinner around the table. Although Iluna was reluctant to speak at first, once she started talking, she was not polite at all when complaining about her family.

"I am not the oldest child in the family, nor am I the youngest. I was not taken seriously at home because I showed some characteristics that were different from ordinary people when I was young. My family members were even a little in awe of me."

As she spoke, she fiercely tore the bread in her hand into two pieces and handed one piece to Shade, who then tore off a small piece and threw it into the cat's bowl.

What Iluna wanted to say just now was actually "fear" rather than "reverence". She believed that Shade and Luvia could understand what she meant:

"Do you know what I found when I got home this time?"

They could have sent me a letter to tell me the news. I sent a letter home every quarter when I was in Tobesk. "

She tore the remaining half of the bread into pieces and threw it into the soup bowl, then stirred it vigorously with a spoon. Shade doubted that Iluna was not aware of what she was doing.

"I feel like my family is grateful that I'm not around for so long, and when I'm gone, they seem to be trying to pretend that I'm just a distant relative."

"How did you behave differently as a child?"

Shade asked because he didn't know much about Iluna's past. Iluna was willing to answer this time:

“I like to stand in the sun and bask in the sun. Sometimes I would bring other children from the town with me. One summer, three children who were basking in the sun with me suffered from heat stroke, but they were all rescued later.

Moreover, I have been able to see things that normal people cannot see since I was very young. Wasn't it the same for Ajelina when she was powerful before she awakened? Once, my family went out for a walk at night, and I said that the old lady who died next door was waving at us from the second-floor window. Since then, they never went for a walk with me again. "

Luvia kicked Shade under the table, signaling him to say something, but Shade was still trying to find his words and didn't speak in time. Iluna continued to recall:

“I was very strong when I was a child, and I seem to have never been sick as far as I can remember. This is obviously a good thing, but I don’t know which bad people in the town started to spread rumors that I was a witch.

Also, as a balanced chosen one, my initial talent is a certain ability to read minds, so I can always easily see through my family's thoughts, for example, my father went out to meet friends but actually went to the pub to drink, my sister said her skirt was accidentally scratched by a nail but actually wanted to buy a new one, and the math teacher in the town said that the punch in the eye was caused by a drunkard, but actually it was caused by the mistress's husband. "

She put down the spoon, held her face with her hands, tilted her head and looked at the ceiling:

"Thinking about it, I was quite an amazing kid, but I wasn't the kind of naughty kid who didn't listen. I was always very well behaved. Why did they treat me like this?"

Luvia kicked Shade again. This topic was started because of his question, so he had to clean up the mess:

"Children always leave their parents when they grow up. Besides, they just distanced themselves from you and listened to your description, but they didn't reject your reappearance."

Xia De tried to smile and said:

"If you think returning to your hometown will make you unhappy, then you can come back. Young Iluna regarded the small town as her hometown, and now where Luvia and I are is your hometown. On such a snowy night, the three of us sat around the dining table with Mia to eat dinner. Doesn't this make you feel at home?"

Iluna smiled and nodded:

"Yes, it certainly feels like home. Humph, I even brought them all year-end gifts when I went back this time. If I had known it would be like this, I would have changed to cheaper gifts."

"At least you didn't accidentally encounter a relic in your hometown this time when you went back."

Shad comforted her. Iluna's eyes wandered for a moment, and she was too embarrassed to say that she was helping the town church deal with the evil spirits in the cemetery.

Luvia extended an invitation to Iluna:

"Since you're back early, why not take advantage of the time to deal with your work before the holiday. How about coming here for the end of the year? The house next door has been bought, and it will be very lively here at the end of the year. Come here after the celebrations at the church at the end of the year."

Iluna did not agree immediately, but looked at Shade. Of course, Shade understood:

"Yes, how about coming to my place for the year-end party? Tifa and the others have been preparing for the year-end party half a month in advance. I am now very glad that the dining room and living room at home are connected, otherwise we wouldn't be able to set up a long table."

Iluna then accepted the invitation with dignity, and in order to show that she didn't really care, she also asked Emilia whether she would come during the year-end festival.

As for the actions of the Peace Church in the city on Wednesday night, Iluna, who had just returned to Tobysk, also knew something:

“In the beginning, it was indeed the Sage-level relic [Crazy Puppet Theater] that appeared in the city. By the time the Peace Church realized what was happening, a psychological trauma mutual aid group composed of veterans had all been turned into puppets.

Before the church was ready to send a team to solve the problem, the Prophet Association sent a letter directly from its headquarters in the Principality of Lagson to the Holy See of the Peace Church, requesting an investigation into what kind of reward the puppet boy would give after the puppet show was over.

Because the headquarters of the Prophet Association is directly connected to the Holy See, the local Prophet Association is not aware of this matter, and Luvia naturally does not know either:

"What's so important that you need to contact me like this?"

Luvia asked Iluna, and Iluna shook her head:

“After all, it’s not our church’s business, and I just heard about it.

In short, although the Peace Church team knew the characteristics of the "Crazy Puppet Theater" in advance and made preparations, they did not expect that after entering the puppet show, there were cultists who believed in "Mr. Doom" inside. This led to the fact that the events on Wednesday night were almost out of control. The explosion you heard and the distress signal you saw were due to this reason.

After the operation on Wednesday night, the puppet show didn't reach the end due to the unexpected appearance of your group, so no one knew what the puppet boy had in his hand.

The team present at the time saw the puppet boy give you a box. Although they don't understand why the puppet boy gave you a reward even though the performance failed, the matter has been reported to the church. Now the church suspects that the item you took away is what the Prophet Association wants to find. But don't worry, you hid it very well, and even the prophets couldn't predict your whereabouts. "