Whispering Verse

Chapter 3175 The Traveling Doctor

"The [Eternal Flower] we got is not a very precious thing. When I went to the college library to borrow books last night, Miss Danister said that St. Byrons had such a relic."

Shade told Iluna that he had tried to test the administrator at the academy last night to see if she would accept such a relic as a year-end gift, and got the answer "Don't be lazy, or I will let Emilia fail the exam."

"Perhaps that flower is not the relic that the association is looking for. Perhaps that flower hides a secret related to the chosen one of fate. After all, Shade's card gave a very clear hint."

Luvia guessed that before dinner, she had already informed Iluna of the entire process of the group's mission on Wednesday, which naturally included the contents of Shade's faded and invalid card:

"Each major power has different fragments of poems in its hands. Our Prophet Association has the most fragments about 'fate'. Although I don't know the content of that part, I think this incident is most likely related to it."

Iluna looked at the two of them:

"So is there any action before the end of the year?"

"No, Iluna, don't do anything before the end of the year. Although the story of destiny seems to be about to begin, it is only the beginning of the prelude. Let's wait and see how things develop. Under the theme of [Destiny], entering the game too early will only make you lose the initiative."

Luvia said, and Shade asked again:

"Are there any suspected candidates within the Prophet Association? For example, a genius fortune-teller girl, or a descendant of a family of fortune-tellers."

Iluna laughed immediately:

"Shad, did you also see the novel from Ajelina?"

Luvia thought for a moment:

"There are always many outstanding fortune tellers in the association's headquarters and branches. Although I have been in Tobesk for many years, I have some understanding of other fortune tellers. I have never thought about this issue before. Now that you mention it, Xia De, I will find a chance to check it out. The Tobesk branch is the largest association after the headquarters, so this information can still be found."

That night, Iluna was invited to stay overnight by Luvia, but the girls went to the side bedroom to chat, so Shad had to spend the night with Mia.

When the time came to the next day, it not only meant that the Sleeping Month had come to the 20th day, but also meant that the penultimate Saturday of 1854 had officially begun.

It was another snowy day. When everyone braved the snow to attend the afternoon group meeting, they all brought their own task reports and the final batch of course reports to be submitted. All courses for this semester will end by next Friday, followed by the exam week for college students, so there is not much time left to submit the course papers.

"I have already written the final report for this mission. Louisa helped to polish it on Friday. Let's check it again. If there are no problems, I will submit it together."

The doctor asked the four people to sit down, handed them a document to circulate, and told them a good news:

"The School of Astronomy said that although the experiment has not yet completed the statistics of all data, the frequency of the 'Fate Weaver' appearing in this experiment is indeed much greater than one-fifth. This is something that the professors who initiated the experiment did not expect. They thought that even if the data was biased, it was just a small disturbance. Now this situation can no longer be explained by errors and low-probability events."

Father Augustus was wearing a brown fur collar suit today. It seemed that he had attended some important event in the morning. He smiled and asked:

"So the fact that the five of us encountered spiders three times wasn't just bad luck?"

"Yes. When the project was projected to the academy for the final meeting last night, the information the professor showed said that there was even a group that encountered four spiders. Of course, the other team had seven members, which is more than ours."

But generally speaking, the doctor was in a good mood. Being able to complete such an angel-level relic testing task without any danger before the end of the year was lucky no matter who looked at it:

Shade asked, and the doctor shook his head:

“No, but the college said that the bonus will be distributed before the year-end holiday, probably next week, so that the correspondence students can have a good holiday.

In addition, the results of the lottery for selecting the relics have also come out. Among the 22 groups, only 20 groups have completed the test task. We are ranked third. It seems that we will definitely get the Secret Keeper-level relic [Thirsty Blood Lamp]. "

He glanced at Shad as he spoke, obviously wanting to know whether Shad had played a role in the draw. But Shad didn't know, he just mentioned it to Danister when he visited the library, and he wasn't sure whether Danister had really helped or if they had just drawn the third place by luck.

After everyone submitted their reports, the doctor discussed the distribution of task rewards with everyone.

Of course, practical credits were allocated to whoever had a gap. 3,000 pounds in cash was a lot of money, and in the end, Shade got 900 pounds based on his contribution to the task. The amount was so large because Luvia wanted the right to choose the second relic, so she voluntarily gave up the cash.

In this way, the remaining relic rewards belong to the fortune teller. There are still many good things in the list of 210 relics after deducting 20 items. Although she has not said what she has taken a fancy to yet, it is likely that it is something that the fortune teller can use.

Because the doctor might not be in Tobesk next Saturday, he discussed with Shad in advance and decided that this year's exam week would still be held at 6 St. Teresa's Square. And while he asked for leave from the college and was away from home, Shad would temporarily take on the responsibility of team leader - in fact, nothing would happen.

Although the group had basically finished all its work except for exam review before the New Year, it still took a long time that afternoon to arrange things for the exam week.

By the time everyone said goodbye to the doctor and wished him a safe trip, it was even dark outside. Leithia had said she would come tonight, so Dorothy didn't go back with Shad. Shad had originally planned to go with Reverend Augustus, but the doctor stopped him.

So Xia De stayed in the reception room, and waited until the doctor came downstairs to send the other three away before saying to him:

"I went out this time to investigate other traces of witchers, and also to check some things based on the clues I read in the Soul Tales. I think it is necessary to at least let you know where I went, so that even if I can't come back, you know where to save me."

He came to the decorative map of the Old World hanging on the wall and pointed to the northernmost point:

"I plan to take the train all the way north to the northern border - Winterfell."

Shade, with the cat on his shoulders, stood beside him with a cup of tea:

"So is it an ice demon or a winter demon this time?"

"Neither. It's hard to say what it is specifically. Under the glaciers and snow of the North, there are many secrets of the ancient era. I am only verifying some records in the Soul Story Collection. Theoretically, the biggest trouble I can encounter is that I can't understand the Draerion language with a Northern accent.

I heard that the border residents have a strong accent and mix in local dialect when they speak. I will come back before the exam week."

As he said this, Shade looked at him with some worry, wondering in his heart whether he would receive a letter for help on the first day of the new year, and then go north across the entire kingdom to the snow-covered border ice city to rescue the missing doctor.

Of course, judging from what happened later, the doctor did not encounter any major troubles that required Shade to rescue him. But the minor troubles he encountered along the way, such as the loss of control of relics, the fight between strange ring sorcerers, the unrest on the border, the disorder of elemental tides caused by bad weather, and the eventual resurrection of the frozen ancient alchemical killer puppet, are the stories that will be told later.

The Red Butterfly Day this time is on the 22nd of this month, which is next Monday, but in order to get together at the end of the year, the girls postponed that day for a week. So this Saturday night, Leixia brought her sister to meet with Xia De privately to relieve her loneliness.

She had originally wanted to go to the opera with Shad and had even booked a box at the King's Opera House in Delarion. But unfortunately, the recent bad weather caused some problems with the opera house's old sewer system, and the King's Opera House was closed for maintenance in the past few days, so Leicia could only choose to date at home.

The exam week of Zalas Academy of Arts was also scheduled after the year-end holidays, so both Lesia and Ajelina also faced the problem of taking exams.

While Leicia was in the bathroom, Shade asked about Ajelina's review. The little princess, who was holding a cup of tea and looking at the paintings in the living room, was very confident about this:

"That's definitely fine."

"You've reviewed well, haven't you?"

"Yes, my sister said that if I fail one of the exams, she will search my bedroom once a week. Humph~ I won't let my sister get her wish."