Whispering Verse

Chapter 3184: Visiting Friends at the End of the Year

Xia De's original plan today was to go out and visit friends. Although it was already past one in the afternoon, after eating the lunch prepared by the maids, he decided to go out as planned, otherwise tomorrow would be even busier.

Of course, before leaving, he did not forget to pick up the last weekly gift of 1854. Because he was about to leave the basement, he drew a gift in the basement before leaving. It was a box of ordinary biscuits. The task required him to share the biscuits with at least two friends. Shade tasted it himself and found it quite good.

He planned to visit his friends in the order in which he arrived in the cities, so his first stop was Coldwater Harbor.

The only acquaintance he had there was old Mr. Edmund, who was guarding the old lighthouse. Shade prepared for him a copy of the fifth era knowledge from the "Strange Tree Academy" as a year-end gift.

Although the living environment of the old folklorist on the sea cliff did not look very good, the business of old lighthouses as a local black market seemed to be good at the end of the year. When Shad arrived at the lighthouse, there were actually guests.

But Mr. Edmund did not let Shade wait too long. The year-end gift he prepared for Shade was a special poet-level coin.

"【Starving Legacy】, when used while hungry, can be exchanged for a full meal, but the price is that you will become more hungry within a week. So whether you want to get a temporary full stomach or silently endure the feeling of hunger, this requires a careful decision.

Just like the inscription on the side of the coin says: [It is easy to be full, but it is hard to be hungry].

Except for a few relics such as the [Leaf of Eternal Youth], the prices of poet-level relics are generally not high, so this gift is just right for Xia De.

The second stop should be Middlesbrough, but Shad did not go because he thought that the year-end festival was the day after tomorrow, and he did not plan to go out of town on the day of the festival, so he could visit Cassandra and Grace tomorrow. This kind of important relationship is different from friends.

The same goes for going to Sister Defulin, so there is no need to go to Midhill Castle specifically.

Next, Shad didn't have many acquaintances in Huntington. Although Mr. Bernhardt had a winery in the "City of Wine", the letter this morning showed that Armand Bernhardt still chose to spend the winter in Willendel as he did in 1853, so Shad didn't need to visit him in person. It would be enough to mail the gifts and letters.

In the next Randall River Valley, in addition to the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe, the "Guardians of the Earth" were also the ones that needed to be visited. Although those soul aggregates did not care about the festival, Shade still set out from the Night Temple to the "Heart of the Earth" to celebrate the festival in person.

He presented a "Sunfire" as a holiday gift, but he didn't expect that the guardians had also prepared a gift for him in advance. It was a stalactite drop in a ceramic bottle. This special material was not only one of the necessary ingredients for the "Bell Potion" required for the awakening of the Ring Warlock, but could also be made into a potion that permanently enhanced the physique.

Outsiders feel that similar things seem to appear frequently in certain novels from their hometown.

Of course, the visit to Vanessa and Hillis would have to be postponed to tomorrow, so Shade did not enter the valley city. After Randall Valley, it was Green Lake's itinerary.

Shad's acquaintances in Green Lake are the Green brothers and sisters from the Green Lake Hotel and Natalie, the grandmother of Kingfisher Tailor Shop. The latter, like Mr. Edmund and Old John, is a member of the Guiding Light Hermitage. She runs a black market in the local area, and Shad received a lot of help from her when he was adventuring in Green Lake.

The local entrance to the "Space Maze" was in the hotel. When Shad arrived in the afternoon, the Green siblings were not there, so he went to the tailor shop first. When he came back 20 minutes later, not only Helena Green and Soren Green were back, but even Megan and Audrey were there.

"Good afternoon, Shade. I was just wondering if I'd run into you here."

The twin witches smiled and hugged Shade:

"I'm going to Tobesk City tomorrow, so I'm coming to Green Lake for a look today. My cousin Nicholas Green and my nephews and nieces all look good. Since you're so busy, I won't invite you to visit Green Lake Island. Oh, Helena has something to tell you."

The latter gave Xia De a letter somewhat embarrassedly:

"Can you please take this to your doctor friend?"

Because of the quick action, when Xia De arrived at Yuewan, the sunset had just begun to shine on the sea surface of Yuewan Port.

Shad had many acquaintances in Yuewan. After he entered the city with gifts, he first went to Sybil Street to visit Mr. Chekov of the Priory. This gentleman who ran a used bookstore had provided the relic [Star Sword Stone].

He obviously didn't expect that the "God Summoner" would come to visit him, and he couldn't come up with a suitable gift in return in a hurry, but he remembered the long-term commission that Xia De had placed here, so he also took out a coin and gave it to Xia De.

"Another [Starving Legacy]? I just got one from Mr. Edmund not long ago. Is this kind of relic common?"

"During famine times, such relics can be easily found in the mouths of corpses that have died of starvation."

Mr. Chekov said, and then wished Shad a "Happy End of the Year".

Although he had just met Mr. Ptolemy Albert at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Moon Bay a few days ago, Shade still visited him again that evening. This vampire coroner seemed to really work all year round, and was still in the morgue at the end of the year.

"Do you have a holiday at the end of the year?"

Shade asked curiously, and the coroner, who was busy working in a burqa and a mask, answered:

"If the local corpses are willing to hide all of them around the end of the year and not be discovered, I would actually be happy to take a holiday."

This answer is quite darkly humorous.

The year-end gift that Shade gave to Mr. Albert was a small bottle of moonlight water, and he gave Shade a small bottle of crystal dragon's blood.

"Crystal Dragon? Mr. Albert, have you come into contact with the dragons on Dragon Island?"

The coroner shook his head.

"They want to see me, but I haven't decided yet whether I want to see them."

Then Shade went to visit Miss Brown and Mr. Feringa. Shade had visited them last month because of the Tobesk sewer map. Now the couple, who live together in an apartment in the Moon Bay Port area, both work for the "Eternal Light". Although their income is not much, their life is very stable.

When Shad visited this time, he heard good news that Miss Brown was confirmed to be pregnant.

"Congratulations to you guys."

The only acquaintances that needed to be visited in Vestal Woods were the "Hermits of the Forest", but Shad felt that there was no need for him to go there in person. He could just ask the girls who stayed in the "Moon Sanctuary" to help deliver the gifts. Therefore, after leaving Moon Bay, Shad prepared to go home directly.

"Visiting a mermaid? Am I crazy?"

Xia De responded in his heart, but still stood on the street and looked towards the northwest of Yuewan.

Below Count Darmanin's mansion is the location of the "mermaid". Unless Shad obtains the power to resist it from the council area controlled by the Great Witch of Chaos, he will not take the initiative to find it.

He also didn't need to personally visit the vampires who had helped Shade a lot in the Moon Bay incident, such as Marquis Mossen, Captain Rudolph, Mrs. Jude and Miss Rice. But when he came out of the basement at home, Shade remembered to write a letter to Professor Drake who moved from Huntington City to Willendal.

"In this way, I will visit Professor Manning tomorrow, and then visit Rust Edwards after Megan and Audrey arrive. There should be nothing to do before the end of the year."

Among the eight great witches, except Carina who is already in Tobesk, Megan, Flora, Xiwei and Bella will come to the local area to celebrate the festival.

Shade originally thought that the witches would probably not arrive until tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow, but when he returned home from the basement in the evening and just walked into the first floor, he saw Tifa, Miss Bell, and several other artist assistants placing their luggage on the first floor.

The pale girl was originally standing at the door of the bedroom on the first floor. When she turned her head inadvertently, she saw Xia De.

At this moment, the sound of a cat running down the stairs was heard. Knowing that it was Shade who had returned, the black-haired head maid came out from the bedroom on the first floor:

"Miss Winslet has arrived and is talking to the young lady upstairs."

Tifa said, knowing exactly what Shade wanted to know:

"Miss Winslet and her party arrived about an hour ago. Miss Winslet has arranged to leave for dinner at her estate in half an hour. Your travel clothes have been prepared in the bedroom on the second floor. Do you need to change now?"

Flora's early arrival was not surprising. After all, if you think about it carefully, her job was similar to Dorothy's, and she had a lot of free time.

This was also the first time that "Miss Owl" officially visited No. 6 St. Teresa's Square. Although Shad did not hear her first evaluation of the house, when he went upstairs, he heard Flora appreciating the oil paintings hanging in the living room.

Of course, her comment was not on "Dance Across Time", but on the mermaid painting that Schade brought back from Green Lake:

“This painting is suitable to be hung together with my oil painting. I admit that the other party’s artistic level is not inferior to mine.

The colors and composition are quite bold and avant-garde, and this technique is rarely seen among mainstream painters. Is this an antique painting? Xia De, where did you get it from? "