RNP Chapter 2590: Devil in the Forest
Chapter 2590: Devil in the Forest
Chapter 2590: Devil in the Forest
"It's not difficult to persuade her. Just say that this can further explore the local secrets and the rules of time travel. As for my help to you, you only need to do me a small favor."
Miss Winslet smiled at the red-haired girl, who was alert:
"Do you want to know about Shad's past, or do you want me to persuade Shad to go out on a date with you again? No, I won't do that. I know what you are thinking, Flora, and that is immoral."
The witch raised her eyebrows:
"Then you are wrong. I am not interested in men. Well, I am somewhat interested in your student, but not that kind of interest. I do want to know more about him. He is a rare and interesting person.
I just want you to agree to let me teach him some Transfiguration. No, don't look at me with that disgusted and wary look, I don't want to take away your position as 'teacher', I just want him to trust me more, and he does have a talent for Transfiguration. "
The golden eyes looked into the rose-red eyes, and after a moment the red-haired girl picked up the book again:
"You can teach him if you want. I can't control him anyway, but now he wants to control me."
The witch smiled and said in a pleasant tone:
"The only problem is that if everything goes well, it will be fine. But if we run into trouble while trying to get you to use the tree hole safely and your curse gets worse, I can't imagine how that young gentleman will look at the two of us."
The red-haired girl did not respond to this topic.
There were no girls staying at home on Tuesday night, but Shad remembered that the Golden Dawn Opera Company's train would arrive in Tobysk tomorrow afternoon, so it was obvious that the house would be very lively on Wednesday night.
Early on Wednesday morning, Xia De, who had made a package plan, hurriedly ate breakfast and showed up at Schneider's Psychological Clinic with Xiaomia.
Because it was too early, the clinic wasn't even open yet. When the servant took Shade to see the doctor, the doctor was sitting at the dining table with a coffee cup and reading a newspaper:
"I'm curious about your daily routine. You don't sleep at night, do you? Don't worry. I've already prepared what you want."
He invited Shade to have breakfast with him, but Shade politely declined. Then the doctor went to the bedroom and fetched a small box. The thing in the box was not ancient at all, because it was a medical syringe.
Although not ancient, it is very mysterious. The surface of the glass syringe is engraved with the ancient demon rune "cowardice", and the needle made of the refined gold provided by Shade is engraved with exquisite and filthy runes that are not even visible to the naked eye of ordinary people.
Without activating the magic of "seeing demons", Shade can clearly feel the power that belongs only to demons.
"This box has two layers, and there are two paper figures on the lower layer. This is the method I came up with by combining the secret technique circulated in the rain forest south of Carsenrick. The sin is extracted with a needle, and then you write the name of the person being extracted on the paper figure, and stick the person's hair on the paper figure. Finally, inject the sin in the needle into the paper figure, which can store the sin for a short time.
The stored sins must be consumed within a week or so, otherwise it will lead to big trouble."
The doctor did not say what the big trouble was, but showed him the hand-folded paper figures at the bottom of the box. Those paper figures were ordinary, probably the doctor's own handicrafts, but the manufacturing materials were obviously not ordinary, because the color of the paper was dark red:
"Draining sin is itself a sin, so even though you want 1.1 minutes of [Cowardice], I will only give you two chances. After the two chances, no matter what the result is, you must destroy the syringe yourself. Detective, you are a cautious person, so I will not remind you of other things."
Xia De nodded and touched the cat on his shoulder. The cat was staring at the paper figures with wide eyes:
"Thank you very much, I know the risks."
But when he put these things away, he thought of another thing:
"Doctor, I'm in the Vista Woods area now. It's rumored that three hundred years ago when the city was still Riverwood Town, an ancient evil demon appeared there, but was eventually sealed by the thirteenth-ring warlock 'Forest Hunter' of the Church of Nature using an angel-level relic. Do you know about this?"
The doctor has been searching for rumors about demons in all parts of the material world, so Shade could ask him for advice. Although the demon had been sealed many years ago and was now safely contained in the Church of Nature, the doctor might have learned other things about the local area during his investigation.
The doctor who was about to open the newspaper again looked over again:
"Of course I know. This is something I investigated in my early years. I even went to Vista City for this purpose. I have to admit that the air there is really good.
But I didn’t find out much at the time. I stayed in Vista for a week, watched two concerts, and then left. The commemorative badge I bought at the time is still in my drawer.”
He said with a smile, and Shade asked again:
"You didn't find any traces of demons in the area?"
The doctor smiled awkwardly:
"Well, I dug up a few graves that were said to be victims of the demonic incidents back then, and I sensed the stench of those things in the remaining bones. But other than that, I found nothing. Three hundred years have passed, and the city of music is very peaceful, so I haven't visited it since. You are in Vista City now, right? You must go to the Golden Music Hall to listen to a concert, it's really great."
The doctor was embarrassed to talk about "digging graves", but Shade didn't care. After all, he also broke into someone else's private cemetery:
"Then can you determine what the evil spirit demon was three hundred years ago?"
The doctor shook his head regretfully:
“I can’t be sure. I have integrated local legends and stories, and I can only speculate that the opponent’s power is related to the forest, and he should not be a very powerful guy.
'Black Annie, the Forest Demon of Terror', 'Regenwendel, the Giant of Putridity', 'Wendigo, the Man-eating Demon', 'Cabilona, the Forest Demon that Seduces Children', these are all possible, but they are nothing compared to the Black Crow we encountered last time, the Demon of Doom, Fanarius."
He raised his eyebrows at Xia De:
"Why, do you think that the one from the Church of Nature back then actually failed to successfully contain that thing?"
"Of course not, it's just that I found some tree holes that traveled through time and space in the local area."
After saying this, he carefully glanced at the doctor. Bill Schneider, who was very good at guessing other people's thoughts, shook his head:
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in traveling through time and reversing the past."
He picked up the Tobisk Morning Post from this morning. Now that the harvest month had come to an end, the newspaper had been reporting extensively on the grain harvest in various parts of Delarian for several days in a row. The original intention of the newspaper was to appease the public and tell them not to panic and stockpile food, but the citizens of Tobisk instead took the soothing information in the newspaper as a sign that the harvest would definitely be severely poor this fall.
Even outsiders who no longer have to buy their own groceries can feel the recent rise in food prices.
"Detective, I never thought about stupid questions like 'would my life be different if that thing hadn't happened?' On the contrary, I am grateful for the life I have now. Although there are various troubles and that ultimate big trouble, at least I accept this life and am deeply grateful that my life now is not worse.
In my opinion, only a real fool would try to reverse the past. Each of us has the power to face the future, even if the future is not beautiful, but time will eventually take us forward. Just look back, there is no point in wanting to go back. "
Shad always felt that perhaps Bill Schneider could achieve good success as a philosopher.
"Besides, with my luck, I am afraid that once I change the past, the present will become even more dangerous and unacceptable. Detective, if I had not met you across from the Lark Club last summer, oh, I can't imagine what life would be like for the four of us now."
The doctor behind the newspaper sighed. He cherished the life he already had, so he didn't want to change the past. Although it sounds simple, there are actually only a few people like doctors.
Xia De was very confident that he did not have the sin of "cowardice", or even if he did, it was not much, and the girls around him probably did not have such a sin either.
Therefore, the qualified candidates have to be found outside. Although it is not good to always trouble Karina, after obtaining the "devil's syringe" with basically no conditions for use, Shad still decided to ask Karina to help find if there are any "cowardly" people when he meets Karina tonight.
Vanessa, Hillis and the others are arriving today, and there is no way that Karina will not come out to greet them.
Of course, welcoming the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe would be in the evening, and Xia De had no plans to take a break during the day.
Adele Isabella arrived in Vista City, so he didn't dare to approach the Accordion Hotel easily, but this did not prevent him from taking Mia to the tree house of the mysterious elf lady in the forest.
Sure enough, the snacks left on the table at the door yesterday morning had disappeared, but Miss Elf was still not at home on this Wednesday morning. But after walking around nearby, Shade saw her again in the silver-blue sea of flowers.
During the day, the light from the flowers was covered by the sunlight, so the scene of the sea of flowers was not as stunning as at night. She was carrying a small basket, as if she was collecting flowers, and stopped Shad when he tried to get close:
"do not come!"
The elf in the silver-blue robe stood up and quickly stepped back. His pointed ears trembled slightly, causing Shade, who was carrying the cat on his shoulders, to be at a loss for a moment.
“I’m allergic to cats!”
She said, staring at the cat with its big amber eyes:
"So please don't bring your cat to see me. I'll be angry next time you do that!"
"Allergic to cats? This is the first time I've heard of a pure-blooded elf who loves nature being allergic to natural animals."
Xia De asked suspiciously, and seeing that the elf lady still insisted that she had a "special physique", he had no choice but to nod:
"I'm so sorry, I'll pay more attention next time."
He pulled another bag of desserts from his pocket, this time sprinkled donuts and cupcakes:
"I haven't found the antique elven arrows yet. I will find them as soon as possible. Are you comfortable living here? Do you need me to bring you some daily necessities?"
He asked with concern, bending down to place the snacks on the grass at the edge of the sea of flowers.
(End of this chapter)