“I’ll help you treat your eyes.”
Seeing that Miss Bayas understood more and more, Shade spoke quickly and tried to take the water bottle from his pants pocket with his right hand, but Miss Bayas immediately grabbed his wrist.
This seemed to be the second time tonight that he had been grabbed by the wrist.
The girl with long brown hair looked at Shade with her lifeless eyes:
“Detective, you won’t lie to me, right?”
“…of course.”
“Well, I must explain it later, what is going on.”
She nodded and let go of Shade’s wrist, signaling that it was ready for treatment.
The damage to Miss Bayas’ eyes was similar to that of Miss Louisa a week and a half ago. Miss Anat’s eyes were not injured at all. Shade believed that this was not because she closed her eyes in time, but probably had something to do with the eyes themselves.
“Is it the magic eye? But there is no whispering element.”
The treatment method is the same as Miss Louisa’s. Last time, Miss Louisa teased Shade for “wanting to do bad things.” But this time after Shade asked Miss Bayas to raise her head, the seventeen-year-old girl He blushed and said nothing.
After the treatment, the three of them did not stay here for long, but were led by Sha De to the second floor.
The rooms outside the banquet hall on the first floor are staff areas, while the rooms outside the banquet hall on the second floor allow guests to have private space to talk.
They found an empty room. After Shade locked the door, he saw Miss Anat sitting on the sofa and Miss Bayas with her hands folded on her chest and looking at the two of them. Tonight, the two girls wore long dresses and high heels to attend the banquet. Miss Anat’s dress is purple, which matches the color of her eyes, while Miss Bayas’s dress is pale gold.
There is no bustle, but the skirt hangs naturally. With long skirts, well-proportioned figures, light makeup on their faces, and well-kept hair, the two ladies in front of them are indeed uncommonly beautiful girls.
Only when he was going up the stairs, Shade discovered that Miss Bayas was actually not used to this kind of shoes. She probably rarely attended such banquets.
Of course, no matter how much Shade praised the girls’ beauty in his heart, it could not change the awkwardness of the current atmosphere. When no one spoke, he took the initiative and said:
“You guys look so beautiful tonight.”
According to Shade’s logic, no matter what the situation, it is definitely right to praise ladies for their beauty.
“You look nice too, but please answer directly what I want to know.”
Miss Anat smiled at Shade, while Miss Bayas said rudely. The serious expression on her face showed that she was not in a good mood now.
So Shade said again:
“I just saw you being dragged away on the second floor. I thought you were some bad guy… As long as you’re not a bad guy, I was ready for a fight.”
She had just been praised for her beauty, and now she understood that Shade had just burst into the door to help her. The serious expression on Miss Bayas’s face relaxed a little.
She was still standing next to the sofa with her arms folded:
“Miss Anat and I just had an argument, but it’s okay, it’s okay. I didn’t agree with her taking risks, but she insisted on doing that, so she took me to the first floor. You broke in just now, We thought someone had discovered our plan. Oh, detective, don’t change the subject. Please explain what I want to know.”
“Sit down first.”
Xia De said, so the three of them sat down together, but there was silence for a few seconds. The female diviner with purple eyes and Sha De looked at each other, and finally Sha De spoke:
“Okay, Miss Bayas, I admit that I have known Miss Anat for a long time. We are the same group of ring magicians. You probably also know something about the Chosen One, and we are approaching you for this reason. , if you want to know, these can be said…”
“Wait a minute, that’s not what I want to know now.”
Miss Bayas shook her head and interrupted Shade’s words, narrowing her eyes slightly:
“You and Miss Anat are both good people, I know that very well. What I want to know most now is, detective, are you the masked man under the silver moon?”
“What?”
Xia De was stunned, not knowing how to bring up this topic. But then he immediately thought that Miss Bayas was also a witness to the Lakeview Manor incident. She had seen the unique silver moonlight and even his body shape.
After the “Lighting Technique” just now, she connected two lights together, and then connected two people together. Although this is not easy, it is not completely impossible.
“Detective, are you actually a thirteen-ring warlock?”
She asked again, her face flushed, a sign of anger. Probably thinking of that cozy snowy afternoon at No. 6 St. Teresa Square and the trust I had given.
“No, no, no, even though I am that masked person, I really only have one ring.”
As he spoke, he called out the life ring behind him. The life ring of a warlock is an ordinary one. Except for the bright aura of the three spiritual runes, there is nothing worth noting:
“The church thinks I am a thirteen-ring warlock, and I didn’t say anything myself.”
At this point, he added:
“That day, I directly prevented the evil **** from coming. Miss Bayas, I did nothing wrong. In some ways, we even saved the city.”
“It turns out it was you that day…”
Looking at the life ring and hearing Shade’s words, Miss Bayas’s expression gradually returned to normal. He raised his eyebrows and even looked at Shade with admiration:
“A first-circle warlock faced the evil god? No, you probably didn’t see it, otherwise you wouldn’t be sitting in front of me, unless I had also gone crazy. Then you…”
She still wanted to ask.
“Would you like to hear my story?”
Xia De asked:
“If you want to know, we can tell you everything, the truth about Lakeview Manor, the Chosen One and the Whispering Cantos. Everything, if you want to know, we can tell you.”
He looked at Miss Anat. The fortune teller finally spoke. She leaned on the back of the sofa, patted the soft cushion next to her with a very relaxed expression, and motioned for Miss Bayas to sit closer:
“Iluna, wasn’t this what we were trying to talk about before the detective unexpectedly broke in? But he interrupted us. If you want to continue listening, we can tell you what you want to know. Everything. And if you need an apology from us, you can ask for it after the story is over.”
Miss Bayas seemed to have no interest in Miss Anat, but looked at Shade suspiciously again:
“Are you really a first-level warlock? You didn’t lie to me.”
“Of course, this is absolutely true.”
Seeing Shade’s sincere expression, she nodded and was ready to listen to the story.
For the next half hour, Shade recounted the details of the Lakeview Manor incident. As long as they were trustworthy, there was nothing wrong with those things. He just slightly concealed the source of the power of the last kick, referring it to the “Puppet Operator’s Script”.
Miss Bayas had no doubts, she was just confused about Shade’s Silver Moon:
“Have you been blessed by any of the old gods related to Silver Moon? This power doesn’t look right.”
Then Miss Anat told the story about “The Whispering Psalm” and the Chosen One again, and explained clearly the reason why she got acquainted with Miss Bayas:
“That’s right, Iluna, I just got close to you with ulterior motives, just to help you in the future, until the very end, to witness you pushing open that door.”
Miss Anat’s attitude of “that’s just the way it is, so if you want to blame me just here and listen” really gave Miss Bayas a headache. Although the initial concealment was definitely wrong, the other party did not do anything bad. Instead, he helped him in every way.
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Shade:
“What about him? What role did the detective play in this?”
Miss Anat also told the truth:
“Iluna, if I say that I have an ulterior motive for getting to know you, I think that it is you who are driving the progress of the relationship between you and Shade and getting to know you step by step.”
Shad quickly nodded in agreement, and Miss Anat smiled, gradually taking the initiative in the conversation:
“I told Shade a long time ago that he should not have contact with you to prevent him from getting involved in the trouble you encountered and die because of his weak strength. But you see, he deliberately avoided you, but You will always meet him, this is not anyone’s arrangement.”
“Of course I know this. He passed my four questions completely and is absolutely trustworthy.”
Miss Bayas raised her head and said, indicating that Shade had gained complete trust again:
“I already fully believed in him that afternoon when it snowed.”
Seeing that the other party’s attitude was no longer so resistant and that he knew everything, Shade nodded and stretched out his hand to Miss Bayas:
“In short, for different reasons, we all want to witness the last door mentioned in “The Whispering Cantos”. And now, if you are willing to accept our help, we can witness and experience the epic of the Sixth Age together. It is necessary to get to know him again to express trust. Shade Hamilton is probably 21 years old now. He is a detective and a part-time MI6 agent. He has the title of knight and a first-level warlock.”
Miss Bayas looked at him, then reached out and held his hand. Her hand was very strong:
“So far, I am willing to maintain such trust, but detective, you know, I hate deception… Iluna Bayas, 17 years old, a ring warlock of the Zhengshen Church and part-time Blackstone security guard Company employee, second-level warlock.”
The two held their hands together, shook them gently and then let go.
Miss Bayas looked at Miss Anat again:
“Miss Anat, I trust the detective because he is trustworthy, so how do you regain my trust?”
“The chosen ones are destined to be promoted to the Thirteenth Ring, but this does not mean that they will not die in the process. The life of the chosen ones must be a magnificent adventure, and there will definitely be no shortage of troubles, big and small. Iluna , you need help, then, do you think you need my help?”
She also extended her hand to Miss Bayas, and Miss Bayas hesitated before taking it:
“You brought the location information of the Silver-Eyed Man, and I think you are trustworthy.”
Miss Anat winked at Shade, presumably not to reveal the source of the information:
“Do you need me to introduce myself? Luvia Anat, a diviner from the Prophet Association and a three-ring warlock. The slight deception in the past was for the sake of mutual trust in this matter. I promise that similar situations will not occur in the future. ”
Shad noticed that Miss Anat did not mention her age, but he wisely did not ask about it at this time.
The light in the room was very bright, and the three people in the gas light all had their own thoughts.
Xia De looked at them, wondering what the unknown and dangerous road ahead would be like.
He just hopes that when this road comes to the end, the two girls beside him tonight will be able to see the door open with him intact.