Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 557

2021-12-25

Chapter 555 fiancee

Mrs. Sammy mentioned the very powerful female bard Ashara, seems to be from the city of Midhill Fort, the "city of mountains" in the southeast part of the kingdom. She has dark red hair, but is not very good-looking.

The poetess appeared on time at seven, wearing a red-dominated bonnet, a white shirt, a brown vest with silver buttons, and a a pair of pants.

The regulars clapped and cheered, and some even tossed a coin at the high stool.

The bard, as if used to it, sat on the bar stool and sang the lute, telling an old love story.

Outsiders don't know enough about the culture of this world, but Iluna has heard this story. This is a very traditional love legend between Princess and Prince, which involves adventure, witchcraft, etc., and what rescued the sleeping Princess was a kiss that the poetess described with vibrato, and she really took the details of the kiss. , described it in great detail, which reminded Shade again that this is the inn in the lower city.

This kind of detailed description must not be heard in the daytime.

Although he lives in downtown, Mr. Toby Julian is not so-called poor. He runs a grocery store by himself, and although not rich, at least he can survive in the city.

When Shade and Iluna searched for the address and found Mr. Julian's home on Los Val Street in the Northern Part of City, it was already 7:50 pm.

This street is one of the better neighborhoods in the Northern Part of City. The street is flanked by a mixed streetscape of three-storey apartments and shops. Gas pipes and steam pipes neatly cover the walls facing the street. body. Mr. Julian lives at No. 8 on this street. He converted the first floor into a shop selling groceries, and above the second floor is his residence.

It is night now, and there is no such thing as a midnight grocery store in this day and age. Although this is a bit too absolute, in the chaotic downtown, no one is open at night.

The shop was closed. Shade had planned to knock on the door, but Iluna pulled Shade around and found the gas meter in the nearby alley.

It looks like this neighborhood was built several decades ago, and old-fashioned residential condominiums typically have gas meters inside the house.

"Captain and I said that before investigating a person, try to find and check the other party's gas meter readings as much as possible to confirm whether there are any abnormal readings, and make a preliminary judgment on the investigator."

Iluna shared her experience with Shade, who opened the lid of the box with the gas meter inside the wall and saw that it was an old city gas meter. Depending on whether or not gas is being used, the rotation of the internal gear will cause the reading to vary. The gas meter of each household has two readings, one reading represents the accumulated readings in the past, and one reading represents the new usage readings.

At the end of each month or at the beginning of the month, the gas company staff who are responsible for checking the gas meter will push and pull the special metal slot, and accumulate the readings of the latter to the former through the complex mechanical structure inside the gas meter. , the latter is directly cleared to carry out a new round of reading accumulation.

By comparing with the previous reading, it can be confirmed whether anyone has manipulated the gas meter. There is usually a strip of cloth tied next to the gas meter box with the last time the number was checked. This style of gas meter was widely used in the old continent.

After the Darkness Domain operation ended, Shade somehow acquired the ability to see in the dark, which may have something to do with his devouring part of the Darkness Box's power. But Shade couldn't infer anything after seeing the numbers, and Iluna stared at the reading, and soon nodded came to the conclusion:
"The reading is normal, which is in line with what Captain told me, the gas in the mixed building of the shop and the apartment. Use speed."

Shade is curious, whether the Captain of Blackstone Security has worked in the city tax department before.

After knocking on the door, it took a long time for someone to come down from the second floor. After asking the identity of the two people across the door, and then seeing Iluna's documents through the crack of the door, and repeatedly confirming that they did not look like robbers, the cautious Mr. Julian was willing to let them in.

Mr. Julian does not live alone, and with him there is a woman wearing a black veil, with very white skin, always with her head down. She didn't talk much, and Mr. Julian regretted telling Shade and Iluna that it was his fiancee.

Everyone came to the second floor, Mr. Julian received the two in the reception room on the second floor, and the lady in the black dress went to prepare hot tea for them. After the three of them were seated, Shade looked at the simple interior decoration and curiously asked:

"Why don't you plan to decorate the house?"

Shade actually said that since the other party If you are going to get married, you should renovate your house before you get married.

"I'm quite used to this style, and the store is busy. It's not good to delay the business due to rash decoration. Although it's going to be a two-person life, it's not easy to make money here. ."

Mr Julian said.

It was not too early, and they didn't chat too much. Iluna revealed the purpose of their trip and revealed the progress of the cemetery corpse theft case.

Of course, when Shade handed the other party a photo to confirm the location of the tomb, he "accidentally" touched the other party's hand, letting the voice in his ear confirm that Mr. Toby Julian is indeed the ordinary person.

And when they heard the corpse case being brought up again, Mr. Julian was calmer than they thought. He basically answered all the questions normally, and said that in his understanding, his younger sister did not offend who.

"She was a very kind person during her lifetime. I can't think of anyone who would do such a vicious thing because of hatred after her death."

The one who happened to be veiled The lady came in with a saucer, and Mr. Julian got up to help her distribute the cups. And when the lady approached, Shade instinctively felt that something was wrong with him. He stood up on the pretext of helping and wanted to create a "touch" opportunity to confirm, but Mr. Julian always blocked the detective and his fiancee, intentionally or not.

"Is there a Whisper or Blasphemy element?"

Shade, who sat down again, asked cautiously in the heart.

[At least without direct contact, no trace of the element is perceived. However.]

She seemed to be deliberately inciting Shade's appetite, and paused for a while:
[Don't change the expression on her face, something is a little strange. ]

"What's the matter?"

Shade listened to Iluna continue to inquire about the situation with Mr. Julian, while the strange lady walked out the door with a saucer. Looking at her back, there is nothing special about this person.

[The other party is not breathing, the body temperature is much lower than that of normal people, and he has not blinked once. In layman's terms.]

Shade took a deep breath and nodded, as if echoing Iluna's remarks about the investigation:
"The other party is a dead person!"

He came to the conclusion in the heart, then froze for a moment, thinking of a more terrifying probability:
"I hope I don't have nightmares tonight."

Mr. Julian, who has always been calm , when he finally mentioned the young man who abandoned Yuri Young Lady An so that she hanged herself, she finally showed some symptoms of emotional out of control: "Sorry, I really don't want to mention that person ."

"Then do you know the other party's address?"

Iluna said, and Mr. Julian sighed and told the two of the address. When asked about the information they wanted, Shade and Iluna didn't plan to stay any longer, and after comforting each other a few words, they stood up and said goodbye.

Mr. Julian sent the two downstairs and watched them walk side by side along the street towards the distant intersection. He turned off the lights on the first floor, walked quickly to the second floor, leaned out of the window, and made sure that the two had gone far away, so he was a little relieved.

Shade and Iluna at the intersection of the street stopped, only the two of them were on the street under the moonlight, and only a few houses on the street were still lit:
"No matter how you look at it, this Mr. Julian doesn't look like he's going to get married."

The long brown-haired girl sighed slightly:
"The so-called fiancee has a problem, and he also has a problem. I thought this was a problem. He's a good guy."

Shade raised a more terrifying probability, looking up towards the moon in the sky. In the days of summer and autumn, the monsoon is very obvious, and the mist over the city is blown away after a long time. Standing in the city, you can see the starry sky, and the moonlight of silver is reflected in his eyes:
"Mrs. Sang Mei provides wedding dresses. When I got the news, I thought Mr. Julian was a pervert who likes to wear skirts. But now I think he may be more perverted - the fiancee we just saw is actually the body of his younger sister."

Iluna is not surprised at all, although her "other me" is definitely not as sensitive as Shade's, but she also sees the clue:
"Sorry, from the current situation, I may put you again It's involved in something incredible."

As her voice fell, a chuckle in Shade's ear suggested:
[Outlander, you feel "Whisper". ]

"Where?"

[Look behind you. ]

Turning around, the corpse bride was wearing a veil and holding a sharp knife, standing in the moonlight. A long shadow in a wedding dress spread toward them, swaying under the moon.

Meow~
In the distance of the city, a shrill cat meow came from somewhere. Facing the moonlight, looking towards the bride, the wind was blowing the layers of gauze skirts, and the autumn night wind was really cool.

(end of this chapter)