Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 588

2022-01-09

Chapter 586 The House of the Blind
Unlike the Church of Dawn, which occupies the entire Place du Dawn in Tobesque , the Church of Dawn at Fort Midhill is located on a street called "Santa Carla Avenue" in the southwest part of the city. Although it is a street-facing building, the church still occupies a considerable area. It runs through the entire block, and in addition to the auditorium and office space, there are even separate gardens and courtyards.

The area of this church is much larger than Tobesque's Dawn Square, which is also related to Tobesque's expensive land price.

Shade did not dare to enter the church to avoid being discovered. And he didn't need to enter, because after getting close to Santa Cara Avenue, he carefully took out the blood in the alley and dripped it into his eyes. When looking towards the door of the Church of Dawn, you can clearly see the trajectory of Augustus Priest, which is composed of a blood-colored halo.

"At least at this time yesterday, Augustus priest wasn't in trouble!"

Shade came to this conclusion.

There are more than one silhouettes of Augustus priest walking out from the door of the Church of Dawn, indicating that within 24 hours, this old priest has passed by the door many times. Shade chooses the silhouette with the darkest color, which is the silhouette at the back of the time point for tracking.

Probably because of the purpose of the city at the beginning of its construction, the streets of Midhillburg are generally wider. On both sides of the road, street trees and gas street light poles alternate in turn.

After Augustus priest left the Dawn Church, he first paced for a while under the street light pole at the entrance of the church, as if observing the advertisement about "Kassandra Auction House" on the street light pole, and then , he walked east along the street.

The priest probably has to do things that are not very formal, so he sticks to the wall and tries not to let people notice him. Later, he actually got into the carriage as he walked to the intersection of Santa Cara Avenue and Oak Street.

“Hmm”

Looking at the silhouette of Augustus Priest floating in the air, if it wasn’t for the Priest to sit on the carriage, then it must be the Priest who learned the spell to stay seated and fly into the air technique.

"priest is this where?"

priest 24 hours or more ago can take the carriage, but Shade can't, because in the carriage he can't watch the priest all the time silhouette has done something.

Therefore, he could only follow the silhouette of the priest who floated in the air and kept a seated position on foot to chase forward.

Go south from the intersection of Oak Avenue and Santa Cala Avenue, that is, in the direction of the city's deviation to the mountain range. After two intersections, the carrier turned into a small alley called Squirrel Alley.

This is a commercial street dedicated to selling mountain goods, pine cones and leather products. It is very lively today.

After passing through Squirrel Lane, the carriage continued east again, and after reaching the street where the Midhillsburg Police Department is located, it turned south and stopped.

It was already 2:40 in the afternoon, and Shade was glad he didn't run with the carriage all day.

The place where the carriage stopped is an alley called "Ruff Lane", which is similar to the Quill Street where Dorothy lives. Although it is narrow, the streets are neat and tidy, and they are all rented apartments. Street.

Auguspriest looked all around after the carriage, as if to make sure he was in the wrong place. Then he started walking down the alley.

"Is there any trace of the element missing here?"

[Not yet. ]

"Okay."

Shade nodded, walking forward while looking at the street scene all around. The town hall of Midhillsburg seems to like planting trees, and since he left the old tower until now, there has never been a lack of trees in his vision.

The destination of the priest is here, he stopped in front of the house with the number "15" in Ruff Lane.

Shade saw the silhouette of the priest reaching out and knocking on the door, and he walked in. But then there is no silhouette of Auguste Priest leaving from the door, which means that Shade can't get around here.

[Shade's Blood Echoes] The continuous silhouettes you see appear about every five seconds, but if you pay attention and pay extra spirit, you can see that the silhouettes you see are more coherent Actions. Therefore, Shade can be sure that Augustus first entered the house in the fifth second after knocking on the door.

In other words, this is an appointment visit. On the way, Shade didn't see the priest disguising himself, so Augustus priest visited here with his real face.

"My Mystic Art is really terrifying. It is worthy of being the only evolved Augustus priest. Who do you want to visit secretly at Fort Midhill? Byrons communicated with Warlock by correspondence, so, is it an acquaintance he knew when he was young?"

But no matter what, he found this kind of place, and Shade couldn't give up easily. He took out the wooden button the doctor gave him, rubbed the uneven texture on the surface, injected spirit to activate it, then climbed the steps and knocked gently on the door.

After waiting for a few seconds, footsteps came from the door. He opened his eyes slightly, but the door did not open immediately, and the light footsteps stopped behind the door.

Shade knew there was someone behind the door, and behind the door knew there was someone outside. No one outside the Inner Sect spoke, but kept silent tacitly.

And in this silence, the voice in the ear has given a hint:

[Outlander, behind the door is a ring warlock. ]

Although the distance is very close, because there is a door, it can only be judged that it is a ring warlock.

Shade wasn't surprised by the result. He now suspects that the disappearance of Augustus Priest has something to do with the people behind the door.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

The middle-aged woman, with a clear local accent, spoke first in the silence inside and outside the door.

Shade frowned, cancels the effect of the doctor's button. Since the other party is a ring warlock, there is no need to use this method:
"Hello, ma'am, this is the writer John Watson."

He said the same thing when he was in Coldwater Harbor, But he occasionally calls himself "Detective" John Watson:
"Well, you don't have to open the door either. Please tell me, my friend Larter Augustus priest, is this with you? "

"The old priest? He visited here at three o'clock yesterday afternoon and left through the back door."

"Where is the back door?"

"Go left, go straight after entering the narrow alley, then turn right."

The voice said.

"Okay, thank you very much."

Shade thanked softly and wanted to get out of here to see if there was a silhouette of Augustus priest at the back door of the house.

But the voice from behind the door stopped him:
"Sir, are you the same as Augustus Priest, who are 'us'?"

Shade thought about it:
"If you mean the mechanic manipulating the steam metal wheel ring, I think so."

The rash of revealing the ring warlock identity is only because Shade needs to be in the city, at least Know where the black market is. When in Coldwater Harbor, Laccia, disguised as "Miss Princes", brought him into the warlock circle of the harbor city, but he really has no friends here. Unless, Dorothy has other The soul is connected to Princess.

"What happened to Augustus priest?"

The female voice inside the door asked.

"Yes, he's missing. Excuse me, how did you know?"

"Because yesterday, I performed a divination for him."

The door was opened from the inside, and Shade saw the woman inside the door talking to him.

The woman appears to be in her forties with long, dull yellow hair. She was wearing a dark blue and black dress like a nun's robe, with a cape of the same color draped over her shoulders.

She didn't look towards Shade's face, as a dirty looking sackcloth was wrapped around her eyes.

"Yesterday's divination results seemed to herald death, but the old priest didn't care at all. Just now I was wondering what that terrifying foreshadowing meant, and now I probably understand."

She took a step to the side to make way for the door:
"Please come in."

Although her eyes were covered with cloth tape, she behaved and had normal vision Like:
"If you need help, the 'House of the Blind' welcomes you."

[Central. ]

"Excuse me then."

Shade stepped over the threshold and entered.

The "House of the Blind" appears to be a small ring warlock organization, so named because most of the people in it are blind.

When Shade entered, he realized that there was not only a woman in the house who opened the door. Under her introduction, Shade learned that this is on the surface, a caring organization that provides assistance to the blind and disabled in Midhillburg, and is financially supported by the local council.

The interior of the house is very neat and tidy. There are almost no sundries on the corridors and stairs for the convenience of blind people. The woman led Shade all the way from the first floor to the third floor, and finally stopped in a reception room.

During this period, Shade saw a lot of blind people walking in the corridor with assistance, or talking to others. Moreover, he encountered at least three ring warlocks in the process of going upstairs, but the ranks are all low ring, it seems that this organization is not strong.

"It's really lively here, but, is this blind house a small urban ring warlock organization?"

He secretly guessed.

The blind woman who led the way, calling herself "Ms. Michelle," walked completely unaffected, although her eyes were wrapped in cloth tapes.

After the two were seated, she also greeted the normal servants in the blind home to bring hot tea to Shade. But in a cautious mind, Shade didn't drink any tea in the strange ring warlock's territory.

“The connection between the Lat Augustus priest and us, speaking of which has been for over twenty years. A long time ago, probably when the old priest was in his thirties, He had been to the city and had met one of our nuns."

Ms. Michelle introduced, sitting across from Shade, her hands folded over a dark silk dress on the knee. When he mentioned "sister" and thought of "blindness", Shade suddenly thought of another organization, the organization he had encountered in [Darkness Domain].

"Augus priest in his thirties, and your nun."

Seeing that Shade didn't know what words to use to describe it, Ms. Michelle revealed Smile:
"Yes, two souls are attracted to each other. I was only a teenager and I saw this love. But Latte Auguste Priest had to return to Tobesque, and Mathilde Sister Da has her own responsibility, she is a ring warlock, and the priest is just an ordinary person, even a clergyman of the Orthodox Church."

Shade understands what she means, this is a relationship that is doomed to no results . He just didn't expect, there is such a story when Augustus Priest was young.

(end of this chapter)