Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 634

2022-01-31

Chapter 632 The Worship of the Twins
The police officers who happened to arrive while Captain Radees greeted them searched the secret room , the attention of the whole castle was attracted, Shade found him again in Professor Dunn's office, after explaining the situation, the professor looked very sad with a bitter face:
"That bronze pot was used as a boiled corpse. Container? Oh"

"Yes, Captain said, Henry Wahl was looking for a vintage antique as a container, and you happened to get that bronze jar, and he fell in love with it."

"Oh, my god, it's an old antique. If you heat it with fire, it will damage the quality!"

The professor is worried, it seems that it is not the jar that contains the corpse. thing.

"But anyway, the antique investigation is over, and I think Ms. Xena Cassandra will be able to get that piece of evidence out of the police station."

Shade said, professor nodded:

"I didn't expect this to happen. I have time to apologize to Ms. Cassandra. I didn't take care of it and I am responsible."

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After speaking, he opened the drawer and took out ten pound notes and handed them to Shade. After Shade thanked him, his face became serious:
"Then professor, you can talk to me now, the local twin god worship. Is it customary?"

"Oh, yes, I think so."

Talking about his major, Professor Dunn also temporarily put aside his concerns about the possible damage to antiques Regret:
"Sit down, let's talk slowly. Well, Mr. Watson, I'll think about where to start. Yes, the worship of the twin gods, a very, very old old god worship in the Midhill Fort area. In addition to local traditions, the evidence also comes from the excavations of prehistoric ruins..."

The "prehistoric" in the mouth of ordinary person is actually before the epoch.

"My teacher once assisted the church, participated in the excavation of the remains of Mount Sikar, and left me with some information. The slate excavated at that time contained a lot of information about religious rituals and strange ceremony. Unfortunately, it was all taken away by the church. But the diary in the teacher’s relics mentioned that in prehistory, the great one who came from the sky, that is, the old god-【Gemini God】, once really set foot on this land ."

Shade slightly frowned, which seems to depict a seance.

"Of course, there is still controversy in the academic world as to whether the so-called [Old God] really exists, but this time we are discussing it purely from an academic point of view, so we don't want the god Blasphemy."

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Professor Dunn took out a pipe and motioned to Shade. Seeing that he didn't mind, he knocked the ash and said:
"Those ancient texts recorded a lot of things, please forgive me for using this The word came on behalf of, "cough cough". When his sect first appeared in the local area in prehistory, he called the great one to come in the local area, and gave a pair of twins representing black and white, with a very powerful blessing. Let them , I'm sorry, I don't know the specific gender, so I use a neutral ta to give them a strong power to defeat a terrifying enemy."

Although the professor, as an ordinary person, is discussing the gods things, but because he knew only very vague content, so the professor did not have any difference because of the knowledge.

"It's really more specific than local traditions and customs. Do you have any other sources besides the ancient texts that have been confiscated by the church?"

Shade again impossible went to the church to ask for information.

Professor Dunn lit the tobacco in his pipe with a match and took a sip:
"Of course, these stories that once happened in prehistoric times have long since become local ancient legends in Midhill Fort. Part of it. If you go to the pub a lot, you can even hear some stories from the local bards that are not very true. After all, bards have to use exaggerated stories to attract people, and we folk scholar, is responsible for organizing those contents."

The professor pushed his glasses:
"Mr Watson, even though that ancient belief is long gone, Fort Midhill is still deeply influenced.

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The twin worship in this city has continued to this day. If a twin is born in a certain family, it will be regarded as a very good sign by the locals and neighbors. This tradition even radiates around the entire Sikar Mountain. , can be seen in Kasenrik at the southern foot of the Rommel Mountains."

"So, belief becomes culture, thus casting a part of civilization?"

The outsider asked, Professor Dunn glanced at him unexpectedly, and adjusted the chair to face Shade with his pipe. He was sitting diagonally just now:
"Yes, your words are very in line with my views on folk customs. The point of view of science. When belief becomes culture, do those old gods who have left in the legend really leave? Maybe the great ones and the indescribable natural phenomena just use another way to communicate with us and others. Our world is together."

Professor Dunn's words were very level, Shade looked thoughtful nodded:
"Yes, I also always thought that maybe the old gods just left temporarily. Faith Become Culture So if I want to continue to delve deeper into things about the Cult of the Twins, what do I do?"

The Cult of the Twins is not only about the city, but may also help resolve Dorothy and Laccia's problems So Shade was very attentive:
"My teacher has passed away, but the folk scholar and archaeologists who participated in that archaeological excavation should still have some materials in their hands. Please wait a moment."

The professor got up and rummaged for a while on the bookshelf on the wall at the entrance of the office, finding a notebook that had apparently not been taken out for a long time.

The notebook was very old. Professor Dunn went back to his desk and opened the notebook. The pages inside were yellowed, and there were even traces of moth-eaten. Some names and addresses were recorded on it, but Most of the names have been marked with the date of death:

"This is what the teacher left to me, his friends. After all, we have to visit and communicate with each other often in our line of work. So it's always right to have more friends."

He quickly found the name of the person left during the archaeological excavation at the northern foot of the Sikar Mountain 30 years ago:
"Oh, it's okay. , in that archaeology that year, there were still several old professors still alive. But they were all out of town. Let me see and I would recommend this one."

"Who is the other party?"

Shade also tilted his head to check, Professor Dunn pointed to the writing on the notebook:

"The other party is an archaeology professor from Tobesque, and he should have retired long ago according to his age, but such a senior The professor should be rehired. I looked at the address and yes, it's this one, Tiris Manning, 17 Cattail Lane, University District, Tobesque. When I went to Tobesque for a meeting five years ago , and visited him, Professor Manning looked healthy at the time, and I don't know how he is now."

Professor Dunn suggested that Shade could copy the address from the notebook and write to Professor Manning Get help.

"Professor Manning"

Professor, dream pen and cat's past, jumped into Shade's head again.

He mouth showing a smile and copied the address he was familiar with. In his heart, he thought about how many archaeological excavations he had participated in, Professor Manning, as his friend. A month ago, when Miss Avrora took him to the country town next to Cold Water Harbor to seek [Shock] spirit rune, she also met an old man who was related to Professor Manning.

"Okay, I'll come back to you if I need to, then farewell, Professor Dunn."

Shade got up and left, and Professor Dunn also sent Shade to the door outside. When he closed the door and continued to write the report, he whispered again:
"Ms. Cassandra, why are you so obsessed with that worthless bronze jar? The Sect people are also investigating."

Put down the pipe and thought again:
"Could it have something to do with Miss Helen Black who just returned to the Academy?"

Now that there is a clue to the next step, Shade can leave Midsey Irburg. Before leaving, he also said hello to Captain Radees, gave him a reward of 5 pounds, and left the address of the Blind House as his mailing address.

Captain is very enthusiastic and wants to entertain Shade to the Redwater Camp on Windchill Trail. Of course, Captain Radees can't go in and out of the barracks at will, but he can come out when he is on vacation next Thursday.

The Fengqi Trail is the most important mountain road through the West Carr Mountain. There is a camp where merchants and travelers gather next to the Red Water Camp, where the captain played Rhodes to win the [Lance of Kindness]. pub.

When I said goodbye to the captain, the sky was just the sunset, and by the time Shade walked through the forest to the abandoned tower in the mountain, the last ray of the sun had disappeared on the side of Mount Sikar. .

The harvest month is now at the end of the month, and the days are getting shorter and shorter.

When I returned to the Sainteland square, Luvia had arrived and continued her stargazing on the third floor. She didn't have time to talk to Shade because she was a little behind.

"Are we going to dinner together?"

"Oh, Shade, you go first, I'm busy here."

The voice came from the third floor come.

"Then I'll bring some back for you!"

Shade shouted from the stairs on the second floor. After getting the answer, he looked towards the cat Mia at his feet:
"Have you eaten dinner yet?"

"Meow~"

Mia ran down the stairs quickly. She probably didn't eat, so she wanted Shade to bring her to eat. the meaning of.

Because she wanted to bring Luvia a meal and didn't want to take Mia to Professor Manning, Shade sent the cat home after dinner. When I went upstairs, I happened to meet Luvia who came down from the third floor to serve tea. The latter thanked Shade and asked curiously with the tea cup:

"I have already fed the cat for you, you Why did you take it out for dinner again?"

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Shade looked towards the orange cat squinting in his arms:

" But it was very happy just now, it doesn't look like it has eaten dinner at all."

"meow!"

The cat made a soft meow and rubbed against Shade's chest. Clothes, the girl with purple eyes said with a smile:

"It seems that you were deceived by a cat."

Let Mia run around the house by herself, it actually went straight The third floor, instead of going to the second floor to grind claws. Shade didn't bother about it, and a run after the meal would also help the cat stay in shape.

After saying goodbye to Luvia and explaining that she might not be home until late, she went out again in the dark and went to Professor Manning's house in the university district.

The professor was at home so late, of course, and found that Shade was very happy to entertain him when he came to the door. After the usual greeting, Shade asked about the twin gods and the worship of twins. The old professor wearing pajamas at home was quite surprised and looked towards the youngster on the edge of the gas lamp rays of light behind the desk:
"Oh? How can you suddenly mention such a thing?"

(end of this chapter)