Whispering Poems

Chapter 2373 Tong Zhang's Speculation

Chapter 2373 Fairy Tale Speculations

So Shade held the sword in his right hand, and reached for the small silver ladies' pocket watch in his pocket with his left hand, looking directly at Emilia:

"Time stands still for Adele!"

Click~

"Hmm? Where does that sound come from?"

A sound suddenly came from the night wind. Xia De looked around in surprise. He clearly heard the sound of the clock hands turning just now, but there was no such phenomenon when he cast spells before.

At this time, Emilia was already frozen beside Shade like a living sculpture. Even if the power of "Time Standstill" was enhanced, it was still Time Standstill, so the biggest effect of using this sword to cast a spell was actually that the consumption of spirit was reduced.

Emilia is a genuine five-ring warlock, and because of her bloodline, it is unknown whether she has a certain degree of time resistance. But even so, Shad feels that he can hold on even if he continues to keep Emilia still for another minute.

In a real battle, one minute is enough for Shade to release half of his magic in turn, so this reduction in consumption is truly amazing.

The motionless elf girl's face looked even more delicate. She lowered her head and looked at the letter in her hand. Her slightly furrowed brows showed that she was a little nervous and uneasy.

Xia De did not have any bad thoughts. After admiring the special appearance of "time stopped" for a few seconds, he lifted the spell on Emilia. He originally wanted to apologize and explain the situation, but he did not expect that before he opened his mouth, Emilia suddenly raised her head from the letter and looked around suspiciously:

"Shad, I feel something is wrong. Have we encountered some unknown enemy? Just now it seemed, um, how should I describe it, it was a very strange feeling. I seemed to have been attacked by something like 'slowness'. Time seems to have taken a little longer, but it is definitely wrong!"

"You feel it?"

Xia De asked in surprise. The girl with pointed ears stared at him with her big emerald green eyes and asked in confusion:

"Feel something?"

"It's not Slow Slow, sorry, I'm casting a spell. Time stopped. Did you feel that time stopped flowing? Oh, yes, when you were on the clock tower, you also felt that the time of that crow stopped flowing."

"Time stands still?"

Shade felt like there were stars coming out of Emilia's eyes:

"Do you know the magic to stop time?"

When fighting the devil, although Shad used "Adele's Time Stop" to gain an opportunity and allowed the "Chains of Sin" to entangle the crow that was trying to escape at the last moment, he obviously did not shout out what he was doing at the time. Therefore, in the ever-changing battle situation, Emilia did not feel the power that was not added to her.

After all, the demon's time stop is a range ability, and Shade can only cast the spell on a single individual.

“Yes, but it’s very limited.”

"That's amazing! I've read in a book that no matter how talented a person is, to master the power of freezing time, one must at least start from the twelfth ring! This is time freezing. You used time freezing on me, right? This feels really weird."

Then, I don’t know what he thought of, his face turned red and he didn’t continue talking.

Since they had already obtained the [Ocarina of Time], the two did not stay here any longer and rode back to the city.

Shade first sent Emilia to Margaret's manor, but because it was already late, he just said hello to Margaret and Miss Sylvia and left. He also did not take the [Ocarina of Time] with him, but left it to Emilia. The sword was not needed yet, and the [Night Watcher] was enough for her.

Afterwards, he went to the dock again, but did not stay on Miss Eliza's ship for long. Instead, he told Luvia and the others that he had successfully borrowed the [Ocarina of Time], then threw away the crystal shoes and returned home.

No matter how hurried we were, it was already nearly nine o'clock that evening when we got home with Mia.

This time the crystal shoes "landed" on the stairs on the second floor. Xia De walked up a few steps and came to the door of Room No. 1 on the second floor.

Hearing Shad's voice, Miss Carina and Dorothy, who were sitting and talking in the living room, immediately stood up.

But Shad immediately realized that it was not Dorothy, but Lesia, because there was standard document paper of the Yodel Palace on the coffee table, and they were talking about political topics.

"Good evening, Leicia. Why are you here? Do you really want to use Dorothy's body to eat those whipped cream scones?"

Xia De asked, and Leicia came over with a smile and hit him:

"What are you talking about? Although those snacks are really delicious, I don't want to risk making Dorothy fat, otherwise you'll let her ya on you next time and make us and you."

"Cough cough."

Xia De immediately coughed loudly. Miss Carina, who also came to greet Xia De, asked suspiciously:

"Why are you coughing? It's not like you haven't asked me to do this with other girls before. Why can't you say this?"

Then he hugged Xia De:

"Do you have to go to class this late?"

"Of course, we didn't have classes last week because of the exam, so we can't delay this week."

Leicia nodded with satisfaction:

"Xia De now has the spirit of learning. Let's go to the study room."

"I won't join you, or Leicia will blame me for disturbing your time alone. Since you guys are going to the study, I will continue to look at these documents in the living room. Without Tifa, some tasks are really difficult to handle. Oh, if you want to do something in the study, don't avoid me, or I will think you don't treat me as a family member."

Of course, this was definitely not a complaint, but a tease to Leicia.

The Saturday night classes recently have been based on the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". After sitting down angrily, Leicia first recalled the content of the night class half a month ago with Xia De, and then asked:

"Shad, we have almost come to the end of our study of this fairy tale, and there is not much I can do now. So tell me, what did you see from this fairy tale? You can say anything, but it must be your own feelings."

The question was simple for Shad:

"Persistence."

He immediately replied:

"This is a standard tragedy. Although dying for love is a classic ending, I don't really like it. But I admire the persistence of the Little Mermaid Princess. She is willing to sacrifice in order to achieve a goal. Even after she found out that the prince was marrying the princess on land, she knew that she would face a tragic ending, but she accepted this result alone."

He held the teacup prepared by the maids:

"You also know my experience in the 'Golden Sand Sea' this time. Granny Siamnod's persistence attracted the illusion of bones, but even though she was deceived by the illusion and thought that the entire clan was destroyed, I still persuaded her to move forward; Miss Shelly Knight, because of the power of the demon and the desert, attracted the strange illusion that tested her moral values ​​and sense of justice, but her persistence made her not affected at all."

Xia De shook his head slightly:

"I am still amazed when I think about it now. Even I would have hesitated in that situation, but she killed her companions and cut open her own heart. Even by the standards of a ring sorcerer, her persistence is admirable. In fact, I was always worried that she would sacrifice herself with the 'Power of the Earth: Blessing All Things'. Fortunately, she did not encounter a situation that required her to be a 'hero'."

Leicia held her face in her hands, sitting behind the desk and looking at Shade in front of the desk:

"It's a good entry point. You know, my Central Ring sublimation language is 'Broken bubbles/dreams, but also write the despair of the soul'. Dorothy and I can both understand the despair and pain after the dream is shattered. Perseverance really fits your character."

With her other hand she twirled the pen:

"You can always gain the power of the puzzle from these fairy tales. If your 'Fairy Tale Town' extends to the ocean and harbor because of this story, what kind of power do you think this story can bring to you?"

This time Xia De didn't answer immediately. He held the steaming cup of tea in both hands and thought carefully:

"Perseverance always reminds us of perseverance. Perhaps it is a special state in which one has power or spirit that never runs out for a certain period of time in a maze? But this seems to have nothing to do with this fairy tale.

Perseverance can also remind people of stubbornness, but this is considered a negative personality trait. If combined with the story of the mermaid princess, I wonder if it means that the enemies in the maze are forced to transform, so that they cannot be unlocked even if the maze disappears? "

“Although the story of the mermaid princess involves a transformation where the tail turns into legs, isn’t this association a bit far-fetched?”

Leicia asked with a smile, and Shade thought about it again, but couldn't think of any other possibilities.

Instead, Leicia asked again:

"Speaking of which, since the Miss Lea Sander you mentioned is a mermaid, and according to what you said, she may even be a very special person, maybe you can ask her what the story of The Little Mermaid Princess means."

"I mentioned the story, and Miss Sanders said she had never heard of it. Not only her, but Miss Knight, the common folk, and old Granny Sienord, had not heard of it either."

"So, this story was widely circulated later than 4260 of the Fifth Era? This story actually appeared in the late Fifth Era?"

Leicia asked with great interest.

"I have roughly guessed some things. But there are also many modern mermaids that I can see. I asked Miss Aurora to help me contact them a few days ago. Maybe I can see them in a few days. Do you want to go to Moon Bay together to take a look?"

"We'll talk about it when the time comes, but I did think of something else. Next Wednesday, the sixth day of the Flower Moon, is the Red Butterfly Day."

She hummed softly, and Dorothy's green eyes looked at Shad with a moist feeling.

(End of this chapter)