novelonline Chapter 2549 Bennett and the Haunted Rumor
Chapter 2549 Bennett and the Haunted Rumor
Chapter 2549 Bennett and the Haunted Rumor
As the carriage moved towards the city center, it actually continued to rise in altitude. Before Shade reached his destination, the driver signaled his foreign passenger to look to the right:
"Guest, do you see that castle?"
There was indeed a castle outside the car window. It was located southwest of Vista City, on the other side of the hill:
"See, this is the most magnificent building in the city, right? The Dawn Church we passed by just now wasn't as magnificent as this one."
The driver introduced with a smile:
"That's the Riverwood Conservatory of Music, the city's original school and now the best conservatory in all of Carsonrick. Many famous young musicians in the country graduated from here. If you have time, you can go there and take a look."
"Was that castle built specifically for the academy? It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Xia De asked again, but the driver didn't give a very definite answer this time:
"It is said that this is a castle that already existed in the forest. I am not sure what it was originally used for."
Therefore, it is highly likely that this is another building rebuilt from ancient ruins.
The road leading to the "Accordion Inn" passes through the "Golden Music Hall", and thus Shade finally saw with his own eyes this concert hall which is said to be the largest in the entire Old World.
It stands like a golden palace in the center of the highest point of the city. The flat building adopts a symmetrical structure, and the four gates in four directions face the four squares, making it look like an unfolded four-leaf clover.
The exterior walls are decorated with rich reliefs and carvings, and every detail is a masterpiece of art. The delicate and complex decorations set off the brilliance of the early autumn morning sun. The Baroque-style porch, which is similar to what foreigners have seen in their hometown, soars into the sky, and the huge arch seems to lead to another mysterious world.
Of course, considering that this is also a building converted from ancient ruins, this sense of mystery and antiquity is not surprising.
In order to let Xia De take a good look at the place, the driver deliberately slowed down when passing by.
Every detail here exudes a strong historical atmosphere. Although it is called the "Golden Music Hall", in fact the exterior wall of the building is not gold but a classical white and light tone.
The driver told Shad that when the gas lamps were turned on at night, the walls would appear golden because of the light of the gas lamps. This is the origin of the "Golden Hall".
The opening hours here on weekdays are from 9 am to 8 pm. In addition to being a "concert hall", part of the magnificent building is also a museum. Although there are still concerts inside after 8 pm, audiences are no longer allowed to enter, and tourists are no longer allowed to visit.
Now the time is right, if Shade is not in a hurry, he actually wants to go here to take a look. But after all, Miss Danister's matter is the most important, and when he finds the lady, he has plenty of time to see this city in the forest.
The elf was right. The Accordion Hotel and the Golden Music Hall were indeed very close, even closer than No. 6 St. Teresa's Square to the Yodel Palace.
A yellow-painted sign hangs outside the window on the second floor. The four-story hotel is in a right-angle shape, occupying the intersecting "Golden Music Avenue" and "Elton Pedestrian Street".
This hotel is the largest hotel in the city. Because it is close to the "Golden Music Hall", most of the musicians who have played or sung in the "Golden Music Hall" have stayed here, making this place more famous over time.
But because of this, when the stranger who entered the hotel tried to ask the hotel waiter if there were any vacant rooms when the Moon Dance Festival concert was about to begin, he got a negative answer:
"I'm so sorry, sir. Because the Moon Dance Festival is coming, out-of-town guests have been booking rooms since the beginning of the Thunder Month, and now they are fully booked."
The very pretty lady behind the counter said, wearing a silver accordion-shaped brooch on her chest.
The first floor of the Accordion Hotel is very large, but like the Three Cats Hotel, the first floor is used as a lobby and a bar for dining and socializing. The counter is also in a right angle shape, and there are three ladies serving guests.
Xia De pretended to be troubled and said embarrassedly:
"Can you be flexible? I can pay the premium room rate."
"I'm sorry, sir. There's really nothing we can do about this. But there should be other inns in the city. You can go there and ask."
Shade was not sure that Miss Danister lived here, Luvia just divined that she could find clues here. He couldn't even ask "Is there a lady named Danister Gustave living here?" After all, Miss Danister would probably not use her real name when she went out for private matters.
Wanting to rent a room was just a matter of getting myself a mailing address as per convention, but now that there was no room available I had no choice but to give up.
So Xia De thanked the waitress and left. Then he turned into a silver cat in the alley nearby. After a few quick run-ups, he climbed up the steam pipe wrapped with an insulation layer on the outside of the wall.
It took some effort to climb to the top of the building. Xia De had just arrived in a strange city and didn't want to cause trouble. Instead of using illusion to hide himself and then enter the hotel to see if there was anything wrong, he decided to turn into a cat and check the hotel openly.
He was not afraid of getting dirty, and after confirming that the chimney on the roof was not a decoration, he jumped down directly from the chimney. A few minutes later, the silver cat, having shaken off the coal dust on its body, successfully appeared in the corridor on the fourth floor of the Accordion Hotel.
The hotel corridor was quiet, but the decoration was quite nice. The paintings on the walls were all of famous musicians, of course, outsiders had only heard of a few of them.
In order to prevent any other trouble, he did not waste too much time admiring the paintings in cat form, but quickly ran along the corridor of the fourth floor and then went to the third floor.
During this time, the silver cat bumped into other guests who were walking up the stairs, but the other party just thought it was a pet cat of other guests running around, so they didn't pay any attention to it. There was no problem on the fourth floor, and the third floor was also normal. The second floor was a regular guest room, so the rooms were small and there were many of them, but Xia De still didn't feel anything unusual.
There were too many guests on the first floor, so it remained a cat and did not go down. It stopped at the stairs and recalled whether it had missed any details just now:
"The clue can't be in the kitchen? Or in the basement? Yes, this place is bigger than the Green Lake Hotel, there can't be no basement. Maybe Miss Danister left a clue in the potato pile?"
But no matter how you think about it, you know it's impossible.
There was no doubt about the result of the special divination, and Xia De was very sure that he had not found the wrong place.
【Maybe you need some patience. 】
"She" said in the silver cat's ear, the cat's ears trembled a few times, and turned to look behind him.
[After all, even if I can't find it, isn't there a new divination opportunity tonight? ]
"Yes."
So ten minutes later, Xia De, who had regained his human form, walked into the hotel again, but this time as a diner.
It was just past eleven o'clock. Although it might be a little too early to have lunch according to the custom of this era, the kitchen of such a large hotel was always open. Therefore, after Shad asked for the menu, he randomly selected a few dishes and generously gave the waiter a 5-pfennig tip:
"Tell the kitchen to serve the food faster."
"Ok sir."
The waiter who received the tip was also very attentive to help Xia De to rush the food, so Xia De's lunch was soon ready. It was still the same waiter who came to deliver the food, so Xia De gave him another tip and asked him to help buy today's newspaper.
In addition to those newspapers distributed throughout Carsonrick, the most famous local newspapers in Vista City are the Creekwood Morning Post, the Voice of Music, and the Lumberjack's Daily. Shad leisurely ate lunch while checking the local news, and then confirmed again that the city was really peaceful.
When he finished his meal and motioned to the waiter to come over for the bill, he took out his wallet and asked:
"I wanted to stay at your place, but there were no rooms available. What a shame. I'm actually a travel writer, and I heard this place is haunted."
"There is no such thing."
The waiter said hurriedly, and Xia De asked curiously:
"But I heard that in Vista City, especially in the original Creekwood Town, phantoms or sounds from strange sources sometimes appear, don't they?"
I heard this at the black market yesterday.
The waiter shook his head again:
"I'm a local, and I've heard this rumor before, but that's in the old city. We're in the new city, and you probably heard some false rumors. Here..."
He saw Shad take out another bill from his wallet and put it under the cup. Shad didn't drink alcohol, but a drink called "Song of Creekwood Town", which was actually local honey water with the taste of apple juice.
"If you want to get some information, I just heard that there were some strange noises coming from the broom closet between rooms 318 and 317 on the east side of the third floor last week, but we checked and found nothing."
The waiter tried to lower his voice, as if he was afraid that others would hear him:
"But Boss Bennett won't let us talk nonsense. He's afraid it will affect business. It's the eve of the Moon Dance Festival, the most profitable season of the year."
Xia De nodded slightly, then suddenly raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything else to the waiter.
When he finished packing his newspaper and stood up, he asked in his heart:
"The mermaid of Moon Bay asked me to find the man who owed her a debt. His last name is..."
[Bennett. And she said you don't have to bother looking for him, he will appear in front of you on his own initiative.]
Now "Bennett" really appeared on his own, and appeared just when Shade had just arrived in the "City of Music". He suspected that the mermaid also had a strong ability to predict, or that Vista City was a place that Shade would definitely come to:
"So, the story of the eighth chosen one won't really happen in this city in the forest, right?"
Of course, finding Miss Danister is the top priority right now, and the "Bennett" matter can be put aside for now.
(End of this chapter)