The Whispering Verses Chapter 951: The Stolen Dorothy

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Went downstairs in slippers to get milk and newspapers, and moved the "God's gift box" from the basement to the upstairs. This week’s gift is a thick brown wool scarf, just right for the season. As for this week’s tasks, it’s “no tasks.”

When Shade got this information from "her", he thought he heard it wrong, but then he learned why this happened:

[The Creator of Innocence believes that children sometimes need a break. 】

"That **** is so respectable."

Xia De murmured quietly, putting away the scarf and preparing to wear it when it snows. While he and the cat lying on the scarf were "fighting" for ownership of the scarf, there was a knock on the door downstairs:

"Is it the client?"

But when Shade opened the door, he saw Dorothy with her head lowered. The blonde girl looked a little haggard and seemed to have come here after simply freshening up.

"Come in, oh, Dorothy, don't you have the key? Why are you knocking?"

Shad lets Dorothy in:

"Why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast? If not, please eat breakfast first before talking about business. I can give you little Mia's goat milk. I tasted it secretly last time and it tasted very good. ”

"Meow?"

The cat at the top of the stairs looked at Shade's back.

"No, I have something to tell you. It was stolen from me."

Dorothy stood in the hall and said, Shade was stunned:

"Stolen? Oh, it can't be the way you look. It must be that relic, [Jack Thief], right? My Dorothy, don't be sad. It's normal to lose things. I heard yesterday that even The Ring Warlock Team of the Zhengshen Church has lost something. After all, it is a sage-level relic."

He took Dorothy’s hand:

"Go upstairs first before talking. What did you lose? Is it valuable? Isn't it also a relic?"

Xia De comforted:

"The church also lost a Keeper-level relic. That relic is so arrogant, something will happen sooner or later. There is a lady's sunshine gun ready to go, and God will curse such a shameless thief."

"You didn't lose anything valuable, your stuff was stolen."

Dorothy was held by Shade's hand, and she lowered her head and said.

"My stuff?"

Xia De blinked and couldn't remember what it was for a moment.

"Letter, the letter you got from Professor Manning. I helped you organize the contents yesterday and put them on the desk. When I woke up this morning, I found that the window of the study room was opened for some reason. Two of those letters are missing."

She raised her head and looked at Sha De with some worry, but saw that Sha De breathed a sigh of relief:

"Dorothy, you really scared me. When you came to me so early, I thought it was something big. I probably understand why Dr. Schneider didn't want to see me early in the morning. It's just a few letters, it doesn't matter. , I will apologize to Professor Manning, and the professor won’t mind too much.”

The lively cat led the way, and Shade held the blonde girl's hand and continued walking upstairs.

"Is it really okay?"

Dorothy asked in a worried voice.

"It doesn't matter, but do you still remember the specific contents of those two letters? The relic [Jack Thief] will not steal worthless things. Since it only took those two letters, it means that what I am looking for is about The clues to Professor Drake of Huntington are in those two letters."

The blonde girl nodded:

"I helped you summarize the contents of each letter and recorded all the doubtful points. Although I cannot restore all the details of the two letters, I remember the general content."

"That's good, thank you for your hard work, Dorothy."

Shade kissed the side of the blonde girl's face, and the latter seemed to be in a better mood.

[You really don’t care that those two letters were stolen? 】

"She" asked softly as she walked into the room on the second floor.

"How could it not care? It dared to steal Dorothy!"

With a smile on his face, Shade brought the prepared breakfast to the table, but Dorothy asked Shade to sit down and she would do these things.

"I am very angry right now~"

Especially when I say this in my heart, my anger becomes even stronger. Dorothy was still preparing breakfast in the kitchen and would not notice Shad's psychological changes. However, the cat on Shad's hand tilted its head and looked at him, and then whispered "Meow~". The cat magically sensed Shad's change. De's emotions, it seems that domestic pets have this strange ability.

[Note that after absorbing the divinity of the old **** ‘Raging Storm’, the divinity will also affect your character in a short period of time. 】

"She" said softly,

"I understand, but this anger is definitely not just because divinity is affecting me. It actually dared to steal Dorothy"

The blonde girl wore an apron, turned on the gas, and lit the somewhat rusty gas stove with a match. Apparently she thought that the breakfast Shade made was not enough for two people and one cat.

Xia De looked at the figure of the blonde girl:

"Sometimes appropriate anger helps to stay awake and motivated. I will definitely take revenge!"

Although two important letters were lost, Dorothy has sorted out the contents of all the letters and summarized them in excellent writing.

Specifically, judging from the letters between Professor Manning of Tobesk and Professor Drake of Huntington, Professor Drake is a rather "ambitious" and enterprising person. He is very purposeful in doing research, and while full of awe for the unknown and ancient history, he always wants to know more.

Professor Manning has warned Professor Drake many times that some knowledge is not something they can explore at will, but Professor Drake's reply was quite perfunctory.

This description is completely different from the Professor Drake who Shade knew with a broken leg. The Professor Drake he knew was clearly a man of few desires and lived like a plant.

Dorothy's notebook also contains the general contents of the two lost letters.

That was sent by Professor Drake to Professor Manning, asking about visiting scholars from the two schools next year. This is not an official letter from the school, but an exchange of opinions and greetings between two highly respected professors. Among Professor Manning's letters, these two letters did not attract Dorothy's attention at first. She, like Shade, was more concerned about the academic discussions between the two professors.

According to the information written down by Dorothy, Professor Drake described his health problems in both letters. But he was not sick. Instead, he praised his excellent health and even mentioned running races and staying up late with the young people at school.

If viewed from a normal perspective, there is no problem with this letter, but if it is assumed that there is a problem with this letter, then Professor Drake's "physical health" seems to be quite problematic.

The tone used by Professor Drake in those two letters was quite enthusiastic and positive, even overly enthusiastic. He seemed to have encountered something wonderful, and he excitedly envisioned the follow-up of his research, and planned to personally lead a team to participate in the archaeological excavation in the forest south of Kasenlik. He claimed in the letter that "I have mastered my physical potential and I can still work for another 20 years."

Considering Professor Drake's age at the time, this was quite a feat.

Two days before the last of the two letters reached Professor Manning, and the third day after this letter was sent from Professor Drake, Professor Drake set out to search for "the lake." Goddess" and met with an accident. Therefore, Shade had reason to believe that some unknown phenomenon affected the professor and made him "very healthy." But then the professor realized that there was something wrong with his health and that it was fatal, so he set out for the Lake of Cherubim.

The three clues obtained from Professor Drake include, in addition to letters, diaries and books. In the diary, Professor Drake claimed that "double images appeared in front of his eyes", and there were strange words written on the books. Knowledge is power].

The former may be related to Professor Drake's "physical health". The investigation of the latter allowed Shade to discover that the strange writing originated in the Fourth Age, but there was no clue other than that.

"From this cryptic information, it can be basically inferred that the 'Lady of the Lake' not only erased the professor's memory, but also erased other traces."

While eating breakfast, Shade said to Dorothy. The blonde girl was still sorry for losing the important letter. After hearing Shade's words, she nodded:

"Yes, so did the old professor come into contact with some kind of relic, or was he targeted by something more terrifying?"

"It's all possible."

Xia De touched little Mia on the side:

"I also entrusted Huntington's friends to go to the church to investigate what happened in the city that year. If we can find the incident involving Professor Drake, and then compare it with the clues currently in hand, we should be able to find out what happened to Professor Drake The truth of what happened back then."

This means that the Lady of the Lake has completed the second of her four tests. But Shade knew that things would not be so simple. Maybe the trouble back then had not been completely resolved. The real purpose of the "Lady of the Lake" test was to let Shade solve that matter.

After breakfast, Dorothy said goodbye to Shade, and told Shade that if there was a way to capture the relic that had stolen the letter, he must call her to help. The blonde girl was really very guilty about this.

Considering the possibility of his own home being stolen, Shade reconfirmed that the valuables in his home had been moved to the basement before taking Mia out.

Today, the steam capital Tobesk was still shrouded in heavy fog. After going out, Shade turned directly to the direction of Silver Cross Avenue. When we arrived at the door of the Prophet's Association, the Prophet's Association was already open.

Xia De noticed that the association's signboard had been replaced with a new one, and the bulletin board had also been replaced with a new style. This should not only be because Princess Margaret wants to attend the reading salon here, but also because the Prophet Association has so many gold pounds that there is no place to spend Rhodes cards, which is a very profitable business.

As usual, he used the excuse of fortune-telling for cats to meet Luvia during her working hours.

The staff of the Prophet Association were already used to Shade's approach. When they saw him holding the cat, they went directly to notify Luvia who was on the second floor.

When Luvia opened the door of the divination room, Shade was "fighting" with Mia with his right hand, that is, playing with the cat. The girl with purple eyes smiled and sat down:

"You really can find fun at any time. Oh, I just met Vice President Mark. He heard that you were coming and asked me to ask you, are you going to participate in the Rhodes Competition of the Prophet Association at the end of this year? ? If you participate, we can help you register now. ”

At the end of the year, whether it is an official organization or a steam factory, whether it is a large organization such as a noble club or the Prophet's Association, some activities will be held to commemorate the year that is about to end. It may be the year-end summary given by the Parliament to His Majesty the King, it may be some remuneration given by the factory owners to the workers, it may be the gifts given by the high-end clubs to the members.

But for the Prophet Association, the best way to celebrate is to hold a Rhodes game, which is also an annual practice.

"Sign up first, I will participate if I have time."

Shadow skipped the topic of Rhodes cards:

"I need your help with something."

He placed the remaining two coins - [Coin of Wisdom] and [Dandelion Coin] on the table:

"Help me divine something."