The Whispering Verses Chapter 632: Gemini Worship

Chapter 632 Gemini Worship

While Captain Rades was calling the police who happened to arrive to search the secret room, and the attention of the entire castle was attracted, Shade once again found him in Professor Dunn's office. After explaining the situation, the professor bitterly His face looked very sad:

"That bronze pot was used as a container for boiling corpses? Oh"

"Yes, the captain said, Henry Val was looking for antiques with a certain age to use as containers, and then you happened to get the bronze jar, and he took a fancy to it."

"Oh, my God, that is an old antique. Heating it with fire will damage its appearance!"

What worries the professor is not the fact that the jar contains the body.

"But in short, the investigation of the antique is over. I think Ms. Xina Cassandra can get the antique as evidence from the police station."

Xia De said, the professor nodded:

"I really didn't expect this to happen. I have time to go find Ms. Cassandra and apologize. I didn't take care of her properly and I am also responsible."

As he spoke, he opened the drawer and took out a ten-pound note and handed it to Shade. After Shade thanked him, his face became serious:

"So Professor, can you talk to me now about the local customs of worshiping the Twin Gods?"

"Oh, yes, I think so."

When talking about his major, Professor Dunn also temporarily put aside his regret that antiques may be damaged:

"Sit down, let's talk slowly. Then Mr. Watson, let me think about where to start. Yes, the worship of the Twin Gods is a very, very old worship of the old gods in the Fort Midhill area. The evidence is in addition to In addition to local traditions, there are also prehistoric remains."

What ordinary people call “prehistory” actually means pre-era.

"My teacher once assisted the church and participated in the excavation of the Sikal Mountain ruins, and left me some information. The stone slabs excavated at that time contained a lot of information about religious rituals and strange rituals. Unfortunately, They were all taken away by the church. But the diary in the teacher's relics once mentioned that in prehistory, the great ones from the sky, the old gods - [Twin Gods], once truly set foot on this land.

Xia De frowned slightly, which seemed to depict a trance ritual.

"Of course, there is still controversy in the academic community as to whether the so-called [Old God] really exists, but we are discussing this purely from an academic perspective, so we are not trying to blaspheme."

Professor Dunn took out a pipe and gestured to Shade. Seeing that he didn't mind, he knocked the ashes and said:

"Those ancient texts record many things,?, please forgive me for using this word to refer to it, ahem, when the cult of? first appeared in the local area in prehistory, it called the great one to come and gave representatives A pair of twins in black and white give them a very powerful blessing. Sorry, I don’t know the specific gender, so I use a neutral one to give them great power and defeat a terrible one. enemy."

Although the professor was discussing things about gods as an ordinary person, because what he knew was only very vague content, the professor did not feel any strange because of the knowledge he received.

"This is indeed more specific than local traditions and customs. In addition to the ancient texts that were collected by the church, do you have other information?"

It is impossible for Shade to go to the church to ask for information.

Professor Dunn lit the tobacco in the pipe with a match and took a nice puff:

"Of course, these stories that happened in prehistory have long become part of the local ancient legends of Fort Midhill. If you often go to the tavern, you can even learn some very true facts from the local bards. Bad stories. After all, bards use exaggerated stories to attract people, and we folklorists are responsible for sorting out the content. ”

The professor pushed up his glasses:

"Mr. Watson, even though the ancient faith has long gone, Fort Midhill is still deeply affected.

The worship of the Twins continues in this city to this day. If twins are born in a certain family, it will be regarded as a very good omen by the locals and neighbors. This tradition even radiates to the entire Sikal Mountains and can be seen in Kasenlik at the southern foot of the Rommel Mountains. ”

"So, faith becomes culture, thus forging part of civilization?"

The stranger asked, Professor Dunn glanced at him unexpectedly, and adjusted his chair with his pipe to face Shade, who was sitting sideways just now:

"Yes, what you said is very consistent with my view on folklore. When faith becomes culture, have those old gods who have left in legend really gone? Maybe the great These creatures and indescribable natural phenomena are just with us and our world in another way."

Professor Dunn’s words were very good. Shade nodded thoughtfully:

"Yes, I have always thought that maybe the old gods just left temporarily. Faith becomes culture. So if I want to continue to delve deeper into the twin worship, what should I do?"

Gemini worship is not only related to this city, but may also help solve the problem of Dorothy and Lesia, so Shade is very concerned about it:

"My teacher has passed away, but the folklorists and archaeologists who participated in the archaeological excavation should still have some information. Please wait."

The professor got up and rummaged through the bookshelf on the wall at the door of the office for a while, and found a notebook that had obviously not been taken out for a long time.

The notebook was very old. Professor Dunn returned to his desk and opened the notebook. The pages inside were yellowed and even had traces of moth damage. Some names and addresses were recorded on it, but most of the names were written on the back of the notebook. All have been marked with the date of death:

"This is what the teacher left to me. They are his friends. After all, those in our field have to travel to study and communicate with each other frequently, so it is always good to have more friends."

He quickly found the name of the person left behind during the archaeological excavation at the northern foot of Mount Sikal thirty years ago:

"Oh, fortunately, there are still a few old professors who are still alive during the archeology. But they are all in other places. Let me take a look and I recommend this one."

"Who is the other party?"

Xia De also tilted his head to check, and Professor Dunn pointed to the writing on the notebook:

"The other party is an archeology professor from Tobesk. He should have retired long ago based on his age, but such a senior professor should be rehired. I looked at the address. Yes, it is this person, Tiris Mann. Ning lives at No. 17 Mao Tail Lane in the University District of Tobesk City. I visited him when I went to Tobesk for a meeting five years ago. Professor Manning seemed healthy at the time, but I don’t know how he is now.”

Professor Dunn indicated that Shade could copy the address in his notebook and write to Professor Manning for help.

"Professor Manning"

The past events between the professor, Mengbi and the cat popped into Shade’s head again.

With a smile on his face, he copied down the address that he was very familiar with. In his mind, he was thinking about how many archaeological excavations Professor Manning, as his friend, had participated in. A month ago, when Miss Aurora took him to the rural town next to Coldwater Port to search for the [Shocking] Spirit Rune, she also met an old man who was related to Professor Manning.

"Okay, if necessary, I will come to you again, so farewell, Professor Dunn."

Shad stood up and left, and Professor Dunn also sent Shad outside the door. When he closed the door and continued writing the report, he muttered again:

"Ms. Cassandra, why are you so obsessed with that worthless bronze jar? You even sent someone to investigate."

Put down your pipe and think again:

"Could this be related to Miss Helen Black who just returned to the academy?"

Now that he has the next clue, Shade can leave Fort Midhill. Before leaving, he also said hello to Captain Rades, gave him the reward of 5 pounds, and left the address of the House of the Blind as his mailing address.

The captain is very enthusiastic and wants to entertain Shade as a guest at the Red Water Camp on Windy Trail. Of course, Captain Rades cannot come in and out of the military camp at will, but he can come out when he is on vacation next Thursday.

The Windy Trail is the most important mountain road through the Sikal Mountains. Next to the Red Water Camp, there is a camp where merchants and travelers gather. The captain won the [Gun of Kindness] by playing Rhodes in the tavern there.

When he said goodbye to the captain, the sunset had just appeared on the horizon, but when Shade walked through the forest and came to the ruined tower in the mountain, the last ray of light of the sun had actually disappeared on the side of Mount Sikal.

The end of the Harvest Moon is here, and the days are getting shorter.

When she returned to Saint Teresa Square, Luvia had already arrived and continued her stargazing on the third floor. She didn't have time to talk to Shade because she was a little behind schedule.

"Would you like to have dinner together?"

"Oh, Shade, go ahead by yourself, I'm busy here."

The sound came from the third floor.

"Then let me bring some back for you!"

Xia De stood at the stairs on the second floor and shouted. After receiving the answer, he looked at the Mia cat at his feet:

"Have you had dinner?"

"Meow~"

Mia ran down the stairs quickly, probably because she hadn't eaten, so she wanted Shade to take him with the intention of eating.

Because he had to deliver food to Luvia and didn’t want to take Mia to Professor Manning, Shade sent the cat home after dinner. When going upstairs, he happened to meet Luvia who came down from the third floor to serve tea. The latter thanked Shade and asked curiously:

"I've already helped you feed the cat, why did you take it out for dinner again?"

"Huh?"

Xia De looked at the orange cat lying in his arms with squinted eyes:

"But it ate very happily just now, and it doesn't feel like it has had dinner at all."

"Meow!"

The cat purred softly and rubbed the clothes on Shade's chest. The purple-eyed girl smiled and said:

"It seems you were tricked by a cat."

Mia was allowed to run around the house by herself, but she went straight to the third floor instead of going to the second floor to sharpen her claws. Shade didn't care about it. A run after eating would also help the cat stay in shape.

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

Of course the professor was at home at such a late hour, and he was very happy to receive him after finding out that it was Sha De who came to the door. After the usual greetings, Shade asked about the Twin Gods and Twin Worship. The old professor, who was wearing pajamas at home, was quite surprised to look behind the desk at the young man at the edge of the gas lamp:

"Oh? Why did you suddenly mention such a thing?"