The Whispering Verses Chapter 739: All things are equal and all living things are dead
Chapter 739 All things are equal and all living things die
Compared with how they were as mortals, Grace and Helen are obviously in a very wrong state now. This abnormality refers to their mental state. It seems that they, entangled in the whispering element, are finally heading towards chaos.
Meeting an old friend from long ago not only did not make Shade happy, but instead made him worry about the future of the twins. At the last moment when the disaster at Fort Midhill was about to come to an end, they actually appeared as the guardians of the seal. This was obviously not a good sign.
However, there is currently nothing Xia De can do about it and can only wait for the further development of the matter.
After picking up his cat from Miss Swift outside the door, he went upstairs to say goodbye to Granny Cassandra, and then took a carriage to Loranta Manor in the north of the city. It was Miss Aurora's temporary residence at Fort Midhill, and the manor itself was the property of Cassandra's mother-in-law.
Shad will visit "Reverse Rebirth" Joey Barton again in the afternoon, but he will not invite the twelfth-level witch Miss Sylvie Aurora to go with him, because this time he will go with Mr. Barton Talk alone about sensitive topics about the chosen one.
When he went to the manor to visit Miss Aurora, in addition to the fact that after the witch came to Middleburg, Shade had only seen her once at the Fire Worship Festival dinner, so he thought that since he was fine, he could see her more often. From Miss Aurora, I borrowed the piece of witch jewelry that belonged to her, which is a sage-level relic [the ancient witch’s gold ring, first from the right] that can provide all-round benefits to ring warlocks.
Joy Barton is related to the Truth Society, and Shade will definitely not rush over without making any preparations.
It was already noon when we arrived at the manor. Miss Aurora, who had just received guests from the Chamber of Commerce, invited Shade and Cat to have lunch together.
During lunch, she asked about yesterday's "ceremony" and confirmed that Shade had met Cassandra's mother-in-law's teacher.
"Yes, I have known her before. I met her before in Tobesk, but I didn't know that she was also a ring warlock."
Xia De used this excuse to prevaricate. It was obvious that Miss Aurora was very suspicious of this, but in the end she did not ask any more questions:
"Just be more careful yourself. The more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie."
The witch said while holding a spoon, and signaled the servant to refill her glass with red wine.
After lunch, Shade got the ring from Miss Aurora who didn't ask anything, and then set off again with Mia.
After separating from Iluna last week, Iluna has reported the [Truth Society] to the church, and it is said that there has been some progress. But so far, the church has not been able to find out about the Crow Club from the Society of Truth, because there is no difference between Pigtail Alley and the first two times Shade came.
Even when Shade knocked on the door, the same person opened the door. He also knew Shade, and naturally he remembered "John Watson" who accompanied two different girls, so he directly led Shade to the deepest room on the first floor of the club and met Mr. Joy Barton.
The room is still the same, except that the crow in the birdcage at the door seems to have been changed.
When he sat down, Shade curiously asked why the original crow had disappeared. Mr. Button, who was wearing a turban, said rather sentimentally:
"After you left last time, it died for no reason, as if it was frightened to death. The crows in the club have been specially bred and have high spirituality and humanity. I really don't know what happened to it. Suddenly he died."
Xia De, who was holding the cat, comforted:
"You also said last time that normal birth and death are natural laws, and there is nothing to worry about. Mr. Barton, you should bless it for this life. However, the artificially raised crow was scared to death. Yes, this is a rare thing."
Xia De pretended to look around:
"In recent weeks, I have often heard rumors about haunted cities in the city. Even when we came by carriage just now, the talkative coachman also mentioned this. Maybe you should be more careful, maybe there is something nearby. How about preparing some refined salt to sprinkle on the door?"
Mr. Barton shook his head:
"Using salt to exorcise evil spirits is just a superstition of country people. You cannot use this to deal with ghosts. However, there have been a lot of haunting news in the city recently, and this autumn is really not peaceful in Rice Castle. If you are worried about evil spirits In case of spiritual intrusion, I can give you an amulet, oh, for free, of course, I don’t make money by selling this.”
As he said that, he really wanted to stand up and get Shade an amulet that could expel ghosts, but Shade stopped him.
Mr. Barton then asked:
"Mr. Watson, are you here alone this time to perform divination for your pet cat Sherlock? I noticed that you did not bring any other female companions this time."
"Yes, it is still a divination for it."
Xia De scratched Xiao Mia's chin, then looked around, confirming that there were indeed only two people, a cat and a crow in the dark room:
"However, before proceeding with the divination, I would like to have a chat with you."
"Of course, I only receive guests once every half day, and chatting with guests is also part of my job scope."
"I want to talk about something about privacy. You can understand that I want to draw material for my new book."
"Oh, that's it."
Joy Barton nodded, stood up with difficulty, then limped to the door, picked up the pole erected behind the door, reluctantly stood on tiptoes, and used the wooden pole with a hook at one end. Open the blue curtain on the side of the cage and let the curtain cover the cage.
Actually, he didn't have to do this at all, because the crow looked as well-behaved as the last one. After Shade brought the cat Mia in, it huddled in the cage and didn't dare to move.
“Sometimes crows’ eyes and ears are very sensitive, and they are very spiritual.”
Mr. Barton explained with a smile, then limped back and signaled to Shade that he could speak.
"Excuse me, what do you think about death?"
Putting Mia on his knees, Shade officially got down to business.
Mr. Barton was obviously taken aback by Shade's question:
"This is really a profound question, but no matter what, I want to remind you not to give up your life easily."
"Don't worry, there are still too many things in my life that I can't let go of."
"That's good."
This man who was obviously middle-aged but looked like a deformed child sighed:
"Death, I have had a lot of feelings about this in recent decades. Although I don't think I am a good litterateur or writer, if I write down my inner thoughts, it is probably enough to publish a book. I Think of death as the end of a journey."
"Please elaborate on this."
Shad made a very interested expression, Mr. Button’s thick hands were clasped together, and his two thumbs were twirling each other:
"Perhaps everyone has a different background and identity when they are born, and their future growth trajectories are also different, but for us mortals, the most fair thing about life is that everyone will be born and die."
"Yes, everyone does."
The figures of Helen and Grace behind the curtain jumped into Shade's head.
"After going through a long journey, I fell into eternal sleep with satisfaction and regret. Maybe some people's life is full of flowers and beauty along the way, some people are withered bones along the way, some people are going uphill, and some people are on the uphill road. Walking back and forth between the top of the mountain and the valley, some people even walk backwards"
He paused, obviously thinking of himself:
"But no matter what, everything will return to death. All things are equal and all living things die - I respect death for this reason."
"All living things die. That's right, it's true."
Shad nodded, then showed an embarrassed expression, while Mia looked up at the birdcage:
"Mr. Barton, I'm sorry to say this, but I asked someone to inquire about you."
Joy Barton was not surprised:
"Yes, it is impossible for a rich man like you to trust a strange guy like me so much. However, what I am more curious about is, what do you know?"
"I know some strange past events. After you were born, you suffered from a strange disease. Your body aged rapidly when you were very young, so that even though you were still a child, you looked like a dying old man. But As you age, your aging body becomes younger and younger as if growing in reverse. As for now, Mr. Barton, although you look like a child now, your actual age should be over forty."
"Yes, I didn't expect you to know so much."
"No, no, no, that's all I know."
Xia De shook his head hurriedly:
"I am local and have some very powerful friends, so I can investigate the past records. But I really don't know your experience after leaving Middlesbrough. What I want to know today is these stories. Of course. , if you have past events that you don’t want to recall, we can also talk about other things.”
"Hey, that's it. It wasn't a pleasant experience. If you want to know, we can talk about it. I'm not ashamed of my illness."
Mr. Barton sighed and stared at the teacup in his hand:
“Most of my childhood memories are of the hospital bed and the scenery outside the window. After they were convinced that Myopia could not cure my reverse growth disease, my parents sent me to other places and stayed with relatives to continue treatment. The family I came from , I’m not as wealthy as you, so I say it’s for medical treatment, but actually it’s just that I want to see around while I’m still alive.”
"Have you found a cure?"
"The trick of fate is here, the gold pounds have been spent, but to no effect. If the medical school is not willing to use my body as research material, it can give a certain subsidy, and as I grow older, my My health is getting better and better, but it’s actually very difficult for me to live to adulthood.”
PS: Modify a small detail. In Chapter 711, Sister Devlin mentioned that Joey Barton is 43 years old and he returned to Middlesbrough when he was 32 years old. The modification is that Joey Barton returned to Middlesbrough when he was 40 years old, that is, three years ago.