Chapter 1650: [Ring of Moods]

The church does not yet have plans to completely seal the island, because due to the existence of the white fog, it is impossible for people to stay on or even around the island for a long time.

"Thirteen-Ring... regarding the investigation of the other island, are there any clues?"

"Unfortunately, no. If it weren't for the fact that many people saw the other island that night, even I might have thought it was a hallucination. As for the captain we brought back, his soul disappeared. It seems that the ancestors did indeed make various preparations."

Xia De nodded, and only then opened Professor Boulanger's letter.

Professor Boulanger had indeed found the owner of the fountain pen, the whereabouts of Drout Gilles, a lecturer at St. Fabri Academy in Willowdale.

He wrote to a friend in Willowdale and learned that Drout Gilles had resigned from St. Fabri Academy shortly after traveling alone to the Green Lake area three years ago. His destination after resigning was clear; he was a bachelor who moved alone to Tobesk City in Delarion and had lived there ever since.

Although he had never returned to Willowdale since then, his former colleagues and friends occasionally wrote to him, so they knew his life was not bad. However, this communication stopped abruptly more than two months ago, which was early 1854.

Professor Boulanger's friend asked around and learned that during his time in Tobesk, Drout Gilles had visited a respected old history professor in the "Pearl of the North" many times to discuss problems together. So, if Xia De wanted to find Drout Gilles' whereabouts, he could first go to Tobesk to find that old professor:

"The professor's name is... Tyris Manning, who has retired and lives at 17 Cat Tail Alley in the University District of Tobesk... Ha, I'm not surprised at all."

The old professor, who exposed his love for cat girls because of 【The Joyful Dream Pen】, had given Xia De a lot of help this year. The honorary doctorate Xia De received a month ago was also thanks to Professor Manning's help. Speaking of which, Xia De hadn't visited Professor Manning since he recovered from his illness, so this was a good opportunity.

"Are there clues about Drout Gilles?"

Megan asked curiously when she saw Xia De finished reading the letter. Xia De nodded:

"Find him within two days. Whether dead or alive, this clue about the grave robbers is finally over."

Saying this, he took out his notebook and flipped through it, which recorded the daily itinerary of the Carsonrick negotiation team and the Delarion negotiation team:

"The negotiations this week are in Green Lake City, the morning itinerary is... no meeting this morning, Carsonrick representatives visiting the local church?"

He sensed the time, and in about an hour, the delegation would arrive at the "Church of War and Peace." Making the Church of Peace the first stop of the visit was also a very meaningful arrangement. Although the negotiations between the two countries had not made much progress, this kind of ceremonial arrangement was done very well.

"Megan, do you want to go to the Church of Peace with me?"

Xia De asked suddenly, and Megan blinked in surprise:

"What?"

"I'm going to see Edward Edwards' grandsons and find a way to get the blood. Last time I suggested to them whether they wanted to see you, and they said they would consider it. If they agree this time, I'll let you meet directly. Now there are only two of them left among the living Edwards descendants of the fifth and sixth generations; you haven't met them yet, right?"

Megan thought for a while:

"I've forgotten how long it's been since I've been to church. No problem, I accept your invitation."

Xia De smiled:

"Haven't been to church in a long time? I'm different from you; I'm a loyal believer of 【Mr. Dawn】... relatively loyal. In the area where I live for a long time, I am a core believer of the local church, the kind that invites me to speak at every Holy Prayer Festival."

"What exactly is your social status?"

The witch asked Xia De while holding her face, her eyelashes trembling slightly, which was truly charming.

"You'll know next week, I promise."

Megan then said:

"Before we leave, I want to give you a gift. No, don't rush to refuse."

She held Xia De's hand across the table:

"When you touched that heart during the day on Monday, and after you came out of the water at night, I noticed your expression was wrong. The emptiness and indifference in your heart will drive people crazy."

"But those things are in the past, I'm very normal now. I chatted with an old friend for a few words, and I understood everything."

But Megan still shook her head:

"You said that was the sequelae of you touching an angel-level relic, don't say it so easily. In terms of mental disorder and emotional dysregulation, I have decades of experience... I mean, I want to give you a relic that can enhance emotions. But I haven't gotten it yet, I'll take you there next time we meet."

"Relic? Please don't give me anything too valuable."

Xia De shook his head immediately, and the witch said with a smile:

"You've helped me so much, can't I give you a gift?

And it's not very valuable, it's just to mobilize emotions. The poet-level relic 【Ring of Moods】, its function is only to enhance specific emotions, offset emotional wear and tear, oh, and it can also store a certain emotion and release it to yourself when the time is right, making you an acting master. The ancient wisdom engraved on the ring explains the importance of rich emotions to us."

She coughed and said very formally:

"【The fusion of joy and sorrow is the inner interpretation of wisdom】."

Xia De inexplicably felt that this ring might be very suitable for his cat. If he remembered correctly, the side effect of the 【Ring of Longevity】 he got from the demon was that it would grind away emotions.

Moreover, the sentence structure of the ancient message on the ring was also very similar to the other five rings in the "Mia's Five Rings."

Seeing that Megan insisted on giving him a gift, he did not push it away, but asked again:

"This ring is very suitable for assisting certain miracles that require extreme emotions. For example, my miracle that turns into an angel statue requires the emotion of anger, and the miracle I recently learned that makes ice explode requires positive emotions. Since it is a poet-level relic, the containment method should be very simple, and the negative characteristics should be very small, right?"

Megan nodded:

"According to the information I got, the containment of this relic is simple, any walnut wood box will do. The side effect is that it may trigger extreme emotions, leading to the ring-sorcerer losing control. Oh, also, if this relic is used to offset the negative effects of other relics grinding away emotions, it will lead to permanent blindness. But offsetting the effects of spellcasting, alchemical items, and potions will not have this negative characteristic—emotions are blind, that's probably what it means."

"Offsetting the effects of 【Ring of Longevity】 will lead to blindness..."

Xia De nodded thoughtfully, thinking not about what to find to offset the negative characteristics of this relic, but about how many rings could be strung on Mia's little tail.

Going to the church, the only thing worth noting is not to carry relics. After packing up, Xia De set off with Megan. Her carriage was waiting outside the hotel, and today Green Lake was another rainy day.

It's just that today's rain was very light, and the drizzle didn't even require an umbrella. This was the hazy drizzle belonging to spring; the rain on Monday was too exaggerated.

The Church of War and Peace in Green Lake City is located in the city center, not far from the Green Lake Hotel. In front of the church is a large circular square. If it weren't raining, you could see white pigeons raised by the church, but unfortunately, the pigeons didn't come out to forage on a rainy day.

Although the Carsonrick delegation was coming to visit here today, the church was not closed to other believers because of this. The delegation didn't have that much face to make the church do this.

When Xia De and Megan arrived, it was still early, so they didn't enter the church immediately but waited in the carriage for a while. Through the carriage window, they could see the poor waiting for relief food at the side door of the church lined up against the wall.

This scene made the outlander feel deeply:

"So the Church of Peace distributes relief food on Wednesday morning."

He remembered clearly that the Church of Dawn was on the weekend evening.

"Yes, they distribute more in winter. The girls in charge of the business in Green Lake City said that in recent years, because more and more poor people in Green Lake City have become beggars due to bankruptcy and unemployment, more and more people are queuing up for relief food."

Xia De nodded gently and asked again suddenly:

"Then what about the City of Glass on the south bank of Green Lake?"

"The same, even if the industry and commerce of the City of Glass are more developed, there are more and more beggars. So, people like Rotten-Eye Barry can recruit enough manpower. When a person cannot support himself, he always has to find ways to survive."

Seeing Xia De pursing his lips and looking outside, the brown-haired lady suggested again:

"We got a lot of money from Rotten-Eye Barry. Since neither you nor I want that dirty money, let's donate it to the church as we said before. However, we can't donate it all at once to prevent being discovered that we are related to Barry."

She thought for a while and wrote a note to the coachman outside. The coachman left in a hurry, and after waiting for about twenty minutes, someone handed in a bearer draft from the window.

This draft only needs to be shown to receive money, and it doesn't even need a password or key; it is one of the most convenient payment tools of this era.

The witch checked the draft, flicked it lightly, and handed it to Xia De.

Xia De put it away and looked at the queue in the rain outside the window and said:

"We all know that just donating a sum of money cannot change this situation."

"Do you want to change this world?"

"No, of course not. I just want there to be fewer beggars, so that people can eat and earn money by their own wisdom or strength and live better. This is a very idealistic idea, but isn't that the internal cause and result of the progress of civilization?" ===== CHAPTER 1651 =====