Chapter 3450: People Celebrating the Festival
If Matilda and the others had no clues, then the next step would be to conduct a detailed investigation around the identity of the eighth pseudo-human. As a "first-generation" pseudo-human in the local area, the 【House of Pseudo-Humans】 would not appear in a place very far from him.
But fortunately, Matilda and Miss Pensite were both professional diviners, and they both had different gains.
"I saw a white wall, which was built of red bricks, just painted with white paint."
And Matilda's clue was slightly more abstract:
"In that blood light, I heard the sound of a heartbeat, the sound of a child crying, and finally the sound of a woman crying."
Images and sounds together formed effective information. Although even Bella could not directly divine the 【House of Pseudo-Humans】, if the maid ladies were allowed to use "white wall" and "sound" as clues to divine the locations related to this in the city, then this was the most basic work of diviners.
While Matilda and Miss Pensite were resting, the other four maid ladies performed divination on this together, and soon obtained the result:
"It's here."
The map in the city was unfolded by the bonfire, and slender fingers pointed out the area in the northeast of the city for Xia De:
"In the northeast of the city, the location not far from that point is the Snake Heart Hospital. The sound Matilda heard should be related to that place."
Xia De looked down at the location information and firmly remembered it in his heart:
"This time it's not outside the city, it's a bit troublesome, but fortunately the Snake Heart Hospital is nearby, so we can ask the nuns to help cover it up then. So everyone has worked hard, the mission is over, let's go back. The bonfire banquet and market of the All Souls Festival will officially start after sunset, and we can still catch up after dinner."
"Are we not going to that address to take a look?"
Miss Kangde of the Middle Ring asked, and Xia De shook his head:
"Knowing the specific address is enough; there's no need for the other party to see me appear directly at their doorstep. Besides, with so many mimics dying one after another today, the things inside the Mimic House must be extremely vigilant. Let them stay vigilant for a while; once I get that weapon..."
He stood up from the bonfire, looked across the dead branches of the cedar forest to the sunset that had already appeared in the sky:
"There were not many pseudo-humans on the island originally, and the things that happened in Tobesk will definitely not happen here."
Although the maid ladies from Moon Bay said they didn't mind touching such bloody and disgusting things all afternoon, Xia De still felt very sorry. The snowy mountain hall had to prepare for tomorrow's banquet, and it was not very convenient to entertain everyone today. After returning to the town, Xia De called the maid lady who stayed behind, and then went to the Fish Fork Hotel for dinner with everyone.
If Claire hadn't booked a room at the beginning of the month, it wouldn't be easy for Xia De to eat here tonight.
Sunset and moonrise, although the yellow sky was snowing, it did not delay the tourists' interest in sightseeing at all. Although the All Souls Festival was not well-known in the entire Old Continent, it was indeed one of the more important festivals in the Lagson Principality for a year.
After dinner, Xia De went to the high tower in the snowy mountain to pick up Silvia, and then met Xiwei at the entrance of the town, and then toured the Kyle-Todd Town in the festival with the two Great Witches.
Clearly the town was still that town, but when night fell and all the different lights were lit, the town also became very different in Xia De's eyes. He even wanted to bring Little Mia to see the world, but the witches holding his hands were reminding him that he had no time to take care of that naughty cat at this moment.
All the gas street lamps in the town were lit, and temporary gas bag cars borrowed from the City of Time were parked at the street entrance to supply energy for those temporary street lamp posts. The townspeople were wearing traditional costumes and doing business as small vendors on the main street of the town. Herbs, stone carvings, wood carvings, handicrafts, postcards, snowy mountain water, almost everything was sold.
Xia De even saw the "potion merchant" Mr. Sargent, who was also setting up a stall at the door of his shop to sell herbs. His business was very good, and when he greeted Xia De, he also said with a smile:
"The money earned during this kind of festival is more than selling real potions!"
And in the wider squares of the town, clusters of bonfires had already been lit, preparing for the large-scale ritual starting on the second day of the All Souls Festival.
At this time, including Claire, the three chief priests should be preparing at the pier, so Xia De could not meet Claire in the town. It was just that he bumped into Mr. Reinhardt and Mrs. Reinhardt—that is, Claire's parents—who were strolling in the town tonight because they had nothing to do.
This moment he was really quite grateful for his outstanding eyesight, seeing them before they observed him:
"We go this way!"
He said, and led the girls to turn to a roadside stall, turning his back to the street and waiting until the Reinhardt couple walked away before Xia De dared to look back.
"Who is that?"
Silvia and Xiwei had never seen Claire's parents before, so the white-haired girl made an introduction. The Great Witches all laughed, and Xia De bought a hat from the roadside stall that had helped a lot just now and put it on himself, and did not forget to explain:
"Celebrating the festival tonight, it is not suitable to have quarrels and noise, this is all for the atmosphere of the festival."
The old man selling hats also agreed:
"Although it is indeed wrong for this young man to step on multiple boats, since it is the All Souls Festival, perhaps the Holy Mountain is also willing to forgive him this time."
Xia De really doubted that this was because he bought a hat, so the other party was willing to speak for him.
Afterwards, Xia De met Mr. Mortis in the town again. It's just that he didn't wear a clown mask today. Taking off the mask, this was a man in his thirties with a somewhat vicissitudes and decadent expression.
He was not surprised that Xia De could recognize him, and after greeting Xia De, he walked toward the direction of Mr. Sargent's potion shop.
The diviners of the Divination Association also came to participate in the activities of the All Souls Festival. Because it was during the festival, the Fatu people did not forcibly drive people away. Xia De saw the former keeper of the Association, Mr. Antoine Charatu, from afar. The other party felt something and looked over with the crowd.
However, the two just nodded to each other and did not deliberately approach or talk.
"Is that the God-Caller?"
Xia De didn't even notice that the man who was bargaining with the merchant to buy a natural crystal with his back to him beside the old man Charatu was also a diviner. After Xia De and his party walked away, the old man wearing a floral shirt tonight lowered his voice and replied:
"Yes, President Lenormand."
The news that the President of the 【Divination Association】, the thirteenth-ring diviner "Mr. Crystal" Adelaide Lenormand, arrived on the island, no one knew for now.
"I see he is also accompanied by several companions?"
This diviner wearing a monocle and dressed very fashionably did not look at the direction Xia De left again.
"The distance is too far, I only saw the side profile, but they should all be witches."
"All are witches, and they are holding hands... I don't rush to judge whether the God-Caller is male or female, but ta is really not afraid of being beaten to death by those witches. I remember that the Great Witches of the 【Witch Council】 should not be the kind of generous people... As expected of the God-Caller, he really has means."
Since acquaintances all ran to the town to participate in the All Souls Festival activities, Xia De even guessed whether his enemies would also appear here, but fortunately he did not see the priest holding a book, or the evil cultist throwing dice.
Xia De of course did not forget Amelia. Amelia said that she would come to meet him after finishing her homework, but until the night grew deep and the atmosphere of the festival became more and more intense, the pointed-eared elf girl still did not appear.
"It seems Amelia's homework is really a lot."
Xia De thought with regret, while Xiwei stood by the pier and waved to the Radiant Messenger that had already sailed over. And under the Radiant Messenger, the mermaid girls were also carefully poking their heads out to look at the beautiful scenery on the shore.
Although many people were busy in the snowy mountain hall during the day, after night fell, there was almost no one here. Everyone went to the town to stroll, to the market to buy, or to the pier to play.
Only two pure white little beasts remained here without going out. The girls responsible for taking care of them were given a holiday by Claire, and they also went to the town to stroll. And the unicorns with quite high intelligence also followed the witch's arrangement and stayed here obediently without running around.
Of course, they didn't stay in their little nest, but flew to the roof of the snowy mountain hall, and then raised their upper bodies together, holding the railing, happily looking at the lively town below.
Ellie hadn't seen this scene for a long time. Although after being unsealed from the freezing, it had lived alone on the island for many years, it didn't dare to approach the human settlement, so it found everything fresh when looking at it.
The bodies of the two unicorns were almost leaning together, and the heads with golden horns probed out of the railing curiously, shaking left and right to look at everything below. The snowflakes fell on them, only making their pure white hair have some impure miscellaneous colors, and they were also very excited tonight. ===== CHAPTER 3451 =====
Ai Li had not seen such a scene for a long time. Although it had lived alone on the island for many years since being unsealed from the ice, it had never dared to approach human settlements, so everything looked fresh to it at this moment.
The two unicorns' bodies were almost pressed against each other, their heads with golden horns curiously poking out beyond the fence, swaying left and right as they watched everything below. Snowflakes fell on them, only adding some impure variegated colors to their pure white fur; they were also very excited tonight.
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