Whispering Poems.

Chapter 11 St. Byrons College
Because he was sleeping in a strange place, Xia De woke up very early the next morning.He touched the pocket watch by the bed and saw that the time was 06:30, so he thought of going downstairs to see if there would be a newspaper delivered. He knew that people in Tobesk generally had the habit of ordering newspapers.

The former detective could be regarded as a middle class, and the nature of his work also required him to read newspapers to understand the news, so it is indeed possible for the current Xia De to inherit the future newspapers.

Wearing slippers and walking along the stairs to the foyer on the first floor, I looked curiously at the sealed first floor, thinking that if I had time, I could dismantle a piece of wood and take a look inside.

The gas lamps in the hallway were revolved. Unfortunately, there were no newspapers stuffed in from the delivery port on the footmats in front of the door.

Shaking his head regretfully, he wanted to change his clothes and go out for breakfast.But the slippers had just touched the first steps, and the sound of the bell was actually heard.

There is a door rope outside the door of this apartment building. After pulling it, the rope will affect the gear mechanism inside the door and ring the bell on the inside, which is a simple doorbell.

"Here comes the newspaper deliverer? No, why did the newspaper deliverer knock on the door? Did they say it's time to pay for the next month's newspaper subscription?"

Shade, who had accumulated shabby savings, thought with some horror in his heart. After calculating his remaining money, he turned around and looked at the door uneasy.No matter who is outside the door, he can't know who he is, and it is unlikely that he will receive the money. There is a high probability that he is looking for the owner here.

"Maybe a new client?"

In a worse case, maybe the landlord who collects the rent has arrived.

There is no structure like a cat's eye on the door, so Xia De can only come to the door, translate the language knowledge he got yesterday in his head and ask:
"Who is it please?"

Immediately received an answer from outside the door, it was a familiar voice:
"Is it the Hamilton Detective Agency? I'm Bill Schneider, remember me? Yesterday's psychiatrist, we exchanged business cards at the door of the newspaper office opposite the Lark Club."

On this morning that was also shrouded in fog, Shade, one of the few people in this world who knew his name, came to visit him.

Unexpectedly, the visitor was Dr. Schneider, and Shade stood behind the door, wondering if it should be opened.With just a moment of hesitation, he let the psychiatrist outside the door know the detective's precautions:

"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have to think about it. Although it is strange to visit at this time, I have no ill will. After all, there is not much time. Please take a look at this first."

The man outside the door was talking and brought in a piece of paper from the newspaper delivery port.

"Remember what I said yesterday? Adult education, correspondence teaching. Detective, you have a very special talent."

Shade bent down and took the piece of paper, then raised his hand to slightly dim the gas light in the hallway.With this light, I saw that it was an admissions brochure.

"Ok?"

He suspected that he was dazzled, or that he hadn't woken up yet.

In his hand, paper about the size of A4, with silver borders outlines the shape of a parchment roll. This is an admissions document for an institution of higher learning called "St. Byrons Comprehensive College".Except for the school emblem in the shape of a "chained book" directly above, there are not many patterns, and the printed text part occupies most of the paper.

St. Byron's College is not enrolling ordinary students, they are enrolling "correspondence" adult students.

In addition to this, the ten departments of the college are written on the paper, and the tuition fee, admission time, academic year, admission conditions and restrictions, and recommendation system registration process are written.In these respects at least, this is just an ordinary school.

"But why is there no school's address?"

It took Xia a long time to ask, and then he was surprised that he didn't ask the other person if he had a mental illness, but came over early in the morning to deliver the admissions documents to the stranger.

"You're very observant."

The psychiatrist outside the door praised, and then asked:
"Then, at least let me talk inside? Maybe I can answer your questions about the other you in your head."

The voice in his head did not appear because he was mentioned. Xia De in the door opened his mouth and opened the door.

A middle-aged doctor with a briefcase, wearing a brown coat and a small silk cap, stood on the steps, wearing a pair of thick black boots.Still an elegant mustache, blue eyes make people feel very good:

"Don't forget your milk."

He points to the milk crate to the left of the door, with a standard accent, probably a native of Tobesque:
"When I came just now, the milkman just left."

"Okay, please come in."

Xia De nodded hesitantly, looked at the doctor, and tried his best to make a kind expression.He picked up the key on the shoe cabinet to unlock the milk box, and the psychiatrist followed him into the door of the apartment after Shade got the milk bottle.

He was also surprised at the sealed part of the first floor, but the doctor didn't say much, but went along the stairs to Room 1 on the second floor with the silent Xia De.

Asking the doctor to wait for a while, Shade went back to the bedroom to change into a suit, and then heated hot water to entertain the guests.Although there was no food in the kitchen, at least there was black tea to entertain the client of the detective incident, otherwise Xia De could only treat the guests with boiled water.

After everything was sorted out, the two sat down to talk.

The fabric sofa set in the living room is quite vintage, I don't know if it is an antique.Two long and two short, surrounded by wooden coffee tables from all sides, are very suitable for business negotiations with clients.

The doctor and Shade were sitting on the couch facing each other.

"You don't need to introduce yourself. First of all, I want you to trust me."

The mustachioed Schneider psychiatrist spoke first. He smiled and thanked Shade for the black tea:
"This time, I'm really here for the college leaflet I gave you. First, let me describe your current symptoms—"

"Wait a minute, are the symptoms school-related?"

Shade asked, but there was already speculation in his heart.He is not a "local", he has seen those crazy fantasies and is more comfortable with this situation.The "St. Byrons Comprehensive College" mentioned by the other party is probably a kind of school with Hogwarts.

"Certainly, listen to me. Mr. Shad Hamilton, can you hear another voice in your head?"

Although Shade tried his best to control his expression, he could see his failure from Mr. Schneider's smile.

The doctor added:

"Is that voice saying something inexplicable? Besides, some words are helpful to you? He will whisper in your ear, and suddenly speak when you don't expect it, but it has no malice towards you."

Shade knew that he couldn't hide it, so he nodded.

"And, detective, your symptoms must have developed within 72 hours."

"To be precise, 24 hours."

Shade said.

"That's better, then we still have a lot of time, it seems that we are very lucky. After all, the awakening time of talent is 72 hours, so I have more time to explain the situation to you."

Dr. Schneider laughed:

"The above symptoms are similar to the manifestations of schizophrenia, but they are not actually in my eyes."

He pointed to himself, his blue eyes looked at Shade, and he spoke very slowly:

"The existence of an 'other me' is a wonderful and dangerous gift for certain groups of people. No, it should be said that it is an early manifestation of a gift. If you can guide it, then you can see more real world, mysterious and dangerous, if not guided"

"Return to ordinary?"

"No, it's worse."

The doctor shook his head:
"I don't want to deceive you, at least it's not necessary now. Clearly speaking, this is a symptom of the 'Hydraulic Warlock' talent, a rare talent, you can treat it as a gift of fate or a curse of fate. As for the 'ring warlock', it can be regarded as a special profession, a profession that can use mysterious power. I hope you understand what I mean."

The doctor was deliberately observing Xia De's expression. This era was still an era of ignorance, and people who believed in righteous gods generally did not accept concepts such as "witchcraft".But fortunately, just like the doctor's investigation, the detective on the opposite side was still a person with a brain problem a few days ago, and it was only because of the awakening of his talent that he returned to normal, so the concept of normal citizens is different.

On the other hand, the speculation was confirmed, and Shade nodded hesitantly.He wanted to pretend to be surprised, because normal people would definitely be surprised, but at the moment, his heart was extraordinarily calm, even a little too calm. He thought this might be the reason for the stress yesterday:

"That is to say, hearing a strange sound in the ear is actually a certain system, the manifestation of a power system? Many people do this? It seems that some people see farther, and some listen more?"

Shad asked.

"Yes, 'I am you and you are me', as is the case with every cyclist. If you succeed in becoming a cyclist, then this voice will stay with you and help you throughout your life. That voice is another you, just yours The vision is different, he will help you to contact this crazy and noisy world in a more real way, to touch the secret and weird. Knowledge, information and even words have dangerous power, and outside the safe world of ordinary people, we cannot Use your soul to get directly close to those forces that can distort yourself."

The doctor waited and gave Shade time to think:

"But the awakening time of the Ring Warlock talent is very short, from the first whisper in the ear to the complete disappearance of the sound, usually within 72 hours, and not every talent can hear the sound frequently and realize the sound. It's not their own thoughts. They just think it's hallucinations, or there's something wrong with their ears.

Therefore, Detective Shad Hamilton, whether it is the three major colleges or the church, wants to recruit and train new personnel, it is very difficult.That's why I say we're all lucky. "

(End of this chapter)