Chapter 2550: Bennett and the Haunted Rumor

Chapter 2549 Bennett and the Haunted Rumor

As the carriage moved towards the city center, the height was actually rising. Before Shade was about to reach his destination, the coachman signaled his foreign passenger to look to the right:

"Guest, do you see that castle?"

There was indeed a castle outside the window. It was located southwest of Vista City, on the other side of the hill:

"I see, this is the most magnificent building in the city, right? The Dawn Church we passed by just now was not so magnificent."

The coachman introduced with a smile:

"That is the Ximu Town Music Academy, the original school in this city, and now the best music academy in the entire Carsenrick. Many famous young musicians in the country came from here. You can go there to take a look if you have time."

"Was that castle built specifically for the academy? It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Shade asked again, and the coachman did not give a very definite answer this time:

"It is said that this is a castle that already existed in the forest, and I don't know what it was originally used for."

So this is most likely a building rebuilt from ancient ruins.

The road to the "Accordion Inn" requires passing through the "Golden Music Hall", and so Shade finally saw this concert hall, which is said to be the largest in the entire Old World.

It stands like a golden palace in the center of the highest point of the city. The flat building adopts a symmetrical structure, and the four squares facing the four gates in four directions make it look like an unfolded four-leaf clover.

The exterior walls are carved with beams and painted with rich and gorgeous reliefs and carvings, and each one is a masterpiece of art. The delicate and complex decorations set off the brilliance of the sun in the early morning of autumn. The Baroque-style porch that foreigners have seen in their hometowns is towering into the sky, and the huge arch seems to lead to another mysterious world.

Of course, considering that this is also a building rebuilt from ancient relics, this sense of mystery and antiquity is not surprising.

In order to let Shade take a good look at this place, the driver deliberately slowed down when passing by.

Every detail here exudes a strong historical atmosphere, but although it is called the "Golden Music Hall", in fact, the exterior walls of the building are not golden but rather classical white and light tones.

The driver told Shad that when the gas lamps were turned on at night, the walls would appear golden due to the light of the gas lamps, which is the origin of the "Golden Hall".

The opening hours here on weekdays are from 9 am to 8 pm. In addition to being a "concert hall", part of the magnificent building is also a museum. Although there are still concerts inside after 8 pm, the audience is no longer allowed to enter, and tourists are no longer allowed to visit.

Now the time is right. If Shad hadn't been in a hurry, he would actually like to go here to take a look. But after all, Miss Danister's matter is the most important. When he finds the lady, he has plenty of time to see this city in the forest.

The elf is right. The "Accordion Hotel" is indeed very close to the Golden Music Hall, and the distance is closer than No. 6 St. Teresa Square to the Yodel Palace.

The yellow signboard is hung outside the window on the second floor. The four-story hotel is in a right angle shape, occupying the intersecting "Golden Music Avenue" and "Elton Promenade".

This hotel is the largest hotel in the city. Because it is close to the "Golden Music Hall", most of the musicians who once played or sang in the "Golden Music Hall" have stayed here, which has made it more famous over time.

But because of this, when the stranger who entered the hotel tried to ask the hotel waiter if there was an empty room when the Moon Dance Festival concert was about to begin, he got a negative answer:

"I'm sorry, guest, because the Moon Dance Festival is coming, and guests from other places have started to book rooms since the beginning of the Thunder Month, and now they are full."

The lady with a very pretty appearance said behind the counter, wearing a silver accordion-style brooch on her chest.

The first floor of the Accordion Hotel is very large, but like the "Three Cats Hotel", the first floor is used as a lobby and a tavern for dining and socializing. The counter is also in a right angle shape, and there are three ladies receiving guests.

Pretending to be troubled, Shade said embarrassedly:

"Can you make some concessions? I can pay the premium room rate."

"Sorry, guest, there is really nothing I can do about this. But there should be other hotels in the city, you can go there and ask."

Shade was not sure that Miss Danister lived here, Luvia only divined that she could find clues here. He couldn't even ask "Is there a lady named Danister Gustave living here", after all, Miss Danister would probably not use her real name when she went out for private matters like this.

Wanting to rent a room is just to get a mailing address for yourself according to convention, and now there is no room, so I can only give up.

So Shade thanked the waitress and left here, and then turned into a silver cat in the alley next to him. After a few neat run-ups, he climbed up the steam pipe wrapped with an insulation layer on the outside of the wall.

It took some effort to climb to the top of the building. Shade didn't want to cause trouble when he just came to a strange city. Instead of using illusion to hide himself and then enter the hotel to check if there was any problem here, it would be better to turn into a cat and check in the hotel openly.

He was not afraid of getting dirty. After confirming that the chimney on the roof was not for decoration, he jumped directly from the chimney. So a few minutes later, the silver cat, which had shaken off the soot from its body, successfully appeared in the corridor on the fourth floor of the Accordion Hotel.

The hotel corridor was quiet, but the decoration here was quite nice. The oil paintings hanging on the walls are all of well-known musicians, of course, outsiders have only heard of a very few of them.

In order to prevent other troubles, he did not waste too much time looking at the oil paintings in cat form, but quickly ran along the corridor to the fourth floor, and then went to the third floor.

During this period, the silver cat met other guests on the stairs who were walking up, but they only thought it was the pet cat raised by other guests running around, so they didn't pay attention to it at all. There was no problem on the fourth floor, and it was normal on the third floor. Because it was an ordinary guest room on the second floor, the rooms were smaller and more numerous, but Shade still didn't feel anything unusual.

There were too many guests on the first floor, so it kept its cat state and stopped at the stairs to recall whether it had missed any details:

"The clue can't be in the kitchen, right? Or in the basement? Yes, this is bigger than the Green Lake Hotel. There can't be a basement. Maybe Miss Danist left a clue in the potato pile?"

But no matter how much I think about it, I know it’s impossible.

There was no need to doubt the results of the special divination. Shade was sure that he had found the right place.

[Maybe you need to be a little patient. 】

"She" said in the silver cat's ear. The cat's ears twitched a few times and turned its head to look behind it.

[After all, even if I can’t find it, isn’t there a new divination opportunity tonight? 】

"Yes."

So ten minutes later, Shade returned to his human form and walked into the hotel again, only this time as a dining guest.

It was just past eleven o'clock at this time. Although it might be a little too early to have lunch according to the habits of this era, the kitchen of such a big hotel is always open, so after Shade asked for the menu, he randomly selected a few dishes, and then I generously tipped the waiter 5 pfennigs:

"Let the kitchen serve food faster."

"Yes sir."

The waiter who received the tip was also very considerate in helping Sha De prepare the dishes, so Sha De's lunch soon arrived. The same waiter came to deliver the meal, so Shade gave him another tip and asked him to help buy today's newspaper.

In addition to those newspapers published throughout Kasenlik, the most famous local newspapers in Vista City are the Brookwood Morning News, the Sound of Music and the Daily Lumberjack. Shade ate leisurely Checking the local news over lunch and reaffirming that the city is truly peaceful.

And when he finished his meal and signaled the waiter to come over to pay, he took out his wallet and asked:

"I originally wanted to stay at your place, but there are no vacancies. It's a pity. I'm actually a travel writer, and I heard that this place is haunted."

"There is no such thing."

The waiter said hurriedly, and Shade asked curiously:

"But I heard that in Vista City, especially within the original Ximu Town, aren't there phantoms or strange sounds from time to time?"

I heard this on the black market yesterday.

The waiter shook his head again:

"I am a local, and I have heard such rumors, but they are within the scope of the old city. We are in the new city. You may have heard false rumors. We are here."

He saw Sha De take out another banknote from his wallet and press it under the cup. Sha De did not drink any alcohol. He drank the "Song of Ximu Town" drink, which was actually local honey water with some other ingredients in it. Apple juice taste.

"If you want to collect information, I just heard that there were strange noises coming from the broom room between Rooms 318 and 319 on the east side of the third floor last week, but nothing was found after inspection."

The waiter tried hard to lower his voice, as if he was afraid that others would hear:

"But Boss Bennet won't let us talk nonsense. He's afraid it will affect business. It's the eve of the Moon Dance Festival, which is the most profitable season of the year."

Shade nodded slightly, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, but said nothing to the waiter.

When he packed up his newspaper and stood up, he asked in his heart:

"The mermaid of Moon Bay asked me to find her. The last name of the person who owes her debt is"

[Bennet. And she said you don’t have to bother looking, the other person will show up in front of you. 】

Now "Bennet" had indeed appeared on its own, and it had appeared just as Shade had arrived in "Music City." He had some doubts that the mermaid also had strong prophecy ability, or that Vista City was the place where Shade would definitely come:

"So, the story of the eighth chosen one will not really happen in this forest city, right?"

Of course, finding Miss Denister is still the top priority right now, and the "Bennet" matter can be put aside for now.