Chapter 99: The Bardic Bastard (Please Subscribe!)
Tang Qi quietly approached the house by the sea.
The property appeared to be an ordinary residence, only a stone's throw from the Inner Sea. Fortunately, the tides had little effect here, keeping the seawater from reaching farther inland and battering the house's foundations.
It came with a spacious courtyard, but no crops had been planted there. At a glance, there was nothing but rampant weeds.
There were also mushrooms sprouting from the damp soil.
"This at least tells us there aren't too many problems outside.
Next, let's go inside."
Perhaps adventurers had tried to investigate this house before, or perhaps there was some other reason.
The locks on both the courtyard gate and the house's door had been pried open. A gentle push was all it took. After the door creaked, dust from inside drifted up around their noses.
Along with it came a cool, minty fragrance.
As for the mournful singing, it continued hovering around their ears, neither growing closer nor fading as Tang Qi entered the house.
In truth, it sounded less like singing and more like cries with a simple rhythm and rising and falling pitch. There was no clear pattern; it went wherever it pleased.
Sometimes it even went off-key, its pitch veering in inexplicable directions.
"No furniture. Nobody's lived here for a long time, either."
Tang Qi lit up the ring in his hand that housed Dawn's divine soul.
A milky-white glow spread ten meters around him, illuminating the spacious living room.
The floor had gone unrepaired for so long that stepping on it nearly crushed the boards underfoot.
Salty, damp sea breezes often blew through the doors and windows, leaving even the house's interior clammy. Fungi seemed to have ridden those breezes in as tenants, settling