In Duncan's perception, Vanna's breath was approaching the antique shop quickly, and it was not moving in a straight line. It often changed direction and even had abnormal pauses.
Why would a judge who had lived in the upper city for a long time suddenly come to this antique shop in the lower city? And his movements were so strange
The moment the breath of the young deep-sea judge appeared in his perception, Duncan frowned slightly, and then subconsciously glanced at Shirley.
Could it be that he was coming for Shirley? Did the Deep Sea Church finally discover that there was a "summoner" hiding in the city who was traveling with the Phantom Demon? Or was he coming for me? But I was very careful in my daily actions, and there was absolutely no clue that could point to the Lost Homeland. At most, the identity of this body as a Sun Cultist would be exposed... But that wouldn't alarm a dignified Inquisitor, right
The breath moved quickly and approached, it definitely didn't look like it was just passing by, but more like it had a strong purpose. His thoughts were fluctuating instantly, Duncan glanced at Nina who was reading next to him, stood up and walked towards the door of the antique shop.
Shirley noticed his actions and followed subconsciously: "Mr. Duncan? What happened..."
"Wait in the store." Duncan glanced at Shirley, who should be classified as a "heretic" no matter what, and asked her to stay where she was. Then he came to the door of the store and looked in the direction where the breath he sensed came from.
Then he knew why Vanna's breath was approaching so quickly—
They came here by car.
A dark grey car driven by a steam engine squeaked to a stop in front of the antique shop. The door opened and two people stepped out. One was Vanna, who was still very eye-catching in her casual clothes, and the other was Miss Heidi, the miracle doctor whom she had met once before.
Duncan: "..."
He briefly reflected on the mess in his mind after sensing a breath approaching quickly, and felt that he should not think that everything related to the extraordinary was so white and snow-like, coming and going as fast as the wind. Now that he thought about it, the brief pauses when Vanna approached just now should be waiting for the traffic lights... ...
Then he saw the miracle doctor lady waving at him in a very magical way, and greeted him happily: "Mr. Duncan!"
Duncan's mouth twitched. When he saw Vanna in her casual clothes, he knew he was overthinking. But he still looked at the judge twice before he went to meet her, and expressed his surprise just right: "This is..."
"Ah, you must have recognized her. Everyone in this city knows her—our respected judge, Miss Vanna Wayne," Heidi said with a teasing smile, "But she's on vacation today, so just relax—she's my friend. After hearing about what happened at the museum, she insisted on coming over to thank me..."
"Friend?" Duncan's surprise this time was somewhat real. This was indeed something he had not expected. "I didn't expect that you would bring such a big shot..."
"It's a bit too much to say 'big shot', Mr. Duncan." Vanna seemed to have been sizing up the antique shop manager in front of her calmly from the beginning. She smiled and spoke at this moment. Her voice was a little hoarse and low, with a hint of magnetism. But for Duncan, this was not the first time he had heard the voice of the judge. "Just treat me as an ordinary guest. Like Heidi said, I'm on vacation today. I came here today mainly to thank you for helping Heidi in the museum, and to learn about some things... Don't worry, this is not a formal inquiry."
Know something
Duncan's expression didn't change much, he just kept his usual friendly smile, turned sideways and greeted the two special visitors to enter the store: "Then don't stand at the door, please come in - the store is quiet today, now we can liven it up."
As he spoke, he walked towards the antique shop. After entering, he first saw Shirley, who was looking out to see what was going on outside. He ruffled the girl's hair and said, "Calm down a little later."
Shirley was stunned: "Calm down what..."
The next second, she knew why she had to calm down.
She saw the young lady Inquisitor, who was at the pinnacle of the church's military power in the Pland city-state, walk in. The older sister, who was over 1.9 meters tall, walked past the dwarf who was less than 1.6 meters tall, bringing more than just a visual sense of oppression.
Shirley blurted out almost subconsciously: "Wow... Wow, you're so tall!"
Vanna subconsciously stopped and looked at the girl standing next to her with a weird expression on her face and tense muscles. She nodded in a friendly manner: "Hello."
"Her name is Shirley," Duncan said casually, "She helps out in my shop. She was also at the scene when the museum had an accident. Miss Heidi should have mentioned her to you."
"Are you Shirley?" Vanna nodded, matching the description she heard in her mind with the real person in front of her, "She is indeed a lovely little sister.
At this time, Nina, who was watching beside the counter, also heard the noise here. After running over, the first person she saw was Vanna, who was incredibly tall. She recognized the famous judge and exclaimed like Shirley.
"... That's why I don't like going out with you," Heidi, who had been standing behind Vanna and had not been noticed by Nina for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak up, "You attract all attention just by standing there - I am the protagonist today, okay
"But I don't want to attract people's attention in this way," Vanna looked at her friend expressionlessly, "I have tried my best to look ordinary today."
"········Forget it, I'm used to it." Heidi sighed, then greeted Wei Na and Xue Gou respectively, then took out the gift she had brought with her and handed it to Duncan.
"I don't know what you like, but I can't come to thank you empty-handed. My father asked me to give this to you. He said that someone like you who has a wide range of interests and is interested in history and the occult would probably like this."
"You're so polite. It was just a small favor," Duncan said politely as he took the gift from the other party. It was a wooden box that looked quite old. He opened the lid on the spot, but was a little confused after seeing what was inside. "This is..."
It was a beautifully bound and valuable book, looking like something that a respectable scholar in an uptown neighborhood would keep at home. On the dark purple hardcover was a line of beautiful cursive letters:
The City and the Gods
"This is a book that my father collected. It is hard to find on the market now. The author is Mr. Malderno Victor, a great naturalist and theologian from a century ago," Heidi said with a smile. "It describes the historical changes in the city-state era and the influence of various gods, including the Four Gods, on civilized society. He said you might like this kind of thing."
Duncan silently looked at the beautiful works in the box, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Of course, I really like it. Thank you for Mr. Morris's kindness."
After some polite exchanges and some familiarity, since there were not many customers today, Duncan simply closed the door of the antique shop and used the fairly spacious first floor as a place to receive guests.
Nina went to bring two chairs, Duncan brewed the best coffee in the store for the two guests, Shirley pretended to tidy up the shelves, but actually found a corner to reduce her presence, Vanna looked around this ordinary-looking store with some curiosity, and Heidi had already started to put her "medicine box" on the counter with ease, and said to Nina, "Let's get straight to the point. I heard that you have been troubled by nightmares recently, and you are often absent-minded?"
"Ah, actually it's not a black dream, it's just a series of weird dreams..." Nina didn't expect Miss Heidi to be so decisive. She was stunned for a moment, then answered, "I always dreamed that I was standing in a very high place, like on a tower, and then I saw that several blocks under my feet had been burned to ashes, but there was nothing scary..."
"Stop," Heidi gestured, opening the medicine box and speaking, "The recurring scenes, high places, fires, there are no scary concrete things, but the frequent visits of the dreams themselves cause my mental fatigue to be unable to be relieved... Let me take a look..."
Nina leaned over to take a look at Heidi's medicine box. At first glance, she saw the chisels, axes, saws, bottles and jars inside. She immediately shrank her neck: "Um... Miss Heidi... Can I not get treatment? I don't think my condition is that bad..."
Duncan also saw what was in Heidi's medicine box. His eyebrows jumped: "Excuse me, but are these really what God needs for treatment?"
Is this elegant and gentle doctor a psychiatrist or a veterinarian
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