When I woke up on Monday morning, there was fine snow falling outside the window. It is always snowy in Tobysk in winter.
"It's Monday again."
Xia De yawned and got up from the bed. After washing up, he was thinking of going downstairs to bring up the gift box and touch the gifts for this week before having breakfast. However, he didn't expect to hear the sound of a door opening downstairs.
"oh?"
Curious, he walked down the stairs and saw Dorothy, who was wearing a heavy winter coat, brushing the snow off her body. Goldilocks was wearing a red coat, a scarf around her neck, and the toes of her ladies' boots still had traces of snow on them:
“It’s really cold.”
She complained, then shook the food box in her left hand:
"Good morning, Shad. I brought you breakfast."
"Good morning, Dorothy. What is it that brings me here so early?"
Shade asked worriedly, but the blonde shook her head.
"Nothing. I'll be following you today. Leicia asked me to supervise you and make sure you don't forget what happened tonight."
As she spoke, she started laughing herself.
Shade was also very happy that he didn't have to prepare breakfast by himself. He came to the restaurant with the writer and Mia, and talked about tonight's play while eating. But just after breakfast, someone knocked on the door downstairs:
"Who would visit you so early in the morning? I thought I was the only visitor today."
Dorothy asked curiously.
"Princess Margaret."
Shade shrugged.
"I have something to talk to her about."
"Is it something I can know?"
"Of course I can know, but this is related to the Ringwitch. Are you sure you want to reveal your identity?"
The writer thought about it, then followed Shade downstairs with him.
After opening the door, she got down from the carriage. She had her long blond hair braided and tied up behind her head. She was wearing a dark red thick cloth dress and was waiting for the maid and the coachman to settle the fare with a stern face. It was Princess Margaret of Anjou.
"Good morning, Detective."
She said to Shade who opened the door, and then she was quite surprised to see the blonde girl holding a cat behind Shade. She looked at her clothes and said:
"Good morning, Miss Louisa."
"Good morning, your highness, no, Miss Mary."
Shade changed his words and said that looking at Princess Margaret's attire, it was clear that she didn't want too many people to know that she had come to Shade's place.
The young detective made way for the door, and the foreign princess nodded to the maid behind her, who got on another carriage and left. She was trying to find a way to conceal the princess's itinerary for the day.
Margaret Anjou did not enter No. 6 Place Saint-Teresa immediately. She stood on the second step, looked up at the whole house, and then entered the house with her lips pursed. She was not thinking about why the female writer appeared here so early, but wondering whether Miss Sylvia's "apprentice" also lived in a similar building.
The three of them came to the second floor. Because there was no partition between the dining room and the living room, Princess Margaret could easily see that the young detective was having breakfast with the blonde. She had further speculations about the relationship between the two. Coupled with the rumors about Shad and Miss Carina, Her Royal Highness felt that she had a new understanding of the detective today.
"I have invited Her Royal Highness to come here to discuss some matters. You also know this lady, Dorothy."
Xia De introduced, and then said:
"Your Highness, this is Miss Dorothy Louisa. I think you should remember her."
"Yes, we met at Lakeview Manor."
Princess Margaret nodded and looked around the living room attire, it was clear that she was curious about the place.
"By the way."
The writer smiled:
"Shad and I are from the same group of ring sorcerers."
Shad raised his eyebrows. Although he was a little surprised by Dorothy's behavior, he thought about it carefully and it was nothing. Margaret Anjou would never reveal their identities.
Princess Margaret was also a little surprised:
"Oh, Miss Louisa, you are also from St. Byrons... So you showed up here so early. Your relationship with the Knight Hamilton is indeed special. That makes sense. So, detective, did you tell me who I am?"
"Of course not. I promised to keep it a secret."
Princess Margaret nodded and said seriously:
"Well, Miss Louisa, please allow me to introduce myself again."
She took off her white glove and held out her hand to Dorothy:
"Margaret Anjou is a fourth-year student at the Sukses Higher Medical School, but she should be able to move up to the fifth year this winter."
Princess Margaret visited on Monday to inform Shad about Sir Prisha, but it was obvious that she didn't want to leave immediately. Instead, she wanted to ask Shad about his investigation into the "lone sorceress".
She was very friendly to Dorothy. They had known each other since they met at Lakeview Manor through the introduction of Lecia. Students from the three major colleges were all partners who could cooperate with each other, so she did not avoid Dorothy when she talked to Shade.
Shad probably doesn't know Sir Prisha's identity at the moment, but this time Princess Margaret took the initiative to tell him that he was also a ring mage, and introduced the process of Sir joining the Serkses Higher Medical School.
She strictly kept the group's secrets and only revealed the information that could be found in Willendale.
It was from this that Shade learned that Kings Prisha awakened to become a ring wizard at the age of 25. Just like his own achievements in academics and poetry, the knight was very talented in ring wizards. Not only did his level increase quickly, but he also had almost no failures in learning magic and spells. During the annual examination week, he passed the subjects he applied for with excellent results, and was extremely good at reasoning analysis and learning summary.
"He successfully advanced to the fifth ring last week. Sir is probably the smartest person I have ever met, but he does most things carelessly."
Princess Margaret said:
"He was always thinking about things none of us knew about, and he was always mumbling to himself. Even when we were in Willendel, the lord almost never moved with us."
Although Xia De just wanted to collect the other party's aura, this description aroused his interest:
"Sir Prisher has a big secret?"
Princess Margaret glanced at him warily:
"Detective, I don't know what kind of commission you have received, but the lord is in the same team as me, and I will not expose his personal privacy and secrets."
She did not mention the composition of Sir Priss's ring wizard system or what relics he had.
"You may be overthinking it. I have no ill will towards the lord."
As Shad was talking, Dorothy brought over the kettle and teacups. Shad had just given her a hint, so she didn't use the expensive black tea that Shad had bought, because that kind of black tea might remind Princess Margaret of a spy who was also in the neighborhood.
"By the way, Detective, are there any other strange people living in this neighborhood?"
Princess Margaret thanked Dorothy and seemed to have thought of this topic by accident:
"Male, usually not attracting much attention, taciturn, should have a decent livelihood."
"Is he also a ring wizard?"
Shad glanced at the study, where all the information left by Detective Sparrow was.
"No, just ordinary people."
"I don't remember any such person, but if necessary, I can help you investigate."
"No, no, that's not necessary."
Princess Margaret hurriedly shook her head. It would be terrible if Shade really found out something.
"Detective, you only need to investigate the sorceress I mentioned. If you are really interested in Sir Prisha, I can actually help you arrange a private meeting with him. The Sir is a very easy-going person."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xia De wanted to refuse, but at this moment, the bell downstairs rang again. It was only eight o'clock in the morning, and the number of strangers who came to visit Xia De in one day was almost as many as in the previous half week.
Let Dorothy entertain the princess upstairs, and Shad followed the cat downstairs. After opening the door, he saw his boss, Mr. Dark Anros, the director of MI6, standing on the steps, and Shad subconsciously closed the door.
"oh!"
After taking a breath, the slightly surprised expression on his face turned into a smile, and he opened the door again. Director Anlos outside the door was wearing a very ordinary black coat and a wide-brimmed hat to cover his face:
"What happened just now?"
The cautious gentleman asked, looking behind Shade, who then shook his head and pointed upstairs:
"I have a guest upstairs, a lady... Let's talk on the first floor."
Director Anlos nodded with an unchanged expression, as if he had not heard anything. This ordinary-looking but powerful gentleman followed Shade into the house, stepped on the insole in front of the door a few times, and then turned into the living room on the first floor.
The two sat down on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. Although Xia De didn't often use the first floor, the maids would clean it diligently every week, so it was very clean.
He picked up Mia. Before Director Anros could speak, Shade gestured to lower his voice and pointed upstairs. Dark Anros nodded:
"It's nothing important. I was thinking of meeting you yesterday when you got your paycheck, but I didn't expect you to go there in the morning. It's actually nothing important to meet you this time."
Director Anros tapped the wooden armrest of the short sofa with his fingers:
"We found out that a group of independent elements from the Principality wanted to attack Princess Margaret in Tobesk."
"Principality independence elements" refers to organizations in small principalities affiliated with Delarion that attempt to seek independence for the principality. In the era of Delarion's prosperity, this kind of organization is not much different from the so-called KB elements. Provoking a war between Delarion and Carsenrick is what they are most enthusiastic about.
"Your Majesty asked me to ask you, are there any strange people around His Highness?"
"I'm sorry, this investigation didn't go smoothly. To be honest, I'm probably the strangest person around Her Highness Margaret."
Xia De said regretfully, this is the truth:
"Her Highness's schedule is very tight. I only saw her once this week at the reading salon on Wednesday, and unfortunately I got gas poisoned because of it."