Xia De said, and thought for a while:
"This is not difficult for Margaret. She is rich... quite rich. Even if you add the interest, the arrears and the cost of other materials, it is less than 100,000 pounds..."
Shade was surprised that he could say "less than 100,000 pounds".
"It's a lot of money for an ordinary stonemason, but it should be nothing for a princess."
"So, I asked her to solve this matter once and for all. She cannot spend the money herself, but let the Anjou royal family take the initiative to pay, and let most people be satisfied with the result."
The witch held up her face:
"I had planned to arrange for her to collect the relics or investigate the land, but after thinking about it, I realized that it was unnecessary. After all, if she really became an apprentice, she would have plenty of time to grow. But the means of dealing with things cannot become stronger as strength grows. I am looking forward to how your princess lover will deal with this matter... You are so greedy..."
"Yes, I am a little greedy."
Shad did not deny it.
"I didn't say you."
The blonde witch said teasingly:
"I mean Margaret of Anjou. She craves the power of a witch, but she also covets normal love. Isn't that greed?"
Luvia said something similar.
"Of course, I owe you a promise. You can use this promise in exchange for her passing the test directly. There are rumors that the incident twenty years ago involved MI6. In addition, time has given people prejudice and stubbornness. Although this test does not involve the ring warlock, it is not easy to solve. If you use that promise in exchange for me declaring her qualified directly, my future apprentice will probably be very grateful to you... Maybe you can have a good night."
She suggested, and then saw with satisfaction that Xia De shook his head slightly:
"Margaret also has her own pride. If I help her, she will hate me... She won't hate me, but she will definitely blame me. Besides, I am also looking forward to seeing how she will solve the problem of the Stonemasons Guild. If she handles it well, she may even earn fame and prestige for herself."
He could ask about MI6 himself, and Director Anros wouldn't mind him looking through the files.
Miss Benannis did not comment, temporarily skipping the topic, and returned the Mithril Cube in her hand to Shade:
"What are you going to do next in this city? Continue to explore the story of Randall Valley City?"
"Yes, I have witnessed two of the six stories, and there are not many left. Oh, yesterday I gave the Power of the Earth and the Field of Plenty to Luvia, the female fortune teller with purple eyes."
"You don't have to tell me about this. It's your trophy."
"But one of the characteristics of the earth's chosen ones is that they have the power of the earth's forces."
The witch was stunned for a moment before she realized what Shade said:
"The chosen one of the earth?"
"Yes."
His face was calm:
"This is a fragment of the poem in the possession of the Church of the Sun. I have someone in the Church of the Sun... So far, the Church of the Sun has not shared this news, but I think it will be circulated soon."
"So... ... "
"It's not me, definitely not me. Miss Benanis, you know I have many, many secrets. In fact, I have met every chosen one. Yes, Yin Luna Bei Yasi, Yin Fan Darkness, Qiao Yin Barton, Sister Defulin, and even Sir Lai Jins Prisha."
He stared at the surprised blonde:
"I said it at the campfire. I have many secrets. In some ways, I am pursuing the Chosen One, but I can never be the Chosen One. Yes, anyone could be, but I can never be the Chosen One."
"So... ... "
"It's impossible that Luvia Annette is not the one either. I have confirmed it in a special way. She is definitely not the one. Ms. Benanis, instead of paying attention to me and Luvia, you should consider Mr. Thomas Granger who disappeared seventy years ago. That's why I said he is very important."
He stretched slightly:
"No one has ever said that the chosen one must be human. Mr. Thomas Granger is currently in the state of undead. As long as he has not reached his true end, he may be the chosen one. After all, there are only three known copies of the power of the earth. Luvia and I are definitely not one of them. So isn't it normal to suspect him?"
Miss Benanis nodded slightly, and then noticed that after the topic turned to "the chosen one", Shad suddenly had a strange, completely in control of the situation.
Looking at the handsome face facing the window, the weather today is good. In the sunlight that enters the room, the witch can even see a little dust. In that light, the face looks so charming and so friendly. Just like the moon at night, it is always there, but people don't often observe it. But if you look up occasionally, you will inevitably be intoxicated and crazy about it... ...
Vanessa Benanis woke up suddenly and immediately turned her eyes away from Shade's face. She was a little flustered. What happened just now was clearly a sign of a slight loss of control.
"The aftereffects of being infected by the Earth's Madness? Or is the effect of the potion I drank on Monday still not over?"
Of course, she also admitted that the pink fragrance was fascinating. When she reported to the Speaker of the Parliament yesterday about the "Saint Perry Cemetery", the other witches in the Parliament said that she had become more beautiful.
"No, I can't think about that potion anymore! It's a derivative of the relic after all."
She warned herself in her heart, but when she thought of this, she could not help thinking of the moment when she was lying in Shade's arms in the cold church, trembling and unconscious. She bit the inside of her lips to make herself more awake, then looked out the window to prevent Shade from seeing the blush on her face. But she still secretly glanced at the young detective who was thinking, and then she had to admit that it was indeed a face that was enough to attract the witch.
"If I were the first one to meet him, would I make the same choice as Karina..."
Some inappropriate thoughts naturally appeared in the small corner of my mind.
Although he had to attend the banquet on Wednesday night, Shade did not waste the daytime. After confirming the identity of Mr. Thomas Granger, he became more and more curious about what was in the mithril cube.
Therefore, after asking the witch's maid to get an invitation from Margaret, Shad planned to explore those seemingly simpler "urban legends of Randall Valley City".
"The weirdo in the clock tower of Randall Valley City" was Shad's first target, but he spent the whole morning checking the clock tower and found nothing except a batch of banned addictive hallucinogenic drugs hidden in a wooden box at the top of the clock tower.
So he had no choice but to write an anonymous letter of complaint to the Randall Valley Police Department with a full of anger, and threw a handful of bullets in the boxes of hallucinogenic drugs to help the hiders commit crimes more aggravatedly.
At noon, I invited Luvia to go to the white pufferfish restaurant, which is said to "cook delicious, glowing food."
Of course, they didn't find any glowing food, but at least the lunch was really delicious, even Luvia praised it highly. And Shade was sure that the clock tower medicine found in the morning was not used in this restaurant.
The target for the afternoon was "the mysterious aquatic creature that haunts the lower reaches of the Ailon River in the east of Randall Valley City." According to local rumors, it was a terrifying creature that looked like a woolly monkey, could move underwater for a long time, and liked to pull swimming children into the water and drown them.
To determine if this was true, Shad visited villagers outside the city who had reported seeing the creature, then personally broke through the ice at the location of the sighting and jumped into the winter river himself to look for any signs of the "aquatic monkey."
Doing this in winter is obviously not a very wise choice.
Because of the spell "Underwater Breathing", Shade did not float up after entering the water. He spent nearly two hours searching for unusual traces along the bottom of the river under the water. Dark vision and his own high perception made the chaotic and cold water not a big obstacle to vision. In just two hours, he picked up a pile of 1 ol coins, several rings, rusty and low-quality gem rings, and other small jewelry under the river, but he did not find the magical creature he was looking for.
By the time Shade lost his patience and wanted to go ashore and return to the city, it was already past four in the afternoon. At this time, his pockets not only had coins and rings, but also two rusted gold necklaces, a silver bracelet, a bunch of metal brooches and several gemstone earrings.
As I was trying to swim to the shore, she suddenly whispered in my ear:
The stone on the left.
"What?"
He picked up the two fist-sized stones at the bottom of the river, and with the weak light in his hand, he saw dots of golden light:
"Gold ore?"
Yes, don’t you always complain about lack of money
she said with a smile.
“Are there any gold mines in the area?”
With doubt in his mind, Shade swam to the shore holding the stone. He had no harvest this afternoon, and the water monkey was nowhere to be seen, but at least the pile of "garbage" he picked up was still valuable. It was not difficult for a ring warlock to make money, the difficulty lay in how to make money.