"Shad, you can continue discussing this issue with Princess Margaret, and even tell her that you heard some inside information from Miss Carina. That's fine. Of course, if possible, ask her about the specific time of the shipyard opening ceremony. I don't think it will be delayed until spring."
Director Anlos said that a new round of negotiations on the trade routes and border lines outside the Pantanal Swamp was scheduled for April.
Xia De nodded, then pretended to be curious and asked:
"I heard from Princess Margaret that the Stonemasons Guild has been causing trouble. Are our people involved?"
“It’s just adding fuel to the fire.”
Director Anlos said it lightly, as if he was talking about a naughty child knocking on the neighbor's window:
"We provided them with some weapons or propaganda. We were not directly involved, but we just gave them some help out of kindness. By the way, there is another piece of news that you probably don't know. William of Anjou was assassinated by someone who claimed to be a member of the Stonemasons Association..."
This Shade really knew about it, it was on Wednesday, he was also at Mr. Granger's party at that time. Of course, what impressed him most was that the royal guards acted very quickly and did not give the assassin a chance to fire a second shot.
"This has nothing to do with us. This is too stupid. But after this, the emotions of the Stonemasons' Guild have obviously been aroused to the extreme. I bet that there are other organizations that are trying to help this time, but I don't know who they are. Shade, the waters in Randall Valley City are very deep. If the princess needs help, we can provide some help. After all, this is a rare heir of the Anjou family who has established a good relationship with us."
He instructed Shade, who nodded slightly. As for more information about the Stonemasons Association and the accident twenty years ago, Director Anros gave Shade access to the files and asked Shade to check it himself.
Today is not only Saturday, but also the first day of the month of February, 1854, in the Universal Calendar, which is the month of the Rare Stars. February is the most difficult time of the year to observe stars in the sky, hence the name.
Since it was the beginning of another month, Xia De spent the morning taking Mia to handle daily chores in the city. It was worth mentioning that the gas company had sent Xia De a letter a few days ago, informing him that the gas charges in the St. Teresa Square area would be adjusted starting from April. Originally, the charges were tiered according to the amount of gas used, but now the second and third tier charges have been slightly adjusted.
Xia De even specifically calculated whether his monthly expenses should be reduced or increased. It was not easy to live alone, especially since Xia De was unwilling to hire an accountant for himself as Lecia suggested.
As for the meeting at the doctor's in the afternoon, although Luvia was still unable to attend, the doctor entrusted Shad to verbally convey the content of the meeting to the fortune teller who was on a business trip in the Randall Valley:
"The college has arranged a general timetable for a new round of identity investigations on correspondence students. Since Sir Prisha, the academic spy of the Serkses Higher Medical School, is from Carsenrick, we will start from the south this time."
He took out the academy's documents and showed them to the other three people:
"It will be the Tobesk region's turn around March. Although there is still some time, we must be prepared. This time we will focus on investigating the social relationships of correspondence students before they came into contact with the academy. In addition to professors asking questions, the Astronomy Academy has also sent fortune tellers to assist in the investigation."
The doctor looked at Shade, Reverend Augustus, and Dorothy meaningfully. The last one was actually Resia. Today was the time for the mandatory exchange:
"We still have the entire month of February to prepare, so we don't want to find out there are any problems then. This is not a routine inspection, so previous experience is of little use. I want to emphasize that in the past month, try not to have contact with people whose identities may cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Of course, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me. I am the team leader, and I have been a student for the longest time, so I... ... am quite experienced in dealing with this kind of investigation."
Father Augustus and Resia both nodded, looking thoughtful. Only Shade asked curiously while petting the cat:
"Since you are investigating the experiences before becoming a ring wizard, can you apply for a more detailed investigation? It would be best if you could investigate up to eighteen generations of your ancestors."
Seeing the doctor looking at him with a strange expression, Xia De explained:
"Doctor, you know me well. I have no memory of my life before I became a ring wizard, so I have always been interested in my past life. It would be great if I could learn more about the past through this investigation. I want to visit my hometown. Even though my former relatives are gone, at least the land still has memories."
"Aren't you familiar with the college's librarian?"
The doctor suggested:
"Miss Danister should be happy to help you."
Xia De nodded, but actually he was thinking of more things.
Dorothy was the only one in the five-member team who was suspected of being an academic spy. So after today's meeting, Shade talked about this with Lecia, but Her Royal Highness the Princess didn't care at all.
Instead, she was more curious about how Shade and Luvia spent the night. So while having dinner together, Shade told her the story of yesterday. He even mentioned that he gave Luvia the unicorn hair, and Lecia just sighed slightly, looking sad.
After saying goodbye to the Elf Lady, Leisia asked curiously:
"So, you guys are really out in the wild..."
"How is that possible? We are back at the Plenty Land Inn."
"And you left only this morning?"
Shade nodded hesitantly while sticking a fork into the duck meat. The blonde girl smiled teasingly:
"Look at your plate, your cat is about to stick its claws in it."
She first reminded, then said:
"Although I won't receive any precious gifts, it shouldn't be too much for me to treat Luvia tonight. Of course, we have to start with the lesson - the fairy tale "Gray's Crystal Slipper."
Shade felt something rubbing against his legs under the table. Looking at Leicia again, the corners of the princess's fair mouth curved slightly, making Dorothy's face form a very lovely arc.
"but... ... "
He looked around and made sure that the table next to him was still empty, then he whispered:
"Last night Luvia asked me to use... the Light of Imprisonment to tie her hands behind her back..."
Even though Her Royal Highness the Princess was always bold, she blushed at this moment:
"You really should include this in your Pink Book."
Having said that, she did not object to Shad doing this during the following hot night until the two of them and the cat left the restaurant.
(Little Mia is running...)
Early on Sunday morning, Shad carried Mia to Cassandra's Auction House in Midhill Castle. As agreed, Grace and Helen found a relic for Shad to identify his bloodline, and the answer was very important to Shad.
Even though he knew it was a statue, its size still surprised Xia De when he actually saw it.
Clerical-level (Level 4) relic: A sad nurse statue. The main body is a statue of a nurse wearing a hooded robe and tilting her head to look at the baby in her arms. The statue is made of marble. The statue itself and the base are about the size of two people. If the statue is a one-to-one copy of a real person, then the height of this nurse should be about two meters and five.
Three lines of Quaternary text are engraved on the square base:
Tribute to Nurse Jon
10451-10499
The first two lines are very neat letters, and the last line is cursive runes.
Bloodline is just the starting point of life. I'm sorry, kid, it's also the end point of life.
"This relic actually only requires blood, but fresh blood is more accurate."
Helen, who was wearing a black skirt, spoke quietly. Shade noticed that she was wearing a pair of white stockings today. As for her sister Grace, who was wearing a white skirt, she rolled up her sleeves for Shade:
"Nurse Jon can identify bloodlines, but she hates creatures like demons and undead. Therefore, her negative trait is that if you give her blood containing demonic bloodlines, it will cause the withering image to activate and indiscriminately kill all flesh and blood creatures around it. Fortunately, this kind of loss of control is easy to calm down... ... It may be a little painful."
She tied her handkerchief around the upper side of Xia De's arm, applied disinfectant alcohol, and then pierced Xia De's right arm skin with a metal needle to draw some blood.
The red blood looked normal. Grace took out the blood, wet her handkerchief with it, and then used it to smear the baby with closed eyes in the nurse's arms.
After doing all this, the Red Butterfly girls and Xia De stepped back slightly, watching the statue "come alive". The nurse statue moved its arms, hugged the baby completely in her arms with pity, lowered its head and closed its eyes.
After waiting for three minutes and twenty-one seconds, the statue raised its head again and returned to the way it was with its head tilted and hugging the baby. This at least proved that Shad's body did not contain any strange bloodline such as demons or undead.
"Let me see the results."
Grace reached into the sleeve of the nurse's robe, which was hollowed out, and pulled out a smooth pebble. After burning it with the flame of her fingertips, a character appeared on the pebble.
"Sir, it looks like it's all right."
Xia De looked over and saw that the character on the pebble meant human, which meant that Xia De's body did not have the bloodline of any alien creature.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
What did you think it would be
"She" asked with a smile.
Xia De did not answer, and hugged the cat that had jumped onto the base of the nurse's statue at some point:
"Grace, come here, help me draw some blood from it."
So the poor cat also had blood drawn with a new syringe, and when Mia's blood was donated to the nurse statue, the result showed that it was not a purebred cat.