"is that so?"
The young girl with long brown hair seemed to be observing herself through Shad's eyes as she rubbed the golden ring on her finger.
Shade has mastered the art of talking to Miss Beas:
"Yes, and we all need each other. You seem to be a newcomer among the so-called ring sorcerers of the Orthodox Church. You want to show yourself, so you need additional sources of intelligence outside the church. You need reliable helpers and connections in a city like this."
Xia De pointed at himself. For the first time, he realized that he had such a good eloquence:
"As a detective in Tobesk City, I will sooner or later encounter danger like today again. I will also need someone who can help me at such a time."
Instead, he took a step towards Miss Beatrice, who subconsciously stepped back, then became slightly annoyed that she was scared by an ordinary person.
Xia De stretched out his hand:
"Although this is only our first meeting, I am a poor detective from Saint Teresa's Square, and you are a low-level warlock from the Church of the Sun. We both need each other's strength, so this is a good cooperation. And the beginning of the cooperation is to keep today's incident a secret from each other."
Iluna Beyath stared at Shade, and when Shade almost thought she was going to refuse, she reached out and held the stranger's hand:
"You will definitely become a great detective, not because of your social circle, but because of your wisdom."
"Thank you, but I'm actually not interested in the detective profession... Miss Bayard, if possible, please find the person who killed Mrs. Lawrence."
As he spoke, he looked at the carriage and the bodies lying in the alley:
"So what now?"
"Just leave the body here and leave it alone. We should leave immediately and not let the club's investigation be linked to the murder case here. Afterwards, I will report what happened here to the church through my own channels. They want to take us away, so they won't let anyone notice that we got on this carriage."
Miss Beatrice arranged it so skillfully that Shad thought she had done this before.
"As for you, detective, I think I will visit you in the near future. I hope you will keep your promise. Of course, you should also pay attention to your safety recently. There are many dangerous people in the city. Not long ago, a man easily caused an earthquake in the southern part of the city under the moonlight."
Miss Beatrice seemed to have infinite emotion about this:
“When will I have that kind of power?”
"This... I won't tell your secret."
This was the only answer Shad could give, and in this way he would not ruin Miss Annat's plan.
"But when I take the initiative to tell her that I am a ring mage, do I need to apologize for hiding it today?"
He asked himself in his heart.
While the detective and the sorceress are just, getting the loot after killing someone has nothing to do with justice.
Miss Bei Yasi took the "sword", and Shade was allowed to take the coins from the two bodies. But unfortunately, whether it was the man killed by the Kindness Gun or the guy killed by the "Sunshine Gun", they did not have the habit of taking all their belongings with them when they went out.
The total change that Shad found on the two men was only 3 pounds 5 shillings and 10 pence.
"I thought people like you who are like wizards would be rich."
He also complained to Miss Beas, who lamented:
"We are ringwrights, not wizards, and pounds are never enough, that's the same for anyone."
By the time Shad and Miss Beatrice parted ways and walked back home, it was time for dinner.
But this day, he rarely played with Mia after returning home. Instead, he drew the curtains in the living room first, and in the dim environment, he carefully took out the envelope hidden in his chest.
Mia immediately rushed over, thinking it was something to eat, but was immediately grabbed by Xia De by the scruff of the neck. Xia De held the cat in one hand and the envelope in the other and went to his bedroom, still drawing the curtains, and sat at the desk without turning on the gas in the room.
Carefully turning on the gas lamp on the table, the dark room finally had some light. He placed Mia on his lap, then took out the banknotes from the envelope with both hands, licked his lips while carefully counting them, and placed the banknotes in stacks of ten under the light on the table.
The elegant brass gas lamp was not turned on to its brightest, so it could only illuminate the area of the table, but not Shade's face. The stranger looked at his hands under the lamp, quickly and skillfully counting the number of gold pounds.
The short orange cat couldn't reach the table top on Xia De's legs, so he could only step on Xia De's legs with his hind paws and hold on to the table top with his front paws to barely poke half of his head out from under the table.
It watched the man's hands skillfully twisting the banknotes. The cat could not understand the specific meaning of those pieces of paper, but just thought the scene was very interesting.
After counting the money and repacking it, Shade sat in the dim room for ten minutes with his head tilted back and the cat in his arms before getting up. He carefully sealed the letter in the drawer and put several books on top of the envelope. He solemnly put the drawer key into his pocket and left the room.
When he entered the living room, a smile finally bloomed on his calm face. He picked up Mia with both hands and lifted her up high. When the cat didn't understand, he put her down again:
"Let's go out and eat together."
He stroked the well-behaved orange cat, and his life really got better.
Regarding the contact with Miss Bei Yasi, he should have informed the female fortune teller immediately to confirm whether this would affect her "clever plan". However, Xia De did not know the fortune teller's address. Fortunately, he had to go to the Prophet Association on Friday to make the final assessment of the founder Yin Yue. Maybe he would have the opportunity to meet Miss Anat in the association.
(Mi Mia is running...)
When he woke up early on Friday morning, it was gloomy outside and it seemed like it was going to rain, so Shade took an umbrella with him. But just as he reached the entrance of Silver Cross Avenue, a drizzle of rain began to fall from the sky.
Under the rainy sky, the city is still shrouded in a thin gray fog, which is one of the reasons why Tobysk has the title of "Northern Fog City" in addition to the "Pearl of the North".
Stepping onto the Silver Cross Avenue, walking on the road paved with rectangular stone bricks, my mood is much better than the bad weather.
There was still a huge crowd at the entrance of the Prophet's Association. Even though there was no weather forecast, it was hard for people not to think of taking an umbrella when they saw the gloomy sky. Limited by dye technology, most practical umbrellas of this era were black, but the prototype of folding umbrellas had already appeared.
The carriage passed by Shade and stopped safely at the door of the association. The police officers would stop and take a look when they passed by.
Before the rain got heavier, Shade joined the crowd at the entrance of the Prophet's Association, carrying his cane and holding an umbrella, and walked around the entrance from behind a carriage decorated with two ears of wheat and the family crest.
After entering the room, I wanted to check out the notice board on the side of the door. Although I didn't have to sell the Rhodes cards I got from Professor Manning for the time being because of the huge income, it would be good to understand the current market situation.