Just as Miss Louisa thought, the carriage that the maid Tifa was riding in was indeed a carriage exclusively for nobles. The interior decoration and furniture were just like a small reception room.
The black-haired maid sat there alone. She was still wearing the maid dress she wore last time we met, even the headband was the same. She put her hands together on her legs and nodded slightly when she saw Shade:
"Good evening, Detective Hamilton."
"Good evening, am I late?"
After Xia De sat down, he handed over the thing wrapped in newspaper. But the black-haired maid didn't take it. She looked at Xia De:
"It's not too late, try opening it."
Xia De glanced at the maid, didn't ask any more questions, opened the lock again, and then tried to open the lid of the lacquered wooden box, but still failed.
Then she handed the makeup box to Miss Tifa, and the box was opened with a slight pull in the maid's hand. Shade looked over curiously, and the maid also turned the angle to let him see the contents clearly.
It was a very ordinary makeup box, divided into small compartments inside, containing different cosmetics... ...a stranger wouldn't be able to recognize any of them.
The black-haired maid was definitely also a ring magician. Shade didn't know what method she used, but after a faint brass-colored light flashed, she confirmed the authenticity of the item and smiled gently at Shade:
"You did a great job, Detective."
"There's one more thing I want to say. The delivery man... I killed him. Does that matter?"
"What does this have to do with me?"
The maid tilted her head slightly and asked Shade in confusion. She was about the same age as Shade's body, and her skin was abnormally white. But it was not pale, but the color of milk. Her eyes were big, and her black hair was the most in line with the aesthetics of outsiders.
"I mean, will this affect Miss Cavendish..."
He probably understood that the other party didn't care about this.
"Miss likes to be called 'Miss Carina'."
The maid reminded.
"Okay, will this affect Miss Carina's affairs?"
"Mr. Hamilton, don't underestimate the young lady's power, and don't think that Mercury Blood is some powerful force."
The maid said, then patted the small box she placed on the table and smiled at Shade:
"You did deliver this makeup box according to the commission agreement. Apart from that, Miss Carina won't care about anything you do... But."
She glanced at Xia De's expression and asked softly:
"You weren't the one who caused the explosion just now, were you?"
Saint Teresa's Square is only half an hour's walk from the delivery location, so it was normal for her to hear the sound. Xia De smiled awkwardly, and the maid didn't ask any more questions, but continued:
"I will send someone here early in the afternoon on Sunday to help you prepare for the Rhodes card game tonight. Please stay at home. If you win, the lady will not be stingy with the reward, and you will know which side she belongs to by then... Actually, you can guess it, the Witch Council."
She just said this secret information, and after finding that Xia De's surprise was not so obvious, she shook her head regretfully:
"Miss, you are right. You can guess it."
"That's what you told me?"
Xia De was actually surprised by this, as he had already thought that the other party was a member of the Witch Council.
"So what? Besides, won't you know after you win the bet this weekend?"
The maid replied, smoothing her hair.
The carriage carrying the maid left St. Teresa's Square. Charles watched her leave, then called Miss Louisa who was standing in the shadow of the house, took out the key and opened the door.
Immediately, a dark figure rushed over from the lighted hallway, and Xia De happily hugged the cat that jumped from the shoe cabinet:
"Mia, you're bored at home, aren't you?"
It is a delight to a lonely stranger to have a living creature to greet him when he returns home.
The orange cat rubbed its soft little face against Shade, then suddenly lifted its nose and looked at Miss Louisa. It smelled the fishy smell.
"Oh, we meet again, Kitty."
Miss Louisa greeted Mia, but the orange cat once again roared at Miss Louisa out of fear. Although this cat can be fierce at times, it is very timid and is still not used to being taken outside by Shade.
He took Miss Louisa to the second floor. Of course, there was no women's clothing in the young detective's home. Fortunately, Detective Sparrow had a lot of large windbreakers and coats for easy tracking. He asked Miss Louisa to change clothes in Detective Sparrow Hamilton's bedroom, while Shad returned to the study to record today's transactions.
"I never expected that 'that lady' would be Carina Cavendish."
This was the first thing the blonde said as she came out of the bedroom, wiping her hair with a towel. She did not take a shower at the bachelor's house, but simply wiped her hair with a towel to ensure that she would not arouse the suspicion of the landlady when she returned.
"Huh? You figured it out?"
Xia De put down the pen in his hand.
"Are you surprised? I actually recognized that maid, Tifa Servet. She is the personal maid of Duchess Carina Cavendish. Since she came to meet you in person, then that lady must be Carina... I didn't expect that she was actually a high-level warlock... This explains a lot of things."
Miss Louisa walked to the sofa while thinking.
Xia De was originally sorting out the account books, but now he couldn't care to continue:
"That maid only showed up once, and I almost didn't recognize her."
"This is my little secret. I have a good relationship with a member of the royal family. To be more precise, I have a good relationship with a princess of the royal family."
The blonde girl said lightly, and then looked around the detective agency. Just like Miss Bei Yasi and Miss Anat, she was also interested in the cute little Mia cat. Unfortunately, even though she still had the fishy smell of the relics, Mia still didn't like to be hugged by strangers.
The professors at St. Byron's suspected that Miss Louisa was an academic spy for the Zala School of Literature, but judging from her appearance, there seemed to be something deeper.
“This is a nice place.”
Miss Louisa commented.
"Please don't tell anyone about Miss Carina's affairs."
Xia De instructed again.
"Of course I won't say anything about her being a ring mage. I just keep it to myself. I was just sighing just now, why does it seem like everyone has a secret."
She said this jokingly, and Xia De glanced at her sideways and didn't dare to look at her.
"However, you must be careful when working with that woman. She has hated men for a long time. There are rumors that she actually likes... pretty girls."
The blonde girl gave an ambiguous smile:
"This person has mysophobia. Is that the word? I heard the doctor mention it last time."
"You are familiar with Miss Carina?"
Xia De asked again tentatively. He didn't want to know other people's secrets, he was just curious.
Miss Louisa used her fingers to pick up the hair hanging by her ear, her eyes looking at the hair instead of at Shad, which was obviously a sign of lying.
"Of course not. Carina Cavendish is a duchess with a fiefdom. I'm just an ordinary Tobesk writer. How would I know her? I just heard about her from a friend. However, she is a high-level warlock, hates men, and is single..."
She then looked at Xia De:
"I thought it was strange before, but now that I know these things, I wonder if she is from the Witch Council? She meets all these criteria. Oh, if that's true, then the affairs of the Cavendish royal family of Delarion are becoming more and more interesting."
The blonde writer raised her neck, and under the light of the Shade's living room, her smile became more obvious.
Her relationship with the royal family is definitely not that simple.