Since the meeting on Tuesday, Shade's experiences in the past few days have been very exciting. To sum up, there are probably four things: the dream pen, Miss Carina's commission, the sun gun and the Rhodes card.
He naturally didn't need to talk about the incident of retrieving the relic Joyful Dream Pen with Miss Louisa. And according to the agreement, he didn't tell about his reunion with Miss Carina and Miss Beatrice's "Sunshine Gun", so he only shared the successful appraisal of the founder Silver Moon.
Everyone was happy for the young detective, but except for Miss Annat, the others did not understand the specialness of the "Origin" series of cards, so they just regarded this as the detective owning a very valuable treasure.
In the eyes of several others, the young detective was a pretty good guy and he deserved a lot of money.
However, the elder priest Augustus warned Shade not to get into the habit of gambling on Rhodes easily. He had seen countless stories about Rhodes in the church, and countless gamblers had confessed their sins in the confessional.
The old priest wiped his pipe and said anxiously:
"Our Lord Mr. Liming told us that mortals must learn to restrain unnecessary desires, and gambling is one of them."
No one mentioned much about the mercury's blood tacitly, but Shad believed that everyone had their own plans except for Priest Augustus who really had nothing to do with the matter.
Miss Louisa and Dr. Schneider are here for the fake Philosopher's Stone, and Miss Annat is here for Miss Beatrice.
While Dr. Schneider was in bed, he also obtained some intelligence through his own channels. In addition to what Miss Louisa had mentioned, that the Mercury Blood was broken into pieces, he also mentioned that the church was preparing to launch a major operation against the cultists who believed in the Lord of the Blood Feast.
Miss Annat also received some information from the Prophet Association.
According to her, most cultists are not normal, so they believe in the abnormal teachings of evil gods. For example, the followers of the Lord of the Blood Feast believe that becoming food on the evil god's table is the best way to be with God.
The cultists still haven't given up the idea of letting the evil god descend, but after the failure of the incident at Lakeview Manor, they gave up directly calling on the evil god to come to Tobesk, and instead prepared a mortal body for the evil god to descend, allowing him to come to this era in the form of a saint.
"Let me guess, the mortal body is Mr. Lawrence."
Shade said, and Miss Anat looked at the detective in surprise:
"Can you guess this?"
Xia De shook his head. He just connected the clues in his hand:
"This is actually not surprising at all. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why Madam Lazoya took such pains to contact him. Last time, the academy said that the ring was called the Transformation Ring. Although the relic did distort his preferences, to be honest, a greasy middle-aged man like Mr. Lawrence doesn't look like someone who can attract women, especially since Mercury Blood is not short of money."
He thought of Mrs. Lawrence's tragic death, pursed his lips and continued:
"Moreover, I recently got in touch with the police department because of a commissioned mission, and heard about the Lawrence family. It is not difficult to guess that the abducted Mr. Lawrence is the body prepared for the evil god."
Mr. Lawrence's date of birth, personality, age, stature, and the so-called soul in the field of mysticism all meet the requirements for becoming the body of the evil god. After artificially taking drugs to make him a bulimic, he is the candidate prepared by the Mercury Blood Organization for the cultists.
Moreover, calling on a saint to perform a divine descent is much easier than calling on the evil god directly, and the impact is also smaller. Therefore, the church has recently stepped up its efforts to ensure that there will not be a second divine descent ceremony in the Tobesk area.
Shad, the doctor, Miss Louisa and Miss Annat provided information about the cultists, while Father Augustus provided information about the Orthodox Church.
"Next week, Mr. Hog Rundel, the thirteenth ring warlock of the Church of the Sun, 'Sunshine Great Sword', will arrive in the Tobesk Diocese. By then, the Five Gods Church will carry out a joint operation to capture all the cultists in one fell swoop, and then slowly deal with the mercury blood scattered throughout the city.
"Is it that Rendel? I thought it would be the one with the 'Sun Emblem'."
Miss Anat said, and Miss Louisa whispered to Shade that these two were the contemporary thirteenth ring sorcerers of the Church of the Sun. The former was famous for her divine art, the Sunshine Great Sword, and the latter was a woman who was proficient in magic and divine arts based on the "heraldry" system.
"'Sun Emblem' recently went to the New World to deal with something, it seems to be some relics related to the Sun God."
Father Augustus was indeed very well-informed.
"Then what about the original thirteen-ring sorcerer of Tobesk Parish? I remember he was called 'Iron Right Hand'."
Shade also joined in the questioning.
"I'm not sure about that. The Church of Creation has blocked the news. But it seems that they are entangled in trouble. There was an out-of-control incident of an angel-level relic (level 1) in a small town near Tobesk. The Church of Creation has been busy with this recently."
The priest shrugged his shoulders, and seeing Shad's surprised face, he added:
"Although this kind of thing can't be said to happen very often, once every few years is still a normal frequency. This world has never been peaceful."
After Miss Louisa shared the containment incident of the "Joyful Dream Pen", she and Shade talked about the battle with the fishman last night. Others regretted that they did not get more clues about the mercury blood, but they did have many interesting opinions about the scale.
Since no one else had experienced anything worth talking about that week, the topic somehow strayed to politics.
They discussed the topic of the next successor to the Kingdom of Delarion and believed that the current king had too many children, which would inevitably lead to a war of succession in a few decades. Miss Louisa had a very good opinion on this issue, and she knew the secrets of the royal family very well.
The topic then turned to the scenery of the United Kingdom of Carsenrick. The doctor talked about what he saw when he went to Carsenrick to attend an academic conference when he was young, and mentioned the sea views of the southern country; Miss Annat preferred the primeval forest of Carsenrick, she thought that staying in that environment for a long time was good for the skin; Miss Louisa had a special liking for the vineyards in the southern kingdom, and said that her biggest dream was to have a vineyard of her own.
As the topic shifted to the winter exhibition in Artek, the country's art capital, and then drifted to Princess Diana's ribbon-cutting ceremony next week, the time finally came for the professors at the college to agree on.
The same ritual that Shade had used at home was used. At the beginning of the ritual, all four chairs in the east, west, south and north were occupied. This time, Professor Roentgen from St. Byron's Seminary and Professor Garcia from the History School were coming, and the doctor could not leave the bed, so Miss Louisa and Miss Anat, who were in the senior class, occupied two chairs.
The doctor's bedroom was large, with curtains closed, and a basin and chairs placed on the round white embroidered carpet between the desk and the four-poster bed. When Shade, who was holding his pocket watch, announced the time, the blond writer immediately lit the parchment and threw it into the basin.
The blue light scattered on the water surface. With the appearance of two beams of light, the transparent bodies of Professor Roentgen, who was a little fat and wearing a wig, and Professor Garcia, who had pointed ears, appeared on the chair.
"Professor Roentgen, Professor Garcia."
The five people greeted each other respectfully, and the two professors smiled and nodded.
The vice-dean of the School of History, Hesenger Garcia, came specifically for Xia De, so he responded to the greeting and said nothing more.
Professor Roentgen coughed, and with his transparent hand he picked up a piece of parchment from the air, unfolded it, and said:
"I won't say any more words. Now I will start reading the academy's report on the Lakeview Manor incident. Ahem -
The investigation into the Sunny Moon Lakeview Manor incident in 1853 of the Sixth Epoch has been completed. The Seminary and the School of Mathematics have sent two associate professors to the Tobysk region to verify the site of the incident and your investigation report.
Shade was a little nervous, after all, the report had a lot of problems. But he found that Father Augustus standing next to him and the two ladies facing the professors were not nervous at all, and he couldn't help but suspect that they often falsified reports.
"The investigation report is basically true, with some vague details awaiting confirmation with the Orthodox Church."
Professor Roentgen said, looking at the five people on the bed, chair and standing, with a smile on his face that looked like a walrus:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to see that you, who have experienced such an incident, can appear in front of me safely."
The doctor coughed quickly.
"Of course, regarding Bill Schneider's injuries, the School of Chemistry has provided a batch of potions to heal his mental damage. But I must remind you not to use the Words of Sublimation lightly, or you may not be able to hold on next time."
When he said this, the professor looked at the doctor and his tone became a little serious. The doctor nodded weakly, but Shade felt that he was even weaker now than before the professors showed up, not at all as active as when he was debating economic topics with everyone just now.
"Regarding the reward for practical credits, I have already replied on Tuesday, so I will not elaborate here. By the way, Miss Dorothy Louisa, I would like to remind you that you have completed all the practical credits for the fourth grade. If you intend to take the upgrade assessment at the end of this year, please upgrade to the fifth ring as soon as possible."
Miss Louisa smiled:
"Okay, Professor. I think that should be no problem. The sublimation words based on the 'match girl' are ready. I plan to be promoted to the fifth ring in the fall."
Professor Roentgen nodded:
"In addition, after the college investigated and verified the situation you were facing at the time, it was believed that your group made an extraordinary and outstanding contribution. Therefore, in addition to the credit award, your group will be awarded a special contribution bonus of 1,000 pounds within St. Byron's."
Shade opened his eyes slightly and held his breath. As expected, St. Byron's Comprehensive College, which is a good camp, will give exceptional rewards for "saving the world".
Professor Roentgen knew that Shade was a new ring wizard, and he explained:
"This money can only be used for Ringwitch studies and for spending at St. Byron's College. It can be considered a voucher with a limit of 1,000 pounds and a validity period of one year, which can only be used at St. Byron's."
Xia De knew the prices in the academy, so his excitement subsided a little. Unexpectedly, the professor's eyes left him and looked at the others, warning:
"In principle, this money cannot be withdrawn, but I know you can do a lot of tricks. These are not my business, but I want to warn you, remember not to go too far. If the college's year-end reconciliation doesn't match, the people in the accounting department will come to cause trouble."
Only then did Xia De realize that the people here were not law-abiding guys.