Miss Sylvia, obviously wanted to extend an invitation for a private date.
Xia De thought about what he was doing. He just wanted to wait for Yin Luna to arrive, and then discuss the plan with Yin Luna and Luvia. If there were enough coins, it would be good to divine the sapphire earrings and hexagonal gems:
"It should be fine."
"Then how about walking around the city with me? I haven't been to this city for a long time."
The young witch bit her lips and said, looking at Shade with a look that made Shade unable to refuse.
So Shad spent the whole Thursday morning shopping in the city with Miss Sylvia. They returned to Miss Benanis's estate before lunch, and Miss Sylvia, the inventor of artificial fibers, took Shad to her room, changed into black fabrics, and asked Shad to help give some advice.
As a result, when the two of them talked about the key point, Miss Sylvia was holding Shad's hand to taste the chubby feeling. Miss Benannis, who had no habit of knocking on the door at home, pushed the door open and walked in, asking them to go to dinner.
Shad later learned that Miss Sylvia had not spoken to Miss Benanis all day.
In the afternoon, he went to the club in the city with Miss Aurora to discuss business. It was then that Shad learned that the construction project of the Second Southern Shipyard of the United Kingdom Navy was actually related to the Aurora family.
It is even better to say that the Aurora family is present in more or less every large shipyard in the Old Continent.
At night, the witches and Shade watched the opera in the private box on the top floor of the Wilde Opera House. When the opera ended, Shade accepted the invitation to go to Miss Bernardess's manor and held a night tea party with the ladies in pajamas on the third floor of the manor, in Miss Bernardess's bedroom.
This is indeed interesting, but Shade still feels that something is wrong when doing these things at a time when the number of victims of the petrified plague in the city increases every day, corrupted elemental giants outside the city are wandering in the wilderness, and black mud from the twisted source of the earth is flowing on this land.
He mentioned his opinion when he sent Luvia back to the Land of Plenty Inn that night.
The purple-eyed girl said goodbye to Shade outside the inn and gave him a gentle hug:
"That's why we say you're always tense. Isn't it nice to relax occasionally like today?"
"But I relaxed yesterday."
Xiade corrected him, Luvia pouted slightly, then reached out to help Xiade straighten his collar. Although the night temperature was rising every day, Luvia thought Xiade was still recovering from a serious illness and needed to pay special attention to his health:
"The story of the Randall Valley is coming to an end. It's normal to relax before the final battle. Your high fever scared me. Actually, if you think about it carefully, you really don't have much time to rest. When this is over, I will return to Tobesk. In the spring of 1854, we don't have to do anything and don't care about the next chosen one. I will accompany you well."
Standing on tiptoe, she kissed Xia De on the side of his face:
"Come home now. Dorothy may be waiting for you at home. I shall not be well for the next few days. You need not stay with me in Randall Valley."
She said gently, and Shad looked into those purple eyes, feeling guilty again.
(Little Mia is running...)
"Long time no see, Shade!"
On Friday, the 28th day of the Rare Stars Month, the last day of February, when Xia De came to the Plenty Land Inn again, he saw Yin Luna sitting by the wall reading a newspaper. After all, as long as Yin Luna appeared in his sight, in Xia De's eyes, it seemed as if all the light was converging on her.
Yin Luna was wearing a southern-style plaid long skirt with silver flakes inlaid on the waist, and a leaf-shaped hairpin on her head that she got from somewhere.
Because Xia De had breakfast at home, it was already past eight in the morning. When Xia De sat down opposite the seventeen-year-old girl, Yin Luna greeted Xia De happily:
"Luvia just left and went to the Prophet's Association. She said that she had something to do at the association at noon and she won't be back."
"Good morning, Yin Luna. Let's meet Luvia in the evening. Did your trip go well? I heard that you encountered some problems along the way."
Xia De also greeted with a smile, and noticed that the "Randall Morning News" that Yin Luna was holding contained news that the first Randall flower that would bloom next week would soon be noticed by people.
Every year, the first Randall flower that is found to be open will be sent to the City Hall and kept in a display case in the hall as evidence of the arrival of spring. The person who sends the flower can receive a considerable bonus, and local citizens are very enthusiastic about this city tradition.
"Oh, we encountered some minor problems along the way, but we solved them all. That small town was really blind to dare to mess with us."
Yin Luna replied casually.
"Can you leave the church today? I thought the local parish would assign you a task right away."
Shade said again.
"It was my own request to walk around the city and take a look at the situation."
She put the newspaper aside:
"There's no point in me staying in the church now. I don't want to attend those boring but necessary meetings... I can just read the minutes later. So, while the church is holding a meeting today, I'm going to take a walk by myself."
He sighed as he spoke:
"On the way here, we encountered not only the haunted town, but also the Crazy Land. Yes, on the way here, none of us on board could completely solve the problem. Even though I am the chosen one of balance, I can only ensure that I will not be affected when I step into that area, but I cannot reverse this distortion. Compared to the land, my power is still not enough."
"I heard that five different cities have reported news of the Crazy Land this week."
Xia De also added, and Yin Luna nodded:
"In fact, there are seven cities, two of which are in the countryside, too remote. If things continue like this, sooner or later the entire Old World will be infected with the curse of the earth. But fortunately, there is a solution, and now we are just waiting for the final ceremony to be performed... ... It seems that my mission this time is simpler than the previous two. When I was in Midhill Castle, it was like participating in a large-scale battle; the Pantanal incident was a forced march in that dirty swamp. And now I just need to stay in the city and wait for news, which is really good."
"So, what do you think of Randall Valley? Compared to Tobesk."
Xia De asked with great interest. Yin Luna thought about it:
"It is said that the weather here is always good, but I came here this time and found that the weather in the Randall Valley is as bad as that in Tobesk! And the thick fog here smells like rotten eggs and rotten leaves."
She was very unhappy about this.
"This is the effect of the crazy earth. When I first came here, there was no fog."
"I really want to see the river valley in the spring. The scenery here is very famous."
Yin Luna said again, secretly glancing at Xia De's expression:
"The church knew I wanted to hang out, so they showed me a list of tasks they hadn't yet addressed."
As he spoke, he pointed to the small bag placed against the wall:
"If I have time, I can take care of it. It can be seen as a way to understand the local conditions and customs of the Randall Valley, and at the same time earn some reward money for myself. I think since I have nothing to do, I might as well take a look at the problems of this city while walking around the city, so..."
She continued to watch Shad quietly.
"Then let's go together."
Shad said:
"But I plan to go to Huntington tonight to visit the lady in the lake. So, I can only stay in Randall Valley until about evening."
Although the "Lake of Cherubim" where the Lady of the Lake is located is generally only open before the sun sets, Shad believes that he should be an exception.
"no problem."
Yin Luna controlled her joy:
"Then let's discuss where to go first. Although there are many ring mages from other places supporting the local area, there is still a lack of ring mages with a combination of mid-ring and low-ring. Therefore, most of the tasks I have on hand need to be handled by a team. They are difficult, but they are not difficult to be solved by high-ring mages. Why don't you let me choose..."
She took out the rolled-up parchment from her bag, skimmed through the tasks that required going to towns far outside the city, gave up on the boring ghost stories, and finally chose one:
"This seems like something that needs to be investigated. Let's go check it out. There have been reports of missing flower girls in the city recently."
"Oh? What exactly happened?"
Xia De also became interested.
"You know, most of the children selling flowers on the street are girls from poor families. It is difficult for such children to disappear and attract official attention immediately. This time it was a local baron. Let me see her last name. Yes, she is the daughter of Baron Burnset. She wanted to try the job of a flower girl, so she went to the street to sell flowers accompanied by her maid, and then disappeared with the young maid. The disappearance of the noble lady prompted the local police department to launch a thorough investigation, and thus learned about a series of similar incidents recently."
Yin Luna said, Xia De frowned slightly:
"Isn't this another child trafficking case like the one that happened in Tobisk last summer?"
Xia De was shot in the street because of that incident, so he remembers it clearly.
"No, no."
Yin Luna shook her head:
"The missing children usually come back in about a week. Apart from slight malnutrition and blood loss, they have no other injuries. Even their clothes are still the same as before they disappeared. However, they will lose their memories of the past week. Since the flower girls are young, they are not suitable for strong memory recovery to avoid brain damage. So far, there has not been much progress in the investigation."