Xia De raised his eyebrows and asked the Fulan brothers:
"Your mother is also from Drarion?"
"Yes, my mother's family used to be the lord of Green Lake. But later the Edwards family declined, and our grandfather went to Carsonrick alone and started a family in Willendel. Our mother was born when he was in his forties. So, we do have a quarter of Delarion bloodline. However, almost every resident in the two cities in the Green Lake area has bloodlines from other countries, so it is hard to say which country Edwards' bloodline belongs to."
Eric Foran said with a smile, and then the two brothers said goodbye to Shad formally, and Shad saw them off at the door of their home.
"Among the descendants of the Edwards family whose letters show the same sun, moon and star patterns as those of the High Tower and the Night Temple, besides the great witch Audrey Edwards, there is actually a ring wizard? Is the probability of a ring wizard appearing in their family so high?"
Xia De looked at their backs:
"Could it be that these Edwardses who have no connection with each other are actually ring sorcerers?"
So you want to report to Danister now
"No, no, we still need to investigate. I need to write a reply to Miss Gold, so I will send another letter to Margaret and Miss Sylvia, asking them to investigate the family of the Forlan brothers' mother in Willendel. I don't know if their mother and grandfather are still alive... The witch Audrey Edwards, in terms of seniority, should be their aunt."
The group's study session was held as usual that afternoon, and all five members of the group attended on time. But in addition to them, the professors responsible for the background investigation of correspondence students in the Tobesk area also appeared again and announced that after a week of investigation, the college believed that the backgrounds of the five members of Bill Schneider's group were all clear.
This really made everyone feel relieved, and the professors talked to each person individually for a few minutes before leaving. When it was Shade's turn, Professor Andor from the School of Chemistry first talked to Shade about the faceless man and warned Shade not to do such dangerous things in the future, but they did not say that Shade's behavior was wrong:
"The Orthodox Church has tracked down the relic, and the other party is in a very strange state now. The church will ask you to provide a report on your contact with the other party through the official of the Kingdom of Delarion. Remember to submit that report to the academy within a week. This is the information about direct contact with the faceless man. The academy will give you rewards that are not limited to practical credits."
After saying this, the professor mentioned "Miss Mia Gold" that Shade told them last week:
"From your description, you've never met Miss Gold, so we thought that maybe she was an imaginary person, such as a non-existent pen pal of the Sage-level Relic. In fact, no one wrote to you, and everything was just an illusion. But after investigation, we confirmed that Miss Gold is fine."
The old professor said, and Shade, who was holding Mia, was relieved. Although Miss Gold sent him letters every month, and even sent him a set of armor as a gift last month, he always felt that there was something wrong with that lady because the commission left by Detective Sparrow was really weird:
"Has the college contacted that lady? I hope this doesn't cause her any trouble."
"Don't worry, we didn't have direct contact, but intelligence shows that the remote and dilapidated town on the east coast does exist, and historical records can prove it. In addition, we also found someone who had contact with the lady in the town. There is no problem with all this."
Xia De felt more relieved now, but when he and the doctor went downstairs to see the professors off, he thought of a new question:
"Is the college's investigation necessarily correct? The college still thinks there is nothing wrong with my background... Is their investigation on Miss Gold really accurate?"
"She" sighed helplessly in Xia De's ear, as if lamenting that Xia De was always so suspicious of everything around him.
There was nothing new in this week's study session. Everyone congratulated Shad on winning the 1854 City Equestrian Championship. Father Augustus even asked Shad to go to Dawn Church tomorrow. Bishop Owen invited Shad to visit the children in the city welfare home. The children would definitely be very happy about the arrival of the "knight".
The meeting ended very early that day, and everyone dispersed at three o'clock. Although it was Saturday's appointment time, it was still early, and because Dorothy, who was forced to exchange with Leicia, temporarily parted with Shad, and went to the Steambird Newspaper Office to pick up the sample copy of the next edition of the book, and agreed to meet Shad in the evening.
Shade was fine for the time being. After calculating the return of their bet with him at the doctor's clinic, he invited Dr. Schneider to go with him to the cemetery outside the city to visit Sparrow Hamilton. This was something they had agreed to do in the Randall River Valley, but because Shade fell seriously ill after returning home and then encountered the competition, it had been delayed until now.
And it turns out that, just as Shad said last fall, the flower has bloomed on Sparrow Hamilton's grave.
Early on Sunday morning, after getting up, Lesia made breakfast for Shad, and then she returned to Dorothy's soul and had breakfast with Shad in a good mood.
After breakfast, the writer left, and Shade packed up and went to deal with his personal affairs for the new month. At noon, he did not forget to go to the Dawn Church as instructed by Priest Augustus, and accepted people's congratulations as the champion of the City Riding Competition. Then, he went to the welfare home in Tobesk City with Bishop Owen, Priest Augustus, and several other priests whose faces he was familiar with but whose names he could not remember, to visit those orphans without parents.
Although the orphanage was funded by the city hall and looked after by the Orthodox Church, the building of the orphanage still looked a bit shabby. However, the children living there looked healthy and although they were wearing patched old clothes, they were at least living in peace.
They were all very excited about the appearance of the "knight". After lunch, they gathered around Shad and asked him to tell knight stories. Apart from the few books left by Detective Sparrow, the strangers had not read many knight novels, so he could only mix the stories he heard from operas, fairy tales and other sources together, but the children were still very happy to listen and invited Shad to come and play often when he had time.
It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when we came out of the welfare home and prepared to return to the church.
"How does it feel?"
It was difficult for the carriage to enter the narrow street, so the group had to cross the street to get on the carriage. Shade looked back at the dirty-looking yard at the end of the road:
"It was surprising to see the children using dirty diapers from younger children as steam bombs for their 'war games'. Also, although the gas lamps in the house are still working and not too old, it would be better to replace them with the latest models that can adjust the brightness on seven scales. Living in a dim and depressing environment is not good for them."
Father Augustus nodded and was about to add something when he heard Shade say:
"In addition, I plan to donate half of the prize money from the riding competition to renovate the welfare home. I think the Dawn Church should be willing to accept this donation."
"That's not a small amount of money. I remember the prize money was 3,000 pounds."
The priest reminded.
The prize money for the City Riding Competition is the same as that for the "Big City Players", but the former has more honors, and basically all the nobles in the Old Continent will pay attention to this event. The latter has a high reputation among the Rhodes card players, but few people know about it outside of the Rhodes card players.
"It's only 1,500 pounds. I don't live on it."
Xia De shook his head indifferently:
"I can't change the world now. Even if I change the world, there will always be poor people. I can only do what I can do now. This is probably my duty as a human being."
Of course, Father Augustus could never guess how much money Shad had made by betting with the doctor in the underground casino.
Priest Augustus and Bishop Owen originally planned to invite Shad to dinner in the church, but in the morning Shad received a letter from Miss Carina inviting him to dinner at the manor tonight.
When the carriage brought Shade to the destination, the sunset glowed red in the sky behind the manor house. The lights were on, and as Shade followed the maid along the courtyard path to the manor house, the gas lamps in the windows lit up one by one.
Xia De originally thought that he would meet Yin Luna who came to class every Sunday, but Yin Luna left at around 4pm. The witch wanted a romantic candlelight dinner for the two of them tonight, and she even made advance arrangements during the City Riding Competition to ship fresh silver cod from Baden, a famous fishing port on the east coast of the Old World, top-quality beef from the central plains of Carsenrick and the animal husbandry city of Cochem, and asked the New World Exploration Team, which had just returned, to bring spices produced in the New World.
If it weren't for the "Bottle of Dionysus" that Xia De gave her, red wine from those ancient wineries in Huntington would also be indispensable. But since red wine was not needed, the step of transporting wine was naturally saved.
When dinner started, Shad and Carina were the only ones sitting at the table. Mia sat obediently on a high stool next to Shad, staring with big amber eyes waiting to be fed, while the maids in black and white maid dresses were busy pushing the dining cart to serve dishes in an environment where the gas lamps were turned off and only the cashmere candles on the golden candlesticks on the tabletop were used for lighting.
The candle had a nice scent of spice and cedar.