Miss Carina waited until the maid Tifa closed the study door again before she continued to speak. She said jokingly:
"Detective, I think you should be satisfied with this 'job'. Just take the money. MI6 is a special department with all kinds of agents. Although it is rare to get paid for nothing, nothing will happen even if you are caught."
"Ms. Carina... Thank you."
That was all Xia De could do to express his gratitude.
"Detective, I like this about you. You know the efforts of others and are not stingy with your gratitude. Some people can't do such a simple thing. We will have a lot of cooperation in the future. The value of Founding Silver Moon is not only at the poker table. You will gradually find that with this card, you will gain many unexpected friendships."
Xia De took this as a way of seeing him off, so he wanted to leave. But he didn't expect that footsteps could be heard in the room inside the study.
He looked at the black-haired maid at the study door in surprise, but the latter did not urge him to leave immediately.
So she turned around and looked at the door inside the study. The door was pushed open from the inside. First, feet in high heels appeared, and then the hem of the skirt covered the feet. A young lady with long fiery red hair walked out of the room inside the study.
She looked no more than 27 or 28 years old, with fair skin and a face as beautiful as a rose blooming in midsummer under light makeup. She was wearing an exquisite black long skirt with lace and tulle decorations on the hem. Because of the corset, the curves of her body were particularly prominent.
The long fiery red hair was carefully braided and tied up behind her head, and she wore a black round-top hat with a layer of white tulle decoration on it. Red hair is the symbol of the Cavendish royal family, and King Larousse III's title of "Fire Jumper" is related to this.
"Good evening, Detective."
Carina Cavendish greeted, her diamond earrings sparkling in the warm yellow gas light of the study. Her eyes were a deep golden color, and Shade had never seen eyes like them before.
"Good evening... ... "
With fair skin, a high nose bridge, and delicate cheeks, the other person had a beauty beyond human. This strangeness made Xia De swallow his saliva subconsciously.
"... Miss Carina."
The pair of golden eyes looked at Xia De, and Xia De did not dodge, but took the initiative to look at the beautiful lady in front of him. When he got closer, he found that the other person was as tall as Xia De.
"But she was wearing heels."
Xia De thought to himself.
After a moment, the red-haired Duchess was the first to look away:
"Detective, do you have any other questions you'd like to ask? If not, I think I should leave now."
"Yes, there is one more question, you are free to decide whether you want to answer it or not."
Xia De said, he knew that the other party would not be infinitely generous to him, so he decided to exchange his victory tonight for the answer to an extra question:
"I have recently become interested in ancient gods. Regarding ancient gods, may I ask... are they related to the Witch Emperor?"
He did not ask directly about the Whispering Poems and the Chosen Ones, to avoid misjudging the other party's camp. He was not sure how the Witch Council viewed the Great Prophecy.
Miss Carina smiled, with a faint dimple on her face:
"Everyone who knows us will be curious about this question, but this is the secret of the Council and the last secret of the Fifth Epoch. Detective, although I initially trust you, you are not a witch, and you are not us."
Xia De nodded, knowing that it couldn't be that simple. But unexpectedly, Miss Carina suddenly said:
"But you can know the answer to that question if you become us... become a woman."
Shade's head immediately shook like a rattle, and then he heard the black-haired maid, Miss Tifa Servet, at the door, covering her mouth and laughing softly. Miss Carina also laughed:
"Of course I'm joking. The council only accepts pure women, no exceptions. Detective, although you cannot become a member of the Witch Council, you will be protected by me, Carina Cavendish. Although my relationship with them is not very good, with this identity, no one in the council will make things difficult for you."
As he said that, he actually took the initiative to grab Xia De's wrist.
Xia De was stunned. Many people have mentioned that "the great witches of the Witch Council generally hate men." Even if they don't hate men, it is not normal to casually grab a man's wrist like this.
"What's wrong?"
He asked, and then pulled his wrist free. Miss Carina looked at the palm of her hand, shook her head slightly, then walked to the door, turned her back to him and said:
"Detective, if I need anything, I will send someone to find you. When Tifa sends you the relic, you will also get my contact information... The last witch emperors of the Fifth Epoch did inherit the power of thirteen ancient gods. As for the great witch of the Sixth Epoch... I'll tell you next time."
The maid, Miss Tifa Servet, opened the door and, together with the servants waiting outside, led Miss Carina out of the study.
Xia De stood in the study, listening to their footsteps gradually fading away in the corridor, and he let out a sigh of relief after a long time.
He frowned and asked in his heart:
"Her attitude towards me is very strange. Is there something on me that I haven't discovered that may be of use to her? When she grabbed my hand, was there any sign of magic or hexes?"
He still has this sense of vigilance.
No.
He nodded, stared at the study carpet under his feet, and recalled every detail of their meeting just now:
"Also, Miss Carina gave me a strange feeling. I am now an introductory student of mysticism. There is something strange about her... What did you feel when we were close just now?"
For a general ring sorcerer, even if he specializes in a certain field, like your writer friend, the four elements are generally balanced, but she is different.
"Imbalanced? I see."
Then got a further answer:
The whisper element of Carina Cavendish is almost the sum of the other three elements. But she is indeed a human being, not a humanoid relic.
"Whisper? Could this be the special way of taking office that the doctor mentioned? Taking office with relics? No, I can't just guess."
Xia De looked towards the door:
"Witch Council, witch... Could it be that the last thirteen witch emperors of the Fifth Era and the thirteen chosen ones of this era have the same mission? But that's not right. Although the history books of the academy are vague about the changes in the eras, there is indeed no "gate" appearing, and there is no major change between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era..."
He thought about these things and walked out of the study.