"This looks like cotton. Is this also candy?"
Her Royal Highness tried some and smiled slightly because of the sweetness:
"Cotton candy?"
"Turning food into candy also requires similar color and shape. I can't turn a piece of bread into sugar water. I remember there should be similar marshmallows now, right?"
The princess, who had seen a lot in the court, nodded:
"Beat the egg white and syrup until they are foamy and you can make a candy that looks like cotton. But it's not as good as yours in terms of appearance or taste."
“This can actually be made now, but it requires machines.”
He briefly explained how to make marshmallows. Of course, what the outsiders knew was very rough. Leicia listened carefully, and only sighed after Shade finished speaking:
"You always have all kinds of new ideas, but they are all good ideas. For example, Miss Sylvia's inventions."
Xia De's face turned red and he coughed:
"This marshmallow tastes great, right? If you like, I can also make more candies that you have never tasted."
As he said this, Shade did not forget to stop the puzzle, otherwise the candies would fall all over the floor and it would be very troublesome to clean up. He put Mia back on the table and gave a small portion of the bowl of marshmallows to the cat.
"It is breakfast time, and I am not a child who likes sweets. Besides, I must help Dorothy to keep in shape."
Leicia said, looking at the bowl of sugar again:
"The object of the spell is something you think is food? If it is not a forced change of cognition, which may cause the ring warlock to lose control, this ability will have more uses."
Leicia smiled and said:
"And your compound puzzle lock has become more like a fairy tale. When the little match girl walks barefoot on the street at night, she finds that the snowflakes falling from the sky are actually sugar... If this is really the case, the fairy tale of "The Match Girl" will not be a tragedy."
Because he had to go to Grandma Natalie of the Guiding Light Hermitage this morning to ask if the ring warlock who wanted to buy "mountain copper" was willing to meet, so after breakfast, Shad entrusted Mia to Dorothy and set off for the Green Lake area.
After carefully slipping out of the underground warehouse of the Green Lake Hotel, Shad still left the hotel through the back door of the kitchen.
The child from yesterday was still living in the trash can next to the door. Xia De did not disturb him, but put a few copper coins next to the trash can. He was not worried that it would be taken away by others, as no one would come here.
The journey was not far, and Shade walked to the Kingfisher Tailor Shop and met Grandma Natalie through the secret passage in the dressing room in the corner. The old woman had the power of eleven rings close to twelve rings, which was consistent with Shade's impression of the Guiding Light Hermitage.
"Good morning."
After a brief greeting, Natalie handed Shade a note:
"She is willing to meet you, but she can only reveal a few pieces of information about the Edwards family. She can't tell you everything."
"The Edwards family is an ordinary family. Doesn't her appearance clearly show that the Edwards have deeper secrets?"
Shade said with a smile, looking at the note, which was the address of Green Lake City:
"First floor of Green Lake Hotel, half past ten this morning?"
It was 9:57 in the morning. Half an hour was enough for Xia De to walk back:
"Mother-in-law, do you have any relics or potions that can turn people into animals in a short period of time? Forget about relics, potions are the best."
It was common knowledge among ring sorcerers that using relics to transform the body would definitely have serious side effects.
"That kind of potion is not easy to find. If you are willing to wait, I can contact my old friends, but it will take at least one or two months to get a reply."
The old man behind the counter said, and Xia De nodded:
"Forget it then. I think we'll get the finished product this week."
"It takes a lot of time to brew potions of that level, so you can only look for potions that have already been prepared. This is not easy, but if you have access to the three major colleges, you can try to look for them in the colleges. After all, for the sake of teaching, the professors of potion science will stockpile ready-made potions to facilitate classroom teaching."
This gave Xia De a new idea.
When Xia De was about to leave, Grandma Natalie stopped him again and told him:
"The buyer of the mountain copper has some minor personality problems. If you find her indifferent and slightly hostile to you, please don't worry about it. My old friend's personality has always been like this."
She hesitated for a moment, remembering that Shad was introduced by Mr. Edmund:
"She is a high-level sorcerer. She had problems for a while... and almost lost control. Her mental state has improved in recent years, so don't take anything she says too seriously. I will guarantee this deal, so there will be no problems."
"This kind of high-level warlock is very dangerous."
Xia De sighed, then frowned slightly, connecting the characteristics that Natalie's mother-in-law mentioned with a certain type of people he knew.
"It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?"
He pressed his chest. He always carried the "Witch Detection Badge" with him.
Mother-in-law Natalie said that the buyer had reserved a seat on the first floor with the owner of the Green Lake Hotel in advance, so when Shad returned to the hotel at 10:18 am that day, he went directly to the counter to inquire about the seat.
Unfortunately, the owner of the hotel, Mr. Soren Green, was not there. What Shad saw behind the counter was a woman who was about the same age as Mr. Green and also had brown hair.
After Xia De introduced himself, the woman smiled and said:
"Mr. Watson, you didn't come back last night, and we were worried that you might have gotten lost in this strange city."
"I stayed in Mikaela Blast Furnace City last night. I was delayed in transit, and by the time I finished touring the city and wanted to return, it was too late."
Shade said, and the woman helped to look up Mr. Soren Green's notebook:
"Found it. The lady who is meeting you asked you to wait for her at the table under the Green Lake painting on the wall. If she doesn't arrive by 10:30 a.m., she won't be more than ten minutes late at most."
"Thank you, Mrs. Green."
Shad thought the woman in front of him was Mr. Green's wife. After all, the hotel servants were very respectful to her, and she also had the key to the drawer under the counter. But this time, he guessed wrong.
"Mr. Watson, you may have misunderstood. I am not my brother's wife. I am Helena Green, the twin sister of Thoren Green. My brother is already married. If Sarah hears this, she will jokingly urge me to get married soon."
Xia De was a little embarrassed:
"I'm so sorry, I thought... But you don't look anything like Mr. Green."
"After all, they are a boy and a girl. We haven't looked alike since we were young."
Shad chatted with Ms. Helena Green for a few more words, then ordered a cup of hot tea and sat down under the painting of Lake Green.
It was Wednesday morning, and there were not many people in the hotel. The endless news about the upcoming negotiations in the region in the newspaper was annoying. Shade just flipped through it, then sat at the table bored and looked at the entrance of the hotel, wondering what the sorceress looked like.
"Natalie's mother-in-law said that the other person was her long-time friend, so the woman must be quite old... But it's not difficult to find ways to stay young, so the woman may also look very young."
Time soon came to half past ten in the morning, and the opposite side of Shade, who was holding a cup of tea, was still empty. The lady was late, but not for too long. Two minutes later, the door of Green Lake Hotel was pushed open from the outside, and a lady with light brown hair broke into the room along with the thin sunlight.
She looked to be about 21 or 22 years old, wearing a high-necked dark purple silk dress that reached below her ankles. She was tall, and the high-waisted coat made her waist look very slender. Her shoes were low-heeled, and I couldn't see them because of the hem of her skirt, but they were probably black buckled leather shoes. As for her head, she wore a wide-brimmed hat with embroidered lace decorations.
Solemn and conservative, this is the dressing style of middle-class women in this era. On the contrary, at banquets of nobles, the matching of dresses is sometimes more bold.
Her face was very delicate, but with a very cold expression. It was obvious that what he saw was the lady in disguise. After the sorceress entered the room, she pursed her lips and looked directly at Xia De. Tong Kong shrank for a moment, then blinked, and walked over directly. As she approached, Xia De also realized that the other party should be eleventh or twelfth ring, very close to the level of Natalie's mother-in-law.
"Mr. Watson?"
After sitting down, the woman asked softly in Kasenric. It was not a local accent, but it sounded very nice. However, her tone and expression were very cold, as if there was something dirty on Shade.
"It seems that what Grandma Natalie said is absolutely right."
Xia De thought to himself, then pressed his chest. The witch detection badge had no reaction at this moment, and the other party did not ask to hold his wrist or anything like that, which meant that Xia De seemed to be really overly worried.
"Yes, I'm John Watson, and it was Grandma Natalie who gave me the time and place to meet."
Xia De introduced that there was almost no one on the first floor of the hotel now, and there was no need to worry about ordinary people hearing their conversation.
The sorceress nodded indifferently and placed her gloved hands on the table. Observing her closely, this unknown lady had a very unique temperament. Her indifferent expression, which was difficult to approach, not only did not destroy her beauty, but made her look different from ordinary women.
Xia De wanted to ask the waiter to order a cup of tea for her as well, but was refused:
"I have something else to talk about, I'll leave after we finish."