Xia De held the relic in one hand and extended his right hand to Miss Bei Yasi. The latter stared at him and then looked at the finger bone.
In the shadow of the alley, the expression on her face changed subtly. It took her a long time to grab Xia De's hand and hold it tightly:
"Detective, you have to come clean."
The voice was no longer relaxed as it was a few minutes ago when he was discussing compensation with Shad.
"Of course, I'm sorry... Could you please relax a little?"
The other party's grip is very strong.
"Hold on for a few seconds."
As she spoke, the life ring behind Miss Beiasi actually emerged. Xia De thought there was still a fight, but none of the spirit runes were activated. Instead, the life ring itself began to flash.
The light shone on Shad, and a golden shadow of a scale appeared beside Shad and Miss Beiyas.
"Detective, you need to regain my trust."
"Um?"
Looking at the shadow of the balance, Shade immediately thought of what Miss Anat said, that the final performance of the chosen one is that the life ring turns into a weapon. Now it seems that although Miss Bei Yasi has not yet succeeded, she has mastered more and more power.
"Detective, if you want me to continue to trust you, then relax your mind and don't resist."
"What?"
Xia De didn't understand.
"Good, evil?"
The sorceress holding Shade's hand asked, and the light of the scale flashed in front of Shade's eyes, and the bright light illuminated part of the alley. Then, the scale tilted to the left almost immediately and overwhelmingly.
Miss Beatrice's alert expression changed:
"Oh? Detective, I didn't realize you were so kind... No, where did you come from?"
She looked at Xia De in confusion. Xia De had some guesses. Perhaps he had been here for too short a time, and this scale could only judge his experience in this world.
Miss Beatrice's attitude was obviously much better, and her expression was not so serious anymore. She asked again:
"Order, chaos?"
The scale regained its balance, then fell to the left at an even faster rate, as if someone was pressing it with a finger:
"Hmm? Such a strong sense of order? It seems that you have received a very strict education and you agree with rules and order."
She looked at Shad with the eyes of a magical creature, and relaxed her palms as if she wanted to let go.
"No, I agree with civilization."
Xia De explained, and at this moment, Miss Bei Yasi's hand clenched again:
"Miracle, blasphemy?"
The scale swayed slightly, but soon maintained its balance, and tilted to the left hardly noticeably. Shad had had many contacts with the pure creator of the good god, and swallowed the divinity of the evil god. He himself was more in favor of miracles, but the blasphemous divinity was still in his soul.
Therefore, the balance will maintain an almost balanced state.
Miss Beas frowned, but did not comment further:
"Enlightenment, whispers?"
Both of them stared at the scale, and then saw it slowly move to the left, down to the left, and down... ...it flipped over and turned into golden spots of light scattered in the air.
"... ..."
Miss Bei Yasi let go of Shade's hand, and the overturned scale disappeared with the life ring. Shade was surprised by what happened just now. He didn't expect that the "chosen one" had such interesting abilities. The sorceress looked at Shade and asked seriously:
"Detective Hamilton, which son of the fallen old god are you?"
"Holy Son? What? No, no, no, I'm just an ordinary person."
Xia De quickly shook his head. He felt a little tired and missed his cat at home.
"Take me to your house."
Miss Beas said, looking toward the light of the gas street lamp at the entrance of the alley.
"Um?"
Xia De looked at the girl with long brown hair in surprise.
"There are things I want to talk to you about. I have full confidence in my abilities, so I think our cooperation can continue."
The body was left there and nothing was done about it. Miss Bayard said she had a way to keep it secret, and then the two of them walked out of the alley one after the other.
This place is far from Shade's house, so she finally got on a rented carriage. Because of Miss Beas's dress, the driver looked at Shade in surprise, as if he had misunderstood something.
It was 9:50 p.m. when he opened the door downstairs of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. Chat turned on the gas in the hallway and invited Miss Beas to come in.
On the way, the two did not say a word.
Xia De was relieved to be home. He felt even warmer when he saw the orange cat Mia running to greet him.
Miss Beas sat directly on the sofa. She had been here before, so she was not unfamiliar with it. Xia De returned to his room to change out of his expensive formal clothes before returning to the living room to talk.
"I'm a correspondence ring wizard, that's all. I didn't tell you last time because I didn't want to be exposed in front of the church's ring wizards. If you want me to apologize for lying, that's fine."
This is Shad's opening statement.
"I understand. I also know about the correspondence ring sorcerer's situation. Don't worry, I won't report you."
Perhaps because of the four questions just now, Miss Beatrice's attitude was quite good.
Xia De stroked the cat on his lap, looked at her face, and asked again:
"Ms. Bei Yasi, now you know my identity as a ring mage. But I am still willing to cooperate with you. As a ring mage of the church, do you still want to cooperate with me?"
The young girl nodded slightly. She seemed to have thought it through on the way:
"Detective Hamilton, although I am dissatisfied with your initial concealment, I also know the situation of the academic ring wizard... Our identities can indeed provide a lot of convenience to each other. If you want to continue to cooperate, I think it's no problem."
"Speaking of identity, I am actually a member of MI6, but I can only get my ID tomorrow."
Shade added, and the brown-haired girl looked at him with a strange look:
"That Miss Carina introduced you? No, no need to explain, this identity is also very useful... ... After the four questions just now, I decided to trust you again. It is indeed good to have a friend like you. However, I hope that everyone can be open and honest."
"No problem, what do you want to know?"
Xia De sat up straight. Under the gas light in the living room, Miss Beatrice actually saw golden cracks appearing on his body for a moment, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Answer one question and we'll continue our collaboration."
Thinking that it was just an illusion caused by fatigue, she stretched out a finger and shook it. Of course, Xia De would not disagree:
"Fair enough, if you please."
"You know... the truth will?"
"What?"
Xia De frowned. He really didn't know. Miss Bei Yasi, who was observing his expression, finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"It's better not to know."
"Is this also your enemy?"
Shade asked back. The brown-haired sorceress nodded and took the initiative to serve the tea that Shade had prepared. This meant that there was no more rift between the two of them.
"Detective, I have a lot of secrets. The Truth Society is an organization composed of a group of lunatics. They claim to pursue the truth, but they are blind and foolish. Of course, this has nothing to do with you. I will tell you my story with them when I have time. This involves some ancient secrets, ancient ambitions, the power of the righteous gods, my sun gun, some ancient stone tablets..."
It sounded like a legendary story. Xia De thought about it for a moment and suddenly asked:
"Is the symbol of the Truth Society you mentioned an equilateral triangle with a circle at each vertex and a winged person in the center?"
"What is that?"
Miss Beatrice shook her head.
"That's good. I actually have a lot of secrets, and this is one of them. Oh, Miss Bei Yasi, if you have a chance, can you help me go to the church library and look up this symbol. Of course, be careful not to be discovered, because I'm not sure what it is."
"No problem. The church library has a rich collection of books. If I have the answer, I will tell you."
She leaned back on the sofa in Shade's house, and only then did she finally relax:
"Detective, you want to know the information I got tonight, right? Okay, listen to me."
Her voice was very soft, not showing the strength she had just shown in the alley. Somehow, Xia De suddenly felt pity for this young girl. She was still too young, but had experienced too much.
After the Mercury Blood was broken up and hid in Tobesk, Baron Hull, one of the sponsors of the organization, certainly knew something about it. Although Miss Bei Yasi did not directly ask him where the seriously injured Silver Eyed was hiding, she knew who might know the location of the Silver Eyed.
Miss Beatrice still has a long way to go in her search.
After the organization dispersed, they searched for items to synthesize the angel-level relic Mercury Blood, some of which were hidden in the hands of ordinary people related to the organization. Baron Hull had two of them, but the baron himself didn't know what they were.
Xia De asked carefully and found that there was no red liquid substance, but a silver doll and an emerald.
"Detective, I know you really want those two relics. But if you don't know the nature of a relic, it will only be dangerous to hold it in your hands. Regarding those two relics, I will report them to the church through my channels and ask the church to retrieve them. If there is a bonus, I can give you a share."
Shad had no objection to her arrangement. It was Miss Beatrice who found Baron Hull, and Shad was responsible for luring him out, so they both contributed to this matter.
Although the forged Philosopher's Stone was not found, Miss Bayas learned from Baron Hull a list of people who might possess the relic like him.
There were only two names on the list, one was Mr. Ponton, the owner of the steam engine screw factory in the east of the city, and the other was Mr. Roosevelt, the accountant of the Star Grass Public Tobesk Nursing Home.
Baron Hull had met these two people and knew that they had a close relationship with Mercury Blood.
"What I'm looking for is the forged Philosopher's Stone. I don't care about anything else."
Xia De expressed his attitude, which is the prerequisite for cooperation.
"I can report these two names to the church one day later, which is Tuesday. Before that, you can ask your companions to look for what they are looking for. If they find it, it's yours. If they can't find it, it belongs to the church. But you have to promise not to take it if it's not what you are looking for, so as not to disturb those two people and make the church miss the next clue."
Miss Bei Yasi is not a person who can abide by the rules. Even though she is a member of the Orthodox Church, she doesn't seem to care much about the regulations of the Dawn Church's ring warlocks. But she is indeed a kind and upright girl. If the camps are divided into good and evil and order and chaos, although she is in the good and order camp, she is very close to neutral.
This is probably also the characteristic of the "balanced" chosen ones.