"Mr. Hamilton, the results of divination and prophecy are often vague and metaphorical. So, this may not mean that you can become a knight, but something else. Besides, divination is not always correct."
Mr. Stan admitted regretfully, folding his hands. Shad did not comment on this, but looked thoughtful.
Thinking about what to eat for dinner.
After the divination, he said goodbye to Mr. Stan and Mr. Mark and left the Prophet's Association. Originally, payment was required after the divination, but both gentlemen insisted on not accepting Shad's money. Compared with his contribution to the Tobesk branch in the matter of the Rhodes card, two shillings was nothing.
Mr. Mark invited Xia De to visit the association frequently. In addition to the regular Rhodes card competitions, the association also often held card games with many Rhodes card enthusiasts clubs in the city. There were even occasional gatherings for divination enthusiasts. Mr. Mark quietly hinted to Xia De that there would be many good girls present.
After returning from the cool room to the outside, the hot air woke up the sleeping cat. It was two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Xia De decided to go home and read to kill the rest of the day. It was snowing in the study, but it was more comfortable than the divination room of the Prophet Association.
Not long after leaving the Prophet's Association, I was walking along the Silver Cross Avenue while holding my increasingly anxious cat. Suddenly, I saw a young girl with long brown hair walking towards me. It was Iluna Beas.
There was no one around her, she was walking around like an ordinary citizen. When she met Xia De, she winked at him, but Xia De consciously did not say hello.
So half an hour later, he welcomed Miss Beatrice to visit him home again.
After being invited into the room by Shad, Miss Beas did not sit down immediately. Instead, after getting permission, she walked into the kitchen of Room 1 on the second floor and observed the Yodel Palace from the kitchen window.
Because of the layout of the room, this window is the best place to observe the Yodel Palace.
"no problem."
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and returned to the living room to sit down. She tilted her head and glanced at the coffee table. Snowflakes were falling from the ceiling and then fell into the basin next to the coffee table.
She reached out her hand and caught some snowflakes. The cool feeling made the young girl feel very comfortable:
"Detective, what are you doing?"
"Cool down the room."
Xia De, who was preparing tea in the kitchen, said that Miss Bei Yasi certainly could not associate it with the puzzle lock, and only thought that it was some kind of small-scale magic that Xia De mastered to summon snowflakes:
"You have to pay attention to your consumption. A first-ring warlock doesn't have much spirit. If you waste too much, what will you do if you encounter a dangerous situation?"
She gave the warning in the tone of someone who had experienced it.
"That's right, but the weather is really too hot... Miss Bei Yasi, what were you doing just now? It shouldn't be a coincidence, right?"
"Of course not. It's a mission from Blackstone Security Company."
Xia De thought she would keep the mission information secret, but she said it directly next, as if complaining to Xia De:
"The royal family wanted to find a group of ring sorcerers to protect the Yodel Palace for a week. I heard it was related to some spy. The church didn't want to get involved in such things. Our cooperation with the royal family does not include being their bodyguards. But it seems that the king agreed to relax some religious management regulations, and promised that we only need to protect the Yodel Palace and pay attention to bold ring sorcerers, and ordinary people don't need to pay attention, so we were transferred here. Our job content is to monitor the periphery of the Yodel Palace and look for suspicious people."
Although she said so, she sat on Xia De's sofa and had no intention of leaving. She looked up at Xia De, her hair falling to the side, and complained:
"Detective, do you know how painful it is to keep walking outdoors in this weather? My shift is from one to four in the afternoon, which is the hottest time."
As he said that, he reached out and grabbed a handful of snow from the basin, rolled it into a snowball, and tried to catch the cat with his cold hands. But Mia the cat, who had become smarter recently, jumped directly onto Shade's legs very quickly.
Xia De was very interested in the church's ring wizard, so he continued to inquire:
"I don't know much about you. So, is this matter a task assigned to your Blackstone Security Company by the royal family, or is it a task assigned to you by the church? This involves the issue of remuneration."
"It's all included. So in addition to the contribution to the church, there is also a large reward. The captain and his men are very happy... I am also very happy. I don't even have to pay taxes."
Xia De was envious in his heart but didn't say it out loud.
As Beyath spoke, he looked around Shade's living room, hesitated for a moment, and then asked:
"Detective, can I stay here until four in the afternoon? I won't disturb you, don't worry about that."
"Oh? You're not going to continue your work?"
Shad pointed in the direction of the Yodel Palace. Although Miss Beas acted immaturely, he always thought that she should be a very responsible person.
"I pulled up a chair and sat at that window over there, and I saw more than I could have seen if I had just wandered around the streets."
She pointed in the direction of the kitchen.
"But stay here with me. Once you find a suspicious person near the Yodel Palace, it seems that you can't rush there immediately... unless you jump out of the window directly."
Xia De added that he didn't want to chase the other person away, he was just worried that it would delay things.
"That's okay. The chances of accidents happening during the day are low, so the main task is observation, not combat and arrest. Otherwise, a second-ring warlock like me would not be involved in the mission."
After that, I asked again embarrassedly:
"Can I stay here? It's just for today. Tomorrow it's the other teams' turn and we won't be in charge of this anymore."
Xia De thought about it and it seemed unnecessary to drive her away:
"No problem, but don't force Mia to follow you."
He saw Miss Beatrice's intention to catch Mia. The sorceress smiled embarrassedly, but probably did not give up the idea of hugging the orange cat.
"I promised not to touch your cat today. It's better to sit here than on the street. The temperature here is really nice."
She said happily, standing up and straightening her skirt, adjusting the pleats at the collar of her lady's shirt, and then went to move the chair.
I was originally worried that Miss Beatrice's appearance would bring about another unexpected incident, but nothing happened until she left St. Teresa's Square in the evening.
All afternoon, Miss Beas sat by the window, drinking tea while diligently observing the area around the Yodel Palace. Meanwhile, Shad sat on the sofa with a book, chatting with her in a casual manner. It was a slightly chilly afternoon.