Shade was about to say goodbye to Mr. Anros, but then he remembered something that had been on his mind for the entire afternoon:
"Has Mrs. Cook's baby been found?"
When the maid, Miss Tifa Servet, heard this question, she smiled and shook her head. The detective was indeed this kind of person. Mr. Anros was stunned:
"Who is... Oh, that middle-aged woman? We found her. The police raided that alley and found three missing children. The woman you mentioned burst into tears. We are still looking for the whereabouts of more children. This is the biggest case in Tobesk this summer. With the arrests this time, we will definitely get the answer."
“That’s really great.”
Xia De breathed a sigh of relief. He was even shot in the attempt to find the child, but he still didn't find him in the end. That was really too bad.
Although Mrs. Cook could not give him any generous compensation, the great satisfaction that Shad got from this matter was enough to compensate for the time spent.
"Hamilton, you..."
Mr. Anros was about to leave, but before he opened the door, he turned back to look at Shade. The middle-aged man smiled at him, and this time his smile was the most genuine of the two meetings:
"I'm not a life mentor for young people, but people like you are rare. I found out that you just met that woman today and decided to help her... Agents don't need pity. Fortunately, you are not an agent."
He nodded to Shade:
"You are a great young man with a bright future. I will contact you if there is anything. Remember to stay at home and recuperate these days. If you need anything, write directly to that place.
After saying that, he left without looking back. His footsteps were much lighter than when he walked in.
Until seven o'clock in the evening, Shade was still waiting. Fortunately, the people here prepared dinner for him and specially arranged the dining place. During this period, Miss Tifa Servit followed Shade throughout the whole process, but did not eat with Shade.
Shade also tried to invite her to sit down with him, but the maid just smiled and shook her head.
On the way back to the waiting room from the temporary restaurant, they passed by a group of middle-aged gentlemen with strange accents. They were complaining that they had not been summoned after waiting for a day. It seemed that King Larous III was really busy.
Soon after returning to the waiting room, someone else came to visit Shade. This time it was Queen Diana and Miss Carina. The Queen was the same age as the King, much older than Miss Carina. Although Queen Diana was also a beautiful beauty, she looked a little mediocre when standing next to Miss Carina.
This made Xia De feel once again the abnormal charm of the great witch.
The queen came specially to thank Shad. She was very kind and spoke softly. She first asked about Shad's health, then talked about his work, and even apologized for making him wait here for a long time.
This was a very good woman, both as a wife and as a queen. In addition to verbal thanks, before she left, she took off the ruby ring on her finger and gave it to Shade, and even said with a smile that she heard that Shade liked the Rhodes card, so she planned to find a precious Rhodes card to thank him.
Miss Carina did not leave with Queen Diana, but continued to sit on the sofa opposite Shade. Shade looked at her hesitantly:
"You didn't tell Queen Diana that I liked Rhodes?"
"Yes, that's me, what's wrong with that?"
The Duchess asked, her slender neck looking even whiter against the backdrop of her court dress.
Xia De wanted to refute that he didn't like the Rhodes card, but he stopped talking. The precious Rhodes card was also valuable, so it was meaningless to refute it now:
"Well, I do like Rhodes."
He played with the ruby ring in his hand. Although it was a gift from the queen and could not be sold easily in the near future, the fact that he had such a thing in his hand made him feel wealthy.
"See, I knew you'd like it."
The gorgeous red-haired beauty said, and tilted her head to look at the window. Because the gas lamps and crystal chandeliers in the room were too bright, the refraction of the glass almost turned it into a mirror, reflecting the three people in the room.
The corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and the fair skin contrasts sharply with the rosy lips with distinct lip lines:
"Let's get back to business. Did you really get hit by a bullet? You probably don't know that about 200 steps behind you was the thirteenth ring warlock of the Church of the Sun. I didn't feel anything wrong, and neither did he... How did you do it?"
He looked at Xia De with an inquiring look and a slight smile. Xia De thought about his experience this morning and felt scared but also amused:
"The twenty-sided dice of fate."
The maid, Miss Tifa Servet, nodded and agreed:
"Yes, this is indeed among the relics that I temporarily kept for the detective."
You have to search your body when entering the Yodel Palace, even if Shad saved the queen, so the messy things on Shad's body will be kept by her temporarily. In order to avoid trouble in the future, Shad specifically explained the obscuring function of those relics.
"You are really brave. That does make sense."
Carina tapped her chin with her finger, and Shad realized that this seemed to be the first formal face-to-face conversation between the two.
He always felt pressured when talking to Miss Carina through the door because he couldn't see her. But when talking face to face, he was not nervous. Carina Cavendish showed a very approachable attitude, which was different from what Shad had imagined.
"Detective, you did a great job today. I won't say much more about your praise. I can guarantee that you will at least receive a Delarion Knight Medal of Honor this time."
Shade raised an eyebrow as he thought of the divination he had done at the Prophet's Association.
"Don't you think it's enough? The Order of the Knight of Honor is only awarded 20 times a year at most. The last time it was awarded to an ordinary person without a title was fifteen years ago. This is a very high honor."
Miss Carina said, and Shade shook his head and leaned back on the sofa to make the sitting position more comfortable:
“I don’t really value this.”
He was destined to leave the civilized world and go to St. Byron's College in the far north. These honors could not be said to be useless in the college, but they were of little use.
"You will gradually find that some honors can make life easier. In the past, the Medal of Honor was almost equivalent to the knight class, but unfortunately there are no knights now."
The Duchess said this with some regret, but she seemed to have thought of something interesting:
"But if you can make more contributions, I can find a way to get you a title."
"Is it possible?"
“For me, it couldn’t be easier.”
As she spoke, she tapped the armrest of the sofa with her finger, and her tone became a little more serious:
"But detective, I hope you can be more careful next time. The dice you mentioned is not a toy. I rarely take a liking to someone. Don't use your life to prove that I made a mistake in choosing someone."
Xia De knew that this was a warning to himself. After this incident, he also understood this truth, just like when he let the Dark Box go out of control:
"Ms. Carina, I no longer dare to control my fate."
When he read the last few words again, the expression on his face surprised the witch in front of him:
"Hmm... I understand. I always feel like you have another story."