"You are no longer the ignorant First Ring Warlock that you were when I first met you. I don't need to tell you anything extra. You can understand it yourself. Oh, by the way, the relic I promised you last time has been found. When you leave Yodel Palace later, let Tifa take you to get it."
The Duchess said.
"That's great. Miss Carina, I wonder what you've been busy with lately? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
Xia De was also a little polite, but unexpectedly Miss Carina thought about it and really told him what she was going to do:
"The people sent by the Blood Spirit School from the New World to support Mercury Blood will soon arrive, probably around the weekend of next week. The news is that one of them is an eighth-ring and the other is a ninth-ring, with some pretty good relics. The Witch Council knows that I am in Tobesk, and asked me to capture them. The Council wants to inquire about some things... about the 'Creation Delivery Room'."
She glanced at Shade, who blinked and looked back at her, as if he didn't understand anything. So the Duchess continued:
"I'm busy with that lately, but I don't think you can help me. So, Detective, what are you busy with lately?"
Maybe because she had nothing to do right now, or maybe because Shad had saved Queen Diana today, Miss Carina didn't mind chatting with him more.
"Looking for the relic hidden by Mercury Blood - the forged Philosopher's Stone. Also, looking for the location of the Silver Eyed One. My friend wants to see him."
"The second-ring sorceress of the Church of the Sun?"
She joked, and then said something very unexpected:
"I don't know where the fake Philosopher's Stone is, but I know the clues about the Silver Eyed One."
Xia De immediately asked:
"Please ask where he is?"
He thought Miss Carina would only give clues and then he would need to continue investigating, but the answer was even more unexpected:
"After he was severely injured by you, he hid in the underground ruins they discovered, guarding the sage-level relic himself, and letting the ruins guard him. But unfortunately, I don't know where the ruins are, so you need to find it yourself."
Xia De nodded and leaned back slightly on the sofa. He knew the location of the ruins on Monday's rainy night. Now that he knew the Silver Eyed Man was hiding in the ruins, he could provide Miss Bei Yasi with this important information.
With such important information, Miss Beatrice would not care about her own deception and concealment.
"However, if you do catch the Silver Eyed One, remember to bring the body to me. I might be able to use this guy as bait."
The maid bent over to pour tea for Miss Carina, who looked at Shad:
"Although the possibility is slim, you always do all kinds of strange things, so I trust you."
"That's no problem. My friend just wants to dig out the eyes of the Silver Eyed One himself. Sorry, Miss Carina, there's actually something I've always wanted to ask..."
He looked at the other party hesitantly. The atmosphere of today's conversation was very good, so he could ask some questions.
"It's okay, just ask."
"Sometimes I feel that your attitude towards me... ... May I ask, what is it about me that you like?"
Xia De thought about this question for a long time. Maybe the initial cooperation was normal, but after that, it seemed wrong. The most important thing was that many parties proved that "the witches of the Witch Council hate men", so Xia De thought that he was not overthinking.
"I'm surprised you would ask that directly."
Miss Carina smiled and picked up the teacup but didn't drink it:
"I do have reasons for being so friendly to you, but I don't want to tell you right now. But I can assure you that it's not harmful to you."
The lid of the porcelain teacup rubbed against the rim of the cup. She thought for a moment and said:
"How about this, I will give you an almost impossible task. If you can complete it, I will not only answer your questions, but also tell you the secrets of the Witch Council. If you can't complete it, I will answer your questions after you are promoted to a high ring."
"What mission?"
Xia De asked, worried that the other party would ask him to pick the moon.
"Bring me the Secret Keeper-level relic contained by the Peace Church."
"Which one?"
He was a little curious. The Duchess shook her finger. There was no jewelry on her finger.
"You should be familiar with it, the Transformation Ring."
The appearance of the pebble ring immediately appeared in front of Xia De's eyes. Of course, he was very familiar with this relic. Strictly speaking, it was this thing that got him involved in the major incident at Lake View Manor.
Miss Carina put down the cup of tea she hadn't even drunk, stood up and asked the black-haired maid to help her straighten the wrinkles of her skirt:
"Detective, it doesn't matter if you can't do it. You can get the answer from me when you get high. However, I am looking forward to the scene where you can surprise me. After all, this is not the first time you have surprised me."
After saying that, he said goodbye to Shad and left, but the maid, Miss Tifa Servet, remained in the room.
"Huasheng Ring?"
This couldn't be a relic that the other party mentioned casually. Xia De even thought that the other party really wanted to obtain this relic.
The maid saw his thoughts and said softly:
"Detective, don't get me wrong. The Great Witch of the Council can only be a pure woman. Even if you become a man after becoming a Great Witch, you will lose your qualifications. None of the thirteen Great Witches can hide such a thing."
"If you're not going to use it yourself, then what does Miss Carina want this ring for?"
He asked, but the maid certainly didn't give an answer:
"Miss just wanted to do an experiment... an interesting experiment."
She answered hesitantly, and then she saw Shade looking at her with strange eyes, and the black-haired girl blushed:
"Of course not for me, Detective, you look so rude."
Not long after Miss Carina left, the king's chamberlain finally announced that he would summon Shade. Since he had changed his clothes in the afternoon, he did not need to prepare anything special.
The middle-aged attendant who spoke in a somewhat feminine tone originally wanted to tell Shade some things about etiquette, but after the maid Tifa explained that she had already told the detective about it in the afternoon, she did not say anything more.
Not only Miss Carina, but it seems that even her maid has an unusual status in this palace.
The maid Tifa stayed here waiting for Shad, while Shad followed the attendant through the complex corridors of the building that seemed like a maze, and stopped in front of a door guarded by two royal guards in metal armor. This was the study of King "Fire Jumper" Larus III, where he often received guests.
After opening the door, the attendant bowed slightly and motioned for Shade to come in. The stranger adjusted himself before walking in, and the door closed behind him.
This study was unusually spacious, even larger than the first floor of the Xia De family, but in the shape of a pentagon. Five or six bookshelves and low cabinets were scattered along the wall, and the floor of the empty room was covered with a red carpet. There was only a desk in the middle of the room, and behind the desk was a magnificent floor-to-ceiling window that almost took up the entire wall.
Outside the window is the night view of the garden of the Jodel Palace. The sound insulation of the room is quite good and the chirping of cicadas in summer is almost inaudible.
The light from the garden shone into the room through the window, and the light in the room was no less bright than the tipsy lights. There were gas lamps of different shapes at regular intervals on the wall, a crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling with candles burning constantly, and a bright gas table lamp on the desk.
But I didn't see any pipes coming from the wall, so I guess the bottom of the table is connected to an underground safety gas pipeline.
There was only one person in the room, the 43-year-old King of the Kingdom of Draerion, Larus II the Fire Leaper, who put down his pen, folded the written document, and placed the pages next to the crown on the cushioned desk.
I looked up at the young man who came in. Because he was sitting, I couldn't tell his height. His hair was a little sparse and his hairline was high, but his facial features were strong. I could tell at a glance that he was a determined man.
The pair of eyes looked at Xia De, clasped his hands together and placed them on the table and said:
"Shad Hamilton, you did a great job today. MI6 and Anros will be proud of you."
The voice is low, but it is probably not fake, it is purely caused by not speaking for a long time.
"Yes, sire."
Xia De just said this, observing the other person while he was observing himself. The person in front of him was the most senior ordinary person he could meet in this world, but in comparison, the nervousness he felt when facing him was not even half of the nervousness he felt when talking to Miss Carina through the door.
"What reward do you want?"
Xia De had thought about this question a long time ago, and even privately asked the maid in the waiting room:
"Honor, that's all."
Money does not necessarily include honor, but honor definitely includes money. This is a Delarian proverb that the black-haired maid taught Shade this afternoon.
"Okay, you can leave now."
During the whole process, the other party said three sentences and Xia De said two sentences. Compared with the long time he waited, this conversation seemed meaningless. But the outsider didn't care about these, as long as the other party gave money.
As he turned to walk toward the door, he saw from the corner of his eye that the king, whose hair was fiery red but very sparse, had picked up the pen again.
Unexpectedly, when Xia De held the door handle, he heard a voice behind him:
"How did you and Aunt Carina meet?"
He probably wanted to ask a question suddenly when Xia De was most relaxed, and this question made the outsider who had read all kinds of vulgar novels think of countless complicated court political struggles.
Of course, Xia De had thought about this problem. If he didn't even have this much caution, there would be no point in being a ring wizard. He should return Mia Cat to Miss Gode as soon as possible and go to the countryside to farm.
He held the door handle and didn't turn around, so the other person couldn't see his expression.
The sound is clear:
"The Duchess and I are not very familiar with each other. We just met at a club called Lucky Southern Cross. The Duke wanted to buy my Rhodes cards at that time. You should have looked into the Founding Silver Moon. We met at that time, and the Duke admired my Rhodes talent very much."
After he finished speaking, he waited for a few seconds, and when he heard no further questions, he turned the doorknob and walked out.