After leaving the doctor's psychological clinic, the sun was setting outside. The setting sun shone in the misty city, making Xia De feel as if he was in another world as he walked on the road.
Half a day ago, he was just an ordinary person, but now he can light a piece of paper with his mind...
“It’s not that different actually.”
If I think about it carefully, I got everything I have now without paying almost anything. It seems a little too lucky.
"But according to the doctor, in addition to the required credits obtained through study, we must complete the college's practical tasks every school year and obtain practical credits. Otherwise, even if we are promoted to the second ring, we will have to repeat the grade."
Life seemed to be on the right track, which made the stranger who was still considering collecting relief food yesterday feel a little unreal. His plan could be further updated, and with the power, the work of the detective agency could continue.
Xia De has planned to complete the three-month mission of his predecessor, of course, on the premise that he must complete at least one formal commission to see if he is suitable for the job.
In order to save money, we walked home, but to celebrate, we had dinner in a restaurant.
It was already seven in the evening when I got home. I studied the doctor's notes a little and learned that the academy actually has formal courses on thaumaturgy and spells. But corresponding to the spirit runes, everyone has different explorations, which can give birth to personal thaumaturgy. It can be used for exchange, or just for yourself to learn.
It seems that instead of studying magic on his own, it is better to wait until there are textbooks and learn some common magic first. But Shade still couldn't resist his curiosity and spent the whole night exploring the spirit runes.
Thoughts affect matter, and the mind interferes with reality. As a result, before going to bed, the power of time and space could not be activated at all, and Shade could only make his fingertips emit a faint silver light. This was the magic of the Silver Moon Rune.
The light was very peaceful, and gazing at it made Shade feel at ease.
"It's useless... At least I can save some gas bills... Come to think of it, do I need to pay for the water, gas, and steam bills for this house myself?"
With such bad thoughts in mind, he fell asleep in exhaustion.
The moon was high in the night sky outside the window. Its brightest phase had passed, but it still shone on him.
Although the doctor and the writer both agreed that the impact of the Ringmaster's employment was not so easy to ignore, the detective would probably have to stay in bed for three days.
But when Xia De woke up on time at 6:30 the next morning, he didn't feel any different from the day before.
He lay in bed for a while, thinking about the relationship between the world and life, and then his dire financial situation pulled his thoughts back to a lower and more realistic level.
Then he stretched his fingers to his face, and saw the faint silver light at his fingertips. He stared at the light for a long time, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. His bad mood, which had been caused by the thought of his empty wallet, suddenly improved, and he didn't even think about the gas bill he had thought about before going to bed yesterday.
I got up, washed, and waited for the newspaper and milk at the door at around seven o'clock. I didn't see the newspaper yesterday because I got up too early. In fact, when I got home last night, I saw the "Tobesk Morning News" and "Kingdom Morning News" thrown on the foot mat.
Of course, starting next month, I will have to pay for the newspaper myself.
After drinking two bottles of milk, he put the empty bottles in the milk box at the door when he went out for breakfast. Although Dr. Schneider asked Xia De to rest well for three days, Xia De did not feel anything abnormal and thought it was the characteristic of the strong soul of the outsider.
So, today I plan to try the commission left by the previous detective.
If the commission does not go smoothly, he will plan to pawn the detective's inheritance to repay the debt.
I don't plan to interfere with Mr. Lawrence's mistress's investigation for the time being. I will wait until three days later and ask the doctor and others about the pebble ring before making any plans.
Among the remaining three commissions, finding Miss White's missing sister and inquiring about a doctor who can treat eye diseases are still a bit difficult, so today's task is to find the lost orange cat for Miss Mia San Gold.
Actually, the previous detective Hamilton had already found the cat, but he didn't hand it over to Shade in order to leave a simple task for Shade. So Shade only needed to pick it up and return it to the client.
I had breakfast at a restaurant near St. Teresa's Square, rolled up the newspaper and tucked it under my arm, and walked east along Richard Avenue. I waited for a while at the next intersection, watching the crowds getting ready for work in the mist of Monday morning.
Then he turned left into the narrow Purple Iris Lane, glanced at the wild grass growing unusually thickly in the corners due to the arrival of summer, and carefully avoided the barefoot children running wildly in the lane. According to the detective's notes, he stopped downstairs of a building with a sign that read "Good Peter's Pet Store".
I could already smell the odor of fermented animal feces, but just as I was about to knock on the door, the door of the pet store opened by itself. A young girl with long brown hair came out, holding a red handbag.
When he saw Xia De, he was also stunned, then nodded politely, walked around Xia De and walked east along the Purple Iris Lane.
Xia De followed her gaze and watched the brown-haired girl merge into the crowd at the alley entrance.
"she... ... "
This was certainly not love at first sight. The moment he saw each other, Xia De suddenly had a strange feeling.
"It was as if at that moment, the light around her suddenly dimmed, and only a spotlight shone on her. She was the protagonist of the stage..."
"They are from the Church of the Sun, young man, you'd better not have any unnecessary ideas."
Only then did he notice that in front of the door of the pet store behind him, a middle-aged man with a big rosacea nose was looking at Xia De who turned around.
The smell of fermented animal feces mixed with food on the middle-aged man was even stronger. He was wearing a blue work jumpsuit, a coat of an unrecognizable original color, and black boots covered in mud.
"What's the matter?"
The middle-aged man asked.
"Hello, I'm from the Hamilton Detective Agency. I'm here to pick up... Please wait."
Xia De retracted the strange feeling he had just had and looked at the note in the former detective's notebook:
"An orange cat, about six months old, with a pure white tail, an orange pattern on its left front leg, and pure white legs elsewhere. Its name is Mia."
He described the characteristics of the orange cat, but unexpectedly the man inside the door's face suddenly changed.
"You're not going to tell me the cat's lost?"
Shade's face also changed drastically, and he asked in a low voice while holding the door frame. The previous detective paid for the cat to be boarded here, and the client, who was described as a "generous lady", offered two pounds and three shillings to find the cat, and even allowed reimbursement of reasonable expenses during the search.
This offer was extremely unreasonable, but it also showed the cat owner's anxiety. For such a high reward, if "Good Peter's Pet Store" was not closed on weekends, the first commission that Shad would choose would definitely not be Mr. Lawrence's mistress.