After the opening of the third act, Miss Louisa reminded Shad to listen and watch carefully and not to be distracted. When the scene returned to the fairy tale when Princess Tavier appeared and sang, she patted Shad to remind him that it had already begun.
In order to cater to the development of the plot, the opera "The Kiss of the Tree" has made some changes based on the ancient story. The most prominent aspect is that it arranges some plots similar to love for Princess Tavier and the ancient tree in the forest.
The tree itself is personified in the opera, appearing as an elf in a green formal dress and having a long duet with Princess Tavier.
After this episode began, Miss Louisa did not say anything to Shade again, and only asked him quietly for his opinion after it was over.
Xia De said what he had prepared long ago:
"The singing is great, but from the perspective of the story itself, none of the versions you showed me described their relationship as love so blatantly. This is of course to cater to contemporary audiences, and the stories quoted here are not for children. But if we think more deeply, explore the core of the relationship between Princess Tavier and the ancient tree in the story, and think about it from the perspective of love, friendship, and the spiritual connection that transcends the two, we may be able to interpret it from a different perspective."
After Xia De finished speaking, he saw Miss Louisa looking at him with strange eyes in the darkness:
"Is there something wrong with what I said?"
He asked in a low voice, embarrassed. The blonde shook her head.
"No problem, I just didn't expect you to be able to think so deeply. Xia De, you are really talented."
But Shad knew that he just did too many reading comprehension questions.
Miss Louisa invited Shade to watch the opera. In addition to "The Kiss of the Tree", she also came here to receive goods. After the third act, the blonde got up and left.
Although she thought nothing would happen, she still told Xia De that the place where she would trade with the owner was at the entrance of the public washroom on the second floor. If she didn't come back within half an hour, Xia De could go find her.
“Is the owner of the goods someone you know?”
Miss Louisa was wearing a long dress that made her very recognizable, so the other person should be someone familiar.
"Not very familiar with each other. He is a correspondence ring sorcerer of the Serkses Higher Medical School in Tobesk. The three major thaumaturgical schools have a close relationship, so if it is necessary and they trust each other, it is okay to know each other's identities."
Miss Louisa explained softly, then bent down and passed in front of Shade.
Xia De thought about the current time, reminded himself to be more alert, and continued to sit there and watch the opera.
"Do you find opera interesting?"
Asked in my heart.
Very interesting.
So Xia De stopped looking in other directions and focused on the stage so that "she" would not miss any details.
Twelve minutes after Miss Louisa left, there was a commotion at the northwest entrance of the auditorium on the first floor. Because the lights were not on and the northwest entrance was directly below Shade's position, he didn't know what was going on.
Afterwards, there were unexpectedly chaotic footsteps coming from the entrance of the second-floor auditorium. Although the footsteps were suppressed as much as possible, they still caused a small commotion in the auditorium.
Xia De looked back, but couldn't see much in the darkness. He could only see a group of people pouring in from the rear entrance and then questioning each person in turn.
They were very fast, suppressing the commotion of the audience, and arrived at the front row in five minutes. When Shade got closer, he saw that they were police officers in uniform, but the clothes were the uniforms of the Redwich Field. It was hard to say whether they were from the church or MI6.
"Where is your companion, sir?"
First he asked about Shade's identity, then pointed to an empty seat beside him. Shade shook his head, reached into his arms, and then, under the other party's vigilant gaze, he took out his MI6 ID:
"One of our own."
He whispered, handing over the ID. The middle-aged police officer took it with surprise, looked through it in the light from the stage, and then immediately said:
"Sir!"
He even tried to salute, but was stopped by Shade.
"Hush, keep your voice down."
Xia De took the certificate, but did not let him go. He lowered his voice and asked:
"My female companion has gone to the bathroom. No matter who you look for, it's impossible for her to come. What's the matter this time?"
"Our superiors asked us to arrest someone. Sorry, sir, I can't tell you who it is, but it's related to the poisoning case last week."
Shade nodded in understanding. After Thursday night a week ago, the church was determined to completely eradicate the cultists who dared to summon the evil god twice in the material world. If the cultists were causing trouble locally, then there must be supporters and sponsors among the nobles of Tobesk. Therefore, in recent weeks, the police from Redwich Field and MI6 agents suddenly broke into a building and took people away, which happened all over the city.
The church would rather catch the wrong person than let him go. Don't be fooled by the seemingly peaceful church of this era, but institutions like the Inquisition are not imagined by ordinary people. The Five Gods Church can live in harmony with the secular monarchy in the material world, and it does not rely on gentle missionary methods.
The police came and left quickly, without disturbing people's interest in watching the show. Xia De calculated the time. 28 minutes after Miss Louisa left, he also left his seat, bent over and walked to the aisle between the seats, and then hurried to the exit of the second-floor auditorium.
The area of the Queen Maria Opera House is comparable to that of Saint Teresa's Square. There are several public toilets on the first floor, and when Shade found the blonde girl who had not returned for a long time, she was standing at the door of the toilet in the corner of the floor, talking in a low voice to a man who was also wearing a black suit.
Hearing the footsteps, both of them stopped talking. Miss Louisa saw that it was Xia De coming over, so she put her hand to her forehead:
"Oh, I actually forgot the time. The police came too quickly just now, and we each went to the bathroom for a while longer, which delayed us. Detective, come this way."
She took the initiative to call Xia De over, and then introduced Xia De to him:
"This is Mr. Harry Walker, a fourth-year student at Suxes Advanced Medical School. He is an old friend of the doctor."
Standing next to Miss Louisa, the blond middle-aged man wearing a black silk hat and a monocle immediately handed his business card to Shad. Mr. Walker runs a winery locally and is considered to have a small business.
"Walker, this is Mr. Shad Hamilton from our team."
Xia De also handed over his business card. It seems that the relationship between correspondence ring sorcerers from different academies is indeed quite good.
"Hamilton? Wait, why do you look so familiar to me?"
The middle-aged man enthusiastically extended his hand to shake hands with Xia De, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment:
"Hamilton of Rejade? Are you the knight who was knighted half a month ago?"
"It's me."
Xia De nodded modestly.
"Oh, Louisa, your team is so lucky. Why can't we meet such prestigious team members? Mr. Hamilton, a batch of goods was seized outside Tobesk. Can you..."