"Adjust yourself? This is really a judgment on yourself."
Shade sighed softly, picked up the cat behind his head and let it lie on his knees. Mia squinted lazily, and it was unclear whether she was dozing or asleep.
“Did you try?”
Luvia asked again, and Iluna shook her head regretfully, her long brown hair shaking slightly:
"I wanted to give some of my wealth to try to make the scar on my arm disappear. But the court must have three people, and one of them must have the Balance Spirit Rune."
"Balance" is one of Iluna's core runes. It didn't exist before, but it suddenly appeared on the second night after she became the Chosen One. This is also the first case that Shade has encountered, where a core rune can be obtained after the Ring Warlock takes office.
"Among the three, one holds the holy emblem as the judge, one stands below as a spectator, and the last one controls the scales. Even if I am the chosen one, I cannot transcend the rules of that space itself."
"That means there's more for us to find."
Xia De couldn't help but shook his head, and Luvia smiled:
"But at least there's no need to change coins this time."
"Why?"
Iluna asked curiously.
"My divination is only ineffective for a few things. Although I can find relics that contain the power of gods, I can't find statues and holy symbols. These two things are almost equivalent to the gods themselves. No matter how many coins I pay, I can't perform divination."
In other words, although Xia De knew about the fifth white fog space left by the ancient gods besides the "Time Corridor", "Space Maze", "Silver Moon Library" and "Creation Delivery Room", he still could not enter.
Moreover, even if he entered it, Shade had nothing to change. It was not that he was satisfied with the status quo, but that he was unwilling to give up anything that belonged to him except his property.
That would make him feel incomplete.
This was all the information Iluna had obtained for the time being, and then Shade took her to visit his basement. Perhaps the souls of the "chosen ones" were stronger, and Iluna was able to withstand the pressure of facing the statue of the ancient god and touch the statue just like Shade.
But when she chanted the spell and entered the space maze, the only signpost she could see was the one representing "Saint Teresa's Square."
This gave Xia De a new understanding of this space. Those road signs were not recorded in the statues, but were recorded on the users.
Shade had opened the "Coldwater Harbor" signpost and touched the "Saint Teresa Square" signpost, so no matter where he used the statue, he could see these two places again. But Iluna had never been to Coldwater Harbor, so for the time being, there was only this one signpost.
But Shade obtained the second landmark not by actively expanding abroad, but by sacrificing the "White Stone Crystal". He intended to let Iluna do the same, so that when he went to Coldwater Harbor to help Princess Leisia next week, he would have a helper by his side.
But when he told Iluna about this and was about to try his luck at the Tobesk Mining Association, the young girl with long brown hair asked doubtfully:
"What white stone crystal?"
"Didn't your other self receive the message left by the ancient god?"
Luvia asked curiously. Shade had told her about this before.
Iluna tilted her head to communicate with the voice in her head, then shook her head blankly:
"No information."
"Could it be that only Shade can open up new landmarks by sacrificing the 'White Stone Crystal'? Even if others enter there, they must touch different statues before they can travel through space?"
Luvia gave a very likely guess, but it was just a guess.
"Although white stone crystal is precious, I remember that there seems to be some in the church warehouse. I can find a chance to borrow a piece and bring it here to try."
Iluna suggested, but all three of them instinctively felt that Luvia's guess was correct.
As long as they have the key, those who are favored by time can enter the Corridor of Time, but only Shad can truly travel through time; as long as they can find the hidden wall, those who are favored by space can enter the space maze for space travel, but only Shad can obtain new landmarks through sacrifice.
According to this speculation, perhaps in other ancient god-left spaces, Shade can also have special performance. However, the Silver Moon Library lacks the "Yellow Moon" core spirit rune, and the Creation Delivery Room has only heard that the Inquisitor's Court needs additional holy emblems.
Xia De's conjecture can only be verified later.
He was looking forward to Iluna's return. Besides hoping to meet this girl who had experienced so much as soon as possible, he also hoped that she could bring him "new surprises."
Even if she becomes the chosen one from a candidate, there will be no shortage of accidents around the brown-haired girl, and these accidents will push her to be promoted to the 13th ring as soon as possible.
Talking about this, Iluna shared with some distress the accidents she encountered on the steam train with her church companions on the way back to Tobesk. However, after returning to the city, her life is relatively peaceful.
She already knew that Shad was busy collecting 15 practical credits. Although Shad no longer needed to look for new relics because of yesterday's unexpected gain, Iluna still brought what Shad wanted.
"There are many things to do."
The young girl couldn't help but cover her head. The three of them walked upstairs together. Her tone was quite distressed:
"You know that the Blackstone Security Company I work for is actually a ring wizard team under the church. In addition to handling the tasks assigned by the church, we also have to handle ordinary tasks entrusted to us if we have time. Although there are five churches in Tobesk, and each church has many teams like ours, there are always endless things to solve."
As she spoke, she took out a folded paper and handed it to Xia De, on which was recorded some commission information.
Blackstone Security Company prefers to solve the urgent tasks of the church first, and the second priority is those things that are obviously related to the mystery, and then other things. Therefore, there are many commissions squeezed into the security company. Iluna copied a few that seemed to have problems and brought them to Shade.
However, these tasks have been screened by the church and then by the ring magician team responsible for carrying them out, so the chances of them being valuable are very low. Iluna thought that Shade might be able to try his luck, so she picked out a few. And if Shade solves the problem, then next week Iluna will select these tasks, apply for a private investigation, and then write a problem-free investigation report and submit it.
Therefore, Xia De also reduced some of the task burden for Blackstone Security Company.
"Even with my luck, I can't encounter relics going out of control every day. After all, there are only a few relics. After becoming the Chosen One, the bad things happening around me are obviously not as many as before. I'm sorry, Shade, I may not be able to help you this time, and I can't act with you today."
Iluna said regretfully that she had just returned to Tobesk and had a lot of things to deal with, and this was originally the team's mission, and it would not be convenient for her to show up if it was given to Shade.
"But if you have any trouble, you can find me at the security company. I will be there for some time."
"It doesn't matter. I already have all the credits. These are not really important."
Shade shook his head and asked again:
"Luvia, do you want to come with me to see these things?"
Xia De asked the female fortune teller again. The latter thought about it and shook her head regretfully:
"I'm sorry, the Big City Players Rhodes Card Tournament will be held next month. This is the first time in fifty years that a tournament of this scale has been held in Tobesk, so I can't take leave recently."
The "Big City Players Rhodes Tournament" is a worldwide Rhodes tournament that is held every three years in the big cities of the Old World. At that time, players from all over the world will gather to compete for prize money and special cards for the winners.
"It's okay. I'm a detective after all, so I can handle these commissions by myself. If there are any problems, I will ask you for help."
Although it is a pity, I really have to act alone today. Everyone has things to do, and everyone has their own career and life.
"Iluna has given me three requests. Do you want to try to complete them all? Which one should you start with?"
The female fortune teller asked again.
"Shad, I recommend you to check out the haunted empty house first. It's the closest to here. Then check out the mysterious man who appears on the street at noon every day. This is the only commission I brought here that is not issued by the church."
Iluna recommended, she really regretted that she couldn't go along.
Shade picked up the paper and took another look. The three investigation tasks were varied. In addition to the two mentioned by Iluna, the last one was to investigate a spice merchant in the north of the city. The spices he sold were very good at helping with sleep, but after analyzing the spices, they were completely ordinary items. The church suspected that there was a small possibility that he was a ring wizard who was proficient in potions and alchemy, so there was a task.
Of course, the probability is very small, and the other party has no intention of escaping, so this task will be put on hold until next week.
"Okay, I will investigate in this order. Iluna, I will send you the investigation records of the three matters tomorrow."
Shad said, looking up.
"Then we'll split the commission 90% to 90%. You take 90% and I take 10%. I'm the broker who introduced these tasks to you."
The young girl was very familiar with handling this kind of thing. Although the relationship between the two parties was very good, settling the accounts clearly would make the relationship even better. Xia De admired her approach very much.
"Also, we will investigate the matter regarding the second chosen person."
Luvia also said, pointing in the direction of Coldwater Harbor:
"Iluna, I hope you can collect as much information as possible about the Coldwater Harbor incident through the church. Now that you are the only chosen one, I think the Sun Church will not hide the affairs of other chosen ones from you."
"No problem. After returning from the Holy See, my identity is different."
The seventeen-year-old girl smiled happily.
The two girls prepared to leave together, and Xia De also took his clothes and prepared to go out. He still had a lot of things to deal with this Friday.
Since he had to travel around the city, in addition to those investigative tasks, he also had to visit the MI6 base, deal with tax issues, inquire about the price of installing pipes from the gas company and the steam company, and settle the advertising expenses for next month at the Steambird Daily.
"Shad, can I take your cat? You're planning to leave it at home anyway, so why not let me take it. You've been to our place, and I think Mia will become friends with our cat."
Before leaving, Iluna suggested. Luvia stood aside with a smile, already knowing the result. Shade turned back to look at the orange cat standing on the sofa, ready to send him downstairs, and then quietly enjoy the happiness of being alone at home:
"If you can get its consent, I have no objection."
He said with a smile.
"Oh, little Mia, come here."
So the girl in the skirt clapped her hands towards the small orange cat, which looked at her suspiciously with its big eyes, then raised its front paws and rubbed its face, but otherwise did nothing.
"Iluna, I think this means rejection."
No matter how Iluna felt, at least Luvia was in a good mood at the moment.
The three of them separated downstairs. Taking the information given by Iluna, Shad first walked for twenty minutes to No. 6 Squirrel Alley.
Squirrel Alley is an ordinary alley in the eastern district of Tobysk City. Most of the people who rent here work in the vicinity as clerks, accountants, copyists and other relatively decent jobs. Although their income is not much and they cannot be called standard middle class, at least they can support their families without doing too much physical labor.
Number 6 Squirrel Alley is a common rental apartment in the city, with three floors. The landlord's family lives on the first floor, the second floor is rented to a family of clerks working in the logistics department of the city hall, and the third floor belongs to a student who came to Tobysk from his hometown and studied at the local Tobysk Secondary Mechanical College.
A month ago, the resident of the third floor, Sal Hak, died, and then there were rumors of haunting. Before the task was assigned to Iluna's team, the church had sent ordinary priests to check with divine objects, but no trace of evil spirits was found, and there was no definite evidence of the so-called "haunting" from beginning to end, and no one was injured.
The landlord's family and the residents on the second floor have now moved out, so Blackstone Security Company believes that this task is not very important.
Because it was close to the city center, the alley itself was relatively clean. However, the road was a bit narrow, and it was probably not wide enough for a carriage to pass through. After entering the alley, Xia De stepped on the gravel on the ground and looked at the rusty house numbers one by one.
There were mostly brick and stone walls on both sides, with steam pipes wrapped in insulation clinging to the walls, but the rivets that fixed the pipes were mostly rusted. After passing through a stone archway connecting the buildings on both sides of the alley, I saw the locked door.
I tilted my head to look around the house. The windows on both sides were sealed with wooden boards, but the mailbox hanging on the wall was empty. It seemed that someone had come back to take something recently.