He still met Xia De in the same clinic. Compared with "that lady" on the third floor of the club last night, Xia De trusted the doctor quite a bit, so he told him everything that happened last night. He didn't think there were any details that needed to be concealed.
This of course also includes the matter of the Dark Box, but Shad blurred the conditions for the box's containment to be out of control.
When the doctor heard about the relic going out of control at the beginning, he stood up and paced around the room in surprise. When he heard halfway through, when Xia De mentioned the sage-level relic, he stood there and covered his forehead. When he heard the crazy idea of the "Silver Eyed One", he groaned unabashedly:
"What a lunatic! I knew that the blood of mercury was in the New World and tried to use the unique minerals there for alchemy, but I didn't expect it to actually come to Tobesk."
He was satisfied with Shade's performance against the Dark Box, but he did not think that Silver Moon's Light Spell had much value, as there were too many such magics. Although the Light Spell described by Shade was a little too bright, it was not too unique.
As for Shade's behavior of trading the statue with the remains of the old god to others, the doctor thought he did the right thing. He didn't even care that the woman might have learned about the correspondence group of five people through Shade:
"A lot of people know about our existence. Otherwise, how can we exchange materials and knowledge with others? How can we find talented people to help us? Do we have to wear masks every time? As long as they are not from the Orthodox Church, it's fine. If they are willing to trade with a low-level warlock like you, it means they are very friendly."
As for the speculation about the woman's identity, the doctor couldn't think of who it might be, but he also believed that the other party's ring warlock was of a high level, otherwise there was no reason for her to discover Shade in that way, and know the specific information about the sage-level relic.
"Anyway, this is a good thing. You got a rare spell and a very good relic without risking your life. I think this is lucky. This world is not safe, and you don't always have such luck."
The doctor finally came to a conclusion on the matter.
"Is it lucky?"
Shade asked, but after thinking about it it seemed really lucky.
The evil god statue that possessed the remnants of the old gods, although Shad could only gain knowledge through the first contact, its actual value was definitely much greater than that clerical-level ring. But if we add the free information and knowledge, and Shad's inadvertent behavior of causing the Dark Box to go out of control, this transaction could barely be called a "fair trade" without any problem.
More importantly, "that lady" is much better than Shad.
The doctor didn't care much about "the lady" in the club. After all, this was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of the Old World, and any kind of ring wizard could appear here. He cared about the blood of mercury:
"In fact, the academy recently released a mission related to the Mercury Blood Organization, and I was even prepared to participate... It seems that I still need to think about it, the sage level..."
The doctor muttered to himself, then looked up at Shade:
"Shad, overall you handled this matter quite well. You didn't encounter any danger, and you handled the transaction with the unknown ring sorcerer properly, and provided the team with valuable information. You have already gotten started, and this is what your future life will be like.
But this information is quite useful, maybe I should give you some reward. Don't refuse. Although the five of us belong to the same team and may cross the northern ice sheet together in the future, there are some things that need to be settled. Ordinary information can be shared freely, but this time it concerns this kind of thing..."
He thought about it:
"How about four pounds? One pound for each of the other four. That's probably what the news is worth."
If such important inside information were sold on the black market, it would certainly be worth more than four pounds.
But sharing within the five-person group is impossible at that price. The four pounds is not a return of benefits to Shad, but a recognition of his contribution to the group. Of course, there is an essential difference between the two, representing that the relationship between the five people is not a pure exchange of benefits.
"Four pounds, which is equivalent to me taking little Franklin back from the club eight more times, and also equivalent to one more orange cat Mia."
Xia De calculated in his mind and equated these three relationships. He did not want more, so he smiled at the doctor:
"Of course, that's great. But doctor, will it have any impact on me not telling you about Mrs. Lazoya's intelligence last night?"
He then took this opportunity to ask for advice, but Dr. Schneider shook his head:
"Since the other party didn't ask, you have no right to say anything. But don't contact the lady you mentioned anymore. She is probably a member of Mercury Blood. However, I haven't heard that they have a relic for gender conversion. I think they are preparing for the synthesis formula of Mercury Blood. The difficulty of the academy bounty order is greater than I thought."
The doctor frowned:
“In short, don’t touch anything related to Mercury Blood again.
I will probably do something in the near future, but I am a fifth-ring warlock, and you are not. The Mercury Bloods are a bunch of lunatics who always think they can create the legendary angel-level relics, but how is that possible? "
"That's right. If angel-level relics can appear at will, then this world is too crazy."
Xia De also said so, and he really thought so.
The blue-eyed doctor seemed to have had some experience with this organization, but he didn't intend to share it with Shade, so he changed the subject:
"Shad, your task now is to learn more about common sense and make your detective career a success. Get in touch with the ordinary world more. When you are promoted to the second ring, or have enough power, then consider participating in the shadows of Tobesk City. This crazy world is always crazier than you think."
"So, doctor, does the academy always do this, hiding crucial information from us?"
Xia De took the opportunity to ask, but the doctor shook his head unexpectedly:
“Don’t think too hard of St. Byron’s Comprehensive College. They usually share the right information with us at the right time.”
"So when is the right time?"
Xia De asked again, and then saw Dr. Schneider leaning back slightly on the single sofa:
"Then only they themselves know."
After leaving Dr. Schneider's psychological clinic, nothing else worth remembering happened that day, except for hearing at noon that an unexpected gas explosion had occurred in the alley opposite the Silver Parrot Milk Company last night.
No illegal organization came knocking on his door, no generous client rang the bell downstairs, and no acquaintances of Sparrow Hamilton came to see him. However, Shad's research at home alone actually yielded some results.
He was still completely unable to mobilize any power of time and space, but as for the Silver Moon, perhaps because of its breakthrough use on the third floor of the club, now in addition to the light spell, Shade could allow the light of the Silver Moon to attach to external objects.
In one of his most successful attempts, he made the orange cat named "Xia Mia", who gradually became friendly with him, emit light for ten seconds continuously.
This action scared the cat so much that it ran around the house and even climbed up to the third floor of the apartment through the broken stairs.
It took Shad a long time to call the escaped cat back, and he wondered whether the detective had hidden his gun on the sealed first floor, the inaccessible third floor, or in Room 2 on the uninhabited second floor.
Unfortunately, he didn't have enough tools to go to these three places to investigate. But exploring these places was already on Shade's schedule, after all, he had to make sure that the house he lived in was absolutely safe.