Since the matters at hand had been temporarily dealt with, Shadben planned to officially start solving the last two commissions left by Detective Sparrow from this afternoon.
But just as he returned to St. Teresa's Square from the Church of the Dawn and wanted to take out the power of attorney agreement before going out, the badge on his chest began to get hot.
It was Miss Carina who came to visit.
The Duchess certainly didn't come to the city to do some business and then visit Shade on the way. Nearly two weeks after Darkness escaped from Coldwater Harbor, the Witch Council finally found his trail through the boot.
"Ivan Darkness is here now, in Wildwood, Charing County. The council's personnel nearby found him last night. Although he escaped again, at least we have found his trail."
Miss Carina pointed out the location on the old continent map in Shade's house with her finger painted with red nail polish. The large and exaggerated map was now unfolded and spread out on the open space in the living room of Room 2 on the second floor. Tifa squatted down and carefully circled the city of Wildwood with a pencil.
Mia stood proudly above the map, not knowing what she was trying to say. Shade stood beside the black-haired maid, bending over to look at the map.
The location of Wildwood City has crossed the midpoint of Coldwater Port City and Tobisk City, and is southwest of Tobisk City.
His eyes scanned the map, and accidentally looked at the squatting maid, and then saw a scene that made him blush. The black-haired maid had a really good figure, which was even more obvious when she squatted down.
The flesh of desire was still affecting him, and Shad tried very hard to look away.
"But how come you have such a high-precision map of the kingdom at home? This can almost be regarded as a military map. Look, there is no printing number on the map. Strictly speaking, this should be considered contraband."
Miss Carina asked, sitting on a chair nearby. There was no furniture in Room 2. Just now, when Shad got the map, the Duchess's servants moved a few chairs from the dining room in Room 1.
The map was of course left behind by the previous detective. As for what Sparrow Hamilton wanted to do, that was not something that the loyal MI6 agent Shad Hamilton could think of.
He evaded the question and then asked:
"So besides the Council, the Church didn't find out about Darkness?"
"The battle in Wildwood City will attract the attention of the church. Because it happened in a hurry and there was no time to cover up the traces, the church should be able to quickly link this incident to Darkness."
Miss Carina also stood up and came to the other side of Tifa. Then, like Shade just now, her eyes were immediately attracted by the figure of the squatting maid:
“Nice view.”
She raised her head and said to Shade with a smile, but the maid was unmoved and Shade was unwilling to talk about this topic.
"From the perspective of its trajectory, Darkness is heading towards the area surrounding Tobesk."
Shade brought the topic back to the matter of the Chosen One, and the black-haired maid used a pencil to gently connect Darkness's route.
If he does not plan to turn around and continues on his current trajectory, there is a high probability that he will appear around Tobesk. Even if he does not enter the city, he may stop in a small town in the countryside.
"Yes, the Council also believes that his target may be Tobesk. That's why I came to tell you about this so that you can also be prepared."
"What am I guarding against?"
Shade asked in surprise.
"Be careful that he comes to Tobesk to take revenge on you."
"What? Revenge on me?"
Xia De was even more surprised.
"Yes, the Council's personnel in Wildwood City reported that Darkness's injuries had not healed at the time. And from the description of the injuries, it doesn't seem to be caused by Xiwei. It was left by the sunlight gun you shot with the alchemical item."
Miss Carina said, looking at Xia De with emotion:
"Although you used alchemical items, you have accomplished something that Xiwei couldn't do. Xia De, you did a great job."
“But Darkness didn’t see what I looked like at that time.”
Shade was sure of that.
"Maybe? Otherwise, it can't explain why he didn't flee to the edge of the civilized world, but instead headed towards Tobesk."
The witch also bent down and stretched out her finger, asking Tifa to circle Tobesk:
"In short, the area around Tobesk is likely to be the place where Darkness will appear next. In addition to the Council, other ring wizard organizations that are tracking Darkness will sooner or later find his whereabouts. After all, he is only one person, and even if he has a demon in his body, he cannot become a master of hiding."
"Is Tobesk going to cause trouble again?"
Shade asked, and Miss Carina shrugged.
"It's hard to say. Maybe the opponent in the parliament this time deliberately led us in the wrong direction. After leaving Wildwood City, he immediately went south and smuggled to Carsonrick."
Shade did not comment on this, but discussed with Miss Carina the situation caused by the second chosen person.
The power displayed by Iluna on the night of the God's Descent made people realize the power of the Chosen. The new "Whispering Verses" slate found in the New World drew people's attention to Coldwater Harbor. In the subsequent major events in Coldwater Harbor, fishmen, evil gods, summoners and the Chosen took turns to appear. When Darkness's next destination is confirmed, I am afraid that more ring wizard organizations will surface to try to contact "Whispering Verses" and believe that the Chosen will affect the situation in the material world.
"By the way, are you looking for currency-related relics?"
The discussion lasted for two hours, and Shade learned more about the troubles caused by Darkness. When Tifa went to find the other maids waiting in Room 1 to help put away the large map, the witch suddenly asked.
"Yes."
Both Shade and the two witches mentioned this.
"This is for you."
Miss Carina flicked a coin and Shade caught it in a panic.
When my fingers touched the coin, I immediately got the hint of the touch whisper. The cold coin was about the same size as a shilling alloy silver coin. It had a thorny border on the front and the number 1, and the number 309 at the bottom. These numbers were symbolic numbers, symbols that had been used since ancient times.
On the reverse side there is the ancient rune "Wish", and the border is also made of thorns.
On the side of the coin, a circle of letters is engraved in a very detailed manner:
Unsatisfied desire is the greatest enemy of intelligent beings.
"The clerical-level relic wishing coin, draw a pentagram on a flat surface, place five candles of different lengths at the vertices of the pentagram, and place the coin in the center of the pentagram, then you can make a wish."
The witch introduced, and the two returned to the sofa in Room 1 to continue their conversation, while the servants helped to clean up the chairs and maps.
"I suppose there must be something wrong with the fulfillment of the wish?"
Shade said as he examined the coin.
“Yes, it will indeed fulfill some of your wishes, but it will always be fulfilled in a strange way. This is very similar to the plots in the story that warn us not to be greedy.”
The witch said, shaking her fingers, and it was unclear what she meant:
"However, although the method may be problematic, the purpose of making a wish can be achieved. Therefore, some ring sorcerers are willing to try to use this relic to make a wish, and regard it as a way of making a wish with both positive and negative effects. The smaller the wish, the more likely it is to happen in the way the wisher wants, and the bigger the wish, the more unexpected the way it will be realized."
“Oh, this is really nice stuff.”
Shade praised.
"That's right. Like most currency-style relics, wishing coins do not exist alone. But what's different is that all 666 wishing coins, even if they disappear after a wish is fulfilled, can reappear within a few decades to hundreds of years. For example, if your coin is number 309, no matter how you plan to use it, people in the future will still be able to see it. After all, these coins are the embodiment of greed, desire, and hope. They can't disappear."
"So what do I have to pay to get this from you?"
Shade turned his eyes away from the coin, raised his head and asked:
"Is there anything I can do?"
Miss Carina thought about it and smiled:
"Anything going on tonight?"
"Of course I'm fine."
He thought Miss Carina would assign him some task.
"Then come have dinner with me tonight. Oh, and after dinner, we can go to the opera together."
After saying this, she looked back at her maid and Miss Servet nodded immediately:
"I'll prepare the tickets for the box."
"Eating and the opera... is that all?"
Shade hesitated.
"Of course, nothing has happened in Tobesk recently, and I don't have anything I need you to do."
She smiled and looked at Shad, waiting for his answer.
"Can I take Mia with me?"
Shade asked again, and the cat whose name was mentioned immediately looked up at him.
"sure."
"Okay then, I guess that's fine."
Although this behavior gave him the illusion that he was relying on women's talents, he needed special coins right now. If he didn't want to use up the remaining blood money, the extra coins would be perfect for divination.
"But this doesn't count as my payment. I took the coins, and I will also participate in the evening activities, but this counts as me owing you something, and I will pay you back in the future."
Shade stressed.
"For a man's self-esteem?"
The witch asked with a smile, and did not reject Shade's statement:
"It's a pity that little Leicia won't be back in Tobesk until tomorrow. Otherwise, I really want her to see you like this."
Xia De ignored this remark, otherwise the witch would have said something even more outrageous... ...and maybe even changed the invitation time to tomorrow night.