Seeing Shade looking at her maid, Miss Carina put down her teacup and said:
"But if you have any other questions, I can tell you."
"Yes, Miss Carina, I do have some problems with my Ringmaster studies. This is what I have been doing for the past few months: learning the Spirit Runes of Light through the book "Mad Light Chaser", but my progress has been a little slow, so I would like to ask for your advice."
To fight against the demons in the dark realm, you need the Light Spirit Rune. Shade felt that he was just one step away from success, so he asked the witch for advice.
"Light? I'm not good at this, but Xiwei is."
Behind Miss Aurora's chair in the Witch Council is a rune representing "light". At the same time, the light magic she used when fighting Darkness in the Murloc Temple also left a deep impression on Shade.
"I'll make arrangements for you to meet Xi Wei in the parliament before Thursday at the latest. I think she will be happy to help you."
Miss Carina said, then leaned lazily on the sofa and looked at Shade:
"But what exactly do you want to do? This isn't just a desire to learn, is it?"
There was a smile in her eyes:
"Although Tifa refused to tell me what happened to the ophthalmologist, when I later asked someone to confirm the doctor's condition, I took a look around there. It seems that there are traces of demons there, and the hidden servants of demons in the dark realm happen to be fought with the Light Spirit Rune. Shade, what are you trying to do? Why are you suddenly interested in that place?"
She touched her chin, and when she saw Xia De wanted to speak, she stopped him:
"No, don't lie to me. It's better to say nothing than to get a lie. I won't force you to tell your secrets, but you must pay attention to your own safety."
She whispered:
"I understand that ring sorcerers are bound to go on various adventures. But Shade, I will be very sad if you die."
Xia De didn't know what to say. He looked up at the black-haired maid standing behind Miss Carina. The latter shook her head, signaling him not to say anything.
Putting the search for the blue-gray short-haired cat on hold for the time being, Shad took the time to look for Luvia and Iluna on Monday afternoon. The three of them met at St. Teresa's Square, and Shad told them the news that Darkness had appeared in the area around Tobesk.
Although they had expected him to come to the city at the end of the Month of Flowers, when he actually came, the three of them suddenly became nervous.
Lady Carina wants to kill Darkness herself, but Luvia just wants to make sure Darkness doesn’t become the second Chosen One, or to make sure he dies after becoming the Chosen One. Therefore, Iluna, who will definitely be included in the Church’s team to fight Darkness, will pass on information about Darkness.
If the Church fails to prevent Darkness from entering the range of the Dark Territory, allowing it to hold the Ceremony of the Chosen One whose full details are still unknown, then Shad and the other two will personally enter the coverage area of the out-of-control angel-level relic and kill Darkness.
Xia De still hoped that the church or the witch could succeed, which would save him a lot of trouble.
"Shad, are you also going to Queen Diana's birthday party on Wednesday?"
After talking about Darkness, Luvia asked, and Shade nodded:
"Will you join us?"
"Yes, Marquis Emmanus Grassley, Marquis Lacon Jacques, and Marquis Heinrich Oken want to organize a Rhodes card game at the banquet, so they sent a letter to the Prophet Association, hoping that the association would send staff to the scene to conduct Rhodes card identification and card distribution."
She smiled somewhat relaxedly:
"This is a good job. Although I can attend the banquet because of work, this kind of banquet is not something that can be entered casually. The association has been arguing for a long time for the quota. Fortunately, my name is on the list. Xia De, we can dance at the banquet then."
Iluna remained silent. She had been very busy with work recently, and even if she had an invitation, she definitely had no time to attend the royal banquet.
"Dancing? No problem..."
Xia De was originally smiling, but suddenly a new question came to his mind:
"Dorothy will definitely attend the banquet. Leicia has given her an invitation. It is very likely that Father Augustus will also attend the banquet. As the most respected clergyman of the Dawn Church in the diocese, there is no reason for Bishop Owen not to bring him with him. In this way, except for the doctor, the four members of the team will appear at the banquet on Wednesday night. I wonder if Dr. Schneider will also go..."
Considering what happened the last time the five members of the team gathered at Lakeview Manor for a banquet, Shade frowned. Although it was impossible for another divine descent accident to happen in Tobesk, for safety reasons, he still had to ask the doctor about his schedule on Wednesday night.
Judging from the doctor's luck, if he really wants to attend the banquet, then Shade will have to consider bringing all the relics and spellcasting materials with him before going to the Yodel Palace for the banquet.
After discussing their respective recent actions with Luvia and Iluna, Shad took time out that evening to go to Coldwater Harbor and retrieve all the doctor's materials that he had entrusted to the Seven Broomsticks Tavern.
With this reason, she wrote a letter to the doctor on Tuesday morning, stating that she would visit him with the materials in the afternoon. Then she took the lazy Mia out for the first time in a long time, ready to look for the blue-gray short-haired kitten.
Xia De thinks it's not good for Mia to stay at home all the time. It would be more beneficial to her physical and mental health if she occasionally goes around the city with him and breathes some fresh air.
There was still a thin mist in Tobysk today, and the weather was a bit bad, as if it was going to rain. Therefore, even though it was already nine o'clock in the morning when I sent the letter, the sky was still dim.
The client, old lady Midra, lived in the western district of Tobysk, and the cat was lost near the Golden Wool Textile Factory.
The evening before yesterday, the old man carried his cat to the factory to do some work. On the way home, which was one street away from the textile factory, he stopped to go to a copperware shop to customize a new incense burner. However, when he pushed open the door of the shop, the cat escaped from his arms, ran into the alley and was never seen again.
"Will Mia also run away like this one day?"
When getting on the carriage and preparing to set off, Shade suddenly thought of it. But when he looked down at the cat that was lazy because of going out, he thought his worry was completely unnecessary.
So the carriage carried Shad across the Terraril River that runs through the city and dropped him off on the east side of the street with the sign "Minkwell Street".
Shard brought the cat into Johnson's Brass Shop and was first attracted by the exquisite copperplate engraving depicting the street scene of Silver Cross Avenue hanging in the shop. Out of curiosity, he inquired about the price and bought it for 4 pounds 16 shillings. He asked the owner to send it to St. Teresa's Square. Shard wanted to hang it at the corner of the stairs as a decoration.
Later, he asked the shop owner about the area where wild cats gathered nearby. Because Xia De was generous, the old shop owner enthusiastically pointed Xia De to the "Good Luck Bookstore" across from the copperware store, where the owner liked to feed cats in the alley nearby.
So Xia De went to the bookstore again. When the plump middle-aged female owner heard that Xia De was helping someone find a cat, she immediately said that old lady Midra had searched all the nearby wild cat gathering spots the day before yesterday.
But Shad thought it was necessary to go and have another look, and the female owner enthusiastically told Shad three locations, namely the end of the alley next to where the steam pipes were piled, the garbage station across the street from Minkwell Street, and the backyard grass of the shipping company that was being renovated at the end of the street.
According to the distance, Shade first looked at the rusted steam pipes. The diameter of these pipes was large enough for cats of any size to get in. They might have been originally intended to be the city's steam main pipes, but for some reason they were placed here.
When Shade walked around the garbage heap and approached the pipes, Mia the cat on his shoulder suddenly twitched her nose and made a threatening, sharp cry. While scaring Shade, the three stray cats that had been hiding in the pipes suddenly jumped out and ran away along the alley.
There were no blue-gray short-haired kittens among them.
"Mia!"
"Meow~"
Xia De looked seriously at Mia on his shoulder, and the latter also looked at him with wide eyes.
"Don't shout. I'm working. If you scare the target away, I will expand the search to the entire city."
He somewhat regretted bringing Mia out; the cat must have hated Shad being close to other cats.
Then they came to the shipping company, which was originally the office of a grain station and was sold to the shipping company a few weeks ago, so it was being renovated. The old man at the gate did not agree to let Shad enter casually, but seeing that he carelessly dropped a shilling silver coin in his wallet on the ground, he let him in.
Sure enough, there were a group of stray cats in the grass in the backyard. Mia didn't cry this time, but she was obviously unhappy when Shade was turning over the grass to look for them.
But unfortunately, there was no cat that old Mrs. Midra had lost.
Finally, we went to the garbage disposal station farthest from where the cat was lost. It covers a large area and is a public department set up by the city hall. Although it is a garbage disposal station, it is only responsible for recycling metal garbage from nearby blocks. After sorting it, some metal materials can be reused.
But doing so does not mean that people of this era have already possessed the idea of "sustainable development". Shad heard from Father Augustus that this is a new government department set up by civil servants in the city hall to expand the influence of the department, which is not of much use except for consuming tax revenue.
Because it is an idle job, the people working here are very keen to feed the stray cats in the nearby blocks. In addition, the yard of the metal waste disposal station is quite large, so it has become a gathering place for stray cats. (To be continued)