"Mr. Hamilton!"
The noble young man in a tuxedo called out to Xia De, and Xia De stopped reluctantly:
"May I ask what may I do for you?"
"Would you please... come over here and say a few words?"
His face was a little tangled, but he still pointed to the southwest corner of the courtyard in front of the Yodel Palace. Although that area was also an open area for this banquet, it was downwind and a lot of smoke drifted over when the fireworks were set off, so there were not many people there.
"What do you want to say?"
Shade asked, blinking.
"I have something private to tell you. Don't worry, this is Yodel Palace. I won't play any tricks."
In fact, Xia De was not worried about the other party playing tricks, he just didn't want to waste time on other things. But seeing that Little Dimoke's attitude was quite sincere, he nodded:
"No problem, but it's best to keep it short. This way, sir."
So the two of them left together the bustling gas-lit scene in the courtyard in front of the Yodel Palace.
Little Dimoke looked worried. After passing a flower bed, the two stopped behind it. Because of the bonsai in the flower bed that was trimmed into the shape of a knight holding a spear, others could not see them in the shadows.
"Mr. Hamilton, please allow me to apologize to you. What I did just now was wrong."
He hesitated for a long time before speaking to Xia De. He was always suspicious of others as a foreigner, and he immediately suspected that this was another conspiracy against him, but the other party did seem sincere.
"Then I accept your apology."
Xia De nodded and said, thinking about ending this troublesome matter as soon as possible and returning to the second floor.
"I'm so sorry, I was carried away at the time. Before you came in, we were talking about His Royal Highness Prince Saxe."
He actually sobbed. Just when Xia De thought he was missing the girl who planned the "Prophet Association's wounding incident", the young man in front of him actually sobbed and said:
"If my father knew that I lost my temper today, he would definitely beat me. If he knew that I didn't even have the courage to take your gun, he would definitely throw me to a farm in the country."
This person's image changed instantly in front of Xia De.
"Don't worry, I won't spread this around."
He consoled kindly.
"Mr. Hamilton, you are such a good man."
Little Dimoke wiped his eyes and raised his head:
"I'm really sorry for today, if it wasn't... sorry."
"It doesn't matter. Maybe that lady will be released soon. After all, she didn't really hurt anyone."
Shade consoled.
"What? Ma'am?"
Little Dimoke was stunned for a moment, then he understood and said embarrassedly:
"Oh, you must have misunderstood. I'm not mad at you because of any lady."
It seems that there is something wrong with the information provided by Leicia.
"Why is that?"
"Because of Prince Saxe. I heard that you have repeatedly obstructed the rescue plan for him..."
The fashionable young nobleman blushed:
"That's why I'm angry at you, but actually this has nothing to do with you. You are completely an outsider in the matter of His Highness being arrested."
Xia De felt like he understood it, but he couldn't believe it:
"So you..."
"I admire your highness very much."
Xia De took a cautious step back:
"As expected of a world with this background."
He thought to himself and decided to stay away from him in the future, saying:
"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I think this matter is over. We..."
A dark figure suddenly emerged from the blue rose bushes on the side of the two people. He was very fast and rushed over directly when he saw the two people standing behind the flower bed:
"No one is allowed to move!"
The pistol was pointed at little Dimock's head, but the words were addressed to both men.
Shade could understand this, as little Dimoke was dressed more like a noble, and the suit that Miss Carina chose for Shade was formal, but it did not look as impressive as the other one.
"Sir! Calm down!"
Shade was not pointed at by a gun, so he was not so anxious, but Little Dimoke raised his hand immediately:
"Whatever you want, just take it from us. This is the Yodel Palace. If your gun goes off, you... No, you want to rob the Yodel Palace?"
"Shut up!"
The butt of the gun hit little Dimoke's nose hard, and the latter screamed, covering his face and bending over.
The stranger walked out of the shadows panting and pointed the gun at Xia De. Xia De was stunned for a moment and immediately raised his hands:
"Sir, we don't know each other, I don't think it's necessary to use a gun directly?"
Six rings.
"I know the Six Rings, but don't I know Ivan Darkness?"
The person who appeared in front of Shad at this time was Ivan Darkness, whom he had been waiting for for a long time.
She had short, dry, yellow hair and obvious signs of her eyelids turning outward.
Xia De had been thinking these days about how to find the other party in such a huge city like Tobesk, but he didn't expect that the other party would show up on his own initiative.
"Put down the gun, everything will be fine."
A new sound appeared again, and there was a noise in the grass. Mr. Sari Pirot, the thirteenth-ring warlock of the Church of Creation, also came out with a gun.
After taking a look at Shade and Dimock, who was covering his bleeding nose, the gentleman looked at Darkness, who was holding a gun:
"Ivan Darkness, hand over what you stole from the Yodel Palace."
Now Shade understood that it was not that he had met Darkness again, but that the other party wanted to get some ritual materials from here. Although the royal Cavendish family was not a family of ring sorcerers, there were many rare collections in the royal treasury that were expensive ritual materials.
Considering the Chosen One Ceremony, which requires items related to the power of the ancient gods, perhaps Darkness got guidance from the puppeteer's script.
"If I hand it over, will you let me go?"
The man possessed by the demon asked with a smile. He still wore the red glove on his right hand, and looked similar to the last time Shade saw him in Coldwater Harbor. However, unlike the black coat he often wore in Coldwater Harbor, Darkness was now wearing a brown leather coat that did not match the summer temperature. Even though the demon had not been released, there was still an imperceptible red light in his eyes.
Seeing him again after half a month, Xia De even felt that he missed this person a little.
"To be honest, I won't let you go."
Mr. Pirot said, in a very gentle tone:
"Come back to the church with me. I swear in the name of our Lady of Creation that your life will not be in danger."
"Oh, come on, do you think I know nothing? If you don't tell me about the power that resides in me, do you think you will let me become the chosen one? Do you think I don't know anything about the Psalms?"
Darkness whispered, and turned the gun from Shade to Little Dimoke:
"Let me go. I won't hurt anyone here. And once I show something that ordinary people can't know in a place like Yodel Palace, you know what will happen."
Around Shade and Little Dimoke, the two of them basically avoided talking about anything related to the ring wizard.
"If you do that, then I can also break the church's confidentiality agreement."
The thirteenth ring warlock remained calm. He looked Darkness up and down:
"I have discovered you. Even if you escape this time, you will never be able to leave Tobesk."
"I never intended to leave Tobesk."
"I see."
Mr. Pirot nodded and looked at Shade and Little Dimoke. Shade was very sure that this thirteen-ring warlock would definitely be able to defeat Darkness, but the problem was that this was the Yodel Palace.
If this wasn't the case, even at the risk of being seen by hundreds of ordinary people, Shade believed that he would never stand here and have a friendly conversation with Darkness.
"Let's make a deal. Put down the gun and I'll let you go, but it won't be so easy next time."
Mr. Pirot said after thinking for a while.
Shade raised his eyebrows in surprise, and Darkness was even more surprised:
"Let me go?"
"Yes, don't you want to leave?"
M. Pirot just stood there looking at him:
"You may leave now, please."
He stared at Darkness, which made the latter hesitate:
"You have to stand here and don't move."
He shook the pistol.
"no problem."
Mr. Pirot nodded.
"Put your hands behind your back."
“It’s very simple.”
Mr. Pirot stretched his legs slightly apart and put his hands behind his back.
"Look, you can go."
"I can't let these two people go now. I have to ensure my safety... You, come with me."
When you are in danger, you just need to be a little luckier than your companions. It is very stupid to hold two people hostage at once, and this time, Shad was obviously the luckier one, and little Dimoke was chosen.
The young nobleman, who didn't understand anything, looked at the stranger with dark yellow skin in surprise. Mr. Pirot said directly to Shade:
"Mr. Hamilton, please stay here with me. You will need to sign some papers when this is over."
Even though neither party revealed much in their conversation, Xia De still had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
"Okay, no problem."
So Shade walked over to Mr. Pirot, and little Dimock couldn't accept this fact:
"Wait, why did you pick me?"
He asked Darkness in surprise, but he didn't expect that she would actually answer:
"That man is taller than you and looks smarter. Judging from the way he stands and walks, he has probably received some level of combat training. In addition, his appearance is too conspicuous. If we take him away, there is a high possibility that he will be noticed by others, but there is no such risk if we take you hostage."
It is difficult to judge whether it is the fact of being held hostage that makes little Dimoke more sad, or the ridicule from all sides that is more unacceptable to him.