Iluna and Luvia stayed in the dark dungeon for half an hour before coming out. At that time, Shad was sorting his books in the study on the second floor. He planned to practice the second-grade potion and alchemy skills while playing in the big city.
Neither girl wanted to tell Shad what they had talked about with their "selves" in the dark, but both thought they had gained a lot.
Shad originally wanted to let Luvia stay overnight, but before he tried to express his thoughts secretly, Iluna said that she wanted to leave with Luvia and wanted to ask some questions that Shad was not convenient to hear.
"Then we'll go first."
The purple-eyed girl smiled and waved at Shade. She could of course see what Shade was thinking, but the two of them still had to avoid Iluna:
"I need to take a good rest too, Shade, good night."
In front of Iluna, he gently kissed Shad on the side of his face.
"When did your relationship become so good?"
Iluna asked suspiciously, and Shade shook his head:
"Come to think of it, I forgot to ask you just now. Iluna, is your eye okay now?"
Shade was referring to Iluna's eye, which was formed by divinity. If it weren't for divinity, the eye that had been sacrificed to the ancient gods would never have been restored. In the final battle in the dark realm, Iluna's eyes seemed to be on fire. Although this allowed her to see in the dark, Shade was worried that the eyes would have other problems.
"This eye is very good, better than a normal eye."
Iluna answered, tilted her head and glanced at Luvia, then walked up to Shade and kissed him lightly on the side of his face:
"Goodnight then, Shad."
She said softly with a blushing face, then smiled and took Luvia's arm and left with her.
Xia De took Mia and sent the two girls downstairs, watching them walk together to the intersection of St. Teresa's Square.
Finally, I looked up at the moon in the sky:
"You say, can I finally take some time off?"
Probably.
"Meow~"
Mia squirmed in Shad's arms, squinting her eyes and making gentle noises.
"I'm asking the moon."
The moonlight sprinkled on Xia De's face, and the scenery of March hanging high in the night sky was something you could never see in your hometown.
Yeah
She was laughing softly, and that laughter was very soothing.
(Mi Mia is running...)
After settling the Darkness issue, Shad thought that his life had finally entered a period of peace.
The next day was Monday, the second day of the Harvest Moon. It was only after Shad woke up in the morning that he thought of opening the gifts for this week.
While having breakfast, I moved the box of God's gift to the dining table on the second floor. But right before I opened the box and put my hand in, Mia swiftly jumped in.
Xia De's hands "struggled" with the cat in the box for at least ten seconds before he successfully fished it out.
But when they grabbed the cat's scruff and pulled it out, they found that its tail was hooked with something. When they pulled the whole cat out, they saw that it was a string of dried sausages strung together with thread.
Because he didn't like cooking, Shad did store similar food at home, but he could guarantee that he definitely did not stuff the air-dried sausages into the gift box. It was really blasphemy to use God's creation as pure food.
"So, this is your gift for the week?"
Xia De was holding the string of sausages and thinking to himself, he lightly stroked with his fingers, and the silver moonlight flickered, and he cut two small slices from the sausage at the end.
I put one piece in front of Mia on the table and ate one piece myself. It tasted very good:
"But is this a gift Mia got, or a gift I got?"
As soon as the thought came to mind, information about what needs to be done this week immediately appeared. Shad needs to take his pet out for a walk at least twice, each time for no less than half an hour.
"Is this a request for me or for Mia?"
Even without such a request, Shad would still go out for a walk. But for Mia, leaving the house is definitely a bad thing for her.
While eating breakfast, I read the newspaper for a while. The newspaper mentioned the news that Saxe Cavendish was convicted of treason. Although this can be considered big news, it only appeared on the third page of the Tobesk Morning Post, and only in the lower half of the third page. It seems that the king also wants to let this matter end.
"The execution has been carried out..."
Xia De sighed at the final result, not because he felt sorry for the other party, after all, he didn't even know what the other party looked like. He just sighed at the ruthlessness of the royal family, but after thinking carefully, in order to maintain the stability of the kingdom, this approach was actually the right one.
The daily life of outsiders is actually quite boring. After breakfast, he wanted to trick Mia into going to the bathroom to take a shower, but this smart cat seemed to have seen through his purpose when Shad went to the bathroom in advance to prepare hot water.
When Shad put on the hot water and went to catch the cat wearing gloves, Mia had already rushed into the bedroom and hid on the top of the closet and refused to come down.
So Xia De had to put his plan on hold, thinking that he must give Mia a surprise attack next time.
But he couldn't waste the hot water, so he spent the whole morning washing clothes at home. Looking at the recent weather, summer was over, and he could start preparing autumn clothes.
"Maybe I should really find some maids who can come to my house to cook and clean. If I can't afford a full-time maid, at least I can find one who charges by the hour."
This is what Xia De thought when he sat on a small stool and rubbed the clothes in the basin under the sun on the balcony. Although tired, he still enjoyed this leisure time:
"One should not underestimate one's own achievements, but one should not be overly arrogant either. It's just that I, a foreigner, can face gods and slay demons, but I have to wash my own clothes. This is definitely not right."
Thinking in his heart, he glanced at Mia the cat squatting next to him. After confirming that Shade had used up the hot water in the bathroom, he jumped down from the wardrobe.
"This cat is lazy and gluttonous. It would be nice if it could help with the laundry."
The voice next to him chuckled, and Shad couldn't help but smile and shake his head, amused by his own thoughts.
"Meow~"
The cat's fur seemed to glow in the early autumn sun. It licked its paws, then stared with wide eyes, curiously looking at the colorful bubbles in the water basin.
Xia De really likes this kind of life.
After washing the clothes, I went out to the MI6 base, the "Urban Waste Disposal Management Center" in the west district of Tobesk, at around eleven o'clock.
The small gray building located between the snuff bottle shop and the shoemaker's shop specializing in rain boots is hidden in the bustling steam city. If ordinary people did not know in advance that this was a stronghold, it would be difficult for them to be interested in looking at this small building even if they passed by.
Xia De originally came to Mr. Giles Johnson from the Equipment Management Office to collect this month's salary, but after knocking on the door, he found that there were other people inside the Equipment Management Office.
It was not any other agent, but Shad's boss, Director Dark Anros.
"Look who this is, Knight Hamilton."
This gentleman with a very ordinary appearance shook hands with Xia De enthusiastically. When he saw Xia De holding an envelope containing bills, he knew what he was here for.
Director Anros asked Mr. Johnson to help Shade deal with salary, reimbursement and bullet quota issues, and motioned Shade to follow him.
The two walked to the shelves inside the equipment management area, and Mr. Anros said with a smile:
"I was thinking of going to your place later, but I didn't expect to run into you here by chance."
He looked like he had "I have a mission for you" written all over his face.
"Excuse me, what is it?"
Shade asked cautiously.
Although Miss Carina told Shade that he didn't have to do anything when he first joined the company, Shade would not refuse a task assigned by MI6 if there was a real need. I believe Director Anros would not give him a particularly difficult task to do.
"Mr. Hamilton, I remember you were a Rhodes card expert. So, are you participating in the Big City Players' Game, which will open on Friday, the sixth day of the Flower Moon?"
Mr. Anros asked, and Shade nodded:
"certainly."
"That would be great."
Director Anros was asking even though he knew the answer. The fact that the holders of the founding series cards would participate in this tournament was already news to the local Rhodes card players. Even if he wasn't the director of MI6, he would have known about this by just asking anyone.
"It's like this, Shad Hamilton, the Sixth Department has a small mission that requires an agent who can participate in this competition to complete... Do you know the Principality of Set?"
Xia De thought about it, and through his memories and the prompts from "her" in his ear, he hesitantly asked:
"The small country located in the southeast of Draerion, between Draerion and Carsenrick? If I remember correctly, this country split from Draerion three hundred years ago. At that time, Grand Duke Set Cavendish was allowed to establish a duchy. Initially, the duchy and the kingdom had unified taxation and military ties. In recent hundreds of years, it has become more and more independent, but it is still nominally under the jurisdiction of Draerion."
"Yes, the Sixth Department suspects that the Principality of Set and Carsenrick have a connection that we are not aware of. Due to the special position of the Principality, we cannot allow it to completely turn to Carsenrick, or even allow them to have a closer relationship, which poses a huge threat to the security of the border. Knight, please look at this photo."
Mr. Anros handed Shad a black-and-white photo of a handsome man who looked to be in his thirties.
"Virgil Cameron, on the surface, has no official status, but secretly he is the lover of the current Grand Duke of Set. Relying on his looks and flattery, he has a high status in the court of the principality."
"The current Grand Duke is a woman?"
Shad asked curiously.
"No, Archduke Alexis Cavendish is a man."
Mr. Anros glanced at Shade and put the photo away.