Xia De walked out of the white mist at the bedroom door, put down his hands that were maintaining the hug, and looked at Mia who was staring at him on the bed.
The cat was undoubtedly awake, lying on the pillow in a long strip. Its chin was resting on the soft bed, and its big amber eyes looked at Shade curiously. It was obvious that it would never leave the soft pillow before half past six.
“It’s so simple?”
The life ring behind him appeared, and Xia De turned his head to look back. The second spirit rune of the three rings, the yellow moon, was actually engraved there. The spirit rune was shining with golden color. Although it was obtained from the witch, the essence of this power was related to a certain god. This was a miracle of an unknown god.
You are very generous.
As Shade scanned the bedroom, "she" whispered in his ear:
I am willing to exchange all the magical skills given by Tree Father.
"This is also for the smooth progress of the mission. Besides, I should be considered to have gained an advantage in this exchange."
But you don't know this before the exchange.
"Yes, just think of me as a generous person."
Xia De thought to himself, but then he thought that if he said this to Old John, the pawnshop owner would definitely laugh at him loudly.
The acquisition of the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune not only means new spirit runes and magical confusion, Xia De can also feel that all his magic related to moonlight has been enhanced as a result.
Not only that, the academy's librarian, Miss Danister, the Red Moon Witch, has been looking for a ring wizard with the "Yellow Moon" core spirit rune. She even went to great lengths to transfer a correspondence ring wizard from the Sexess Higher Medical College who possessed the Guidance Moon core spirit rune to the Tobesk area.
Although the Guiding Moon had not yet arrived, Shade had already obtained the Yellow Moon. Even if it was not the core spirit rune, he thought it was necessary to try to see if he could open the book in Miss Danister's hand and help her find the location of the "Silver Moon Library".
I wanted to tell Miss Danister the news immediately using the manuscript paper, but then I remembered that I still had a lot of things to do today and couldn't waste too much time going to St. Byron's.
So after thinking it over, I decided to contact the librarian tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. After all, this matter is not urgent.
Even before breakfast, Shade took Mia, who was very reluctant, and got on the carriage early in the morning and headed straight to Miss Carina's manor. It was only six o'clock when they left, so it was only about seven o'clock when they arrived at the manor.
The witch's life was very regular, and she woke up at around seven o'clock. Because she had to wash up, she asked Shade to wait for a while, and asked Tifa to take Shade to the restaurant to wait. The black-haired maid seemed to have woken up very early, which made Shade wonder how hard the job of "maid" was.
"You came to my place so early, do you want to have breakfast with me?"
Miss Carina was in a good mood when she saw Shad early in the morning on a nice autumn day. She even joked with Shad when she sat down at the table.
Shade shook his head:
"It's about the Time Key. Grandma Cassandra gave me the key for the year 3024 of the Fifth Epoch."
"Have you seen Miss Feliana?"
"No, but I met her student, Miss Britney Ollenord, the first librarian at St. Byron's."
While eating breakfast, Xia De recounted in detail his experience just now, or his experience an era ago. Miss Jialina listened quietly, and shook her head after Xia De finished speaking:
"It still doesn't work. I still need to find Miss Feliana."
"But Miss Orlanod is also a thirteenth-level witch."
"The thirteenth level is different from the thirteenth level."
The Duchess smiled and shook her head, as if she was explaining a simple truth to a disobedient child. She was dressed casually in her own manor, a scarlet dress with ruffles on the cuffs and neckline, which looked quite nice.
"Well, let's try our luck next time. But the time key of that era shouldn't be so easy to find."
After saying that, Shade took out the parchment that had turned yellow due to traveling through time:
"Also, please help me purchase these items. I have translated the text into modern language. These are the daily necessities that the witches want. I will give you the gold pounds after you purchase them."
"These things are not worth much, why are you being so polite?"
The Duchess held her face with her right hand and held the parchment in her left hand. The early morning sunlight shone in through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the manor's huge dining room, illuminating the white aprons and black leather shoes of the maids, as well as the witch's profile.
She is really beautiful.
"Look, they don't seem to ask for much, just some cheap things. But since you are preparing daily necessities for the former witches, I can help you get some more expensive ones... Oh, this size... Who has such a good figure?"
Miss Carina said, then looked at Tifa beside her:
"Tifa, how does this size of clothing look on you?"
The maid standing behind her bent down slightly and looked at the contents on the parchment:
"almost."
"Tsk tsk, Shade, who is this?"
"I don't like to talk about ladies' privacy."
Shade said as he stroked the cat that was drinking goat's milk, "Perhaps because it absorbed some of the divine power, the cat has not changed in size at all since Shade adopted it, but the nutrition Shade gave it was clearly sufficient."
"Oh, satisfy my curiosity, detective."
The witch spoke again, a smile on her face, so Shade could only reply:
"It should be the young witch with red dragon bloodline."
“That’s amazing.”
Miss Carina smiled and then asked:
"How about leaving this parchment to me? Just consider it as a token of my gratitude for helping you with the shopping."
The great witches of the Witch Council like to collect items from the witches of the Fifth Era.
"sure."
Xia De nodded, and Miss Jialina then talked about the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune.
"Similar spiritual runes can usually use similar magic. Since you are very talented with Silver Moon, you can try to use the magic associated with Silver Moon with Yellow Moon. This is the so-called structure of the rune system. Give it a try, Shade. I remember that you are very talented with Light Magic."
"Light magic?"
Xia De nodded, put down the spoon and looked at his palm. As he was meditating on the yellow moon, a clear yellow moonlight actually appeared in his palm.
"See, that's it. I remember you have quite a few Silver Moon magics. In addition to magics that are unique to Silver Moon, such as Scindia's Silver Moon Gift, you can try to use other magics related to moonlight with Yellow Moon."
She patiently instructed, and then changed the subject again:
"Are you busy today? The weather is nice. Would you like to go to the stables with me? The stables are nice in autumn, and I remember Tifa said that you don't know how to ride a horse. That won't do, you are the Hamilton Knight of Rejade. I can teach you to ride a horse, and then tell you about your experiences in the Fifth Epoch."
Xia De shook his head with some regret:
"Sorry, I have to go to Castle Midhill today. I have an appointment with a nun there to meet a boy who can predict death."
"A nun?"
Miss Carina narrowed her eyes slightly:
"You really have a lot of friends."
Tifa immediately winked at Shad, and after a moment of reaction, Shad realized what she meant:
"When the matter at Midhill Castle is over, Miss Carina, how about you teach me to ride a horse? Let's make a deal that I will learn to ride a horse before winter comes."
At this point, the red-haired Duchess finally smiled:
"sure."
(Dorothy is working on her manuscript...)
If you want to go to Midhill Castle, you naturally have to return to St. Teresa's Square first. Because you leave too early in the morning, the newspapers, milk and letters will not be delivered until you come back.
And Shade unexpectedly found a remittance slip from the client "Miss White" on the doormat. This was the final payment for the commission, as proof of the commission's completion.
The balance was not much, only 7 pounds, which was the amount that would be remitted at the beginning of this month as mentioned in the letter given by the neighbor when Shad and Tifa went to Miss White's residence. And Miss White's real name written on the remittance slip was indeed Grace White. She said in the letter that since Detective Hamilton had found Helen Blake who went to Midhill Castle, the commission was considered over.
"Is the commission over like this? Except for Mia's matter which has not been completely resolved, the other remaining tasks of Detective Sparrow are completely completed."
Of course, until now, Shad still doesn't know what happened to the twin girls, but he is still looking forward to seeing them again.
Leaving Mia at home, Shad set out for the Mountain City. As agreed, after coming out of the abandoned tower, he went directly to the Blind House. It was 8:50 in the morning when he arrived at the Blind House, and Sister Defulin had already arrived.
Because she was going to visit the small ring wizard organization called "The Raven Club" today, she did not wear the iconic gray nun's uniform, but instead wore a simple gray long skirt with a black cloth strip tied around her waist as a belt.
Of course, she couldn't wear a silver eye mask, but because Sister Defulin was born with an eye disease, she chose to wear a veil and sit in a wheelchair. Combined with her own cold and unwilling to talk temperament, she really looked like a disabled young noble girl.
The two will go to find the boy as the writer John Watson and the writer's sister Mary Watson to predict his future. However, since servants cannot be brought with them during the visit, Shad has to help push the silver wheelchair, but he doesn't mind it.
Starting from the Blind House on Luffy Lane, the carriage carried the two to Pigtail Lane.
October is the month of dead leaves, and now it is almost late autumn. When Shade jumped off the carriage, the cold wind blowing through the alley made him sigh at the passing of time.
When he saw Sister Defulin didn't come down immediately, he remembered that she was pretending to be a disabled young girl. So he first moved the wheelchair down, and when he saw Sister Defulin extending her hand to him, he carefully took the nun's hand and gentlemanly helped her to the wheelchair.
Then he straightened his clothes, walked to the steps of Building 8A, and knocked on the door in a three-long and two-short pattern.
"John Watson, who came for an appointment last week. The one behind me is my sister."
Xia De said to the man who opened the door, and then took out the brass badge with a crow pattern that he got after paying the reservation fee last time.
The man who opened the door looked at the two of them, took back his badge, made way for them, and motioned them to come in. Then Shad told the driver to take out a wooden board from the carriage and put it on the steps. He pushed the wheelchair up the steps and told the driver to wait for them nearby.
"Is this your private carriage?"
The man who opened the door asked curiously.
"No, it's rented."
Shade shook his head and pushed the wheelchair into the house.
No. 8 Luffy Lane is an apartment building facing the street, with three floors, not including the attic. The area of each floor is only half the size of each floor of St. Teresa's Square, and there seem to be few people in the house.
Considering that the "Raven Club" itself is a small-scale local ring warlock organization, perhaps its scale is smaller than Shad thought.