It is already the third day after the incident at Lakeview Manor. Miss Louisa recovered quickly. When she and Shade were walking along the boulevard, there was no sign that her life was extended by [False Immortality] three days ago.
Probably pretty girls like cute cats. Miss Louisa was very interested in Mia and thought it was a pet adopted by Shade. But even if she explained that it was fostered at her home, the blond girl still wanted to hug Xiaoqiao.
The orange cat, but Mia refused to leave Shad.
"Detective, you are really good at raising cats."
"Speaking of which, can I take the cat with me? Do you want to send Mia back first?"
Shade asked again. He actually liked "seeing the world" with high-level ring warlocks.
"No need, this trip is very safe, you can consider this as a valuable experience. Detective, sooner or later you will go to recover the [relics] alone."
Miss Louisa said easily, and then directed Shade to join her at the next intersection and turn into Tyon College Street on the right.
Just as Shade guessed, Miss Louisa's trip was to recover a relic. The cause of the matter was the death of an old writer living alone who was familiar with Miss Louisa two months ago. She was familiar with the old man.
When people were helping him sort out his belongings, Miss Louisa discovered from his diary that the writer owned a magical pen.
“Can you automatically write papers or reports?”
Shade guessed that half of the houses on this street were actually gray stone houses with very similar styles, all with three floors. Stepping into this place was like returning to the medieval civilization from the steam age. But the stone walls
The steam pipes attached to the street, the clothes of pedestrians walking on the streets, and the ubiquitous shouts remind us that this is the age of steam all the time.
Tion Academy Street should be the old neighborhood of Tobesk.
"Detective, how could such a good thing happen? Moreover, [relics] cannot be used casually."
Miss Louisa said, walking forward side by side with Shade. Shade noticed that today Miss Louisa did not show any signs of frequently touching her earlobes.
"I took the diary away privately and discovered that if the pen uses the writer's blood as ink and uses letters on the paper to depict any human image, then the depicted image can enter the writer's dream, and then
..."
She glanced at Shade, who blinked:
"Why are not you talking?"
Hearing the woman's laughter in his head, he suddenly realized that he had not thought in this direction at all:
"No, no, no need to explain, I understand. But why is there such a relic?"
After passing Tiang College Street, the two continued walking eastward. After passing the private Tiang Mechanical College, they turned into Mao Tail Alley where their destination was.
"This is not the strangest relic. I have seen even stranger ones. But this relic is not weak. I found information from the college's library. [Happy Dream Pen]. According to the classification, it should be clerical grade.
(Level 4). This pen will actively appear in dreams, tempting the user to use it in the correct way. After being influenced, ordinary people will try to write with their own pen out of curiosity that they think is normal, leading to tragedy.
.I suspect that the death of its original owner had something to do with it."
Shade nodded, thinking about the possible uses of this pen for ring warlocks. Then he realized that at least this pen was of no use to him. The dream pen absorbs the user's blood, not the enemy's blood, so it cannot constitute
Conditions for absorbing the power of gods.
Miss Louisa continued talking:
"After the old writer died, the pen disappeared inexplicably. I traced it for two months and found out that before the writer died, he sold the pen to an old professor named Tiris Manning who lived nearby.
Professor Manning is a collector, and I just want to visit him today."
Professor Manning lived in an apartment at No. 17 Mao Tail Lane. When they were searching along the house number, a little girl selling flowers in the alley came towards them.
Perhaps they misunderstood the relationship between Shade and Miss Louisa. The little flower seller took the initiative to sell her goods. After Shade politely refused, the flowers in the flower basket were almost bitten by the cat that Shade was holding.
He saw that the little girl's clothes were patched and the shoes on her feet were obviously inappropriate. Although he didn't buy flowers, Shade still gave her three pence as compensation for being frightened by Mia.
"I didn't expect you to have such a kind heart."
After the little flower seller left, Miss Louisa joked that she knew that Shade's financial situation was not very good either.
"They are all poor people. Although I can't help everyone, I am happy to help the people in front of me without affecting myself. Mia, three pence will be deducted from your dinner, so you can't eat randomly."
Shade touched the cat's head as he spoke, and the orange cat squirmed dissatisfied.
Miss Louisa smiled softly:
"You are really a good person. If the poor girl in the fairy tale could meet you, there wouldn't be so many tragedies."
No. 17 Mao Tail Lane is a three-story apartment building with an attic. It has dark yellow exterior walls. The walls are along the bottom of the street and covered with moss. Judging from Miss Louisa’s preliminary investigation, the entire building
The building is owned by Professor Manning.
Because we had made an appointment to meet in advance, after knocking on the door, the fat maid who opened the door confirmed the identity of the visitor and invited them in. Miss Louisa was the buyer this time, and Shade was hired by Miss Louisa.
The attendant who came here was responsible for protecting the fragile lady who was carrying a large amount of cash.
No. 17 Mao Tail Lane is divided into left and right sides. One side is for rent. Professor Manning lives in the right building. Under the guidance of the fat maid, he walked along the slightly narrow stairs to the second floor. The professor was sitting in a room full of books.
The crowded study room on the second floor entertained two people.
The walls of the study room are covered with photos of Professor Manning from various places in the Old World. He seems to be a professor of archeology who visited various places in the Old World when he was young. Even the books stacked in the study room are mostly historical.
Books. The price of professional books in this era is still very expensive, and professors should be quite wealthy.
Professor Manning is a tall, thin old man with round-rimmed glasses and a somewhat bald head. Probably because he has been teaching for too long, his tone when greeting Miss Louisa and Shade sounded like he was giving a lecture.
But the old professor was quite kind and entertained them with some very good black tea.
He also had a pet cat at home, so he didn't blame the detective for bringing the cat to the door. However, the dark-skinned cat seemed to be an adult and was very interested in Mia. It hid its body behind the desk and poked its head out.
Looking at the orange cat being held by Shade.
But Mia didn't seem to see it and didn't want to play with it.