The young girl with long brown hair seemed to be observing herself through Shade's eyes as she rubbed the golden ring on her finger.
Shade has mastered the skills of talking to Miss Bayas:
"Yes, and we all need each other. You seem to be a newcomer among the so-called ring warlocks of the Zhengshen Church. You want to show yourself, so you need additional sources of intelligence outside the church. You need to have reliable sources in this kind of city.
Helpers and connections.”
Shade pointed at himself, realizing for the first time that he had such good eloquence:
"And I am active in Tobesk City as a detective. Sooner or later I will encounter dangers like today again. I also need someone to help me at that moment."
Instead, he took a step towards Miss Bayas, who subconsciously stepped back, and then became slightly annoyed that he was scared by ordinary people.
Shade stretched out his hand:
"Although today is just the first time we meet, I am a bad detective from Saint Teresa Square, and you are a low-level warlock from the Church of the Sun. We both need each other's strength. This is a very good cooperation. And the beginning of cooperation is
Keep today’s events a secret from each other.”
Iluna Beas stared at Shade, and when Shade almost thought she was going to refuse, she reached out and held the stranger's hand:
"You will definitely become a very powerful detective, not because of your social circle, but because of your wisdom."
"Thank you, but I am actually very interested in the detective profession...Miss Bayas, if possible, please find the person who killed Mrs. Lawrence."
As he spoke, he looked at the carriage and the body lying in the alley:
"So what now?"
"Leave the body here and ignore it. Let's leave immediately and don't let the club's investigation have anything to do with the murder here. Then, I will use my own channels to report what happened here to the church. They want to take us away.
, so no one will notice that we are boarding this carriage."
Miss Bayas arranged it very skillfully, making Shade think that she had done this before.
"As for you, detective, I think I will visit you in the near future. I hope you keep your promise. Of course, you must also pay attention to safety recently. There are many dangerous people in the city. Not long ago, there was a man under the moon. Take it easy.
It triggered an earthquake in the south of the city."
Miss Bayas seems to have infinite emotion about this:
"When can I have that kind of power?"
"This...I won't tell your secret."
Shade could only answer like this, and in this way, Miss Anat's plan would not be ruined.
"But when I take the initiative to tell her that I am a ring warlock, do I need to apologize for hiding it today?"
he asked himself in his mind.
Although detectives and sorceresses are righteous, getting trophies after killing people has nothing to do with justice.
Miss Bayas took away the "sword", and Shade was allowed to take away the coins on the two corpses. But unfortunately, whether it was the man killed by the gun of kindness or the guy killed by the "sunshine gun"
, they don’t have the habit of taking all their belongings with them when going out.
The total change that Shade found on the two men was only 3 pounds, 5 shillings and 10 pence.
"I thought wizard-like people like you would be rich."
He also complained to Miss Bayas, who lamented:
"We are ring magicians, not wizards, and gold pounds are never enough, and that's the same for everyone."
By the time Shade and Miss Bayas parted ways and walked home, it was already time for dinner.
But that day, it was rare that he did not play with little Mia for a while after returning home. Instead, he first closed the curtains in the living room, and in the dim environment, carefully took out the envelope hidden in his chest.
Little Mia immediately rushed over, thinking it was something to eat, but was immediately grabbed by Shade holding the back of the neck with one hand. Shade grabbed the cat in one hand and the envelope in the other and came to his bedroom, still closing the curtains.
I sat at the desk without turning on the gas light in the room.
Carefully turn on the gas lamp on the table, and there is some light in the dark room. Put Mia on your lap, then take out the banknotes in the envelope with both hands, count them carefully while licking your lips, and put the banknotes in order.
Place them in a stack of ten under the light on the table.
The elegant brass gas table lamp was not turned on at its brightest, so it could only illuminate the area on the table, but not Shade's face. The stranger looked at his hands under the lamp and counted the gold quickly and skillfully.
The amount of pounds.
The short orange cat couldn't reach the tabletop with Shade's legs, so he could only step on Shade's legs with his hind paws and grab the table top with his front paws before he could barely poke out half of his little head from under the table.
It watched the man's hands skillfully twisting the banknotes. The cat did not understand the specific meaning of those pieces of paper, but just thought this scene was very interesting.
After counting the money and packing it up again, Shade held the cat with his head raised and sat in the dark room for ten minutes before getting up. He very carefully sealed the letter in the drawer and put several books on the envelope. He said it carefully.
He put the drawer key into his pocket and left the room.
When he entered the living room, a smile finally bloomed on his calm face. He picked up little Mia with both hands, lifted her up high, and put her down again when the cat didn't understand why:
"Let's go out to eat together."
He stroked the well-behaved orange cat, and his life really got better.
Regarding the contact with Miss Bayas, he should have informed the female fortune teller as soon as possible to confirm whether this would have an impact on her "clever plan". But Shade didn't know the fortune teller's address. Fortunately, he wanted to know the fortune teller on Friday.
Go to the Prophet's Association for the final appraisal of [Original Silver Moon], and you might have a chance to meet Miss Anat in the association.
(Little Mia is running...)
When he woke up early on Friday morning, the sky was gloomy outside and it seemed like it was going to rain. So Shade took an umbrella and went out, but as soon as he reached the entrance of Silver Cross Avenue, light rain began to fall from the sky.
Under the rainy sky, the city is still shrouded in a thin gray fog. This is one of the reasons why Tobesk is known as the "Fog City of the North" in addition to the "Pearl of the North".
Stepping onto the Silver Cross Avenue, stepping on the pavement paved with rectangular stone bricks, I felt much better than the bad weather.
There are still huge crowds of people at the entrance of the Prophet Association. Even if there is no weather forecast, it is hard not to think of taking an umbrella out when seeing the gloomy sky. Due to the limitations of dye technology, most of the practical umbrellas in this era are black, but there have been
The prototype of the folding umbrella.
The four-wheeled carriage passed by Shade and stopped safely at the entrance of the association. The police officers would stop and take a look when they passed by.
Before the rain became heavier, Shade joined the crowd at the entrance of the Prophet's Association. Holding a cane and an umbrella, he walked around the door from behind the carriage with the family crest hanging and decorated with two wheat ears.
After entering the room, I wanted to take a look at the bulletin board on the side of the door. Although there is no need to sell the Rhodes cards obtained from Professor Manning because of the large income, it is good to understand the current market conditions.