"It was just the two of you at the time? The third woman left with them? Do you know her?"
Shade asked, Miss Lisa nodded:
"I know her, Phoebe from the Bee Tavern. She is also a poor person. She was born as an orphan. When she grew up, she was deceived by men and took on huge debts. She didn't have any friends or family around her."
She looked at Shade:
"Is it because of her that you came here this time?"
"how do you know?"
"After that day, I never saw her again. The tavern where she worked sent people to look for her, but they only briefly asked the people around her. I knew that she was probably dead."
Shade did not deny the speculation:
"I am not a police officer, I just want to investigate the cause of her death for some reasons. Yes, she is dead, and it is related to the weird things you saw tonight. Please think carefully, what else do you have about that night?
Any clues?"
Miss Lisa thought about it again and shook her head apologetically:
"Probably not. I haven't heard any news from her since that day."
The seven-ring warlock just said that she had no clues here, so Shade was prepared in advance and was not disappointed:
"If someone asks you about it later, if it's someone from the church, you should tell the truth; if it's someone else, you must insist that you don't remember anything. You are also a person who lives alone, so you should understand what I mean.
."
Miss Lisa nodded silently, and then saw Shad take out her wallet and put a wad of bills on the table. She pursed her lips and did not refuse, and Shad did not count them carefully. The bills were about ten or twenty kronor.
That's two to three hundred pounds. Even for Shade, this is a big expense:
"Don't hide this money at home. It's not safe. Deposit it in the bank, and then let your daughter go to school. Go to a regular school and probably have some connections. That's no problem. When the church finds you, you can tell the church what you know.
Tell them everything about you and me, and the church will help you."
He stood up:
"If you don't want your daughter to become you in the future, let her study and be literate, and let her know what the world is like. Since you have decided to raise her, you must shoulder this responsibility."
Miss Lisa nodded and wanted to say thank you, but was stopped again:
"You don't have to say thank you to me. If you really want to thank me, just do one thing for me - are you literate?"
After saying that, he led the woman to the living room outside. The girl who was reading the story book in her arms immediately stood up from the chair and ran towards the two of them happily. He held Miss Lisa's hand and grabbed the story book.
Don't let go of the book.
"It's okay to read some simple news."
So Shade nodded:
"Then if you have time, let's read more stories to Maria."
He paused for a moment and looked at the confused girl:
"Childhood is precious. Only by leaving some beautiful memories can we heal the damage that we are destined to suffer in adulthood. Some people use their whole lives to heal their childhood, but some people use their childhood to heal their whole lives. This book is for you.
, little Maria.”
The girl took her mother's hand and hid behind her, quite embarrassed. It wasn't until Miss Lisa asked her to thank her that she softly said "thank you" to Shade.
Shade showed a slight smile and felt the slight heat of the silver anchor in his pocket. Miss Elisa's first task was completed easily.
Seeing that Miss Lisa promised to have time to read stories to her daughter, Shade did not stay long. Mother and daughter sent Shade downstairs and watched him walk away along Herring Street.
"So, is Miss Elisa's mission really that simple?"
Walking along the riverside street, Shade took out the silver jewelry. The jewelry under the gas street lamp looked ordinary, but the simple anchor style was in line with Shade's aesthetic sense.
As for the origin of this weird thing, Shade must investigate clearly. Because the next day, that is, Tuesday, he had to pick up the train at the Tobesk train station at ten o'clock in the morning, so he originally planned to go to Old John's place in the morning.
, asked him to help identify it, but unexpectedly, after Luvia left in a hurry early in the morning without even eating breakfast, two red butterflies flew to her home.
"Meow~"
The cat squatting on the dining table and watching Shade preparing breakfast in the kitchen meowed unhappily, and then Grace and Helen "fell from the sky" and landed on the chairs next to the dining table:
"Good morning, sir!"
"Good morning, sir!"
"Good morning, let's have breakfast together, but don't dislike my craftsmanship."
Shade turned around and said hello to the girls in black and white dresses, and then concentrated on the fried eggs in the pot.
The cat on the table was quite unhappy and said "meow~" again at Helen who was nearest to it. Shade did not turn around to look at it again. He probably guessed that the cat was worried that too many people at the table would cause it not to have enough food.
.
Also because Shade didn't pay attention to this matter, he didn't see the frightened expression on Helen's face. Fortunately, Grace comforted her sister, and then calmly sat back a little further behind the chair.
Stay away from the cat.
The time when the Hongdie sisters come to Shade is not fixed, but they usually only appear in the morning and evening. And what is very amazing is that they have never bumped into another girl in Shade, whether it is morning or evening.
Yes, I don’t know what this skill is.
Helen sat at the table and looked at the mermaid oil painting in the living room not far away. Shade had already brought breakfast. Since they had just arrived, Shade talked about Miss Elisa at the dining table and took out a
Let the two sisters look at the silver anchor.
"A genuine magical item. That Miss Elisa must be a devout believer."
The two sisters just sniffed and came to the conclusion:
"We can't tell which god this item points to, but don't worry, the power of this magic is very gentle, and it must point to a good god."
"Since it is an anchor-shaped ornament, is it possible that it corresponds to a god related to the ocean?"
Shade guessed, and Grace thought for a moment with a serious face:
"It's possible, but there are too many targets. It's just that since the old gods have left, it should be her own idea that Miss Elise seeks you. Maybe you can get in touch with her more so that you can understand her.
Purpose."
Helen on the side still smiled and said:
"Sir, if you think she is not human, try to find a way to get her hair or blood. Maybe she is an acquaintance of ours."
The arrival of Grace and Helen did not delay Shade's departure to Tobesk train station at ten o'clock. The Red Butterfly girls did not come to Shade just for that kind of thing. After breakfast, they actually went to
They read with Shade in the study room. When Shade was about to leave, they said goodbye to him with a smile.
By the time Shade hugged the cat who was actually reluctant to go out, and saw Dr. Schneider and Dorothy at the train station, the time had already reached nine-fifty. He was probably trying to impress the formal students of the college.
, both of them were dressed very formally.
"Good morning, detective, don't be so anxious, the train is delayed."
The doctor looked at the pocket watch in his hand and said hello to Shade:
"We estimate we will have to wait half an hour."
In fact, within twenty minutes, the train from the north had already stopped at Tobesk Station. Shade blocked the cat's ears when the train entered the station, but it seemed that little Mia was not afraid of this.
The college bought first-class tickets for the students so that they did not have to be with the second- and third-class passengers when exiting the station, so Shade, Dr. Schneider and Dorothy went to the independent exit of the station where there were not many people.
Waiting. As the scattered passengers walked out of the aisle, not long after, Shade saw a blond girl carrying a suitcase, wearing a dress and a wide-brimmed hat, waving to him from a distance with a smile.
:
"Shadow!"
This is Miss Elf Emilia, but although her current outfit is suitable for aristocratic girls to travel, it is only suitable for girls of Dorothy, Lesia and Luvia's age. Although Miss Elf is actually older than them all
, but her face looks similar to Agelina, so the contrast created by this kind of dressing up is also very interesting.
"Oh, little Mia is here too!"
She also knew the cat who was very familiar with her unicorn, and the little Mia on Shade's shoulder obviously still remembered the elf in front of her, saying "meow~" lazily as a greeting.
The enthusiastic girl came to Shade, and what hit her face was not the strange smell produced by the train journey, but a floral fragrance from the forest. The hat covered the elf's unique pointed ears, and the golden hair was braided into dozens of little braids.
Although Dorothy's long hair is very eye-catching in the crowd, it does not appear too abrupt. Although Dorothy is also a standard blonde, when the two appeared in Shade's sight at the same time, Shade felt that Amelia's hair
Some self-luminous properties.
"Good morning, Emilia, how was your trip?"
Shade also smiled and said.
The other two ring wizards who were doing this summer practice with Emilia had also appeared in front of the three of them. They were also dressed in dusty clothes, and the older man among them was almost thirty years old.
, the other lady looked slightly older than Dorothy. Compared with Amelia, who was familiar with Shade, the latter two looked a little more reserved, so the enthusiastic elf girl took the initiative to introduce:
"This is Mr. Shade Hamilton, a well-known detective in Tobesk City. He and I took the same elective course. Shade, long time no see. These two are my classmates in the School of Chemistry, Rio Enci.
Mr. Er and Mademoiselle Matilla de Las."
Shade then introduced Dr. Schneider and Dorothy to the side. Because acquaintances were present, the meeting seemed very pleasant. When the group left the train station and prepared to take the rented carriage to the Three Cats Hotel
, Miss Elf was carrying her suitcase and looking left and right, as if she hadn't been out much.
"Well didn't she meet ordinary people in the Randall Valley?"