As soon as the witch finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. The young girl was obviously already waiting outside.
Then Miss Winslet said directly:
"Please come in."
"This seems to be my room."
The eighteen-year-old sorceress complained softly, and then the three of them saw the door being pushed open, and a black-haired girl who looked about twenty years old walked in. Although her hair was short, she still tied her hair into a braid.
appearance.
The black-haired girl wore a white shirt and a black skirt. The traditional black and white outfit made her look very ordinary, but in fact her face was quite handsome. Her head was slightly lowered, and her expression seemed a little sad, but Winslet
The young lady rejected Shade's view.
She put down her thoughts on complicated issues and walked to the young girl's side with a smile:
"Let me introduce you, this is my apprentice, and of course my most important assistant - Charlotte Bell. She always has this sad expression, but it is the same as Carina's maid who always has an expressionless face.
, are all their usual actions.”
Miss Shade and Miss Daniste smiled and nodded to Miss Bell respectively, and then the witch introduced to her apprentice:
"Charlotte, this is Professor Danister from St. Byrons. She is a new friend I made locally. We all live in a hotel. The man next to me who does not look like a man is the professor's student.
I mean the student who taught you the real thing: Shad Hamilton.
Don't worry, you two, the witch apprentice will not reveal the secrets she got from her teacher, this is an important part of the apprenticeship contract."
She finally added.
"Good evening, Professor, good evening, Mr. Hamilton."
The black-haired girl then spoke softly. Shade saw that her face was a little pale, as if she was in poor health, but his senses told Shade that this five-ring witch apprentice was quite healthy.
In short, the appearance of the pale Miss Charlotte Bell is in line with Shade's imagination of the "Great Witch of Death". The lively artist Miss Flora Winslet does not look "dead" at all.
.
Because she travels all over the Old World all year round to collect materials, Miss Winslet has about the same number of followers as the youngest witch, Miss Sylvia, and both are the smallest among the witches of this generation.
Only a few people such as Miss Bell are with her all year round. The others help her manage the "Flora Gallery" and other business matters as assistants to the "artist Flora Winslet".
For example, invitations to perform, book manuscript publishing, or oil painting exhibitions.
"Flora Gallery" is located in Willendale City, and there are only ten followers who followed Miss Bell to Vista City this time.
Although Shade couldn't get a room here, Miss Winslet could. They all lived in the guest room on the second floor. The three girls shared a room. Miss Bell served as an assistant and maid, and would later work with Winslet.
Miss Slater lives in the suite in room 321.
In order to keep the secrets of Shade and Miss Danister, after meeting Miss Bell, the Witch just asked two high-ring girls from the nine-person "assistant group" to come and meet them, and then arranged for Miss Bell to take care of them.
We had supper together in Miss Denister's room.
She seemed to want to show off to Miss Danister that her apprentice was also very good, so the four of them told many stories about herself and Miss Bell during dinner.
This is how Shade knew that Miss Charlotte Bell was a girl of ordinary origin. She came into contact with the "Winslet Newspaper" while attending a women's college and wanted to become a full-time reporter after graduation. However, she was killed by the witch who had not left the family at that time.
Selected to become an apprentice.
Miss Bell, like most of the witch apprentices Shade knew, remained taciturn in the presence of the witch. Only when Miss Winslet asked about their affairs in Willendale, would she put down her knife and fork and answer the question softly.
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Her Carsenlic dialect is very distinctive. Although it is not a standard Willendale accent, it matches her gentle and deep voice, which makes her voice very charming when she speaks.
"Charlotte brought the information we need. I know a very powerful person in Willendale. She made a copy of almost all the Gray Gloves' complete set of information on the Ximu Town era."
After dinner, the witch said quite proudly. As soon as Shade heard this, he knew that she had gone to Miss Sylvia for help.
"And Charlotte also brought me an autographed letter from Princess Margaret of Anjou, which can help us open up a situation among the nobles in Vista City. Although I also know many local nobles, after all, I still
The status of princess is more useful."
At this point, she remembered her follow-up investigation in the afternoon;
“When I came back in the evening, I was confused by the questions you asked, and I haven’t said anything about what I discovered during the investigation.
Well, Shade, I'm afraid you have to go out with me tomorrow night, Tuesday night. The local Earl Collins is going to hold a banquet for local celebrities and musicians who came to participate in the Moon Dance Festival concert.
The old Bennet family and Baron Cumming's family have all received invitations. I need you to confirm whether the old Bennet family and other members of Baron Cumming's family have been cursed by time."
She sat on the sofa holding a teacup, and then received a question from the red-haired girl:
"Why did Shade go with you and not with me?"
"Because to participate in this banquet, I have to use my identity."
Miss Winslet answered with a smile. Because she knew the relationship between Shad and Carina, she did not remind Shad of the precautions for attending the banquet:
"Danister, just lend us that relic when the time comes. I really hope that this complicated blood relationship only exists between Baron Cumming and little Cumming."
She briefly explained the current investigation progress and the shocking facts discovered today to her apprentice, and then sat comfortably on the sofa and chatted with Miss Shade and Danister about Baron Cumming:
"No matter who gave birth to whom, we must first find out all the blood relationships of that family at tomorrow night's banquet, and then conduct a targeted investigation. Before that, I don't recommend taking too many actions against the Bennet family.
, after all, there is still the [Tree Hole Association] watching in the dark."
"Tomorrow I want to visit the Bennets' graves. As for the curse of time, even if the body dies and the soul leaves, the power of the curse should still remain in the bones."
Shade suggested that he actually wanted to see which "Bennet" was the debt collector whose "wife died early and gave up her three children" as Desire said.
The mermaid was definitely not looking for bones for Shade, so after confirming the identity, Shade had no choice but to go back in time to find the person. As for how to complete the "debt collection", Shade believed that the mermaid had its own way.
"That's fine. Flora, you can arrange for your followers to move around the city during the day tomorrow. Shade and I will go investigate the cemetery."
The red-haired girl said:
"I have been staying in the room these days. It's my turn to go out. You are here to guard the broom room."
The gray-black-haired witch knew that this arrangement was appropriate. Her followers had just arrived in the local area and really needed her to arrange the subsequent investigation work. Although she was a little regretful that she would give up the opportunity to go out to others, but thinking about the banquet tomorrow night, she also
There is no objection:
"That's good, I can take advantage of the day to comb my hair. Charlotte is not around, and there is no one to even comb my hair."
After I finished speaking, I remembered another thing, so I said to the black-haired girl standing next to the sofa:
"Charlotte, do you still have that [Racial Legend·Elf] in your hand?"
"Yes, miss."
The witch pointed at Shade:
"Give that card to Mr. Hamilton. This is the reward for entrusting him to help with the investigation."
Shade noticed that the young girl clenched her fists for a moment, but soon relaxed:
"Yes, miss."
Then the black-haired girl pursed her lips and lowered her head, and took out her deck of cards from the card box hanging on the side of her skirt. It seemed that there was no chance to play cards tonight, but she took the Rhodes cards with her.
He is a very professional Rhodes player.
The witch apprentice skillfully spread out the deck to look for that special card. Seeing her like this, Shade hesitated for a moment, and then stopped her:
"Hold on."
He also took out his deck of cards from his pocket:
"I have nothing to do tonight. Since that [Racial Legend·Elf] is in your deck, how about we play a game of Rhodes? If you win, that card will stay in your deck.
Here, I will challenge again next month; if I win, you can give me that card now."
Miss Winslet and Miss Daniste immediately looked over with interest, but the black-haired girl shook her head:
"That card does not belong to me. It is the property of the lady, and it is your reward for accepting the entrustment."
With that said, he took out the cards and handed them to Shade.
[Racial Legend·Elf], Flower 10. The card shows a dense forest. A long-haired elf girl wearing a cloak draws a long bow. The appearance of the elf girl is no match for the mysterious elf in the forest.
Special rules are written below the card:
[If the number of cards in your hand is greater than or equal to 2 when you draw this card, this card can be adjusted between 10 and 11.]
"Simple but very useful rules. The early special rules of Rhodes cards were not as complicated and useless as they are now."
Shade commented, but did not take the card. Instead, he raised his head and said to the standing black-haired girl:
"You really don't want to play a game with me? You know my name is Shad Hamilton, and I'm the 1853 Big City Players champion."
The black-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened and she subconsciously took a small step back:
"Is it you? I just thought it was Lord Hamilton of the legendary player of the same name, Ray Jade!"
Shade smiled and asked again:
"You really don't want to play a game with me? Have you read the latest "Three Penny News"? [Foundation·Light] has been identified, and there are eight cards from the Founding series in my deck."
PS: Picture of this chapter "The Witch's Apprentice: Charlotte Bell"
Has anyone noticed that the author is arranging avatars for the characters on the details page of this book? Currently, there are character pictures for most characters (especially women), but they are scattered in various chapters of the book, so first add avatars.
Come together.
Then consider the image of the god, whether it is better to put an illustration or a holy symbol.