"A roommate in orange pajamas... It's really enviable to find such a friend."
The young girl said, subconsciously touching the ruby earring on her right ear. Just at this moment, the waiter came over with the vegetable salad she ordered, and the two stopped talking temporarily.
This is a relatively good restaurant in the dock area. It happened to be noon, and there were many people dining. However, the tables in high-end restaurants are not as dense as those in street bars. Miss Shade and Miss Princes themselves chose the corner against the wall.
No one is sitting around the upper table, so you don’t have to worry about being overheard when talking.
"Speaking of which, Miss Princes, what do you do in this city?"
Shade asked. He just mentioned his occupation just because it was convenient to ask the other party's identity.
One look showed that the young girl of noble birth did not refuse to answer this time:
"As a side job, I am a reporter. I occasionally write some social commentary reports and submit them to newspapers. As for my main job... Mr. Watson, I am not afraid of your ridicule. I am considered a noble. My father does not allow me to work outside the home, so you put me
It’s okay to be the kind of aristocratic girl who spends her days doing nothing, attending banquets and salons.”
This kind of self-introduction was similar to Xia De's guess. Seeing that the other party's answer was unconcealed, Xia De tried to ask further:
"Noble? Oh, it seems that I really met a great person. I don't know, your father is..."
"I definitely can't tell you his specific identity. As for his profession... he is a social worker and contributes to public undertakings."
"social work?"
Shade's understanding of this is that in order to maintain their dignity and status, small nobles usually seek a position in the city hall or government departments. The salary may not necessarily be high, but they must be able to deliver. The Kingdom's municipal department is
There are similar positions, but "social work" is a relatively low-level job, and you can't just get by without doing something.
Therefore, Xia De speculated that the identity of the other party's father should not be high.
"This is a very hard job. He has never thought about quitting his job and trying to open a factory? In recent decades, it is not uncommon to see news in newspapers about aristocrats relying on their connections to open factories and then become rich."
Shade was half testing and half joking, while Miss Princes picked up the cauliflower with a fork and showed a helpless smile:
"Resign? Oh, that's not possible. As far as I know, no one has ever been able to resign voluntarily in this profession that my father is engaged in. This is a lifelong seat... You may not be able to understand that there is not much salary.
Although my work is heavy and I often have to deal with documents in the study until after nine o'clock in the evening, there are also very high benefits that ordinary people cannot imagine. The work content affects many people, so I can't just quit my job."
"That's really unfortunate."
Shade made an expression of realization, feeling sympathy for Miss Prince's busy father, and then cut the steak in front of him with a knife.
After being promoted to the second level, his food intake was slightly larger. But this is also normal. The ring warlock itself is a power system that improves both physically and mentally. Similar situations will occur when he first upgrades.
After the preliminary test, Shade believed that although the five-ring sorceress opposite was still suspicious, she could basically be trusted. In this strange city, there should be nothing wrong with hiring her as a one-day tour guide.
Moreover, he is not afraid of making mistakes. If there is any problem, he will immediately throw himself into the sea. Even if the other party is a five-ring warlock, it is impossible for him to swim into the sea after him.
Miss Princes had very high requirements for food. She only tried the vegetable salad for two bites before giving up, as if she disliked the stale vegetables. As for drinks, Shade did not order wine but chose soup, while Princeps
The lady asked for water and complained to Shade in a low voice about the drinks here:
"Last night, I sneaked away... ahem, I went out to eat alone and ordered a bottle of 1845 wine from Chateau Russell. Mr. Watson, guess what?"
"Watered wine?"
Shade guessed.
"Of course not, watering down is the lowest form of practice. The restaurant used a bottle of third-rate cheap stuff sold in large quantities by Chateau Russell this year, passing it off as a good wine from 1845."
The slender fingers held the glass filled with white water and shook it slightly, as if there was wine in it:
"Mr. Watson, if you are interested in wine tasting, I can take you to a good place for dinner tonight."
"No, I'm not used to drinking."
Shade shook his head, and Miss Princes did not insist, as if she already knew Shade would say this.
After lunch, Miss Princes decided to accept Shad's employment and use the rest of the day to take Shad around Coldwater Port City.
But since you have to go in and out of those sensitive places, you can't act with your original face. It happened that Miss Princes also wanted to find a place to store the bag of books she was holding, so she took Shade back to her home in the city.
We stayed at the residence and planned to help Shade and herself do some simple makeup.
The so-called residence is of course not the house of an aristocratic family, but the house that Miss Princes rents. It is not a single-family apartment, but a small room in a relatively simple collective apartment on Robin Hood Street in the South District of Coldwater Port City.
Robin Hood Street is only a fifteen-minute drive away from where the two of them are eating. The apartment is more like a mansion, with garlands hanging on the iron fence. Entering the house, the first floor is a wide hall with seats and card tables.
Residents rest and entertain. There is a patio in the center of the second floor, surrounded by small rental rooms, with 12 rooms on the first floor. There is a fence on the other side of the corridor outside the room, where you can lie down and look out at the first floor.
With cautious thoughts, when Shade followed Miss Princes here, he carefully observed every detail of the apartment. This should not be faked to deceive people. This is indeed a normal rental apartment.
The other tenants who passed by had the aura of urban philistines, but they couldn't be disguised no matter how hard they tried.
This is probably only used as a temporary residence, so the interior of the apartment is very small. Apart from the room that serves as both a living room and a bedroom, there is only a small balcony where clothes can be hung, and an unusually small bathroom.
Although the atmosphere of life in the house is not very strong, the mold spots and paintings on the walls, the unwashed teacups on the table and the dresses swaying in the wind on the balcony all indicate that this place is often used by people, and it is indeed Miss Princes.
temporary residence, which further dispelled Sha De's vigilance.
The young girl hid the book she was holding in the closet, and then asked Shade to sit down on the mismatched chair next to the low coffee table. There were old newspapers on the chair, and a few pages scattered on the coffee table. She looked
The room is not tidied often:
"Since you are hiring me, it is not too late for us to negotiate the price before setting off. Mr. Watson, first you have to tell me where I, as a tour guide, need to take you."