The content of afternoon tea includes black tea in a silver teapot, sandwich cookies baked patiently on a porcelain plate, and shrimp pancakes sprinkled with white icing sugar. Noble ladies are very concerned about the content of afternoon tea, like Lesia
Of course the top nobles also have this habit.
Small pancakes sprinkled with icing sugar are a local specialty of Coldwater Port. When Shade tasted them, he thought little Mia would like them.
"Agree? Of course I can't agree immediately. I also have to consider what the Aurora family wants to do and whether it will be detrimental to the kingdom."
The princess holding the tea cup said, glanced at Shade who was studying the snacks, and added in a low voice:
"Besides, the price she offered was not high enough. I wanted her 30% stake in the Coldwater Port Shipyard. She actually laughed and said I was a greedy woman."
"Ahem"
Shade, who was eating, choked. Lecia complained about why he was so careless and asked the maid to help pat his back. Shade waved his hand to tell the maid not to come over, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, which annoyed the princess.
His Highness covered his mouth and chuckled.
He thought that the witch was being very polite if she could say this with a smile.
"Look at this."
Lesia handed the thing at hand to Shade again, which were two invitations. The surface was shiny, as if they were sprinkled with gold powder.
"Lady Sivi Avrona specially gave me this. This is an invitation to tonight's banquet. Shade, are you really not going with me? I know you don't want people to know you are here. In fact,
It’s okay to wear a mask.”
"No, that's not the problem. I really don't want to go."
Shade shook his head firmly. He completely refused to meet the witch. The princess felt a little regretful, but she did not insist anymore and asked instead:
"I just wanted to ask, what is that wrapped in canvas you are carrying? Is it a new rifle?"
Lifting her red hair, she changed the topic, so Shade talked about the sea return ceremony and the curse.
The red ocean will appear today or tomorrow. Although the church is said to be fully prepared, Shade cannot take it lightly.
He told Lesia the information he had collected, then took out the fishing rod and tied the fishing line to her wrist:
"That's it. To trigger the characteristics of this fishing rod, the requirement is to catch the prey by fishing, so this will not have an impact on you. Lecia, let this fishing rod stay with you for now, and you ask the servant to
I’ll help you carry it with you, and if something goes wrong, immediately tie your wrist with a fishing line.”
He thought for a while:
"Oh, also, someone must hold the fishing rod, so that it can suppress the curse."
"Can't you stay at Sophia's mansion tonight? Shade, you are more reliable than a servant."
Lesia asked, staring at her wrist.
This is indeed a good idea. Shade thought about it. Someone might visit him at any time in Tobesk. Except for the three commissions that Iluna brought from Blackstone Security Company, he had no business for more than a week. But for
If Lesia is not in danger, it is worth missing out on a few possible clients:
"I don't want Mia to come to Coldwater Harbor at such a dangerous time, and may need Dorothy to take care of her all night."
Hearing what Shade meant, the princess knew that he agreed, so she chuckled and said:
"It doesn't matter, I will convince her. For my safety, I think although she will be a little angry, she will definitely nod in the end."
The way the princess narrows her eyes is very beautiful.
With this arrangement in place, Shade returned to Tobesk in the afternoon. Dorothy already knew about this, and she seemed unhappy, but she still agreed to take care of Mia tonight and tomorrow, and took it seriously.
Tell Shade to be careful.
In addition, Shade also went to the Prophet's Association and told Luvia that he would stay in Coldwater Port for the next day.
The female diviner was a little surprised that Shade insisted on getting involved in the big incident in Coldwater Port, but he insisted that it would be of great help in finding Darkness.
The reason why it cannot be revealed is that Shade is still not sure what the power of the so-called "evil god" is.
The purple-eyed fortune teller did not give any further instructions, but just wished Shade good luck and told him to be careful. He was not careful about the return ceremony of the sea, but about the people of the [Blood Spirit School]. The other party used the [Puppet Operator's Notes] to curse
Shade failed, and even if he is now being hunted by the church in Coldwater Port, he will definitely not give up on Shade.
In addition to these preparations, Shade also asked Dorothy for the clerical relic [Scales of the Drowned Murloc]. Shade recovered this together with Dorothy, originally planning to wait until the incident where the evil god watched Tobesk subsided.
It was later sold, so the scales were kept by Dorothy.
After getting ready, Shade said goodbye to Mia the cat with some reluctance. The very smart cat probably sensed that Shade would not be back tonight, so it pawed at his arm and refused to let go.
After finally getting the cat to let go of its claws, Dorothy held Mia and stood in the basement watching Shade enter the hidden wall. The cat kept meowing, and Shade also took a step and looked back.
"Are you leaving or not?"
In the end, the blonde girl couldn't bear it anymore and finally drove Shade away.
The rain didn't stop all day long. Lecia had to attend a banquet, so she didn't have dinner with Shad. After having dinner at Sophia's mansion, Shad passed the ceremony and continued to St. Byrons.
Listen to Professor Garcia's "Closed Spaces" class.
Yesterday was mainly a theoretical course, while today is a practical course. Professor Garcia showed his Thaumatology Mystery Chain - [Desolate Wilderness] to the ring magicians who signed up for the course.
This thaumaturgy is rare and can only be learned with three spiritual runes. The corresponding runes are [Field], [Lock] and [Free Mind].
When the professor unfolded the mystery lock in the classroom, even though he deliberately controlled it, Shade's projection ceremony was almost interrupted. And inside the mystery lock, it looked like a large brown barren wilderness.
"Students, pay attention here!"
The professor waved his hand towards the distance and made a whistling sound. After a while, he could see a large number of animals running towards this direction on the horizon of the desolate wilderness.
The functionality of the Mystery Lock - [Desolate Wilderness] is that it allows Professor Garcia to call out the low-intelligent wild animals he has seen before.
As long as he has seen them before, he can call them out within the Mystery Lock as his fighting partner. And the more he understands those animals, the smaller the cost of calling them out, and the more powerful the animals will be.
You must know that this world is not just filled with ordinary beasts. In places that are out of reach of the civilized world, the combat effectiveness of various low-intelligent magical creatures is no worse than that of steam-mechanized human legions.