Although she was surprised by Her Highness the Princess's active cooperation, she still carried the cat to Agelina Cavendish, bent down and put the cat that was grabbed by the neck into her hand.
Little Mia doesn't have the habit of biting, so she didn't open her mouth to bite the beautiful hand stretched out in front of her. Adhering to the principle of sniffing anything she encounters to determine whether it is food, she really made a light bite.
With the action of sniffing, the cat is now curling up slightly. Coupled with its good appearance, this appearance is really attractive.
The sixteen-year-old young princess actually touched the cat with her uninjured hand, but was directly rejected by the cat's paw. This not only did not make Agelina angry, but made her and the girls around her laugh.
.
"Very good, it seems that there is no problem with Her Majesty the Princess, then the next one."
Shade was very satisfied with little Mia's obedience.
With the princess being the first to try to be sniffed by the cat, the other noble girls also laughed and asked Shade to hold the cat to sniff their hands. Shade would emphasize every time that his cat would never, never miss anyone.
People with special smells on their hands, but in fact Shade didn't care what Mia would smell at all, but carefully observed everyone's expressions.
When the cat was two-thirds of the way through sniffing hands, Shade finally discovered that the girl who had been sitting on the sofa without saying a word, wearing a long blue dress dotted with lace, was quietly rubbing her skirt.
holding his own hands.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence, but..."
When it was the other party's turn, Shade came to her with the cat, bent down and put the cat down:
"Ma'am, please extend your hand."
The silent brown-haired girl obviously didn't want to stretch out her hands, but now that everyone was looking at her, she could only hesitantly stretch out her hands, but half of her palms were hidden in the beautifully patterned sleeves.
Mia's height was lowered by Shade, but she was tired of sniffing her hand.
"Meow~"
The cat actually meowed... because Shade's left hand quietly patted its tail.
"oh?"
The detective frowned, as if he had encountered some trouble that was difficult to solve. And his exclamation was also captured by the noble ladies who were watching.
Shade looked at the girl in front of him cautiously, looking at her outfit with probing eyes. The girl in the gauze skirt looked at him timidly, and then asked cautiously:
"Excuse me, detective, why did you stop suddenly."
"this......"
Shade looked embarrassed because he didn't know if he had found the right person.
But he knew that someone knew the answer, so he glanced at President Stan who had come back. The middle-aged man, who was slightly thin, with a high nose and sunken eyes, stood aside and looked at Shade in surprise,
There was a very faint smile on his face.
Shade knew he had found the right person.
"Madam, may I ask, what have you ever had on your hands?"
He asked softly, lifted the cat and put it back on his shoulder, and then gently stroked its little head. A look of horror flashed across the face of the girl in front of him. She had not received any special training, and all her emotions were
It's all shown on the face.
So Shade cautiously said nothing, but looked at Princess Agelina Cavendish. The sixteen-year-old princess looked at the girl in front of Shade with a stern expression, and the latter moved her lips:
"Ajili..."
She lowered her head.
Now, the girls who had just been laughing and laughing as Shade carried the cat and sniffed everyone's hands stopped talking, and the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Shade glanced at President Stan again, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he knew that he had really found the right person. So he held the cat in his arms and stroked it, thanking it for its little help, and then said to Agelina.
Cavendish bowed slightly:
"Then Your Highness, I think this investigation commission is over."
"Rejed's Hamilton, you did a great job."
The red-haired girl said softly, her expression at this time made her look more like Lesia.
The princess stood up and prepared to leave. The two maids followed the girl who was "discovered by the cat" on the left and the right. The other friends of the princess followed behind with their mouths closed.
"The reward for the investigation will be given to you later."
With that said, he walked out of the door. Shade looked at President Stan who was also standing aside. The middle-aged man made a gesture of silence and followed the crowd with Shade.
The group of people returned from the second floor to the first floor, and then came outside from the foyer on the first floor. It was already approaching dusk, and the sky was gradually getting darker. Three carriages approaching from a distance stopped in front of the Prophet's Association one after another.
, the girls got into the car one by one, and then drove towards the Yodel Palace.
Whether they are going to Yodel Palace or what will happen to the girl who was caught has nothing to do with Shade.
He and President Stan stood in front of the Prophet's Association and watched the motorcade leave.
The prophet asked Xiang Xia De softly:
"Does it feel a little strange?"
"Indeed, even if you want to hurt others, you shouldn't use such minor means. If it was an accident, then why not apologize immediately."
This was the only thing that Shade couldn't understand.
"This matter is very complicated... Although the association is very close to Yoder Palace, we should not discuss too much about what happened there."
President Stan sighed slightly:
"Politics has always been the most troublesome thing."
The sunset broke through the mist and reflected the sky of Tobesk red. The two men stood together on the Silver Cross Avenue, which was full of traffic, and stood at the door of the Prophets Association where people came and went.
The carriage passed in front of them, and the wheels made a rhythmic sound as they rolled against the road. The metal pipes attached to the walls reflected the light under the afterglow of the setting sun, making the street look particularly bright. Together they looked at the Yodel Palace under the red setting sun.
Further away in the hazy mist is the steam-era street scene of Tobesk, the pearl of the north.
The setting sun made Mia's cat fur on her shoulders seem to glow. The cat opened its mouth and yawned. I don't know if it was hungry or sleepy, but it suddenly became interested in the bird flying overhead.
The bird flew over the Silver Cross Avenue, flew over the skyline of the densely packed city, flew over the chimneys spouting black smoke, flew over the heads of barefoot workers carrying sacks, and flew over the well-dressed workers.
The gentlemen flew overhead and passed thousands of houses in Tobesk.
The middle of August is coming, the hottest days of the year are coming to an end, and autumn is coming.
(Iluna is praying...)
When Luvia returned to the association, she saw Shade in the divination room on the second floor. Shade was facing the window and counting a stack of 1-shilling bills in his hand through the setting sun outside the window, while little Mia was squatting.
Beside him, people watched intently as his hands counted the banknotes skillfully.
Luvia even saw an afterimage of Shade's hand. He was really good at counting banknotes.
"What are you doing? Even if you want to show that you are rich, you must at least count 1 gold pound banknotes, right?"
The purple-eyed fortune teller said curiously, turned on the gas lamp on the wall, put his handbag on the table, then pulled out a chair and sat across from Shade. But neither Shade nor the cat raised their eyes to look at her, one person and one cat.
Look at the banknotes intently.
"Wait a moment...Okay, good afternoon, Luvia, you are still so beautiful. This is what your president, Mr. Stan, gave me. It is the fee for the investigation commission. These are 10 pounds, a total of two
One hundred pieces, the association is really generous. But they are all in small change. I have been counting them for a while."
Shade smiled, put the money into an envelope on the side, covered it with a handkerchief and threw it into the pocket on his chest. Little Mia looked up and looked very happy. This cat understood the meaning of "coins".
"The association's Rhodes brand appraisal business will get a large amount of change. So if there is an opportunity, the cashiers are more inclined to spend the change that is difficult to keep."
Luvia understood this quite well. Seeing Shade put away the money, she did not ask what happened just now, but asked nervously:
"I've heard that things in Coldwater Harbor ended yesterday morning, but what you said about Darkness..."
"He ran away."
Shade replied lightly, and the purple-eyed girl showed a true expression:
"Look, Shade, the first candidate for the Chosen One, still has some skills."
"I used words to ask a twelve-level sorceress to catch him, but Darkness was still able to run away. The only thing that caused effective damage to him was the [Sunshine] I threw with Iluna's alchemy item.
Gun], I think he will probably recuperate on the way to Tobesk."
Avoiding the details of Sylvie Aurora's identity and the relationship between Dorothy and Lesia, Shade briefly described his experience in Coldwater Port. He even talked about the level 0 relic [Desire] he encountered.
, and showed Luvia the [Chain of Sin] extracted from that piece of flesh.
As expected, Luvia was really worried about Shade. She had never heard of anyone daring to eat part of a level 0 relic. She took Shade's hand and checked him, but it was different from Shade's own feelings.
The same thing, except for his increased desire, all he got were benefits.
"A gift from fate..."
"...The price has already been marked secretly."
Shade caught Luvia's words. She used the language of the Fifth Age. Shade happened to have learned some in the textbook:
"It was the [Blood Spirit School] that gave the price, and it was the [Puppet Operator's Notebook] that led me to the dark room behind the damp chapel and helped me gain strength."
"But how do I feel that even without that relic, you can still gain power?"
Luvia was a little troubled:
"What happened to you is absolutely abnormal. Think about it carefully, Shade, how many things have you gone through in the two months since we met you?"
"But aren't the accidents I experienced all related to the chosen one? It was because of Iluna in Tobesk, and it was because of Ivan Darkness in Coldwater Port. This is not my bad luck."