It was already late, so after Shade left the river bank, he did not stop in Huntington and rode directly back to the White River Valley Vineyard, and then back home.
Because I wasted some time in the cave by the river, it was already a little late when I got home. The lights of St. Teresa Square were just beginning to light up, and the warm yellow light of the gas lamps shone into the room through the curtains on the first floor.
At this time, Luvia, who had made an appointment to have dinner with Shade, had already gotten off work. When Shade went up the stairs, she was playing with the cat in the living room. Shade and the maid of Carina Manor had told her that this would be done in the evening.
The cat was sent to the Prophet's Association first, so he didn't have to go out of the city to waste time at this time.
Hearing the sound of Shade going upstairs, a man and a cat went to the door of the second floor to greet him. Luvia saw Shade appearing at the corner of the stairs with a box in his hand:
"Shadow, did you have a good day in Huntington?"
"It went pretty smoothly. I found something. It wasn't a waste of time."
He raised the box in his hand and said:
"Luvia, wait for me. I'm going to change clothes and we'll go out for dinner. Oh, it's so late. I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
He put the box in his hand on the cabinet at the door, then walked into the bedroom to pick out the clothes.
"I'm not in a hurry, but your cat probably can't stand it anymore. I fed it some cat food, but it only ate a few grains."
Luvia said with a smile, Mia followed Shade into the bedroom with her tail wagging, and happily jumped on the bed to play with the "fish training ring" that Shade threw over. Shade rinsed the ring in the vineyard to ensure that there was no mouse smell.
Luvia originally wanted to follow him into the bedroom, but she thought it was still a long night and there was no need to worry, so she casually opened the wooden box that Shade put on the cabinet.
"Little Mia knows that I will go out for dinner tonight, so she is still waiting for the big meal."
"Oh~"
The wooden box was opened, and the girl with purple eyes felt that her eyes were immediately illuminated by the box of jewelry. She sighed softly, inserted her slender fingers between the jewelry and inspected them carefully to make sure that this box was all jewelry, and
Not just a superficial layer:
"Detective, you went to Huntington this afternoon and robbed an unfortunate jewelry store? Or ransacked the estate of a cruel nobleman?"
She looked at the carved wooden box:
"Or is this something you won playing Rhodes?"
"Of course not. I found the stronghold of a ring warlock who died more than ten years ago. This is his property."
Shade said vaguely, and Luvia heard the sound of him throwing his clothes on the bed.
So, the girl with purple eyes walked into the bedroom holding the wooden box. The gas lamp in the master bedroom was very bright, and the curtains were tightly closed. Shade stood in front of the wardrobe next to the desk. The double doors of the wardrobe were opened, and he was naked.
He lifted up his upper body and took out the white shirt held up by the clothes hanger, while little Mia squatted on the bed. In other words, the cat squatted on the clothes that Shade had taken off, looking at him with bright eyes, with an expression of expectation.
.
"good body."
Luvia looked at Shade's profile and praised with a smile, then placed the box on the desk in the bedroom.
"Before we go out, check the coins inside. One of them is a relic, but I can't recognize it. It should just be a poet-level relic. I don't think its original owner knew what it was."
Shade turned around and said. He put on his shirt and was about to tie the first button on the collar. Luvia walked up to him and held Shade's raised right hand with her left hand to stop him from fastening the button.
Her fair right hand was pressed against his chest.
"Xia De, you really can never take a break."
Luvia said, and Shade looked at her. The purple-eyed girl who was close at hand pulled her right hand down slightly, but her palm did not touch Shade's skin. She just rubbed it with the pad of her index finger, moved it three or four centimeters and stopped.
into his stomach.
"Um"
Xia De stopped talking:
"Do you want to go out to eat tonight?"
"Of course, otherwise your cat will definitely be angry with me."
"It's not that smart. Well, it is."
Little Mia squatted on the bed with a stinky face and looked a little impatient.
"I'll tie the buttons for you."
Luvia said, her right hand left Shade's skin, and she used her left hand to help Shade fasten his buttons. Shade opened his arms to facilitate Luvia's movement:
"I traveled a lot this afternoon and met a rat that talked dirty. Although I did find a clue, I don't know if the clue can lead to the truth."
"If there are clues, it means no time is wasted."
Luvia said, buttoning the bottom button and looking at Shade's wardrobe again:
"Have you put away your summer clothes?"
"Yes, the maids sent by Miss Carina to help me clean the house every Saturday put those summer clothes in the cloakroom of the master bedroom and left me a note explaining the location. I have to admit, I moved to this room.
Living in the bedroom is indeed more convenient than the previous bedroom.”
Luvia picked a black thermal vest and a thick coat from the wardrobe, and helped Shade put them on:
"We can talk about your adventure this afternoon at the dinner table later, or we can talk about it when we get back. Didn't you say that there was something that glowed at night that you wanted to show me?"
She asked with a smile, and helped Shade pull his sleeve. Shade felt that Luvia still didn't understand what he meant, but explaining now was definitely not the right move, so he could only deal with it silently.
The girl with purple eyes asked calmly and generously:
"I said this morning that I bought new pajamas. Do you prefer purple or white?"
【like it all.】
"She" understood Shade's thoughts very well, but what Shade actually said was:
"Although this may be cliché, I like you better, and it has nothing to do with pajamas."
Luvia hammered Shade:
"Get dressed quickly, really, detective, didn't the princess teach you these words?"
The smile on her lips was definitely not fake.
After changing clothes, Shade held the almost hungry cat, and went with Luvia to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue that had already reserved a seat. During the meal, Luvia played with Shade while listening to Shade's story about the afternoon.
The coin he found.
For her "special divination", Luvia specially collected and searched for information on the storage of currency relics. Although Shade could not recognize what it was, she easily knew what it was after comparing and confirming it.
:
"Poet-level relic [Cat and Dog Coin]."
She put the gold coin upright on the table with one hand, twisted her fingers slightly, and the coin began to rotate. The size of the coin was about the same as a one-pound gold coin. What Shade thought was the face of a strange woman on the front, and numbers on the back. "
The abbreviation symbol of "one", this symbol is the basis of contemporary mathematical symbols.
A circle of words is engraved on the side of the coin:
【Cats and dogs, you and me.】
"Give this coin to any cat or dog, it can be mixed blood, but the blood of cat or dog must be more than 50%. Give this coin to such a creature, if the other party is willing to accept it
, then it is equivalent to entering into a contract. The creature that accepts the coin voluntarily becomes the pet of the creature that handed out the coin. It is absolutely loyal, absolutely reliable, dares to sacrifice, and will never betray. Before the death of the 'master', this relationship cannot be
Release it in any way. You can think of it as 'life money' for cats and dogs. It's interesting, isn't it?"
Luvia held down the coin that was about to fall. Shade, who was cutting the red wine sauce steak with a knife and fork, glanced at little Mia who was eating beside him:
"This kind of coin can be used to enslave another soul?"
"It can be understood this way."
Luvia nodded and glanced at Shade's cat.
"Is this a coin minted by the devil?"
"Yes, you guessed it right."
Luvia held the coin and raised it slightly. The light from the crystal lamp above her head made it seem to glow:
"The negative characteristic is that once the coins are given, after both parties die, some kind of terrifying existence, which should be the demon who minted these coins, will appear and take away the soul of one of the parties, allowing the other party to continue.
"
"Which party's soul will be taken?"
Shade asked with great interest, wondering if Dr. Schneider would be interested in this kind of coin.
"It's up to the pet. Yes, it's up to the pet to decide whether to sacrifice his soul to protect his beloved master, or to let the damn master's soul be taken away by the devil."
Luvia said softly, pushing the coin back to Shade. Shade thought of the stories about the demons of the Third Age told by his friend, demonologist Mr. Sean Asmon:
"They are really full of bad taste. Miss Feliana is right, cherish your soul and stay away from demons."
After dinner, Shade did not take Luvia home immediately. Instead, he went to Dawn Church with her, and then donated 50% of the banknotes and coins found in Huntington City this afternoon.
church.
It is now winter, and the church is collecting donations for the poor as usual. The money will be used to purchase relief food and relief supplies after the snow. The reason why Shade donated part of the cash is because it was not his in the first place.
Money, and he decided to keep the box of beautiful jewelry, so he felt at ease donating this unexpected income.
That night, Shade still found an opportunity to show Luvia the flying slate he got, but Luvia didn't care at all and just vaguely said that it might be a key or something like that.
Shade's slate did not arouse the girl's interest, but her new pajamas aroused Shade's interest. Luvia obviously came prepared, so Shade, who originally wanted to take advantage of the evening to read the books he found from Huntington,
, until I turned off the lights and fell asleep at two o'clock in the morning, I didn't find a chance to go to the study to get a book.
"Shad, Shad! How can you be so depraved and lazy? Have you forgotten the review plan for the year-end exam that you made earlier?"
So when he woke up on Tuesday morning, Shade immediately complained about himself.