Whispering Verse

"is that so?"

The young girl with long brown hair seemed to be observing herself through Shade's eyes as she rubbed the golden ring on her finger.

Shade has mastered the skills of talking to Miss Bayas:

"Yes, and we all need each other. You seem to be a newcomer among the so-called ring warlocks of the Zhengshen Church. You want to show yourself, so you need additional sources of intelligence outside the church. You need to have reliable sources in such a city. Helpers and connections.”

Shade pointed at himself, and for the first time he realized that he had such good eloquence:

"And I am active in Tobesk City as a detective. Sooner or later, I will encounter dangers like today again, and I also need someone to help me in that moment."

Instead, he took a step towards Miss Bayas, who subconsciously stepped back, and then became slightly annoyed that he was scared by ordinary people.

Shade stretched out his hand:

"Although today is just the first time we meet, I am a bad detective from Saint Teresa Square, and you are a low-level warlock from the Church of the Sun. We both need each other's strength. This is a very good cooperation. And the beginning of cooperation is Keep today’s events a secret from each other.”

Iluna Bayas stared at Shade, and when Shade almost thought she was going to refuse, she reached out and held the stranger's hand:

"You will definitely become a very powerful detective, not because of your social circle, but because of your intelligence."

"Thank you, but I am actually very interested in the detective profession... Miss Bayas, if possible, please find the person who killed Mrs. Lawrence."

As he spoke, he looked at the carriage and the corpse lying in the alley:

"So what now?"

"Leave the body here alone and leave it alone. Let's leave immediately and don't let the club's investigation have anything to do with the murder here. Then, I will use my own channels to report what happened here to the church. They want to take us away. , so no one will notice that this is the carriage we boarded."

Miss Bayas arranged it very skillfully, making Shade think that she had done this before.

"As for you, detective, I think I will visit you in the near future. I hope you will keep your promise. Of course, you must also pay attention to your safety recently. There are many dangerous people in the city. Not long ago, there was a man under the moon. Take it easy. It triggered an earthquake in the south of the city."

Miss Bayas seems to have infinite emotion about this:

"When can I have that power?"

"This...I won't tell your secret."

Shade could only answer like this, and in this way, Miss Anat's plan would not be ruined.

"But when I take the initiative to tell her that I am a ring warlock, do I need to apologize for hiding it today?"

he asked himself.

While detectives and sorceresses are righteous, getting loot after killing someone is irrelevant.

Miss Bayas took the "sword" and Shade was allowed to take away the coins from the two corpses. But it is a pity that neither the man killed by the gun of kindness nor the guy killed by the "sunshine gun" has the habit of taking all his belongings with him when going out.

The total change that Shade found on the two men was only 3 pounds, 5 shillings and 10 pence.

"I thought wizard-like people like you would be rich."

He also complained to Miss Bayas, who lamented:

"We are ring warlocks, not wizards, and gold pounds are never enough, and that's the same for anyone."

By the time Shade and Miss Bayas parted ways and walked home, it was already time for dinner.

But it was rare that he didn't play with little Mia for a while after returning home. Instead, he first closed the curtains in the living room, and in the dim environment, carefully took out the envelope hidden in his chest.

Little Mia immediately rushed over, thinking it was something to eat, but was immediately grabbed by Shade holding the back of the neck with one hand. Shade grabbed the cat in one hand and the envelope in the other and came to his bedroom. He still closed the curtains and sat at the desk without turning on the gas light in the room.

Carefully turning on the gas lamp on the table, there was some light in the dark room. Put little Mia on your lap, then take out the banknotes from the envelope with both hands, carefully count them while licking your lips, and place the banknotes in a stack of ten under the light of the table.

The elegant brass gas table lamp was not turned on to its full brightness, so it could only illuminate the area of ​​the table, but not Shade's face. The stranger looked at his hands under the lamp and quickly and skillfully counted the number of gold pounds.

The short orange cat couldn't reach the tabletop with Shade's legs. He could only use his hind paws to step on Shade's legs, and his front paws grabbed the tabletop to barely poke out half of his little head from under the table.

It watched the man's hands skillfully twisting the banknotes. The cat did not understand the specific meaning of those pieces of paper, but just thought this scene was very interesting.

After counting the money and putting it away again, Shade sat in the dark room for ten minutes with his head raised and the cat in his arms before getting up. He sealed the letter in the drawer very carefully and put several books on the envelope. He solemnly put the drawer key into his pocket before leaving the room.

When he entered the living room, a smile finally bloomed on his calm face. He picked up little Mia with both hands, raised it high, and put it down when the cat didn't understand why:

"Let's go out to eat together."

He stroked the well-behaved orange cat, and his life really got better.

Regarding the contact with Miss Bayas, the female diviner should have been notified as soon as possible to confirm whether this would have an impact on her "clever plan". But Shade didn't know the address of the fortune teller. Fortunately, he was going to the Fortune Teller Association on Friday to do the final appraisal of [Original Silver Moon]. He might have a chance to meet Miss Anat in the association.

(Little Mia is running...)

When I woke up early on Friday morning, it was gloomy outside and it seemed like it was going to rain. So Shade took an umbrella and went out, but as soon as he reached the entrance of Silver Cross Avenue, light rain began to fall from the sky.

Under the rainy sky, the city is still shrouded in a thin gray fog. This is one of the reasons why Tobesk is known as the "Fog City of the North" in addition to the "Pearl of the North".

Stepping onto the Silver Cross Avenue, stepping on the pavement paved with rectangular stone bricks under my feet, my mood was much better than the bad weather.

There are still huge crowds of people at the entrance of the Prophet Association. Even though there is no weather forecast, it is hard not to think of taking an umbrella when you see the gloomy sky. Due to the limitations of dye technology, most practical umbrellas in this era were black, but the prototype of folding umbrellas had already appeared.

The four-wheeled carriage passed by Shade and stopped safely at the entrance of the association. The police officers would stop and take a look when they passed by.

Before the rain became heavier, Shade joined the crowd at the entrance of the Prophet's Association. Holding a cane and an umbrella, he walked around the door from behind the carriage with the family crest hanging and decorated with two wheat ears.

After entering the room, I wanted to take a look at the bulletin board on the side of the door. Although there is no need to sell the Rhodes cards obtained from Professor Manning for the time being because of the large income, it is still good to understand the current market conditions.