It is now the third day after the Lakeview Manor incident, and Miss Louisa recovered very quickly. When she was walking along the boulevard with Xia De, she couldn't tell at all that she was renewed by [False Immortality] three days ago.
Probably pretty girls like cute cats. Miss Louisa is very interested in Mia and thinks it is Xia De's adopted pet. But even after explaining that it was fostered at her own home, the blond girl still wanted to hug the small orange cat, but Mia refused to leave Shade.
"Detective, you are really good at raising cats."
"Speaking of which, can I take the cat with me? Should I send Mia back first?"
Xia De asked again, he actually likes to "see the world" with high-level ring magicians.
"No need, this trip is very safe, you can take this as a good insight. Detective, sooner or later you will go to recover the [relic] alone."
Miss Louisa said relaxedly, and then directed Xia De to go with her at the next intersection, turning into Tyon College Street on the right.
Just as Xia De guessed, Miss Louisa's trip was to recover a relic. The cause of the incident was the death of an old writer who lived alone and was acquainted with Miss Louisa two months ago. When people who knew the old man sorted out his relics, Miss Louisa discovered from his diary that the writer owned a very magical pen.
"Can papers be written automatically, or reports written automatically?"
Xia De guessed that half of the houses on this street were actually gray stone houses with very similar styles, and they all looked like three floors. Stepping here is like returning to the medieval civilization from the steam age. However, the steam pipes attached to the stone walls, the clothes of pedestrians strolling on the streets and the ubiquitous cries of peddlers remind us all the time that this is the age of steam.
Tyon College Street should be the old neighborhood of Tobesk.
"Detective, how could there be such a good thing, and the [relic] can't be used casually."
Miss Louisa said, walking forward side by side with Xia De. Xia De noticed that today Miss Louisa did not show any small movements of touching her earlobe frequently.
"I took the diary away privately, and found that if the pen used the writer's blood as ink to draw any human image with letters on the paper, then that drawn image could enter the writer's dream, and then ..."
She glanced at Xia De, and Xia De blinked:
"Why are not you talking?"
Hearing the woman's laughter in his head, he suddenly realized that he didn't think in this direction at all:
"No, no need to explain, I understand. But why is there such a relic?"
After passing Tyon College Street, the two continued to walk eastward, and after passing the private Tyon Mechanical College, they turned into Maowei Lane where their destination was located.
Shad nodded, thinking about the possible uses of the pen for the Ring Warlock. Then I found that at least this pen is of no use to myself. What the Dream Pen absorbs is the blood of the user, not the blood of the enemy, so it cannot constitute a condition for absorbing the power of a god.
Miss Louisa went on talking:
"After the death of the old writer, the fountain pen disappeared inexplicably. After two months of investigation, I found out that the writer sold the fountain pen to an old professor named Tiris Manning who lived nearby before his death. Professor Manning is a collector, and I just want to visit him today."
Professor Manning lives in an apartment at No. 17 Maowei Lane. When they searched along the house number, a little flower seller in the alley came to him.
Probably misunderstood the relationship between Xia De and Miss Louisa, the little flower seller took the initiative to come up to sell goods, but after being politely rejected by Xia De, the flowers in the flower basket were almost bitten by the cat in Xia De's arms.
I saw that the little girl's clothes were patched, and the shoes on her feet were obviously not suitable. Although she didn't buy flowers, Shade gave her threepence as compensation for being frightened by Mia.
"I didn't expect you to have such kindness."
After the little flower seller left, Miss Louisa joked that she knew that Xia De's financial situation was not very good.
"They are all poor people. Although I can't help everyone, I am happy to help the people in front of me without affecting myself. Mia, three pence will be deducted from your dinner, so you can't eat randomly."
Xia De was talking and stroking the cat's head, the orange cat squirmed dissatisfied.
Miss Louisa smiled softly:
"You are really a good person~www.mtlnovel.com~ If the poor girl in the fairy tale can also meet you, there won't be so many tragedies."
No. 17 Maowei Lane is a three-storey apartment building with a loft. It has a dark yellow exterior wall. The wall runs along the bottom of the street and is covered with moss. According to Miss Louisa's preliminary investigation, the entire building is owned by Professor Manning.
Because they had made an appointment to meet in advance, after knocking on the door, the fat maid who opened the door confirmed the identity of the visitor and invited them in. Miss Louisa is the buyer this time, and Xia De is the entourage hired by Miss Louisa to protect the weak lady who is carrying a large amount of cash.
No. 17 Maowei Lane is divided into left and right sides, one side is rented out, and Professor Manning lives in the right building. Guided by the fat maid, they walked up the slightly narrow stairs to the second floor, where the professor entertained the two in the crowded study on the second floor full of books.
The walls of the study room are covered with photos of Professor Manning in various parts of the Old Continent. He seems to be a professor of archeology, and he visited various places in the Old Continent when he was young. Even the books stacked in the study are mostly history books. The price of professional books in this era is still very expensive, and professors should be quite rich.
Professor Manning is a tall, thin, bald old man with round glasses. Probably because the teaching hours were too long, when he greeted Miss Louisa and Xia De, his tone seemed to be lecturing. But the old professor was still kind and entertained them with very good black tea.
He also has a pet cat at home, so he didn't blame the detective for bringing the cat to the door. However, the black cat seemed to be an adult, and was very interested in Mia. It hid its body behind the desk, and poked its head out to look at the orange cat held by Shad.
But Mia didn't seem to want to play with it as if she didn't see it.