It wasn't until he kissed Rezia goodbye in the box of the Opera House that day that Xia De remembered to give her Margaret's letter. He didn't open the letter to read it, but Rezia opened it in front of him, smiled after reading it, and burned the letter with a flame from her fingertips.
She didn't tell Xia De that the princess of the southern country invited her to do business together, but judging from her expression at the moment, the scale of the business must be quite large.
In the tradition of this era, the first month of each year is called "the first month of birth", and with the end of the first day of the first month of birth, it means that the end of the year is officially over, and life will return to normal , no matter who it is, they must continue to face the hardships and challenges of life in the new year.
The first day of the Nascent Moon was Wednesday, and Shad's 903-year time key was used late last Wednesday night, a few minutes before midnight. But although he now has a time key presented by Mr. Edmond of Coldwater Port, Shad did not use it on Wednesday night due to the tree father's punishment.
He also intends to let himself rest for a while, and wait until he finds a way to the Randall Valley before continuing a new adventure.
So the time came to the second day of the birth month, which was Thursday.
After waking up early in the morning, Xia De went to the city to deal with the chores in his hands for a whole month. After paying the advertising fee, gas fee, and steam fee, I went to the local tax department to check the estate tax issues of the house and real estate at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square.
At noon, I had lunch with Miya, and then went to the Church of the Dawn. After talking to Priest Augustus a few times, Shad went to see Bishop Owen. After sending New Year's wishes, he and Bishop Owen talked about the topic of His Majesty's year-end speech in the side hall.
And after he left the range of Dawn Square, Priest Augustus hurriedly chased after him, and handed Shad a suitcase:
"At eleven o'clock tonight, I'll be waiting for you at the door of the church."
The priest said to him in a low voice, then turned and returned to the church. Xia De continued to walk towards the intersection among the crowd, he naturally knew what was in the suitcase in his hand.
The Bell Tower of Tobesk is the tallest building in the entire Northern Pearl. It is located in the east of the central area of Tobesk, adjacent to the east of the city where the rich gather. It is not particularly close to Saint Teresa Square, but every day The bell tower can still be heard.
The clock tower is erected on the west side of Tobesk's famous "Mars Square", with its back winding across the Terraria River, and the Birmingham Museum at the bottom of the tower. In fact, Birmingham Museum, as a semi-official city museum, is also responsible for the maintenance and management of the lighthouse. The building and land of the lighthouse have also belonged to the museum more than ten years ago, and the first floor has basically become an exhibition hall.
In the evening of that day, the old tower keeper who was in charge of today's on-duty work passed through the small door on the back wall of the museum and entered the first floor of the lighthouse. After turning on the gas lamp on the wall, I took a look at the tightly closed glass display cabinets, and then I wanted to go up the winding stairs for the last lighthouse inspection of the day, and planned to put today’s lighthouse inspection before going to bed. The work log is finished.
In the new year, the work log has also been replaced with a brand new booklet, and according to the wisdom of the elderly, if the first two articles of the new log cannot be carefully recorded, then there is a high probability that the following content will be recorded carelessly:
"Young people today are always unaware of the benefits of a complete record."
However, he only walked up two steps when he unexpectedly heard the sound of the door of the lighthouse being opened. Turning around in surprise, he only saw that after opening the door, a large piece of red roses was blown into the room like snowflakes with the evening wind, and then he completely lost consciousness.
"Lager's jump!"
Xia De, who was carrying a suitcase at the door, stepped forward and came to the old man's side to support him to prevent him from falling and getting hurt. The doctor who followed behind closed the door, changed his shoe covers and gloves, and then came over with a suitcase:
"Although I have always lived in Tobesk, I have never been here."
The doctor patted the snowflakes on his shoulders, and looked at the surrounding environment while talking:
"This tower is bigger than I imagined. This exhibition hall is really good, but it's a pity that it's not free to enter."
"According to the news I inquired from my noble friends, nobles and professors from the Tobesk University area can enter for free... Knights also count."
Xia De said with a smile, carefully placed the old man on duty by the wall, and did not forget to put a blanket on him to prevent him from catching cold.
"Speaking of which, I still have some connection with this museum. My uncle, Detective Sparrow Hamilton, said before his death that if I have nowhere to go, I can take the [Founding Silver Moon] here and sell it... ... let's go, doctor."
He waved to the doctor, and the two of them walked up the winding stairs with a kerosene lamp. Their goal was the topmost floor, and the lighthouse only had gas pipes installed at the bottommost floor. Climbing the tower required lighting, and they probably had to walk for a while.
"How are you preparing for tomorrow's exam?"
The doctor walked behind Xia De and asked casually, what the two of them were talking about on the road just now was whether the economic data in the King's speech at the end of the year was true.
Xia De nodded:
"I have memorized almost all the content that should be memorized. The potion and alchemy items that need to be made in the assessment course, the academy allowed me to postpone the submission for a week, but the papers are all finished."
"What about the gap for practice credit?"
When this topic was mentioned, the doctor couldn't help but sigh:
"Try your luck. This is not a subject that can be passed by memorization alone. The basic theory of the spirit has always required talent to learn. Fortunately, I just want to pass the exam and qualify for elective courses, not really Want to study this."
He couldn't help sighing:
"Knowledge, so fascinating, so distressing."
Xia De was greatly moved by the doctor's words, and the doctor's next sentence was even more astonishing:
"Detective, have you heard about Sir Kings Priscia? You didn't come to the meeting on Saturday, and Anat said she would tell you."
"Academic espionage thing?"
The two climbed the steps one after the other, the light of the kerosene lamp in their hands flickered with the movement of their steps. Every once in a while, you will see a small window by the wall, from which you can see the lights of thousands of houses in Tobesk City in the deep winter below. And each new window makes the city look smaller.
In today's steam age, even though gas lamps are not affordable for every household, the city's night scene is still very different from that of hundreds of years ago. When a foreigner passes by the window, he remembers the scenery every time, and he knows that this represents civilization.
"Yes, academic spy, tsk tsk, this is the biggest scandal about correspondence ring warlocks in the three major academies in the past few decades."
The doctor shook his head while saying:
"Although it's a matter of the Higher Medical College of Sergey, after all, the other party is a correspondence course just like us. The school hasn't said anything yet, but I heard from my acquaintances that the three major colleges will be established next year, oh, this year , will conduct a round of more careful identity screening for existing correspondence ring warlocks this year."
He and Xia De sighed together. What the doctor thought was that this would affect many people, and what Xia De thought was that the five people in their entire group actually had problems.
"Speaking of which, didn't you ask me to investigate Kings Priscia?"
The doctor continued the topic just now, and the two climbed the tower very quickly. In fact, the lighthouse has an elevator, but in order to prevent too much noise, they did not use it:
"I still remember the man's desire, his insane thirst for knowledge."
He hummed twice:
"Although I didn't think it was a big problem at the time, it seems that this thirst for knowledge is the reason why he fell into madness."
"Sword Comes"
"The college said, is this academic spy crazy?"
Xia De took the opportunity to ask, the doctor nodded behind Xia De, just as the two passed by another window, the doctor looked at the moon outside the window. The constant snowfall never stopped, but tonight's snow was light enough to see the stars:
"According to the information I got, he came into contact with some forbidden knowledge in Huntington City, Carson Rico United Kingdom. Then he was hunted down by the church, fled into the Pantanal swamp area, and caused a big scuffle It is said that the strange bell ringing in the early hours of last Thursday was related to this."
The doctor was stunned by this:
"It's hard to imagine, what kind of war is it that can make ring warlocks and highly inspired ordinary people in the entire material world hear the bell in reality and in their dreams."
Xia De knew what was going on, but in order for the doctor to continue his peaceful life, he couldn't speak out at this time.
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When it comes to this point, Xia De is also very sad:
"Actually, I once talked about this topic with that jazz. He is the kind... who looks like a scholar, and his artistic attainments are also very high. It's just that I don't know how to be in awe..."
"I've seen a lot of people like this."
The doctor said, and Xia De walked through the last step of the stairs and entered the top of the clock tower.
The moonlight shone in from the small window, and the light from the kerosene lamps in their hands was equally faint, making the atmosphere here resemble a third-rate horror scene. The area on the top floor of the clock tower is not small, but only a quarter of it can be used for human activities, and most of the area blocked by the black iron-colored metal fence is the mechanical part of the clock tower that occupies the main structure of the clock tower.
Huge cogs, shafts, and chains rattled behind bars at the top of the dark clock tower. Powered by a steam engine located in the basement of the clock tower, they brought accurate timekeeping to the city. Everything changes except time.