"Where's Miss Galina?"
When the appearance of [Founding Silver Moon] amazed the group of the Prophet Association, Xia De asked the black-haired maid beside him softly, and the latter looked at him in surprise:
"Miss hates meeting strangers, so you won't go to see her until you win the bet tonight. Why, do you need to see Miss now? I can ask for instructions."
"Being not."
Xia De said, and then reached out to shake hands with the enthusiastic Mr. Mark again.
Before the start of the game, check the decks of both sides to prevent fake Rhodes cards from appearing in the decks. The old duke's deck has been checked long ago, so now there is only Shad here.
There were originally only three special cards in Shad's deck, but Miss Galina gave him two more this time, and after the maid handed them over to Shad for inspection, they were directly replaced into his 54-card deck.
The two cards are Mark IX from the original steam engine series, Sun in suit 10, and Lake Tees from the Eastern Continent series, 8 in suit.
The special effect of the former is that when you draw this card, if you already have at least two cards in your hand, and all the cards are of sun suit, you can adjust the number of this card within 9 or 10.
The special effect of the latter is that after drawing this card, guess the number of a card that the opponent has not shown. If it is correct, you can choose whether to force the number of the opponent's card to be increased by one after the opponent shows the card. If the opponent reveals the card first, [Eastern View of the Old Continent - Tees Lake] will have no effect.
In terms of functionality, the two cards are of course not as practical as Shade's Silver Moon, and they are as entertaining as Match Girl. But the special Rhodes card itself is wealth, and of course Xia De will not dislike anything.
It is worth mentioning that the country home of Mia Sangold, the owner of Mia, seems to be near Lake Tees. Xia De had seen it when he was looking for a map and thinking about the route of "Mia Cat Going Home".
While waiting for the inspection, Xia De saw that the group of the Prophet Association was busy, and the Duke's servants were waiting to greet him, so he secretly asked the black-haired maid a question
"Excuse me, do you know what the White Stone Crystal is?"
The pattern on the bottom of the bottle is inconvenient to describe without a pen and paper, but it is very convenient to ask about this suspected mineral.
The black-haired maid looked at Xia De in surprise, her pretty brows slightly frowned:
"Detective, where did you hear about this? This is not a common mineral."
"Precious?"
Xia De asked nervously, in fact, he mainly wanted to know if it was very expensive. After contacting Miss Louisa, who had never even heard of the White Stone Crystal, he was ready to hear the scary numbers.
"It's not particularly expensive, but it's rare, extremely rare. This mineral is a rare associated mine. It is basically useless for ordinary people and ring magicians. White stone crystals are produced in small quantities in the Yalahan Desert in the middle of the Old World. And in the large-scale river valley open-pit precious metal mines in the New World, the most common use is to stabilize the space in super-large ceremonies, but the amount used is very small, and there are many similar materials that can be substituted."
As the personal maid next to the witches of the Witch Council, she is indeed very knowledgeable.
"So where can I find it? What is the market price?"
Xia De asked again, looking around, everyone was doing something, no one paid attention to the conversation here.
The black-haired maid, Miss Tifa Servet, thought for a while, and her voice was beautiful:
"It's hard to say the market price, because basically this stuff doesn't flow into trading channels. Some ore collectors like to collect it very much. The Mineral Association in Tobesk probably has some collections. And, Miss, there also happens to be... .”
Xia De looked at the maid, and the maid also looked at Xia De, waiting for the other party to speak first.
"Will Miss Galina sell it to me?"
After looking at each other for a few seconds, Xia De took the initiative to ask, after all, he was the one asking for something.
"Miss doesn't care about such impractical items. I just take it away, and she won't say anything. But detective, miss said that everything will be rewarded."
The maid blinked at Xia De, then narrowed her eyes with a smile on her face. Black hair, black eyebrows, and brown eyes, which are familiar hair and pupil colors to outsiders.
"Well, Miss Servet, what do you need?"
Xia De asked again, knowing that the other party definitely didn't want money. After all, a piece of jewelry on a maid may be worth several mias.
Tifa Servet turned his head, looked at the group of the Prophet Association who were inspecting the Rhodes card, and said softly:
"Can."
Xia De nodded and said, if the other party's request is too much, he can refuse, and then try his luck at the Tobesk Mineral Association.
"At such a close distance, can you feel the maid's ring magician level?"
While smiling, he asked again in his heart.
[Not Gao Huan, but stronger than your doctor friend, La Soya and Heart Collector. There is a high probability of the sixth ring, but it may also be the fifth or seventh ring. You have to touch her, or even have further contact, before I can give a more accurate answer. 】
Xia De nodded, but he didn't act recklessly, but couldn't help sighing that even a young maid could have such strength. The Council of Witches must possess incredible power and secrets.
The identification process didn't take too long as there were only five cards to scrutinize, and they all had identification certificates.
When it was over, a group of people from the Prophet Association walked in front, Xia De, the old housekeeper, and the black-haired maid lady walked in the middle, and the servants of the old Duke's mansion walked at the end. A group of more than thirty people came to the third floor together .
The banquet hall on the third floor was actually remodeled from the dining room used by the mansion for entertaining guests. It was obviously not as good as the one in the Lake View Manor, but it was also equivalent to the size of the first floor of nearly three Shades. It is rare to find a place of this size within the Tobesk metropolitan area.
The guests who had arrived one step earlier had already chatted with familiar people, and most of them brought their own female companions. Well-dressed gentlemen and ladies in less formal gowns, in the intoxicating light of chandeliers below the ceiling, have their own way in the social scene. But most of the people who were invited were Rhodes fans, so most of the chatting topics revolved around the exciting Rhodes game.
The original long table in the banquet hall was removed, and now there is only a Rhodes table in the center, and two simple wooden chairs with backrests on both sides.
There is a row of sofas and coffee tables by the wall, but the sofas are all facing the center, and there are no groups of two or three. Now the servants in Duke Lux's house are preparing fruit plates, snacks and black tea for each tea table.
The oil paintings hanging on the walls should have been replaced temporarily, because normal banquet halls or restaurants would not use the Rhodes brand as the content of the oil paintings.
Xia De followed the people into here, quickly looked around, very worried to find female writers, old priests, fortune tellers and even blue-eyed doctors. Fortunately, they really had nothing to do with what happened tonight, but while looking around, they accidentally caught eyes with the young maid with long brown hair, who was bending over to set the tea set.
"Um?"
The maid quickly lowered her head, while Xia De's eyes widened slightly, and then turned her head naturally, only observing her from the corner of her eye:
"Miss Bayas?"
Xia De couldn't see his eyes at this moment, but he saw the surprise in Miss Bayas's eyes just now.
The latter was wearing a heavy maid's long skirt and uniform hair accessories, and the skin on his face was powdered, so it looked dull, and he couldn't see the normal beautiful face bags. The girl with long brown hair was not very old at first, but now she tied her hair with a white lace headband, which made her look more mature.
Seeing that Xia De was still observing her from the corner of his eye, the latter gestured to him while bending over to place the tea set. This time, Xia De understood the simple gesture, which meant to tell him not to keep looking at this side.
Turning his head, Xia De continued to look at the guests, and accidentally saw some people he knew while playing cards at Lakeview Manor, but Baron Lavender and Baron Rwanda were not there.
"What is Miss Bayarth doing here dressed like this?"
Xia De thought in his heart, while looking around, he wanted to find out if there were other people from the same ring warlock team as Miss Bayas, but there was not.
"In other words, similar to the Lucky Southern Cross Club, this is still her own action...Should I leave immediately after playing cards? I always feel that something abnormal will happen when I meet her occur."
The old duke, wearing a red old army uniform with a white belt around his waist and a wheat ear decoration on his right shoulder, was near the gate, talking to two elderly gentlemen, one of whom had a Cube pendant.
Seeing that the door was opened, people from the UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Prophet Association walked in. The gray-haired but strong Duke who looked like an old lion apologized to his companions, and immediately greeted him with a smile. Vice President Mark shook hands.
He is not tall, but the whole person looks unusually strong.
After exchanging a few words with the local vice president of the Prophet Association about the weather, he stood there and watched Shade and Miss Tifa come together.
"Detective, this is Duke Lucas."
The black-haired maid clasped her hands together and naturally drooped in front of her body. She bent slightly to introduce, and Xia De immediately stretched out her hand.
"Duke, this is the Rhodes player invited by the lady, Detective Hamilton."
The expression on the old prince's face was obviously that he knew Xia De's identity in advance, so he naturally stretched out his right hand and held it firmly with Xia De. He laughed, a kind smile, but the palms were really hard. Xia De knew the identity of the old duke in advance. When he was young, he was the head of the First Army Corps of Delarion:
"Mr. Hamilton, I've heard of you."