Xia De, who walked out the door, didn't care whether Baron Hull followed immediately. He walked along the corridor and found Miss Bayas who had been waiting for a long time at the corner. The young girl with long brown hair asked expectantly:
"How about it?"
"No problem. Hide away, he's coming soon."
said Shad, and then complained:
"The conversation between nobles and merchants is really troublesome. When they speak, it seems that every word has three meanings."
"It's really hard work for you. Detective, what reason did you use to lure Baron Hull out?"
Miss Bayas asked curiously, as if she was studying.
"There is no reason, just a wink to him. For such a person, I don't believe that he is not curious about the meaning of the wink. He must never have imagined that he would be attacked in the Duke's house, so he must be curious It's human nature to keep up."
Xia De explained briefly, and then silently counted three numbers... In fact, three counted twice, and the two of them heard the slight footsteps on the other side of the corridor.
Miss Bayars gave the young detective a respectful look.
What happened next was very simple. For the first time, Xia De experienced the "interrogation technique" in the age of steam and mystery.
First, Miss Bayarth punched Baron Hull in the face as he turned the corner curiously.
Afterwards, the two sneakily dragged the unconscious Baron Hull to the broomroom on the third floor that Miss Bayas had scouted in advance.
Finally, Miss Bayarth tied the baron with the rope here, gagged the baron's mouth with a rag, put him in the broom cupboard, and stuffed a pen and paper into his hand. After confirming that there was no light in the broom and that his appearance would not be exposed, he was woken up with a very rough method.
Wearing a maid costume, a beautiful girl with long brown hair held a sharp table knife stolen from the salon and pressed it against the baron's neck:
"I ask, you write the answer. If you don't cooperate, you will die."
She pretended to be vicious and said.
The baron's eyes widened, he struggled for a while and found that he was bound, and kicked again. But because he felt the cold threat on his neck, he had to calm down. Because he was gagged, he could only whine.
There was no light in the broom, and the baron vaguely saw that there was another person here besides the woman who spoke.
But before calling for help, another person also spoke:
"MI6, you know what happens if you don't cooperate."
Xia De said in a hoarse voice that he pretended on purpose, his voice was very low.
Baron Hull's heart sank suddenly, but he knew how cruel these people were. Afterwards, he felt the knife on his neck tremble a bit, almost slashing the wound. So he nodded immediately, without any hesitation.
In fact, the knife trembled only because Miss Bayas was laughed at by Shade's "lie". She didn't expect the young detective to be so bold.
And if it's not an interrogation now, Xia De really wants to explain, at least this time, he really didn't lie at all.
Even if it is an organization of ring warlocks, it is impossible to create gold pounds out of thin air. Although extraordinary people and mysterious people are different from ordinary people, in this era where steam and mystery coexist, they have to make money to support themselves, after all, everyone is mortal.
So, Shade is going to be a detective, Dr. Schneider will not give up the clinic, Priest Augustus is on a church subsidy, Miss Anat is working in the Society of Prophets, and Miss Louisa is struggling with writing.
The organizations of the mystics must have a relatively legitimate source of funds to support their operations. Not to mention, most of the official members are ring warlock organizations, and they need funds to meet the needs of ring warlocks.
The Orthodox Church relies on the support of a large number of believers, so there is no need to worry about funding issues at all; the three major thaumaturgy academies have overtly and secretly related industries all over the world; not to mention the [Prophet Association], they not only monopolize formal divination industry, and holds the right to distribute the Rhodes brand, which is considered by Dr. Schneider to be an industry of "directly printing gold pounds".
Even in a secret organization like the Witch Council, its members seem to be either rich or expensive, so there is no need to worry about the source of funds.
Obviously, [Blood of Mercury], an organization that targets certain "relics", cannot make money on its own.
Most cult organizations and illegal organizations have huge sources of funds behind them. Among them, obtaining funds from nobles or big businessmen is the most common way.
Miss Bayas, who was born in the Orthodox Church, popularized this common sense to Xia De. After all, rich people dare not touch the mystery easily, but they also covet the power brought by the mystery, so the Ring Warlock organization can always find its own sponsors.
Baron Hull has been one of the patrons of [Blood of Mercury] since thirteen years ago. The blood of quicksilver gets gold pounds from him, and the baron regularly gets some "potions" from the blood of quicksilver that ordinary people can use to gain health, longer life and... Men are more capable.
Baron Hull is not a strong-willed person who disregards threats to his life. He is just an ordinary wealthy nobleman, so he easily explained everything that Miss Bayas wanted to know.
This took a long time, during which Shade left the broom closet early and returned to the salon in order not to arouse suspicion. It took half an hour for Baron Hull to come back. He looked dazed, as if he had just woken up. It seemed that the memory-erasing relic was really useful.
But since Miss Bayas has already known her identity, she might be taken by the sorceresses of the Church of the Sun in exchange for credit. Letting him go now is just to prevent disturbing 【Blood of Mercury】.
Shard did not see Miss Bayarth for the rest of the evening in the salon. He didn't like this kind of social activities very much, so he took the initiative to find the old prince to say goodbye when it was almost time.
Duke Lucas regretted this, and invited Shad to come back and play Rhodes together when he had time:
"Remember to bring [Founding Silver Moon], I will defeat it one day."
This kind of good attitude towards Xia De must be due to the Rhodes card, but the reason for Miss Galina should also be very important. Therefore, this once again made Xia De understand how important it is to have a high-status noble backer in this kind of world.
When I came here, I took a carriage, but I must rely on myself when I go back. Having got so much tonight, he had no intention of saving money on the cab. So I walked along the street to the intersection, where the four-wheeled carriages often stopped.
The area where Duke Lucas's house is located is relatively densely populated with gas street lamps. Shad walked under the patches of light, silently thinking about the gains and losses of tonight. He was very happy that he didn't encounter any accidents on this weekend night when he was invited to play cards.
Then, a pair of hands stretched out from the side alley, covered Xia De's mouth directly, and pulled him into the alley where the street lights couldn't illuminate:
"Oh~"
He made a strange cry, and the silver moon light in his hand appeared, but then went out immediately:
"Oh, Miss Bayarth, what do you want to do?"
The hands let go of him, turned around, and what he saw was indeed the young sorceress of the Church of the Sun.
The young girl is still wearing a heavy maid skirt, with her hands folded in front of her body, which is a very standard maid standing posture.
Iluna Bayas stood in the shadows, looking at Shad with a smile:
"Detective, good evening, just ran back and put the [Beast Tamer's Amnestic Stick] back where it should be. I'm here to pay you. You helped me again tonight. I won't treat my friend badly."
"Actually, you can find me at my place tomorrow. Also, why didn't you change your clothes? This clothes attracts attention outside."
Shad pointed this out, standing in the shadow of the alley with Miss Bayarth.
"I don't want to owe my friend. As for the clothes, I bought the clothes when I spent money to replace the original maid's shift. She seems to want to earn a fortune from me... This clothes will go back to me. You can only change your place of residence. Detective, thank you for your help tonight, how much will you pay this time?"
With that said, he took out his wallet. This kind of uniform has pockets, after all, maids usually carry a lot of things on them.
"The remuneration can be discussed later. I'm curious, what did you ask?"
Xia De was not there during the "interrogation" in the second half, and those information might help Dr. Schneider find the [forged Philosopher's Stone].
"It can't be said that those news are related to ring magicians, you can't be easily involved, detective, curiosity will kill curious cats and people."
Miss Bayas rejected Shad's inquiry out of kindness, and then shook her wallet:
"Detective, how much do you want? Although I am not very rich, I still have some money...not very rich."
Added that the tone of the last sentence is very familiar to Xia De, he often talks like this in this world~www.mtlnovel.com~ She looked at Xia De while holding her wallet. Xia De blinked, he understood that the other party really regarded him as a friend:
"Would you like to tell her that I am..."
My heart suddenly became alert, and Miss Bayas was almost behind Shad, and she also turned her head to look at the position at the entrance of the alley. At some point, a man stood under the street lamp at the entrance of the alley. The gas lamp was originally in a warm color, but when he stood there, the light became colder and gradually dimmed, like a tombstone standing under the lamp.
"Detective, back off."
Miss Bayas stopped Xia De behind, and took a few steps forward with a serious expression.
The man under the street lamp raised his head, his pale face made Xia De think of a corpse.
"A ring warlock or a humanoid relic?"
He asked in his heart, and the whisper in his ear immediately sounded:
[Ring Warlock, has sensed the whisper element, he is using the power of the relic. 】