"You are not the one-ring warlock who didn't understand anything when you first met me. You don't need me to explain the redundant warning, you can understand it yourself. Oh, speaking of it, the relic I promised you last time has already I found it, when you leave the Yordle Palace in a while, let Tifa take you to get it."
said the Duchess.
"That's great. Miss Galina, what have you been up to lately? Is there anything I can do to help?"
Xia De was also a little more polite. Unexpectedly, Miss Galina thought about it and really told him what she was going to do:
"[Blood Spirit School] The people sent here from the New World to support [Mercury's Blood] are coming soon, probably around the weekend of next week. The news is that there are eight rings and nine rings, with some good relics. The Council of Witches knew I was in Tobesk, let me catch them, and the council wanted to ask something... about the 'delivery room for creation'."
She glanced at Xia De, and Xia De blinked at her, as if he couldn't understand anything. Then the Duchess went on:
"I've been working on this lately, but I don't think you can help me. So, detective, what have you been up to?"
Probably because there is nothing to do now, or because Xia De saved Queen Diana today, Miss Galina didn't care to chat with him more.
"I'm looking for the relic hidden by [Blood of Mercury] - the forged Philosopher's Stone. Also, I'm looking for the silver-eyed man. My friend has something to do with him."
"That second-ring sorceress from the Church of the Sun?"
She teased, and then said something very unexpected:
"[The counterfeit Philosopher's Stone] I don't know where it is, but I know the clues of the silver-eyed man."
Xia De immediately asked:
"Where is he?"
He thought that Miss Galina would only give clues and then need to continue the investigation, but the answer was even more unexpected:
"After he was seriously injured by you, he hid in the underground ruins they found, personally guarding the sage-level relic, and let the ruins protect him by the way. But unfortunately, I don't know where the ruins are, so you need to go there yourself try to find."
Xia De nodded, and leaned back slightly on the sofa. He knew the location of the ruins on Monday's rainy night. And now knowing that the silver-eyed person is hidden in the ruins, it means that he can provide Miss Bayas with this important information.
With such important information, Miss Bayas would not care about her deception and concealment all the time.
"However, if you really catch the silver-eyed man, remember to bring the body to me. I may use this guy as bait."
The maid bent down to pour tea for Miss Galina, who looked at Shad:
"Although it is unlikely, you always do all kinds of strange things, so I trust you."
"It's no problem, my friend just wants to gouge out the silver-eyed man's eyes with his own hands. Sorry, Miss Galina, there is actually something I've been meaning to ask..."
He looked at the other party hesitantly. The atmosphere of today's conversation is very good, and there are some things that can be asked along the way.
"It's okay, you ask."
"Sometimes I feel that your attitude towards me... May I ask, what is it about me that you fancy?"
Xia De has thought about this question for a long time. Maybe the first cooperation was normal, but after that, it seems that something is wrong. The most important thing is that many parties have proved that "the great witches of the Witch Council hate men", so Xia De believes that it is not because he is overthinking.
"I'm surprised you asked directly."
Miss Galina smiled, picked up her teacup but didn't drink it:
"I do have a reason for being friendly to you, but I don't want to tell you now, but I can guarantee that it is not harmful to you."
The lid of the porcelain teacup rubbed against the rim, she thought for a while and said:
"How about this, I will give you an almost impossible task. If you can complete it, I will not only answer your questions, but also tell you the secret of the Witch Council. If you cannot complete it, after you are promoted to the high ring, I'll come back to answer your questions."
"What mission?"
Xia De asked, worried that the other party would let him pick the moon.
"Bring me the Keeper-level relics kept by the Church of Peace."
"which one?"
He was a little curious, the Duchess shook her fingers, and there were no ornaments on her fingers:
"You should be very familiar with [Metamorphosis Ring]."
The appearance of the pebble ring immediately appeared in front of Xia De's eyes. Of course, he was very familiar with this relic. Strictly speaking, it was this thing that got him involved in the big incident at Lakeview Manor.
Miss Galina put down the cup of tea she didn't drink at all, stood up and asked the black-haired maid to help straighten the folds of the skirt:
"Detective, it doesn't matter if you can't do it. You can get the answer from me when you reach the high ring. However, I am looking forward to the scene where you can surprise me. After all, this is not the first time you have surprised me. "
"Metamorphosis Ring?"
This can't be the relic that the other party said casually, Xia De even thinks that the other party really wants to get this relic.
The maid saw his thoughts and said softly:
"Detective, don't get me wrong. The council's great witch can only be a pure woman. Even if she becomes a man after becoming a great witch, she will lose her qualifications. None of the thirteen great witches can hide this kind of thing."
"Since you don't use it yourself, what does Miss Galina want this ring for?"
He asked, and of course the maid would not give an answer:
"Miss just wanted to do an experiment... interesting experiment."
He hesitated to answer, and then she saw Xia De looking at her with strange eyes, and the brunette girl blushed suddenly:
"Of course not for me, Detective, your eyes are so disrespectful."
Not long after Miss Galina left, the king's attendant finally announced that he would summon Shade. Because the clothes on my body were changed in the afternoon, there was no need to prepare anything special.
The middle-aged attendant who spoke softly originally wanted to tell Shad something about etiquette, but the maid Tifa explained that she had already told the detective in the afternoon, so she didn't say much.
Not only Miss Galina, it seems that even her maid has an unusual status in this palace.
The maid Tifa stayed here to wait for Shad, who followed behind the aides through the maze-like corridors of the building and stopped in front of the door guarded by two royal guards in metal armor. The study of "Fire Leaper" Larousse III, where he often receives guests.
After opening the door, the attendant bowed slightly, motioning for Xia De to enter. The outsider adjusted his mood before walking in, and the door closed behind him.
This study is unusually spacious, larger than the first floor of Xia De's house, but its shape is pentagonal. Five or six bookshelves and low cabinets are scattered around the wall. The floor of the empty room is covered with a red carpet of the same color. There is only a desk in the center of the room. Behind the desk is a magnificent floor-to-ceiling window that almost occupies the entire wall.
Outside the window is the night view of the garden of Yodel Palace. The sound insulation effect of the room is not bad, and the chirping of cicadas in summer can hardly be heard.
From the windows the light of the garden came into the room, and the light of the room was not inferior to those dim lights. At intervals on the wall, there is a gas lamp with different shapes, a crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling with ever-burning candles, and a bright gas lamp is placed on the desk.
But I didn't see the pipeline connected from the wall. I guess it was connected to the underground safety gas pipeline at the bottom of the table.
There was only one person in the room, the 43-year-old king of the Kingdom of Delarion, "Fire Leaper" Larousse II put down the pen in his hand, folded the finished document, and placed the paper next to the crown on the table cushion.
He looked up at the young man who entered the door. Because he was sitting, he couldn't see his height. The hair is a little thin, and the hairline is high, but the facial features are tough, and one can tell that he is the kind of person full of determination.
Those eyes looked at Xia De, put his hands together on the table and said:
"Shad Hamilton, you did a great job today, both MI6 and Anlos will be proud of you."
The voice is low, but it should not be pretended, it is purely caused by not speaking for a long time.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Xia De just said that, when the other party observed himself, he was also observing the other party. The person in front of him is the highest-status ordinary person he can meet in this world, but in comparison, the tension in front of him is less than half of the tension when talking to Miss Galina through the door.
"What reward do you want?"
Xia De has thought about this question for a long time, and even asked Miss Maid privately in the waiting room:
"Honor, that's all."
Money does not necessarily include honor, but honor must include money. This is a Delarion proverb taught to Shad by the black-haired maid this afternoon.
"Okay, you can leave now."
During the whole process, the other party said three sentences, and Xia De said two sentences. Compared with the long time he waited, this conversation seemed meaningless. But foreigners don't care about these, as long as the other party gives them money.
When he turned around and walked towards the door, from the corner of his eye, he saw that the king with fiery red but very sparse hair~www.mtlnovel.com~ had picked up the pen again.
Unexpectedly, when Xia De held the doorknob, he heard a voice behind him:
"How did you and Aunt Galina meet?"
He probably wanted to ask Xia De suddenly when he was most relaxed, and this question immediately reminded the outsider who had read all kinds of vulgar novels about the countless complicated court political struggles.
Of course, Xia De has thought about this problem. If he doesn't even have this caution, he doesn't need to be a ring warlock. He should return Mia cat to Miss Gao De as soon as possible, and go to the countryside to farm by himself.
He held the doorknob and didn't turn around so that the other party couldn't see his expression.
The voice is clear:
"I don't know the Duchess very well. I just met at a club called Lucky Southern Cross. The Duke wanted to buy my Rhodes card. You should have investigated the [Founding Silver Moon]. We met at that time, and the Duke admired my Rhodes talent."
After waiting for a few seconds, he turned the doorknob and walked out without hearing another question.