Although surprised at Her Royal Highness's active cooperation, she still carried the cat to Agelina Cavendish, bent down and put the cat that was grabbed by the back of the neck in front of her hand.
Little Miya didn't have the habit of biting, so she didn't open her mouth to bite the beautiful hand stretched out in front of her. It adheres to the principle of sniffing everything it encounters to judge whether it is food, and it really made a light sniffing movement. The cat is now slightly curled up, and coupled with its good appearance, this appearance is really amazing. Very attractive.
The sixteen-year-old young princess actually touched it with her uninjured hand, but was directly rejected by the cat's paw. Instead of making Adelina angry, it made her and the girls around her laugh.
"Very well, it seems that Her Royal Highness has no problem, then the next one."
Xia De was very satisfied with Mia's obedience.
With the princess being the first to try to be sniffed by the cat, the other noble girls laughed and let Shade hold the cat to sniff their hands. Xia De would emphasize every time that his cat would absolutely, absolutely never miss anyone with a special smell on his hands, but in fact Xia De didn't care what Mia would smell at all, but observed everyone carefully expression.
When the cat sniffed two-thirds of the hand, Xia De finally found that the girl who had been sitting on the sofa without saying a word, wearing a long blue dress with lace fringes, was quietly rubbing against the skirt. holding his hand.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence, but..."
When it was the other party's turn, Xia De came to her with the cat, bent down and put the cat down:
"Ma'am, please hold out your hand."
The silent brown-haired girl obviously didn't want to reach out, but now that everyone was looking at her, she could only hesitate to extend her hands, but half of her palms were hidden in the sleeves with beautiful patterns.
Mia's height was lowered by Shad, but it was tired of sniffing hands.
"Meow~"
The cat actually meowed... because Shade patted its tail quietly with his left hand.
"oh?"
The detective frowned, as if he had encountered some unsolvable trouble. And his interjection was also captured by the noble ladies watching.
Xia De cautiously looked at the girl in front of him, examining her attire with probing eyes. The girl in the veil looked at him timidly, and then asked cautiously:
"Excuse me, detective, why did you stop suddenly?"
"this......"
Xia De looked embarrassed, because he didn't know whether he had found the right person.
But he knew that someone knew the answer, so he aimed at President Stan who had already walked back. The middle-aged man, who was slightly thinner, with a high nose bridge and deeply sunken eyes, stood aside and looked at Xia De in surprise, with a faint smile on his face.
Shad knew he had found the right man.
"Ma'am, may I ask, what did you get on your hands?"
he asked softly, lifting the cat back to his shoulders, and gently stroking its little head. A frightened expression flashed across the face of the girl in front of her. She hadn't received any special training, and all her emotions were expressed on her face.
So Xia De said nothing cautiously, but looked at Princess Agelina Cavendish. The sixteen-year-old princess looked at the girl in front of Xia De with a serious expression, and the latter's lips moved:
"Ajlie..."
She lowered her head.
Now the girls who were laughing and watching Xia De holding the cat and sniffing everyone's hands stopped talking, and the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Xia De glanced at Chairman Stan again, and seeing that he didn't speak, he knew that he had really found the right person. So he held the cat in his arms and stroked it again, thanking it for its little help, and then bowed slightly to Agelina Cavendish:
"Then, Your Highness, I think this investigation commission is over."
"Hamilton of Regard, you are doing well."
The red-haired girl said softly, the expression on her face made her look more like Rezia.
The princess stood up and was about to leave. The two maids followed the girl "found by the cat" one on the left and the other on the right. The other friends of the princess closed their mouths and followed behind.
"The reward for the investigation will be given to you later."
With that said, he walked out the door. Xia De looked at President Stan, who was also standing aside, the middle-aged man made a gesture of silence, and followed behind the crowd with Xia De.
A group of people returned from the second floor to the first floor, and then came outside from the lobby on the first floor. It was almost dusk, and the sky gradually dimmed. The three carriages coming from a distance stopped in front of the Prophet Association one by one, and the girls got on the carriages one by one, and then drove towards the Yordle Palace.
Whether they were going to the yordle, or what would happen to the captured girl, was none of Shad's business.
The prophet asked Shad softly:
"Does it feel a little strange?"
"Indeed, even if you want to hurt others, you shouldn't use such a slight method. If it was an accident, why not apologize immediately."
Xia De was the only one who couldn't understand this.
"This matter is very complicated... Although the association is very close to the Yoddle Palace, we should not discuss too much what happened there."
President Stan sighed slightly:
"Politics has always been the most troublesome thing."
The evening glow broke through the mist and reddened the sky of Tobesk. The two men stood together on the ever-flowing Silver Cross Avenue, and stood together at the gate of the Prophet Association where people came and went.
The carriage passed in front of them, and the wheels made a rhythmic sound as they rolled the road. The metal pipes attached to the walls reflected light in the afterglow of the setting sun, making the street look extraordinarily bright. Together, they looked at the Yoddle Palace under the fiery red sunset, and further away in the misty mist was the street scene of the steam age in Tobesk, the northern pearl.
The setting sun made Mia's cat fur on her shoulders seem to be glowing. The cat opened its mouth and yawned. It didn't know whether it was hungry or sleepy, but suddenly became interested in the birds flying overhead.
The bird flitted across Silver Cross Avenue, over the grid-like dense city skyline, over the chimneys belching black smoke, over the heads of barefoot workers with sacks on their backs, over the well-dressed The gentlemen flew overhead, over the homes of Tobesk.
The middle of August is approaching, the hottest days of the year are coming to an end, and autumn is almost here.
(Iluna is praying...)
When Luvia, who returned to the association, saw Xia De in the divination room on the second floor, Xia De was facing the window, counting a wad of 1 shilling banknotes in his hand under the setting sun outside the window, while Mia squatted Beside him, he watched his hands intently, skillfully counting banknotes.
Luvia even saw an afterimage of Xia De's hand. He is really good at counting banknotes.
"What are you doing? Even if you want to show that you are rich, at least you have to count the 1 gold note?"
The purple-eyed fortune-teller said curiously, turned on the gas lamp on the wall, put the handbag on the table, and then pulled out a chair and sat opposite Shad. But neither Xia De nor the cat raised their eyes to look at her, and each of them looked at the banknotes intently.
"Wait a minute... Okay, good afternoon, Luvia, you are still so beautiful. This is given to me by your chairman, Mr. Stan, for the commission of the investigation. These are 10 pounds, a total of two Hundreds, the association is really generous. But they are all small change, I have been counting them for a while."
Shade smiled, put the money into an envelope beside him, covered it with a handkerchief and threw it into his chest pocket. Mia was also happy to look aside, with her neck thrown back. The cat understood the meaning of "coins."
"The association's Rhodes brand appraisal business will get a lot of change. So if there is a chance, the cashiers are more inclined to spend the change that is not easy to keep."
Luvia understood this quite well. Seeing that Xia De had collected the money, she didn't ask what happened just now, but asked nervously:
"I've heard that the matter of Coldwater Harbor was completely over yesterday morning, but the Darkness you mentioned..."
"He ran away."
Xia De replied lightly, and the purple-eyed girl showed such an expression as expected:
"Look, Xia De, the first candidate for the elect, still has some skills."
"I used words to get a sorceress with twelve rings to catch him, but Darkness was able to run away. The only thing that caused him effective damage was the [Sunshine] I threw with Iluna's alchemy item. Gun], I think he'll probably recover from his wounds on the way to Tobesk."
Avoiding the details of Xi Wei Aurora's identity and the relationship between Dorothy and Rezia, Shad briefly described his experience in Coldwater Harbor. He even told about the level 0 relic [Desire] he encountered, and showed Luvia the [Chain of Great Sin] extracted from that piece of flesh and blood.
Unsurprisingly, Luvia was really worried about Xia De. She had never heard of anyone daring to eat part of a level 0 relic. He took Xia De's hand to check him, but just like Xia De's own feelings, except for his increased desire, all he got were benefits.
"A gift from fate..."
"...The price has already been marked in secret~www.mtlnovel.com~ Xia De took Luvia's words, she used the language of the Fifth Era, and Xia De happened to learn some in textbooks:
"It was the [Blood Spirit School] that gave the price, and it was the [Puppeteer's Notebook] that led me to the dark room behind the damp chapel and helped me gain power."
"But how do I feel, even without that relic, you can still gain power?"
Luvia was a little distressed:
"What happened to you is definitely not normal. Think about it carefully, Shad, how much have you experienced in the two months since we met you?"
"But aren't all the accidents I experienced related to the chosen ones? In Tobesk it was because of Iluna, and in Coldwater Port it was because of Ivan Darkness. This is not my bad luck."
Xia De is very open about this.
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