Not only is it raining in Tobesk today, but Fort Midhill is also raining. But yesterday afternoon when he was investigating at the academy castle, the sky was very gloomy, so Xia De prepared umbrellas in advance.
Fortunately, there was no rain leaking from the abandoned tower, so Xia De completed the last 100 swings in the tower this week before entering the city.
First went to the House of the Blind. The special blood provided by Sister Divelin was not ready yet, but Xia De got a letter from Captain Lades here, and learned about the follow-up of the serial murder case they solved yesterday.
Although the prisoner was injured and could not wake up at all, the evidence was solid, so there was no surprise. The credit for this incident was taken by Captain Lades alone, and the city hall was also happy to promote the cooperation between the captain of the Royal Army and the police to solve the serial murders.
Shad even saw a newspaper with a full-face photo of Captain Rudds in the House of the Blind, which might become the talk of the townspeople of Fort Midhill all autumn. . Captain Rudds won't be promoted from lieutenant officer just because of this incident, but he will definitely be rewarded.
In the letter, the captain invited Shad again to visit the traveler's camp on the Wind Riser Trail next Thursday. Next Thursday is the captain's day off, and he can take Shad around the Sikar Mountain, or go hunting together.
"Then go into the mountain next Thursday to look for the sword. I'm not familiar with the terrain of Mount Xikale. It's not easy to find a specific cave in the mountain."
This is why Xia De has been wandering around Midhill Castle, but he didn't rush into the mountains to find the sword.
After leaving the House of the Blind, Shade went to the Cassandra Auction House and met the Old Witch. Granny Cassandra was a little busy today, and Xia De waited for half an hour before seeing her.
The witch already knew the whole story from Professor Dunn, and she was very satisfied with Xia De's quick action, so she directly took out the bottle of blood promised to Xia De:
"The blood of Sakator the Devourer, the evil spirit of the Third Era."
"Devil's blood..."
Xia De took the bottle in his hand carefully. Although it was actually not heavy at all, due to psychological reasons, Xia De thought that what he was holding in his hand was heavier than a shot put:
"Is there any danger in this bottle of blood?"
Because of the matter of Darkness and human pus, if it is not necessary, he is very taboo to be associated with demons.
"This is the blood I got from my teacher, she said it's not dangerous."
The old witch said with confidence.
But Xia De still decided to keep this bottle of blood in the [God's Gift Box] at dawn on Sunday before attending the last reception.
"In addition, I originally planned to let you meet my current apprentice. But I thought about it carefully, and I still don't let more witches know about your existence."
Grandma Cassandra said again, her emerald-ringed hand gripping the armrest of the seat:
"I'm already very old. I don't care about the affairs of you young people. As long as you don't harm the interests of the parliament, I will not reveal your existence to other people in the parliament. Young people, you don't have to Worry."
"I see."
"Also, last time you asked me about the chosen candidates for the dark talents, I went to talk to Galina, and she said that she told you the whole story of "Whispering Verses"."
"Yes, there is also the matter of the chosen ones."
There is no need to lie about this, Xia De, who was sitting opposite the witch, answered very smoothly:
"Miss Galina's actions in Tobesk are easy to attract attention, and there are always inconvenient places for female followers around her, so when investigating Ivan Darkness hiding in Tobesk, she once Made me do something, so I know about it too."
The old witch nodded, her kind and kind expression on her face remained unchanged:
"Then let me tell you something too:
A few days ago, the Speaker communicated with me about the third candidate. The only thing that can be confirmed at present is that the third candidate must have been in Fort Midhill at this point in time. "
A large number of people can thus be excluded.
"The council has very little content on the poems corresponding to the third chosen one, and this is the same for the three major thaumaturgy academies. But the Church of the Five Gods, especially the Church of Nature, seems to have key clues. There is reason to believe that the third The three chosen correspond to 'death'."
This is consistent with Xia De's guess.
"Then do you need me to help you investigate something in Fort Midhill?"
he asked again.
"No need for now, I just want you to know something to prevent accidents during Fort Midhill."
The old man shook his head with a smile, and said in a slow voice:
"Considering that I am getting older, after repeated consideration and discussion, the council decided to send another big witch to come here next month to assist me in the investigation."
I'm afraid this is not only because Grandma Cassandra only has ten rings but also is young.
Older, and because of the event of Tobesk's darkness, the Ring Warlock organizations in the material world realized the importance of the chosen ones.
"Which one is it?"
Xia De decided to deal with the matter of Fort Midhill as soon as possible in the remaining few days of this month, and to come here less next month.
"Don't worry, it's Xi Wei, Xi Wei Aurora."
The old man said with a smile, obviously he also knew that Miss Aurora knew about Xia De:
"In order not to arouse suspicion, it is not the beginning of next month. The exact date has not been set, but I think she will be very happy to see you here."
Miss Aurora is very friendly to Xia De, and she is the third seat of the council, a magician of the 12th ring and a witch of the 12th order, and she is also the first person to bring Xia De into the [Witch Council]. If this witch is here, then things will be much simpler in Fort Midhill.
"Excuse me, has the parliament decided how to deal with the matter underground in Fort Midhill?"
Xia De asked again, Grandma Cassandra, as the great witch resident in the local area, could not let the city turn into ghosts.
"The three passages in the narrow room, the door at the foot of the mountain was temporarily sealed by an unknown ring warlock. On the day you rescued your friend, it was suspected to be temporarily sealed by a high ring warlock; the one on the top of the mountain is guarded by the ancients. The Orthodox Church will find a way As for the passage where the location on the mountainside is hidden by the Witch Emperor, the idea of the council is for us to find the location and strengthen the seal."
In other words, the ones at the foot of the mountain are fine for the time being, the church is responsible for strengthening the ones on the top of the mountain, and the witches are looking for the ones on the mountainside. From this point of view, even if the narrow space problem cannot be completely solved, at least Fort Midhill will not be destroyed by an outbreak of death this autumn.
The old witch sighed:
"The Witch Emperors probably left something near the passage in the narrow room, and there may even be fragments of "Whispering Verses", so those young girls are very concerned."
"Grandma Cassandra, so in this way, not only do you need to find the third chosen one, but you also need to find the mountainside passage in the narrow room? Oh, this is really not easy."
"Yes, the young girls in the council are really inconsiderate of an old man like me."
She shook her head with a smile, this is not a complaint but a joke:
"So Hamilton, before Xi Wei arrives, I may entrust you to do other things. Galina said that although you only have the third ring, you can do things very reliably."
Xia De was actually more curious. What else did Miss Galina comment on him:
"No problem, I am willing to help you."
For the next few days, nothing new happened. Now that he knew that the disaster at Fort Midhill had been taken seriously, Shad suddenly lost his enthusiasm for exploring the secrets between life and death.
The things he had to deal with in the Fort Midhill area were basically almost over. Because he was not in a hurry to find the sword, he visited the address recorded on the note by the serial killer Henry Val on Friday.
As expected, it turned out to be the address of the boy who was "able to see the date and manner of death".
When Xia De knocked on the door of Building A, No. 8, Zhuwei Lane, according to the method on the note, he knew from the person who opened the door that this was the address of the "Crow Club".
Shad knew of this club, and in the local information provided by Sister Devlin, this small ring magician organization was recorded. This organization is very small, not to mention compared with the [Spiritual Order] that radiates the entire eastern part of the old continent, even the [Blood of Mercury] that is hiding in Tibet is bigger than them.
Of course, he pretended not to know the truth about this club, still using the pseudonym "John Watson", claiming that he was a writer who wanted to collect materials, and heard interesting local rumors in the tavern, so he wanted to meet the one who could see The boy who dated someone else's death.
But he was stopped by the man in Central who communicated with him:
"Yes, but you need to make an appointment."
Gu "Huh? Still need to make an appointment?"
Xia De, who was standing on the steps of the door with an umbrella, was a little surprised:
"Is there something wrong with that boy?"
"No, but he only sees guests twice a day, which is the rule. Besides, we charge a fee, 10 pounds for a single visit, and you can bring up to two friends. For each additional person, the price doubles. Three people is 40 pounds. Pounds. We don't issue receipts, and you don't even try to bargain."
This makes them less like a Ring Warlock organization and more like local crooks. Xia De was originally curious as to why the witch and the church did not find out about this group of people, but now he understands.
So he took it easy:
"Okay, I make an appointment...how long will I have to wait? Can I pay to jump in line?"
"Of course not, we have to behave, and there are not many people in front. Next Sunday, next Sunday at nine o'clock in the morning
You can come later, but if you don't show up before 1:00 pm, you have to make an appointment here. "
It's only Friday, which means there are more than a dozen people waiting to see the boy. There must be ring warlocks among them, but Xia De thinks there must be more ordinary people.
"Well, next Saturday and Sunday, I may bring friends. Please remember John Watson's appointment."
He was about to leave, but was stopped again:
"Wait, you need to pay a deposit, £5."
The man twirled his fingers at Shad who was holding an umbrella.
"ah?"
Shade looked at him in surprise.
"Otherwise, because of you, we turned down other guests' appointments, wouldn't we be at a loss?"
If it weren't for the fact that he really found that the boy's prediction was very accurate in the matter of Henry Val, Xia De at this time would really suspect that he had fallen into a fraud trap.
Take a deep breath:
"Okay, I'll pay."
So he got a metal brooch with the mark of a crow as a voucher for the appointment. But when he turned to leave under his umbrella, Shad still thought he would suspect that he had been scammed until he actually saw the boy next Sunday.
On Friday, he just made an appointment with the boy who could witness the death at Fort Midhill, and returned home. Although it was still raining at Fort Midhill, it was sunny in Tobesk.
In the afternoon, a new client came to the family, the Drax family living in the West District of Tobesk, entrusting Shad to help find the lost pet cat. The 12-year-old boy in the family has been crying, feeling very guilty for accidentally letting the cat run out when he opened the door.
The Drax family was introduced by the old lady Midra who commissioned Shade to find cats last time. They have their own shop and a small factory in the southern city area, specializing in the manufacture and sale of metal bolts and nuts for steam engines. Although the product is single, the goods can even be exported to Carson Rik, so they belong to relatively wealthy families.
When Xia De signed the commission contract, he demanded a high commission fee of 13 pounds. On the one hand, this is because the lost cat is a very rare breed, at least more expensive than urban orange cats like Mia. On the other hand, it is because Xia De promised to find the cat within three days, and if he can’t find it, he will refund the deposit, one penny No charge either.
For him, it was just a waste of time, so he dared to promise like this.
But it didn't take Shade three days at all. He managed to find the cat on the roof three streets away from the Drax family on the second morning, that is, Saturday morning.
More precisely, when Shad passed under the roof, the dark blue cat, which looked very similar to the so-called "Persian cat" in the hometown of outsiders, immediately jumped from the roof of the apartment building to the window sill on the second floor, and then jumped Go to the soft cloth ceiling of the shops facing the street, and finally come to the ground and meow around Xia De affectionately.
"If Sparrow Hamilton is a detective who specializes in mistresses, then I am a detective who specializes in finding pet cats."
When Xia De got the commission fee, he thought about it in his heart. And after completing this commission, Xia De can be regarded as continuing to maintain his perfect investigation completion rate.
"Speaking of which, I have met almost all possible acquaintances in Fort Midhill, but I have not met Miss Black who is on vacation..."
This is the last commission left by Detective Sparrow to find the parties involved in Miss White's missing sister, Miss Black. Of course, she wasn't missing, she just had a quarrel with her sister, so she went to live outside.
"I probably won't meet her in Fort Midhill. When Miss Black returns to Tobesk, I will end this commission no matter what I say. I hope the client, Miss White, will not go on vacation too, and said It seems that I still don't know what these two ladies look like."
Xia De thought in his heart, he was going to walk home along the street, and he was going to have a meeting with the doctor after lunch.
The carriage passed by him, and most of the people on the street also changed into autumn clothes. The southern city of Tobesk is probably considered an industrial area of Tobesk. The people here are mixed. Not only can you see high-society gentlemen in formal clothes and holding canes on the street, you can also see decently dressed middle-class clerks and Patched urban bottom laborers.
【So, what if she can't come back? 】
"She" asked softly in her ear.
The streets are hazy with mist, and in autumn, due to the influence of the monsoon and temperature difference, the urban smog situation is even worse than in summer.
"You mean, Miss Black, it is also possible to encounter an accident because of the incident in Fort Midhill? Oh, it is indeed possible, and it is too dangerous there now."
Xia De was lost in thought, but he didn't forget to pick some fruits from the fruit stand on the corner of the street. He planned to take a few bottles of fruit brew as gifts for the rest of the group.
The autumn semester was a bit boring compared to the summer semester when the exam was coming. During the study meeting on Saturday afternoon, everyone unexpectedly had no need to contact the college. And in August
After Priest Si was safe, the college no longer informed Dr. Schneider about Fort Midhill. Doctors who didn't know what happened there naturally wouldn't ask. This led to the study meeting this afternoon, which lasted only It was over in less than an hour.
Luvia shared the current status of her autumn astrology activities with everyone, and worried that the recent rain and dark clouds covering the sky would delay her progress; Shad reported the recent situation of the Augustus priest in Fort Midhill, and will The fruit wine brought was distributed to everyone; the doctor had already calculated the phase of the full moon, and planned to hold a formal ceremony around the end of next month, from the fifth ring to the sixth ring. And Dorothy is a little faster. Her four-ring promotion ceremony does not require such a harsh moon phase, but because the sublimation words in series are related to "the little match girl", she hopes to get Xia De s help.
Dorothy has already prepared all the materials for the ceremony, and made an appointment with Xia De to hold the ceremony at No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa, on Sunday night, that is, tomorrow night.
Before the group meeting ended and left, Shad also had a private conversation with the doctor, asking him about the demon:
"Doctor~www.mtlnovel.com~ Do you know about the evil spirit, Sakato the Devourer?"
The blood that Grandma Cassandra gave Shad was the blood of this demon.
"of course I know."
The doctor, who has a lot of knowledge about demons, looked at Xia De in surprise from the window in the corridor:
"What are you asking this for?"
"What happens if you drink its blood?"
"Um?"
The doctor was even more surprised:
"Detective, are you crazy? Want to drink the devil's blood?"
"I just want to know, what will happen if you drink the blood of this demon?"
Xia De asked cautiously.
"Wait a minute, let me think about it, this question is really strange."
The blue-eyed doctor made a gesture of listening:
"Theoretically speaking, drinking a small amount of demon blood won't cause any major problems. After all, although the evil spirits of the third era are weird, they are not full of poison. As for the demon you mentioned, it is not well-known. The most famous thing in history is that in the distant Fourth Era, he tricked the king of a small country into giving up all his subjects, swallowing up the entire country through a transaction."
Xia De was speechless immediately:
"Bon Appetit, so where is it active now?"
The doctor smiled and said:
"I know this. This is a very famous story. Around 230 years in the sixth era, when it was active in the material world, it met another great being, and then disappeared."
"Who did you meet?"
"The one who appeared in this city in the summer."