Whispering Verse

Time passed by in a hurry, and throughout the first half of the Newborn Month, Shade did not use any time key due to another punishment from the tree father. He spent time on his own life, entrusting Old John to help acquire new relics that could temporarily increase his luck, studying the "Secret of Immortality" and the demigod ice crystal of the witch Croy, and even copied the "Secret of Immortality" from The secrets of skin care and youthfulness are shared with the girls around me.

Of course, during this period he received a letter from Little Mia's real owner, Miss Mia San Gold. The lady in the letter was very grateful to Shade for sending her the photo of little Mia before the end of the year. This time, Shade finally jokingly mentioned in his reply that if it was inconvenient for Miss Gothe, the photo could be sent to her. The cat stayed in Saint Teresa Square forever and let himself take care of it.

He tried his best to sound joking in his letter, and even asked Dorothy to help polish it. After I sent the letter, I was anxiously thinking about Miss Gothe's possible reaction, but the reply would not be sent again until next month.

Throughout the first half of January, in addition to two commissions to find lost pet cats, Shade also handled three slightly complex but interesting detective commissions: "The Murder of the Heirs" and "Tobesk Country House" The Haunting" and "The Stolen Pendulum."

The first incident was a fratricide between brothers in a boring aristocratic family due to inheritance rights. Although in the middle, Shade was threatened not to investigate further with a gun pointed at his head, Shade also successfully killed the bad guy who wanted to threaten himself and Mia;

The second incident was that someone was deliberately pretending to be a ghost and wanted to use Shade's reputation to create rumors about a haunted house. As a result, Shade's investigation was too thorough, and he uncovered a major case that lasted for two centuries, affected three noble families, dozens of victims, and emotional disputes between three generations.

With the help of innocent souls, he finally found the cellar where five victims and dozens of unformed fetuses were buried, and eventually sent more than ten people, including the client and the client's entire family, to prison. However, at least Shade used reasonable means to obtain his commission fee, and thus became famous in the city.

The entire incident took only three days from the beginning to the end of the investigation.

In the third incident, the initial mission was to help a local count find the whereabouts of the jewel-encrusted pendulum on the antique wall clock. But when Shade followed the servant who confessed and found out about a group of local gem dealers, he accidentally involved another group of thieves who tried to enter the Yodel Palace to steal and even dug a hole in the ground.

This incident was eventually titled "The Thief of the Century" and spread throughout the Old World in a short time. Even Miss Carina in Saladir County and Margaret in a foreign country wrote to inquire. The cause and course of the incident. Unfortunately, since this involved royal secrets, Shade was unable to elaborate in the letter, but at least he got another chance to be summoned by the king and queen, and Lesia was quite satisfied with it.

Within these two weeks, the 1853 honors list of the Kingdom of Delrayon was finally officially released.

At that time, the "Missing Pendulum" case had not yet been solved by Shade. Therefore, he did not change from a knight to a baron due to his merits, but he received the "Kingdom Special Contribution Award" medal and a generous bonus, and his military rank was also changed. Being promoted from major to lieutenant colonel means an increase in basic allowance.

Captain Rades, who was also looking forward to the honors list, was not promoted from lieutenant to colonel. But he also received a "Royal Army Gold Star Service Medal" and was transferred to the newly formed "Third Division of the Pantanal Border Army" as a battalion commander.

Captain Rades was originally in the Sikar Mountain Defense Area and was only in charge of specific affairs in the Red Water Camp. Although he failed to stay in Tobesk this time, serving as battalion commander was a real promotion.

Shade was very happy for the captain and saw him off before he left Tobesk. However, the formation of the border army in the Pantanal region also showed that both Delarion and Kasonrik were once again setting their sights on the great swamp area.

Outsiders hope that this will not turn into a trigger for conflict.

As for the "Delarion Kingdom Literary Award" that Dorothy was thinking about, the list of winners was also officially announced in the first half of the first month of the new year.

It is worth mentioning that the Kingdom Literary Award does not refer to one award, but a series of awards, the most important of which is the "Kingdom Achievement Literary Award".

It is a pity that no matter how good the sales of "Hamilton's Detective Stories" are, in this conservative and open era, popular literature cannot win such a supreme award.

But the operation of Dorothy's father, the highly respected Professor Louisa, was quite effective. As a female writer who was not originally famous, Dorothy actually won the "Best Popular Literature Award".

This award is not particularly important in the entire "Kingdom Literary Award", but it is quite commemorative and representative for the writer.

On the night of the awards night, she wore a pale gold dress and invited Sha De to attend the banquet as her male companion. After the banquet, she and Sha De spent a very memorable night.

Shade, who never liked taking pictures, also took a photo with Dorothy, who was wearing a ball gown and holding a trophy, during the banquet. The black and white photo was placed on the desk in the study by Shade. In the photo, Dorothy smiled brightly.

Of course, since he planned to take a good rest, Shade did not forget to fulfill his promise and invited Helen and Grace to visit Tobesk together.

It was the second Sunday after exam week, the twelfth day of the First Moon. The girls, respectively wearing black long skirts and white long skirts, and red scarves, walked with Shade through the streets and alleys in the hazy winter city, wandering between crooked streets and bustling markets.

Shade made a very detailed plan for this day's activities. Lecia, who was very grateful to Helen and Grace, paid for the entire day's activities and insisted on paying for it herself.

The three of them went to the City Museum together, climbed to the specially opened bell tower, went to the Three Cats Hotel to see the "three cats" there, and visited the Regent's Park in winter. They even insisted on taking the risk and walked around Dawn Square with Shad, buying tourist souvenirs from the vendors in the square, which were bookmarks made from local plants in Tobesk.

Although the Red Butterfly Twins were older than any girl Shade knew, walking with them on the streets of Tobesk, Shade had an inexplicable feeling that they were really girls who were only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Time has not left any traces on them, and the repeated painful reincarnations have also brought about a mind that will never age. Compared to other immortals, the painful cycle of reincarnation at least ensures that their hearts remain young.

And that night, after the three of them had dinner together and returned to St. Teresa Square, they met Luvia who happened to come to Shade's house to watch the stars.

At this time, Grace and Helen did not appear individually, but combined into a girl who looked to be in her twenties, which made it easier for Shade to appear in public with them.

"Xia De, are you back? The association informed me that I need special preparations for my words of sublimation, so I am going on a business trip."

Luvia, who was holding a pile of books on the stairs, saw Shade and the girl behind him, and blinked in surprise. Grace Helen looked at her even more surprised:

"you"

Luvia's figure was reflected in Hongdie's eyes, and the intertwined shadows revealed another figure that normal people would never see. The special characteristics of the relic allowed Hongdie to peek into the special other me of the mortal in front of her. They had no way of knowing why the shadow was so special, but before they spoke, Shade said:

"Louvia, let me introduce to you, Miss Grace White and Miss Helen Black, whom I have mentioned to you many times. This is Miss Luvia Anat, my future."

"lover."

Luvia took the initiative and said, while Shade patted the shoulder of the girl in a black and white dress. The latter smiled knowingly and did not mention his discovery again. Then among the flying red butterflies, they transformed into slightly shorter Grace and Helen:

"Sister Luvia."

The two girls looked very well-behaved.

Luvia looked at the two fifteen-year-old girls, and then looked at Shade:

"I've heard Shade mention you guys a long time ago. I'm glad to meet you. Although Shade introduced you, you still look really young."

Shade felt that he could read a serious misunderstanding of himself from her eyes.

In short, even though he has not been able to get a way to Randall Valley City for the time being, nor has he opened a new time key, Shade's life is still a bit busy, but also very fulfilling.

The city of Tobesk, the capital of steam, is so charming for outsiders. He lingers in this metropolis and enjoys his peaceful life.

Ten o'clock in the evening, Wednesday, the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, 1854, Queen Mary Opera House.

As the high-spirited singing reached its peak, the applause of the gentlemen and ladies sitting in the rows of seats in the brightly lit opera house sounded almost like exploding steam bombs.

This is a famous opera called "Sedrian's Revenge". The libretto was written in the early days of the Sixth Age, before the current Delarian and Carsonric existed. Now in 1854, this is one of the most famous operas in the entire human world.

The busy beginning of 1854 has already reached the middle of the month. People who have dealt with many chores since the beginning of the year can take a break, so Her Royal Highness Lecia Cavendish invited her sister and the Hamilton Knight of Rejed. , appeared together in the box of the opera house on this noisy night.