Whispering Verse

"Mr. Hamilton, the results of divination and prophecy are often vague and metaphorical. Therefore, this may not mean that you can become a knight, but something else. Moreover, divination may not always be correct."

Mr. Stein folded his hands and admitted regretfully. Shade did not comment on this, but looked thoughtful.

Thinking about what to have for dinner.

After the divination was over, he said goodbye to Mr. Stan and Mr. Mark, and left the Prophet's Association. Originally, payment was required after the divination, but both gentlemen insisted not to take Shad's money. Compared to his contribution to the Tobesk branch on the Rhodes card, two shillings was nothing at all.

Instead, Mr. Mark invited Shade to visit the association frequently. In addition to regular Rhodes competitions, the association also often held card games with numerous Rhodes enthusiast clubs in the city. There are even occasional gatherings among divination enthusiasts held regularly, and Mr. Mark quietly hinted to Shade that there would be many good girls present.

After returning from the cool indoors to the outdoors, the sultry air woke up the sleeping cat. It's two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Shade planned to go home and read to kill the rest of the day. It was snowing in the study, but it was more comfortable than the divination room of the Prophet Association.

Not long after leaving the Prophet's Association, I was walking on the Silver Cross Avenue holding the increasingly anxious cat in my arms, when I saw a young girl with long brown hair walking towards me. It was Iluna Bayas.

There was no one else around her, she was walking around like an ordinary citizen. After meeting Sha De, he winked at him, but Sha De consciously did not say hello.

So half an hour later, he once again welcomed Miss Beyath at home.

After being invited into the room by Shade, Miss Bayas did not sit down immediately. Instead, after receiving permission, she walked into the kitchen of Room 1 on the second floor and observed the Yodel Palace from the kitchen window.

Because of the layout of the room, this window is the best vantage point to observe the Yodel Palace.

"no problem."

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and then returned to the living room to sit down. He tilted his head and glanced at the side of the coffee table. Snowflakes were falling from the ceiling, and then fell into the basin next to the coffee table.

She stretched out her hand to catch some snowflakes, and the cool feeling made the young girl feel very comfortable:

"Detective, what are you doing?"

"Cool the room."

Shade, who was preparing tea in the kitchen, said that of course Miss Bayas couldn't think of the mystery lock like this, and could only think of it as some kind of small-scale magic trick that Shade had mastered to attract snowflakes:

"You have to pay attention to your consumption. A first-level warlock doesn't have much spirit. If you waste too much, what should you do if you encounter a dangerous situation?"

She warned in the tone of someone who had experienced it.

"That's right, but the weather is really too hot... Miss Bayas, what were you doing just now? You shouldn't be passing by by chance, right?"

"Of course not, it's the task of Blackstone Security Company."

Shade thought she would keep the mission information secret, but unexpectedly she said it directly, as if she was complaining to Shade:

"The royal family wants to find a group of ring magicians to protect Yodel Palace for a week. I heard that it is related to some kind of spy. The church originally did not want to get involved in this kind of thing. Our cooperation with the royal family does not include acting as bodyguards for the other party. But it seems that the king agreed. Let some religious management regulations be relaxed, and promised that we only need to protect Yodel Palace and pay attention to bold ring magicians. Ordinary people do not need to pay attention, so we were transferred. The job content is to monitor the periphery of Yodel Palace and look for suspicious people. .”

Although she said this, she sat on Shade's sofa with no intention of leaving. He looked up at Shade, the broken hair on his forehead fell to the side, and he complained:

"Detective, do you know how painful it is to continue walking outdoors in this weather? My duty time is from one to four in the afternoon, which is the hottest time."

After saying that, he reached out and grabbed a handful of snow from the water basin. After happily forming a snowball, he wanted to catch the cat with his frozen hands. But the cat Mia, who has become increasingly smart recently, jumped directly onto Shade's lap very quickly.

Shade was very interested in the church's ring magicians, so he continued to inquire:

"I don't know much about you, so is this matter considered your Blackstone Security Company appointed by the royal family, or is it a task given to you by the church? This involves the issue of remuneration."

"It all counts, so in addition to the church's contribution, there is also a large amount of remuneration. The captain and the others are very happy... I am also very happy, they don't even have to pay taxes."

Shade expressed his envy in his heart, but did not say it out loud.

As Bayas spoke, he looked around at Shade's living room and hesitated before asking:

"Detective, can I stay here until four o'clock in the afternoon? I won't disturb you, don't worry about that."

"Oh? Are you going to stop working?"

Shade pointed in the direction of Yodel Palace. Although Miss Bayas acted immaturely, he always believed that she should be the kind of person who is very responsible.

"I moved a chair and sat at the window over there, and I saw more than what I would have seen walking around on the street."

She pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"But stay with me. Once you find a suspicious person near Yodel Palace, it seems you can't rush there immediately... unless you jump out of the window directly."

Xia De added that he didn't want to drive the other party away, but he was just worried about delaying things.

"It doesn't matter. The chance of accidents is low during the day, so the main task is observation, not fighting and arresting. Otherwise, a second-level warlock like me will not participate in the mission."

After saying that, he asked again embarrassedly:

"Can I stay here? It's just one day today. Tomorrow the other teams will take turns, so the matter is out of our control."

Shade thought about it and realized there was no need to drive her away:

"No problem, but don't force Mia to follow you."

He saw Miss Bayas' attempt to catch Mia. The sorceress smiled sheepishly, but she probably didn't give up the idea of ​​hugging the orange cat.

"I promise not to touch your cat today. It's better to sit here than in the street. The temperature here is really nice."

She said happily, stood up, straightened her skirt, adjusted the folds of the collar of the women's shirt, and then went to move the chair.

Originally, I was worried that the appearance of Miss Bayas would cause another accident, but until she left Saint Teresa Square that evening, nothing happened.

Throughout the afternoon, Miss Bayas was at the window, drinking tea while dutifully observing the area around Yodel Palace. Shade took a book and sat on the sofa, chatting with her. It was a slightly cold afternoon.