Whispering Verse

Although Miss Belindel said that she could come to her at any time if she encounters trouble, Shade believed that since the other party "hired" him, even if it was for her favorability, she would not go to the real Adele in two months. Even if Miss Isabella reported him, he couldn't often go to the countess to solve his troubles.

[What should you do if she still wants to report you? 】

"She" smiled softly, and Shade did not answer, but "she" who understood Shade's thoughts knew that Shade was not someone who would sit still and wait for death.

After thanking him softly, Shade took the document bag from the taciturn maid:

"Actually, I have a little thing to ask you for help with. This matter is related to the Hawthorne family and the Eddington family. My attack on Freeman Hawthorne was originally related to this."

He didn't want to involve Lesia, so he just mentioned that his friend's business was hindered by these two families, and pointed out the two reasons of "stealing business" and "being mentioned twice by a big shot."

Miss Belindel doesn't care much about such trivial matters:

"You don't have to worry about the Black Hand Gang and Hawthorne. Freeman Hawthorne has been taught a lesson. The entire Hawthorne family will keep a low profile for a while recently. After all, no one knows where the Ring Warlock came from. , so the dock office’s concerns about your friend’s business will be lifted soon. As for Eddington”

She got up and went to the table to get some letter paper. After writing a letter carefully, she took out her personal seal and stamped it. The blond maid known as "Matilda" put it into an envelope, dripped melted fire paint onto the seal of the letter, and printed the Belindel family emblem on it before the fire paint solidified.

The envelope was handed into Shade's hands, and the witch sat down opposite Shade again:

"Send this to the Port Authority so that the Eddington family won't embarrass their friends. The Belindel family still has some respect. I helped you, so you have to help me. Next, I hope you will like it in Yue Adventure and action in Bay City.”

She looked lazily at the young man sitting across from her, looking at his face that became more and more satisfied:

"Both Vanessa and Emma admire you very much, and hope that your execution ability is as amazing as your charm. Speaking of which, before the end of this meeting that we are both very satisfied with, are you willing to reveal to me that you What kind of power are you good at? I am not your employer, but I also want to know about it."

This request is very reasonable, so Shade said:

"I'm good at cold weapon combat. I'm not bragging. Even though I don't have much muscle, my strength and physical strength are amazing."

The witch still remembers the "power of the earth" among the special abilities of "Miss Charlotte", so it is not surprising.

"In addition, I am also good at the abilities of time and space. Space movement, time interference, coupled with my superb lock-picking, stealth, assassination, transformation, reconnaissance, and ancient rune analysis capabilities, madam, I dare to fight even in the Yodel Palace. Break in."

Shade told the truth, and Miss Belinder also smiled, and her impression of the man in front of her became clearer:

"No wonder Vanessa sent you to Moon Bay to find the Diamond of Hope. This combination of abilities is the most suitable for investigation and detective work. Of course, if you become a killer, you must be top-notch."

At this time, she thought of Shade's identity as a double agent, but she did not expect to connect Shade with the "God Caller":

"However, the 'time pause' you showed yesterday was really amazing. I thought you were not the Seventh Ring you claimed to be."

"I just have a slightly better timing talent, look at this."

He took out the [Lord of Immortality Ring] and put it on his finger, gently turned the ring and took a deep breath. As the gray air flow flew into the nose from the wine glass on the coffee table in front of him, the level of red wine at the bottom of the glass slowly began to rise.

This time, not only the great witch of fate, but also the maid behind her couldn't help but blink.

"Go back in time?"

Miss Belindel asked in surprise, but this was not for Shade to answer:

"You have the ability to stop time. I thought it was with the help of relics. Now it seems that the seventh ring can turn back time and stop time. This is really your own outstanding talent. If you let Mr. Speaker, that time The lady at the seat sees you. This is not okay, she may imprison you forever. It seems that I have to pay more attention to you. The ordinary price cannot be exchanged for the help of a ring warlock who controls the power of time.

Mr. Watson, I look forward to your performance. I hope you can be like a meteor falling into Moon Bay in the sea of ​​stars, bringing more interesting stories to this seemingly peaceful city. "

Although Miss Belindel wanted to talk to Shade more, she did not forget her identity, so she did not let Shade stay for lunch. Shade naturally would not be annoying and had to stay. But before the meeting ended, he did not forget to remind the great witch of fate to investigate the "Light Technique" used by the [Light Worshipers Training Group] in the most critical battle round yesterday and the "Light Technique" used by the woman in the black dress before she died. What exactly is illumination?

"That light is extraordinary."

"I will investigate. Just focus on investigating the corpse."

The witch naturally agreed, and when she said goodbye to Shade, she also suggested as if she suddenly remembered that when Shade was in the city, he should pay attention to whether there were dragon-born ring warlocks who had recently arrived from out of town:

"I had an unexpected divination some time ago, and it was related to myself. It's nothing, just pay attention to it for me."

She looked at Shade, then lowered her eyes to make sure that he was not a dragonborn, and should have nothing to do with the person in her prophecy.

After spending the whole morning at Belindel Manor, Shade went home and had lunch with little Mia at noon. During lunch, he also took out the silver anchor jewelry given by the blue-eyed girl he saw in the museum to play with. The cat that was originally squatting on a high stool waiting for Shade to feed him, after sniffing suspiciously, actually Meow meow meow at the silver jewelry.

"This is not for you to eat."

Shade said to the cat with a dissatisfied expression, and the latter meowed softly again, but still twitched its little nose and sniffed, seeming to still care about the anchor.

This made Shade mistakenly believe that the cat was interested in Yuewan City, so after lunch, he wanted to take it with him to Yuewan City. However, the cat, who was used to taking a nap in the sun, ignored Sha De. In the end, Sha De was still the only one who came to the gloomy Moon Bay area.

He first went to the "Princess Trading Partner" in the dock area, handed the letter from Miss Belindel to the three people from the trading company, and explained that the matter had been basically resolved:

"The customs will soon send someone to inspect the batch of grain, and they will release it for you after the inspection. The Hawthorne family has encountered some things recently, so the dock office will not continue to deliberately embarrass you in the near future. In a few days, Mr. William Kidd , Mr. George Robert, you can just go to the dock office and ask again. As for the port authority, that’s all it depends on.”

The bright coat of arms of the Belindel family on the wax seal of the letter fully explains the origin of this letter.

Mr. George Robert said with great awe:

"Sir, your relationship with the Belindel family is"

"Don't ask things you shouldn't know. This relationship can't be used much. Belindel helped me this time, and I will definitely have to return the favor. But for Miss Princes, it's all worth it."

"That lady really got the right person when she sent you."

Shade didn’t plan to stay here long:

"Okay, okay, please arrange for the three ships to leave the port as soon as possible. The lady is still waiting. Also, don't forget what I want to investigate near Herring Street in the lower city."

Although Miss Belindel promised to help, Shade can't rely entirely on the witch:

"In the past month or two, you have been keeping a low profile. I'm afraid the city will not be very peaceful. I will be in Yuewan all the time and come here every two or three days. Please help me keep the letter you sent me. If you encounter If you get into trouble that you can't handle, remember to tell me."

"Yes, sir."

The three of them stood up together and said, then sent Shade to the door downstairs.

There was still a lot of time in the afternoon. After leaving the dock area, Shade went to the autopsy room at the end of Spider Lane and found the coroner, Mr. Ptolemy Albert. On the one hand, it was to thank him for his help at the door of the police station yesterday, and on the other hand, it was to inquire about the progress of the investigation into the unknown female body.

The busy coroner didn't have much time to receive Shade. There were not many corpses found in Xiacheng District every day. He did not ask Shade what he was doing yesterday afternoon. Regarding the progress of the investigation of the corpse, Mr. Bernhardt, who was investigating on the other side, made a breakthrough:

"The identity of the body has probably been confirmed. Armand found the artist who had tattooed the woman when she was alive. Although the other party did not know who the woman was, Armand relied on this to delineate the scope of the woman's activities during her lifetime. . After investigating nearby, we found out that she was indeed a prostitute, but a relatively high-end one. The day before she disappeared, she was picked up by a carriage and never came back."

He gave Shad a note left by Mr. Bernhardt:

"The carriage went to this place. When Armand came in the morning, he said that if you are interested, you can go and have a look. He should be there now. I hope you can gain something."

"Okay, I'll go now. I'm pretty busy with my own affairs, and I have time to investigate with Mr. Bernhardt."

Shade looked at the note:

"Crowley Steam Bath, No. 18 Greve Street in the north of the city. Steam bath?"

The arrival of the steam age has also brought about great changes in people's living habits. The steam engine not only changed the way of industrial production, but its impact was all-round. Among them, public bathhouses represent the current aspect of social change and sanitation improvement, and this type of public facility is more popular in large cities in Carsonlik in the South than in the North.

This is definitely not the kind of place outsiders imagine to harbor dirt and evil. On the contrary, the "steam bathhouse" provides a high-end sanitary experience that attracts the social elite and wealthy people in big cities.

Wear a special bathrobe to bathe in the marble hot pool, step on the smooth floor to sweat, clean your skin and relax your muscles, and then let a professional masseur perform a massage to help relax your muscles and reduce stress.

This is not only a health facility, but also a social place. Enjoying relaxation while conversing with friends and discussing political, cultural and social affairs is considered a very high-end behavior by people nowadays.