Whispering Verse

At noon, the countess treated Shade and the cat to a sumptuous meal. During lunch, she also asked Shade what he was going to do in the afternoon.

"The investigation of my vampire friends has not yet yielded results, and there is no news about your investigation of the [Light Worshiper Training Society] and the [Dragon Eater Order], so I plan to walk around the city casually and give it a try. Let’s see if we can meet Miss Elisa by chance.”

After all, his time key is ready to be used again.

"Want to wander around for a while? Then I'll find something for you to do."

The Countess smiled and said:

"Remember, there were three precious Rhodes cards in local rumors, but because the Black Hand gang killed the out-of-town businessman, the whereabouts of the three cards are now unknown. I have found out the whereabouts of one of the cards, if you feel If you’re interested, go find it.”

This is a very good idea.

"Also, do you still have the 'Queen' divination card I gave you when we first met?"

"Here I am."

"Give me that after lunch and I'll add some new features to it."

Although Bella Belindel is not outstanding in combat, she is still very capable in other aspects. She can also be called a master of alchemy - of course, she still can't compare with Laplace Howard, but at least she can cope with most situations:

"Regarding the golden dragon scale we found outside the city, I discovered some very interesting phenomena after studying it for more than a week. I won't explain the specific principle. In short, this dragon scale is interacting with the other six Dragon scale resonance. I originally planned to use this dragon scale as an anchor point to directly divine the positions of the other six dragon scales of the seven major families, but after many experiments, I found that it still didn't work. But at least I can do it, relying on this piece Dragon scales resonate with other dragon scales at close range."

In the alchemy workshop underground in the manor, she carefully used the metal divination card to touch the dragon scales that were burned until they turned red. The small scales then "melted" into the card, and then the witch put the card into the ritual array prepared on the table, using ancient language rituals to give it new abilities:

"Okay, now the dragon scale is inside the card. When you are taking this card and acting in the city, if you are close to another scale, the card will give you a reminder by vibrating."

Little Mia stood on Shade's shoulder and stretched out her little paws to pick up the metal card. Compared to before, the card at this time only had some more scale carvings on the surface.

Shade praised:

"This is really convenient. But what is its effective detection range? Will it be affected by walls or water flow?"

"It's hard to say."

The blonde witch shook her head:

"After all, I don't have a second scale, but I always feel that you will definitely encounter other scales. Don't ask for reasons. I believe this is fate. Even if it is the inhuman thing that walked out of the dragon's nest that I predicted, I don’t have such strange abilities as you.”

"Um"

Shade, who originally wanted to leave, pursed his lips and thought of the kiss before lunch, so he felt that it would be better to clarify the misunderstanding:

"Actually, the person you divined was probably me. The date you obtained that prophecy was the day I first came to this city."

The Countess was not surprised, but looked at him and repeated the information obtained from Belindel's Big Ben:

"The inhuman things that came out of the ancient dragon's nest and conquered the dragon of time and space will completely affect my life in the not-too-distant future."

"Dragon's Nest, well, I did come into contact with a dragon's nest ruins that day, but the dragon is long gone. The dragon that conquered time and space is probably, maybe, probably related to the dragonborn girl who gave me that glove."

Xia De stopped talking.

"And you have indeed completely affected my life."

The witch said lightly, and pressed the index and middle fingers of her right hand together on her lips:

"Mr., who is good at lying, do you think I will be surprised? Do you really think I can't guess anything?"

"this"

So her two fingers pressed on Shade's lips again. She was very satisfied with Shade's embarrassed look:

"Take your cat and take a walk around the city in the afternoon. Be careful of the light. There is no conclusion yet about the strange phenomenon that occurred at last night's banquet. Also, please remember that when you solve the demon, I must Meet that unicorn.”

After lunch, it was supposed to be little Mia's nap time, but this afternoon she was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, she stood on Shade's shoulders and left Belindel Manor with him.

While the countess provided information about one of the three valuable cards, she also further completed the information about the businessman who originally held the three cards.

The businessman came from out of town, and the name he claimed was of course a pseudonym. He had already contacted a local Rhodes underground casino and wanted to sell them three cards as a "treasure of the store." But on the night of the transaction, the Mafia gang found the businessman and killed him, but failed to find the three cards on him or in his home.

Therefore, the underground Rhodes casino where the cards were originally purchased became a key target of suspicion, but unfortunately, that casino was owned by the Black family. In the end, it was proved by the Black family that the three cards were not in their hands. At this point, the whereabouts of the three cards are completely unknown.

The process by which the Countess obtained the clues was purely accidental. Because of the murder, no one dares to live in the apartment where the unlucky businessman temporarily stayed in the city. His neighbor was the accountant of the pawn shop owned by the Belindel family. It was only two weeks after the murder that the accountant heard that three cards were missing from the hands of his dead neighbor. Then he realized what he had obtained. clue.

The accountant didn't think he could find those Rhodes cards, but wanted to sell the clues. Of course he succeeded, but he also aroused the suspicion of the pawn shop because of his lavish spending——

"Isn't this guy embezzling public funds?"

In short, after some investigation, the information in the accountant's hands was sent to Countess Belindel's desk. As for the piece of information that was sold, it was naturally "recovered" by the loyal maid, Miss Matilda.

"One week before the businessman's death, an accountant who came home late from working overtime discovered that his neighbor's house had lights on in the hallway at night. Curious, he stood at the door of the neighbor's house for a moment, and then heard a voice coming from the hall behind the door. From the sound of conversation, the door panel of the apartment is obviously not soundproof."

Shade, who was holding little Mia in the carriage, recalled the clues:

"The businessman and the man he called 'Mr. Guillot' were discussing the payment method for a business. The accountant did not hear the specific transaction. He only knew that Mr. Guillot wanted to pay the businessman 20 kronor, which was about 250 pounds. Of course, ordinary Rhodes cards do not have such a high price, but if they are precious playing cards, and there is more than one. The dead businessman originally wanted to sell the cards to the underground casino, but his neighbor heard that he had Other trading partners, so the merchant wouldn’t have sold those three cards to multiple targets before he died, and then ran away thinking about getting the money?”

Shade felt that he had touched the truth.

Who "Mr. Gilot" is needs to be investigated by Shade himself. He is currently taking a carriage to the residence of the dead businessman to look for clues. Nothing in the apartment had been touched after the businessman's death. The police department also knew that it involved the Mafia gang and some nobles, so there was no conclusion yet.

Shade originally thought that this was another opportunity for him to use his "break-in" skills. After sneaking into the house, he might be able to find the contact information of "Mr. Gilot".

But I didn't expect that when I got off the carriage on Elm Street, I saw the door of the house at No. 7 Elm Street, which was supposed to be sealed, open. The seal on the door was obviously torn open deliberately. Shade could even see that one end of the seal was still stuck to the wall and swayed in the wind:

"Don't run around for a while."

Shade patted the cat's little head on his shoulder, and the latter meowed obediently. After paying the fare, he confirmed that he was still wearing the witch's eyeshadow, then touched the pistol on his waist, then held the hat on his head and walked over.

Elm Street is not a very affluent neighborhood, and the apartments facing the street are not houses like Saint Teresa Square. Although the apartment is on three floors, the area on each floor is very small, and you can see everything inside almost from the door.

When Shade came to the door, he saw three men rummaging through the house. They turned over it so carefully that Shade even coughed before the three of them turned to look at him.

One has a tattoo on his neck, one has an eyepatch over one eye, and one has an obvious scar on his face, which makes them not look like good people.

"roll."

The tallest man with a scarred face said to the stranger with a dog squatting on his shoulder. Shade pointed to himself hesitantly, then took another step inward and closed the door behind him:

"I'm sorry, I also wanted to come here to find something."

The three of them then stood up from where they were rummaging for things, clasped their fingers and shook their wrists, and walked towards Shade with rather unkind expressions. Shade thought for a while, and finally did not touch the pistol. Instead, he twisted his shoulders and flicked his wrist, and walked towards them:

"Let's just say it first, I won't cover the medical expenses."

Shade stretched out his hand to deflect the first fist that hit him, and then kicked the scar-faced man to the ground. Then the left and right hands simultaneously grasped the fists of the other two people, broke their wrists with a click, pulled the two people and bumped into each other, they screamed and held their hands like unsteady dolls. His wrist fell to the ground.

After such a friendly exchange of fists and kicks, the three people who claimed to be the Black Hand Gang were beaten to the ground by him. Shade sighed, knelt down and said to them:

"I'll ask you to answer, otherwise it won't just be your wrist that's broken."