Whispering Verse

The gas lamp at home is very bright, Mia the cat under the lamp is very cute, and Shade in the living room is also surprised.

Surprised, even if Mia stretched out her head to smell these metal plates, Shade didn't stop her.

There are two concave plates and two raised plates. The pattern of the one shilling note is extremely delicate and realistic. You can't feel the roughness of the metal when you rub it with your fingers. It has a unique feeling of civilization and steam industry.

"Um"

Shade felt that his whole body was hot and his back was itchy in the middle of the night, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead:

"This won't be"

Looking at the sides of the metal plates, all four were clearly engraved with the letters "Delarian Kingdom Mint - Top Secret". Below the letters was the coat of arms of the Cavendish family.

"Um"

Shade put down the four silver-gray metal plates in his hands, then covered his face and rubbed it twice:

"The Mint of the Kingdom of Drarion, this is probably the master plate used for printing banknotes."

[God's Gift Box] Giving a gift is a copy of an existing item, so even if Shade's guess is correct, there will be no news that important items from the mint are missing and criminals are wanted across the country.

Shade carefully looked at the item in his hand under the light, and then basically confirmed that this was the first 1850 edition, but this kind of thing was left in his hand, the standard master version of the shilling banknote.

This gift is quite a hassle.

"Although I really want more gold pounds, just give me the printed version and let me print it myself."

Not to mention that Shade was not so poor that he would take such a big risk to make counterfeit money. Even if he wanted to do so, he had no idea what the material of banknote paper was.

"So, this thing is completely unusable. Can it be used as a table leg at home?"

Shade thought hesitantly, and then pulled out the lying cat that had jumped into the [God's Gift Box] at some point.

He looked at the four metal plates on the sofa:

"It would be a pity to destroy it, and this is a gift from God. It would be impolite to destroy it rashly. Then, why not give it to someone else? I can't keep this. Even if it is not discovered, I can't think about it all day long. I feel good that Leziya will be able to return to Tobesk soon and give this to her as a gift after returning from the trip. This should be considered a surprise, but is the printing master of the coin a suitable gift for the girl?"

Miss Carina did not consider that she would definitely pay a big price to buy these things, because Shade was really worried that the witch would use the master plates printed with these banknotes to cause trouble.

Shade believes that Miss Carina is such a person.

After thinking of a way to solve these difficult "gifts", Shade put the [God's Gift Box] and the four printed plates back behind the basement wall, and then carried the cat through the dark stairs back to the second floor. building.

The stranger likes the sound of his shoes on the stairs, because it reminds him that the big house under his feet belongs entirely to him.

"Well, Lesia will probably like it."

But in short, Shade didn't plan to tell anyone that he got this thing, not even Dorothy. After all, these four printing plates are, in a sense, more dangerous than relics. Once it spreads and is obtained by someone who really understands its use, it will cause big trouble for the country, and Shade's peaceful life will no longer exist.

"But the requirements for this gift are very simple."

Last week I was doing laundry for others, and this week I was going outdoors to feed stray cats twice in a week. This is not complicated for Shade. He has cat food at home, and there is no shortage of stray cats in a city like Tobesk.

"Still avoid Mia though."

If the cat, which has been getting smarter lately, found out that Shade had taken away its rations to feed the cats outside, it would probably faint from anger.

"All in all, it was another pretty magical Monday."

This was the last thing Shade thought before he turned on the gas lamp at his desk, took off the cap of his pen, removed the cat from the paper in front of him, and started writing his own investigator's report.

(Dorothy is working on the manuscript)

When I woke up early Monday morning, the sky outside was foggy, and it was hard to tell whether the weather was good or if it was going to rain.

The pen on the table reflects even fainter light in the faint morning light, while the owner of the pen stretches himself and prepares to start a new week.

The report submitted to the college last night has been answered. Professor Garcia seemed to be frightened by the first key, so he stayed up late waiting for Shade to deliver the report. He finished all the follow-up tasks of this investigation overnight and gave the approval of the investigation report.

Because the report was well-written and Shade did not write about encountering God, the professor gave Shade a reward of 5 practical credits according to the ordinary poet-level key. 3 credits are the basic reward for the investigation, and 2 credits are the reward for Shade giving information about the "Dreadfort" and Mr. Riddle's life.

The history academy will conduct a more in-depth investigation on Mr. Riddle and the Dreadfort in the future. Professor Garcia thought that this was not what Shad was doing, so even if he was not in danger, in order to fill in the gaps in history, this matter had to be investigated.

As for Shade himself, the most important thing for him today is not to find out about Mr. Riddle's life, but to buy himself some new furniture.

After all, the house is going to be renovated starting this week.

Shade has contacted Dawn Church, and they will help connect the stairs from the second floor to the third floor during this period, which is what the church originally promised. The workers who will inspect the specific damage on the third floor and carry out construction work will probably come to No. 6 St. Teresa Square after 10 a.m. together with people from the church.

Before they came, Shade went out to buy some furniture for himself. He was not pursuing high-quality handmade furniture. If he hadn't already had some savings, he would have gone to Old John to find some bargains.

But Xia De had just changed his clothes, and when he was thinking about whether to take the lazy cat out with him, he felt the badge on his chest getting slightly warm:

"Oh? My badge is heating up. There must be a witch nearby."

Before he could look for it, there was a knock on the door downstairs, and outside was Miss Tifa Servit arriving in a carriage.

Seeing Shade opening the door, looking like he was about to go out, the black-haired maid who got out of the carriage asked hesitantly:

"Mr. Hamilton, did I interrupt your arrangements?"

"of course not."

Shade shook his head hurriedly and invited her in:

"I just went out and wanted to buy some furniture."

When going upstairs with the maid, Shade briefly introduced the upcoming construction of this house. Miss Servit nodded to show that she understood. As for the purpose of her coming here, Miss Carina wanted to know from Shade what happened in the Prophet's Association last Friday afternoon.

"What happened to the Prophet Association? The princess was injured."

If it weren't for the impressive reward given by Princess Agelina afterwards, Shade would have even forgotten about it:

"Is there anything wrong with this? I think my findings won't be wrong."

Although he was confused, he recounted what happened that day in detail. During this period, the black-haired maid said nothing. After he finished speaking, she whispered:

"Do you know the identity of the 'murderer' who was 'discovered by the cat'?"

"have no idea."

"She is Prince Saxe's lover."

Shade recalled the age of the girl in the blue skirt and couldn't help but frown. Princess Agelina is now sixteen years old, and most of her friends are of a similar age. Even though he knew that this world and this era were different from his hometown, Shade couldn't help but feel ill-will towards the prince who broke into Yodel Palace with weapons:

"So, what's going on."

"The naive girl was coaxed into committing ridiculous crimes in order to save her lover."

Tifa said, wanting further explanation, but Shade already understood completely:

"In this kind of political turmoil, people who don't understand anything but are still involved are most likely to be used as guns."

"You seem to understand."

The maid asked with a smile, and Shade immediately shook his head:

"No, no, I don't understand anything. Don't tell me anything else. I don't want to know anything."

The smile on her face became even brighter:

"You really understand. Please don't explain. I will tell the lady your description."

As he stood up, Shade also stood up and prepared to send her downstairs, but the maid glanced around and asked again:

"Mr. Hamilton, how much furniture are you missing? Please make a list and it will be delivered to you this afternoon."

"No no, how could I"

"There are a lot of spare furniture in the manor, and it takes up space in the basement. Besides, a small house like yours doesn't use much furniture. Even if I don't mention it, the lady will prepare furniture for you after hearing about it. Although I shouldn't It’s up to you to judge the relationship between you and the lady, but even when facing a beautiful lady, the lady will rarely take the initiative to kiss her forehead.”

Shade was actually more curious about whether Miss Carina had kissed the forehead of the beautiful maid in front of him, but he controlled his doubts very well. As for the furniture, I thought about it and refused again:

"Please thank Miss Carina for me, and of course, thank you too. As for the furniture I am missing"

He was thinking about the specific amount, and the black-haired maid suggested:

"Why don't you take me to walk around the house, I'll confirm the size of the room and the decoration style you like, and I'll prepare the furniture for you."

Sometimes, Shade really envied Miss Carina for having such a professional maid.

The maid's unexpected visit saved Shade the time of going to the lumber market in the lower city north of the city to look at furniture. After seeing her off, and seeing that there was still some time before ten o'clock, Shade took the cat to the Dawn Church to visit Priest August.

The "angel potion" on the priest's side has not been finished yet, but he knew that Shade wanted the church's construction team to help pick up the stairs today, so he asked:

"Speaking of which, do you need a supervisor?"

"Overseer?"

Shade didn't understand the meaning of this word for a moment.