Whispering Verse

So Shade spent the rest of the day on Monday accompanying Miss Carina. Although she only asked Shade to have dinner and watch the opera with her, in fact the two did not separate from that afternoon to ten o'clock in the evening.

It took some time to discuss the matter of Darkness. After dinner, in the box of the opera house, Shade heard that Miss Sylvie Aurora had left Coldwater Port City.

"Oh, I should go see her off."

Shade was a little annoyed, but the lady gave him a lot of help.

"Xiwei doesn't care about this, and if she still wants to see you, I can lead you into the parliament again."

Miss Carina said, seeing Tifa closing the door of the box, she said again:

"However, we will still investigate as to what your relationship is with the witch and the council."

"I'm actually very interested too."

Shade didn't care about this. He was looking at the box in the theater at this time. The space here was larger than he thought. If one side of the wall hadn't been cut open in half so that guests could see the theater stage below, it would have been more like a club's reception room.

The walls have gold striped wallpaper and the gas lamps are in the style of the Cavendish family crest. In addition to the coffee table and couch with tea and fruits, the room even had wardrobes and dressing tables that looked expensive.

This box located on the top floor of the Opera House is exclusively used by the royal family. Except for Miss Carina, the king, the queen, and a few important figures in the royal family, even Lesia cannot use it easily.

"Xiwei said, let me apologize to you on her behalf."

Miss Carina said again. Shade picked up the tea cup and wanted to taste what kind of tea it was. The cat huddled on Shade's shoulder and looked around to observe the environment. Shade planned to give it an apple and let it roll around.

"Why apologize?"

He asked absently, sipping the still warm cup of hot tea.

"She said that after you were knocked unconscious by throwing a sunshine gun in Coldwater Port, she checked your body with her hands to determine whether you were a man."

"Ahem"

Shade almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

But the liquid seemed to have entered the trachea, and he couldn't stop coughing. The maid immediately patted his back behind him.

After he stopped coughing, Xia De let go of his hand covering his mouth and asked in surprise:

"You just said, what did Miss Aurora do?"

"That's what you think. Check your body structure."

Miss Carina made an obscene gesture that was inconsistent with her status:

"She said she was not the sneaky kind of person, so she had to admit what she had done."

"Then why didn't she tell me face to face?"

Shade asked again.

"Detective, do you really want an upper-class lady to admit to her face that she has done such a thing? Even if we are witches, we still have a basic sense of shame."

the Duchess asked, looking down from Shade's face.

"Miss Carina, this kind of look is not what a lady from the upper class should have."

Shade accused, the duchess didn't care at all, but laughed:

"In my opinion, your whole body is my collection, so what does it matter? Didn't I say it before? If you can really please me, I don't mind."

Ask the black-haired maid to find someone outside to change the sofa cushions that were soaked by the tea:

"I don't mind trying it myself to see what you are."

Different from when she first met Shade when she mentioned this matter, she should be a little shy at this time, otherwise she wouldn't have sent her personal maid away before talking.

The name of today's opera is "The Revenge of the Prince". Although it is very similar to the classic play that foreigners know in their hometown, it is actually just an opera adapted from the famous knight novel of the past few years, and it is completely different from the story of the hometown.

The opera has five acts in total. Since Shade didn't know the original novel, he was still very interested in it. While watching the opera, someone actually came to visit Miss Carina in the box. After seeing Shade, they recognized him and shook hands with him.

Therefore, it was difficult for Shade to imagine what rumors would spread after this.

Of course, the visitors were not just here to see Miss Carina, Marquis Charles Grassley came to see Shade.

This marquis, who is in his forties and wears a top hat, a blue formal suit, and a beautiful mustache, is a friend of the old Duke Lucas who once played Rhodes with Shade. After hearing that Shade had the [Original] series of Rhodes cards in his hand, he always wanted to play a game with Shade.

Of course Shade didn't mind, but the witch who hated men didn't want others to delay her from watching the opera, so she asked Shade and the Marquis to play cards elsewhere.

The two were just playing a friendly match. Although they won and lost, at Shade's insistence, they did not use gold pounds as a bet. Of course, Shade won, and Marquis Grassley, who saw Shade draw Moon 9 [Devil Soul Stealer Bishop], was very excited to ask Shade after being allowed to view the card. Attending Queen Diana's birthday party at the end of this month.

"Although I haven't received the invitation yet, I think I will participate."

Shade said while gathering his cards, Miss Carina must have a way to make him attend.

"That's good. My friends and I have already gathered local Rhodes players at the banquet and plan to play a few games."

When Marquis Grassley said this, his eyes seemed to be shining.

"How about a card game at the Queen's birthday party?"

Shade asked hesitantly, but the Marquis waved his hand indifferently:

"Look what you said, knight, what's wrong with this? Queen Diana's birthday party is supposed to be for people to have fun, not to mention the Rhodes card involving special cards, which is a very elegant hobby, and ours This card game can also be regarded as a warm-up for the big city players next month."

The Marquis put away his deck, his expression became serious, and he stretched out his hand to Shade:

"Well, Knight Hamilton, we agreed that we must have a game on the day of the banquet. I didn't expect to meet you at the opera house today, so I didn't bring my special card, but on the Queen's birthday banquet, we have to use a special card. It’s a card game.”

Hearing the special cards, Shade also smiled. He planned to collect special cards and make up a whole deck of special cards:

"No problem, Marquis, I will bring [Original Silver Moon] with me when the time comes."

This is not two months ago. Shade is no longer the unknown detective in Tobesk, and he is not without the ability to protect himself. Therefore, he will not be too worried even if more people know about [Origin Silver Moon].

"It would be great."

The two held hands together. Although they were quite different in age and noble rank, as Tobesk's Rhodes players, they were qualified to compete equally.

Miss Carina did not comment on Shade's hobby of Rhodes cards. During the remaining time in the opera house, she only discussed the content of the opera with Shade and commented on the ridiculousness of the arty aristocrats in big cities like Tobesk. And laughed at Shade for knowing nothing about opera.

This is not an unreasonable accusation. Shade does know nothing. Not to mention that compared to Miss Carina, who has been exposed to it since she was a child, even the black-haired maid knows much more than him.

"Would you like me to hire some tutors for literature, etiquette, and mathematics?"

Miss Carina asked jokingly, and Shade immediately shook his head. He is very confident in mathematics. He can learn literature from Dorothy and learn etiquette by himself. There is no need to hire a teacher.

And when the opera ended, the carriage took Shade back to Saint Teresa Square. But Shade was not idle that night. He took advantage of the darkness and went to Coldwater Port again, and left a list of Dr. Schneider's materials at the Seven Broomsticks Tavern, asking the pub to help purchase it.

Shade will never forget what he promised his friends.

Tuesday is the time for Lesia to return to Tobesk, but the royal guard of honor will go to greet her. After that, Lesia needs to go to Yodel Palace to report her trip to Kasenlik to King Larousse III and accept a newspaper interview. , so Shade couldn't even think of seeing her alone in the past two days.

After having dinner early in the morning and leaving the cat to look after the house, Shade went to the Prophet Association to find Luvia and showed her the [Wish Coin]:

"Look at this! I've been wanting to do divination recently."

Shade smiled and handed the coin to Luvia. Luvia put on light makeup before going to work. In the hazy morning light, she looked extremely energetic.

"[Wish Coin], did you acquire this from Coldwater Port?"

She twirled the coin and examined it.

"No, it was given to me by Miss Carina."

"That witch?"

The purple-eyed girl put down the coin again and looked at Shade with uneasy eyes:

"Shad, what price did you pay this time?"

"nothing."

He didn't want to say that he had dinner and watched the opera with Miss Carina.

Luvia showed an even more uneasy expression:

"You really sacrificed too much for us."

"No, no, it's really nothing."

"But witches have a bad reputation, and they are famous for liking women and hating men. Sorry, Shade, you really have paid too much for us."

Shade didn't know what Luvia thought he had paid, but asking him to explain this series of things was too cumbersome, so he simply bypassed the topic:

"I want you to use this coin for divination."

"What is the divination? Is it the location of Ivan Darkness? Or is it the [Dark] Chosen One ceremony? But I'm afraid one coin is not enough."

Luvia asked as she flipped her hair and played with the coins absentmindedly.

"No, no, Miss Carina has already told me the location of Darkness. The Witch Council also has very powerful diviners. Don't look at me like this. I really didn't pay anything. I want you to divine how to get it. Relic [Demon Hunting Seal].”

Shade talked about his experience when he met Mr. Riddle for the second time, and then talked about the potion and the seal:

"Currently Darkness has three problems, his six-ring warlock level, the demon that absorbs negative emotions, and the [Darkness] talent. Among them, the [Darkness] talent is suppressed by Iluna's [Balance]. Although the power of the Sixth-ring is stronger than We are strong, but within the range that can be expected. Only the devil is the most unstable factor. Even though I have obtained a tube of treasured potion to fight against the devil, I still cannot guarantee that we can deal with the devil."

Luvia nodded:

"Have you got the [Weak Angel Potion] you mentioned last time? It's really fast, but I really haven't heard of this potion, nor have I heard that there is such a powerful potion in Tobesk. Grandmaster."

After taking the test tube handed over by Shade and examining it, Luvia almost immediately noticed the rich miraculous elements and spirit in it.

She raised her eyebrows:

"Your analysis is correct, so the biggest trouble right now is fighting against the human pus demon. Yes, I can use this coin for divination. But Shade, divination is not omnipotent, and divination is not a wish-making technique. You need to give me more Detailed requirements, the more detailed information you provide, the more details a coin can divine.”