Whispering Verse

"Good morning, Tifa."

Seeing that it was the black-haired maid, Shade also smiled. After accepting the invitation and boarding the carriage, I discovered that there was no Miss Carina in the carriage, but there were three other ladies.

One looks younger and is one of Miss Carina's personal maids, but an ordinary person. The other two are the sorceresses around Miss Carina, both in the middle ring. Because they all knew Shade and knew the relationship between Shade and Miss Carina, they all nodded to him cautiously.

"Tifa, why are you here? Are you doing something for Miss Carina?"

This is Shade's problem.

"The lady sent me to purchase an antique. Because it is very important, I must do it..."

Tifa said, and the carriage continued to drive forward slowly:

"The Council has been searching for that antique for a long time, and the whereabouts were only found recently. What about you? Shade, what are you doing here? Detective commission?"

"No, no, it's not a commission, it's for a stone figurine. Isn't that what you're doing too?"

Although the maid was slightly surprised, she still smiled:

"The first two are related to you. This cannot be a coincidence, so the young lady believes that one day we will find out that the third one must also be related to you. Look, you really came to find this stone figurine. However, That stone figurine cannot be given to you, and the lady asked me to take it back."

"I don't want that stone figurine, I just want to see it."

"That's good, Miss, you don't need to find someone to translate. Then the emperors in the old days liked to write poems in older characters, which made translation a big trouble."

Shade once told Miss Carina that he could understand most ancient texts.

Now that Tifa appears, Shade no longer needs to infiltrate. The Duchess's methods were astonishing. Tifa and her team had a real transaction document in their hands. The dead Simil Pasolo had promised to sell dozens of antiques, including the stone figurine, to Miss Carina. So, Shade just follows Tifa.

The carriage stopped in the middle of the street, and Shade got off the carriage first. He walked up the steps and wanted to knock on the apartment door, but as soon as he raised his hand, he heard the quarrel coming from inside.

It was a man roaring, and because he spoke too fast, and through the door panel, Shade could only hear words like "property."

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he still reached out and knocked on the door hard several times.

The quarrel stopped immediately. After more than ten seconds, footsteps were heard from inside the door, and then the door was opened. The person who opened the door was a slightly tall maid in an apron who looked to be in her thirties.

She lowered her head and asked Shade and Tifa, who was getting off the carriage behind her, about the purpose of their visit. It could be heard in her tone that she had just cried.

"What's going on here?"

Although he was very curious, Xia De introduced himself first:

"I am Knight Hamilton of Rejed, and this is the personal maid of Miss Carina Cavendish, the Duchess of Saradir, Miss Servet and Miss Layla."

Tifa, who had already gotten off the carriage, nodded slightly, followed by the young maid. The two middle-circle sorceresses who were probably sent to prevent other situations did not get out of the car. They would wait nearby.

"Hello three of you!"

The maid who opened the door immediately wiped her eyes with her sleeve:

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

Tifa motioned for Shade to do the talking, so Shade cleared his throat:

"The Duchess had an agreement with Mr. Simil Pasolo through an intermediary. Mr. Simil Pasolo wanted to sell a batch of antiques to Miss Carina."

Shade took out the agreement. After the maid took it and checked it, she invited the three people in to talk.

There were two other people in the living room, one was a man in his forties who looked more elegant wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and the other was a woman about the same age as the former, with thick makeup on her face and a plump figure.

The maid introduced the three people who entered the door to these two, and then introduced them to the three Shads. They are the children of Mr. Simil Pasolo, who has passed away. The eldest is Bic Pasolo, who is married, and the one who is two years younger than him is Jenny Pasolo, who is still unmarried. .

Both Pasolos were well-dressed and looked like they were from their original families, at least not falling down the class ladder.

Shade sat down on the sofa with them, but Tifa and another maid stood behind him.

"So, we came here this time hoping to take away the antiques. Of course, we also brought the gold pounds stipulated in the contract."

The box of money is now being carried by the maid.

"There is no problem with the contract, and we are honored to be able to trade the Duchess of Saradir, but..."

Bill Pasolo showed some embarrassment on his face:

"But because of inheritance disposal issues, all the things left by my father cannot be moved now."

"What does this mean? Sorry, who is the heir? We can talk to him. The gold pound is not a problem."

Shade said.

"Of course the heirs are me and my sister!"

Bill Pasolo's voice suddenly rose, then he realized he was being disrespectful and apologized immediately.

"oh?"

Shade glanced at him suspiciously:

"Since it's you, why don't you have a specific will?"

"Yes, but in the will, my father left most of his property to her!"

Jenny Pasolo suppressed her anger and pointed at the maid who opened the door for the three of them. She was holding a saucer and wanted to come over. Seeing that she was mentioned, she stood there at a loss, her face flushed. I don’t know what to say.

Now Shade understood what the roaring sound he heard before knocking on the door was because of.

"Well, this maid must have taken care of Mr. Pasolo for a long time, right?"

"ten years."

The maid, still wearing an apron, said softly.

"You two, you probably don't visit Mr. Simil Pasolo very often, right?"

Shade asked again, Luvia mentioned this just now.

Bill Pasolo, who wears glasses, admits:

"None of us live in Tobesk, and we only come to see my father every summer and winter. Jenny and I are very grateful to Lina for being able to take care of my father for so long. If my father only left part of his property to her, we would all No objection. But, but”

He could no longer suppress his anger:

"My father gave her about 80% of his property in his will!"

After he finished speaking, he apologized again for his voice.

"Is that so, so you haven't clarified the ownership rights of these properties, so you can't hand over the antiques for the time being?"

Shade concluded, and the two Pasolos and the maid known as "Lina" nodded.

"Jenny and I are negotiating with Lina, hoping to properly handle the distribution of the inheritance. If there is no result, we will resolve it through law. The inheritance law of the Kingdom of Delarion may be able to help us."

But in Shade's opinion, since there is a will, it must be the maid Lina who holds the legal position. But the problem is that if you really want to resort to law, it will not be easy for a powerless ordinary maid to defeat two Pasolos who are middle-class or above.

Xia De has no intention of getting involved in other people's family affairs, but he also doesn't want to waste too much time here:

"If you have a will, you must act in accordance with it."

He said simply, and when Tifa nodded carefully behind him, he added:

"If the three of them need a lawyer, Miss Carina will not hesitate to help get justice."

The maid Linna looked at Shade with some gratitude, while the two Pasolos looked a little ugly:

"Mr. Hamilton, what do you mean?"

"How you write a will is how it should be done. Where is the will? Mr. Simil Pasolo, who did you leave these antiques to?"

"No, no, actually it was wrong for my husband to leave so much money to me. I just took care of him for a while."

The maid whispered. Seeing that there was still room for negotiation, Bic Pasuolo and Jenny Pasuolo immediately reconciled and agreed to hand over the batch of antiques today.

After all, no matter whose inheritance it is, it belongs to the three people present. As long as all three people agree to realize the antiques in the property division, the transaction contract can be fulfilled.

It seems that Mr. Bill Pasolo is really afraid that Miss Carina will hire a lawyer for the maid.

The next thing is simple. The antiques collected by Mr. Simil Pasolo have not been touched since his death. They are all in the collection room on the third floor. Five people went upstairs together to check and count the goods in the list.

But what surprised Shade was that all the antiques were there, but the stone figurine with the fragments of the poem was missing.

"That little stone figurine seems to have been buried with Mr. Pasuolo as a burial object."

The maid thought about it for a long time before saying this:

"This was my husband's decision before his death. He chose six antiques to be buried with him."

Bic Pasolo and Jenny Pasolo also knew this. There was a list of the funerary objects and they would not be falsified.

Shade then asked Tifa in a low voice for her opinion, and then said:

"If that's the case, it's really a pity, but in that case, Miss Carina can only lose one piece of her collection."

On the third floor, they handed over the antiques that were listed on the list just for cover. Before leaving, Shade made a new request:

"I want to talk to Miss Linna alone and ask something about Miss Black who lives on this street."

He introduced himself as a detective, and the Pasolos ducked for a while.

Shade, Tifa and the maid were talking in the living room, but this time it was Tifa who spoke:

"Although Knight Hamilton threatened them just now, after we leave, the will will probably not be recognized."

The maid in her thirties nodded sheepishly:

"It doesn't matter. I also know that it is difficult for them to accept this. I am willing to give up part of the property, but it is impossible to completely give up this gift."

"If you need anything, you can write to me and I can help you."

Tifa said again, and Shade nodded:

"Besides this matter, I am talking to you alone because I really want to ask about Miss Black. You live on the same street, so do you know her?"

"Yes, my husband and I are probably the most familiar people with her on this street. What do you want to know?"