Whispering Verse

When Shade took little Mia back to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. He changed his shoes in the foyer on the first floor, and when he walked up the stairs, he felt as if a century had passed since he last walked down the stairs.

Priest August placed all of Shade's belongings in his study. The [Silver Moon's Orb] was damaged due to yesterday's dream, and the clerical relic [Vampire Ring] was also transformed into ashes due to overestimating its ability to absorb God's power. dust.

The only relics that Shade currently possesses are the pages of the poem manuscript, the [Gear of Kindness] and the [Twenty-sided Dice of Destiny]. Even [Happy the Puppeteer's script] has completely lost its supernatural qualities because the pages have been used up.

Looking at the calendar on the wall, June, known as the "sunshine month", has passed. It's already July, a month known as the "Thunder Moon."

He sat on the chair behind the desk, looked at the items on the elegant desk, and summarized his gains and losses in the Lakeview Manor incident. Because of the invitation of Baron Lavender, I went to the open-air banquet at Lakeview Manor, and obtained the special Rhodes card [Ancient Fairy Tale·Match Girl], obtained the gun, and obtained divinity...

Hot steam surged out from behind him. He turned around and saw that on the rotating brass wheel, the silver blasphemous spiritual rune [Gluttony] was circulating around the body. This was Shade's first spiritual rune.

"I gained the divine afterglow state and [Gluttony]. The Ring Warlock upgrade requires one of each of the four runes, and now I can easily meet a quarter of it. Thinking about it this way, the gain last night far outweighed the effort."

he muttered.

Not only that, "Crazy Light Chaser" has a high probability of bringing him an enlightening elemental rune related to the concept of "light" within three months; and the mission of the ancient god [Father of the Infinite Tree] is also There is a miracle [Echo] waiting to be harvested. From this point of view, if you do not consider the word of sublimation, then he does not seem to be far away from the second ring, and he may even be promoted within a few months.

It's a pity that although the afterglow of divinity has appeared on Shade, it will take a week to unlock the key. It's only Monday now, and he has to wait until the early morning of Thursday.

But no matter how much he harvested at Lakeview Manor, it was something that happened under extremely special luck. He didn't think that kind of good luck would come to visit him again.

Besides the silver blasphemous rune [Gluttony], the biggest gain last night should be the understanding of Silver Moon. Although it was impossible for him to recreate that kick hanging upside down in front of the silver moon, Xia De had not forgotten the image of standing on the field ridge in his dream, looking up at the huge silver moon above his head.

"From this aspect, [Silver Moon's Orb] is considered to be a great value for money."

He was thinking about the [Relic] he had destroyed, and flicked his fingers in the air to try [Silver Moon Slash] again, but suddenly stopped. Now in the study, if anything here is destroyed, Shade will very sad.

He got up from the seat in the study, walked into the living room, opened the door to the corridor, and followed the stairs to the foyer on the first floor. Standing in the foyer, facing the layers of wooden boards that sealed the first floor.

With the sound of bells and whistles, a huge brass life ring behind him appeared in the steam.

He chanted ancient mantras in his mouth and lightly traced his fingers in the air.

As the dazzling silver light bloomed, an arc-shaped trace of light appeared in the sky. Then there was the sound of boards being smashed, startling little Mia who poked her head around the corner of the stairs on the first floor to see what Shade was doing. But this time the orange cat was not scared away. Instead, it held its tail between its legs and wondered whether it should "rescue" Shade.

The foyer itself was not that big, and Shade was also hit by the splattered wooden fragments. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, it was just a cut on the back of his hand.

"Um?"

As the board shattered, a brown object fell out from the gap behind the board. Shade looked in surprise at the heavy wallet under the gas light in the foyer.

"this......"

This is indeed a wallet, and it looks bulging. You can tell at a glance that it contains a lot of banknotes. Shade tightened his face and thought about his initial "big search":

"Speaking of which, I only thought that Room 1 on the second floor was the detective's legacy and didn't check the first floor at all... um..."

In fact, even if we searched the first floor, there is a high probability that we would not find it. This wallet is really well hidden.

He raised his head and glanced at the solid brick wall behind the three-layer wooden board, and picked up the wallet with his bleeding hand:

"That wooden board should be removable, so no one would think of hiding the wallet here, and it is very convenient to get money every time I go out. Detective Sparrow and the original owner should know this location, but I have not inherited the memory .”

Shade didn't know how he should feel for a moment. He was happy to finally find his wallet, but also shocked that the answer was so simple.

So I opened my wallet and checked, and found that it was indeed full of banknotes. After counting, there was a total of 28 pounds and 12 shillings, which was enough to maintain the operation of the office for three months and allow a single man with a small expense to live a good life.

"But the value of the cane must be more than 15 pounds, and the price of high-end black tea will not be low. This is the only inheritance left by Detective Sparrow. Isn't he deliberately calculating this money? Just enough for three months of normal expenses.”

Taking the wallet and walking up the stairs, I wanted to clean up the hall, summarizing my impression of Detective Sparrow in my mind:

"Extremely rigorous in his work, writing a diary every day, and keeping his accounts in order. He has strong detective skills, but some detective records are not true, and some clients have a bad impression of him. He has a good taste in black tea, expensive walking sticks, and likes to watch knights and wars. And palace-type novels... Although this image is much more three-dimensional, I still can’t tell what secrets he has.”

His footsteps suddenly stopped, causing the cat climbing the stairs in front of him to look back curiously. Shade narrowed his eyes slightly, but actually saw nothing:

"Wait a minute, if everything I experienced that night at Lakeview Manor was the result of luck, then do the things I didn't understand correspond to the things I didn't know?"

Among the many things at Lakeview Manor, the most incomprehensible ones were the information about the "Witch Council" heard at the stables, and the information about the spies of the United Kingdom of Carsonrik heard after breaking into the garden maze.

The "Witch Council" must have nothing to do with Detective Sparrow. After all, the detective is a man no matter what, and many parties have confirmed that he is indeed an ordinary person. On the contrary, Shade had some doubts that the information from the "Witch Council" pointed to "that lady" who was also present at the time.

As for spies——

"If you think about it this way, the identity of a foreign spy does indeed fit the setting of 'a man who hides huge secrets but is just an ordinary person.'"

He continued to climb the stairs while thinking about it. The cat couldn't wait to scratch the door on the second floor:

“Do things with the utmost rigor, the prudence of a spy;

Writing a diary every day is to disguise your identity and whereabouts as an ordinary citizen;

Keep your accounts organized so that you don’t leave clues to others, making it easier to falsify the source of funds;

The detective ability is very strong, which is in line with the characteristics of a spy;

The detective records are untrue and clearly cover up information while enhancing the persona of the average detective;

Some clients have a bad impression. He must have done unnecessary things outside of the commission, or used a gun;

Black tea has good taste and is his true hobby;

The expensive cane may be the only personal item he brought from his hometown and has souvenir value;

I like novels, maybe those novels are code books, but I can’t understand them..."

Shade opened the door for Mia, and the nocturnal cat immediately ran into the living room. He stood at the door and looked at the place where Mr. Sparrow lived. The moonlight passed through St. Teresa Square and shone into the living room from the window, but the light stopped when he reached his feet, leaving half of Shade's face at the door hidden in shadow:

"So, Sparrow Hamilton can't really be Kasenric's spy, right?"