Whispering Poems.

Chapter 34 The Lady Behind the Door

"Shad Hamilton, now a detective. Good evening, ma'am, and salute."

Xia De pondered his own words and tried to speak properly.Before knowing the purpose of the other party, it is the correct way to cooperate with the speech.Also, he was really sorry for what happened just now, and even that couldn't be entirely his fault.

"I repeat, don't laugh. I know it was my indiscretion, and I'll learn my lesson."

he said in his heart.

"However, I know that being able to understand all languages ​​is definitely not a good thing in this world. Be sure to remember this lesson."

Xia De thought in his heart, the woman quickly adjusted her mood and continued to speak, and the tone became soothing:
"Detective, it's not a big deal to come to you rashly. The Dark Box was just an accident, and I want to know from you where the statue is."

"Sorry, what did you say? Statue?"

Xia De, who was still strengthening his impression of the incident just now, was surprised, but what he said out of his mouth showed doubts. He really thought that he had an excellent talent for acting.

"The statue of blood, or the statue of the old god Vampire Duke Laurel, where is it?"

The woman's voice has completely regained its composure, as if she was talking to Xia De about the weather tonight, but the pressure caused by the cold voice is no less than before:
"One Ring Warlock, you don't have to lie. The spells you used on the first and second floors just now smelled too bloody.

But you are very clean, so I think you should not be a believer of the old god, nor a member of the [Mercury Blood] organization that holds the statue.

Since it is a ring warlock. The Church of the Righteous God?No, you're not like a believer in God. But you seem to be doing your job in a formal thaumaturgical school?Since you were so careless just now, I think you should be a correspondence ring warlock who is newly admitted to an unknown school.Better that way, the Correspondence Ring Warlock has no loyalty to the Academy. "

She seemed to know the Correspondence Ring Sorcerer very well, but without giving Shad a chance to speak, she said softly:
"It doesn't really matter. I don't care who you are, and I don't want to find out if you have any secrets. Now, detective, tell me, where is the statue of the old god?"

Xia De looked at the hidden door in surprise, but understood that the more calm he was at the moment:

"Ma'am, I don't know exactly what you're talking about, and you know I'm just a link."

Today Tobeske is also foggy. When he touched the statue in the alley, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to see it. He never thought that anyone could smell the blood after he touched the statue.You know, even [Echo of Blood] can't see any traces on him.

This should have been just a simple commission, and in theory, only at a close distance can one feel the fluctuations of the spirit and the gathering of elements.In the doctor's notebook, there was no mention of someone being able to smell the traces of specific spells accurately across the two ceilings.

Xia De knew that he had really met a great person, but at least he was not someone from [Blood of Mercury].

"Is the other party a believer of the hostile god of the old blood god?"

He could only make such a guess for the time being.

"I have special spirit runes, and I'm very sensitive to the power of the old gods, so don't panic. Detective, do you need me to stress my question again?"

The temperature in the room seemed to be colder. Shade shook his head. He knew that the other party could see him through a door, so he said:

"No, no need, I did touch the statue of the old god Vampire Duke Laurel, just today."

"That's fine, even if you don't want to say where you are, I think I can find out where you are today. But we can save some time, can't we?"

asked the woman behind the door, her voice with some pleasant emotion, anticipating the detective's answer, and trusting that the detective would not disappoint her.

Shade frowned and thought for a moment:
"Then ma'am, may I treat this as... you entrust me to find the statue that contains the remnants of the old god?"

It's not that he is addicted to the role-playing game of detectives, but tentatively asking whether the other party wants to take it for nothing or trade it.Although he was sorry for accidentally causing the relic to get out of control just now, it did not mean that he was willing to hand over something of great value.

And the situation is better than Shad thought:
"Of course it can be entrusted. I have always advocated fair trade. Besides, you and I have no grudges. Except for the matter just now. If it is possible, there is no problem in doing it in the form of a transaction. Then, detective, how much do you need for the entrustment fee? Please say Come up with a number. And after this transaction, the thing that the relic got out of control just now, even if it didn't happen, I won't care. "

The possibility of getting rich immediately is in sight, and the woman inside the door doesn't seem to be joking.A noble woman and a high-ring warlock, these two labels combined are enough for Xia De to imagine how wealthy the other party is.

Shade resisted the temptation of money and stopped imagining that he was in the study with the gas lights turned off, counting a stack of coins by the light of the lamp on the desk.

He has more important things:
"The statue is in the alley diagonally opposite the Silver Parrot Milk Distribution Company, and on the right side of the entrance is an old bookstore. Entering the end of the alley, in the blind corner of the pipe and the wall is the location of the statue, but you need a mantra, recite a paragraph of six A syllable of incantation makes the statue appear. This is my sincerity, I don't want money."

Not wanting money is a lie, but it can also be a truth.As for telling such important information immediately, this is a means. Xia De believes that the other party can find this position by looking for his own traces, so speaking in advance can win goodwill:
"I want to exchange the position of this statue and the manifest spell for the power I can use. It doesn't have to be an equivalent exchange, as long as I can use it."

The statue must not be kept, and Shade didn't intend to hold such a dangerous item by himself. He didn't even have the ability to take the statue away.So appropriate flexibility, in exchange for greater interests, is the best way.

The lady behind the door was right. There was no difference between trading the statue to the Academy and trading it to her.Shade remembered the repeated emphasis of the doctor and Miss Writer that they were only correspondence classes and had no specific relationship with the Academy.

Therefore, he would not consider himself trading that statue to others as a betrayal of the Academy.Moreover, Xia De also wanted to make up for the fact that the relics were out of control. Trading with such a reasonable and powerful person, it would be beneficial for the future to suffer a little loss for the first time.

(End of this chapter)