Whispering Poems.

Chapter 4 The Detective's Delegated Task

"Now that we have a short-term goal, the current plan is to check the room in more detail, search for currency, search for city maps, and search for books. Understand the world through words, explore the background of the times and religious customs, and carefully adapt to this place. Whether you want to stay For the next three months, help detectives complete that matter, and then make plans when you know everything."

Shade summed up the current situation and accepted the fact that the detective was dead.The worst situation at present is not that there is a mystery in this world, but that there is no memory of any original owner, so I don't know anything about this world. Other than that, the status quo is not bad.

Standing up, Shade walked towards the bathroom.

There is something wrong with the gas light in the bathroom, even if it is adjusted to maximum power, it can only emit weak light.

Looking at the person in the mirror in this light, he has dull blond hair, brown black eyes, and a male face of obvious Western race. He is about 20 years old, and his expression seems a little nervous. He is around 1.8 meters tall.

After all, he used to be a homeless person, so his appearance is not particularly outstanding, but in terms of Xia De's own aesthetics, it can be regarded as not bad.

"This is me, don't be frightened by strangers in the mirror in the future."

He warned himself to be careful in his heart, but he did not leave the mirror immediately, but cautiously looked around before calling in a low voice:
"Hey, hello, are you still there?"

He tried to communicate with the muttering woman's voice again to determine what the other party was.But there was no result for a long time, and I could only accept the reality and give up temporarily.

The next step is to look for currency. I didn't find any food when I searched the kitchen just now, and this body is obviously hungry, so I need to temporarily forget about other troubles and get money to eat.

But the accident happened again. About half an hour later, Xia De sat back on the sofa in the warm yellow light with an indescribable panic on his face.

In his hand was a note with the number 10 written on it. The note had many creases and stains and was smaller than the cards in the diary.The number side has the portrait of the character, and the reverse side is the coat of arms of the current royal family of Delarion.

After searching the whole house, rummaging through all the books and documents, and digging out all the pockets in the closet, Shade actually only found this note that seemed to have slipped in accidentally in the gap behind the bookshelf.

"Could it be that the world's prices are so special that this single note can keep me alive for three months?"

Even though he comforted himself with such a joking method, he knew that it was impossible no matter how he thought about it.

"This is bad."

He leaned back slightly, leaned himself on the back of the sofa, closed his eyes and looked up at the white ceiling:

"Mr. Hamilton, where did you hide the money? I promised to stay, so you won't leave me a penny."

Even though he was terrified, he really wanted to catch up with the carriage that was pulling the coffin at the moment, shake the dead body in the coffin and question him.

If you don’t speak the language, you can be smart enough to survive; if you are physically disabled, as long as you live bravely, survival is not a problem.But without money, it is completely impossible.

Mr. Spike Hamilton apparently did not cook at home in the past, and there was not a single leaf of vegetable in the kitchen, so there was no rat carcass.He didn't know when Shade's body last ate, but he obviously needs to eat now.

Considering the limits of human beings, Shade must immediately find a way to find money, or find a way to make money, otherwise he is likely to be forced to look for restaurants from the map and to the alley outside the restaurant after the sun goes down to find a dumpster to try his luck.

"no, I can not."

He looked at the only banknote in his hand with a terrifying expression, his gloomy face was like the sky outside:

"Although I don't know the face value, it's at least money. There are also the [Sun 3] cards in the diary, which can keep me alive. However, since I can't find money for the time being, I must consider long-term ways to make money."

The knowledge of travelers may be very valuable, but realizing knowledge in unfamiliar places is not only troublesome but also dangerous, not to mention that there are mysterious powers in this world itself.

He thought that this was a detective agency, and Mr. Hamilton seemed to have said before his death that he had left some safer tasks, so that the "brainless" Shade could maintain his identity as a detective and maintain the detective agency. .

Since no coin of the dead detective has been found for the time being, we must prepare for the worst and consider the means of making a living in the future.

"Speaking of this, Mr. Hamilton knows that Shad - the original Shad, is not very intelligent, so the task left must be simple, so as to maintain the operation state of the detective agency. Therefore, maybe he has already solved it. For those cases, I only need to come and collect money! Although there are mysteries in this world, at least the life of ordinary people is the mainstream."

Shade got inspiration, got up and took the diary in the shadow from the bedside table in the master bedroom, and found the ledger, memorandum and work log as the detective's relics from the study.Although no money was found just now, these things were found.

Detective Sparrow Hamilton is a very organized and rigorous person. Even if Shard has never studied accounting or business administration, he still thinks that his detailed records of the firm's operations are touching.Of course, it was mainly Xia De who was moved, because the cases that the firm had not yet solved were really simple, and most of them had been completed.

"Looking for Miss White's runaway sister, stalking Mr. Lawrence's mistress, looking for the lost orange cat Mia, inquiring about a doctor who can treat eye problems. It all seems simple and not very dangerous. Oh, Mr. Hamilton Most of it has been dealt with. If I want to stay and run this place, two or three weeks will be enough to completely solve one thing.”

Shard concluded while flipping through Mr. Hamilton's handwritten report.But now what he needs is not to run the detective agency for a long time, but to get a sum of money first to maintain a short-term livelihood.

After comparing the remaining difficulty of the four things, the payment method and the amount of the reward, Shade decided to solve the commission of "following Mr. Lawrence's mistress" first.

Judging from the case report, detective Hamilton has been following for several months, but only recently stopped following his poor health.In fact, the current report can be handed over to the employer to settle the remaining amount.But Mr. Hamilton left a note in the report, specifically to take care of Shard's lack of literacy, all of which are simple words.

The note said that if you intend to complete the commission, it is best to submit it with recent records, so that the pay may be higher, and the employer will not be suspicious.

That is to say, Shade can complete the commission with just one more follow-up.Although this is not a perfect completion, it at least meets the requirements of the employer, that is, Mr. Lawrence's wife, and is enough to get the balance of the entrusted money marked "1 pound 7 shillings", which is 1 pound 4 shillings make.

Judging by the tone of the detective's notes, that's quite a sum of money.

The reason for choosing this commission is not only the remuneration, but also the commission of helping his wife catch his mistress. Detective Hamilton has dealt with it too many times.Sparrow Hamilton isn't a well-known big detective either, but he's very good at handling extramarital affairs investigations.

Shade didn't want to stay in this horrible house where people just died, drinking cold water and eating paper, so he prepared to set off to investigate and try to deliver the report to his employer before dusk.

"No problem, pass this commission first, get the first money, and then slowly explore the secrets of the dead detective, figure out the source of the voice in his head, and everything will be fine!"

He encouraged himself in his heart. First, he found the city map. According to Detective Hamilton's relic report, combined with the calendar on the wall, he deduced the possible location of the mistress named "Mrs. La Soya".These are easy jobs, and the most difficult step is finding the current location in that "Map of Tobesque City".

There are many annotations on the office map of Tobesque, left by the former detective, and even the location of the tavern where he used to snoop on news and the location of the black market where "sensitive things" are traded.

But the original detective didn't have the habit of marking his home on the map.Fortunately, when Shade rummaged through the information, he found a past tracking record with the action route of the operation, so it was determined that the location of this apartment was located in the St. Deland Square in the center of Tobesque City. number 6.

"Thanks to Detective Sparrow Hamilton for the meticulous record. This is... a house on the square next to the city center, eh? How much should this kind of house cost?"

Shade said unexpectedly, and at the same time, he discovered a palace complex called "Yordle Palace" just two blocks away from Saint Derain Square.

And judging from the crumpled newspaper, on the front page of the news of "The Third Round of Steam Pipeline Reconstruction in the City", and the second page between the three pages of "Investigation Report on the Collapse of Ancient Towers on Mount Karas", it mentioned that "Yordle Palace" is the residence of the royal family of the de la Rion.

In Xia De, who had no house in the original world, the beating of his heart suddenly accelerated, and his panic and tension were even dissipated by a momentary surprise.

He looked at the document in his hand and muttered to himself:

"That is to say, my current location is one of the two suspected kingdoms in the world, the capital city of the Kingdom of Delarion, and it is an apartment next to the central square. I actually have such a house, and I need to Worried about starving to death?"

The mood that had been suppressed from just now suddenly loosened, but the house could not be realized immediately, and Mr. Hamilton's three-month commission, Shade did not intend to really give up.At least stand on your feet, and then think about it.

But at least there was a very genuine smile on his face instead of a nervous look.With a house in this area in hand, there is no need to worry about the smile on his face gradually disappearing in the future. Xia De realized that he had even looked up the will just now, but he did not look up the title deed or the like.

"This apartment is not for rent, is it?"

The more I think about it, the more likely it is that if I can afford a house in this area, I wouldn't even need to open a detective agency, and the rent would be enough to support myself.Even if the detective's original business was not just to make money, from the interior decoration, this does not seem to belong to the detective Hamilton's own house.

"That means I will most likely have to pay an unspecified amount of rent each month?"

Shade came to this conclusion inexplicably, and looked at the calendar hanging on the living room wall again.

It's the Sunshine Moon of 1853, the third Saturday in June.If you do have to pay rent, it is very likely that you will pay at the beginning of each month.

"This world is also a December system, and the date of each month is very similar to the previous one. Otherwise, I'd better run, packing clothes, pulling a suitcase, carrying a bucket, and starting this mysterious world as a tramp Not only is there no income from the trip here, but maybe Mr Hamilton has debts that I don't know about."

　PS: The contract has been sent, so it will be updated twice a day from today.3:2AM, [-]K; [-]:[-]PM, [-]K.Will add more in due time.New book, welcome support and criticism.

　　
　
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