Whispering Verse

After agreeing to the transaction price, seeing Xia De's expression was wrong, Old John said again:

"This price actually doesn't take much advantage of you. I can even give you a new cane for free, so that everyone will be evened out."

He pointed to the one hanging behind Shad as a decoration on the shop wall, the top of which looked like a lion's head. The dust on this thing makes it look like an antique:

"I can guarantee that even if you go to other places to ask the price, it won't be better than this... Come take care of my business next time, and I can give you a little discount."

Shard stared at him, and old John Jones smiled and took out ten one-pound notes from the biscuit box under the counter:

"You can think carefully."

After a few arguments, Shade finally took twelve pounds five shillings, a new walking stick, and a "membership" to Old John's Pawnshop.

With enough money in hand to pay the debt owed this month, Xia De has basically solved all the problems he has encountered since he came to this world. A new life is beckoning to him, and he is full of hope for the future. So when I went home at noon, I packed meals in the restaurant and shared the food with my foster cat, Miya.

Of course, only feed your cat what it can eat.

Xia De found that detectives may be regarded as home-based occupations. He did not go out on Thursday and Friday, but just stayed at home to read books, but he did not feel that his career development was restricted at all, which made Xia De very satisfied with his career choice .

The two-day study is also considered very effective, and Xia De has a basic understanding of all 19 compulsory courses. As for the learning of thaumaturgy and spells, [Perception of Time] could not be carried out due to insufficient materials, and [Syndia's Silver Moon Gift] was affected by the cloudy nights these days and could not continue.

The thaumaturgy of [Moon Shadow Illusion] was mastered by Xia De, and the night when the moonlight was obscured was a good opportunity to learn this thaumaturgy. As requested, he lay flat on the floor of the dark living room, with his head facing the window.

Covered his face with the piece of silk cloth embroidered with the unknown old sacred emblem given by the academy, and then induced Little Miya to jump over his face. After the cat jumped over the face, keeping the lower body still and sitting up with the upper body, the silk cloth was naturally oxidized and corroded, and Xia De also learned this thaumaturgy.

Silver Moon in occultism also has the meaning of "protector of cats". Fortunately, there is a cat fostered by the client at home, otherwise Xia De would have to find the cat by himself.

Although the above steps are very strange, [Moon Shadow's Illusion] was mastered by Xia De in this way. Unlike the unconditional casting of [Silver Moon Slash], the illusion must be cast at night, but it does not require casting materials.

"Try it."

He turned on the gas lamp, summoned the life ring with anticipation, and used the illusion to the maximum extent.

But as the aura of the core rune flickered, all he could do was to create a thin silver mist in the room, slightly restricting his vision. At most, this would confuse a low-intelligence creature like Miya, but it might be very difficult to affect people.

He still needs more practice and increasing his understanding of 【Silver Moon】. On the contrary, the orange cat, Mia, was terrified by this strange sight after being confused by the hazy silver mist for a while. After the silver mist dissipated, he immediately fell to Xia De's feet. Xia De hugged the cat and comforted it for a while before it stopped being agitated.

This is a kitten that is not very courageous, but Xia De likes it very much. If there is no news about its original owner, Miss Gao De, then Xia De is willing to adopt this cat.

"It's also good to have a cat at home, at least you don't have to be afraid of mice."

This is what he thinks before going to bed.

But early Saturday morning, an unexpected letter declared that Shade's idea of ​​"taking the cat" was impossible.

It was a reply letter from Ms. Mia Gould, the original owner of the orange cat, Mia Gold. She had received a message from Detective Hamilton. When she learned that the orange cat had been found, she also knew that Sparrow Hamilton had died. De Hamilton was running the firm.

But this rather wealthy lady told Gothe in the letter that she would not be able to cross half of the kingdom in the near future and go to Tobesk to take Mia away. And she is also worried about transporting cats by mail.

Therefore, Ms. Mia Gold once again entrusted the young successor detective to continue to take in and take care of Mia. She will find time to go to Tobesk as soon as possible, but it will definitely be half a year later.

Miss Gold's family has had some changes, and she needs to deal with troublesome family affairs.

In addition to letters, Miss Gold also sent Xia De 10 pounds in cash through the account of the post office by remittance. She hoped that the young detective would not criticize the naughty orange cat, but treat it as kindly as possible.

"Miss Gaode really trusts me? Could it be that old lady in the neighborhood who sent her a letter describing my reliability? Also, why do you think you are naughty?"

Xia De was sitting on the sofa with "Detailed Explanation of Herbs in the Northern Region of Pangea" in one hand, while touching the orange cat lying next to him with the other hand. The cat squinted its eyes, shook its beard and gave a soft "meow" to express its comfort. This should be regarded as the most obedient cat Xia De has ever met.

"Did I pick up the wrong cat?"

He thought in surprise, but this cat was really Mia.

The 10 pounds from the cane and the 10 pounds from Miss Gothe made Xia De, who was still a little bit tight, suddenly rich, but Xia De didn't plan to use the ten pounds, but saved them and spent them on Mia. He is a very principled person. If he does not urgently need money in his life, this large remittance should be used on cats instead of people.

This kind of behavior brought Xia De an inexplicable sense of self-satisfaction, so that when he received the second letter today, which is the gas bill, steam bill and water bill of this apartment, he was in a bad mood. It has not been affected much~www.readwn.com~ Now it is the end of June, and these fees should be paid. But either Hamilton was so frugal that the three bills added up to less than seven shillings, a figure Shad was content with.

Because this afternoon was the study gathering time of Dr. Schneider's clinic, Xia De had lunch early and fed the cat, and wanted to leave as soon as possible, but the doctor's clinic was far away.

But before he went out, a visitor came.

It was a woman in her thirties who was almost as tall as Shard, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and took a carriage directly to the gate of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square.

She stepped on her high heels aggressively and climbed up the steps of the door, but when she saw a young man who opened the door, she was very surprised.

"You want Detective Sparrow Hamilton?"

Xia De asked in the same surprise.

"Yes."

The lady said, looking up and down at the young man who opened the door.

"Uncle Sparrow has passed away, and now I will do all his commissions. Are you..."

"Mary Lawrence."

He should have immediately realized who this was, but because he no longer planned to do that commission, Shade was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was Mrs. Lawrence, the one who commissioned to follow his husband's mistress "Mrs. La Soya" client.

It can be seen that although Mrs. La Soya regrets the death of Sparrow Hamilton, she is also dissatisfied, and expresses her distrust of the young detective in her words.

Shad didn't mind, because he was really not a detective to be trusted. But since the other party had already approached the door on his own initiative, he could only let the client enter the door first, and after the two parties were seated, handed her the report that the former detective had compiled.