Shade and Baron Lavender met in the study of the detective agency. Shade handed the cards to the Baron. The middle-aged man with a beautiful mustache almost seemed to be trembling as he took the cards:
"You are finally back in my hands."
The Baron is probably one of those senior Rhodes fanatics.
However, due to the request of the other party in the Lakeview Manor gambling game, namely Baron Rwanda, for the sake of face, this card cannot be held by Baron Lavender now. So he tested Shade's intention and determined "Integrity"
After the "kind" detective had no intention of possessing this card, he signed a detective commission agreement with Shade.
The term of the agreement is half a year. During this six months, Detective Shade Hamilton will be responsible for keeping the [Ancient Fairy Tale Pygmalion] and using it at will without loaning, renting, damaging or losing it. During the agreement period, once Baron Lavender
Upon request, the detective must temporarily give the cards to him for use and promise to sell the cards to Baron Lavender for 5 pounds in six months.
The commission fee for this agreement is 5 pounds, which means that Shade can get a generous reward of 10 pounds from this matter.
Although the real price of the playing card is more than 50 pounds, winning the bet at Lakeview Manor is Shade's promise, so the ownership of this card should originally belong to Sir Lavender. Therefore, half a year later, Sir Lavender will be the owner of the card.
The bargain price was not the real price of the cards. Baron Lavender explained this point many times, for fear that Shade would regret it.
In short, when the Baron paid the commission fee in one lump sum and happily came to the first floor with Shade, and after shaking hands with him and leaving, Shade stood in front of the open door and looked at the pigeons parked on Saint Teresa Square.
thinking:
"So not only did I get the temporary right to use the Rhodes card, but I also got 10 pounds in profit... Is this considered to be a trap for Baron Lavender... But this is what he asked for.
, I didn’t do anything. It seems that it’s really good to have a few more noble friends, and Rhodes cards are indeed a good way to make friends... Let’s go back and keep accounts.”
He bent down and picked up the orange cat who was peeping at the door and was both afraid and curious about the world outside the house. After getting up, he happened to see the middle-aged officer Captain Rades walking along the Ring Street with his head lowered.
Baron Lavender's carriage passed by.
He wrapped himself in a black coat, with a wide brown leather belt encircling the hem of the coat, and the second button from the coat hung on a thread swinging around his chest:
"Hello, detective, are you waiting for me specifically?"
Even though it was morning, he still felt like he hadn't woken up yet. The captain seemed to be in a bad situation, and the expression on his face was completely opposite to that of Baron Lavender, who came here happily.
But at least the beard and hair on his face are well taken care of, and his clothes are relatively neat. This shows that this middle-aged officer who suffered reputational damage because of the relic [The Gun of Kindness] has not lost confidence in life.
"...Yes, Captain, please come in."
The captain came here simply to apologize, but had no intention of asking for the antique pistol. He felt extremely embarrassed about what happened at Lakeview Manor, and advocated compensation to Shade for the black formal suit.
But this depressed middle-aged man seemed to be poorer than Shade and in poor mental condition. Therefore, Shade, who had benefited from the Gun of Kindness, did not ask for compensation. Instead, he kindly gave him a certificate from the Schneider Psychological Clinic.
business card and introduced him to Priest Augustus of the Church of the Dawn:
"These two are my friends who I met during the commission. Maybe you can talk to them."
Shade said very kindly, and suddenly realized that the two professions of psychologist and priest are so matched with detectives.
At the same time, he was also curious about how Captain Rades bought the relic [The Gun of Kindness], and wanted to use this to find out if there was any secret behind it.
But the Captain was very embarrassed and told Shade that he had won it from a drunkard playing Rhodes cards in a tavern on the front line of the Windy Trail in the south a few years ago when he was drunk.
Because he didn’t want others to know that he still gambled, he told his friends that it was an antique he bought. But after the disgraceful incident at Lakeview Manor, the captain no longer wanted to hold the pistol:
"To be honest, after it left me, even my sleep became sweeter, as if a heavy burden was suddenly lifted. Detective, I will leave this gun with you and do whatever you want with it."
The middle-aged man said this, but Shade knew that this was the feeling of ordinary people after being affected by the power of [Relics] for a long time.
He comforted the captain a few words and encouraged him to live a good life. Captain Rades probably hadn't heard such words for a long time, and his affection for Shade doubled, and he thought of one more thing:
"However, I won not only the revolver from that poor guy, but I remember there was also a small trinket."
Shade raised his eyebrows, thinking about the possibility that the jewelry was also a relic:
"What kind of jewelry is it? Can you let me see it? This gun is very good. I think that jewelry might be valuable too. I'm willing to buy it."
The five pounds just obtained from Baron Lavender seems to have been put to use.
The captain thought for a while, touched his hair with his generous palm, and said in an uncertain tone:
"You also know that I have just returned to this city from Kasenlik as a released prisoner. When I was looking for a rental apartment, many of my previous belongings were lost. I didn't care much about those things before, after all, they were only for women.
.....Ahem, after all, only girls like to wear trinkets. It may still be in my rental apartment, but I have to look for it."
"It's okay. Do you mind if I come with you? I just happen to have nothing to do in the morning."
Shade asked, and the captain readily agreed.
Captain Rades just came back as a prisoner, and his current financial situation is not very good even with the help of friends from the past.
He is currently renting in Pigtail Alley in the north of the city. Although it is not a slum, it can also be regarded as the lower town of Tobesk. It is far away from Saint Teresa Square in the city center, but neither Shade nor the captain mentioned taking a carriage.
matter.
The two men, who had nothing to deal with, walked together in the city of Tobesk. They actually had a lot of common topics to talk about, because the captain was a person who didn't think too much.
Shade could get a lot of military information from the captain just by mentioning something about the southern front. Captain Rades was really a brave and loyal officer. If it weren't for that kind gun, he might have successfully shot himself.
...So from this point of view, the gun should actually save the captain.
