Shade didn't wait too long. After only five or six minutes, the unique sound of high heels touching the carpet could be heard in the corridor outside the door. Listening to the footsteps, it seemed that Lecia had brought many maids with her.
He stood up from the sofa to greet him. After Lesia's maid opened the door, Lecia walked in together with the little princess Agelina in a red dress.
The little princess greeted Shade very elegantly, then raised her head and asked with concern:
"Knight, are you okay Wednesday night?"
This was the first time she saw Shade after the reading salon.
"It's okay, I was just in a coma for a day."
Shade replied, and then looked at Lesia. Her Royal Highness the Princess nodded to him with a smile, looking very polite:
"Mr. Hamilton, the accident on Wednesday night caused you to suffer bad luck for nothing. Inviting you to watch the opera together today is a formal apology."
Although he didn’t know why Lesia spoke like this, Shade followed her intention and answered:
"You don't have to blame yourself, and the main responsibility for this matter lies with the Prophet Association. They have already compensated me. I heard that in order to fight for the [Original Knowledge], you also spoke for me. Thank you very much. I
He is healthy now and has no sequelae from that incident.”
Lesia nodded, and the royal lady said softly:
"Then you have to apologize properly. I can check your body in person. Gas poisoning is not a trivial matter."
Agelina opened her mouth slightly and looked up at her sister. Lesia's expression was serious, as if she was talking about something serious:
"The cause of this incident is that I invited you to my reading salon after all. I have to take responsibility."
As he said that, he waved to the maids behind him. These were Lesia's personal maids, so they naturally knew what Her Royal Highness the Princess meant and retreated from the side door to the next room one after another.
Lesia said to Agelina again:
"I want to talk to the knight about compensation for him, and I want to help him check whether he has any other problems due to gas poisoning. Agelina, you go next door and help us guard the door. Don't let anyone else in. If someone else
It would be very disrespectful to misunderstand that we are doing something bad."
"body check"
The little princess pursed her lips and looked at Sha De. From Sha De's expression, she understood that Sha De didn't know about the "physical examination" before he came here. He might have been deceived by other reasons.
"I see."
Agelina said a little dejectedly, and looked at Shade with some unbearability. While she was pitifully walking toward the side door, turning her head three times a step, Lesia had already taken off her red strappy high heels, and raised two fingers on her right hand.
Holding the shoe, he waved it twice in front of Shade with a smile, and then placed it on the coffee table in a very uncivilized manner.
Lesia sat sideways on the sofa, her legs wearing white stockings with garters pressed against Shade's thighs. Shade looked at the stockings and thought of the witch's clothes he had seen in 5177 of the previous era.
.
Lesia stretched out her arms and hugged Shade's neck affectionately, then turned to look at her sister who had not left yet, her tone was a little harsh:
"Agelina!"
The little princess lowered her head and walked out of the side, and with a click, locked the door on the other side.
"Wear the demon hunting ring, things about demons"
Shade still wanted to talk.
"She might think that I used other reasons to trick you here."
After throwing down the silencing spell, Lesia interrupted Shade with a smile, put the ring next to her high heels, bit her red lower lip with her white teeth, and looked at Shade up close with her beautiful eyes.
Lecia can completely guess what Agelina is thinking. Of course, Lecia doesn’t care what Agelina thinks tonight. She won’t waste this precious weekend tryst time:
"Knight, let me check your body. I really hope you won't always be greedy for our writer lady. The princess also needs you sometimes. The opera is about to start. It's really wonderful. It's a weekly tryst."
(Yin Luna is writing a report)
If you don't get enough rest, even a ring warlock will feel bad the next day. It's eleven o'clock when you get home on Monday night, but it's already midnight when you go to bed.
In short, early on Tuesday morning, Shade, who was yawning and wearing slippers, went downstairs to get newspapers and milk. After pulling out the long blond hair that made his neck itchy from the collar of his pajamas, he saw Miss God's mail on the doormat.
Incoming letters.
Last month's letter didn't arrive until around the middle of the month, but this month's letter came on the third day.
The address on the envelope was still a remote town on the eastern coast of Delrayon. Miss Gauthe's handwriting was already quite familiar to Shade, and in this letter, the lady told Shade good news.
"Miss Gao De's illness has completely recovered."
Shade, who was sitting at the dining table and opened the letter, said happily. The writer, who had started living together for a short time, petted little Mia while eating. Because she had made breakfast, the cat did not
Resist.
"In the previous letters, this lady also said that there were some strange phenomena in the town where her family is located. I was a little worried at the time. Unexpectedly, it only took more than half a month for the matter to be temporarily solved by the church. Gaode
The young lady’s illness is almost cured.”
He said while continuing to read the letter.
"You originally planned to take a steam train to that town in the spring of 1854 to have a look and complete the last commission of the former detective. Can you start your travel plan now?"
"Yes, if everything goes well, I plan to leave in April next year."
Shade nodded and read the last line of the letter. When Miss Gothe wrote a letter, she would always add a seal at the end of the letter. Judging from the traces, it was an ancient metal seal, probably left by her ancestors.
Next:
"Things in the town have been settled for the time being. Miss Gothe plans to repair the ancestral home this winter, sell off the unnecessary family collections, recover the land deeds buried in the courtyard, and deal with the family's abandoned banquet manor and farm. She told me
, if the plan goes well, she wants to repair the docks in the bay and restore the town's maritime trade."
Shade smiled and said:
"It seems that the lady will not leave town in a short time, and will not return to Tobesk. I am confident that I can persuade her to sell little Mia to me."
"Did she mention Mia again in her letter?"
Dorothy asked curiously, and Shade nodded again:
"Yes, this lady asked me again to take a photo holding the cat and send it to her. She is still very affectionate for little Mia, and she wants to see the cat again before the end of this year."
"Photograph?"
Dorothy's eyes lit up and she pretended to be unintentional and said:
"I noticed that, except for the photo you sent to Miss Gold in the fall, there are no photos of you in this house. Since you are going to take pictures, why not take a few more. I know you don't like to have your face exposed.
It appears in the photo, but if it’s hanging at home, it’s fine. Or rather, it would look strange if there were no photos of myself at home.”
Shade thought for a while, tilted his head and looked towards his living room:
"That makes sense. I'll make an appointment at the photo studio in the afternoon. How about we make an appointment and take pictures together?"
He then suggested, and Dorothy nodded with satisfaction:
"Also, let's take a photo together. Since it's the end of the year, I also want to commemorate this extraordinary year. Take a photo and keep it. Maybe the literary award at the end of the year will really need my photo."
Nothing interesting happened during the day on this somewhat boring Tuesday. It was not that Shade didn't go out all day. In addition to reading at home, he also wrote a reply to Miss Gothe. Of course, he didn't forget to ask about Xiao Mia in the letter.
breed issues.
The investigation report for Baron Cameron was not in a hurry, so Shade just went to the photo studio to make an appointment to take pictures in the afternoon. By the end of the year, the business of the photo studios in the city was very good. In addition to the fact that customers could take photos in person,
You can also let photographers and apprentices bring equipment to take pictures.
The former requires an appointment, while the latter only requires an extra payment and you can take photos immediately.
In order to save waiting time, Shade made an appointment with the photographer to come to his home at four o'clock this afternoon. After returning home and telling Dorothy, the blonde girl complained that Shade did not leave enough time for her to put on makeup.
As for this week's "God's Gift Box" gift, Shade only remembered it towards the evening.
At that time, the photographer had been busy for more than an hour and had just left. He made an appointment with Shade to pick up the photos over the weekend.
He was preparing to go out for dinner with Dorothy. The clothing required for traveling in winter was far more troublesome than in summer. The writer finally packed it up and put on a red mink scarf, which she had used to pay for her manuscript a few days ago.
bought.
Shade didn't want Dorothy to wait for him any longer, and in his opinion, picking up gifts every week was a very "sacred" ritual that should not be done in a hurry. Therefore, the two of them and the cat went to Silver Cross Avenue for dinner.
We waited until the street lights started to light up before going to the university district for a walk together.
After returning home, Xia Decai finally went to the basement to take out the "God's Gift Box". He touched a handful of little mia to increase his luck, and then put his hand into the box:
"So far, I have only found out one relic [Master Key]. Do you have any luck this time?"
My palm touched a slender metal object at the bottom of the box, and after I took it out, I discovered it was a pen. Of course, although it looked good-looking and there were cursive handwritten letters on the surface of the pen cap, it was just an ordinary item.
"Still no luck."
Shade sat back on the sofa with some disappointment and handed the pen to Dorothy.
"This is an 1844 commemorative Mendy pen."
Dorothy took the pen from Shade's hand, and her tone sounded like Shade was ignorant:
"Purely handmade. In order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the writing of "Poetry: The Emperor's Ride", only 300 were produced, and most of them were given to well-known writers. Each one has a special number. Last year, the city
The auction house sold one for a high price of 287 pounds!"
Obviously, Dorothy was not a well-known writer three years ago, so she had only heard of it.
"Now the total is 301."
Shade said with a smile. Dorothy took off the cap of the pen to check the number on the inside, then stretched out her hand and smoothed the position of the number:
"This is mine."
She said with a smile, inspecting the pen lovingly.
Shade nodded:
"Would you like to guess what my mission is this week?"
"Since the gift is a pen, then the task is to write an article?"
"No, no, the children's task will not be so troublesome. It is to practice calligraphy, or copying. You can copy anything you want, and the total amount must reach 300 words."
"That old god really prefers you, big boy."
Dorothy said softly, stretched out her right arm to wrap around Shade's neck, and asked him to come closer to her:
"I really don't know how you can be classified as a 'boy'."
