When Shade came up from downstairs with goat's milk, newspapers and letters, Dorothy, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, asked curiously. The girl with a good face wore an apron and prepared fried eggs and rice for Shade and Mia.
Bacon, her craftsmanship is quite good.
"Princess Margaret's letter told me that she will help me investigate the descendants of the Edwards family in Willendale, but this will take time. In addition, there is a secret mission belonging to the king's agent Gray Eagle."
After Margaret finished her visit to Tobesk, Shade informed Lesia about Detective Sparrow in accordance with the agreement with Lesia. This was considered to have completely ended Detective Sparrow's "grey" relationship.
As the "Head Eagle", Shade completed the last thing for him.
Of course, Shade has not given up his identity as "Grey Eagle". Everything in the future will be the mission of "Grey Eagle II" Shade, who was personally appointed by Margaret. This will not harm Shade.
Detective Palo's reputation.
"Grey-headed Eagle's mission? Oh, I remembered it. The princess got in touch with Gray-headed Eagle's online through you, and thus completely mastered your intelligence network, so she wrote a letter to inform you of the mission. No need.
Let’s go through cumbersome information transmission methods again… What do we need you to do this time?”
Dorothy asked with her back to Shade.
"Let's see... let me seriously injure Earl Lewis, yes, the Earl who came to Tobesk on behalf of Kasenrik to discuss the preliminary matters of the negotiation."
Shade raised his eyebrows as he spoke.
"In exchange for the count's serious injury in Tobesk, we can gain a favorable position in negotiations?"
Dorothy smiled, turned around while holding the plate and saw Shade looking at her, and then said:
"Weren't you planning to teach that 'lecherous pig of Willendale' a lesson?"
"But will this harm Lesia and Carina's interests?"
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about this. Rather, if Tobeske is in a weak position in the early negotiations, it will be beneficial to them."
Shade frowned slightly. Dorothy's tone at this moment was very much like Lesia's, but her soul was Dorothy:
"Speaking of which, are Lesia planning to celebrate the Day of the Red Butterfly on the day the competition ends?"
He asked suddenly. The writer put the plate on the table, a little shy about the sudden change of topic:
"Really, why are you asking this so early in the morning?"
"Of course I'm looking forward to that day. I prefer the three of us to the two of us. Yes, two people are not interesting at all. I only like three people, so neither you nor Lecia can be absent."
Shade emphasized, hoping to remind the girl in front of her that it was the right thing for her to stay true to herself. But after Shade said this, and then he realized what he had just said, he immediately felt something was wrong.
His words really worked, and the mixed feeling of Lesia and Dorothy disappeared like ice and snow. However, this also made Miss Writer bite her lip and look at him, obviously misunderstanding what Shade meant.
:
"Are you complaining that we can't always accompany you together?"
"No, no, I mean..."
"Don't say this to Lesia, she has been feeling guilty and unable to stay with you often."
The blond girl sat tenderly next to Shade, looking at Shade with her emerald green gem-like eyes:
"I don't know what you are worried about, but we will always be with you."
[Perhaps, you don’t have to be too anxious about their problems.]
"But we can't put it off until the end, right?"
According to the schedule, today's competition event is "Archery". Because different bows have different effects, the organizer provides weapons for the "knights" to ensure the fairness of the competition, so Shade only needs to bring his own mount.
Just go there.
About one mile west of the manor where the banquet was held last night, the ancient historical "Edward III Arena" is the venue for this game. Because it is outside the city, considering the transportation convenience, the game starts at 9 am
It's half past three, so Xia De is not in a hurry to set off immediately at around seven o'clock in the morning.
Dorothy will be following Shade these days, recording new things during the competition as a source material for "Hamilton Detective Stories". When she and Shade had breakfast together, Shade was petting the cat and watching
The newspaper also laughed and commented on the news about this game:
"My name was mentioned in the news. The newspaper said that if I can't achieve the top three results, I will be unworthy of the reputation of 'Rejed's Hamilton'. Well, here you dare to talk about my relationship with Lesia.
, but Lecia is really a serious and old-fashioned princess in the eyes of the public. They all think that me swearing by her is the wishful thinking of 'Playboy Hamilton'."
Dorothy smiled:
"This year's number of applicants is only 36, which is a little less than in previous years. Among them, there will be no more than five opponents who may really threaten you. The most important thing you need to pay attention to is last year's champion, Sir Sir Hulls from Coldwater Port.
.He owns a ship that trades with the New World. He likes to go on adventures at sea. He once led his sailors to defeat the pirate king in the eye of the storm."
"Sir Hulls?"
Shade recalled that he had indeed seen this person at the banquet last night:
"He seems to be the oldest contestant among the contestants in this competition. I remember he is... 37 years old? I really look forward to seeing what kind of surprises a knight of this age can bring me."
Shade was even a little excited.
Since it was Monday, Shade did not forget to pick up the gifts for this week before going out. Although he had no hope of taking out anything useful, he just regarded the process of "getting gifts" as fun. But when Shade actually picked up the gifts from the gift box
When I took out the small bag of high-end cat food, I was still shocked:
"Why cat food?"
"Meow!"
The excited cat had already rushed over. It probably thought that Shade was carrying the bag of cat food just to give it extra food.
"No, no, you just ate, you can't eat anymore now!"
Shade held the cat down with one hand and spent a lot of effort to let Mia know that breakfast was over. Then he hid the new bag of cat food to prevent Mia from finding it.
With the advent of the steam age, the emergence of the urban middle class has given rise to industries related to urban pets. The cat food Shade prepared for Mia is actually more nutritious and healthier than the three meals a day for most lower-class civilians.
Rich.
The money for buying cat food is drawn from the 10 pounds that Miss Gold sends in the letter every month, but even if Shade chooses the most expensive cat food, the monthly "Little Mia feeding fee" will still have a huge balance.
Part of it. Therefore, when he buys cat food, he only chooses the most expensive one, and the cat is obviously very satisfied with this cat food.
As for this week's task, it is to take good care of his cat. Compared with the previous weekly tasks, the description of this week's task is obviously much more complicated. Although he knows that the god who protects children should not embarrass himself, Xia Xia
De still believes that it is necessary to treat Mia better this week.
Although he thought he was good enough to this cat in the past, since it was a mission...
"What's wrong?"
At this time, Shade and Dorothy had arrived at the foyer on the first floor and were about to go out. Shade took out the key from the biscuit box in the shoe cabinet at the door, and was bending over to pick up the cat and take it with him - after all, it would take about a whole day today.
I wasn't at home all day, but my movements suddenly paused.
The blonde girl asked Shade curiously, and Shade said hesitantly:
"I learned from Miss Gold that Little Mia was a cat born last spring. Do you think her birthday will be this week?"
He felt that the softest part of his heart was touched, and the cat in his arms looked at him curiously with its big amber eyes.
Dorothy said curiously:
"Why do you think so? But it is also possible that tomorrow is the first day of next month, and Miss Gold will mention this matter in her monthly letter to you."
"Maybe I should prepare Mia a nice dinner to celebrate."
Shade said, smiled and patted Mia's little head, and then walked out of the house with Dorothy.
【So, how are you going to celebrate your birthday?】
she asked as Shade locked the door with the key.
"I regard as my birthday the day when I woke up from my blindness and stupidity. It was in the summer."
Shade answered in his heart, but when he and Dorothy boarded the carriage, he remembered that this body most likely fell from the tower in the spring of last year, which was also a year ago.
Although today's schedule is only for archery, the content of the competition is not simply to stand in the open space and shoot fixed targets. The competition is divided into morning and afternoon. In the morning, there is standing position shooting at fixed targets and moving targets, and in the afternoon, there is bow and arrow shooting on horseback.
Because the race lasted for a long four days, a temporary tent was set up outside the Edward III Arena for the participants to rest and use. This was not a single-person tent that could only sleep one person, but it was enough to serve as a tent during the march.
big tent.
It was only half past eight in the morning when Shade arrived with Dorothy on horseback from Carina Manor, but the area around the renovated arena was already overcrowded.
Local villagers and businessmen in the city spontaneously set up a temporary market outside the arena. The spectators who came to watch the game and the servants of the participating "knights" could buy all kinds of needs from the market.
items.
Colorful flags are flying everywhere in the lively market. In the early spring sunshine, the loud shouts of tailors are heard in the bustle. The sound of clinking wine glasses in the tavern is endless. The smoke of the hot water heater next to the barber and the incense burner behind the merchants selling inferior spices.
The smoke floated into the sky together. The men playing Rhodes at the table whispered excitedly. The old gentleman looked out of the carriage window and stared at the bare-chested blacksmith who was building a stove with his apprentice, complaining in a low voice.
The vulgarity of the lower classes.
Of course, Shade didn't just bring Dorothy to the competition, because it involved raising and caring for horses, cleaning the tents, and wearing armor. Miss Carina sent a team of twelve maids to help.
Shard.
The Duchess herself had to deal with negotiations with Kassenrik next month in the city, so she unfortunately could not come to accompany her. Therefore, she specially sent her personal maid Tifa to lead the maids. She temporarily interacted with Dorothy.
Lesia, who changed her soul and planned to send her blessings to Shade before the start of the game, thought that Miss Carina's act of sending Tifa was stupid.