Chapter 1822 Cat Laundering and Parliament’s Rewards
After leaving the shabby house outside the village, Shade did not rush back to the city in the north. Instead, he crossed the border and went to the City of Glass. When crossing the border, he found that new fortifications seemed to be being built in the border area, but Shade did not encounter La La.
Captain Des, so he didn’t go to find out. As for the reason for going to the City of Glass, he wanted to inform Her Royal Highness the Princess about the undercover Gray Gloves in the circus that Margaret asked him to investigate.
Of course, Margaret was still very busy, so she was still away that morning, so Miss Sylvia still received Shade and had lunch with Shade.
During lunch, the shouts of the parade outside the manor could still be heard even if the windows were closed. Shade put down the steak knife in his hand, raised his head and asked the young witch:
"Miss Sylvia, from your perspective, how do you hope this negotiation will end?"
The black-haired witch sitting at the head seat of the long dining table wiped the corners of her mouth elegantly with a handkerchief and then frowned and thought:
"From my personal point of view, peace is more convenient for my business. But from the parliament's point of view, witches can better hide their identities and develop their power during war years. So, I don't care."
She knew what Shade was thinking:
"The negotiations are in an anxious stage now, so don't think too much about it. However, the border issue of the 'Black Sun Forest' in the eastern Pantanal that has been discussed in the past two weeks has caused quite a dispute in Kasenlik. According to
According to the agreement in 1205, that place actually belongs to the Kingdom of Kasenrik, but Delarion does not recognize that agreement."
When the agreement was signed in 1205, the situation in the north and the south was completely different from now. That was an ancient agreement 600 years ago.
"What did Margaret say to that?"
"The domestic war-fighting faction is instigating parliament to pass the military budget expansion bill, and Margaret's father is under great pressure."
The witch shook her head and stopped commenting on this. After all, whether it is peace or war, for these witches who are not afraid of thermal weapons and can easily wipe out an entire legion, it just means a change in their lifestyle.
That's all.
After having lunch with Miss Sylvia, Shade told her the news he heard in the morning, and then returned home.
However, when I got home, I remembered my plan from the previous few days, so I pretended to take Mia, who had already had lunch, to eat again. This made the cat mistakenly think that Shade had forgotten the number of meals, and then took this opportunity to catch him.
He took hold of little Mia and brought her into the bathroom.
Spring has arrived, the best time, and it’s time to wash your cat again.
Little Mia, who never liked bathing, was really angry because of Shade's actions. When Shade immersed it in warm water, the cat struggled desperately and splashed water all over Shade, as if once Shade let go
, it would sink. And when Shade really let go of his hand, the cat, who didn't realize it immediately, was still flapping its little paws and struggling in the bathtub.
However, no matter how Shade looked at it, it looked like it was enjoying itself.
"Meow?"
The cat looked up and saw Shade standing up and looking at it. He had already retracted his hands and immediately ran up to escape, but was pushed back by Shade. Twenty minutes later, Shade dried little Mia's body with a towel.
, it was still angry with Shade, and immediately jumped out to avoid Shade's hand. It seemed that it didn't intend to talk to Shade before dinner.
However, Shade was going to a banquet at the Green Lake Hotel tonight. He originally planned to leave some cat food for little Mia to have for dinner, but when he saw Mia's angry look, he couldn't bear to leave the cat alone at home:
"I'm going to eat something good tonight, do you want to come with me?"
So little Mia temporarily forgave the rude foreigner, and then happily entered the basement with Shade.
It was still early, only four o'clock in the afternoon, when Shade walked in from the main entrance of the Green Lake Hotel with little Mia who had just taken a bath and became even more lovable on his shoulders, Mr. Solon Green and Ms. Helena Green
, are all still busy preparing for tonight’s banquet.
There is a large room on the east side of the second floor of the Green Lake Hotel that can be used to hold birthday parties or receptions for guests. It is rarely used, but tonight we will hold a family dinner there.
The two siblings arranged for the servants to clean the house, wash the dishes, and urged the chef to prepare the ingredients in advance. Seeing that they were so busy, Shade did not bother them, but went to the third floor and knocked on the doctor's door.
It was a pity that the doctor was not there, so Shade saw that there was still some time before the dinner started, and he knew that Miss Carina was having a meeting in the City of Glass at this time, so he had no choice but to go find Audrey and Megan.
Fortunately, the great witch of "wisdom and knowledge" was still on her cruise ship. When Shade saw her in the laboratory on the bottom of the cruise ship, she was in a good mood and showed Shade a test tube containing a luminous colored potion.
:
"Look, this is a magic potion prepared using the mushroom samples you provided, combined with the assistance of the Holy Grail. Because the mushroom samples are limited, we can only prepare these now, but the effect is very good. Drop it into your eyes and you can recover.
As you mentioned, I can see the effect of space cracks."
She shook the test tube:
"I plan to wait until all the witches arrive, then use this magic potion to enter Green Lake to find the entrance to another island. The information provided by the Speaker is really effective. It is difficult for us to find this kind of mushroom on our own.
"
She described to Shade the process of making this potion and the peculiarities of the Holy Grail. Then she patted her forehead, took out a white envelope from the drawer under the experimental table next to her and handed it to Shade.
:
"Look, I actually forgot something important. Fortunately, Megan reminded me. This is your investigation reward. Once the tasks on the task list are completed, the council will be rewarded. The mushroom task is in my name.
Next, I will help you get the reward."
Although this mushroom is very magical, because the investigation itself is quite simple and does not even involve a magician, the reward given by the council is not generous. Of course, what is inside the envelope cannot be a relic. After Shade opened it, what he saw was
A lock of long golden hair tied up with a red ribbon.
He was slightly surprised. After touching his hair, he understood immediately and became even more surprised:
"It won't be."
"Yes, the hair of the Great Witch of Time - Speaker Isabella. Carina and the others should have told you that the hair of the Great Witch is an excellent alternative material for casting spells. As the ten most outstanding members of this generation, the Speaker
A third-level witch, her hair is more valuable."
Audrey smiled and said:
"But hair is a very sensitive item. You must promise me that you will only use it as a ritual material and not for curses or other purposes."
"Yes, Xiao Mia guarantees it."
"Meow?"
Shade patted the cat's little head, and the cat lost interest in the hair.
Then Audrey added:
"We must also ensure that it is not used for other questionable purposes."
"Of course, guaranteed by your soul. What do you mean?"
Seeing Shade looking at her doubtfully, the brown-haired girl smiled and shook her head:
"You don't know better. Speaking of which, do you want to take a whiff before the smell dissipates? Your Excellency the Speaker's perfume smells very good. Even I can't guess how she improved the original formula.
.”
"Sniff it? Audrey, why do you think I would do such a thing?"
Shade put the hair back into the envelope and put it in his pocket quite solemnly. He touched the cat on his shoulder that was looking around:
"Look, even greedy little Mia isn't interested in hair, so how could I be interested?"
The witch just smiled happily, and Shade didn't know what she was thinking.
There are still two hours until the family dinner in the evening. Since it is not a formal banquet, there is no need to prepare special clothes. And the Edwardses, who have almost never met, have no possibility of comparing their lives with each other, so as long as
When the time comes, just go to the Green Lake Hotel.
Shade took advantage of the time and told Audrey the information he heard from Mr. Green in the morning. Audrey and Megan also knew how important this information was. They waited until Shade finished talking about the love and hate of the family.
After completely retelling Mr. Green's overall evaluation of the family, the story of love, hatred and each generation, the witch felt a little melancholy and invited Shade to go out for a walk to relieve her worries.
On the witch's task list, there happened to be a task in Green Lake City on the upper reaches of the Duin River, so Audrey took Shade with her and planned to deal with it.
The description of this mission is simpler than "The Count and the Mushroom" and "Dark Moon Circus". Specifically, on both sides of the Duin River on a cloudy day, there is a probability of seeing a door that should not exist on the west bank of the river.
.
This description is very similar to the "non-existent streets" and "non-existent shops" in urban legends. For example, the "Church of the Forgotten" is the famous local "non-existent church".
However, according to Audrey and Megan's preliminary investigation, although there are similar legends in Green Lake City, there are only no rumors of a "door" appearing next to the river. Therefore, it can basically be concluded that this is another case of Green Lake.
A temporary accident caused by the unstable space of the central island.
As for whether it is a relic, a certain ring magician's method, or other circumstances, it is unknown.
There is no certain rule for the appearance of a door except that it must be cloudy. Audrey, who conducted preliminary investigations on this task, only came up with the idea after configuring the "Colorful Mushroom Potion". Of course, there are more
The important thing is that after hearing the family story, she wanted to go out for a walk with Shade.
"To put it simply, according to the information obtained by the Speaker, the door does not exist when it does not appear, but is in an unobservable state."
Walking with Shade on the riverside walk on a cloudy day, while passing by gas street lamps, Megan shook the small bottle in her hand, which contained a small amount of diluted solution of "Colorful Mushroom Potion"