Because Captain Rades made an appointment for a visit in the evening, Shade had no other plans tonight.
After returning home, I put the bottle of holy water in the hidden space in the basement. Then I took the cat out for a sumptuous dinner, and then used the time before Captain Rades came to write yesterday's poem about Locke Laurel.
The lawyer's investigation report was sent by mail to the client, Mrs. Le Maire.
In this way, all that remained was to sign the commission with Mrs. Flamel.
Captain Rades, who had agreed to come to visit, knocked on the door downstairs at seven o'clock that evening.
The captain's entire mental state was different from before. When he came to visit, he was carrying a bottle of wine as a gift that looked like it was not cheap.
He excitedly told Shade what he had witnessed while taking notes at Redwich, and repeated the information he had received from friends that he had already mentioned in the letter.
Finally, he held Shade's hand tightly with his broad, rough palms and shook it constantly. He thanked the detective for his help with an excited look on his face:
"I have met many people in my life, but detective, you will be my lifelong friend."
"Captain, this is your own choice. Yesterday I did not invite you to help me and Mrs. Flamel. It was your choice to follow us. It was your kindness that changed your destiny."
Shade was happy for him, but even so, the captain still believed that it was Shade who changed his destiny.
This relatively kind-hearted middle-aged man who came from the army wanted to thank Sha De. But he didn't have much money, so he could only come here to express his gratitude verbally and promise that he would never forget Sha De's kindness.
This actually made Shade a little embarrassed.
On Friday morning, she received a letter from her client. Mrs. Le Maire had made an appointment with Lawyer Laurel to accept the inheritance from the distant relative next Friday. At that time, Shade would go together according to the commission contract.
As for the time being arranged on Friday, that is because Lawyer Laurel needs to contact the notary office of the city hall to confirm that the inheritance can be transferred. After all, it involves a large amount of money, so the process will be relatively complicated.
There is no need to worry about the entrustment for the time being, and it will take time to wait for the new key to be opened. Life seems to have calmed down all of a sudden.
So he went out at eight o'clock in the morning and went to the Black Raven Library to inquire about the magic spell of [Echo]. The library did have the knowledge that Shade wanted, and [Echo] was not a rare spiritual rune. But the problem was that the magic spell they provided
Although the technique is practical, the price is extremely high.
Even though Shade had nearly 400 pounds in cash to spend, he was still daunted by the [Power of Echo], which was worth 700 pounds including materials, and the [Natural Hollow Sound], which was worth 1,200 pounds without materials.
Shade knew that he had no intention of studying the [Echo] Spirit Rune carefully, and for the time being he had not seen the connection between this Spirit Rune and [Time and Space] and [Silver Moon]. So even if the Queen's ruby ring and the Rhodes card in her hand were
He can cash out, but unless he really encounters a very practical thaumaturgy, he will not spend so much money to buy knowledge.
There is nothing to gain in the Black Raven Library, but the library of St. Byrons may have cheap thaumaturgy. It's just a pity that although the library catalog from last week is still in Shad's hands, the thaumaturgy in the catalog is...
They are only related to [Silver Moon], [Time and Space] and [Gluttony].
Therefore, we still have to wait until Saturday, that is, tomorrow, to further inquire about the information.
I hurried home at half past nine and made one final confirmation that all sensitive items were hidden in the basement before welcoming the exorcists from Dawn Church at ten o'clock.
Shade originally thought it would be a high-level ring warlock, but he didn't expect that after opening the door, there was a group of people standing outside.
[All nine of them are ring magicians. The man closest to you has a higher level than your doctor friend. 】
In other words, in order to show the importance to Shad who had just joined the church, the Dawn Church arranged a whole team of ring magicians to perform exorcisms.
The leader of the team is a man of few words, but very powerful in action. He calls himself Hells Niedro, and is the full-time exorcist of the Dawn Church in Tobesk Archdiocese. After a brief introduction, the group came directly
Go to the second floor.
Mr. Niedero took out a somewhat rusty black iron key from his pocket, and after confirming with Shade that the lock was intact, he used the key to open the door.
"No, Mr. Hamilton, let's enter half of the people first, and then you can enter the door after it is confirmed to be safe."
He pressed the door and said to the young detective holding the cat. He seemed to have a lot of experience.
The five members of the exorcist team filed in, and it took a while before others outside the door were allowed in.
Room 2 on the second floor is similar to Room 1, which was originally closed. The gas and steam pipes were completely cut off, and all the windows were boarded up. A layer of dust fell on the ground, and the dust flew up when walking.
They first removed the wooden boards from the windows, and then the nine people carried out inspections in each room with clear division of labor.
Shade was asked not to wander around, but he could still stand in the living room of Room 2 and see the general view of the house. It was empty without any furniture, but at least the decorative walls were preserved, and the layout of the room was similar to where Shade and little Mia lived.
Room 1 is exactly the same.
There is no trace of the mass suicide that occurred when the last owner owned the house. After the windows were opened, the musty smell and moisture inside the house were relieved.
Looking around, there was no suspicious sign in the room. So I asked in my mind, but I only got the answer that everything was normal.
The church's team of ring magicians came prepared for this trip. They carefully inspected each room. After confirming that Shade was not peeking, they closed the door and used thaumaturgy and incantation to exorcise the demons to ensure that
Even if evil spirits exist, they will never survive.
The entire exorcism operation lasted for more than an hour and finally ended at 11:30. The reply from the "Exorcist Team" was:
"It's safe here, there's nothing evil here, so it can be used normally."
Shade was dubious about this conclusion. After all, the church also believed that there was nothing strange in the basement. So after the church's ring magicians left, he immediately returned to Room 2, whose door was opened.
"Echoes from the past!"
Five times in a row, no suspicious sound was heard.
"Echo of Blood!"
Large areas of faint bloody halo spread on the floor, walls and ceilings. The ferocity of the mass suicide incident decades ago greatly exceeded Shade's expectations. But those overlapping bloody haloes did not provide any effective effect.
Clues, he barely identified some bloody footprints, but he was unable to discover the value of the footprints like he did when exploring the basement.
Since I had the "experience" in the basement, I finally tried to summon the life ring and use the spiritual light of [time and space] to illuminate every wall in turn.
This was a big project, and Shade was busy working on it for half an hour. Until Mia walked out of Room 1 and impatiently meowed for lunch, he could not find any hidden walls again.
"That's a good thing. It would be strange if there were problems on every floor of the house."
Standing in the middle of the living room and looking at the empty room, after the worries disappeared, indescribable joy emerged in my heart:
“The usable area of the house has increased a lot.”
【But you and the cat don’t need such a large space.】
"Seeing the house getting bigger makes me feel happy from the bottom of my heart. You probably can't understand that in my hometown, it is almost impossible to own such a big house."
He stroked the walls of the room and considered the usable area of his home. Being able to have a stable residence of his own and the feeling of being at home is really important to outsiders.
I just looked at the dust that my hands picked up from the walls and the footprints on the dust on the floor, and I couldn't help but worry that as the house gets bigger, cleaning will become more troublesome.
Thinking of this, the image of the black-haired maid Miss Tifa Servit suddenly jumped into front of her eyes. She immediately shook her head:
"That's someone else's maid. I probably need to pay to hire a housekeeper to come and clean the room every week... maybe it would be good to help with the laundry."
[Do I need to remind you that the cat staring at you at the door is also someone else’s cat.]
Her voice is charming.
"This is different. How can humans and cats be the same?"
Shade said in his heart, only to receive laughter as an answer.
"Meow~"
Little Mia squatted obediently at the door, wagging her tail, waiting for Shade to take her out to eat delicious food. The small orange cat knew very well that if it was not cooking in the kitchen at this time, it meant that it would definitely go out to eat.
.
He raised his right paw and rubbed his furry face. Cats hate going out, but they like to go out to eat.
After the leisurely morning, the afternoon itinerary was already arranged. The Tobesk University Association published an advertisement in the "Steambird Daily" inviting people from the community to attend academic lectures.
Shade had long planned to attend the lecture, so he set off after lunch. As for little Mia, she continued to look after the house at No. 6, Saint Teresa Square. This timid cat did not like to go out, let alone in the hot summer.
Shade got a basin of snow for it, and used another water basin and heavy objects to hold it down to prevent it from being eaten by the cat.
I hope Mia can spend a cool afternoon.
This academic lecture was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Kingdom, the Tobesk City Hall and a small number of nobles. It was hosted by the Tobesk University Association and the Royal Mechanical College of Delarion provided the venue.
The academic lectures started at 1:30 in the afternoon and lasted until 8:30 in the evening. They were divided into different sessions according to different disciplines. In addition to educators and scholars in this city, scholars from the surrounding areas of the Kingdom and even Kasenlik will also appear. However,
Generally speaking, this is not a large-scale event.