At the banquet that night, almost all the guests were extremely happy, even excited.
Miss Belindel concluded afterwards that most people in the city had seen the signs that big things were coming, and everyone was looking for the last fun before such a "catastrophe" that could not be avoided or avoided.
Margaret's purpose of holding this banquet was to promote the royal family's disaster relief policy and further strengthen the royal family's influence. Judging from the purpose, she was quite successful. Not only did the public fundraising session before the ball receive far more financial support than the original
The planned amount was such that even the local nobles privately expressed their willingness to bypass the seven major families and negotiate some matters with the royal family alone.
"They are worried that they will have nowhere to go after the destruction of Moon Bay, so they established a good relationship with us in advance."
When Shade hugged her and danced, Margaret was in an unusually good mood and said to Shade with a smile:
"Although it is wrong to say this, the major incident in Yuewan has had a positive effect on the Anru family."
"The purpose of your visit has basically been achieved, and you have done a great job, Margaret."
Xia De also praised, which made Her Royal Highness feel better:
"My eldest brother Samuel is currently handling the reorganization of the Kingdom's Army, but I heard a few days ago that my second brother William also wants to come to Moon Bay, saying he wants to assist me."
There was an expression of disgust and disgust on her face:
"Everyone can see clearly what he wants to do. My people reported to me secretly, and my father reprimanded him in private and said some unpleasant words."
After saying that, he laughed again:
"Although after I leave Moon Bay and finish my visit, MI6 and Gray Gloves will definitely still be fighting openly and secretly here, but at least my mission is completed."
She raised her head slightly and looked at Shade:
"But after leaving this time, I don't know when we will see you again next time."
"At least you're not going back to Willendale tomorrow."
Shade said, and Margaret nodded, biting her lower lip as Shade twirled her around to the dance music:
"I kind of know why the princess from the North likes to go to the opera so much. If you have time after this incident is over, will you be willing to go to the opera with me again?"
Shade blinked:
"certainly."
Margaret resisted the urge to kiss him:
"Then, I need to prepare a few more sets of skirts in advance."
The party lasted until late at night. Shade did not go home immediately. Instead, he returned to the ship and the manor to visit Dorothy and Lesia respectively.
Just when they were talking to Dorothy and Luvia who had put on their pajamas and were about to rest on the ship - they lived in the next room in the first class cabin, the sudden violent shaking of the ship caused Dorothy to fall into Shade's arms.
Luvia just grabbed Shade's shoulders:
"What's wrong?"
But it was not an enemy attack. When Miss Elisa was found in the captain's cabin, the girl also wearing pajamas explained:
"An earthquake, a very strong earthquake. Don't worry, at least it hasn't caused a tsunami yet."
Shade wanted to ask for further details, but his eyes unconsciously glanced at her chest, and then turned around with a blush on his face:
"Okay then, I'll go to the manor to check on the situation."
After Shade walked away, Luvia folded her hands in front of her chest and asked the boat girl:
"You didn't wear a bra on purpose?"
Dorothy also looked at Miss Elisabeth, and then immediately folded her arms in front of her chest.
The blue-eyed girl looked slightly satisfied and said:
"This is my home, and besides Shade, there is no man on the ship, not even a male mouse. I might have forgotten it in my hurry when I came out of the room just now."
Belindle Manor was also not greatly affected by the earthquake. Although this manor was old, it had been renovated over the years and reinforced by witches. Theoretically, all the nearby houses would collapse before it would be destroyed here.
And when Shade returned home on Friday night, only Miss Carina and a group of maids were left at home.
Although the night was already dark, the Duchess was still reading a book on the sofa and waiting for Shade to come back.
When Shade came in, she smiled and opened her arms to hug him:
"Welcome back, thank you for your hard work."
Dorothy or Lesia would not say this when she was around:
"I'm leaving for Yuewan tomorrow night. My luggage has been packed. There's no need to go out of your way to greet me then. Bella and the others will be responsible for taking care of me."
"The situation in Yuewan is very bad now. Forget it, don't talk about such things tonight."
"Go take a shower. The perfume on your body is really complex."
The red-haired witch pretended to be disgusted and said, and when Shade came to the bedroom in her pajamas, the lady who looked like a white jade sculpture was already lying on her side on the bed waiting for him.
The time came on Saturday, and since I had already agreed with the doctor that the group meeting would be suspended this week, Shade didn't have to think about coming back in the afternoon.
After breakfast, he went outside the door as usual and walked around with the cat to prevent people from discovering that "Detective Hamilton has not left the house for several days since Duke Carina stayed overnight."
After returning home, I unexpectedly found a just-delivered package on the front steps:
"Huh? Who will send me something? Didn't Miss Gothe already send a letter at the beginning of the month?"
Looking at the sender above, it turned out to be Captain Rades.
"No, it's the Major."
Shade reminded himself.
At the end of the Green Lake negotiations, Captain Rades was promoted to major due to some unexplained merits and is currently serving in the Tobesk Navy. The package he sent was a local specialty for Shade, which can be regarded as a way to protect the two of them.
Relationship.
The things sent from such a distant seaside will definitely not be seafood or fish, but local travel souvenirs, a large jar of honey that is easy to store and a model ship in a glass bottle.
Along with the package came a long letter, in which Captain Rades talked about his new life in a strange environment and once again expressed his gratitude to Shade.
However, Shade didn't have time to write him a reply right away. After all, today was the last day before the "Day of Suspicion", and he still had a lot to do.
The meeting time agreed with Mr. Albert was 9:30 in the morning, but in order to avoid being late, Shade took the cat in the form of a toy and went directly to Spider Alley.
It was still early when we arrived at the Spider Lane autopsy room, but Mr. Bernhardt was already here. Shade doubted that he had not left at all last night. When Shade saw them, the two were working together to kill a man.
Only the resurrected undead are tied to the autopsy table.
There was no coroner other than Mr. Albert in the autopsy room, so Shade joked:
"Are you conducting a necromancy experiment?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Watson, this thing came to life out of nowhere. It's clear that this place was not invaded by the fog from outside."
Mr. Bernhard complained, and Shade pressed the badge on his chest. After praising the Angel of Death in his heart, he placed his hand on the corpse with no apparent cause of death:
"Sleep well."
The body that was shaking violently was "dead" again. Mr. Albert breathed a sigh of relief:
"It's not that difficult to kill this undead, but it won't be possible to explain to the family of the deceased. You really helped a lot."
"How did he die?"
Shade asked curiously, and the coroner shook his head:
"If you eat wild mushrooms randomly, you will be poisoned and fall to death."
They did not take Shade to see the two vampires caught last night, but directly told Shade the conclusion they got after the interrogation:
"Carmen Eddington became a vampire because she was seduced by Thomas Pidgeon. Carmen Eddington was a musician. Sometimes when she couldn't find inspiration, she would do some illegal things to give herself mental stimulation.
It was also during this period that he met Thomas Pidgeon.
Pidgeon has been transporting supplies to the New World for the [Dragon Feast Order]. In order to ensure the safety of the business, he seduced Carmen Eddington into volunteering to become a vampire."
Mr. Bernhardt added:
"The cooperation between the two was very pleasant. Although Carmen Eddington did not have the talent to become a ring magician, the racial talent of the vampire was enough to satisfy him. In return, he was responsible for helping Thomas Pigeon handle the customs and port affairs of the port.
The inspection by the bureau has allowed Pijin's business to expand at least five times."
"Those vampire dragonborn are also related to them?"
Shade asked, Mr. Albert nodded:
"There are always some local vampires who are unhappy with their lives. The two of them introduced these same people who wanted to develop in the New World to contact the [Dragon Feast Order], and then secretly arranged for them to go to the New World. This caused the outflow of our blood, and the two of them got
In addition to money, the reward is regular high-purity dragon blood."
"For those of the same race who cannot control their desire to suck blood, this is second only to the blood of a pure girl."
Mr. Bernhard introduced, but did not go into detail:
"In this way, let's sort out the evidence. If we, the local vampires, can perform better in the next Battle of Moon Bay and find a way to throw the evidence to the church after the war, our fellow locals will not have to continue to suffer.
Hostile."
"I have friends in the church. I can tell you in advance that the local vampires will also help."
Shade said, and Mr. Bernhardt breathed a sigh of relief:
"That's great. Speaking of which, Marquis Molson and Miss Rice also came last night. They helped with the interrogation, which made the efficiency much faster. Oh, we were attacked by those cultists after you left last night.
But it’s not a big problem.”
Seeing him say this, Xia De didn't ask any more questions:
"About the [Dragon Feast Order], what else do those two people know?"
"The sacrificial site will come directly to the city, so the two of them will run so far outside the city."
Mr. Albert said in a deep voice:
"And judging from what they know, the special spatial properties of that sacrificial site are extremely powerful. It can disappear out of thin air, and it can also be directly 'squeezed' into a certain area without damaging other scenes in the area.
The current speculation is that the sacrificial site either appeared directly in the city center or appeared floating in the air."