Chapter 486 The gaming table and the impermanence of Vientiane
Seeing Shade take out the garter from her pocket, Lesia showed no expression, while Agelina thought about it and said to Shade seriously:
"Mr. Knight, I give this to you as a thank you for saving me tonight."
"No, I don't need any thanks."
Of course Shade didn't want to answer it, and it was useless for him to hold something, but Lesia unexpectedly asked Shade not to be so polite:
"Shade, just accept it. You may not know much about it. In the past, aristocratic women from the upper class would give garters to commend knights for their bravery; but in today's era, aristocratic women
They would also use the same method to express their admiration and love for the bravery of noble men. This is a very romantic and classy move."
This is not a lie. When outsiders learn about the world through books, they have seen similar records.
Although Shade still didn't want to accept it, seeing her say this, he could only put the white garter into his pocket. Agelina seemed very happy and invited Shade again to attend his salon next time, and said
Be sure to let him show off the card throwing again.
Lesia didn't seem to care at all.
After Mr. Anlos arrived, the director of MI6 pretended not to notice that Shade was in the same carriage with the two unmarried princesses. He asked Shade to wait outside first. He and the two maids sat in the carriage together.
He asked the princesses about the situation.
Later, Lesia and Agelina didn't even have a chance to say hello to Shade, and returned to Yodel Palace under the protection of a group of guards.
Shade stood with his boss, Director Dark Anlos, watching the convoy leave.
"Xia De, you did a good job this time. Otherwise, that gun will cause us trouble. I know that some people are reselling arms, but I didn't expect that they would even sell action guns."
Mr. Anlos praised, and Shade wanted to be modest, but the gentleman lowered his voice, tilted his head and asked softly:
"But how did you end up hanging out with the two princesses?"
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"Don't forget that Miss Carina is also watching you. I don't know what your relationship is with the two princesses, but you must be careful not to get too involved in politics."
Shade looked at him in surprise, but Mr. Anlos looked like he didn't say anything.
After helping a woman find her lost child last time, Mr. Anlos admired Shade's character. This reminder was a statement that he, as the director of MI6, should not have said casually.
"But speaking of which, how do you throw cards with such force? I only know that some boring old gamblers will train this skill."
Mr. Anlos suddenly asked again, probably wanting to change the subject.
"Well, I think since my ability as an agent is mainly in Rhodes cards, training some interesting skills will probably be very useful in the future."
"Playing Rhodes, hurting people with cards, and being charming to girls will probably never make you a qualified agent."
Mr. Anlos sighed, as if he was regretting Shade's future.
After telling Mr. Anlos what he had experienced, Shade returned home in a carriage.
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when I got home. In the empty house, only the cat ran down from upstairs to welcome Shade.
Since Lesia did not come to Saint Teresa Square, the four 1-shilling printing masters in the basement could only continue to be hidden there for the time being. When Shade casually stuffed the garter into the desk drawer, he
I touched the newspaper with numbers written on it in my pocket.
The newspaper was picked up on Silver Cross Avenue. Shade suspected that it was some kind of connection code. But he was only proficient in words, not ciphers, so there was nothing he could do about the numbers.
I simply put it on the bookshelf and ended everything tonight.
Shade put his hands behind his head, sat on the chair behind the desk and looked up at the ceiling:
"Darkness, why haven't you come yet?"
(Little Mia is running)
The attack on Princess Agelina Cavendish at the Opera House did not cause much turmoil in the city of Tobesk. Shade did not even read about it in the Sunday newspaper the next day.
news.
Early on Sunday morning, Dorothy came to visit in a hurry. The blonde girl, who had already learned about what happened last night from Lesia, complained to Shade that all her careful preparations were in vain, and sent Dorothy away.
, Shade went to the Prophet Association and found Luvia.
Tonight, he can enter the Dreadfort for the third time to complete Mr. Riddle's life gamble, but Shade still has no clue about the last four parts of the story.
But it is a pity that Luvia also failed to get more information from the association. It is not that the association does not have the information that Shade wants to find, but that the information about the prophet who lived in the early fifth era is in
The association's internal affairs are classified as top secret.
Luvia applied in many ways, but failed to convince the association to let her read the sealed documents. But Luvia got Shade all the information about the life gambling table of the secret keeper-level relic. If you can't win from the gambling itself, you can't
To find a breakthrough point from that old god, we can only try to find a chance to win on that gambling table.
"Um?"
Looking at the size information of the life gambling table, Xia De raised his eyebrows.
"what have you found?"
The girl with purple eyes asked curiously:
"I've also read the information. You can't take advantage of these features at all."
"No, no, it's not the characteristics, it's the size. Look at this number."
Shade put the document paper in his hand on the table and pointed out the length and width of the twenty grooves:
"3.4681 inches long (about 8.8m), 2.4841 inches wide (about 6.3m). Luvia, don't you feel familiar with this number?"
"Familiar?"
Luvia still doesn't understand.
"This is the size of a Rhodes card."
Shade said with certainty
"Yeah?"
The female diviner frowned slightly:
"Have you actually measured the size of the Rhodes card? Let's not mention this for now. The Rhodes card is a one-to-one imitation of the Wanxiang Impermanence card, and the history of the Wanxiang Impermanence card should be compared to the Keeper-level (level 3) relic life bet.
The table, which is what you call the agnostic level (level 0) relic God of Gambling table, is longer. Is the appearance of the life gambling table related to the impermanence card? Otherwise, there is no reason for the size to be exactly the same."
"No, no, I actually don't care about the relationship between the Impermanence card and the gambling table. What I mean is, Luvia, although I can't take the place of Mr. Riddle in the gambling game, but you said that if I combine Founder Silver Moon and Founder...
What if the balance is stuffed into the remaining groove? Does that count as two cards?"
Luvia was stunned for a moment, she was really shocked by this idea:
"Yes, the Impermanence Card is the only special item you can bring into the past, but I don't know what will happen. However, even if it is useful and can give you the upper hand in that gambling game, you still have to
Find a way to fill the last two grooves, otherwise the game will not end."
"No, you are wrong again, it is one."
Shade stretched out his finger and pointed at himself. Luvia retracted her surprised expression and nodded clearly:
"Yes, one. There is only one left, Shade, what are you going to do?"
"Instead of taking risks, it is better to be conservative. When Darkness appears in Tobesk next week, we will use his information to go to the association in exchange for Mr. Riddle's information."
Shade said, and then carefully put away the information on the life gambling table.
Therefore, this Sunday, Shade did not use the time key of 1784 in the Fifth Epoch. Instead, during the day, he went to Coldwater Port to confirm the progress of helping the doctor collect materials.
But he did not forget to try to take out this week's gifts from God's gift box after the clock struck zero on Sunday night.
This is the fifth time that Shade has collected gifts from the box, but he still has no luck in getting the relics. Under Mia's curious eyes, Shade actually took out a pair of red high heels from the box this time. The color is bright,
The style is also very good, the upper is dotted with some diamonds.
But Shade would rather get another screwdriver than a pair of high heels.
"Why does this happen?"
Shade stared at the shoes in his hands, puzzled. In the end, he thought that it would be more appropriate to rename this gift box the "Prank Box". The innocent creator of the old god might be called the Prank Box.
Sir will be better.
This week's task is equally easy. In the next seven days, Shade needs to ensure that on three of the next seven days, he can sleep for more than eight hours at night. This is not a problem at all for a detective working from home.
On Monday morning, a new client came to St. Teresa Square for the first time in a long time. But this time it was not a big one. The old lady Midela saw the detective advertisement in the newspaper and commissioned Shad to find her lost cat.
Old Mrs. Midla is a wealthy widow who lives alone. The blue-gray short-haired kitten she keeps at home has a deep affection for her. Although it is difficult to find a cat in the city, the commission is as high as 10 pounds.
For this reason, Shade happily entrusted him with the task.
For an ordinary detective, 10 pounds is enough to sustain a life for a long time. Therefore, detectives are the kind of profession where you can make money immediately when there is no business, but when there is business, Shade advertised in the newspaper and failed to do so.
Attracting too many clients is also because the frequency of detectives accepting commissions is really not high.
Shade planned to carry out this commission by publishing a cat search notice in the newspaper and searching the neighborhood where the old lady Midla lived. But before he went out in the morning, he met Miss Carina.
The witch had nothing to do with Shad. She just told him that Darkness appeared again yesterday. And this time she appeared in a rural town only an hour's drive from Tobesk.
This is yesterday's news, which means that Darkness is very likely to have entered the range of Tobesk.
"Xia De, this time it was not the parliament that discovered Ivan Darkness. It was the priest of the Peace Church in the town who discovered the aura of the devil. After investigation, he discovered the second chosen one wanted by the church. Xia De
De, you can't imagine the current situation."
The red-haired duchess sat on the sofa of Shade's house, holding a teacup in her right hand:
"The Righteous God Church has basically determined that Darkness's destination is Tobesk. Although the news has been deliberately blocked to prevent too much information about Darkness's location from being leaked, many identities will definitely appear in Tobesk in recent days.
Unknown high-level warlocks. There are even reports that the Blood Spirit School, which suffered betrayal, also sent high-level warlocks to the Old Continent to deal with the traitors."
"So will the Council send a new witch here?"
Shade asked curiously.
"Of course not. First of all, the Orthodox Church's attitude towards the parliament is not very friendly; secondly, am I not here?"
Miss Carina pointed to herself:
"I am responsible for Darkness' affairs. After the council evaluated this matter, they decided to wait until Darkness becomes the chosen one, and then let me kill him with my own hands as much as possible. This is not easy. There are two people in Tobesk now.
There are thirteen-level sorcerers in the church, but I only have eleven."
"The Council is prepared to make the Dark Chosen disappear? I can understand this, but why do you need to kill them with your own hands?"
Shade asked curiously.
"I can't tell you this."
The duchess showed a slightly charming smile and wrapped the red hair around her ear with the index finger of her right hand:
"It's like Tifa refused to tell me more details about your joint investigation last week."
Shade looked up at the maid standing behind the sofa. The latter smiled shyly at Shade. It seemed that she did not reveal that the two of them encountered the secret servant.