Of course, there is nothing unusual about the fact that the tea sets that are usually stored are put out for use.
but......
"How do I remember that she doesn't drink other tea?"
This is a set of exquisite porcelain tea sets, complete with tea cups, tea pads, tea kettles, and teaspoons. However, they have all been used and have not been cleaned. There is even a little weight of water in the kettle.
The boy didn't think that Mayena would use this tea set to drink boiled water seriously. If the high elf really thought that the sense of ritual could increase the quality of boiled water, then just pretend that he didn't think anything of it.
Lan Ji had no reason to lie to him, and with Maya Ning's picky personality, it was normal for her not to accept inferior tea.
Moreover, there were indeed tea stains on the bottom of the cup, so it was clear that what Mayena drank was not boiled water.
"And...both of these teacups have been used?"
The boy saw tea stains in both teacups. Although Mayena drank the tea twice and used different cups, there were lip prints of different colors on the rim of the teacups. The one on one cup was brighter, and the one on the other cup was brighter.
The color is lighter.
Mayena seems a little careless and doesn't care much about what she wears, but she actually pays great attention to her personal image. Whether it is her smooth blond hair or the makeup on her face, they are all carefully handled.
As for lipstick and the like, Mayena does use it.
The brighter lip prints on the cup on the left are the colors commonly used by Mayena, while the lip prints on the cup on the right are so light that if the boy doesn't look carefully, he won't even notice it.
It can be seen that the person using the cup on the right should be a woman other than Mayena, and although this woman also wears makeup, it has been a while since she last applied lipstick.
Obviously not among the women who pay attention to their grooming, or...
The young man frowned and thought for a while, then came up with a possibility.
She is a woman who has traveled for a long time and has no time to put on makeup during the journey.
So based on the current information, it seems that this is a woman who wants to have a good relationship with Mayena and drink with her. She may even be a woman who makes tea herself to entertain her. She is not used to wearing makeup, or it may be because of her experience.
After a long journey, in short, based on the shallowness of the lip marks, the boy estimated that it had been more than three or four days since she last put on makeup.
In this way, Lan Ji and even all the women he knew in Tieyu City could be excluded.
It must be someone you don't know, right?
The young man could not think of a suitable candidate. After all, he knew nothing about Mayena's past experience.
"It seems we still need some clues."
The puzzle is not complete yet. The placement of the objects here is no different from the situation when Mayena left. If you explore it some more, you should be able to find more information.
The young man gradually became interested in this matter. He had always liked solving puzzles, and now it seemed that he had an interesting puzzle in front of him to kill time.
"tea?"
The boy found tea leaves that had been brewed on the cushion of the soft leather chair where Mayena often sat. In addition to the cushion, there were several tea leaves on the tabletop and the ground next to the chair, and they were all brewed tea leaves.
.
There were also soaked tea leaves in the temporary garbage basket beside the counter, but the moisture on it had dried out over time, while the tea leaves scattered around were still a little moist.
"It smells a bit..."
The boy took a piece of tea and smelled it, and immediately smelled the fragrance of high-grade tea.
The variety of this tea is black tea, and judging from the well-proportioned veins and bright color of this tea, it can be seen that it is in good quality. It seems to be the kind of elven black tea from the Satu Valley that Lan Ji mentioned.
"Moena's black tea should be finished, and the elf caravan that sells this black tea may not arrive until next month."
The young man held his chin and tried hard to recall the information Lan Ji revealed to him.
So where did this tea come from?
Since the boy has never seen real Satu Valley black tea, he can only assume "yes" here.
It is not ruled out that this is an alternative type of high-end black tea obtained by Mayena herself, but there is currently a more reasonable possibility.
That is - the woman who came to Mayena's shop from afar brought Mayena's favorite black tea and gave it to her as a meeting gift.
That's why the happy Mayena lowered her dignity and took the initiative to make tea for the regular customer in return. Of course, this also confirmed from the side that the two of them did have a close relationship, and there were a few food crumbs in the small porcelain plate on the table.
, after the boy checked it, he determined that it was left behind by high-end snacks made of refined flour.
Although such pastries are sold in Tieyu City, they are expensive. Mayena took out such pastries to entertain her, which also shows that she is very sincere and at least does not slack off the other party.
But how to explain the tea leaves scattered everywhere?
After thinking for a while, the boy reached out to pick up the guest on the right, raised his arm to imitate the other person's height, then imagined how the tea cup would be filled, and then poured it towards the seat.
The imaginary tea poured a few tea leaves onto Mayena who was sitting on the chair. Mayena stood up excitedly, and the tea and tea leaves spilled on the ground.
It has been a day, and the tea has dried up, but the semi-moist tea leaves are still there. This is the origin of the traces in front of you.
This recovery scene means...
"Did they quarrel?"
And it seems that the other party is also a very strong and even unreasonable person, otherwise he would not have poured tea directly on Mayena as the host if they disagreed.
"It seems that everything happened that day. I asked her why she took a bath during the day. Is that so?"
The young man murmured to himself, feeling that he was gradually figuring out what was happening here.
Mayena had a conversation with the guest, which may have been harmonious at first. They even finished digesting the cakes on the plate together, and drank almost all the tea leaves in the kettle.
However, a certain topic led to a quarrel between them, which especially annoyed the female guest who came here, and even made her throw tea at Mayena in anger, and Mayena seemed to be in the wrong.
Otherwise, with Mayena's strength and temper, it would be impossible for her to swallow this breath. However, looking at the normal situation on the table and in the store, this incident should not be magnified. It can be seen that Mayena still endured this breath.
.
"This is really rare. Who could this person be?"
Let Mayena suffer without fear of revenge.
The young man became more and more curious about this person's identity.
The pieces of the puzzle have gradually been completed, and what he has to do now is to integrate this information.
From the spread area of the spilled tea, it can be inferred that the guest is over 1.6 meters tall. From the lip prints on the cup, it can be inferred that he is a woman.
This taller woman has a strong and emotional personality. She is an old acquaintance of Mayena. She probably knew that Mayena was in the city so she stopped by for a visit. She may be used to walking long distances, but she also pays attention to putting on makeup occasionally to take care of her appearance.
Since this information covers a lot of speculations of his own, the boy is not sure that this is the result. After all, it is not necessarily women who can wear lipstick, and some men can do it, but this is indeed the most likely truth in his knowledge.
"And being able to give elven specialties as gifts, and being friends with high elves like Mayena, she should also be an elf..."
Uh, wait, why do I feel like I am remembering someone?
When that figure flashed through the young man's mind, he shuddered all over.
Yes, what the boy was thinking of at this moment was Butterfried, the night elf killer of the Smiling Puppet, the top shadow thorn nicknamed Hades.
Moreover, she happened to have been to Tieyu City, and the young man even met her in person and received some help from her.
Among the elves, who have always been closed and conservative, not many people would move around in human territory. There is a high chance that Mingdie and Mayena, who are both elves and also active in human territory, would meet each other.
But... as far as the boy knows, the High Elves and Night Elves are notoriously at odds with each other, and can even be said to be mortal enemies. The overall decline of the Elves in modern times is due to the conflict between these two races.
It is related to the internal strife among the elves that it caused.
And what is the identity of Mingdie? The famous "Butterfly of the Underworld" is on the wanted lists of many countries. He is a cadre of the largest killer organization "The Smiling Puppet", and is a terrifying existence ranked fourth on the killer list.
How could Moena, a high elf mage who runs a sluggish divination parlor in a border city and waits for death every day, have anything to do with her?
"How is that possible? What on earth was I thinking!"
The young man patted his forehead, denying the coquettish and dangerous figure that had appeared in his mind before.
Mayena and Ming Die are completely different worlds. Even if they meet once, they will probably dislike each other, and eventually they will fight because they are unhappy with each other, right?
Now it seems that it is more likely that Mayena's other compatriots visited her when they came to Iron Feather City, and it is normal for conflicts to arise between the arrogant high elves while reminiscing about the past.
The elves that fit the guessed results were not just Mingdie. It was just because I happened to know these two elves at the same time that I had this unrealistic idea.
Thinking of this, the young man shook his head helplessly and continued to tidy up the tea sets and tabletop, while taking a rag to clear away the dust on the table.
"Um, it seems there is no water."
Yes, the rag is dry. When cleaning, of course it is cleaner to use a wet rag.
However, the boy did not know whether there was a well nearby.
Although Mayena seems to have never fetched water, she always has water.
Did Mayena have a convenient water device similar to tap water in this fortune-telling parlor?
The boy looked at the stairs in front of him and said to himself: "It seems that I haven't been to the second floor of this store yet."
There is no bedroom for Mayena on the first floor of the divination hall, or even a kitchen, so Mayena usually sleeps, washes, and eats on the second floor, or on the third floor above.
But the boy has never had the opportunity to look inside the space on the second floor. He has never even been to the third floor. At most, he helps Mayena maintain books by the bookshelf outside the second floor. So what exactly are the rooms inside the second floor?
What does it look like? The young man is really curious.
Mayena probably hasn't come back yet, otherwise Mayena, who has some obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia, would sort out the messy tabletop on the counter, or at least clean the tea set she commonly uses.
Mayena must have been leaving in a hurry at that time, so the store door was not closed.
The boy remembered that the first time he met her, Mayena thought she was a thief. As a store owner, Mayena is so sensitive, which shows that the security of this almost deserted neighborhood must be very worrying. This store may have encountered more than one attack.
Theft incident.
Therefore, in the absence of the store owner, I, as an employee, have the obligation to help check on the store.
So......
"Go up and have a look."
After finding a valid reason for himself, the young man stepped onto the stairs.
However, he had just reached the second floor when the young man's keen hearing caught some discordant sounds upstairs.