Whispering Poems.

Chapter 101 The Baron and the Captain

Shad and Baron Lavender met in the study of the detective agency. Shad handed the cards to the baron. The middle-aged man with a beautiful mustache seemed to take the cards tremblingly:

"You are finally back in my hands."

The Baron is probably the kind of senior Rhodes fanatic.

However, due to the request of the other side of the game at Lake View Manor, the Baron Rwanda, this card cannot yet be held by Baron Lavender out of face considerations.So he tested Xia De's meaning, and after confirming that the "honest and kind" detective had no intention of possessing this card at all, he signed a detective commission agreement with Xia De.

The term of the agreement is half a year. During this six months, Detective Shade Hamilton will be responsible for keeping [Ancient Fairy Tales: Match Girl] and use it at will without lending, renting, damage or loss.During the agreement, once Baron Lavender requested, the detective must temporarily hand over the cards to him for use, and promised to sell the cards to Baron Lavender for 5 pounds in half a year.

And the entrustment fee for this agreement is 5 pounds, which means that Xia De can get a generous reward of 10 pounds from this matter.

Although the real price of the card was more than 50 pounds, it was Shad's promise to win the game at Lakeview Manor, so the ownership of this card should have been Sir Lavender.As a result, it will be sold at an extremely cheap price instead of the real price of the cards after half a year. Baron Lavender has explained this point many times, for fear that Xia De will go back on his word.

In short, when the baron paid the commission fee in one lump sum, happily came to the first floor with Shad, shook hands with him and left, Shad stood in front of the open door and looked at the pigeons parked on the Saint-Andrés Square thinking:

"So I not only got the temporary right to use the Rhodes card, but also got a profit of 10 pounds. Is this counted as entrapping Baron Lavender, but this was his request, and I didn't do anything. It seems that a few more Noble friends are really good, and the Rhodes card is indeed a good way to make friends, so let's go back and keep accounts."

Bending down, he hugged the orange cat who was poking around the door and was both scared and curious about the world outside the house.After getting up, he happened to see the middle-aged officer, Captain Lades, with his head bowed, walking along the Ring Square Avenue, passing Baron Lavender's carriage.

He wrapped himself in a black overcoat, with a wide brown leather belt looping around the hem of the overcoat, and the second-to-last button on the overcoat dangled from his chest on a thread:
"Hello, detective, are you waiting for me on purpose?"

Even though it was morning, he still had the feeling that he hadn't woken up yet.The captain didn't seem to be in a good situation. The expression on his face was completely opposite to that of Baron Lavender who came here happily.

But at least the beard and hair on his face are well-groomed, and the clothes are still neat, which shows that this middle-aged officer who suffered reputation loss because of the relic [Spear of Kindness] has not lost confidence in life.

"...Yes, Captain, please come in."

The captain came here purely to apologize, but did not mean to ask for the antique pistol.He felt extremely embarrassed about what happened in the Lake View Manor, and claimed to compensate Shad for the black suit.

But this decadent middle-aged man seems to be poorer than Xia De, and his mental state is not good, so Xia De, who has benefited from the Gun of Kindness, did not ask for compensation, but kindly gave him the Schneider Psychological Clinic. card, and introduced him to Priest Augustus of the Church of the Dawn:

"These two are friends I met when I commissioned them. You may be able to talk to them."

Xia De said very kindly, and suddenly realized that the two professions of psychiatrist and priest are so compatible with detectives.

At the same time, he was also curious about the way Captain Ladds bought the relic [Gun of Kindness], and wanted to see if there was any secret behind it.

But the captain was very embarrassed and told Xia De that when he was drunk a few years ago, in the tavern on the front line of the windy path in the south, he won it by playing Rhodes cards from the alcoholics in the tavern.

Because he didn't want others to know that he still gambled, he told his friends that it was an antique he bought.But after the indignity of Lakeview Manor, the captain no longer wants to hold that pistol:

"To be honest, after it left me, even my sleep became sweeter, as if a heavy burden was suddenly lifted. Detective, leave this gun with you, and do whatever you want."

The middle-aged man said this, but Xia De knew that this was the feeling of ordinary people after being affected by the power of [Relic] for a long time.

He comforted the captain a few words and encouraged him to live a good life.Captain Ladds probably hadn't heard such words for a long time, and his affection for Shad doubled, and he thought of one more thing:

"But it wasn't just the revolver that I won from that down-and-out chap. I remember a trinket."

Xia De raised his eyebrows, thinking about the possibility that the accessory was also a relic:
"What kind of accessory is it? Can you let me have a look? This gun is very good. I think that accessory might also be valuable. I'm willing to buy it."

The £5 I just got from Baron Lavender seems to have found a use.

The captain thought for a while, then stroked his hair with a generous palm, his tone was uncertain:

"As you know, I just returned to this city from Carson Rik as a released prisoner. When I was looking for a rental apartment, I lost a lot of my previous belongings. I didn't care much about that stuff before, after all, there are only girls. Ahem, after all only girls like to wear trinkets. It might still be in my rental apartment, but I'll look for it."

"It's okay, do you mind if I go with you? It happens to be fine in the morning."

asked Shad, and the captain readily agreed.

Captain Ladds had just returned from Carson Rik as a prisoner, and his situation was not good recently. Even with the help of friends in the past, the current financial situation is not very good.

He is now renting in Pigtail Alley in the north of the city. Although it does not belong to the slums, it can also be regarded as the lower city of Tobesk.It was far away from the Saint Teresa Square in the city center, but neither Xia De nor the captain mentioned the carriage ride.

The two men, who had nothing to deal with, walked together in the city of Tobesk.They actually have a lot of common topics to talk about, because the captain is a person who doesn't have much thought.

Xia De only needs to mention something about the southern front, and he can get a lot of military news from the captain.Captain Ladds is really a brave and loyal officer, if it wasn't for the gun of kindness, he might have successfully shot himself. So in this respect, the gun should actually save the captain.

　PS: The wrong time was set in the last chapter, and it was sent out at noon. Let’s celebrate the [-]th chapter and add one more chapter.I hope readers can read more, this is the greatest help to the author. The editor said that the follow-up is less than a thousand.
　　
　
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