Whispering Poems

Chapter 2665 York Bronte

The closer the target that Acorn sensed was to Shad, the more clearly Shad could know the other party's position. Therefore, the cat kept asking the owl to adjust its direction in the sky. Finally, the owl landed on a very low-key four-story building not far from the Accordion Hotel.

The witch knows this place:
"The Philharmonic Club is the most high-end club in the area. It adopts a membership system. Only musicians who can perform in the Golden Music Hall and the nobles of Willendel are eligible to enter."

Xia De knew without asking that she must have been here:
"Wait a moment, let me sense it again. Yes, the destination is here, in the large room on the left side of the fourth floor."

The cat jumped lightly on the rooftop and came to the position above the room. The owl also landed on the messy metal steam pipes on the roof. Because it had just rained yesterday, there were still large areas of water on the roof, which made it look even dirtier:

"It's a clever composition to have a beautiful cat like you standing in such a dirty place, but don't you feel bad for your fur?"

She looked down at it.

"I'm not a real cat, why would I consider such a question?"

"That's right. Are you sure it's this location? This room is reserved for members of the Angevin royal family. There are less than ten people in the entire Carsenrick who are qualified to use this room."

Miss Owl said with a little surprise that it was inconvenient for Shade to use "Raglai's Leap" to enter directly because he didn't know what was going on inside. But the witch didn't worry about this problem because she was really just an owl.

So she flew down boldly, circled around the window and flew back, still standing on the steam pipe in front of the silver cat:

"There are four people inside. I don't know which one is your target. Two are the club's maids, and these two are definitely not yours. They have always been in the club and are not from outside.

The remaining two are the young lieutenant who appeared beside Linda Bennet, the third daughter of the Bennet family, when we went to the concert on Sunday.

"York Bronte?"

This was also the name Eric Foran had provided. The Bronte family, like the Bennet family, were native nobles of Creekwood. Today, Baron Bronte was a staff officer in the First Army Corps, and York Bronte was the second son in the family.

"The other person I met was a little surprising."

Miss Owl flapped her wings:

"William of Anjou, I didn't expect him to be here."

The silver cat was also surprised:
"The second prince of the House of Anjou?"

The witch was not surprised at all that Shade knew who this was. After all, the royal family of the South Kingdom did not have as many descendants as the North Kingdom:
"He handled the Randall Valley Stonemasons Guild's affairs poorly earlier this year and was outclassed by Princess Margaret of Anjou. I heard that he has been trying to repair his image in front of the king in the past six months and wants to do something big.

But he didn't have the skills and connections of his elder brother, nor could he outsmart his sister Margaret. He couldn't even get a job visiting the Moon Bay area in the summer. How could he end up in Vista City?"

Margaret had five brothers and sisters. Except for the three mentioned by Miss Winslet, the eldest princess had already married and no longer interfered in politics, and the youngest prince was not yet an adult and had no power. Therefore, the eldest prince Samuel Anjou, the second prince William Anjou and Margaret were the actual competitors for the throne of the next generation.

Shad had met William of Anjou during his time in the Randall Valley, but his most lasting memory of him was the assassination of an old stonemason from the Stonemasons Guild at a banquet.

At least at the beginning of this year, William Anjou was not a ring mage. As for Lieutenant York Bronte, the distance was too far and there were too many people in the concert hall last time, so Shade was not sure whether he was a ring mage:

"Since time travelers are involved, safety is our top priority. I'll wait until they leave and then confirm with my own eyes which one of them used the tree hole. What are they doing in there? They can't be having afternoon tea, right?"

"Talk. The two maids were about to leave the room when I flew over. It should be a very private conversation."

Then the silver cat also jumped onto the pipe where the owl was standing and squatted beside it. The owl then carefully moved a little closer to the cat, until its wings almost touched it.

"Is there any way of hearing what York Bronte and the prince are talking about? This room is so soundproofed."

"There is a way."

As it spoke, the owl activated its magic, then spread its left wing and embraced the cat to the side of its body, so Shade also heard the sound coming from downstairs.

The sound of the maids closing the door completely turned the room downstairs into a "secret room", and then William Anjou and York Bronte began to talk. This was the first time Shad heard the latter speak. Although he was from Creekwood, his accent was very authentic Willendel accent.

The cat and the owl listened carefully. The two men exchanged a few pleasantries first, and it sounded like they were very familiar with each other before.

Then the prince brought up the main business:

"My trip to Vista City was not a secret one. I received a secret order from my father. Now people who know my whereabouts think that I came here secretly to relax and have fun. In fact, I brought elite agents of the Gray Gloves with me."

The young lieutenant exclaimed:
"Your Highness, are you here to investigate spies?"

"I can't tell you the specific purpose, but York, you are my friend, and a very capable friend, and I need your help. My goal this time is the 'Duskwood Outpost' and the 'Aronson River Camp'. Although there are many good hands in the Gray Gloves, I still have to rely on local officers like you."

"Of course, Your Highness, I am happy to serve you."

William of Anjou was quite cautious. He then asked York Bronte about the private affairs of some local nobles and the general situation of the two military camps in the forest, but he did not tell him what kind of secret order he had received.

York Bronte, who came from an aristocratic family, of course, also introduced local places for "fun" to His Royal Highness during the conversation. When the two talked about the private life of the young lieutenant, William of Anjou also joked:
"I don't understand why your father insisted on having you marry a girl from Vesta. I don't discriminate against any region, but compared to the girls from Willendel, the girls from Vesta are really just country girls.

There's something different about city girls and country girls, if you know what I mean."

"Of course, Your Highness. But while country girls may not have the same etiquette as the girls in the capital, at least some of them are pretty."

William of Anjou asked curiously:

"Why, your father specially arranged for you to be stationed in the military camp in Vista City. It seems that his wish has been fulfilled?"

"She is the daughter of the Bennet family. I think she is very pretty. Although the girl is a little rude and uneducated, she is at least very simple and can be regarded as a good marriage partner."

"Does she know what you did in Willendel?"

"Oh, your highness, we don't have to tell the women everything, do we?"

The cat, half covered by the owl's wings, felt that the owl turned its head to look at itself, so the cat misunderstood and explained:

"I heard that York Bronte is generous, hangs out at Lord's Casino, and has some issues in his private life. He should be the kind of dissolute aristocratic son that people traditionally think of. It seems that the marriage partner that Mrs. Bennet has chosen for her third daughter is not very good."

The two people downstairs talked for a while. Because His Royal Highness had things to do in the afternoon, they agreed to attend an acquaintance's wedding together tomorrow evening, and then left separately.

The two did not go downstairs together. Instead, William of Anjou left first in a carriage from the back door, and then York Bronte walked out of the main entrance of the club with confidence.

The silver cat peered down from the roof and saw that the target was very simple:
"Not William of Anjou. Well, the target that Acorn sensed was York Bronte."

The Owl, who was standing behind the Cat's tail, then asked:
"Want to follow?"

"Of course. Huh? This guy is a ring mage? No, don't worry, he's just a low-level mage. Things seem to be getting more and more interesting."

The owl caught the cat and flew over the club again, while York Bronte on the ground rode in a carriage towards the north of the city.

Seeing that he was alone in the city, Xia De originally thought that he was going to carry out some secret activities. Unexpectedly, the carriage finally stopped at the entrance of a remote alley in the old city in the north of the city, and then entered an ordinary building very low-key.

So the owl went to the window again and looked around:
"It's an illegal Rhodes casino. I don't know the details, but it should be run by a local gang."

The two waited outside the casino until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the gloomy-looking young officer walked out cursing. But at least he still had money to continue riding in a carriage, so he took a carriage to the northwest of the city and arrived at the entrance of the Ximu Town Conservatory of Music.

This was the city's original school and the best music school in the southern part of the old continent. After getting off the carriage, he went to buy a bouquet of flowers, and soon he saw the third daughter of the Bennet family.

The beautiful Miss Linda Bennet came out of the castle with her friends. When they saw the young officer holding the flowers and looking at them, they all laughed foolishly. Then Linda Bennet walked over embarrassedly and took the flowers from York Bronte.

"The young girl looked moved."

On the bridge high above the castle, the owl said to the cat, while Shade was also watching the scene:
"Perhaps we should remind the girl, after this matter is resolved, of course."