Whispering Poems

Chapter 487 The Gaming Table and Vientiane Impermanence

Seeing Xia De take out the garter from her pocket, Rezia showed no expression, while Agelina thought about it, and said to Xia De very seriously:

"Mr. Knight, this is for you, as a thank you for saving me tonight."

"No, I don't need any thanks."

Of course Xia De didn't want to pick it up, it was useless for him to hold this thing, but Rezia unexpectedly told Xia De not to be so polite:
"Xia De, just accept it. You may not understand that in the previous era, noble women in the upper class would present garters as a commendation to knights for their bravery; but in the current era, noble women I will also use the same method to express my admiration and admiration for the bravery of noble men. This is a very romantic and classy move."

This is not a lie. When foreigners learn about this world through books, they have read similar records.

Although Xia De still didn't want to accept it, seeing what she said, he could only put the white garter in his pocket.Adelina seemed delighted, and invited Shad again to her salon next time, and said that he must perform the card throw again.

Rezia didn't seem to care at all.

After Mr. Anros arrived, the MI[-] chief pretended not to have noticed that Shade was in the same carriage with the two unmarried princesses.Let Xia De wait outside first, and together with the two maids, he asked the princesses about the situation in the carriage.

Afterwards, Rezia and Adelina didn't even have a chance to say hello to Shad, and they returned to the Yodel Palace under the protection of a group of guards.

Xia De stood with his boss, Director Dak Anros, and watched 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 them to even dare to sell action guns."

Mr. An Luosi praised, Xia De wanted to be humble, but the gentleman lowered his voice again, tilted his head and asked in a low voice:
"But how did you get mixed up with the two princesses?"

"This"

"Don't forget that Miss Galina is also staring at you. I don't know what the relationship between you and the two princesses is, but you must be careful not to get too politically involved in things."

Xia De looked at him in surprise, but Mr. An Luosi looked like he didn't say anything.

After helping a woman find her lost child last time, Mr. An Luosi admired Xia De's behavior.The reminder this time was something he, as the director of MI[-], shouldn't have said casually.

"But speaking of it, how do you throw the cards with such force? I only know that some boring old gamblers will train this kind of skill."

Mr. An Luosi suddenly asked again, probably trying to change the subject.

"Well, I think... since my ability as an agent is mainly on the Rhodes card, it will probably be useful for me to train some interesting skills in the future. Well, it will be very useful."

"Playing Rhodes, hurting people with cards, and being attractive to girls. You probably will never be a qualified agent."

Mr. An Luosi sighed, as if regretting Xia De's future.

After telling Mr. An Luosi what he had experienced, Xia De returned home in a carriage.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when we got home. In the empty house, only the cat ran down from upstairs to welcome Shad.

Since Rezia did not come to Saint Teresa Square, the four 1 shilling printing masters in the basement can only continue to be hidden there temporarily.When Shade stuffed the garter casually into the desk drawer, he touched the newspaper with numbers in his pocket.

The newspaper was picked up on Silver Cross Avenue, and Shad suspected that it was some kind of connection code.But he is only proficient in words, not in passwords, so there is nothing he can do about those numbers.

He simply put it on the bookshelf casually, and this ended all the things tonight.

Xia De 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?"

(Mia is running.)

The attack on Princess Adelina Cavendish at the opera house did not cause much disturbance in Tobeysk, and Shad 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 known what happened last night from Rezia, complained to Shad that her careful preparations were all in vain.After sending Dorothy away, Xia De went to the Prophet Association to find Luvia.

Tonight will be able to enter the Dreadfort for the third time to complete Mr. Riddle's life gamble, but Shad has no clue about the last four stories.

But unfortunately, Luvia also failed to get more information from the association.It's not that the association doesn't have the information that Xia De is looking for, but that the information about the prophet who lived in the early fifth era is top secret within the association.

Luvia made multiple applications, but failed to convince the association to let her read the sealed documents.But Luvia got Xia De all the information of the Keeper-level relic [Life Gambling Table].If you can't win from the game itself, and you can't find a breakthrough point from that old god, you can only try to find a chance to win on that gambling table.

"Ok?"

Looking at the size data of [Life Gambling Table], Xia De frowned.

"what have you found?"

The girl with purple eyes asked curiously:
"I've also read the information. You can't use these features at all."

"No no, it's not a feature, it's a size. Look at the number."

Shad 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 8.8cm), 2.4841 inches wide (about 6.3cm). Luvia, doesn't this number feel familiar to you?"

"Familiar?"

Luvia still didn't understand.

"This is the size of the Rhodes brand."

Shad said with certainty
"is it?"

The female fortune teller 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 based on [Vientiane Impermanence Card], and the history of [Vientiane Impermanence Card] should be higher than that of the Secret Keeper (Level 3) ) relic [Life Gambling Table], which is what you call the unknowable (level 0) relic [God of Gamblers Gambling Table] is longer. The appearance of [Life Gambling Table] is related to the Vientiane Impermanence Card? Otherwise, it makes no sense It's the same size."

"No, I don't really care about the relationship between the Vientiane Impermanence card and the gaming table. What I mean is, Luvia, although I can't replace Mr. Riddle in the game, but you said that if I combine [Founding·Silver Moon] and [Founding·Balance] stuffed into the remaining groove, what will happen? Are these two cards?"

Luvia froze for a moment, she was really shocked by this thought:
"That's right, the Vientiane Impermanence card is the only special item you can bring into the past, but in this way... I don't know what will happen. However, even if it is useful and can give you the upper hand in that game, you can Find a way to fill the last two grooves, otherwise the game will not be over."

"No, you're wrong again, it's one."

Xia De stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, Luvia withdrew her surprised expression, and nodded clearly:
"Yes, one. There is only one Shade left, what are you going to do?"

"Instead of taking risks, it's better to be more conservative. When Darkness appears in Tobesk next week, we will use his news to the Association in exchange for Mr. Riddle's information."

Xia De said, and then carefully put away the materials of [Life Gambling Table].

Therefore, this Sunday, Shade did not use the time key of 1784 of the Fifth Epoch.On the contrary, he went to Lengshui Harbor during the day to confirm the progress of helping the doctor to collect materials,

But he didn't forget to try to take out this week's gift from the [God's Gift Box] after the clock struck midnight on Sunday night.

This is already the fifth time that Xia De has received gifts from the box, but he still has no such luck to get the [relic].Under Mia's curious eyes, Xia De actually took out a pair of red high heels from the box this time.The color is bright, the style is also very good, and the upper is dotted with some broken diamonds.

It's just that Xia De would rather have another screwdriver than a pair of high heels.

"Why does this kind of thing happen?"

Xia De stared at the shoes in his hand, puzzled.In the end, it was decided that this gift box should actually be renamed "Prank Box" which would be more appropriate.That old god [Creator of Innocence] might be better known as [Mr. Mischief].

This week's task is equally easy. In the next seven days, Xia De needs to ensure that in three of them, he can sleep for more than eight hours at night.And this is not a problem at all for detectives working from home.

On Monday morning, a long-awaited new client came to Saint-Theresa Square.But this time it was not a big commission. The old lady Midra, who saw the detective advertisement in the newspaper, commissioned Shad to find her lost cat.

Old Mrs. Midella is a wealthy widow who lives alone. The blue-gray short-haired kitten raised at home has a deep relationship with her.Although it was a bit difficult to find a cat in the whole city, Xia De happily accepted the commission for the commission of 10 pounds.

For an ordinary detective, 10 pounds is enough to live on for a long time.Therefore, a detective is the kind of profession that usually has no business, and can make money immediately if there is a business.And Shade advertised in newspapers, but failed to attract too many clients, because the frequency of detectives accepting commissions was really not high.

Shad plans to carry out this commission by publishing a cat hunting notice in the newspaper, searching around the neighborhood where the old lady Midella lives, and so on.But before he went out in the morning, Miss Galina was welcomed.

The witch had nothing to do with Xia De, but just told him that Darkness reappeared yesterday.And this time it appeared in a small rural town only an hour's drive from Tobesk.

This is yesterday's news, that is to say, Darkness is very likely to have entered the range of Tobesk.

"Xia De, it's not that the council discovered Ivan Darkness this time. He is the priest of the Church of Peace in the town. He discovered the breath of the devil. After investigation, he found the second chosen person who was wanted by the church. Xia De De, you can't imagine the current situation."

The red-haired duchess was sitting on the sofa in Shade's house, holding a teacup in her right hand:

"The Orthodox Church is basically certain that Darkness's destination is Tobesk. Although the news was deliberately blocked to prevent the leakage of Darkness's location information, in the past few days, Tobesk will definitely have many identities. Unknown high-ring warlocks. It is even reported that the betrayed [Blood Spirit School] also sent high-ring warlocks to the Old Continent to deal with the traitors."

"Then will the council send a new witch here?"

Shad asked curiously.

"Of course not. First of all, the Orthodox Church's attitude towards the council is not very friendly; secondly, am I right here?"

Miss Galina pointed to herself:
"I am in charge of the matter of Darkness. After evaluating the matter, the council decided to wait for Darkness to become the chosen one, and let me kill him as much as possible. This is not easy. Now there are two churches in Tobesk A thirteen-ring warlock, but I only have eleven rings."

"The parliament is going to make the chosen ones of [Darkness] disappear? I can understand that, but why do you want to kill them yourself?"

Shade asked curiously.

"I can't tell you that."

The Duchess showed a slightly charming smile, and wrapped her right index finger around the red hanging hair beside her ear:
"It's as if Tifa refused to tell me more details about the joint investigation you both conducted last week."

Xia De looked up at the maid standing behind the sofa. The latter smiled shyly at Xia De. It seemed that she did not disclose the fact that the two had encountered the Secret Servant.

　PS: To correct a small detail, the Queen’s birthday party next Wednesday that Xia De was invited to attend will be the No.20 eighth day of the Moon of Flowers (August), not the No.30 day.

　
(End of this chapter)