The Whispering Verses Chapter 2088: Letter clues and steam bathhouse
Chapter 2088 Letter Clues and Steam Bathhouse
Although Miss Belindel said that she can come to her at any time if she encounters trouble, Shade believes that since the other party has "employed" him, even if it is for her favorability, she will not go to the real Ah in two months. Even if Miss Del Isabella reported him, he couldn't often go to the countess to solve his problems.
[What should you do if she still wants to report you? 】
"She" smiled softly, Shade did not answer, but "she" who understood Shade's thoughts knew that Shade was not someone who would sit still and wait for death.
After thanking him softly, Shade took the document bag from the taciturn maid:
"Actually, I have a little thing to ask you for help with. This matter is related to the Hawthorne family and the Eddington family. My attack on Freeman Hawthorne was originally related to this."
He didn't want to involve Lesia, so he just mentioned that his friend's business was hindered by these two families, and pointed out the two reasons of "stealing business" and "being mentioned twice by a big shot."
Miss Belindel doesn’t really care about such trivial matters:
"You don't have to worry about the Black Hand Gang and Hawthorne. Freeman Hawthorne has been taught a lesson, and the entire Hawthorne family will keep a low profile for a while recently. After all, no one knows where he came from. The Ring Warlock takes action, so the matter at the dock office targeting your friend's business will be lifted soon."
She got up and went to the table to get the letter paper. After writing a letter seriously, she took out her personal seal and stamped it. The blond maid known as "Matilda" put it into an envelope, dripped melted fire paint onto the seal of the letter, and printed the Belindel family emblem on it before the fire paint solidified.
The envelope was handed into Shade's hands, and the witch sat down opposite Shade again:
"Send this to the Port Authority, and the Eddington family won't be in trouble? The Belindel family still has some face. I helped you, and you have to help me. Next, I hope You can enjoy the adventure and action in Moon Bay City."
She looked lazily at the young man sitting across from her, looking at his face that became more and more satisfied:
"Both Vanessa and Emma admire you very much, and hope that your execution ability is as amazing as your charm. Speaking of which, before the end of this meeting that we are both very satisfied with, would you like to tell me Reveal, what kind of power are you good at? I am not your employer, but I also want to know."
This request is very reasonable, so Shade said:
"I'm good at cold weapon combat. I'm not bragging. Even though I don't have much muscle, my strength and stamina are amazing."
The witch still remembers the "power of the earth" among the special abilities of "Miss Charlotte", so it is not surprising.
"In addition, I am also good at the abilities of time and space. Space movement and time interference, coupled with my superb lock-picking, stealth, assassination, transformation, reconnaissance, and ancient rune analysis abilities, madam, even if I am in Yodel Palace, I Dare to break in. ”
When Shade told the truth, Miss Belinder also smiled, and her impression of the man in front of her became clearer:
"No wonder Vanessa sent you to Moon Bay to find the Diamond of Hope. This combination of abilities is simply the most suitable for investigation and detective work. Of course, if you become a killer, you must be top-notch."
At this time, she thought of Shade's identity as a double agent, but she did not expect to connect Shade with the "God Caller":
"However, the 'time pause' you showed yesterday was really amazing. I thought you were not the Seventh Ring you claimed to be."
"I just have a slightly better time talent, look at this."
He took out the [Lord of Immortality Ring] and put it on his finger, gently turned the ring and took a deep breath. As the gray air flow flew into the nose from the wine glass on the coffee table in front of him, the level of red wine at the bottom of the glass slowly began to rise.
Not only the great witch of fate, but also the maid behind her couldn't help blinking.
"Go back in time?"
Miss Belindel asked in surprise, but this was not for Shade to answer:
"You have the ability to stop time. I thought it was with the help of relics. Now it seems that the seventh ring can turn back time and stop time. This is really your own outstanding talent. If the Speaker, The lady in the Time Seat sees you. This is not okay. She might imprison you forever. It seems that I have to pay more attention to you. The ordinary price cannot be exchanged for the help of a ring warlock who has the power of time. .
Mr. Watson, I look forward to your performance. I hope you can be like a meteor falling into Moon Bay in the sea of stars, bringing more interesting stories to this seemingly peaceful city. ”
Although Miss Belindel wanted to talk to Shade more, she did not forget her identity, so she did not let Shade stay for lunch. Shade naturally would not be annoying and had to stay. But before the meeting ended, he did not forget to remind the great witch of fate to investigate the "Light Technique" used by the [Light Worshipers Training Group] in the most critical battle round yesterday and the "Light Technique" used by the woman in the black dress before she died. What exactly is the Lighting Technique:
"That light is extraordinary."
"I will investigate. Just concentrate on investigating the corpse."
The witch naturally agreed, and when she said goodbye to Shade, she also suggested as if she suddenly remembered that when Shade was in the city, he should pay attention to whether there were any dragon-born ring warlocks who had recently come from other places. Come:
"I had an unexpected divination some time ago, and it was related to myself. It's nothing, just pay attention to it for me."
She looked at Shade, then lowered her eyes to make sure that he was not a dragonborn and should have nothing to do with the person in her prophecy.
After spending the whole morning at Belindel Manor, Shade went home and had lunch with little Mia at noon. During lunch, he also took out the silver anchor jewelry given by the blue-eyed girl he saw in the museum to play with. The cat that was originally squatting on a high stool waiting for Shade to feed him, after sniffing suspiciously, actually Meow meow meow at the silver jewelry.
"This is not for you to eat."
Shad said to the cat with a dissatisfied expression, and the latter meowed softly again, but still twitched its little nose and sniffed, seeming to still care about the anchor.
This made Shade mistakenly think that the cat was interested in Yuewan City, so after lunch, he wanted to take it with him to Yuewan City. However, the cat, who was used to taking a nap in the sun, ignored Sha De. In the end, Sha De was still the only one who came to the gloomy Moon Bay area.
He first went to the "Princess Trading Partner" in the dock area, handed the letter from Miss Belindel to the three people from the trading company, and explained that the matter had been basically resolved:
"The customs will soon send someone to inspect the batch of grain, and they will release it for you after the inspection; the Hawthorne family has encountered some things recently, so the dock office will not continue to deliberately embarrass you in the near future. In a few days, William... Mr. Kidd, Mr. George Robert, just go to the dock office and ask again. As for the port authority, that's all."
The bright coat of arms of the Belindel family on the wax seal of the letter fully explains the origin of this letter.
Mr. George Robert said with great awe:
"Sir, what is your relationship with the Belindel family"
"Don't ask things you shouldn't know. This relationship can't be used too much. Belindel helped me this time, and I will definitely have to repay the favor. But for Miss Prince, it's all worth it."
"That lady really found the right person when she sent you."
Xia De has no intention of staying here long:
"Okay, okay, please arrange for the three ships to leave the port as soon as possible. The lady is still waiting. Also, don't forget what I want to investigate near Herring Street in Xiacheng District."
Although Miss Belindel promised to help, Shade cannot rely entirely on the witch:
"In the past month or two, you have been keeping a low profile. I'm afraid the city will not be very peaceful. I will be in Yuewan all the time and come here every two or three days. Please help me keep the letter you sent me. If you encounter trouble that you can't handle, remember to tell me."
"Yes, sir."
The three of them stood up and said, then sent Shade to the door downstairs.
There was still a lot of time in the afternoon. After leaving the dock area, Shade went to the autopsy room at the end of Spider Lane and found the coroner, Mr. Ptolemy Albert. On the one hand, it was to thank him for his help at the door of the police station yesterday, and on the other hand, it was to inquire about the progress of the investigation into the unknown female body.
The busy coroner did not have much time to receive Shade. There were not many corpses found in Xiacheng District every day. He did not ask Shade what he was doing yesterday afternoon. Regarding the progress of the investigation of the corpse, Mr. Bernhardt, who was investigating on the other side, made a breakthrough:
"The identity of the body was probably determined. Armand found the craftsman who had tattooed the woman when she was alive. Although the other party did not know who the woman was, Armand relied on this to demarcate the woman's life. After investigating nearby, we found out that she was indeed a prostitute, but a relatively high-end one. She was picked up by a carriage the day before she disappeared and never came back."
He gave Shad a note left by Mr. Bernhardt:
"The carriage went to this place. Armand said when he came in the morning, if you are interested, you can go and have a look. He should be there now, I hope you can gain something."
"Okay, I'll go now. I'm pretty busy with my own affairs, and I have time to investigate with Mr. Bernhardt."
Xia De looked at the note:
"Crawley Steam Bath. Steam Bath?"
The arrival of the steam age has brought great changes to people's living habits. The steam engine not only changed the way of industrial production, but its impact was all-round. Among them, public bathhouses represent the current aspect of social change and sanitation improvement, and this type of public facility is more popular in large cities in Carsonlik in the South than in the North.
This is definitely not the kind of place outsiders imagine to hide dirt and evil. On the contrary, the "steam bathhouse" provides a high-end sanitary experience, attracting the social elite and wealthy people in big cities.
Wear a special bathrobe to bathe in a marble hot pool, step on the smooth floor to sweat, clean your skin and relax your muscles, and then let a professional masseur perform a massage to help relax your muscles and reduce stress.
This is not only a health facility, but also a social place. Enjoying relaxation while conversing with friends and discussing political, cultural and social affairs is considered a very high-end behavior by people nowadays.