The Whispering Verses Chapter 90: Heritage and Spies
When Shade took little Mia back to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. He changed his shoes in the foyer on the first floor, and when he walked up the stairs, he felt as if a century had passed since he last walked down the stairs.
Priest August placed all of Shade’s belongings in his study. The [Silver Moon Orb] was damaged because of yesterday’s dream, and the clerical relic [Vampire Ring] also absorbed the power of God because of overestimating its capabilities. And turned into dust.
The only relics that Shade currently holds are the pages of the poem manuscript, the [Gear of Kindness] and the [Twenty-sided Dice of Destiny]. Even [Happy the Puppeteer's script] has completely lost its supernatural qualities because the pages have been used up.
Looking at the calendar on the wall, June, known as the "Sunshine Month", has passed. It's already July, a month known as the "Thunder Moon."
He sat on the chair behind the desk, looked at the items on the elegant desk, and summarized his gains and losses in the Lakeview Manor incident. Because of Baron Lavender's invitation, I went to the open-air banquet at Lakeview Manor, and got a special Rhodes card [Ancient Fairy Tale - Match Girl], got the gun, and gained divinity...
Scorching steam surged out from behind him. He turned around and saw that on the rotating brass wheel, the silver blasphemous spiritual rune [Gluttony] was circulating around the body. This was Shade's first spiritual rune.
"Acquired the divine afterglow state and obtained [Gluttony]. The Ring Warlock upgrade requires one of each of the four runes, and now it is easily enough to satisfy a quarter. Thinking about it this way, the gain last night far outweighed the effort."
He murmured to himself.
Not only that, "Crazy Light Chaser" has a high probability of bringing him an enlightening elemental rune related to the concept of "light" within three months; and the Ancient God [Father of the Infinite Tree] Mission, and there is a miracle [Echo] waiting to be harvested. From this point of view, if you do not consider the word of sublimation, then he does not seem to be far away from the second ring, and he may even be promoted within a few months.
It is a pity that although the afterglow of divinity has appeared on Shade, it will take a week to open the key. It is only Monday now, and he has to wait until the early morning of Thursday.
No matter how much he harvested at Lakeview Manor, it was something that happened under extremely special luck. He didn't think that kind of good luck would come to visit him again.
Besides the silver blasphemous rune [Gluttony], the biggest gain last night should be the understanding of Silver Moon. Although it would be impossible for him to recreate that kick hanging upside down in front of the silver moon, Xia De had not forgotten the image of standing on the field ridge and looking up at the huge silver moon above his head in his dream.
“From this aspect, [Silver Moon’s Orb] is considered to be a great value for money.”
He was thinking about the [Relic] he had destroyed, and flicked his fingers in the air to try [Silver Moon Slash] again, but suddenly stopped. Now he was in the study, and everything here was destroyed. Shade will be very sad.
He got up from the seat in the study, walked into the living room, opened the door to the corridor, and followed the stairs to the foyer on the first floor. Standing in the foyer, facing the layers of wooden boards that sealed the first floor.
With the sound of bells and whistles, a huge brass life ring behind him appeared in the steam.
Reciting ancient mantras in his mouth, he lightly traced his fingers in the air.
As the dazzling silver light bloomed, an arc-shaped trace of light appeared in the sky. Then there was the sound of boards being smashed, startling little Mia who poked her head around the corner of the stairs on the first floor to see what Shade was doing. But this time the orange cat was not scared away. Instead, it held its tail between its legs and wondered whether it should "rescue" Shade.
The foyer itself is not that big, and Shade was also hit by the splattered wooden fragments. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, but a cut on the back of his hand.
"Huh?"
As the wooden board shattered, a brown object fell out from the gap behind the wooden board. Shade looked in surprise at the heavy wallet under the gas light in the foyer.
"This..."
This is indeed a wallet, and it looks bulging. You can tell at a glance that it contains a lot of banknotes. Shade tightened his face and thought about his initial "big search":
"Speaking of which, I only thought that Room 1 on the second floor was the detective's legacy and didn't check the first floor at all...well..."
In fact, even if you search the first floor, you will most likely not find it. This wallet is really well hidden.
Looking up at the solid brick wall behind the three-layer wooden board, he picked up the wallet with his bleeding hand:
"That wooden board should be removable, so no one would think of hiding the wallet here, and it is very convenient to get money every time I go out. Detective Sparrow and the original owner should know this location, but I No inherited memory."
Xia De didn't know how he should feel for a moment. He was happy to finally find his wallet, but also shocked that the answer was so simple.
So I opened my wallet and checked. It was indeed full of banknotes. After counting, the total was 28 pounds and 12 shillings, which was enough to maintain the operation of the office for three months and make a single man with a small expense live a good life.
"But the value of the cane must be more than 15 pounds, and the price of high-end black tea will not be low. The only legacy left by Detective Sparrow is this. Isn't he deliberately calculating it? Let's calculate it. This amount is just enough for three months of normal expenses.”
I took my wallet and walked up the stairs, wanting to clean up the hall, while summarizing my impression of Detective Sparrow:
"Extremely rigorous in doing things, writing diaries every day, and keeping accounts in clear order. He has strong detective skills, but some detective records are not true, and some clients have a bad impression of him. He has a good taste in black tea, expensive walking sticks, and likes to read Novels of knights, wars and palaces... Although this image is much more three-dimensional, we still can’t tell what secrets he has.”
His footsteps suddenly stopped, causing the cat climbing the stairs in front of him to look back curiously. Shade narrowed his eyes slightly, but actually saw nothing:
"Wait a minute, if everything I experienced that night at Lakeview Manor was the result of luck, do the things I didn't understand correspond to the things I didn't know?"
Among the many things at Lakeview Manor, the most incomprehensible ones are the information about the "Witch Council" heard at the stables, and the information about the spies of the United Kingdom of Kasonrik heard after breaking into the garden maze.
The "Witch Council" must have nothing to do with Detective Sparrow. After all, the detective is a man no matter what, and many parties have confirmed that he is indeed an ordinary person. On the contrary, Shade had some doubts that the information from the "Witch Council" pointed to "that lady" who was also present at the time.
As for spies——
"If you think about it this way, the identity of a foreign spy does indeed conform to the setting of 'hiding a huge secret but being just an ordinary person'."
While he was thinking, he continued to climb the stairs. The cat couldn’t wait to scratch the door on the second floor:
"Extremely rigorous work, the prudence of a spy;
Writing a diary every day is to disguise one’s identity and whereabouts as an ordinary citizen;
The accounts are clearly organized so as not to leave clues to others, making it easier to forge the source of funds;
The detective ability is very strong, in line with the characteristics of a spy;
The detective records are untrue and are obviously covering up information while enhancing the image of ordinary detectives;
Some clients have a bad impression. He must have done unnecessary things after the commission, or used a gun;
Black tea has good taste and is his true hobby;
The expensive cane may be the only personal item he brought from his hometown and has souvenir value;
I like novels, maybe those novels are code books, but I can’t understand them..."
Shad opened the door for Mia, and the nocturnal cat immediately ran into the living room. He stood at the door and looked at the place where Mr. Sparrow lived. The moonlight passed through Saint Teresa Square and shone into the living room from the window, but the light stopped when he reached his feet, leaving half of Shade's face at the door hidden in the shadow:
"So, Sparrow Hamilton can't really be Kassenric's spy, right?"