Chapter 616

"Delilah Leroy is the daughter of a gem merchant, already married, with one son and one daughter. She likes opera, theater, and literature. After the last incident, she is still active in the opera house district, so it took less than a week for my informant to discover her... She doesn't have the habit of bringing bodyguards, and when she goes out, she only has a personal maid and a male servant who does odd jobs..."

Jenna, sitting in a booth by the window of a street cafe, looked at the lady with well-applied makeup and an elegant temperament as she got off her carriage and entered the Bonney Department Store on the famous tree-lined boulevard in Trier, while recalling the integrated intelligence.

Jenna withdrew her gaze and nodded to Anthony Reid, who was sitting diagonally opposite:

"It's her."

"The problem now is..." Franca, who was on the same side as Jenna, thought and said, "Is she fishing, or is she fishing? If she is just surprised by her own sensing and actually doesn't know anything, then we might not get valuable clues from her. If she knows that she has already resonated with the 'Mirror World Fragment' and still high-profilely listens to opera and watches theater, then it can be reasonably assumed that she or the people behind her want to fish out the holder of the 'Mirror World Fragment'."

After analyzing a bunch, Franca concluded:

"Rashly dealing with Delilah, or contacting her, is a very dangerous thing."

"But the 'Magic Mirror Divination' said our action today is safe," Jenna raised an objection.

Franca smiled slightly:

"Don't be superstitious about divination. And, it's not necessarily that there is danger; it could also be that rashly contacting Delilah would lead to the interruption of subsequent clues."

"Then we just watch like this? Wait a month or two until the other party relaxes before acting?" Jenna's thoughts turned, and she straightened her back slightly, "I have a way!"

"What way?" Franca was very curious.

Jenna pursed her lips and smiled:

"Use a magical artifact, use that 'Box of the Powerful,' and ask it to give us an opportunity to briefly contact Delilah without anyone watching or seeing.

"That way, if the problem comes from the people behind Delilah, they won't know that there has been contact, and the clues won't be broken. And if the problem lies with Delilah herself, we can immediately turn contact into control."

Franca thought seriously for a few seconds:

"It's not impossible...

"I actually really want to try how that 'Box of the Powerful' is used. Don't fight with me. My sequence is higher than yours, and my life-saving ability is stronger than yours. If there are evil creatures like devils seeking a transaction, I can also request Ms. 'Judgment,' this powerful 'Arbitrator,' to be a witness!"

This "Pleasure Witch" was eager to try.

Jenna was silent for a few seconds and said:

"Alright."

Anthony then said:

"Leave the opportunity for brief contact to me. If we want to avoid leaving clues or traces for the people behind Delilah to discover, a 'Hypnotist' is the best choice."

"No problem," Franca didn't stand on ceremony, then looked at Jenna, waiting for her to take out the "Box of the Powerful."

Like many female mercenaries, Jenna wore gray-white clothing with brown leather armor inlaid on key parts, carrying a brown leather backpack.

She took out the small wooden box painted with dark paint and equipped with a leather-membrane curtain on each side from her backpack and placed it on the table in the cafe booth.

Franca deliberated on the wording of the request and the price to bribe the "Powerful," rolled up the sleeves of her lady's shirt, held a small cloth bag containing one hundred gold louis in her right hand, and reached into the leather-membrane curtain on the side of the wooden box—although the "instructions for use" didn't say that banknotes couldn't be used, Franca, based on her rich occult experience, still chose gold coins, which were more universally applicable items.

The next second, she touched wrinkled, wet skin and felt five fingers close, gripping the cloth bag containing the gold coins.

Enduring the sudden surge of nausea, Franca deliberately stated her request in Hermes:

"I want my friend Anthony Reid, who is sitting opposite me now, and Delilah Leroy from the gem merchant Leroy family in the nearby Bonney Department Store to have a face-to-face opportunity that is undisturbed, unseen by anyone, very hidden, and lasts for more than three minutes."

Franca added many qualifiers, striving to ensure that the meeting parties and the way of meeting were precise enough not to be distorted.

The wrinkled, wet, hand-like object lifted the cloth bag containing the gold coins and retracted.

This represented that the "Box of the Powerful" had agreed.

Franca pulled her right hand back, took out a white handkerchief to wipe the touched part, and kept spitting in her mouth.

"Where should I wait for the opportunity to meet?" Anthony raised the question.

Franca put away the handkerchief and smiled:

"Only two people appeared in the request, one is you, and the other is that Delilah Leroy. Therefore, you can only wait for the opportunity to meet by following her.

"Hmm..."

Speaking of this, Franca took out the dazzling "Seven-Stone Bracelet" from her "Traveler's Bag" and handed it to Anthony:

"If the situation is not right, 'teleport' and escape immediately."

Seeing this "Pleasure Witch" with a serious expression and a stern look, Anthony swallowed the polite words that had reached his lips and reached out to take the "Seven-Stone Bracelet."

Franca deliberated and said again:

"If you trust me, I can also use your blood and hair to help you make a 'Mirror Substitute'."

Anthony was silent for a few seconds and said:

"Alright."

Inside Bonney Department Store.

As a "Hypnotist" good at observation, it didn't take long for Anthony to find Delilah Leroy.

This lady was standing in the center of the first floor with her maid and male servant, watching the magic performance invited by the department store to liven up the atmosphere.

At this time, the magician's assistant pushed over a log-colored box large enough to hold three or four people, and the magician took off his top hat and raised it high, saying:

"Next, please have two lucky audience members cooperate with my performance.

"This lady, I wonder if you can come on stage to help?"

He was pointing exactly at Delilah Leroy.

Delilah was not too willing and showed obvious hesitation, but couldn't say words of refusal, and finally walked onto the wooden stage built for the magic performance.

Personality is relatively weak, not very good at refusing others... It could also be the influence of the "Box of the Powerful"... Anthony vaguely guessed what the opportunity for the meeting was, and while assessing Delilah's personality, he took a step forward on his own initiative.

The magician really saw him:

"This gentleman, please come up too."

Anthony deliberately acted reluctant and awkward as he went up to the performance stage.

The magician pointed to the wooden box and said:

"You sit inside."

Delilah pursed her lips, let out a breath, and under the urging of the booing audience, drilled into the wooden box.

Anthony sat in the position furthest from her, and while there was still light, smiled and said:

"Actually, I'm also quite embarrassed."

These words were plain and cordial, making Delilah's tense mood suddenly relax.

Anthony then said:

"Don't believe me? You can look at my eyes."

He pointed to his own eyes.

Delilah subconsciously looked over and saw the deep brown eyes that reflected her own figure.

My figure... Delilah suddenly froze, her gaze as if falling into a vortex spiraling downward.

At this time, the magician closed the wooden box, and it was pitch black inside.

Anthony immediately seized the opportunity to ask:

"A week ago, did you have a special sensing in the opera house district?"

"Yes," Delilah, feeling that the other party was very trustworthy, answered truthfully.

"Do you know what that represents?" Anthony asked while listening to the magician outside speaking the prepared lines.

"My heartbeat was accelerating, my blood was boiling," Delilah described the feeling at the time.

"Do you know what that represents?" Anthony asked further.

Delilah shook her head in the darkness:

"I don't know, but my real father told me to report it to him as soon as possible if I had similar sensing."

"Real father?" Anthony had a guess.

Delilah smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Biological father, he is my mother's lover, the current Minister of Industry of the government, Mo Lan Avigny."

Mo Lan Avigny... Anthony felt the magician start to make attempts on the wooden box and hurriedly asked the last question:

"After he knew you had similar sensing, what did he say?"

"Told me not to worry and live as usual," Delilah was actually still a bit worried.

Anthony said "Hmm":

"Beautiful lady, I am very happy to perform this magic with you. Can you give me some items of commemorative value?

"For example, a few hairs."

His voice was low and magnetic, making Delilah feel that this was a very normal request.

Thus, she pulled out several hairs and handed them to Anthony.

After touching the hair follicles of those few hairs, Anthony breathed a sigh of relief and still used a low voice to say:

"I don't hope this will destroy your family. After leaving this wooden box, hearing my finger snap, you will forget our time together here..."

As the magnetic voice echoed, Delilah's thoughts became a bit blurry again.

Snap!

The wooden box opened, and only Anthony was left inside, while Delilah was pulled out from behind the curtain at the back of the performance stage by the magician.

The audience applauded happily.

When the applause subsided slightly, and the magician pressed his hand to his chest and bowed to thank them, Anthony didn't look at Delilah and quietly snapped his fingers.

Delilah had originally wanted to chat with this gentleman who made her feel close, but after hearing the snap, her body trembled slightly, her eyes first a bit confused, then restored to clarity.

She turned and walked off the wooden stage, returning to her maid and male servant.

Anthony left at a steady pace and disappeared into the crowd.

Memorial Hall District, 9 Orosay Street, Apartment 702.

Franca applied the ashes of Delilah's hair, which had been burned with black flames, to the surface of the dressing mirror and chanted the descriptive sentence for the most commonly used "Magic Mirror Divination" target.

Amidst the sound of splashing water and under the dim luster, Franca asked:

"Is the owner of these hairs a 'Mirror Person'?"

The old voice answered:

"No."

(End of chapter)