Chapter 1036: The Visiting Witch

"I have already tested the spiritual light of the 'Guiding Moon'."

The Thirteen-Ring witch shook her head slightly:

"That wordless black book with the secret of the Silver Moon Library does indeed react to the spiritual light, but the degree of reaction is far less than the reaction caused by the spiritual light of your and my core Spirit Runes to the wordless black book."

Xia De frowned slightly:

"Could it be because that is just collected spiritual light, not the real spiritual light released by himself?"

"There is this possibility."

Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te nodded:

"I have applied to the Principal to go to To Bei Si Ke City, and I will carry that black book. Mr. Han Mi Er Dun, I need you to communicate with that 'Guiding Moon' in advance and persuade him to assist in releasing the spiritual light."

"This will expose the secret of the black book to him."

Xia De pointed this out, and Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te shook her head:

"There is no better way for now. You go find Lei Jin Si Pu Li Xia and persuade him to participate in an experiment related to spiritual light. You can offer him a high price; gold pounds are not a problem. However, remember, my identity is a Sixth Ring witch from Saint Bai Lun Si in To Bei Si Ke."

If Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te didn't care about exposing that book, Xia De could do it:

"I know the group leader of Se Ke Sai Si in To Bei Si Ke. Through the group leader, I can contact Sir Pu Li Xia, and then use personal friendship to request his help. It should be no problem."

"You are indeed very reliable."

Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te showed a smile:

"Today is Wednesday. I will handle the library management affairs after leaving Saint Bai Lun Si and set off. I will arrive in To Bei Si Ke City around this weekend. This stone slab is the property of the library, and I don't have the right to give it to you directly."

The witch showed a smile:

"But I can lend it to you for a hundred years with my private authority. That stone slab cannot be transmitted by poem manuscript pages; I will bring it over personally. As for its ownership after a hundred years... that depends on whether you can inherit my position, and who the subsequent successor you choose is."

Xia De showed a knowing expression. If he could really become a library administrator, it wouldn't be a problem to renew the "lease" for another hundred years. And since Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te could reach the Northern Pearl from the Far North in three or four days, she definitely wasn't taking the train.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Now he only needed to unseal the Red Moon Spirit Rune, and he could touch the secret of the deep layer of time perception. And unsealing that Spirit Rune required higher-level power of the same origin.

Although the "yellow moon" that needed to be found for the bard's trial was not the red moon, it was also the moon. Xia De thought that perhaps that special item, which he didn't know if it was a Relic, might be able to help him unseal the red moon.

"So, the bard's trial, I must complete it! The mystery of time, the true secret of the Sixth Era..."

The news that Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te was about to come to To Bei Si Ke was indeed shocking, but that was also a matter for the weekend. This Wednesday, Xia De's most important thing was to arrange his date with the two girls.

He had originally made a plan, arranged all activities from this afternoon to tomorrow noon, and even planned to take Duo Luo Qian and Lei Qianya to ride horses outside the city besides watching operas and walking around the city. Although riding horses in the snowfield was very cold, the winter scenery must be very good.

But unfortunately, when he waited for Duo Luo Qian at noon, Duo Luo Qian brought Xia De bad news:

"Lei Qianya has something to do today. She was kept in the Yue De Er Palace by His Majesty the King to organize the report for the King's year-end speech."

Every year-end, according to convention, His Majesty the King had to deliver a speech to the whole country, generally summarizing the development of the Kingdom for the year, belittling the state of Ka Sen Li Ke, and then imagining the major arrangements of the Kingdom for the coming year, and conducting year-end awarding activities after the speech.

"Lei Qianya is organizing this kind of report? She was entrusted with such an important job?"

Xia De was very surprised.

The blonde girl holding a handbag shook her head in the foyer. She had to go to the newspaper office in a while and didn't intend to stay at Xia De's place for long:

"It's just the part about the development of the New Continent, but it's also very important. Lei Qianya will probably be busy for a while. She discussed it with me and decided to postpone this Day of the Red Butterfly."

Xia De had no objections to this. Last time, in order to meet at the wedding, the three of them postponed the Day of the Red Butterfly for two days.

"Postponed to which day? I can make plans again."

Xia De asked.

"The 31st day of the Sleeping Moon, which is the last day of this year."

Duo Luo Qian said with slight regret. Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"If I remember correctly, today is only the 11th of the Sleeping Moon."

"Yes, Detective. Please calculate, if the Day of the Red Butterfly starts this afternoon and lasts until tomorrow noon, then which day is the next Day of the Red Butterfly?"

【The second day of 1854.】

"The second day of 1854."

"Your math is really good."

Duo Luo Qian praised him a little and said with a smile:

"But at the Year-End Festival, both Lei Qianya and I want to see you."

She raised her head slightly, her beautiful emerald eyes looking at Xia De:

"After all, this is the first year worth commemorating. So instead of postponing the Day of the Red Butterfly for a week or two, it's better to postpone it to the end of the year. Year-End Festival, the 31st of the Sleeping Moon, we want to spend it with you."

"Hmm..."

The emotion contained in those eyes made Xia De speechless:

"Of course, this is very good. Oh, Duo Luo Qian, I have already prepared your Year-End Festival gift, I got a..."

Some cool fingers touched Xia De's lips:

"Detective, give me this surprise at the end of the year."

She said with a smile, waved to Xia De:

"Don't forget about the exam week. I also have to prepare for my fourth-grade to fifth-grade exam. I hope my luck in this exam is better. I still have potion class homework that I haven't handed in."

She kissed Xia De on the left cheek on tiptoe, then pushed the door open and walked into the silver-white Saint De Lan Square.

【The girls you know are all very good.】

While Xia De was covering his cheek and looking at Duo Luo Qian's back, "She" said with a smile.

"Yes, very good."

Xia De said softly, sighing slightly:

"So, I also have to work hard to earn money. I originally thought I was very rich, but when I had to spend money, I realized I was still a poor person."

He didn't close the door immediately, but walked out of the door on the snow, looking up at his house:

"Having only this house is not enough, I still have to find a way to earn money."

There were currently three things in his hands, which were investigating Lei Jin Si Pu Li Xia, looking for the "yellow moon," and helping Princess Ring Ring Mage Li Te investigate the maid who should have been burned to death.

The first thing still had to wait for news from Doctor Shi Nai De, the second thing had to use a ritual to try to resonate on a clear night, and for the third thing, Xia De planned to solve it today, so that he could concentrate all his energy to face the epic of the fourth Chosen One.

He really hoped that no matter who the fourth Chosen One was, they would finish the ritual before the end of the month, otherwise it would definitely delay everyone's exam time.

Princess Ring Ring Mage Li Te was forced to resign from the maid because she hated eating purple cabbage eight years ago. And the maid who was actually a spy of the Military Intelligence Agency also left Wei Lun Dai Er reasonably after that with the excuse of "self-immolation."

That maid appeared again and was directly witnessed by the Princess, which was absolutely abnormal. Although Xia De suspected that this was another plan of the Military Intelligence Agency, he couldn't ask directly, so he planned to investigate it himself first.

The lazy cat stayed at home, and Xia De went out alone. The last time Princess Ring Ring Mage Li Te saw the maid was near Regent Park in the East District of To Bei Si Ke. At that time, the Princess and Queen Diana had just finished the public welfare activities in Regent Park and saw the maid passing by in a hurry in the crowd with a vegetable basket from the carriage window.

Xia De planned to investigate nearby in the morning. If there were no clues, he would go to Miss Jia Lin Na to ask sideways. He couldn't ask directly, otherwise the red-haired Great Witch would definitely guess what he wanted to do immediately, which might expose the identity of "Gray Hawk."

"At worst, I'll ask Ti Fa, she should keep secrets for me... probably."

This was Xia De's idea.

【However, just by a figure seen by Ring Ring Mage Li Te An Ru, what clues can you investigate?】

She asked Xia De with a smile.

"Although I am not the Chosen One of Wisdom and Knowledge, don't underestimate me."

The Regent Park area in the East District was very close to the local Natural Church. Xia De took a carriage, got off at the entrance of the Natural Church first, and then walked along the snowy street toward Regent Park:

"A very simple analysis, in this kind of ghost weather, if it were me buying vegetables, I would definitely choose the vegetable market that is closest, or slightly closer but very cheap."

【Makes sense.】

"She" whispered in Xia De's ear.

Xia De tightened the scarf around his neck and stood on the side of the road looking at the streetscape on both sides. The East District of To Bei Si Ke was centered on Regent Park, and the streetscape nearby was quite prosperous. The buildings on both sides extended to the north. Looking up, the brown clock tower standing on the front right also turned white in winter.

Everyone on the street was wrapped in cotton clothes, walking carefully. Beggars could no longer be seen at the street corners. The newspaper-selling boy wore patched clothes, leaning against the steam pipes on the wall, craving some temperature.

The weather today was very good, and even the gray mist had dissipated a bit. The winter morning sun, which was not very warm, shone on the city, making the metal pipes on the walls by the street shine.

"I inherited a very accurate city map from Detective Sparrow. Although the map was updated until the end of spring this year, I think half a year is not enough to make this area have new vegetable markets."

【Makes sense.】

"She" continued to whisper. Xia De touched his ear, actually wanting to test whether he could touch someone behind him.

"She" was chuckling.

"The Regent Park area as the East District, which is the center of the rich area, does not have too many vegetable markets nearby, and this is not a slum. And according to Princess Ring Ring Mage Li Te's description, the maid's dress at that time was not a noble lady or a rich noble lady, but an ordinary citizen."

【So...】

"With Regent Park as the center, find the surrounding vegetable markets. Then find the apartments and blocks where civilians live nearby, compare them, find the route that can pass through the Regent Park intersection, and then you can determine where the maid lives. Of course, the premise is still that the maid's reappearance is not a conspiracy of the Military Intelligence Agency."

"She" praised softly:

【Maybe you really have the talent to be a detective.】

"This is just a very ordinary reasoning."

Xia De showed a smile. It was not self-satisfaction; he really thought this was not particularly difficult to think of. Showing a smile was because "She" praised him.

Most of the vegetable markets in this era were not open all day, but concentrated in the morning and evening. Just as Xia De said, the area centered on Regent Park-Natural Church did not have noisy vegetable markets.

There were vegetable markets in the outer areas, but combined with the opening hours, the location of Regent Park, and the rental costs of nearby apartments, Xia De could roughly judge that if the maid was not arranged by the Military Intelligence Agency to pass by, but really lived nearby, then her likely residence was Nuo Er Street, which was a fifteen-minute walk from Regent Park and further downstream of the Ning Dun River.

That was an unknown street in the East District of To Bei Si Ke, but most of the buildings along the street were rental apartments, which led to the poor living in the East District of To Bei Si Ke City mostly liking to live nearby. ===== CHAPTER 1037 =====