Chapter 1261: Country Wedding

Margaret said, and told Xia De the specific time and place of the wedding banquet. This was somewhat like the wedding banquet of Luvia's sister that Xia De attended at the end of autumn. The banquet would last almost all night, and no one had anything they had to do; people just needed to enjoy this beautiful moment. A princess's wedding banquet could be fun, let alone this kind of "remote country" noble daughter's wedding banquet. And it is said that such banquets are also good opportunities for affairs.

"I have to visit the Stonemason Association tomorrow morning. This time it's a formal visit, so I won't go with you tonight."

Margaret said, and asked Xia De with a smile:

"Why, are you going to bring another female companion?"

"I'm just going to find Osenfort, there's no need to bring a female companion. Besides, you also know, I don't want anyone around me to have contact with him, he..."

Xia De looked at Margaret very seriously. Before confirming the demon's identity, it was best not to talk about this matter:

"It's really dangerous, so when your people and the Grey Glove people conduct preliminary investigations, absolutely do not contact him directly."

Xia De didn't intend to stay long at the wedding banquet of strangers, and didn't even intend to eat there. So after having dinner with Margaret, he set off for the manor where the wedding was held.

That was the Mason Manor located in the west of the city. Since the city of Randall River Valley originated in the east of the city, nobles with manors in the west were generally considered emerging nobles, a type of person looked down upon within the local noble group.

One party to the marriage was the daughter of Baron Mason, and the other was the eldest son of a fallen baron family, Magila Enriques. Although both came from baron families, from the perspective of status, the two parties did not match. The girl's father, Baron Mason, managed the banking industry himself and was a very wealthy noble. But Xia De also heard Margaret say that the two young people grew up together and had deep feelings, so the elders allowed Miss Mason to get married immediately after graduating from art studies in Willendale.

Xia De also blessed such a marriage very much. Although such a lively banquet would still send invitations, in reality, as long as one could offer their blessings and be dressed appropriately, anyone could attend the banquet. For this reason, Xia De even prepared a gift, which was a strange stone carving he bought at a souvenir shop on the side of the road when riding from the city, a specialty of Randall River Valley.

And when he walked along the country road and saw the silhouette of the manor, the lively banquet had already begun.

"Hope not to waste too much time." He thought in his heart, after all, Osenfort Manor was located in the east of the city, and this was the west of the city. If he wasted too much time, he wouldn't be able to get the statue today.

After successfully entering the manor, he discovered that although it was winter, tents had been set up in the courtyard, and colorful flags hung between the tents, where people were either playing banquet games or enjoying themselves at long tables filled with food.

Laughter and the sound of clinking glasses rose one after another, and the banquet seemed to be at its liveliest moment.

Asking anyone for the whereabouts of Prince William Anjou would definitely not yield results. After the prince's attack, this might even be considered to have ulterior motives. Therefore, Xia De entered the interior of the manor mansion directly, thinking that the prince who was talking business with a businessman should be in the best lounge.

But after searching around, he found young men and women fooling around, found people conducting illegal transactions, and even found a young woman crying alone, but he didn't find the prince.

Xia De could only come to the outdoors from the interior, and finally found William Anjou and Stone Osenfort in the backyard.

The groom accompanied the most distinguished guest out of the barn, and at this time, bursts of laughter erupted from the barn, and no one knew what they were doing.

Xia De happened to meet their party, and William Anjou didn't have a deep impression of "John Watson" who played Roder Cards at Count Granger's banquet. Plus, he had changed into other clothes, so he didn't recognize him immediately. And Stone Osenfort, who was tall and burly and looked more like the prince's bodyguard, saw Xia De at a glance.

He whispered to the prince, and then left the team and walked toward Xia De.

The two watched the prince leave together. Xia De was very surprised to find that among the attendants following the prince,

there was actually a Ringed Ringed Shushi, about the third ring. This could not possibly be a Ringed Ringed Shushi of the church. Only when royal family members clearly suffered attacks from supernatural powers would the church send its own team.

Therefore, at this time, Xia De could only understand it as Prince William having hired a Ringed Ringed Shushi who was short of money to be his bodyguard from somewhere.

"Really didn't expect to see you here. Who sent you?"

After the others left, Osenfort said. The two walked to a bare tree without leaves to talk. This was a high position in the backyard of the manor, because there were no activities arranged nearby, so there was no kerosene lamp illumination, making it exceptionally dim.

Osenfort crossed his arms, a behavior Xia De had always considered to be a lack of security. Xia De himself looked at the people playing in the courtyard: "What do you mean who sent me? You entrusted me to find things, I found them, and you made me wait in vain all morning, of course I let myself come."

Xia De answered, and then realized Osenfort's question might have another meaning:

"However, it was your old butler who suggested I come to the city to see you."

Osenfort hummed, and Xia De continued to add:

"I didn't say I came to see you to return the item. My reason for visiting is the statue. Your old butler said that the statue in your room cannot be touched at will without permission, so he asked me to come directly to you. I searched in the city for a whole afternoon before I heard that you and William Anjou came to attend the banquet. Truly leisurely~"

"You don't have to get angry at me, there is naturally a reason why I didn't see you at noon today."

Osenfort said, and reached out to Xia De, but Xia De did not hand over the badge:

"No, not yet."

"Why, want to go back on your word or want more rewards?"

The burly man turned his head. The words sounded like a joke between friends, but the expression on his face was very scary.

"Of course not going back on my word, it's just that I want the statue you collected, Edward Marcus's statue, this is not a joke."

Xia De also stared at his yellow eyes:

"You said you would give me news about 【Genesis·Earth】 in the end, but how do I know if what you said is true. Pay a part of the deposit first, which can make me more active in my subsequent actions, this is a very cost-effective thing. I spent a week finding the badge, Mr. Osenfort, you don't want me to spend a year finding the last earring, right?"

The two stared at each other in silence for half a minute, and Stone Osenfort took the initiative to speak:

"The statue is not a valuable thing, you can take it from the manor yourself tomorrow. But you must guarantee that you will find the third item before spring arrives."

"Okay."

Xia De nodded, reached into his pocket and took out the "Carsenrick Third Class Combat Hero" badge:

"See if this is what you are looking for." Stone Osenfort took it, looked at it for just two glances, and nodded:

"Yes."

Still with a serious expression without any expression, after checking, he actually threw it back to Xia De:

"Wait until you find the last earring, then return them to me together."

Xia De noticed that the first item, the black sapphire ring, was in his hand at this time.

"I can keep it for you. However, aren't you curious how I found it?"

Xia De shook the badge, and Osenfort shook his head:

"I hired you to help me find things, not to tell me stories. How you found it, what does it have to do with me?"

Xia De smiled, and put the badge back into his pocket:

"You are truly a strange guy, but since I agreed to take on your entrustment, I won't lie. Please wait for my good news, I hope the last blue sapphire earring is not hidden in an even stranger place."

As he said this, he wanted to leave. Since Osenfort said he would take the statue from his manor tomorrow, he thought he could go home and rest today. Of course, it would be good to say hello to Luvia before leaving. But the man behind him

called him again:

"John Watson, you are a Ringed Ringed Shushi, right?"

Xia De stopped his steps and turned to look at him:

"Whether I am a Ringed Ringed Shushi, does it have anything to do with our entrustment?"

He imitated the other party's sentence structure. Unexpectedly, Osenfort was not angry, but thought for a moment:

"It indeed has nothing to do with it, I just want to warn you, although I am a normal person, don't play any tricks on me."

Osenfort didn't look at Xia De, but looked at the people playing in the light.

"Can I understand this as you threatening me?"

Xia De asked, and the latter shook his head slightly, looking at the crowd with an interested expression:

"Are you interested in staying for half an hour and watching an interesting drama with me?"

Xia De

"If it's only for half an hour, I think that's no problem."

The two walked away from under the tree together and saw, not far away, the Prince who was chatting and laughing with a group of young ladies alongside the groom, Mr. Enrikes.

The appearance of a Prince of Karsner at such a wedding banquet of rural nobles naturally made the young ladies attending the wedding very excited. But it seemed William Anjou had little interest in this, responding only out of courtesy.

Thus, Stone Ossenfort walked over. His mere appearance caused the young ladies to stop their excited chatter in fear. Seeing Ossenfort take the initiative to talk to the Prince as if they were friends, they tactfully left.

Just as Miss Lathers said, this man has a very bad reputation locally.