Chapter 137: Normal Cat

"You said Miss Galina is a member of the Witch Council?"

He had learned about this organization in detail from Miss Annette during the day, and not long ago, the maid Tifa even admitted it directly. Unexpectedly, Miss Louisa also knew about this organization.

"Not only Galina Cavendish, her personal maid Tifa Servet should also be. Witches claim to have inherited the legacy of the last thirteen witch emperors of the Fifth Era, and formed a council with 13 great witches as the core. Apart from that, other members are also women."

Miss Louisa smiled:

"For those in the know, the Witch Council has another 'elegant name'."

"What?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"Handkerchief Hobby Association."

"Hmm?"

Xia De was stunned, and quickly "flipped through" the "Delarian General Language Dictionary" in his head, only then did he understand that "handkerchief interaction" also refers to impure interactions between women.

"Oh~"

He made such an exclamation.

Miss Louisa's information once again verified the saying that "witches of the Witch Council don't like men."

After finishing the discussion about Xia De's employer, the two officially started talking about tonight's events.

First, of course, was Xia De's curiosity. He asked with a look of awe:

"Miss Louisa, do you carry steam bombs when you go out?"

Of course, he agreed with this practice. If he had money, he would also want to carry it.

"Safety first, I bought it from the black market, 10 pounds each, not guaranteed to be useful, are you interested?"

The female writer asked, and Xia De immediately shook his head. This money is enough for Miss Gao De to let Detective Hamilton find a cat again. Even if he earned money from Miss Galina and found Detective Sparrow's wallet, and even the Prophet Association had a sum of income in the autumn, there was no need to waste it like this.

"However, I only have one, and steam bombs are not very significant for the influence of mysterious events. If I didn't know that the weakness of that thing was cold and froze it, I bet that even if the bomb was stuffed into the mouth of that disgusting thing, it might not be able to kill it."

Saying that, Miss Louisa put the small bottle containing fish scales on Xia De's coffee table with a thud.

The orange cat's eyes lit up, and then was caught by the back of the neck by Xia De and placed on his lap to stroke. The cat lazily meowed, chin resting on Xia De's leg, while accepting the stroking, while twisting its head to look curiously at the small bottle on the table.

The small ears trembled with Xia De's stroking, so Mia finally didn't dart out.

"Are you interested in using this artifact? Researching fish scale disease, or just using it as a swimming tool."

The female writer asked.

Xia De thought about what he would look like as a fishman, and then thought about the scene where he was chased by Mia, and decisively shook his head:

"Not interested, we don't live in a coastal city like Cold Water Port, it's possible to go to sea, I don't want to turn into strange things."

"I'm not interested in holding it either, so ugly... Then after a while, I'll sell it to Old John, or contribute it directly to the Academy. After getting the money, we'll split it equally. I defeated the monster, but finding it relied on you, so split it equally."

The golden-haired lady proposed, which is very fair.

The reason why she didn't sell it to Old John now is because it had just happened, and Miss Louisa believed that Old John would suppress the price on the grounds that "this thing is involved in the case and it's not easy to sell." And not immediately handing it over to the Academy is because she wanted to inquire about Old John's offer first.

After all, Miss Louisa and Xia De are not in a hurry to use money for the time being.

Xia De would of course not rashly keep a young girl at home overnight. Although his house is indeed very large and Detective Sparrow's empty room can be used, the relationship between the two hasn't reached the point of staying overnight at home, and he himself respects ladies very much.

Therefore, Miss Louisa changed into a warm coat, drank a cup of hot tea with Xia De on the sofa, and left. Before leaving, Miss Louisa also mentioned that although her friend who is a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi and whose identity is not convenient to reveal is temporarily not in Tobesk, she has already borrowed the handwritten copy of the translation of the original fairy tale book "The Little Match Girl", and will bring it to him tomorrow, which is the study meeting on Saturday afternoon.

"Do I need to thank you? And the matter of the advertisement in the 'Steam Bird Daily'."

When the two said goodbye in the foyer downstairs, the detective holding the cat asked this.

"If you want to thank me, then tell me your detective story when you have time. After the exam week in July, "The Mystery of the Blood Word" will be officially serialized in the "Steam Bird Daily"."

She stood on the stone steps at the door and said, looked left and right, and found no one in the square, then asked again:

"Tomorrow night, I plan to go see the little girl Sophie, to confirm that she has not been too affected by the fish scale disease. Go see it quietly, probably tomorrow night at ten o'clock, are you interested in going together?"

Xia De supported the door and thought about his schedule:

"Can go together, anyway, I'm reading at home, might as well go out for a walk... Since we are talking about this topic, Miss Louisa, what are you going to do the night after tomorrow, which is the weekend night?"

Miss Louisa sized up Xia De:

"Why, do you want to date me? I'm sorry, Luweiya made an appointment with me to watch an opera."

The answer was generous. If Xia De really wanted to date the golden-haired girl, he would probably be very disappointed.

But the young outsider obviously didn't mean this. He explained:

"No, no, I'm just confirming that you won't go to watch the card game. It's good to watch an opera, I wish you a good time."

He said happily. The golden-haired writer frowned and cast a suspicious look. Seeing that Xia De didn't intend to explain, she waved to him:

"Then see you tomorrow afternoon. Detective, I will return this clothes to you after I wash it, good night."

After speaking, she wrapped her coat and turned into the pitch-black night, leaving the detective and the cat at his feet, watching this quiet night.

The light in the foyer made their shadows stretch very long on the street of the Ring Square. The swaying shadows seemed to indicate what was about to happen.

(Little Mia is running...)

Outsiders in stories who come to different worlds often have great goals to achieve. And Xia De's goal is naturally the path of sublimation of twelve divinities, but due to the slow upgrade speed of the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi system, what he can do now is to handle his daily life well.

In the week after the Lake View Manor time, he came into contact with two artifacts, 【Joyful Dream Pen】 and 【Scales of the Drowned Fishman】, which can be considered to have gained knowledge. But based on the attitude of completing the things in his hands as much as possible, Xia De didn't go out to "explore" the city on Saturday morning, but worked hard to translate all the content of Miss Louisa's commissioned book "Chasing the Four Elements: Wind and Fire". And strictly followed her requirements, only translating generally and not in detail.

This is more difficult than direct translation.

If it weren't for the "divine radiance" state, which can shield the mental pollution from abnormal knowledge, Xia De might have spent another half a week.

After waking up on Saturday morning, he first got food for himself and the cat, and then started working immediately. The milk company that Detective Sparrow used to order was also the Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company, but Xia De didn't have time to go again for the time being, and milk was not a necessity, so he thought about considering renewing the goat milk for Mia at the end of this month.

His hard-working energy even made the other temporary member in the house, the small orange cat, worry about Xia De's health. Xia De believes that if there were no mice in the house, Mia might have brought a dead mouse to supplement his nutrition.

"Speaking of which, why do I feel you are getting smarter recently? Is it because I used too many elements around you?"

He asked while holding the cat during a break, but the ignorant cat just leaned in Xia De's arms and rested lazily.

"Is Little Mia a normal cat?"

Since he thought of this question, he asked in his heart. This kind of bridge is very common in the stories Xia De has read.

【Normal cat, no traces of elements and spirit.】

Although "she" cannot be omnipotent, if it is a saint-like existence deliberately hiding herself, "she" probably cannot feel it. But the cat acting like a spoiled child in front of him doesn't look like something strange disguised at all, so Xia De thinks that Mia has become a little smarter recently, probably just his illusion.

Because of the special ability to understand characters, translating ancient mysterious books for Miss Louisa is not difficult. Instead, after a complete translation, Xia De felt that he understood something from the story of the book.

"Chasing the Four Elements: Wind and Fire" itself might have obtained spiritual runes related to "wind" and "fire", plus the improvement Xia De suddenly obtained from the spell "Ignite" after telling the story in the past not long ago—

He squinted at the flame jumping at his fingertips, but nothing happened. It seems that the enlightenment when translating books is not enough to promote transformation. This accumulation will settle down until it is completely sublimated.

"However, translating ancient mysterious books seems to deepen my perception of elements more than reading books... Hmm, a very good idea."

He had lunch at 11:30, played with Little Mia for a while, and then sorted out his recent financial situation, adding the record of "nothing happened today, deposits decreased" to the diary left by the detective, and then set off.

When Xia De handed "Chasing the Four Elements: Wind and Fire" and his handwritten translation to the golden-haired writer in the doctor's bedroom on the third floor of the Schneider psychological clinic that afternoon, Miss Louisa, who hadn't seen him for half a day, was quite surprised:

"Detective, I thought you would be very busy. You wouldn't have spent your whole week translating this book, would you?"

"The exam week is at the end of this month. Since I took the reward, I will naturally not delay your affairs."

Xia De said reservedly, without showing a smug expression.

Miss Louisa lowered her head to flip through Xia De's handwritten manuscript, whispering that his handwriting was a bit ugly. But there was no way, Xia De was not very used to the writing of alphabetic characters.

Professors from St. Byrons would appear at today's study meeting, but before that, the five people still had to follow the normal process.

Everyone arrived on time, but since it was only three days away from the meeting on Tuesday, others didn't have much to share, just most of them were worried about the exam week at the end of the month, which made Xia De feel like returning to the past.

The window in the bedroom was open, and the warm summer sunshine shone into the room from the window, extending to the bed, making the metal pillars of the four-poster bed shine, making the still weak Doctor Schneider look a little more energetic.

Although there was still fog in the city, at least it was a good day now.