Chapter 1528

Xia De raised an eyebrow and asked the Follen brothers:

"Is your mother also a Delarion?"

"Yes, mother's family used to be the lords of Green Lake. But later, the Edwards family declined, and our grandfather went to Karsenrik alone and started a family in Wyndael, and only gave birth to our mother when he was in his forties. So, we do have one-quarter Delarion blood. However, almost every resident in the Green Lake area has the blood of other countries, so whose country the Edwards blood belongs to is really hard to say."

Eric Follen said with a smile, then the brothers and Xia De officially said goodbye, and Xia De saw them off at his door.

"Among the descendants of the Edwards family, who have the same sun, moon, and star patterns as the High Tower and the Black Night Temple in the letters, besides the Great Witch Audrey Edwards, there are actually Ring Mages? Is the probability of Ring Mages appearing in their family so high?"

Xia De looked at their backs:

"Could it be that these Edwards, who have no connection with each other, are actually all Ring Mages?"

【Then do you want to report it to Danister now?】

"No, no, we must investigate clearly. It just so happens that I am going to write a reply to Miss Gao De, so I will send another letter to Miss Margaret and Miss Sylvia, asking them to investigate the family of the Follen brothers' mother in Wyndael City. I don't know if their mother and grandfather are still alive... Witch Audrey Edwards, in terms of generation, should be their aunt."

This afternoon was the study meeting of the group as usual, and all five members of the group attended on time. But besides them, the professors responsible for the background investigation of correspondence students in the Tobesk area appeared again and announced that after a week of investigation, the Academy believed that the backgrounds of all five members of Bill Schneider's group were fine.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and the professors also talked to each person for a few minutes alone before leaving. When it was Xia De's turn, Professor Andor from the Chemistry Academy first talked to Xia De about 【Faceless Man】, warning Xia De not to do such dangerous things in the future, but they didn't say Xia De's approach was wrong:

"The Church of the True God has already tracked that relic. The other party's state is very strange now. The Church will provide you with a report on the contact with the other party through the Delarion Kingdom official. Remember to submit that report to the Academy within a week. This is intelligence from direct contact with 【Faceless Man】, and the Academy will give you rewards not limited to practical credits."

After saying this, the professor mentioned "Miss Mia Gao De" that Xia De told them about last week:

"From your description, you have never met that Miss Gao De, so we thought, could the other party be an illusory character like the Sage-tier relic 【Non-existent Pen Pal】, and in fact, no one wrote to you at all, and everything was your hallucination. However, after investigation, we confirmed that Miss Gao De is fine."

The old professor said, and Xia De, holding Mia, also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although Miss Gao De sent him a letter every month and even sent a set of armor as a gift last month, because the commission left by Detective Sparrow was really evil, he always felt that the lady also had problems:

"Did the Academy contact that lady? I hope this won't cause her any trouble."

"Please rest assured, we didn't contact her directly, but the intelligence shows that the remote and dilapidated town on the east coast does exist, and historical and cultural materials can prove this point. Moreover, we also found people who had contacted that lady in the town, and these are all fine."

Xia De felt relieved, but when he went downstairs with the doctor to see the professors off, he thought of new problems:

"Is the Academy's investigation definitely correct? The Academy also thought my background was fine... Is their investigation about Miss Gao De really accurate?"

"She" sighed helplessly in Xia De's ear, as if sighing that Xia De was always suspicious of everyone around him.

There was nothing fresh at this week's study meeting. Everyone congratulated Xia De on winning the 1854 Round-the-City Equestrian Competition. Priest Augustus even entrusted Xia De to go to the Dawn Church tomorrow. Bishop Owen invited Xia De to go to the city welfare home to visit the children together; the children would definitely be very happy about the arrival of a "Knight."

The meeting ended very early, and everyone dispersed at 3:00. Although it was the dating time on Saturday, seeing it was still early, because Dorothy, who was actually Lei Qianya due to a forced exchange, temporarily parted ways with Xia De to go to the Steam Bird Newspaper to pick up the sample book of the next edition, and agreed to meet Xia De in the evening.

Xia De was fine for the time being. After settling the return of their bets in the underground casino with the doctor at the clinic, he invited Dr. Schneider to go to the cemetery outside the city with him to visit Sparrow Hamilton. This was something they had agreed upon when they were in Randall Valley, but because Xia De had a serious illness after returning home, and then encountered the competition, it had been delayed until now.

And facts proved that, just as Xia De said last autumn, the flower in front of Sparrow Hamilton's grave had bloomed.

Early Sunday morning, after getting up, Lei Qianya made breakfast for Xia De, and then restored her soul to Dorothy, eating breakfast with Xia De in a quite good mood.

After breakfast, the writer lady left. Xia De tidied up and went to handle his private affairs for the new month. By noon, he didn't forget to go to the Dawn Church according to Priest Augustus's entrustment, accepted people's congratulations as the champion of the Round-the-City Equestrian Competition, and then went to the welfare home in Tobesk City with Bishop Owen, Priest Augustus, and several other priests he only recognized but couldn't call by name, to visit the orphans who had no parents.

Although there were municipal government appropriations and the care of the Church of the True God, the buildings of the welfare home still looked a bit dilapidated. However, the children living in them looked healthy. Although they wore all kinds of old clothes with patches, at least they were living peacefully.

They were quite excited about the appearance of the "Knight." After lunch, they surrounded Xia De and asked him to tell knight stories. Besides the few books left by Detective Sparrow, the Outlander hadn't actually read many knight novels, so he could only rack his brains to mix the stories he had heard from operas, fairy tales, etc., but the children still listened very happily and invited Xia De to come and play often when he had time.

It was almost 3:00 in the afternoon when he came out of the welfare home and prepared to return to the church.

"How do you feel?"

It was difficult for the carriage to drive into the narrow streets, so the group had to cross the street to board the carriage. Xia De looked back at the end of the road, that dirty-looking courtyard:

"The children using dirtier diapers of smaller children as steam bombs for 'war games' was indeed beyond my expectation; also, although the gas lamps in the house can all work and are not very old, it is best to change them to the latest style that can adjust brightness with seven scales. Living in a dim and oppressive environment is no good for them."

Priest Augustus nodded and was about to add something, but heard Xia De say:

"In addition, I plan to donate half of the prize money from the Equestrian Competition to renovate the welfare home. I think the Dawn Church should be willing to accept this donation."

"That's not a small amount; I remember the prize money is 3000 pounds."

The priest reminded.

The prize money for the Round-the-City Equestrian Competition was the same as the prize money for "Big City Player," but the former gained more honor, and basically all the nobles in the Old Continent would pay attention to this event. The latter had a high reputation among Rod Card players, but once separated from Rod Card players, not many people knew about it.

"Just 1500 pounds; I don't live on this."

Xia De shook his head indifferently:

"I cannot change this world now, and even if I changed the world, there would always be poor people. I can only do what I can do before my eyes; this is probably the duty of being a human."

Of course, Priest Augustus would never guess how much Xia De had earned by betting in the underground casino with the doctor.

Priest Augustus and Bishop Owen originally intended to invite Xia De to have dinner at the church, but Xia De received a letter from Miss Galina early in the morning, inviting him to have dinner at the manor tonight.

When the carriage carried Xia De to the destination, the sunset glow at the edge of the sky dyed the sky behind the manor mansion red. As the lights were lit, when Xia De walked toward the mansion along the garden path with the maid, the gas lamps in the windows also lit up one by one.

Xia De originally thought he would meet Yiluna, who came for class every Sunday, here, but Yiluna left after 4:00 in the afternoon. The Witch wanted a romantic candlelight dinner for two tonight. For this, she even greeted in advance during the Round-the-City Equestrian Competition, transporting fresh silver cod from Baden, a famous fishing port city on the east coast of the Old Continent, transporting top-grade beef from the central plain grassland and pastoral city of Kohem in Karsenrik, and letting the newly returned New Continent exploration team send spices produced in the New Continent.

If it weren't for the "Wine God's Bottle" Xia De gave her, red wine from those ancient wineries in Huntington City would also be indispensable. But since red wine wasn't needed, the step of transporting wine was naturally saved.

When dinner started, there were only Xia De and Galina at the table. Mia sat on the high stool beside Xia De obediently, staring with large amber eyes, waiting to be fed, while the maids wearing black and white maid dresses were busy pushing the dining car to serve dishes in an environment where gas lamps were extinguished and only cashmere candles on the golden candlestick on the table provided lighting.

That candle had a scent mixed with spices and cedar, which was quite pleasant.