Chapter 1550: The Sorceress of Green Lake

"This looks like cotton, is this also candy?"

The princess tasted some and smiled slightly because of the sweetness:

"Cotton candy?"

"Turning food into candy also requires similar color and shape. I can't turn a piece of bread into sugar water. I remember there should be something similar now, right?"

The princess, who was well-informed in the palace, nodded:

"Beating egg whites and syrup into foam can make candy similar to cotton, but whether it is appearance or taste, it is not as good as yours."

"This can actually be made now, but it relies on machines."

He briefly explained the production method, of course, the Outlander only knew it roughly. Lei Qianya listened carefully, and only sighed after Xia De finished speaking:

"You always have all kinds of novel ideas, but these ideas are very good. For example, Miss Sylvia's inventions."

Xia De's face turned red, and he coughed:

"This tastes quite good, right? If you like it, I can turn out more candy you haven't eaten."

Saying this, Xia De did not forget to stop the mystery, otherwise, if the candy fell all over the floor, it would be very troublesome to clean up. He put Little Mia back on the table and gave a small part of the bowl to the cat.

"Now is the time for breakfast, and I am not a child who likes to eat candy. What's more, I have to help Dorothy pay attention to maintaining her figure."

Lei Qianya said, and looked at the bowl of sugar again:

"The target of the spell is something you consider food? If it is not forcibly changing cognition, it is possible to cause the loss of control of the Ringed Shushi, and the use of this ability is even more."

Lei Qianya said with a smile:

"And your composite mystery has become more like a fairy tale. When the little girl with matches walks on the street at night barefoot, but finds that the snowflakes falling from the sky are sugar... If it is really like this, the fairy tale of "Match Girl" will not be a tragedy."

Because he was going to see Grandma Natalie of the 【Light-Guiding Cultivation Society】 this morning to ask if the Ringed Shushi who wanted to acquire "Mountain Copper" was willing to meet, so after breakfast and entrusting Mia to Dorothy, Xia De set off for the Green Lake region.

After carefully slipping out of the underground warehouse of the Green Lake Hotel, Xia De still left from the back door of the hotel kitchen.

The child from yesterday was still living in the trash can next to the door. Xia De did not disturb him, but put a few copper coins next to the trash can. He was not worried that this would be taken by others, no one would come here at all.

The journey was not far. Xia De walked to the Kingfisher Tailor Shop and met Grandma Natalie through the secret passage in the changing room at the corner of the wall. This old woman had the power of the eleventh ring close to the twelfth ring, which was very consistent with Xia De's impression of the Light-Guiding Cultivation Society.

"Good morning."

After a simple greeting, Grandma Natalie gave Xia De a note:

"The other party is willing to see you, but regarding the information about the Edwards family, she can only reveal a few items limitedly, it is impossible to tell you everything."

"The Edwards family is an ordinary family, her appearance, isn't it obvious that Edwards has deeper secrets?"

Xia De said with a smile, looking at the note, it was the address in Green Lake City:

"First floor of Green Lake Hotel, 10:30 this morning?"

It was 9:57 in the morning, and half an hour was enough for Xia De to walk back:

"Grandma, do you have any relics or potions that can make people turn into animals for a short time... Relics forget it, potions are best."

Using relics for body transformation, the side effects must be very large, which also belongs to the common sense of Ringed Shushi.

"That kind of potion is not easily found. If you are willing to wait, I can contact old friends, but it will take at least one or two months to have an answer."

The old man behind the counter said, and Xia De nodded:

"Then forget it, I want to get the finished product this week."

"The brewing of that level of potion itself is very time-consuming, so you can only find potions that have already been prepared. This is not easy, but if you have the channels of the three major academies, you can try to find them in the academy. After all, for teaching, potion professors will hoard finished potions to facilitate classroom teaching."

This gave Xia De a new idea.

And when Xia De was about to leave, Grandma Natalie called him again and exhorted him:

"The buyer of Mountain Copper has some small problems in personality. If you find that she is indifferent and slightly hostile to you, please don't mind. My old friend's personality has always been like this."

She hesitated for a moment, thinking that Xia De was introduced by Mr. Edmund:

"She is a high-level Ringed Shushi, and she had a problem herself for a period of time... almost lost control. Her mental state has only improved in the last few years, so no matter what she says, don't mind too much. This transaction is guaranteed by me, and there will definitely be no problem."

"This kind of high-level Ringed Shushi is very dangerous."

Xia De sighed, then frowned slightly, connecting the characteristics mentioned by Grandma Natalie with a certain type of person he knew.

"Shouldn't, be such a coincidence, right?"

He pressed his chest, the "Witch Detection Badge" had always been carried on his body.

Grandma Natalie said that the buyer had booked the location on the first floor with the owner of the "Green Lake Hotel" in advance, so after Xia De returned to the hotel at 10:18 this morning, he went directly to the counter to ask about the location.

However, it was a pity that the owner of the hotel, Mr. Solon Green, was not there. The woman Xia De saw behind the counter was about the same age as Mr. Green and also had brown hair.

After Xia De introduced his identity, the woman smiled and said:

"Mr. Watson, you didn't come back last night, we were worried about whether you got lost in this strange city."

"I stayed in the Mikaela Blast Furnace City last night. It took some time when crossing the border, and by the time I finished visiting the city and wanted to come back, it was too late."

Xia De said, and the woman helped to check Mr. Solon Green's notebook:

"Found it, the lady who made an appointment with you asked you to wait for her at the table under the oil painting of Green Lake against the wall. If she doesn't arrive at 10:30 in the morning, she won't be late for more than ten minutes at most."

"Thank you, Mrs. Green."

Xia De thought the woman in front of him was Mr. Green's wife. After all, the hotel servants were very respectful to her, and she also had the key to the drawer under the counter. But this time, he guessed wrong.

"Mr. Watson, you may have misunderstood, I am not my brother's wife. I am Helena Green, the twin sister of Solon Green. My brother is already married. If Sarah heard this, she would joke and urge me to get married early again."

Xia De was a bit embarrassed:

"I'm really sorry, I thought..."

"After all, one is a man and one is a woman, we haven't looked alike since we were young."

Xia De chatted with Ms. Helena Green for a few more words, then asked for a cup of hot tea, and then came to sit under the oil painting of Green Lake.

It was Wednesday morning, and there were not many people in the hotel. The news about the upcoming negotiations in the local area was annoying to read. Xia De just flipped through it, then sat at the table bored and looked at the entrance of the hotel, guessing what the female sorceress looked like.

"Grandma Natalie said that the other party is her old friend for many years, so the lady's age should not be small... But it is not difficult to find a way to maintain youth, so the other party's appearance may also look very young."

Time soon arrived at 10:30 in the morning, and the opposite side of Xia De, who was holding a teacup, was still empty. The lady was late, but not for too long. Two minutes later, the door of the Green Lake Hotel was pushed open from the outside, and accompanied by the thin sunlight, a lady with light brown shoulder-length hair also broke into the room.

She looked like she was twenty-one or twenty-two years old, wearing a dark purple silk dress with a high collar, and the skirt reached below the ankles. She was tall, and the high-waisted coat made her waist look very slender. The shoes were low-heeled, and because of the skirt, the specific appearance could not be seen, but it should be black buckled small leather shoes. As for the top of her head, she wore a wide-brimmed hat with embroidered lace decorations.

Solemn and conservative, this was the dressing style of middle-class women in this era. Instead, at the banquets of nobles, the matching of dresses was sometimes bolder.

Her face was very exquisite, just with a very indifferent expression. It was needless to say that what was seen at this time was the appearance after the lady's disguise. After the female sorceress entered the door, she pursed her lips and looked directly at Xia De's side. After her pupils contracted and she was slightly startled, she blinked and walked over directly. And as she approached, Xia De also knew that the other party should be the eleventh or twelfth ring, which was very close to Grandma Natalie's level.

"Mr. Watson?"

After sitting down, the woman asked softly in Karsenrik language. It was not a local accent, but it sounded very good. It's just that her tone was as cold as her expression, as if there was something dirty on Xia De.

"It seems that Grandma Natalie was completely right."

Xia De thought in his heart, then pressed his chest. The witch detection badge had no reaction at this moment, and the other party did not make a request to hold his wrist, which meant that Xia De seemed to be really worrying too much.

"Yes, I am John Watson, and it was Grandma Natalie who gave me the meeting time and place."

Xia De introduced. Now there was almost no one on the first floor of the hotel, so there was no need to worry about being heard by ordinary people.

The female sorceress nodded coldly and put her gloved hand on the table. Observing her at such a close distance, this lady whose surname was still unknown had a very unique temperament. That indifferent expression that was difficult to contact not only did not destroy her beauty, but made her look different from ordinary women.

Xia De wanted to greet the waiter to have a cup of tea for her, but was rejected by the other party:

"I still have some things to do, I will leave after we finish talking."

PS: Modern meaning appeared after the 1890s. ===== CHAPTER 1551 =====