Chapter 1563

Old John summarized his words:

"So, although the relic 【Enemy of Arrows】 sounds interesting, it is actually just a toy. The origin of this relic is very clear. It was an alchemy prop made by an alchemist of the Fourth Era for his partner, and later it became a relic... The identification fee is 1 pound. This is a document-level relic, don't bargain with me."

"How much is this relic worth?"

Xia De asked while taking out his wallet. "About 100 pounds."

"Hmm? Didn't you say it was useless?"

Xia De's action of taking out his wallet paused, and the old man explained:

"It's useless for middle-ring Warlocks, but it's still very useful for low-ring Warlocks. Bullets are still very fatal to Ring-Warlocks who have just entered mysticism. This bracelet is equivalent to an extra chance. Since you don't like it, do you want to leave it here for sale?"

Xia De thought about it and shook his head to refuse. This bracelet was also useless to him. He was afraid that he would become unlucky if he carried it with him. But he was not afraid of taking up space in the hidden space of the basement, and he felt that someone would need this bracelet.

He hung up a purchase list for some materials for the 【Black Moon Mark】 ritual at Old John's place, and then hugged the cat and prepared to return home. Because there was nothing to do today, he didn't take a carriage, but walked with Mia to enjoy the scenery of the city in spring.

He originally thought that after returning home, he would spend this afternoon in the study, but just after entering St. Deran Square, and listening to two men on the side of the road talking about the Green Lake negotiations, he saw a tall man in a black trench coat standing at his door. He had obviously knocked on the door to confirm that there was no one at home, so he was looking around anxiously at the door, and recognized Xia De, who was wearing a black coat and a hat, across the bustling crowd on the square:

"Detective Hamilton!"

He greeted him while welcoming him enthusiastically:

"Detective Hamilton, you are finally back. I have very important things to entrust you to investigate." "Don't worry, let's talk inside."

Xia De said and took out the key to open the door. The man followed him into the house. And when Xia De closed the door and turned around, the pitch-black muzzle was already aimed at his forehead:

"Xia De Hamilton, hand over your weapons, raise your hands. Don't resist, this is not a joke." Xia De opened his mouth slightly in surprise. The man who was friendly just now said viciously again:

"Now step back, I know your fighting ability is very strong. If you dare to have any abnormal actions, I will shoot directly." Xia De didn't quite understand what happened to him, but his good mood was completely ruined.

Although he wouldn't die even if he was shot, he still took a step back and comforted the cat he was holding. The cat was making a wooing sound with its throat now. If it weren't for being held by Xia De, it would have probably pounced on the man with malice in front of him:

"What do you want to do?" Xia De asked calmly:

"Robbery? Or something else?"

"I want you to write a letter to Galina Cavendish, asking her to come to your house to see you this evening." The man said, and took out his pocket watch with his left hand that wasn't holding the gun and looked at it nervously;

"I don't want to hurt anyone, and I won't hurt that Duchess. I just want to express some of my demands, do you understand? Don't move, I have paper and pen here. Write the letter according to what I say, don't make a single mistake, and then wait here with me for the afternoon. When I see Galina Cavendish, I will let you go."

"I want to know, what demands do you want to express?"

Xia De asked, not taking the fountain pen handed by the man. The man threatened again:

"This has nothing to do with you, go write it. I know you are very powerful, but can you be faster than a bullet?" "This is impossible. I mean, I can't write any letter."

He shook his head and refused:

"How could I harm Miss Galina? Since you know my relationship with her, you should understand that although we are not married, she is still my lover... It's really shameful to say so. Compared to life, love is more important."

He said to the man calmly:

"Either tell me your demands, or shoot directly. Or surrender to me is also fine. I have acquaintances in the Military Intelligence Agency, and I can find someone to give you better treatment."

"I am threatening you now, not you threatening me!"

"Who is threatening whom, this is really hard to say... I mean, since you have the courage to kidnap me with a gun in St. Deran Square, don't you have the courage to tell me what you really want to do?"

Xia De asked, holding the cat with one hand, and took the pen from his hand. He didn't use any curses or miracles, just let his powerful mental power interfere with the other party, making the other party feel that he was credible:

"Tell me what you want to do, and I will write the letter. You are controlling me now, what else is there to worry about?" Because of the huge ups and downs of his mood, the man's mouth twitched a few times:

"Alright, I am a Francois person. Do you understand now?" Xia De understood.

The concept of "Francois person" actually didn't exist, because the Francois Principality located in the glacier area in the northeast of the Old Continent had already been annexed by the Kingdom of Delarion twenty years ago, in 1834. The area of the principality was small, about the same as the entire Green Lake area. Now it is the logistics supply point of the northern ice mining legion of the Kingdom, famous among the nobles of the Northern Pearl for producing ice cubes transported to Tobesk every year. The annexation at that time did not break out too much conflict, belonging to the evolution of the combination of palace coup and foreign power interference.

But even so, there were still Francois people who were unwilling to become part of Delarion. This "Francoisism" had spawned large and small terrorist attacks in the northeast of the Kingdom for twenty years—this was the official definition of the Kingdom.

The outsider didn't know much about this, just heard Princess Lei Lei Qianya mention it a few times. After all, compared with the problems the Kingdom is currently facing, such as the development of the New Continent, years of fiscal deficits, the relationship with the Five Gods Church, and the deteriorating air environment, this was not a big deal.

"I actually admire you very much."

Xia De said, and took the letter paper from the man. He was obviously prepared. The letter paper was quite high-end, not only with good texture but also branded with gold threads, and there was a faint orchid brand pattern in the lower right corner.

Although this was indeed letter paper that only rich nobles would use, the problem was that the man didn't know at all that when Xia De wrote letters to girls, he usually tore a piece of paper from his notebook. Even if he used special letter paper, it was all cheap stuff he bought from the post office.

"The Francois Principality has been annexed for so long, and you can still miss your motherland. I really admire you."

"No need to say these nice things. How could someone like you understand us? I'll say it and you write it. Don't play tricks on me, don't write any extra letters."

The man warned, and Xia De nodded:

"One last question, I will write after asking: choosing this time to find me, is it related to the negotiations in the Green Lake area?"

He still used the little trick of mental interference on the ordinary man. The man gave the answer without noticing that he had said too much: "Duchess Galina Cavendish is the representative of the negotiations. If she can speak for us at this time, or at least take a photo of the meeting, so that the newspaper knows we have met her, this is very important to us Francois people. Karsenrik's newspapers will not refuse such news. Listen, Hamilton, I don't want to hurt anyone, provided you listen to me."

Xia De nodded, put the cat on the shoe cabinet, stroked the hair on its back a few times, and then sighed softly:

"I didn't lie just now. I really admire people like you. For the sake of the motherland, this is not wrong. But you shouldn't have attacked me."

He reached out and pinched the palm of the man holding the gun. The latter didn't react at all, and felt his right hand being squeezed like a vise. Then, in his astonished expression, he saw Xia De's left fist getting closer and closer.

Fool.

The unconscious man fell into the entrance of Xia De's house. Xia De removed the bullets from his pistol and threw it on the shoe cabinet, and then looked at the closed door.

"There must be a companion, otherwise no one would send the letter. He was very careful about the time just now, which

means that if the time was up and the door didn't open, his companion would know that something had happened to him. Since that's the case, the companion couldn't be too far away."

Xia De approached the door and closed his eyes. The sources of heartbeat in the room, including Mia, were three, and the clear heartbeat on the street outside the door was also captured by him. He didn't need to judge other people's moods through the frequency of the heartbeat, just needed to find the heartbeat sound that had been nearby and hadn't left.

This was quite easy:

"Just one companion? Is it because they were worried that too many people would make mistakes, or was there not enough manpower?"

Half an hour later, after sending away the detectives from the Ridgewich Field and saying goodbye to Deputy Chief Michaelsson Scott, whom he had met during the Ring City Riding Competition, Xia De closed the door and hugged Little Mia back to the second floor.

The Duchess, who was standing by the wall looking up at the honorary degree certificate, withdrew her gaze and looked at Xia De with an apologetic look; "Do I need to apologize to you? After all, it was my reason that caused you to encounter this incident."

Miss Galina walked toward him.

"No need, but this is the first time someone wanted to threaten you through me, right?" "This means that people believe in the two of us and have a very close relationship." The witch approached Xia De and hugged him gently:

"I think this won't be the last time. Have you really never considered moving to my manor to live?"

"Galina, we have already discussed this issue." Xia De said, smelling the witch's hair fragrance and looking at his own house:

"I will not leave this house. No matter what happens, absolutely not."