Chapter 159: Meeting with Galina

After Miss Maid Tifa at the door closed the study door again, Miss Galina continued to speak, she joked:

"Detective, I think you should be satisfied with this 'job'. Just take the money with peace of mind. The situation of Military Intelligence Section 6 is special, and there are all kinds of agents. Although the situation of taking a salary for nothing is rare, even if it is found out, nothing will happen."

"Miss Galina... thank you."

Xia De could only thank her like this.

"Detective, I just like this about you, knowing others' efforts, and not being stingy with your gratitude. Such a simple thing, some people just can't do it. We will have many more cooperations in the future. The value of 【Founding · Silver Moon】 is not just on the card table. You will gradually discover that possessing this card, you will gain many unexpected friendships."

Xia De took this sentence as meaning to see him off, so he wanted to say goodbye and leave. But he didn't expect that footsteps would sound in the room inside the study at this time.

He looked in surprise at the black-haired maid at the study door, who didn't mean to urge him to leave immediately.

So he turned to look at the door inside the study. That door was pushed open from the inside. First, feet wearing high heels appeared, and then the hem of the skirt covered the feet. A young lady with long fire-red hair walked out from the room inside the study.

She looked to be only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with fair skin, and the face under light makeup was as beautiful as a rose blooming in midsummer. She was wearing an exquisitely styled black long dress, with lace and tulle decorations on the hem. Because of the existence of the corset, the curves of the body were exceptionally prominent.

The long fire-red hair was carefully braided and coiled behind her head, and she wore a black dome lady's hat on her head, with a layer of white tulle decoration on the hat. Red hair was the symbol of the Cavendish royal family, and King Larrus III's title "Fire Leaper" was related to this.

"Detective, good evening."

Galina Cavendish greeted, and the diamond earrings shimmered under the warm yellow gas lamp light in the study. The pupils of her eyes were actually deep golden yellow; Xia De had never seen such eyes.

"Good evening..."

Fair skin, high bridge of the nose, exquisite cheeks, the other party had a beauty that transcended humans. This strangeness made Xia De subconsciously swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"... Miss Galina."

Those golden-yellow eyes sized Xia De up. Xia De didn't dodge, but took the initiative to look at the beautiful lady in front of him. Only at close range did he discover that the other party was actually as tall as Xia De.

"But she is wearing high heels."

Xia De thought in his heart.

A moment later, the red-haired Duchess moved her gaze away first:

"Detective, do you have any other questions you want to ask? If not, I think I should leave."

"Yes, there is one more question, you can decide whether to answer it at will."

Xia De said. He knew the other party wasn't infinitely generous to him, so he decided to exchange the victory tonight for the answer to one extra question:

"I have recently become interested in ancient gods. Regarding ancient gods, may I ask... are they related to the Witch Emperors?"

He didn't ask directly about the "Whispering Chapter" and the Chosen One to prevent misjudging the other party's camp. He couldn't be sure how the Witch Council viewed the Great Prophecy.

Miss Galina smiled, and shallow dimples appeared on her face:

"Everyone who knows about us will be curious about this question, but this is the council's secret, and also the last secret of the Fifth Era. Detective, although I have initially trusted you, you are not a witch, you are not us."

Xia De nodded, knowing it couldn't be so simple. But he didn't expect Miss Galina to suddenly say again:

"But if you become us, you can know the answer to this question... become a woman."

Xia De's head shook like a rattle immediately, and then he heard Miss Maid Tifa Servit at the door covering her mouth and laughing lightly, and Miss Galina also laughed:

"Of course, it's a joke. The council only accepts pure women, no exceptions. Detective, although you cannot become a member of the Witch Council, you will receive my protection, that is, Galina Cavendish's protection. Although my relationship with them is not very good, with this identity, no one in the council will make things difficult for you."

Saying this, she actually took the initiative to grab Xia De's wrist.

Xia De was stunned. Not to mention that many people mentioned "the Great Witches of the Witch Council generally hate men," even if they didn't hate them, the action of grabbing a man's wrist casually was not a normal move.

"What's wrong?"

He asked, and then broke his wrist free. Miss Galina looked at her palm, shook her head slightly, and then walked to the door, turning her back to him and saying:

"Detective, if there is a need, I will send someone to find you. When Tifa sends you the 【Relic】, you will also get my contact information... The Witch Emperors at the end of the Fifth Era did indeed inherit the power of thirteen ancient gods respectively. As for the..."

Miss Maid Tifa Servit opened the door and, together with the servants waiting outside the door, led Miss Galina away from the study.

Xia De stood in the study, listening to their footsteps gradually fading away in the hallway, and only after a long time did he let out a long breath.

With a frown, he asked in his heart:

"Her attitude toward me is very strange. Is there something on me that even I haven't discovered that might be beneficial to her? When she grabbed my hand, were there any signs of using strange arts or curses?"

He still had this kind of vigilance.

【No.】

He nodded, stared at the study carpet under his feet, and recalled every detail when the two met just now:

"And, the feeling Miss Galina gave me is a bit wrong. I can be considered to have entered the door of mysticism now, and the elements on her are a bit strange... At close range just now, what did you feel?"

【Ordinary Ring Shushi, even if they specialize in a certain field, such as your writer friend, the four elements are generally balanced, but she is different.】

"Unbalanced? I see."

Then he got a further answer:

【Galina Cavendish's whisper element is almost the sum of the other three elements. But she is indeed human, not a humanoid relic.】

"Whisper? Could it be that this is the special employment method mentioned by the doctor? Using relics to get employed? No, can't guess randomly."

Xia De looked at the door position:

"Witch Council, witch... could it be that the thirteen Witch Emperors at the end of the Fifth Era and the thirteen Chosen Ones of this era have the same mission? But that's not right. Although the academy's history books are vague about the changes of eras, there is indeed no appearance of any 'door', and between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era, there was no huge change or anything like that..."

He pondered these things and stepped out of the study. ===== CHAPTER 160 =====