Chapter 1646: Dinner

Xia De stared at the map, and the Duchess's hand continued to move:

"On the west coast of the Old Continent, the Eye of the Storm. The ancient island nation, the Archipelago Kingdom - Kelagly, formed around the Eye of the Storm. The sturdy folk customs, harsh living environment, and living habits completely different from the mainland region made these island people who lived by fishing and piracy more eager for the wealth and civilization created by the Old Continent. In recent years, in order to maintain the shipping lanes to the New Continent, we and Kassenrik have sent fleets to wage war against the Archipelago Kingdom, but this has not made them yield."

The so-called "Eye of the Storm" refers to the unique natural phenomenon on the ocean surface on the west coast of the Old Continent, or natural disasters. Once the Eye of the Storm is formed, several large-scale ocean storms will strike the same area at the same time. And the "Eye of the Storm" will only be produced near the Archipelago Kingdom. The famous novel "Adventure Guide to the Eye of the Storm" depicts the story of a fleet going to the archipelago for trade, encountering a storm, and then surviving alone on the archipelago for adventure and life.

【The novel app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, is a source-changing app that old bookworms are using,】

These three forces pointed out by Galina were just the biggest troubles at present, and the challenges faced by Dralion and Kassenrik were not less at all. She gave Xia De time to think. The chaotic situation could not be explained in one or two sentences, but at least it could let Xia De realize that the arrival of war might be easier than imagined, and the troubles faced by Dralion were definitely not just Kassenrik.

While the two were talking, Director Director Anluosi knocked on the door and walked in:

"Duchess, do you have something to find me for? Or is it about the Green Lake area..."

He saw Xia De immediately, and the words he said halfway were swallowed back into his stomach:

"Good afternoon, Knight."

He responded to his superior, Xia De.

"Good afternoon, Director."

Xia De also nodded in response.

"Should I... step out first?"

Seeing that Xia De and Galina were talking about things, this ordinary-looking middle-aged man asked naturally. Galina shook her head and pointed to the document placed on the coffee table:

"My informant in the Green Lake area brought this document from the home of a local gang leader. You look at it, and see if it is very similar to the one you found on the Kassenrik person who committed suicide last week."

Director Director Anluosi went to check urgently, and nodded quite affirmatively after just one look:

"Yes, it should be the same kind of encryption. Duchess, may I ask which gang leader in the Green Lake area the information source is? Double-Gun Rick? Smoke-Gun Victor? One-Eyed Barry? Or Henry Vito of the Vito family?"

Among these, only the last name was normal.

"One-Eyed Barry. However, there were some small accidents in Green Lake City yesterday, to be precise..."

Galina's beautiful golden eyes looked at Xia De:

"The church and the evil cultists fought on the lake surface, One-Eyed Barry was confirmed to be an evil cultist and was highly likely killed on the spot. Even if he was not killed on the spot, you would not be able to contact him either. So the source of this information cannot be known by anyone other than the three of us."

"Yes, Duchess, I understand."

Director Director Anluosi nodded gently:

"The decryption of the encryption is not very advanced at present, but with this second one, give us some time, there will definitely be a harvest."

Galina nodded, so Director Director Anluosi said goodbye and left.

After the door closed, Xia De asked curiously:

"Actually, I have always been very curious, does Director Director Anluosi know that you are a ring sorcerer?"

"What a strange question, of course he knows. His Majesty the King, Larrus III, trusts me so much to contact and even influence Military Intelligence Section 6, isn't it because I am the strongest transcendent of the royal family?"

Galina Cavendish looked at Xia De with a smile:

"In a world with transcendent existence, intelligence work is not so easy to do. Dak Director Anluosi is one of the few smart people, he knows what he should believe and what he should obey. To become the director of Military Intelligence Section 6, what is needed is not just the means of a special agent."

Her finger pointed at Xia De's chest:

"For example, is the ace special agent of Military Intelligence Section 6 really a special agent?"

Of course not, it was just because he was attached to the Duchess.

Xia De still had to go find Lei Lei Qianya, so he didn't intend to stay at the Yodel Palace for too long. But the witch clearly didn't want to let him go just like that, and she brought up a very suitable reason:

"Lei Lei Qianya and Diana will be back soon. Instead of you going to find her, why not wait for her here with me? I have tea, snacks... and me. Isn't that better than you sitting in a carriage?"

So Xia De stayed behind, though he didn't waste the afternoon for nothing; the Duchess had a pile of documents waiting to be processed, so she shared some with Xia De to help her.

He certainly couldn't make any judgments or decisions, but simple tasks like signing and stamping, or discussing meeting schedules with Miss Jia Lin Na, were things he could still do.

As for seeing Lei Lei Qianya in the afternoon, that was already close to evening. When the maid brought the news that the Queen had returned to the palace, Xia De was sitting at the side of the desk, holding a document about the grain import and export meeting charter, discussing the recent years' domestic grain harvest with the witch.

Hearing that the person he was waiting for had finally returned, Miss Jia Lin Na had Miss Difa call over Lei Lei Qianya, who had just returned to the Yodel Palace. And the somewhat puzzled Princess had only just entered the door when she was greeted by Xia De's warm embrace:

"Aunt Jia Lin Na, you have... oh, Xia De, what is this about?"

She was held tightly by Xia De, feeling increasingly puzzled. Looking past Xia De's shoulder at the witch, the latter just gave her a smile.

Thus, the Princess asked with some unease:

"Um... is it still related to what happened last Saturday?"

"No, no, that matter is already in the past, why are you still thinking about it? There's nothing going on today, I just wanted to give you a hug."

He said with a smile, and then said goodbye to the young ladies in the room:

"The goal is achieved, so I'll be going now. Little Mia is still with Dorothy, it has already finished its afternoon nap."

"So, you waited here all afternoon just to give Lei Lei Qianya a hug?"

The witch asked suspiciously from behind the table, and Xia De nodded:

"That is important, isn't it?"

Saying this, he walked to the window, waved goodbye, and turned into a silver cat, jumping out of the window.

Lei Lei Qianya watched Xia De's figure disappear, still not understanding what had happened.

Miss Jia Lin Na then asked:

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened between you two last Saturday? Judging by the situation when you brought Ajelina to me on Sunday morning, you made the wrong decision and then made Xia De angry? I find it hard to imagine that someone as good-tempered as Xia De would get angry, especially at the young ladies around him."

She looked at Miss Difa, who was pouring tea to the side, and the black-haired maid also agreed:

"I also never expected that the detective would get angry at the people around him."

Lei Lei Qianya sat on the sofa, pursing her lips, and took the teacup, holding it in her hands:

"That matter is already in the past, I promised Xia De that I wouldn't do that again."

"If someone with your personality would admit defeat, it means it really was a quite troublesome mistake."

The witch sat down beside her:

"If you can, tell me what that matter was. Perhaps, you need my advice. Although we had conflicts before, but now..."

(Little Mia is running...)

Because he had to go to Dorothy's to pick up Little Mia, Xia De had originally planned to have dinner with the writer. But very unfortunately, Dorothy had to go home to visit her parents today, so Xia De just picked up the cat and said his goodbyes.

When he returned home, the dim, yellow sunset of the evening had already formed reflections on the window glass. Since Luweiya still had to come to install and test her stargazing equipment, having dinner with Luweiya would also be fine.

It was just that when Xia De went to the Divination Society to wait for her to get off work, he learned that the society was organizing a collective dinner party for local diviners above the middle ring today. The purple-eyed girl mentioned this to Xia De in the empty corridor of the society, noting that it seemed to be related to that thirteen-ring diviner from Green Lake, though she didn't know what exactly it referred to.

Since Luweiya was having dinner at the society, Xia De could only take the cat, which was already anxious for dinner, to eat alone. There were many choices for eating alone; although his cooking skills were completely incomparable to the young ladies around him, he could still cook for himself.

After greeting Vice President Mark of the society, he walked toward the first floor of the society while thinking about whether to run to the vegetable market in the lower city of the north side of the city.

But just after holding Mia and returning to Silver Cross Avenue, before he had time to marvel at the streetscape of Silver Cross Avenue under the dim sunset, he saw a familiar figure walking along the street:

"Yin Yi Yi Lu Na!"

Xia De waved to the seventeen-year-old girl. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who was wearing a white women's shirt paired with a black skirt and a small black hat with flowers on her head, looked up at him and also revealed a smile:

"Oh, good afternoon. Are you also here to find Luweiya? How about we have dinner with her? I have new news here, and that item I prepared for you."

She was referring to the alchemical item needed for the final adventure of Xia De's "Seven-Day Journey," but because they were on the street, she spoke very vaguely. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and the adventure of that time key is also coming to an end.

"The society is having a dinner party, Luweiya can't get away."

Xia De shook his head and then naturally issued an invitation:

"I was just wondering what to eat. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, let's go have dinner together."

"Meow!"

The cat squatting on his shoulder let out an impatient cry. This cat's eating habits were very regular, so it would get grumpy if it missed the time.

"Of course, but why do you look so happy? Did you encounter any good news today?"

The two walked side by side along the street.

Xia De thought for a moment:

"Um... this is hard to explain. But, can I give you a hug in a while?"

He turned his head and asked Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. The dim sunset in the western sky reddened Xia De's face and also reddened Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's profile. Her short women's lace-up cloth boots kicked a pebble in front of her, and the pebble bounced onto the middle of the road, only to be crushed by the wheels of a carriage. The cat's dissatisfied expression and Xia De's face together formed a somewhat comical scene in the field of vision. The seventeen-year-old girl was happy inside, but still had to pretend to be calm:

"Of course you can."

She said with a normal expression, continuing to look ahead, but her peripheral vision was quietly observing the man beside her, while in her heart she was blaming herself for whether she had agreed too impatiently.