Chapter 2041: The Great Witch's Commission

The witch nodded:

"Yes, I don't want my hometown to get the same reputation as Tobesk."

The outsider who settled in Tobesk had a very complicated reaction to this sentence:

"So Miss Belindell, you want to investigate the matter of dragons and destruction clearly?"

"This work started in the summer of 1852, and I have been doing it for two years, but the progress has not been very great. What I can confirm now is that this prophecy is inseparable from the seven glorious families of Moon Bay. Although we are not that kind of traditional sorcerer family, our ancestors must have come into contact with supernatural factors related to dragons at the same time."

She sighed:

"So while I am investigating it myself, I want outsiders who have nothing to do with this city to try to find clues from another angle. Sometimes it's not that I couldn't find the key point, but that the angle hindered me from seeing the truth. Moreover, my maids are not suitable for investigating in places like the lower city or brothels and casinos."

Xia De nodded to show he understood:

"That's why you came to me?"

"I still have doubts about an existence like you, but I also admit that you are very capable, even more capable than most of the girls under my command. Your performance yesterday afternoon was very good; your wisdom and strength meet my requirements."

She added "and charm" in her heart, then sat up straight and looked at Xia De:

"I promised Vanessa that I wouldn't pester you for the next few months, and I won't basely threaten you that you must cooperate with me. I will pay you, and I also hope you can seriously complete my task. Moon Bay is our city; even if not for me, do it for the people living here."

"I am glad you think so, Count Belindell; then, happy cooperation."

Xia De said, stood up, and reached out his hand to her. The witch also stood up and shook hands with him. The rouge-like birthmark between her eyebrows, seen up close, made that smiling face even more beautiful:

"This is a good start to our cooperation; looking at it this way, you are not much different from the girls under my command. Let's have a drink to celebrate; I pay great attention to a sense of ritual."

Saying this, she summoned the maid outside the door to fetch wine glasses and red wine, but Xia De took a step ahead and fished a wine bottle out of his pocket:

"Please allow me to give you a gift; would you like to try my wine? Miss Sylvia once gave this wine to Princess Margaret, and Her Highness also praised it as a delicious brew."

The blonde witch showed an interested expression:

"But I noticed that what you took out is an empty wine bottle."

"Yes, after all, I prefer fresh brew."

Holding the bottom of the wine bottle, he aimed the bottle mouth at the bunch of decorative grapes in the fruit plate on the coffee table, and the grapes turned into blood-colored liquid and were absorbed into the wine bottle. Subsequently, Xia De put on the wine bottle stopper and shook the bottle a few times. Finally, he blew a breath at the bottle body, letting the ice mist spread to the bottle body.

"It's ready."

He handed the bottle to the maid who came to deliver the cups; she was also the one Xia De asked the name of yesterday but couldn't give an answer. Contacting her at close range this time, he fully confirmed the other party's identity as a witch apprentice. The blonde maid looked at Miss Belindell, and after receiving the latter's permission, she took the wine bottle and poured the liquid with enchanting blood color inside into the goblet.

"She is Matilda, my head maid and apprentice, a very talented girl."

The witch took the goblet, holding back the urge to divine:

"Happy cooperation."

After clinking glasses lightly, she sipped the wine with her pink lips slightly parted, and then showed a quite surprised expression:

"This taste... ordinary grapes can actually ferment such a taste; if it were grapes specifically used for winemaking in a winery, wouldn't it be even more... I don't remember Vanessa and the Golden Dawn having winemaking... Is this from the divine arts of the God of Blood?"

She asked suddenly, and Xia De was very surprised; this was the first time someone had seen through the origin of this winemaking strange art at once:

"Yes, this is a very complex and tortuous story, because it involves other people's privacy, so it is inconvenient to disclose. But it is also because of that incident that I have a very good vampire friend. I have no relationship with the vampire church; I just had some contradictions with one of them by the lake."

"Princess Margaret praised this red wine; it really makes sense. Mr. Watson, this gift of yours is very good. Since that's the case, I can't be stingy. Matilda, go to my collection room and fetch the gift I prepared."

The maid hurried away and soon returned holding a square wooden box. Opening the box, a beautiful silver button was placed in the soft lining. This was an alchemical item, and it looked quite high-end:

"I am the Great Witch of Fate; making amulets and ornaments that make people have luck is my unique ability. This button can bring you luck, Mr. Watson. Although this luck is not enough for you to win every game of Rod cards, fortunately, it comes at no cost."

The witch introduced, and the maid also delivered the box to Xia De's hand.

"Thank you for your generosity, my lady."

Xia De expressed his gratitude sincerely; he knew the difficulty of making such alchemical items; at least Luweiya, who was at the seventh ring, couldn't do it. This meeting gift was indeed generous.

The blonde Miss Belindell continued to say with a smile:

"This can only be considered a meeting gift, and also thanks for your cooperation yesterday afternoon and... saving me.

You don't need to worry about Hawthorne; no one will trouble you for this matter again. Even if the Church wants to investigate, I guarantee they won't find any clues. Except for me, no one who participated in the Dice Story Collection has detailed memories. As for your subsequent actions in the Moon Bay area, if you encounter a similar situation again, you don't need to pay special attention to the Hawthorne family and the Eddington family. I am very sure they don't have their own family sorcerers."

"But I heard that they only started coming into contact with sorcerers recently. If there are no sorcerers within the family, how did they confirm the authenticity of that prophecy?"

Xia De raised the question in his heart, and the witch, holding the wine glass, also gave an answer:

"That's a good question, but I can't give a definite answer. I can only say this: the origin of the seven glorious families of Moon Bay is not just because of the victory of power struggles. You may have heard some legends, and there are many strange rumors in our respective families. Although the seven families are all ordinary people except for me, the power brought by the ancestors' encounters seems to still be passed down in the bloodline of generations."

"The rumor I heard is that the ancestors of the seven families met a dragon in the Moon Bay area in ancient times that gave them power and wealth..."

Xia De was startled:

"Miss Belindell, are you dragon-born?"

The witch was amused:

"Of course not. Can't I distinguish my own bloodline? Moreover, there is a witch in the Council who has relics that can distinguish bloodlines. I have tested the blood of the seven families, including myself. We are not dragon-born. It's just that everyone has a wonderful feeling in the dark that something big is going to happen in Moon Bay."

This reminded Xia De of the prophecy of family reunion that Laplace Howard planted in the descendants' bloodline through human alchemy. But the content of that prophecy was incomparably clear, and it was still very different from the situation provided by the Great Witch of Fate.

"Belindell, Hawthorne, Eddington, Wood, Wright, Black, Blue, some stories and legends of ancestors should be preserved in the seven families. I will be responsible for requesting, borrowing, and organizing these documents, and you, Mr. Watson, the first task has arrived."

Xia De put down the wine glass:

"Please speak."

"I want you to investigate a case in the lower city. Early last week, an unidentified female corpse with most of the blood missing from her body was found in the lower city. After examination by the coroner, the case was handed over to the Church. Although no similar corpses have appeared since then, from my divination results, this matter itself still has some oddities."

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"If you still remember the coroner I met at the door of the police station in the 【Dice Story Collection】, it was actually him who examined the corpse."

"I did not investigate your background, let alone investigate your friends; this is my respect for Vanessa. But this is even better. Go and investigate this matter; whether it is a vampire or something else, find out the truth and bring the results back to me."

She seemed worried that Xia De wouldn't understand, so she specifically explained a few sentences:

"Since there are no clues to the prophecy of the city and the dragon, it is better to start with the small things that happened in this city; after all, disasters often originate from those places that are not easily noticed. Not long ago, during the Battle of Green Lake, the Speaker and I joined forces to divine, listing trivial matters as task lists for the witches participating in the action to solve, and it proved to be very effective afterwards."

Xia De agreed with her approach; he also wanted to start with small things from the beginning to figure out the situation in the Moon Bay area:

"Then do you have any other clues here now? Or do I have to start investigating from scratch?"

"Since you know the coroner, you can probably learn a lot of clues from him. In addition, I have the contact information of local vampires here; you can visit them. Matilda, bring the file bag."

The blonde maid went to the bookshelf to fetch things again, but Xia De didn't really need the contact information of local vampires:

"What is your divination result for this case?"

"A swarm of flies, symbolizing annoying things; if it predicts the future, it may also mean futile efforts, which is why I didn't investigate it myself. But I am very sure that the scope of influence of this matter is limited to the Moon Bay area. If you encounter trouble you can't solve during the investigation, such as a high-ring sorcerer, you can come to me for help at any time. The 'Empress' divination card I gave you is your proof of identity for contacting me in the future. At the same time, my followers will also help you when they see that card." ===== CHAPTER 2042 =====