Chapter 2045: The Woman and Man Under the Streetlight

"Xia De, I didn't say that the witch's favorite object is you, why do you have such a big reaction?"

Luweiya threw the paper cards in her hand to Xia De, Xia De clamped the cards, and was choked by these words.

So the smile on the face under the candlelight opposite the table became even brighter:

"The feel was very good when I touched the cards just now, so I will continue to divine for you the origin of that mysterious Miss Illustrious you mentioned. You said that the miracle element appeared on the anchor silver ornament, so it must be related to the old god."

Saying this, she re-cut and shuffled the cards, but the card face Luweiya chose was "Shipwreck." Just like Miss Belindell, who performed the same divination in the morning, she couldn't explain what the origin corresponding to this card should be.

And after dinner, Xia De did not rest at home, but went to the Moon Bay area again. The visit in the afternoon was not very smooth, but at least the fat woman didn't lie. The "Miss Lisa" Xia De was looking for was indeed not at home, and no one around knew where she went.

However, she didn't have an accident. As a special professional, her life was quite irregular, and it was normal to occasionally not find anyone. So before the romantic candlelight dinner, Xia De visited the Princess Trade Partners and asked Miss Annie Bonny to help find "Miss Lisa."

Thinking that if there was still no news at night, he would look for someone tomorrow, but he didn't expect Miss Annie Bonny's news to be so well-informed. When Xia De saw her at seven o'clock in the evening, she had already found someone:

"If there are no guests for her to go to a fixed place at night, she will generally be active in the Goose Inn or the Venus Hotel. I haven't found her real name yet, only knowing that 'Lisa' is a pseudonym she uses externally. She came to Moon Bay alone at the age of sixteen, and has not left since then, which happened to be ten years ago."

Although the Goose Inn where "Miss Lisa" was tonight is also a hotel in the lower city, the conditions are much better than the Spider Hotel next to the morgue. Professionals like "Miss Lisa" haunt there at night to solicit guests, and the hotel that provides the workplace will require them not to harass ordinary guests casually, and also have to draw a commission.

This time Xia De was quite lucky. When he arrived at the hotel on the east side of Herring Street and the east bank of the Taton River, Miss Lisa happened to be sitting at the table by the wall on the first floor.

Seeing the young man from the North pointing to find her, the "peers" smeared with greasepaint beside her also teased her charm as not inferior to the past.

However, Xia De did not stay here, but paid the money first, and then invited the brown-haired woman to take a walk by the river.

She was also smeared with greasepaint. Although the summer night was much colder than previous years, the clothes on her body were still thin. Before leaving the hotel, she borrowed a coat and draped it over her shoulders. When the two stood under the gas street lamp by the river and looked at Herring Street on the west side of the river in the night fog, the woman smeared with lipstick opened her mouth and said;

"You came to find me, it shouldn't be for that kind of thing, right?"

The brown coat was draped over her shoulders, and her arms were hugged together, seemingly questioning Xia De, but Xia De could see that this was a posture of self-protection.

"Why do you feel that I didn't come to find you for that kind of thing? Maybe the night is long, and I also want to find some fun for myself."

Xia De asked frivolously, and the latter raised her eyebrows:

"Now I squat down, if you dare to untie your belt, I won't ask anything."

Xia De immediately took a step back. Miss Lisa's eyes, which were enlarged by the eyeshadow, stared at him, even scrutinizing him. She was trying to protect herself with this appearance:

"I have seen many men, and you are different from them. A man like you, even if you want to find fun, should appear in the bedrooms of those noble ladies whose skin is as white as sheep, or the boudoirs of those young noble girls who are youthful, bold, and enchanting. Although I know some people have unique hobbies, you are definitely not that kind of person, you are very... simple."

This evaluation seems to have been received by Iluna too. If it was a year ago when he first came to this world, this adjective was very suitable for Xia De. But in a year's time, he was opened by the girls around him in turn, and he learned the technology of "Pink Book," so he couldn't afford this word long ago.

Dark clouds covered the moonlight, and insects kept hitting the lampshade of the gas street lamp. A loud noise came from afar, and then the city returned to calm. Xia De was unwilling to stay on this meaningless topic, so he avoided the other party's words:

"Alright, alright, let's talk about business. Miss Lisa, right? You went to the Crowley Steam Bathhouse at Number 18 Glev Street, North City, last week. I want to know what happened that night, and where the others who went with you are now."

Before Xia De's words fell, the woman draped in a coat frowned and took a step back:

"Sorry, I don't know anything."

This was quite decisive, not giving Xia De a chance to talk about the price at all:

"I will return the money you gave me in a while, don't come to find me again, I don't have the answer you want here."

Saying this, she was about to walk back, and Xia De hurriedly wanted to stop her. At this moment, a figure in a black windbreaker walked out of the alley on the originally empty street:

"How can you be so impolite to a lady?"

When Xia De turned to look, the seventh-ring life ring behind the other party had already been displayed. Miss Lisa obviously had never seen such a scene, screamed in surprise, and turned to run quickly in high heels, but after a "hum" from the seventh-ring sorcerer, she fainted directly on the ground.

"You treat a lady like this, is that polite?"

Xia De asked, blocking in front of the woman lying on the ground, facing the strange sorcerer on the empty street:

"Also, where did you come from?"

Looking at the other party's life ring, the core spirit runes were both two, which were Enlightenment - 【Monster】 and Enlightenment - 【Scale】. As for calling out the life ring at once, it can only show that the other party is too cautious. The normal process should be to test each other first, and if necessary, call out the life ring to fight for life.

"Good evening, unknown sir."

The stranger took off his hat, and the face revealed was also unknown to Xia De, but the black thing on his right cheek was quite eye-catching. It didn't look like a birthmark, presenting a metallic luster under the gas street lamp.

"Eye of Edwards."

In the blink of an eye, the strange art was activated, and the strange halo allowed Xia De to see clearly that the trace was a non-naturally formed human tissue. And after the other party approached again, Xia De truly identified it as a dragon scale.

The black dragon scale was not perfectly fused with the man's face, and looking closely, it was inevitable to feel disgusted because of that disgusting shape. This was not mental pollution caused by supernatural power, but pure disgust, just like seeing a piece of dried phlegm in the corner of the table where the arm was just placed when eating.

Although the other party had been displaying the life ring behind him, Xia De had no intention of revealing the life ring... He had never had this habit.

"I went to this woman's house and didn't find anything suspicious. It seems she doesn't know things she shouldn't know. Originally, I wanted to find her to confirm it one last time, but I didn't expect to meet you. Are you investigating this matter?"

The stranger asked Xia De, and Xia De nodded:

"Of course, otherwise why would I be here so late, is it not good to sleep at home holding a girl... Are you from the 【Dragon-Feast Cult】?"

Xia De smiled:

"The problem on your face is not very big, but can your heart still hold up? Your heart is like a most advanced but semi-damaged high-power steam engine installed on a small wooden boat, and this steam engine has been modified by someone. To tell the truth, you can still go on a mission in this state without trying to treat it. I am really curious about the treatment problem of your cult."

The superposition effect of "Eye of Edwards" and "Heart of Stone" allowed Xia De to judge quite clearly that the other party's heart was abnormal. Every time that heart jumped, it could provide far more spirit than the seventh ring for the sorcerer in front of him. This was not spirit derived from himself, equivalent to giving him an extra channel to restore spirit.

But just as Xia De said, because the stranger's own physical strength was far less than that strange heart, and that heart was not suitable for him, and the heart itself had problems, this instead implicated his physical quality to be far lower than the seventh ring level.

The man with scale traces on his face remained unchanged:

"I heard long ago that there are many strange people in large cities like Moon Bay. I didn't expect that someone could see my problem as soon as we met. You are also good at human alchemy? Or an expert in medical aspects?"

Therefore, when Miss Belindell stood in front of the carriage and said goodbye to the priest and others, except for those servants and guards who did not follow closely, the people close to her side were only Xia De and the head maid Miss Matilda.

"There is no clue on this woman. You won't find anything if you check it down. Maybe sleeping at home holding a girl is a good idea."

"But since the investigation has started, it's not good to give up immediately. This doesn't fit my personality."

"That's good, then try it."

He continued to walk toward Xia De under the moon, and the weak body was supporting the loose clothes with every step:

"Since you can see that my body has problems, let's compare a punch. After that, I will treat it as if I haven't seen you tonight, and let you investigate. Of course, I don't think it makes sense for you to continue investigating these things."

"You don't even know what I want to investigate. Is there a possibility that I don't know what conspiracy you have, just want to... for the deceased... well, this at least sounds interesting."

The thin moonlight penetrated the dark clouds, and the light of the gas street lamp could only illuminate a few scenes on the riverside street. The ships sailing on the river were just slight embellishments in the dark background at night, and the two men walking toward each other on the stone slab road, the sound of boots stepping on the ground, naturally no one could hear. ===== CHAPTER 2046 =====