Chapter 2047: Emilia's Arrival

"Only the two of you? Did the third woman leave with them? Do you know her?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Lisa nodded:

"I know her, Phoebe from the Bee Tavern. She is also a pitiful person. She was an orphan, and after growing up, she was deceived by men and owed a huge debt. She has no friends or family around her."

She looked at Xia De:

"You came here this time because of her, right?"

"How did you know?"

"After that day, I never saw her again. The tavern where she worked sent people to look for her, but they just asked the people around her casually. I know, she is probably dead."

Xia De did not deny this guess:

"I am not a policeman, just because of some reasons I want to investigate the cause of her death. Yes, she is dead, and it is related to the strange things you saw tonight. Please think carefully, do you have any other clues about that night?"

Miss Lisa thought again and shook her head apologetically:

"There should be none. I haven't heard any news about her since that day."

The seventh-ring sorcerer just said that she had no clues here, so Xia De was prepared in advance and was not very disappointed:

"If anyone asks you about this later, if it is someone from the church, tell the truth; if it is someone else, you must insist that you don't remember any things. You are also a person living alone, so you should understand what I mean."

Miss Lisa nodded silently, and then saw Xia De take out his wallet and put a stack of banknotes on the table casually. She pursed her lips and didn't refuse, and Xia De didn't count carefully. Those banknotes were about twenty or thirty pounds, which was a not small expense even for Xia De:

"Don't hide this money at home, it's not safe. Deposit it in the bank, and then let your daughter go to school. Going to a regular school probably requires some connections, this is no problem. When the church finds you, tell them what you know and my things, and the church will help you."

He stood up:

"If you don't want your daughter to become you in the future, let her read and write, let her know what the world is like. Since you decided to raise her, you must take this responsibility."

Miss Lisa nodded and wanted to open her mouth to thank him, but was stopped again:

"No need to say thank you to me. If you really want to thank me, do one thing for me—can you read?"

Saying this, he took the woman to the living room outside. The girl holding the storybook stood up from the chair and ran to the two of them happily. Holding Miss Lisa's hand, she grabbed the storybook and wouldn't let go.

"Reading some simple news is no problem."

So Xia De nodded:

"Then when you have time, read more stories to Maria."

Pausing slightly, looking at the ignorant girl:

"Childhood time is precious. Leave some beautiful memories to heal the injuries that will inevitably be received after adulthood. Some people use their whole life to heal childhood, but some people use childhood to heal their whole life... This book is given to you, little Maria."

The girl pulled her mother's hand and hid behind her, feeling quite embarrassed. Until she was asked by Miss Lisa to thank him, she said "thank you" to Xia De softly.

Xia De showed some smiles, feeling the slight heat of the anchor silver ornament in his pocket, Miss Illustrious's first task was completed so easily.

Seeing Miss Lisa agreed to read stories to her daughter when she had time, Xia De didn't stay long. The mother and daughter sent Xia De all the way downstairs and watched him walk away along Herring Street.

"So, is Miss Illustrious's task really that simple?"

Walking along the riverside street, Xia De took out the silver ornament. The ornament under the gas street lamp looked unremarkable, and the ancient anchor style was very much in line with Xia De's aesthetic.

For the origin of such strange things, Xia De must investigate clearly. Because he had to go to the Tobesk train station at ten o'clock the next morning, Tuesday, to pick up the train, he originally planned to go to Old John's place in the morning to help identify it, but he didn't expect that after Luweiya left in a hurry without even eating breakfast, two red butterflies flew into the house.

"Meow~"

The cat squatting on the dining table watching Xia De preparing breakfast in the kitchen meowed unhappily, and then Grace and Helen "descended from the sky" and landed on the chairs beside the dining table respectively:

"Good morning, sir!"

"Good morning, sir!"

"Good morning, have breakfast together, but don't dislike my craftsmanship."

Xia De turned around and greeted the girls in black and white dresses, and then focused on dealing with the fried eggs in the pot.

The cat on the dining table was quite unhappy and meowed at Helen who was closest to it. Xia De didn't turn around to look at it again, probably guessing that the cat was worried that there were too many people at the table, which would lead to not enough food for it.

Also because Xia De didn't pay attention to this matter, he didn't see the scared expression on Helen's face. Fortunately, Grace comforted her sister, and then sat back on the chair without changing her face, slightly away from the cat.

The time for the Red Butterfly sisters to come to Xia De's side was not fixed, but they generally only appeared in the morning and evening. And very magically, they had never bumped into other girls at Xia De's place, whether it was morning or evening, and I don't know what kind of ability this is.

Helen sat at the table and looked at the mermaid oil painting in the living room not far away, and Xia De had already brought breakfast over. Since they happened to arrive, Xia De talked about Miss Illustrious on the dining table and took out the anchor silver ornament to let the sisters help take a look.

"A genuine divine art item, that Miss Illustrious must be a devout believer."

The sisters just sniffed and gave a conclusion:

"We can't see which god this item points to, but please rest assured, the power of this divine art is very gentle, and it must point to a good god."

"Since it is an anchor-style ornament, is it possible that it corresponds to a god related to the ocean?"

Xia De guessed, and Grace thought seriously with a small face:

"It is possible, but there are too many targets. It's just that since the old god has left, Miss Illustrious looking for you should be her own idea. Maybe you can contact her more, so that you can understand her purpose."

Helen on the side also said with a smile:

"Sir, if you think she is not human, find a way to get her hair or blood. Maybe it is an acquaintance we knew before."

The arrival of Grace and Helen did not delay Xia De's ten o'clock trip to the Tobesk train station. The Red Butterfly girls didn't come to Xia De just for that kind of thing. After breakfast, they actually read books with Xia De in the study, and they didn't smile and say goodbye to Xia De until Xia De was about to set off.

And when Xia De held the cat, which was actually not very willing to go out, and met Dr. Schneider and Dorothy at the entrance of the train station, the time had reached nine fifty. Probably to leave a good impression on the formal students of the college, both of them were dressed very formally.

"Good morning, detective, don't be so anxious, the train is late."

The doctor looked at the pocket watch in his hand and greeted Xia De:

"We estimate that we have to wait for another half an hour."

Actually, it was only twenty minutes, and the train from the North had already stopped at Tobesk Station. When the train entered the station, Xia De also blocked the cat's ears, but it seemed that Little Mia was not afraid of this.

The college bought first-class tickets for the students, so they didn't have to go out with the second-class and third-class passengers, so Xia De waited with Dr. Schneider and Dorothy at an independent exit without too many people. As scattered passengers walked out of the passage, not long after, Xia De saw the blonde girl carrying a suitcase, wearing a dress, and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, waving at him from afar with a smile:

"Xia De!"

This is the elf Miss Emilia, but her attire at the moment, although suitable for noble girls to travel, is only suitable for girls of the age of Dorothy, Princess Lei Qianya, and Luweiya. Although the elf lady's actual age is older than them, her face looks about the same as Angelina's, so the contrast produced by this attire is also very interesting.

"Oh, Little Mia is also here!"

She also recognized the cat that was very familiar with her unicorn, and Little Mia on Xia De's shoulder obviously still remembered the elf in front of her, and meowed lazily as a greeting.

The enthusiastic girl came to Xia De's front, and the strange smell produced by the train journey did not come, but there was a floral fragrance from the forest. The hat covered the elf's unique pointed ears, and the golden long hair braided into dozens of small braids was very eye-catching in the crowd, but it didn't seem too abrupt. Although Dorothy is also standard blonde, when the two appeared in Xia De's sight at the same time, Xia De felt that Emilia's hair had self-luminous characteristics.

"Good morning, Emilia, is the trip going well?"

Xia De also said with a smile.

The other two sorcerers who participated in this summer practice with Emilia had also appeared in front of the three at this time. They were also dressed in dusty clothes, among which the older man was almost thirty years old, and the other lady looked slightly older than Dorothy. Compared with Emilia, who was familiar with Xia De, the latter two looked slightly restrained, so the enthusiastic elf girl introduced them actively:

"This is Mr. Xia De Hamilton, a very famous detective in Tobesk, who took the same elective course as me. Xia De, long time no see, these two are my classmates in the Chemistry College, Mr. Rio Enshill and Miss Matila Delas."

Xia De then introduced Dr. Schneider and Dorothy on the side. Because there were acquaintances present, this meeting seemed very pleasant. And when the group left the train station and prepared to take a rented carriage to the Three Cats Hotel, the elf lady looked left and right holding her suitcase, looking like she hadn't been out much.

"Hmm... didn't she see ordinary people's cities in Randal Valley?"

Xia De was puzzled by this. ===== CHAPTER 2048 =====