Chapter 2069: Witch and Elf

The old man behind the counter looked at the anchor slightly, and then returned it to Xia De:

"Obviously a divine magic item, and it belongs to a certain benevolent god. But more information cannot be judged. The power attributes of the old gods who left in the Fifth Era are not something we living in the Sixth Era can know. But since the gods have left, this item can still have such powerful strength, which shows that the great one must still have very devout believers in this era."

So Xia De had a new guess about "Miss Ilese". Initially, because of the anchor, he thought she was involved with an old god related to the ocean. But after learning from Miss Lisa and her daughter that the task was just to satisfy the little girl's wish, Xia De understood that she should be associated with an old god related to "wishes" and "children".

Combined with the fact that the old god who appeared in this time key mission was "the giver of dreams", Xia De was almost certain that Miss Ilese was a believer of that old god.

Of course, the time key matter is not something to be dealt with now. It is important to help Emilia get rid of the curse first. The tadpole characters interpreted by Xia De pointed to No. 19 Dinnier Street in the south of Tobesk. The south of the city is the area where the nobles in the city live. Xia De had never been to this address before, and only realized that this was a manor with a large area after getting off the carriage with Emilia. The white wall blocked the sight of passers-by to this deep house, and it didn't look like a place that could be entered casually.

Emilia also saw that this place was not easy to enter, and looked at Xia De hesitantly. Xia De hesitated for a while:

"I'll go and ask whose house this is. If there is no problem, we will try to sneak into it."

"Sneak in" made the elf girl's eyes light up, but before Xia De could take action for this, another carriage driving from a distance stopped behind them:

"Xia De, good morning, what are you doing here?"

A familiar voice came, and Xia De and Emilia turned around at the same time, seeing the red-haired duchess looking at them from the carriage window.

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, and the young elf was surprised by the beauty and temperament of this lady. She turned sideways and hid behind Xia De, but still secretly observed the other party, thinking she was hidden.

"I am... I want to enter here."

Xia De pointed to the manor behind him, Miss Jia Lin Na raised her eyebrows:

"Then get on the carriage and go in with me. Remember the funeral I accompanied you to attend last month? My brother, Duke Luo De, left this house belonging to him to Aunt Nymph's youngest daughter, but she doesn't live in Tobesk, so she rented this house to me, so that I can have a place to hold banquets in Tobesk city. You know, I don't like using the manor outside the city to hold banquets."

The manor guards opened the door for the duchess, and Xia De also greeted Emilia to board the carriage together. The elf girl followed Xia De timidly, sitting beside Xia De, not daring to look at Miss Jia Lin Na, and caught a glimpse of the black-haired maid on the side, and was immediately shocked by the other party's beauty and figure:

"Is this human? It turns out that elves really have limits."

"Emilia, this is Duchess Jia Lin Na Cavendish."

Xia De didn't forget to introduce, and Emilia came back to her senses. She was a little stage-frightened in front of this duchess with a strong aura, which was naturally because the other party was examining her.

"Hello, Duchess... I know you, mentioned in the 'Hamilton Detective Story Collection'."

Everyone in the carriage laughed. In that detective novel, besides giving "Detective Hamilton" a "blonde and blue-eyed reporter lady" as a partner and ambiguous object, Dorothy also created a noble woman who was not mentioned by name but had great power in the city as an assistant.

In the book, there was never a frontal description of her, she appeared very few times, mostly contacted through a black-haired maid, and even the address was probably named "That Lady" out of Lei Qianya's "malice". And people in Tobesk who have read the "Hamilton Detective Story Collection" know that "That Lady" in the book is based on Duchess Jia Lin Na Cavendish... It is said that because of this half-hidden mystery, the support for "That Lady" in the reader letters received by the "Steam Bird Daily" is more than the "blonde and blue-eyed reporter lady" created by Dorothy.

In short, the group entered the manor like this. Miss Jia Lin Na came this time to confirm the condition of the manor, and meeting Xia De was just a coincidence.

Although the original owner of the manor had passed away, there were enough servants working here in the manor.

Xia De let Emilia wait in the study first, and Tifa talked to her there. Xia De went to the reception room alone with Miss Jia Lin Na, and the witch opened her mouth with ridicule:

"Xia De, changed your taste recently? That girl is a pure-blooded elf, right? She looks younger than Ajelina."

Sure enough, the disguise spell didn't work well for the twelfth-level witch.

"It's a pure-blooded elf, but don't misunderstand, this is a student from the academy who came for a summer internship. It happened to meet you, and we encountered trouble."

Xia De simply said about the letter curse, and Miss Jia Lin Na naturally knew this relic:

"This kind of thing also appeared in Tobesk? It's really... You and that elf lady have a cup of tea with me, I'll let Tifa check who sent the letter from here."

Saying that, she leaned closer to Xia De and sniffed, and the beautiful big golden eyes looked at him suspiciously:

"Didn't smell the scent of that elf girl, are you really just friends?"

Xia De's mouth twitched:

"Please don't think that all the girls of marriageable age around me are my... intimate friends. There is another thing, I need Xilisi's help."

He talked about the poem remnant and Hawthorne whose memory was erased. Miss Jia Lin Na attached great importance to the possible appearance of the "Light" Chosen One in Moon Bay. Miss Lei Qianya obviously didn't have time to say it in the council. As for Xia De's request for help from Xilisi, she also promised to tell Miss Bernice next time they met.

So the two returned to the study. Emilia, who was talking to Tifa with a smile, saw Miss Jia Lin Na come back and stood up nervously again. She looked like she was afraid of Miss Jia Lin Na.

Since the address of the sender is this manor, considering that the rules require the address not to be false, then the person Xia De and Emilia are looking for must be a servant stationed here.

So Tifa took the duchess's personal maids to inquire, while Miss Jia Lin Na continued to chat with Xia De and Emilia in the study. She didn't show that she was a Ringed Shushi, but Emilia was still afraid of her.

Before long, the black-haired head maid sent back the news. Although the target was found, the manservant committed suicide by jumping into the Oser River in the city three days ago. Fortunately, his relics were all here, so Xia De got up to check the things left by the manservant who committed suicide. The young elf girl pulled Xia De's hem and wanted to follow him, but was called by Miss Jia Lin Na:

"Let the detective investigate by himself, we will wait here. Men should be focused when doing things, Xia De understands this truth, right?"

She gave Tifa a look, so the maids surrounded Xia De and left, not giving Xia De a chance to call Emilia.

The nervous blonde elf had to sit there holding a teacup, lowering her head and not knowing what to say.

Miss Jia Lin Na asked with a smile:

"You seem to be afraid of me?"

"Your temperament is very similar to the librarian lady in our academy."

Emilia said in a low voice, looking like if Miss Jia Lin Na went to tease her again, she might really shed tears with red eyes.

Xia De didn't leave for long, and returned with another letter before long. That was the cursed letter received by the manservant. Although it was burned, he used "Breath of Time" to reverse the ashes in the fire basin under the bed, and successfully restored everything of the letter except the stamp.

In this way, although Emilia could not personally eliminate the person who wrote the letter to her, they could continue to trace upwards.

Seeing Xia De come back, Emilia grabbed his sleeve like finding a savior and refused to let go. The bad-hearted witch watched this scene with a smile:

"I didn't expect the servants of this manor to do such a prank of mailing cursed letters. Xia De, is it convenient to give me the address of this beautiful blonde girl? After a while, I will visit in person and send her an apology gift."

"No, really no need."

The young elf shook her head immediately, and the witch's smile deepened:

"But still have to compensate, I will send the apology gift to Xia De, and let Xia De give it to you. Detective, I have other things to do next, so I won't participate in your 'detective game', wish you a good time."

She didn't worry at all that Xia De couldn't deal with this relic.

Until the carriage sent her away from the manor, Emilia's nervous mood eased a little. Looking at the surrounding scenery from the carriage window, she had already reached the street, and she patted her chest and admitted to Xia De:

"Is this the aura of a duchess? It feels almost as oppressive as Professor Danister."

"Jia Lin Na... actually, she is still a very easy-going person."

But Emilia didn't believe it:

"There are no nobles in the academy... Well, I am also a noble, but the concept of nobility among elves is different from humans. Xia De, I didn't expect you to know such a powerful person. I heard Mrs. Sangmei at the hotel say that the duchess is your lover."

"Cough, cough, cough."

Xia De used coughing to cover up his embarrassment. Although almost no one in this city didn't know about this, being said by Emilia like this, Xia De was still not used to it. ===== CHAPTER 2070 =====

Xia De used a cough to cover up his embarrassment; although almost no one in the city was unaware of this matter, being told so by Amelia still made Xia De feel uncomfortable.