Chapter 2080

Miss Malone's story ended here. Xia De blinked, feeling like he was listening to some erotic novel. And Miss Malone's face was already flushed as if it were about to drip blood. Instead, Miss Theresa, who was leaning on Xia De, seemed very interested in this:

"You said you didn't steal anything, then did the beautiful girl who was with you steal anything?"

"Of course impossible, she has been with me!"

"I think Miss Theresa means, is that blue-eyed girl really the owner of that room?"

Professor Evans on the side asked, and the maid Miss Maxim also nodded:

"Jewelry box, clothes, notebook, drawing board, dressing table, it is said that in the room of the lady who lost items, these things were all moved. Isn't this just you... The lady who lost things was traveling alone, and there should be no companions in the room. It shouldn't be such a coincidence that two rooms in the first-class cabin were moved the same things."

Miss Malone pursed her lips. Although she was the only ordinary person, she was still very stubborn:

"She couldn't be a thief!"

Xia De asked:

"Speaking of which, what is the name of that blue-eyed, golden-haired girl?"

Miss Malone was startled, and then lowered her head:

"Don't know."

"What?"

Miss Theresa, who was holding Xia De's arm, was puzzled, and then blushed:

"Then you... when you were dating, what did you call her?"

"Sweet... sweetheart."

After finishing, she looked at Xia De again:

"My business with her has nothing to do with the sinking of the 'Radiant Messenger'. I am very sure of this point. We were together all the time on the night the ship sank. Why are you forcing me like this?"

Xia De indeed did not have the hobby of forcing others to tell their privacy:

"From the current situation, it can be assumed that you have nothing to do with the sinking of the 'Radiant Messenger'. Next, let's get back to the point, ladies."

Miss Theresa, Miss Maxim, and Professor Evans had no objections. The professor even comforted the sobbing Miss Malone, while the latter still looked at Xia De with red eyes:

"You promised, I answered your question, on this ocean, you have to protect me."

Hearing this, Miss Theresa immediately grabbed Xia De's hand. Xia De nodded again:

"Of course, I promised, I am proud of my honesty, this is honor. But please allow me to ask one last question, have you heard this name—Angie Eletheris."

The girl described by Miss Malone was golden-haired and blue-eyed, which was different from the black-haired blue-eyed girl Xia De encountered in Moon Bay in the Sixth Era. But for extraordinary people, changing hair color is very simple.

All four ladies shook their heads. Xia De originally just tried to ask, so he didn't have much expectation. He was not disappointed at this time, but consumed this time, except for hearing Miss Malone's private past, it seemed that he didn't get other information.

"Everything I said just now is the truth!"

Miss Malone's voice attracted Xia De's attention again. She pinched the corner of her skirt, and her mental state seemed to be better:

"It's true that we saw the first mate and the captain moving things on the ship together. We really saw it. Although I was indeed using this topic to divert your attention just now, this information is not wrong."

Seeing everyone looking at her, she flushed again:

"And it's not just that, we also encountered many strange things that night.

During dinner, a sneaky sailor entered the kitchen where everyone was busy. He was wearing a chef's clothes but was definitely not a chef; in the steam engine room at the bottom of the ship, we saw strange patterns drawn on the wall; the guards in the casino on the ship were very few tonight, fewer than any night after the voyage; also, also the theater on the ship, the boatswain who used to watch performances every night didn't appear tonight."

"You really went to many places..."

Xia De sighed, and then was glared at by the flushed girl.

"So, the captain, the first mate, and the boatswain were plotting something on the night the ship sank, and some of the guards on the ship were their accomplices; someone entered the kitchen, seemingly to poison the food... Wait, only the four of you survived, wouldn't it be because of this."

Xia De looked at the four ladies:

"Miss Theresa, Miss Maxim, Professor Evans, you are witches, and your resistance to drugs is much stronger than ordinary people. As for Miss Malone, you didn't eat dinner that night, so you are fine... but are you the only one who didn't eat that meal? This is unreasonable, right?"

"No, this is very reasonable."

The maid Miss Maxim said:

"To celebrate the halfway point of the journey that night, both the first-class dinner and the lower-class dinner were very hearty, and free ice cream was provided. The sailors also specifically notified that there would be performances during dinner. As far as I know, the vast majority of passengers went to the restaurant that night, and there were probably only a few dozen people who didn't go. Jumping off the ship to escape also requires luck. Only Miss Malone survived among the dozens of people who didn't eat dinner. This makes sense in terms of probability."

"So, what pattern did you see in the steam engine room? If you can't describe the specific appearance, please try to recall the details you can remember clearly."

Professor Evans then asked Miss Malone. The professor wanted to infer the purpose of the captain and his party from this, but it was a pity that Miss Malone, as an ordinary person, didn't pay much attention to those patterns at the time:

"The cabin was very dark, and I was busy at the time... sorry."

The clue seemed to be interrupted again, but at least Xia De already knew the direction of the investigation. Moreover, he still had an information source that he hadn't used:

"I don't have much time. Next, I will continue to use the items you provided to try fishing. Maybe the god will look at my hard work and give me some hints."

He held Miss Theresa's hand and looked at the remaining three ladies:

"When I fish with those items related to childhood wishes you provided, I can see some memory fragments of yours, maybe I can dig out some useful information you haven't realized yet. I'll go fishing for Miss Maxim first, then..."

Professor Evans didn't care about this order, she was still thinking about the information just now. Miss Malone said timidly:

"Can you put me last?"

"Why?"

"Last time Professor Evans and this maid lady both provided you with their past regrets. Because I lost part of my memory, I couldn't give this information, so if you fish for me, you might encounter unsolvable trouble. Please give me time to let me think again."

She said so, and Xia De continued to ask:

"Then what is the truth?"

"Hmm... I'm not ready yet, let you see the scene when I was dating... her, please give me more time. I promise I will try my best to recall what happened on the night the ship sank, please put me last, please..."

"I know."

Xia De glanced at her and nodded gently. The young blonde witch on the side was a little surprised. After all, in her view, the memory of Miss Malone, an ordinary person, might be the most valuable among the remaining three. But since it was a decision made by Xia De, she would not raise any objections.

The item Miss Maxim gave last time was her mother's earrings. The woman who had been bedridden for a long time, because she was worried that she could not see her daughter get married, sent her mother's heirloom jewelry to her daughter in advance; Professor Evans's item was an alchemical ring, which was a gift from her former mentor.

These items were still with the god, and when Xia De said goodbye to the ladies and intended to go fishing, the other three ladies lowered their heads as if they had fallen into a deep sleep again, and Miss Theresa hesitated for a while, but actually followed Xia De:

"I'll go with you... it's safer by your side."

"Meow~"

The cat that poked its little head out of Xia De's chest meowed, and looked at "Miss Malone" again, sniffing with its little nose, smelling a familiar smell. But Xia De didn't notice Little Mia's actions, after all, the cat couldn't speak.

So Miss Theresa pulled Xia De's hem, and moved to the edge of the floating board with Xia De, half-squatting and half-crawling. As he approached the god again, the afterglow of divinity shone on Xia De's body and even his clothes again, and those rays of light made Miss Theresa feel very at ease.

"God, please allow me to explain my speculation about the sinking of the Radiant Messenger."

However, before taking the fishing rod, Xia De made an attempt:

"The captain, the first mate, and others used a ship of people as sacrifices, trying to summon and control the deep-sea evil thing - Player of Seven Tails."

This was the most likely conclusion based on current information, and the god in the shape of a child glanced at the little cat head on Xia De's chest, and then asked him with a smile:

"Then what is the evidence?"

"Hmm... still need evidence?"

"Otherwise, you don't do anything, just keep stating various possibilities here, isn't it more convenient than you using various means to collect information?"

As he spoke, the god handed the fishing rod in his hand to Xia De, and also handed over Miss Maxim's earrings. The cat immediately stretched its paws out of Xia De's clothes, but was immediately patted away by Xia De. The expression on the god's face remained unchanged, and he immediately withdrew his hand after Xia De took the items.

Miss Theresa hid behind Xia De cautiously, helping Xia De thread the fishing line through the earrings and tie them up. Xia De hesitated for a while before asking again:

"God, may I ask what you caught fishing here?"

In fact, he thought the god probably didn't catch anything, because there was nothing extra around him. But unexpectedly, the god smiled and grabbed three colorful bubbles from the darkness in front of him. On the sea surface of this lightless sea that suppressed light, the light of those bubbles was even brighter than the color of the golden afterglow on Xia De's body.

"Look, this is my harvest."

He introduced to Xia De with a boastful tone:

"This is a childhood dream, the most beautiful thing transformed from the expectations and best memories of childhood for those dead who sleep forever in this ocean."