Chapter 2198

Xia De smiled and shook his head, also missing them very much:

"In other words, Detective Sparrow and the informant nicknamed 'Big-Mouthed Sparrow' exchanged information at Mount Karas on a yearly cycle. Looking at it this way, the identity of this 'Big-Mouthed Sparrow' is very unusual. Such a confidential meeting place, such a long meeting cycle... That was more than ten years ago. I don't know if the other party still has contact with Detective Sparrow in recent years."

Xia De thought in his heart and picked up the photo tucked in the notebook again:

"So, Detective Sparrow has also been to Mount Karas, just because of work. Coincidence... No, I never believe in any coincidences. Although it is best not to set a position in advance, I still think that Detective Sparrow's multiple visits to Mount Karas are absolutely related to my affairs."

"She" by his ear suddenly said gently:

【So, you want to find that "Big-Mouthed Sparrow"?】

"Yes."

Xia De gently stroked the little head of the cat beside him with his free hand, his eyes slightly narrowed:

"I cannot let go of anything related to Mount Karas. I also know a lot about agents now. For such a confidential informant, Detective Sparrow would not leave any clues pointing to his identity. I am even sure that even the headquarters of the Gray Gloves might not know that there is such an informant."

He put down the photo, picked up Little Mia, and came to the window of the study, looking at the night view of Tobesk from here:

"I can only let Margaret investigate which of the top-secret information sources related to Delarion submitted by those 'Gray-Headed Eagles' in the past few decades has problems... No, I am afraid even Margaret cannot easily investigate this. Should I rely on divination... Divination also requires basic information to proceed. The error probability of divination out of thin air is very high... If Margaret can investigate even the vaguest clues, and let Miss Belinder and Luweiya divine together, it might be possible."

Little Mia lay unusually obediently in Xia De's arms, and the Outsider looked at the night view outside the window for a long time without speaking.

The more he wanted to explore the past, the more he found that various coincidences seemed to be woven into a large net. The first time he came into contact with Mount Karas was on the first day he arrived in this world, when he saw the news about the collapse of the ancient tower of Mount Karas in the newspaper at home.

Thinking about it now, the news was published in the newspaper just on the day he arrived in this world. Is this also some kind of coincidence that needs to be investigated?

【Are you too anxious?】

There seemed to be some helpless emotion in "her" gentle voice, and Xia De pursed his lips:

"I just want to know what happened in the past. When, exactly when did I come to this world."

【One day you will know.】

His ears seemed to feel the warm breath from behind, and Xia De looked at himself and the cat reflected in the glass window:

"Yes, one day..."

Although there were various troubles, life had to go on after all. Perhaps seeing that Xia De had encountered troublesome things again, after Xia De came out of the study holding Little Mia, Luweiya smiled ambiguously and told Xia De that there was a surprise waiting for him tonight.

Xia De already knew that Miss Jia Lin Na was also staying overnight tonight, and knowing things did not count as a surprise, so he was very curious about what the so-called "surprise" meant at first. And when the lights in the house went out after ten o'clock in the evening and everyone was ready to rest, Xia De actually saw Miss Jia Lin Na come out of the side bedroom wearing a black and white maid dress. Luweiya, who was following behind, was actually dressed the same way.

"Look at his surprised look now."

Luweiya smiled and said to Miss Jia Lin Na, and the red-haired "maid" was also very satisfied with Xia De's reaction:

"Our Knight, it seems, has a special preference for maid outfits."

Xia De didn't know what to say for a moment, and what he didn't expect was that they smiled together again, grabbed the sides of their skirts, left foot forward and right foot backward, and performed a standard curtsy. When they stood up straight again, Luweiya asked again:

"Guess, what color are our stockings?"

"This..."

"Luweiya, look at Xia De's silly look."

The cumbersome skirt was lifted again, first revealing the small black leather shoes, then revealing the black and white fabric, but they did not stop and continued upward...

Until he fell asleep holding the ladies' smooth shoulders that night, Xia De was still very curious about whose idea it was.

(Little Mia is running...)

Miss Jia Lin Na had never liked getting up early. If she were the only one staying overnight at Xia De's place, she would drag Xia De to stay in bed in the morning. But if Luweiya was also there, Luweiya would not agree to such a "decadent" lifestyle.

"We woke up in the same bed together, and you actually think getting up late is more decadent than this?"

When the maids were grooming the two, the witch asked in surprise.

This morning, No. 6 St. Deran Square received a letter from Iluna. She had already left by steam airship this morning and was expected to arrive in Moon Bay on Saturday, one day faster than Difa and Angelina's group. Because she had already said goodbye to Xia De and Luweiya in advance, and also said goodbye to Miss Jia Lin Na last week, she did not visit them separately to inform them of this news.

At the breakfast table, Xia De also discussed this with Luweiya and Miss Jia Lin Na, but they were all very relieved about Iluna:

"Didn't you say you have very important things to do on the weekend? If Iluna has time then, you can let her help."

Luweiya said while spreading butter on a slice of bread, and then was very surprised to see Xia De hesitate for a moment.

"Better not, I'll solve that matter myself."

"What important things is Xia De going to do on the weekend?"

Miss Jia Lin Na asked from the side, and Luweiya shook her head:

"He didn't tell me either, just said it was very important. Xia De, what is it that you can't tell us? Is it a very dangerous relic? Once spoken, will even we be implicated?"

Xia De nodded immediately:

"You can understand it that way."

Luweiya looked at him suspiciously, and then found that Miss Jia Lin Na had a similar expression. The latter even said:

"I haven't heard Bella mention this in the Council. The Council can block the transmission of information about similar relics. If you encountered trouble, she should have mentioned it in the Council."

"It's just a small matter, I can solve it myself, no need to specifically mention it in the Council."

Xia De said this, and Miss Jia Lin Na nodded slowly, knowing in her heart that Xia De had probably encountered a big trouble that required him to deal with it alone:

"We are very relieved about what you do, but if you need our help, you must speak up. You are not living for yourself alone; you still have us, and you still have your cat."

"I understand."

Xia De still did not intend to reveal that matter, at least not until the matter was resolved:

"I don't know how Sister Daifulin and Miss Feilian are doing in the New Continent. I hope everything goes well for them too."

After breakfast, Luweiya and Miss Jia Lin Na left with their maids. The lazy cat still didn't want to go out, played with Xia De for a while when he was changing clothes, and then sent him off at the basement door before running to the second-floor windowsill to bask in the sun and enjoy its "cat" life.

As for Xia De, after entering the Dragon Nest, he touched the Dragon Altar as usual to get a dragon scale coin, and then thought about going to find Mr. Bernhardt while walking towards the exit to ask about his investigation progress.

Now Xia De was used to the road from the Dragon Nest to the outside world, and in ten minutes, he had already left the cave entrance and arrived in the small woods.

The sky was gloomy as usual. Xia De grabbed his left hand with his right hand, stretched his arms upward, and stretched. Just as he wanted to "lament" to "her" in his heart why the "City of Wealth" was not called the "City of No Light," he suddenly felt a strange feeling of being watched.

【At three o'clock in front, look up.】

Xia De looked up and saw a crow with a pitch-black body and scarlet eyes watching him on a branch of a cypress tree with leaves hanging. Xia De's eyesight was very good, so he could see the pattern of three petals in the crow's eyes very clearly.

He blinked suspiciously and said:

"What a strange crow, its eyes are actually blood red."

He waved at the crow, and the crow immediately spread its wings and flew into the high sky, leaving only a black feather floating and swaying, which was eventually brought to Xia De's feet by the wind.

Xia De did not chase the crow, which was not the main body but just a clone, but bent down to pick up the crow feather containing the curse. He touched the iron ring on his finger, which contained Emilia's long hair. This was a method shared by the doctor to let Xia De help Emilia bear part of the "curse of bad luck," but the fundamental purpose was to let the demon notice Xia De and let the other party know that he, who was by Emilia's side, knew part of the demon's knowledge.

He asked softly in his heart:

"If I'm not mistaken, have I already been cursed?"

【Yes.】

"She" still had a smile when she spoke, as if Xia De was not cursed, but just tripped while walking.

【Because three drops of divinity are flowing in your soul, this curse and the bad luck shared from the elf have been greatly weakened; because the remaining light of the First Fire is warming your soul, the curse has been slightly weakened; because of the blessings of the gods, the curse has been weakened again.】

"Then it won't affect me?"

【It still will, but not as obviously as it did to that underage elf.】

Xia De nodded gently, holding the crow feather that Old John would probably be willing to spend hundreds of pounds to acquire, and looked up in the direction where the crow had disappeared:

"The plan is going well, it has really been attracted. After all, it is an ancient evil spirit. If it really didn't have any vigilance before we made a move, then it wouldn't be worthy of the identity of being close to the so-called First Demon in the doctor's mouth. Now it has noticed me, and it should have also noticed the 【Demon Hunting Seal】 in my pocket... Very good, when it focuses all its attention on me, the doctor's sudden appearance can exert the best effect."

Moreover, if he didn't attract the attention of the demon of bad luck, Fannius, and let it take the initiative to appear, it would be difficult for Xia De to find its traces himself.