Chapter 297: Police and Agents

After the third act started, Miss Louisa reminded Xia De to pay attention to listening and watching, and he must not be distracted. And when the scene was restored to Princess Tavier in the fairy tale appearing and singing, she even patted Xia De, reminding him that it had started.

In order to cater to the plot development of the play, the 【Tree Kiss】 in the opera made some changes on the basis of the ancient story. One of the most prominent aspects was arranging some love-like plots for Princess Tavier and the ancient tree in the forest.

The tree itself was given personality in the opera, appearing in the image of an elf wearing a green formal suit, and also had a long duet with that Princess Tavier.

After this plot started, Miss Louisa didn't say another word to Xia De, and only asked for his opinion after it ended.

Xia De said the words he had prepared long ago:

"The singing is quite good, but if you look at it from the perspective of the story itself, in any version of the story you showed me, there is no such naked description of their relationship as love. This is of course to cater to contemporary audiences, and the story cited here is not for children to see. But if you think more deeply and explore the core of the relationship between Princess Tavier and the ancient tree in the story, thinking about it from the perspective of love, friendship, and the connection above these two, you can probably have different angles of interpretation."

Xia De finished speaking and saw Miss Louisa looking at him with a strange look in the dark:

"Is there a problem with what I said?"

He asked in a low voice, feeling embarrassed. The blonde Miss shook her head:

"No problem, I just didn't expect you to be able to think so deeply. Xia De, you really have talent."

But Xia De knew that he just did too many reading comprehension questions.

Besides 【Tree Kiss】, Miss Louisa invited Xia De to see the opera to pick up goods here. After the third act ended, the blonde Miss got up and left her seat.

Although she thought there wouldn't be an accident, she still told Xia De that her transaction location with the cargo owner was at the entrance of the public restroom on the second floor. If she didn't return within half an hour, Xia De could go find her.

"Is the cargo owner someone you know?"

The long dress Miss Louisa was wearing had high recognition, so the other party should be someone she was familiar with.

"Not very familiar. He is a correspondence ring mage of the Success Higher Medical College in Tobesk. The three major arcane academies have a very close relationship, so if it is necessary and you trust the other party, knowing each other's identity is also fine."

Miss Louisa explained softly, and then bent down and passed in front of Xia De.

Xia De thought about the current time and reminded himself to be alert, then continued to sit there watching the opera.

"Do you think opera is interesting?"

He asked in his heart.

【Very interesting.】

So Xia De's eyes didn't look in other directions, but focused on the stage, so that "she" wouldn't miss any details.

12 minutes after Miss Louisa left, a commotion came from the northwest entrance of the first-floor auditorium. Because the lights weren't on, and the northwest entrance was directly below Xia De's position, he didn't know what happened either.

Subsequently, messy footsteps also came from the entrance of the second-floor auditorium. Although those footsteps tried to be as low as possible, they still triggered a small commotion in this section of the auditorium.

Xia De turned back to look, but couldn't see much in the dark. He could only see a team of people pouring in from the rear entrance, and then asking everyone in turn.

They were very fast. While suppressing the commotion of the audience, they had already reached the front row in five minutes. Only after getting closer did Xia De see that they were police officers wearing uniforms, but the clothes were the uniforms of the Ridgewich Field, and it was hard to say whether they were from the church or MI6.

"Sir, where is your companion?"

First, he asked Xia De's identity, and then pointed to the empty seat on the side. Xia De shook his head, reached into his bosom, and then took out the MI6 ID card under the other party's vigilant gaze:

"One of our own."

He whispered and handed the ID card over. The middle-aged police officer took it in surprise, looked through it with the help of the lights in front of the stage, and immediately said:

"Officer!"

He even wanted to salute, but was stopped by Xia De.

"Shh~ keep it down."

Xia De took the ID card, but didn't let him go, and asked in a low voice:

"My female companion went to the restroom. No matter who you are looking for, it's impossible for you to come looking for her. What's the matter this time?"

"The superiors asked us to catch people. Sorry, Officer, I can't tell you who it is specifically, but it's related to the poisoning case last week."

Xia De nodded clearly. After the Thursday night a week ago, the church made up its mind to completely eradicate the cultists who dared to summon Evil Gods twice in the material world. The cultists made trouble locally, so there must be supporters and sponsors within the noble group in Tobesk. Therefore, in the past few weeks, things like police from Ridgewich Field and agents from MI6 suddenly breaking into a building and taking people away had happened everywhere in the city.

The church would rather catch the wrong one than let one go. Don't look at the Five God Churches in this era as seemingly peaceful, but institutions like the Religious Inquisition weren't imagined by ordinary people. The Five God Churches could get along harmoniously with human secular royal power in the material world, and they didn't rely on gentle preaching methods.

The police came quickly and left quickly, without disturbing the audience's interest in watching the play. Xia De calculated the time, and 28 minutes after Miss Louisa left, he also left his seat, bent over to the aisle between the seats, and then hurried to the exit of the second-floor auditorium.

The Queen Maria Opera House had a land area that could even be compared to St. Deran Square. Each floor had several public restrooms, and when Xia De found the blonde girl who was late to return, she was at the corner of the restroom on this floor, whispering something to a man also wearing a black formal suit.

Hearing the footsteps, both stopped talking. Miss Louisa saw that it was Xia De walking over, and then reached out to cover her forehead:

"Oh, I actually forgot the time. The police came too fast just now, and we each hid in the restroom for a while, which delayed the time. Detective, come here."

She took the initiative to greet Xia De to go over, and then introduced him to Xia De:

"This is Mr. Harry Walker, a 4th-year student at the Success Higher Medical College. He is an old friend of the doctor."

Standing with Miss Louisa, the yellow-haired middle-aged man wearing a black silk hat and a monocle immediately handed Xia De a business card. Mr. Walker operated a winery locally and could be considered to have some industry.

"Walker, this is Mr. Xia De Hamilton from our group."

Xia De also handed out his business card. It seemed that the relationship between correspondence ring mages of different academies was indeed quite good.

"Hamilton? Wait, why do I feel you are so familiar?"

The middle-aged man reached out to shake hands with Xia De very enthusiastically, and then showed a sudden realization expression:

"Hamilton of Lei Jiede? Are you the knight who was knighted half a month ago?"

"It's me."

Xia De nodded very modestly.

"Oh, Louisa, your group is really lucky. How come we can't meet such a group member with status? Mr. Hamilton, I have a batch of goods detained outside Tobesk, can you..." ===== CHAPTER 298 =====