Chapter 311: Chance Encounter

"Just now..."

【The female who stuffed something to you is a Ringed Shushi.】

"Hmm..."

Xia De looked at the direction the police disappeared, and then at the paper bag he was forced to hold, which looked like a bread bag from a bakery:

"Is there any dangerous item inside?"

【There are no traces of elements or spirits, you can look inside to see what it is.】

Xia De thought for a moment, looked at the direction the young girl and the police disappeared, and then turned and walked into the alley where the group of people had just run out.

Both sides of the alley were two-story buildings, so the lighting in the alley was not very good. Confirming that there was no one else here, Xia De took a look inside the heavy paper bag, which was full of books and documents.

"Didn't expect to encounter such a thing."

Xia De was unwilling to get into any trouble in a strange city, and had no curiosity about the paper bag forced upon him. Since he confirmed that the things inside were not relics or bombs, he thought about spending some money to let the clothing store on one side of the alley temporarily keep this bag of things, so that when the lady came back, she could take them away.

But looking closely at the outside of the paper bag, he actually found a small mark in blue ink on the upper right corner of the bag.

The mark was circular, with vines surrounding the inner edge, and the center of the mark was an ancient rune representing the meaning of "text."

The style was very simple, but it made Xia De frown subconsciously:

"Zalas Academy's school emblem?"

Zalas Academy, also known as Zalas Spell Academy, together with Saint Byron's Comprehensive Academy and Serkesai's Higher Medical Academy, were known as the three major Shushu Academies of the Sixth Era. Saint Byron's was good at relic containment, Zalas Academy was proficient in Shushu and spell development, and Serkesai's Higher Medical Academy was quite accomplished in magic potions and alchemy.

Not long ago, when he and the doctor broke into the residence of the mistress kept by the Lideweiqi Field Chief in Tobesk, they had seen a correspondence Ringed Warlock from Zalas Academy. It was just that Xia De didn't talk to him, and he wasn't familiar with the students of other Warlock Academies.

"The girl just now, could it be a correspondence Ringed Shushi from Zalas Academy in Coldwater Port?"

Thinking of this, he lowered his head and looked at the paper bag he was holding, hesitated for a moment, then flipped through the documents inside, and then pulled out one of them.

The school emblem of Zalas Academy was printed on the top, and the title read 【Academy Bounty Order】. He scanned the content of the bounty order roughly; the general idea was that the Sage-level relic 【Mermaid's Dream】 had appeared locally, and a bounty task was issued to correspondence Ringed Shushi in Coldwater Port and surrounding areas, hoping to provide clues for the Academy.

"If this bag of things wasn't snatched by her, then she is very likely really a correspondence Ringed Shushi from Zalas Academy."

Thinking of this, Xia De was a bit hesitant about whether to leave immediately.

He had no acquaintances locally. If he could find a correspondence Ringed Shushi who was familiar with the local situation, it would certainly play a very big role in searching for blood coins, or even other currency-type relics.

The three major Academies didn't require their students to be good people, but they absolutely couldn't be bad people, which guaranteed the basic character of the other party. But rashly coming into contact with a Ringed Shushi he didn't know, Xia De still decided to be cautious.

It was just that before he could make up his mind, footsteps sounded again. The true owner of the paper bag, the young girl wearing a black-and-white gauze dress, actually walked into the alley.

The distance from when she stuffed the paper bag to Xia De was less than five minutes.

"Sir, I'm really sorry just now."

Wearing small black leather shoes, the young girl in her twenties stood there looking at Xia De. Her carefully groomed long golden hair hung behind her head (Note), and on her right ear was a ruby earring:

"Now, can you return the things to me?"

She looked very beautiful when she smiled. This was a very beautiful girl, with fair skin and an outstanding temperament, which reminded Xia De of the noble girls he had seen at the banquet in the Lake View Manor.

Whether it was her face, neck, or hands, no scars or flaws could be seen. The black-and-white gauze dress she was wearing looked ordinary in style, but looking closely at the tailoring method, one could determine that this was a custom-made dress.

Xia De couldn't find a suitable rhetorical way to accurately say the feeling when he first saw her, but in short, this must be a girl of noble birth.

【Ringed Shushi. The ruby earring is a very strong relic.】

"Oh?"

Xia De said softly, looking at the strange girl:

"Were the police just now chasing you?"

She came back a bit too fast.

"I just accidentally appeared in a place where I shouldn't have appeared. Rest assured, sir, I didn't break the law."

She said with a smile, and seeing Xia De walk up to hand the paper bag to her, the strange girl also took a step forward.

At close range, Xia De smelled the perfume on her. Now the outlander also knew many girls of different backgrounds and had the ability to simply identify perfume. And Xia De couldn't judge the quality of the perfume the strange girl used, but he knew it must be very expensive.

"I'm really sorry to bother you, then goodbye."

Seeing that Xia De didn't want to say anything, the girl with the ruby earring took the paper bag, nodded slightly, and turned to leave. She walked a bit slowly, but Xia De, who was thinking, didn't notice this.

Looking at her back, Xia De hesitated, but still called out to her:

"Sorry, lady, I forgot to ask your name."

The young girl turned around immediately:

"No, you had better not know my name, otherwise you will get into trouble. Sir, when chatting with a strange girl, you must pay attention to whether the other party is a dangerous person."

She said with a smile, as if to persuade the chance-encountered admirer to be careful of danger.

"You are very right."

Xia De said, and then asked softly:

"It's just, can you satisfy my curiosity? I noticed that this paper bag is full of books. Like you, a lady, I don't know which school you are studying at?"

"Me? You looked at my books?"

She raised her eyebrow:

"That can't be told to you, sir, this is a secret."

From this, although there was still the possibility of misjudgment, Xia De basically confirmed that the other party was a correspondence Ringed Shushi from Zalas Academy.

Through simple conversation, the other party was an object that could be communicated with. And Xia De's question also aroused the other party's vigilance, which was exactly what Xia De wanted. He decided to continue testing; after all, he couldn't find a correspondence Ringed Shushi from the three major Shushu Academies anytime and anywhere.

"Sir, you shouldn't have looked through my things, right?"

The young girl asked with a frown.

"Of course not."

"That's good, after all, this is..."

She unexpectedly suddenly raised her head and looked into Xia De's eyes:

"Who are you?" ===== CHAPTER 312 =====