Chapter 433: Princess in the Prophet Association

Mr. Mark and President Stan were both Xia De's friends. These two gentlemen seemed to have nothing to do today, and actually invited Xia De to the office upstairs for an after-work drink, and by the way, talk about this year's City Player.

Drinking is prohibited during working hours, but people like to use famous wines to decorate their offices. Calculating the time to get off work and having a small drink with friends and colleagues is considered an elegant hobby of high-class gentlemen who sit in offices in this era.

Xia De had no interest in drinking, but was interested in City Player, so he followed the two gentlemen to the third floor.

The president's office was decorated relatively simply, not the antique-filled place he imagined. Even the oil paintings on the walls were ordinary landscape paintings. The wine in the wine cabinet was the only expensive decoration. This most prestigious prophet in Tobesk talked enthusiastically with Xia De about the origin and history of those wines.

It seemed that the vice president of the association was a Luo De Pai lover, while the president was a famous wine lover. Fortunately, this was not an ordinary organization, otherwise the Prophet Association would really have a bleak future.

The three sat down, talking about the demon-series Luo De Pai Xia De had recently obtained, talking about the latest card decks, and talking about the big and small card games in the city. Just when Vice President Mark was using Luo De Pai and drunkard jokes to amuse everyone, the office door was actually knocked.

The cat on his shoulder meowed at the door. It had developed a habit at St. Deran Square No. 6; as long as someone knocked on the door, it would have a natural reaction.

But it was not the receptionist downstairs notifying Xia De that Luweiya was back, but the middle-aged fortune teller looking for President Stan for something. Something went wrong with the fortune-telling activities downstairs, and a distinguished guest was slightly injured while fortune-telling in the association.

"Injured? Which room?"

Stan stood up and frowned.

The local association in Tobesk had one president and three vice presidents. Among them, Xia De's friend Vice President Mark was responsible for Luo De Pai, while the other two gentlemen were responsible for fortune-telling business and the association's logistics management respectively. If a guest was injured in the association, no matter what, it shouldn't be handled directly by President Stan, so it was likely that the guest's identity was a bit troublesome.

"Sir, it's the large fortune-telling room at the end of the second floor."

Hearing this answer, Xia De and Vice President Mark also stood up. The room at the end of the second floor was a VIP room, usually used to receive guests with extremely distinguished identities or strict privacy requirements. Luweiya and Xia De had mentioned that room; ordinary nobles were not qualified to use it.

"Which lady came? Lady Rose? Lady Raven? Lady Loom? Or Lady Thorn?"

Vice President Mark asked. Those distinguished women didn't like to use their real names to participate in fortune-telling activities.

The fortune teller wrapped in gauze glanced at Xia De, and seeing no one objected, she said in a low voice:

"Lady Loom."

Vice President Mark's face suddenly became serious, and even Stan was stunned. This high-level Ringed Shushi frowned tightly:

"This is really trouble."

Saying that, he let Vice President Mark stay here to accompany Xia De, while he and the fortune teller left first.

It was just that after this interruption, Xia De and Mr. Mark had no mood to chat. Xia De held the cat and was a bit curious about the identity of "Lady Loom". Mr. Mark saw his curiosity and hesitated for a long time before being willing to say the other party's real identity:

"Generally speaking, this is not allowed to be said, but you are related to Miss Galina after all, so knowing that lady's identity is nothing."

"Royal family member?"

Xia De asked.

"Yes, it is Her Highness Angelina Cavendish."

Seeing Xia De's blank expression, Mr. Mark added:

"That sixteen-year-old princess was gifted a ruby the size of a pigeon egg by His Majesty the King when she had her birthday this spring. This matter has been discussed by people for several months."

Xia De certainly didn't know about this matter. He wasn't here this spring, and the original owner Xia De had just been taken in and trained by Detective Sparrow at that time, so he couldn't pay attention to such things. But he vaguely remembered that Princess Angelina Cavendish, among all the children of Larrus III, was remembered by people because she was the princess most privately favored by His Majesty the King in recent years.

And before Angelina Cavendish, other princesses who were privately favored by the King all started their married lives through political marriages. On the contrary, those daughters who were not privately favored by the King, such as Lei Qianya, who was more like a capable minister to the King, had a greater possibility of being relatively free in marriage.

From this aspect, the royal family was really realistic.

Seeing that Mr. Mark seemed to know a lot about the secrets of nobles, Xia De asked him for advice about the other children of Larrus III.

Mr. Mark's attitude was the same as most nobles now, believing that the King's harsh attitude toward his children and the behavior of allowing many adult children to participate in politics without determining the successor would likely lead to a dramatic change in the kingdom decades later.

He didn't say what the "dramatic change" was, but Xia De could guess it was the change of the throne.

And unlike Lei Qianya, who was exposed to government affairs early and could even be sent to Karsenrik for visits, Princess Angelina Cavendish, who occasionally ran out with friends to participate in fortune-telling activities in the Prophet Association, was the kind of traditional princess Xia De could imagine.

Accepting training in etiquette, dance, and literature courses, not contacting government affairs, lingering in banquets and noble salons, liking to sneak out of Yodel Palace to play with friends... Considering the distance between the Prophet Association and Yodel Palace, even the lazy cat held by Xia De could complete the transfer between the two places in ten minutes, so whether this "sneaking out" was with the King's tacit consent was really hard to say.

But no matter how Larrus III treated his children, a princess being injured in the Prophet Association was certainly not a good thing for the association.

President Adis Stan was the most outstanding prophet in the Tobesk area. Xia De originally thought that with him handling this matter, he would soon know the cause of the matter and make a proper disposal. Unexpectedly, just as Xia De and Vice President Mark were talking about the rumor of "Prince Sax breaking into Yodel Palace with a gun" that suddenly appeared in the city a few days ago, President Stan walked back, followed by a somewhat panicked maid.

Xia De and Vice President Mark immediately pretended to be discussing Luo De Pai.

"Mr. Hamilton, I remember you are a detective?"

President Stan asked embarrassedly.

"Yes."

Xia De nodded, looking at the maid. The Prophet Association only had employees and servants, no maids wearing maid dresses. This should be brought by some noble lady.

"Sorry, something troublesome happened below, I need your help to investigate. Please rest assured, regardless of whether there is a result, this counts as a commission from the association, and there will be appropriate remuneration."

He said again. Xia De hesitated for a moment before standing up, nodded in surprise:

"Understood, I think no problem."

Actually, the problem was big. The matter of the princess sneaking out and then unfortunately being injured should not be publicized. It is understandable to not go to the police but to find "Hamilton of Lei Jiede" who happened to be in the association to investigate.

But as the most outstanding prophet in Tobesk, President Stan absolutely couldn't fail to discover the truth.

Even if it involved relics, prophets couldn't divine, so as a Ringed Shushi, he had no reason to find "ordinary person" Xia De to handle this matter.

So, thinking this way, the possible reason could only be that President Stan had already discovered the truth, but it was not appropriate for him to speak the truth from his perspective, so he came to find Xia De, who had a suitable identity.

"But compared to President Stan, what identity advantage can I have?"

Walking along the corridor to the stairs, Xia De thought in his heart:

"Could it be that this involves some political factors, so President Stan doesn't want the association to easily get involved?"

But this was also impossible. President Stan didn't look like the kind of Ringed Shushi who would throw his own troublesome things to ordinary people.

Xia De could refuse this commission, but no matter what, there was the Prophet Association to cover it, so he didn't have any big scruples.

Arriving at the second floor of the Prophet Association, he saw several female employees of the association standing at the end of the corridor, placing signs forbidding entry.

After President Stan greeted them, he led Xia De to continue forward.

Two burly middle-aged men were guarding the door of the room at the end. Because there was no snake-tail logo of the Prophet Association on their bodies, Xia De guessed that they were guards brought by the princess when she went out.

They took the initiative to push the door open for Xia De and his party. The area of this VIP fortune-telling room was twice that of a normal room, looking like the decorative wall between two rooms had been broken through.

Curtains were hung everywhere in the room, and strange patterns that looked very interesting were embroidered on the red carpet with gold and silver threads. The windows were tightly closed and the curtains were all drawn. A pungent spice smell permeated the room, but now all the gas lamps on the wall were turned on, making the room very bright.

Xia De was very curious about how this thing was moved to the second floor.

There were quite a few people in the room. Young girls wearing skirts were resting on the sofa set against the wall, and a rough count showed there were about seven or eight people. The old doctor was taking his apprentices to bandage the red-haired girl who was facing away from Xia De, and two maids stood by the sofa, looking at the strangers entering the room vigilantly. ===== CHAPTER 434 =====

Xia De was actually quite curious about how this thing had been moved to the second floor.

There were quite a few people in the room. Young ladies in dresses were resting on the sofa set against the wall; a rough count suggested there were about seven or eight of them. The old doctor was with his apprentice, bandaging the red-haired girl who had her back to Xia De, while two maids stood by the sofa, looking vigilantly at the stranger who had entered the room.