Chapter 469: Invitation to the Banquet Card Game

So Xia De spent the rest of Monday accompanying Miss Galina. Although she only asked Xia De to have dinner and watch the opera with her, in fact, the two hadn't separated from this afternoon until ten o'clock in the evening.

Discussing Dac Nisi took some time. After dinner in the opera house box, Xia De heard that Miss Xi Wei Aphra had left Coldwater Port City.

"Oh, I should have gone to see her off."

Xia De was a bit annoyed; that lady had given him quite a lot of help.

"Xi Wei doesn't care about this, and if she still wants to see you, I can completely lead you into the council again."

Miss Galina said, and seeing Difa close the box door, she said again:

"However, we will still investigate the relationship between you and the witches and the council."

"I'm actually quite interested too."

Xia De didn't care about this. He was currently looking at the theater box. The space here was a bit larger than he thought. If it weren't for the upper half of one wall being cut open, allowing guests to see the theater stage below, this place was more like a club's reception room.

The walls had golden striped wallpaper, and the style of the gas lamps was the Cavendish family's crest. In addition to the tea table and long sofa with tea and fruit, there were even wardrobes and dressing tables that looked expensive at a glance.

This box, located on the top floor of the opera house, was for royal use. Apart from Miss Galina, the King and Wang Hou, and a few important members of the royal family, even Lei Qianya couldn't use it easily.

"Xi Wei said, let me apologize to you on her behalf."

Miss Galina said again. Xia De picked up the teacup, wanting to taste what kind of tea this was. The cat curled up on Xia De's shoulder and poked its head to observe the environment. Xia De planned to give it an apple in a while so it could roll it to play.

"Why apologize?"

He asked absentmindedly, sipping the warm tea in small sips.

"She said that after you fainted from throwing the sunlight gun in Coldwater Port, she checked your body with her hand to determine if you were a man."

"Cough cough..."

Xia De almost sprayed the tea in his mouth.

But the liquid seemed to have entered his trachea, and he couldn't stop coughing. The maid immediately patted his back behind him.

After he stopped coughing, Xia De let go of his hand covering his mouth and asked in surprise:

"You just said, what did Miss Aphra do?"

"It's just what you think, confirming your body structure."

Miss Galina made a lewd gesture that didn't match her status:

"She said she wasn't the kind of sneaky person, so she had to admit what she had done."

"Then why didn't she tell me to my face?"

Xia De asked again.

"Detective, do you really want a lady in high society to admit to your face that she has done such a thing? Even if we are witches, we have basic shame."

The Duchess asked, her gaze moving down from Xia De's face.

"Miss Galina, this kind of look isn't something a lady in high society should have either."

Xia De accused, and the Duchess didn't care at all, instead laughing:

"In my opinion, you are my collection, what does this have to do with anything? Didn't I say before? If you can really please me, I don't mind..."

Let the black-haired maid go outside to find someone to replace the sofa cushion that was wet by the tea:

"I don't mind trying for myself what you are."

Unlike when she first met Xia De and mentioned this, she should also be a bit shy now, otherwise she wouldn't have sent her personal maid away before speaking.

The name of this opera was "Prince's Revenge." Although it was very similar to the classic repertoire known by the outsider in his hometown, in fact, it was just an opera adapted from a famous knight novel from a few years ago, completely different from the story in his hometown.

The opera had five acts. Because Xia De didn't know the original novel, he was still quite interested in it. And during the opera, someone actually came to the box to visit Miss Galina, and after seeing Xia De, he recognized him and shook hands and chatted with him.

Because of this, Xia De found it hard to imagine what kind of rumors would spread after this.

Of course, the visitors weren't just to see Miss Galina. Hou Jue Charles Glassley was the one looking for Xia De.

This Hou Jue in his forties, wearing a top hat, a blue formal suit, and having a beautiful mustache, was a friend of the old Duke Lucas who had once played Luo De cards with Xia De. Hearing that Xia De had the 【Founding】 series of Luo De cards, he had always wanted to play a game with Xia De.

Xia De of course didn't mind, but the witch who hated men didn't want others to delay her interest in watching the opera, so she let Xia De and the Hou Jue play cards elsewhere.

The two just played a friendly match. Although there was a winner and a loser, under Xia De's insistence, they didn't use gold pounds as a bet. The result was of course Xia De won, and Hou Jue Glassley, who saw Xia De draw the Moon 9 【Devil·Soul Stealer Bishop】, was very excited after getting permission to check the card and asked Xia De if he would participate in Wang Hou Diana's birthday banquet at the end of this month.

"Although I haven't received an invitation yet, I think I will participate."

Xia De said while gathering his cards. Miss Galina definitely had a way to let him attend.

"It's just that I gathered local Luo De card experts at that banquet and planned to play a few games."

Hou Jue Glassley said this sentence, as if both eyes were shining.

"Holding a card game at the Wang Hou's birthday banquet... is this okay?"

Xia De asked with some hesitation, but the Hou Jue waved his hand indifferently:

"Look at what you said, Knight, what's wrong with this? Wang Hou Diana's birthday banquet is originally for people to have fun, not to mention that Luo De cards with special cards are a very elegant hobby, and our card game can be considered a warm-up for next month's big city players."

The Hou Jue put away his card deck, his expression became serious, and he reached out to Xia De:

"Then it's a deal, Knight Hamilton, we must play a game that day. I didn't expect to meet you in the opera house today, so I didn't bring my special cards, but we must gamble with special cards on the day of the Wang Hou's birthday banquet."

Hearing special cards, Xia De also smiled. He planned to collect special cards and put together a full set of special card decks:

"No problem, Hou Jue, I will bring 【Founding·Silver Moon】 by then."

It wasn't two months ago. Xia De was no longer that nameless detective in Tobesk, and he wasn't without the power to protect himself, so even if more people knew about 【Founding·Silver Moon】, he wouldn't be too worried.

"That would be great."

The two's hands were held together. Although there was a gap in age and noble rank, as Luo De card players in Tobesk, they were qualified to compete on an equal footing.

Miss Galina didn't comment on Xia De's Luo De card hobby. During the remaining time in the opera house, she only discussed the content of the opera with Xia De, commented on the ridiculousness of the nobles who were pretending to be elegant in a big city like Tobesk, and mocked Xia De for knowing nothing about opera.

This wasn't an unreasonable accusation; Xia De really knew nothing about it. Not to mention compared to Miss Galina who had been influenced since childhood, even the black-haired maid knew more than him.

"Do you want me to hire a few family teachers for literature, etiquette, and mathematics for you?"

Miss Galina asked jokingly, and Xia De immediately shook his head. He was very confident in mathematics, literature could be learned from Dorothy, and etiquette he could learn by himself; there was no need to hire teachers at all.

And when the opera ended, the carriage sent Xia De back to Saint Deran Square. But Xia De didn't idle this night. He took advantage of the night to go to Coldwater Port again and left the material list of Doctor Shi Nai De in the Seven Brooms Tavern, asking the tavern to help acquire them.

Xia De wouldn't forget the things he promised his friends.

Tuesday was the day Lei Qianya returned to Tobesk, but the royal honor guard would go to welcome her. Afterward, Lei Qianya also needed to go to Yodel Palace to report her itinerary in Kasenrike to Larus III and accept newspaper interviews, so Xia De couldn't see her alone for the past two days.

After eating breakfast, letting the cat watch the house, Xia De went to find Luweiya at the Fortune Teller Society again and showed her the 【Wishing Coin】:

"Look at this! I just happened to want to perform divination."

Xia De smiled and handed the coin to Luweiya. Luweiya put on light makeup before going to work, and in the hazy morning light of the early morning, the whole person looked unusually energetic.

"【Wishing Coin】, did you acquire this from Coldwater Port?"

She picked up the coin to check.

"No, it was given by Miss Galina."

"That witch?"

The purple-eyed girl put down the coin again, looking at Xia De with uneasy eyes:

"Xia De, what price did you pay this time?"

"Nothing."

He didn't want to say that he accompanied Miss Galina to dinner and watched the opera.

Luweiya showed an even more uneasy expression:

"For us, you really sacrificed too much."

"No, no, really nothing."

"But the reputation of witches isn't good, and they like women, and hating men is famous... Sorry, Xia De, you really paid too much for us."

Xia De didn't know what Luweiya thought he had paid, but letting him explain, this series of things was too cumbersome, so he simply bypassed this topic:

"I hope you use this coin for divination."

"Divination for what? Ivan Dac Nisi's location? Or the Chosen One ritual of 【Darkness】? But one coin is probably not enough."

Luweiya flicked her hair and asked while playing with the coin absentmindedly.

"No, no, Miss Galina has already told me Dac Nisi's location, and the Witch Council also has very powerful diviners... Don't look at me like that, I really didn't pay anything. I want you to perform divination on how to obtain the relic 【Demon-Hunting Seal】."

Xia De talked about his experience when he saw Mr. Riddle for the second time, and then talked about the potion and the seal:

"Currently, there are three problems with Dac Nisi: his Sixth-Ring Shushi level, the demon that absorbs negative emotions, and the 【Darkness】 talent. Among them, the 【Darkness】 talent is suppressed by Iluna's 【Balance】. Although the power of the Sixth Ring is stronger than ours, it is also within the expected range. Only the demon is the most unstable factor. Even though I have already brought a tube of rare potion to fight against demons, I still can't guarantee that we can deal with the demon."

Luweiya nodded:

"The 【Weak Angel Potion】 you mentioned last time has already been obtained? The speed is really fast, but I really haven't heard of this potion, nor have I heard that there is such a powerful potion master in Tobesk."

Taking the test tube handed by Xia De to check, Luweiya almost immediately noticed the rich miracle elements and spirit in it.

She raised her eyebrows:

"Your analysis is very correct, so the biggest trouble at present is still fighting against the human pus demon. Yes, I can use this coin for divination. But Xia De, divination isn't omnipotent, and divination isn't a wish spell. You need to give me more detailed requirements. The more detailed the information you provide, the more details one coin can divine."