Chapter 487: The Gambling Table and the World of Change

Seeing Xia De take the garter out of his pocket, Lei Qianya had no expression, while Lei Qianya thought for a moment and said very seriously to Xia De:

"Mr. Knight, this is for you, as thanks for saving me tonight."

"No, I don't need any thanks."

Xia De naturally didn't want to take it; he had no use for this thing, but Lei Qianya unexpectedly told Xia De not to be so polite:

"Xia De, just accept it. You might not know much, but in the past era, noble women in high society would express their recognition of a knight's bravery by gifting a garter; and in the current era, noble women also use the same method to express their admiration and love for a noble man's bravery. This is a very romantic and high-class act."

This was not a lie; when the outsider was learning about this world through books, he had seen similar records.

Although Xia De still didn't want to accept it, seeing her say this, he could only put the white garter into his pocket. Lei Qianya seemed very happy, inviting Xia De again to attend her salon next time, and also saying that he must perform card throwing again.

Lei Qianya seemed not to care at all.

After Mr. Anluosi arrived, this Director of MI6 pretended not to notice at all that Xia De was in the same carriage with the two unmarried Princesses. He let Xia De wait outside first, while he and the two maids inquired about the situation from the Princesses in the carriage.

Subsequently, Lei Qianya and Lei Qianya didn't even have a chance to say hello to Xia De before returning to the Yodel Palace under the protection of a group of guards.

Xia De stood with his superior, Director Duck Anluosi, and watched the motorcade leave.

"Xia De, you did very well this time. Otherwise, that gun would have caused us trouble. I know someone is selling arms, but I didn't expect them to dare to sell even service pistols."

Mr. Anluosi praised. Xia De wanted to be modest, but this gentleman lowered his voice, tilted his head, and asked in a low voice:

"But how did you get mixed up with the two Princesses?"

"This..."

"Don't forget Miss Jia Lin Na is also watching you. I don't know what kind of relationship you have with the two Princesses, but you must be cautious in your actions... don't get involved in too much politics."

Xia De looked at him in surprise, but Mr. Anluosi had a look of having said nothing at all.

Through helping a woman find her lost child last time, Mr. Anluosi appreciated Xia De's character. This hint was a statement he, as Director of MI6, should not have made casually.

"But speaking of which, how did you throw the cards with that kind of force? I only know that some boring old gamblers would train in such techniques."

Mr. Anluosi suddenly asked again, probably wanting to change the subject.

"Hm... I think... since my ability as an agent is mainly in Luo De cards, training more interesting techniques is probably... hm, very useful for the future."

"Playing Luo De cards, hurting people with cards, and having charm for girls... you will probably never become a qualified agent."

Mr. Anluosi sighed, as if regretting Xia De's future.

After telling Mr. Anluosi about his experience, Xia De returned home by carriage.

It was already eleven o'clock at night when he got home. In the empty house, only the cat ran down from upstairs to welcome Xia De.

Since Lei Qianya didn't come to St. Deran Square, the four 1-shilling printing plates in the basement could only continue to be hidden there for the time being. When Xia De casually stuffed the garter into his desk drawer, he touched the newspaper with numbers in his pocket again.

The newspaper was picked up on Silver Cross Avenue; Xia De suspected this was some kind of contact code. But he only knew the language, not the code, so he couldn't do anything about those numbers.

He simply put it on the bookshelf, which ended all the things tonight.

Xia De put his hands behind his head, sat in the chair behind the desk, and looked up at the ceiling:

"Dac Nisi, why haven't you come yet?"

(Xiao Miya running...)

The incident of Princess Lei Qianya being attacked at the opera house did not cause much of a stir in Tobesk; Xia De didn't even see news about this incident in the Sunday newspaper the next day.

Early Sunday morning, Duo Luo Qian came to visit in a hurry. Having learned from Lei Qianya about what happened last night, the blonde girl complained to Xia De that her careful preparations had all been in vain. After sending Duo Luo Qian away, Xia De went to the Prophet Association and found Lu Lu Weiya.

He could enter the Terror Castle for the third time tonight to complete Mr. Ridell's life gambling game, but Xia De had no clue about the last four stories.

But it was a pity that Lu Lu Weiya also failed to get more information from the Association. It wasn't that the Association didn't have the information Xia De wanted, but that the information about the prophet who lived in the early Fifth Era was top secret within the Association.

Lu Lu Weiya applied through many channels but failed to persuade the Association to let her read those sealed documents. However, Lu Lu Weiya got Xia De all the information on the Keeper-level relic 【Life Gambling Table】. If he couldn't win from the gambling game itself, and couldn't find a breakthrough point from that Old God, he could only try to find a winning opportunity on that gambling table.

"Hm?"

Looking at the size data of the 【Life Gambling Table】, Xia De raised an eyebrow.

"What did you find?"

The purple-eyed girl asked curiously:

"I've also read the data; you can't use these characteristics at all."

"No, no, not the characteristics, it's the size. Look at this number."

Xia De placed the document paper in his hand on the table, pointing to the length and width of the twenty grooves:

"3.4681 inches long (approx. 8.8cm), 2.4841 inches wide (approx. 6.3cm). Lu Lu Weiya, don't you feel familiar with this number?"

"Familiar?"

Lu Lu Weiya still didn't understand.

"This is the size of Luo De cards."

Xia De said very affirmatively.

"Is it?"

The female fortune teller frowned slightly:

"You actually measured the size of Luo De cards? Let's not mention this for now. Luo De cards are copied one-to-one based on the 【World of Change Cards】, and the history of the 【World of Change Cards】 should be longer than the Keeper-level (Level 3) relic 【Life Gambling Table】, which is what you call the Unknown-level (Level 0) relic 【God of Gambling Table】... The appearance of the 【Life Gambling Table】 is related to the World of Change Cards? Otherwise, there's no reason for the size to be exactly the same."

"No, no, I actually don't care about the relationship between the World of Change Cards and the gambling table. My meaning is, Lu Lu Weiya, although I cannot replace Mr. Ridell in the gambling game, what do you think would happen if I stuffed 【Founding·Silver Moon】 and 【Founding·Balance】 into the remaining grooves? Does this count as two cards?"

Lu Lu Weiya was stunned for a moment; she was truly shocked by this idea:

"That's right, the World of Change Cards are the only special items you can currently bring into the past, but in this way... I also don't know what will happen. However, even if it's useful, and can let you gain the upper hand in that gambling game, you also have to find a way to fill the last two grooves, otherwise the gambling game still cannot end."

"No, you're wrong again, it's one."

Xia De pointed a finger at himself. Lu Lu Weiya withdrew her surprised expression, nodded knowingly:

"Yes, one. Only one left... Xia De, what are you going to do?"

"Rather than taking risks, it's better to be conservative. Wait until Dac Nisi appears in Tobesk next week, and we will use his information to exchange for Mr. Ridell's information from the Association."

Xia De said, then carefully put away the information on the 【Life Gambling Table】.

Thus, this Sunday, Xia De did not use that time key from 1784 of the Fifth Era. However, during the day, he went to Cold Water Port again to confirm the progress of helping the doctor collect materials.

But he did not forget to try to take this week's gift from the 【God's Gift Box】 after the bell rang at midnight on Sunday night.

This was already the fifth time Xia De had collected a gift from the box, but he still didn't have the luck to obtain a 【Relic】. Under Miya's curious gaze, Xia De actually took a pair of red high heels from the box this time. The color was bright, the style was also quite good, and the shoe surface was dotted with some broken diamonds.

Only Xia De would rather have another screwdriver than get a pair of high heels.

"Why would such a thing appear?"

Xia De stared at the shoes in his hand, unable to figure it out. In the end, he thought that this gift box should actually be renamed "Prank Box" to be more appropriate. That Old God 【Innocent Creator】 might be better called 【Mr. Prank】.

This week's task was also easy. In the next seven days, Xia De needed to ensure that his sleep time at night exceeded eight hours for three of those days. And for a detective working from home, this was completely not a problem.

On Monday morning, St. Deran Square welcomed a new client after a long time. But this time it wasn't a big commission. Mrs. Midra, who saw the detective advertisement in the newspaper, commissioned Xia De to find her lost cat.

Mrs. Midra was a wealthy widow living alone, and the blue-gray shorthair kitten she raised had a deep affection for her. Although the difficulty of finding a cat in the whole city was a bit high, considering the commission of up to 10 pounds, Xia De accepted the commission very readily.

For an ordinary detective, 10 pounds was enough to maintain life for a long time. So, detective was a profession that usually had no business, but could make money immediately when there was business. And Xia De's advertisement in the newspaper didn't attract too many clients, partly because the frequency of detectives accepting commissions was really not high.

Xia De planned to carry out this commission by posting a cat-finding notice in the newspaper and searching near the neighborhood where Mrs. Midra lived. But he hadn't left the house in the morning when he welcomed Miss Jia Lin Na.

The witch didn't have anything to do with Xia De, just telling him that Dac Nisi appeared again yesterday. And the location of this appearance was a small town in the countryside only an hour's drive from Tobesk.

This was yesterday's news, which meant that Dac Nisi was now very likely to have entered the Tobesk area.

"Xia De, this time it wasn't the Council that discovered Ivan Dac Nisi, but the priest of the Peace Church in the town who discovered the aura of a demon, and after investigation, discovered the second Chosen One wanted by the church internally. Xia De, you can't imagine the situation now."

The red-haired Duchess sat on the sofa in Xia De's house, holding a teacup in her right hand:

"The Orthodox Church has basically confirmed that Dac Nisi's destination is Tobesk. Although they deliberately blocked the news and didn't let Dac Nisi's location information leak too much, in the past few days, Tobesk will definitely appear many high-level Ringed Shushi of unknown identity. There is even news that the betrayed 【Blood Spirit School】 has also sent high-level Ringed Shushi to the Old Continent to deal with the traitor."

"Then will the Council send new witches here?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"Of course not. First, the Orthodox Church's attitude toward the Council is not very friendly; second, aren't I here?"

Miss Jia Lin Na pointed to herself:

"I am responsible for Dac Nisi's matter. After the Council evaluated this matter, they decided to wait until Dac Nisi becomes a Chosen One, and let me kill him with my own hands as much as possible. This is not simple. Now Tobesk has two 13th-level Ringed Shushi of the church, but I am only 11th-level."

"The Council is preparing to let the Chosen One of 【Darkness】 disappear? I can understand this, but why let you kill him with your own hands?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"This cannot be told to you."

The Duchess showed a slightly charming smile, using her right index finger to wind the red hair hanging by her ear:

"Just like, Difa refuses to tell me more details about your joint investigation last week."

Xia De looked up at the maid standing behind the sofa, who showed a slightly shy smile to Xia De. It seemed she hadn't leaked the matter of the two encountering the Servant of Secrets. ===== CHAPTER 488 =====