Chapter 488: Finding the Cat

Seeing Xia De look at her maid, Miss Jia Lin Na put down the teacup and said again:

"However, if you have other questions, I can tell you."

"Yes, Miss Jia Lin Na, I do have some questions about Ringed Shushi studies. It's like this, for the past few months, I have been learning the 【Light】 Spirit Rune through "The Crazy Light Chaser", but the progress is a bit slow, so I want to ask for your opinion."

To fight the demons in the 【Darkness Domain】, the 【Light】 Spirit Rune was needed. Xia De felt he was only one step away, which was why he asked the witch for advice.

"【Light】? I'm not good at this, but Xi Wei is very good at it."

Miss Afu Luo La's seat behind the 【Witch Council】 represented the rune of "Light". At the same time, the light miracle she used when fighting Dac Nisi in the Merman Temple also left a deep impression on Xia De.

"I'll help you arrange it. Before Thursday at the latest, I'll let you meet Xi Wei in the Council. I think she will be very happy to help you."

Miss Jia Lin Na said, then leaned lazily on the sofa back and looked at Xia De:

"But what exactly are you going to do? This isn't just wanting to learn, right?"

Her eyes carried a smile:

"Although Difa refuses to say what happened at that ophthalmologist's place, when I sent someone to confirm the doctor's state later, I took a look near there. There seemed to be traces of demons there, and the Servants of Secrets, the demons in the 【Darkness Domain】, happen to need the 【Light】 Spirit Rune to counter. Xia De, what exactly are you going to do? Why are you suddenly interested in that place?"

She touched her chin, and seeing Xia De wanted to speak, she stopped him:

"No, don't lie to me. Rather than getting a lie, it's better to say nothing. I won't force you to tell your secrets, but you must pay attention to your safety."

She said softly:

"Ringed Shushi inevitably have to go on various adventures, I can understand this. But Xia De, if you die, I will be very sad."

Xia De didn't know what to say, looked up again at the black-haired maid standing behind Miss Jia Lin Na, who shook her head, signaling him not to say anything.

Temporarily shelving the investigation to find the blue-gray shorthair cat, Xia De took time on Monday afternoon to find Lu Lu Weiya and Yi Lu Na. The three gathered at St. Deran Square, and Xia De told them the news that Dac Nisi had appeared in the surrounding area of Tobesk.

Although they had long expected that he would come to this city at the end of the Flower Month, when he really came, the three still suddenly became nervous.

Miss Jia Lin Na wanted to kill Dac Nisi with her own hands, but Lu Lu Weiya just wanted to ensure that Dac Nisi would not become the second Chosen One, or ensure that he died after becoming a Chosen One. Therefore, next, Yi Lu Na, who would definitely be compiled by the church into the team against Dac Nisi, would pass on information about Dac Nisi.

Once the church failed to stop Dac Nisi from entering the range of the 【Darkness Domain】 and gave him a chance to hold the Chosen One ritual, the details of which were not yet fully known, then the three of Xia De would personally enter the range covered by the out-of-control Angel-level relic and kill Dac Nisi themselves.

Xia De still hoped that the church or the witch could succeed, which would save him a lot of trouble.

"Xia De, are you also attending Queen Diana's birthday banquet on Wednesday?"

After talking about Dac Nisi's matter, Lu Lu Weiya asked. Xia De nodded:

"Are you attending too?"

"Yes, Hou Jue Imannus Glasley, Hou Jue Lacon Jacques, and Hou Jue Heinrich Oken are organizing a Luo De card game at the banquet, so they sent a letter to the Prophet Association, hoping that the Association would send staff to be present to perform Luo De card appraisal, dealing, etc."

She smiled relaxedly:

"This is a good job. Although it's because of work that I can attend the banquet, this kind of banquet isn't something you can just enter. The Association argued for a long time for the quota. I'm quite lucky; my name is on the list. Xia De, we can dance a dance at the banquet then."

Yi Lu Na didn't speak on the side. She had been busy with work recently, and even if she had an invitation, she definitely wouldn't have time to attend the royal banquet.

"Dancing? No problem..."

Xia De was originally smiling, but suddenly thought of a new problem:

"Duo Luo Qian is definitely attending the banquet; Lei Qianya gave her an invitation. Priest Ao Gu Si will also likely attend the banquet. As the most prestigious clergyman in the diocese of the Dawn Church, it makes no sense for Bishop Ouwenzhu to attend the banquet without bringing him. In this way, except for the doctor, all four members of the group will appear at the banquet on Wednesday night. I don't know if Dr. Shi Nai De will go too..."

And considering what happened when the five members of the group gathered at the Lake View Manor for a banquet last time, Xia De frowned. Although it was impossible for a god-descent accident to happen in Tobesk again, for the sake of safety, he still had to go and ask about the doctor's itinerary for Wednesday night.

Judging from the doctor's luck, if he really had to attend the banquet, then Xia De would have to consider bringing all the relics and spellcasting materials before going to the Yodel Palace for the banquet.

After discussing their recent actions with Lu Lu Weiya and Yi Lu Na, Xia De took time to go to Cold Water Port again that night and took back all the materials for the doctor that he had entrusted to the Seven Brooms Tavern to acquire.

With this reason, he wrote a letter to the doctor on Tuesday morning, explaining that he would visit with the materials in the afternoon, and then, after a long time, took the lazy Xiao Miya out, preparing to find the blue-gray shorthair kitten.

Xia De thought it was not good for Xiao Miya to always stay at home, and occasionally turning around the city with him and breathing fresh air was more conducive to physical and mental health.

Today's Tobesk was still filled with thin mist, and the weather was not very good, as if it was going to rain, so even though it was nine o'clock in the morning after finishing the letter, the light was still dim.

Mrs. Midra, the client, lived in the West District of Tobesk, and the cat-losing location was near the Golden Fleece Textile Factory.

The evening before last, the old lady carried the cat to the factory to handle business. On the way home, one street away from the textile factory, she stopped to go to a copperware shop to customize a brand-new smoking pot. As a result, when she reached out to push open the shop door, the kitten escaped her embrace, drilled into the alley, and never appeared again.

"Will Xiao Miya also run away like this one day?"

When boarding the carriage to prepare to leave, Xia De suddenly thought. But looking down at the cat that was lazy because of going out, he thought his worry was completely redundant.

Thus, the carriage carried Xia De across the Terrarell River that ran through the city, and dropped him off on the east side of the street where the "Minkwell Street" road sign stood.

Xia De brought the cat into the "Johnson Copperware Shop", first attracted by the exquisite copper engraving depicting the street scene of Silver Cross Avenue hanging in the shop. Out of curiosity, he inquired about the price, and then spent 4 pounds and 16 shillings to buy it, asking the shop owner to send it to St. Deran Square. Xia De wanted to hang this at the corner of the stairs as a decoration.

Subsequently, he inquired about the area where wild cats gathered nearby from the shop owner. Because Xia De was generous, the elderly shop owner enthusiastically pointed Xia De to the "Good Luck Bookstore" diagonally opposite the copperware shop, saying the shop owner there liked to feed cats in the nearby alleys.

Thus Xia De went to the bookstore again. The middle-aged female shop owner, who was slightly plump, heard that Xia De was helping someone find a cat, and immediately said that Mrs. Midra had already searched all the wild cat gathering points nearby the day before yesterday.

But Xia De thought it was still necessary to go and see. The female shop owner also enthusiastically told Xia De three locations, namely the end of the alley next door piled with steam pipes, the garbage station one street away from Minkwell Street, and the grass in the backyard of the shipping company that was being renovated at the end of this street.

Xia De went to see the rusted steam pipes first according to the distance. The diameter of these pipes was huge, enough for a cat of any size to drill into. They might have originally been intended as the city's main steam pipes, but for some reason, they were placed here.

After Xia De bypassed the garbage pile and approached those pipes, Xiao Miya on his shoulder suddenly twitched her nose and then made a sharp, threatening sound. While startling Xia De, three stray cats originally hiding in the pipes rushed out and ran away along the alley.

There was no blue-gray shorthair kitten among them.

"Xiao Miya!"

"Meow~"

Xia De looked seriously at little Xiao Miya on his shoulder, who also looked at him with big eyes.

"Don't bark randomly, I'm working. If you scare the target away, I'll have to expand the search range to the whole city."

He regretted bringing Xiao Miya out a bit. This cat had always hated Xia De approaching other cats.

Then he came to the shipping company. This place was originally a grain station office and was only sold to the shipping company a few weeks ago, so it was being renovated. The old man watching the door originally didn't agree to let Xia De enter at will, but seeing that he carelessly dropped a 1-shilling silver coin from his wallet to the ground, he let him in.

There was indeed a group of stray cats in the backyard grass. This time Xiao Miya didn't bark, but when Xia De turned over the grass to search, she was clearly a bit unhappy.

But it was a pity that the cat Mrs. Midra lost was not here either.

Finally, he went to the garbage disposal station farthest from the cat-losing location. This place covered a large area and was a public department set up by the City Hall. Although it was called a garbage disposal station, it was only responsible for recycling metal garbage in the nearby neighborhood. After classifying it, some metal materials could be reused.

But doing so was not because the people of this era already possessed the idea of "sustainable development". Xia De heard Priest Ao Gu Si say that this was a new government department set up by civil servants in the City Hall to expand the department's influence, and it had no great use other than consuming tax money.

Because it was a leisurely job, the people working here were very keen on feeding the stray cats in the nearby neighborhood, and plus the yard of the metal garbage disposal station was quite large, so it became a gathering place for stray cats. ===== CHAPTER 489 =====