Chapter 638

Dorothy's condition was so bad that Xia De certainly couldn't let her return to the apartment on Quill Street so late, so in the end, she stayed at Xia De's place for one night, and Xia De slept on the sofa for one night.

Because the sofa area wasn't enough to let Mia lie beside the pillow, it lay on the soft sofa back... and then "accidentally" rolled down at 6:30 in the morning, directly hitting Xia De's chest.

Xia De didn't remember what he had dreamed of at that time, but when he opened his eyes and sat up, he still remembered his dream, which ended with No. 6 St. Deran Square collapsing and pressing on him.

"Mia, why did you fall? So careless?"

The sleepy Xia De lifted the quilt on his body; he originally really thought Mia fell accidentally, but after waking up, he realized the subtle time point of "6:30" and looked at this cat suspiciously again:

"Are you hungry again?"

The orange cat rubbed Xia De's back of the hand, meowed, and trotted toward the stairwell. Although it couldn't sleep on the bed, this cat looked like it was in a very good mood.

Dorothy didn't eat breakfast with Xia De and went back; after officially promoting to the fifth ring, she still had a lot of time to do during this period. And what the situation was like on Lei Qianya's side, she also had to confirm; in short, for a period of time to come, besides "Hamilton Detective Stories", Dorothy had more things to be busy with.

So, on this morning, Xia De was still eating alone with the cat. But the first news he saw after unfolding the newspaper at the dining table made him frown:

"A major earthquake occurred in the Xikar Mountain area?"

He put down the spoon in his hand, somewhat disbelievingly unfolding the newspaper with both hands:

"Yesterday evening? Oh, what happened there?"

He wouldn't think this was a simple earthquake.

Thus, after finishing breakfast, he didn't go to Midhillburg immediately, but calculated the time the Prophet Association went to work and went to the association to find Luweiya.

Luweiya continued to watch the stars at Xia De's home starting today, but what Xia De wanted to talk to her about wasn't this:

"Did you see the news?"

Sitting in the room on the second floor of the association holding the cat to divine, Xia De handed the newspaper in his hand to Luweiya. Luweiya didn't seem to have read the newspaper this morning, so after seeing the news, she immediately frowned and then looked up to ask Xia De:

"Xia De, what did you do in Midhillburg yesterday evening?"

"Um? What does this have to do with me? I was busy helping Dorothy with the promotion ritual yesterday and didn't go to Midhillburg. Oh, Dorothy has become a fifth-ring mage."

Xia De hurriedly cleared his relationship:

"Nothing to do with you? That's fresh news. However, an earthquake happening at such a time, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a normal situation."

Luweiya silently put down the newspaper, took the crystal ball from the cabinet on the side, and looked at it for a long time before saying:

"It should be that something went wrong with the Death-Life Gap; although it's not to the point of saying the disaster has already begun, there must have been unexpected changes."

"I'll go to Midhillburg to see the situation in a while, wait until..."

"No, don't go today."

Luweiya stopped Xia De:

"I'll write to Iluna and let her probe the news there through the church's channels first; the church has already actively talked to her about the Midhillburg matter, so there is sufficient reason to inquire about this earthquake. Xia De, you have other things to do in Tobesk."

Xia De's spirit came up:

"Is there a task to hand to me? Are there clues to new coins?"

"Iluna and I will solve the coin matter; it's like this, I discovered a small piece of "Murmur Poem"..."

"Meow!"

Because Xia De touched the cat too hard, Mia immediately screamed.

"Poem fragments?"

"Yes, is this strange?"

The purple-eyed girl frowned slightly:

"Known existing fragments of "Murmur Poem" exceed three digits, so why can't I find one?"

"Then how did you find it?"

Xia De was very curious, but Luweiya shook her head and didn't tell him the answer:

"In short, there is a fragment of "Murmur Poem" in Tobesk now, and besides me, no one should have noticed it yet. To be precise, that fragment is on the base of a stone figurine discovered by archaeology. That figurine is actually a handicraft made by the Witch Emperors of the Fifth Era."

She looked around and lowered her voice:

"The specific size is about as big as my crystal ball."

Luweiya described more specifically:

"The figurine is in the hands of a local collector."

As she spoke, she handed Xia De a business card with the name and address of Simir Pasolo written on it, and the profession written as writer.

"I need to find the collector and buy that antique?"

"No, no, no, he is already dead."

The purple-eyed girl shook her head again:

"This old gentleman lived alone, and his family members just arrived in Tobesk, so the things in the house shouldn't have been moved. What you need to do is sneak into this address."

She pointed to that business card:

"Find the stone figurine and record the information on the base. We only want to know what is written on it; there is no need to really get it."

Xia De nodded and glanced at that address:

"No problem, I'll set off after sending Mia home and strive to give you news before evening. Luweiya, sneaking into someone else's house, I am a professional."

He said confidently, especially the new strange art 【Silent Moonlight】, which was more suitable for Xia De to do tasks like sneaking in.

"I find it hard to imagine what you usually do."

Luweiya shook her head:

"Let's meet at your house in the evening; I'll let Iluna go over too, and we'll discuss the progress of the third Chosen One. It's been almost two weeks since you rescued Priest Ao Gu Si, but our investigation progress is almost zero."

"No problem, then see you in the evening."

Thus Xia De set off again.

Coincidentally, that deceased antique collector, Mr. Simir Pasolo, actually lived on the same street as the sister of Miss White, whom Xia De was looking for, Miss Black, who had already traveled to Midhillburg.

The apartment building on the street stood tall, with an old architectural style and wall surface, but the attached steam pipes and street vendors gave it a new-era style. When Xia De stood on this street again, he still couldn't help but sigh at the changes of the era. But before he could decide whether to use Lagley's Jump to slip in from the second-floor window when no one was paying attention, or find the back door of the apartment building to slip in, a very familiar four-wheeled carriage actually stopped beside Xia De.

Xia De originally thought someone was getting off at the street corner and he was blocking the way, so he walked toward the mailbox across the street. But just as he took a step, he saw the carriage window open, and Tifa's smiling face appeared in the window:

"Good morning, Xia De."